2015–16 USM Blida season

USM Blida
2015–16 season
Chairman	Abdelhamid Foufa
Head coach	Djamel Benchadli; (until 9 October 2015); Mohamed Bacha; (from 10 October 2015); (until 14 February 2016); Zoheïr Djelloul; (from 16 February 2016)
Stadium	Stade Mustapha Tchaker; Stade Frères Brakni, Blida
Ligue 1	14th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Abdelkader Bedrane (3); Ali Amiri (3); Hicham Chérif (3); All: ; Abdelkader Bedrane (3); Ali Amiri (3); Hicham Chérif (3); Ibrahim Khalil Sylla (3)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

In the 2015–16 season, USM Blida is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 27th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

Players

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
16	GK	Oussama Litim	(1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 (age 34)	MSP Batna
21	GK	El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah	(1983-09-24) 24 September 1983 (age 41)	CR Belouizdad
35	GK	Salim Sami Aït Ali	(1996-12-01) 1 December 1996 (age 28)	Youth system
Defenders
5	RB	Abdelkader Benayada	(1982-05-05) 5 May 1982 (age 42)	USM Bel-Abbès
3	RB	Abdelkader Bedrane	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32)	Youth system
4	RB	Abdelkader Laïfaoui	(1981-07-09) 9 July 1981 (age 43)	USM Alger
22	RB	Khalfallah Belhaoua	(1988-11-08) 8 November 1988 (age 36)	US Biskra
19	RB	Zakaria Tsamda	(1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 32)	Youth system
2	RB	Adel Djaâdane	(1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 31)	MC Oran
25	RB	Youssouf Benamara	(1984-12-24) 24 December 1984 (age 40)	JS Kabylie
Midfielders
6	CM	Tayeb Maroci	(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39)	JS Kabylie
26	CM	Hamza Heriat	(1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 (age 37)	MC Oran
20	CM	Aziz Benabdi	(1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31)	Youth system
17	CM	Ali Amiri	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37)	CR Belouizdad
8	CM	Abdellah Boudina	(1986-11-13) 13 November 1986 (age 38)	IRB Sidi Aïssa
10	CM	Mustapha Melika	(1983-05-12) 12 May 1983 (age 41)	US Biskra
11	CM	Tarek Bendiaf	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 33)	SA Mohammadia
31	CM	Hamza Ounnas	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 36)	NA Hussein Dey
14	CM	Abderrahmane Mohammedi	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31)	Youth system
Forwards
23	RW	Fethi Noubli	(1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 36)	RC Arbaâ
7	RW	Oussama Mesfar	(1989-03-28) 28 March 1989 (age 35)	CA Batna
28	RW	Mohamed Hicham Chérif	(1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 33)	MC Oran
30	RW	Mounir Fekih	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)	MC Oran
9	RW	Ibrahim Khalil Sylla	(1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 36)	Unattached

Transfers

In

Transfers in
Date	Player Name	Nationality	Positions	Moving From	Type	Transfer Fee	Source
15 June 2015	Abdelkader Laifaoui		Defender	USM Alger	Free transfer	-	tsa-algerie.com
15 June 2015	Adel Djaâdane		Defender	MC Oran	Free transfer	-	tsa-algerie.com
15 June 2015	Mounir Fekih		Forward	MC Oran	Free transfer	-	tsa-algerie.com
18 June 2015	Oussama Mesfar		Forward	CA Batna	Free transfer	-	competition.dz
19 June 2015	Mohamed Hicham Chérif		Forward	MC Oran	Free transfer	-	tsa-algerie.com
30 June 2015	Hamza Heriat		Midfielder	MC Oran	Free transfer	-	footalgerien.com
2 July 2015	Ali Amiri		Defender	CR Belouizdad	Loan	-	footalgerien.com
14 July 2015	Youssouf Benamara		Midfielder	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	-	usm-blida.com
26 July 2015	Ibrahim Khalil Sylla		Forward	Unattached	Free transfer	-	lesoirdalgerie.com

Out

Transfers out
Date	Player Name	Nationality	Positions	Moving to	Type	Transfer Fee	Source
31 June 2015	Mohammed Ishaq Belhadj		-	-	-	-
31 June 2015	Abderaouf Zemmouchi		-	-	-	-
31 June 2015	Oussad Nasreddine		-	ASM Oran	-	-
1 July 2015	Ramzi Ounnas		-	-	-	-
1 July 2015	Mohamed Lamine Zidane		-	RC Relizane	-	-
1 July 2015	Réda Bensaid Sayah		-	MC Saida	-	-
16 July 2015	Sofiane Aibout		-	MC Saida	-	-

Non-competitive

Pre-season

13 July 2015 Friendly	USM Blida	1-1	Paradou AC	Blida
17:00	Mesfar 17'			Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Attendance: 700

15 July 2015 Friendly	USM Blida	2-3	USM El Harrach	USM El Harrach
23:30	Fekih 8' Bedrane 23'			Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954

30 July 2015 Friendly	USM Blida	0-1	DRB Tadjenanet	Aïn Draham
18:45		Report		Stadium: El Mouradi Hammam Bourguiba

31 July 2015 Friendly	USM Blida	4-2	A Bou Saada	Aïn Draham
17:00	Mesfar 5' Tsamda 32' Noubli 62', 76'	Report	40' Boukhari 87' Cab	Stadium: El Mouradi Hammam Bourguiba

2 August 2015 Friendly	USM Blida	1-1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Aïn Draham
17:30	Chérif ?'	Report		Stadium: El Mouradi Hammam Bourguiba

3 August 2015 Friendly	USM Blida	2-0	AS Khroub	Aïn Draham
17:30	Mesfar 37' Mohammedi 63'	Report		Stadium: El Mouradi Hammam Bourguiba

10 August 2015 Friendly	USM Blida	1-0	MO Bejaia	Blida
17:00	Tsamda 65'			Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Attendance: 1.000

Mid-season

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	7	15	8	20	29	−9	023.33
Algerian Cup	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Total	32	8	16	8	24	32	−8	025.00

Competition	Start round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	—	14th	15 August 2015	27 May 2015
Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Round of 32	19 December 2015	9 January 2016

Ligue 1

League table

Template:2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 table

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	7	15	8	20	29	−9	36	7	6	2	13	9	+4	0	9	6	7	20	−13

Last updated: 31 January 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Matches

Win Draw Loss

15 August 2015 Round 1	ASM Oran	0 – 0	USM Blida	Oran
17:00	Sebbah 74'	Report Live TV: None	77' Maroci 86' Chérif	Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul Referee: Bouslimani, Rimouche, Belbachir

22 August 2015 Round 2	USM Blida	0 – 1	USM El Harrach	Blida
18:00		Report Live TV: None	10' Meziane	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benbraham, Allaoua, Yahi

29 August 2015 Round 3	DRB Tadjenanet	2 – 1	USM Blida	Tadjenanet
17:00	Boutebba 11' Hadef 53'	Report Live TV: None	20' Melika	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Arab, Bayoudh, Hamlaoui

12 September 2015 Round 4	USM Blida	1 – 0	MC Alger	Blida
18:00	Noubli 62'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houasnia, Bouakrinet, Tazrout

18 September 2015 Round 5	RC Arbaâ	1 – 1	USM Blida	Blida
17:00	Guessan 53'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports	62' Bedrane	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Benouza, Omari, Ayad

28 September 2015 Round 6	USM Blida	0 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Blida
18:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Saïdi, Miraoui, Abid

2 October 2015 Round 7	ES Sétif	0 – 0	USM Blida	Sétif
18:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Semsoum, Mial, Idir

17 October 2015 Round 8	USM Blida	2 – 1	MC Oran	Blida
16:00	Amiri 3' (pen.) Fekih 90+1'	Report Live TV: None	26' (o.g.) Amiri	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Benbrahem, Alaoua, Yahi

23 October 2015 Round 9	CS Constantine	1 – 1	USM Blida	Constantine
18:00	Moulaye 6'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	54' (pen.) Noubli	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Bounoua

27 October 2015 Round 10	USM Blida	0 – 0	MO Béjaïa	Blida
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Benouza, Omari, Ayad

6 November 2015 Round 11	JS Kabylie	0 – 0	USM Blida	Tizi Ouzou
16:00		Report Live TV: beIN Sports / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Achouri, Boulfelfel, Tamene

21 November 2015 Round 12	USM Blida	1 – 1	CR Belouizdad	Blida
15:00	Sylla 90+2'	Report Live TV: None	47' Nekkache	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Benbraham, Gourari, Benali

28 November 2015 Round 13	RC Relizane	5 – 1	USM Blida	Relizane
15:00	Akrour 17' Manucho 34', 38', 48', 85'	Report Live TV: None	45' Laïfaoui	Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Bahloul, Saadi, Amiri

11 December 2015 Round 14	USM Blida	2 – 1	JS Saoura	Blida
15:00	Amiri 55' Sylla 66'	Report Live TV: None	63' Tiboutine	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Benouza, Ayad, Ghomari

26 December 2015 Round 15	USM Alger	3 – 0	USM Blida	Bologhine
16:00	Andria 22' Nadji 36' Chafaï 45+1'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Mial, Salaoudji, Belbachir

16 January 2016 Round 16	USM Blida	1 – 0	ASM Oran	Blida
15:00	Amiri 33' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Arab, Bayoudh, Guernouz

23 January 2016 Round 17	USM El Harrach	2 – 0	USM Blida	El Harrach
15:00	Bouguèche 10' (pen.) Meziane 35'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Benouza, Gourari, Ayad

30 January 2016 Round 18	USM Blida	1 – 1	DRB Tadjenanet	Blida
15:00	Chérif 1'	Report Live TV: None	88' (pen.) Sayoud	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Necib, Tamene, Maghlout

5 February 2016 Round 19	MC Alger	0 – 0	USM Blida	Bologhine
16:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bahloul, Bounoua, Saïdi

13 February 2016 Round 20	USM Blida	1 – 1	RC Arbaâ	Blida
15:00	Abed 25'	Report	10' Taib	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Zouaoui, Kechida, Haliti

27 February 2016 Round 21	NA Hussein Dey	2 – 0	USM Blida	Belouizdad
16:00	Choubani 8' Gasmi 45+3'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Benbraham, Gourari, Alaoua

8 March 2016 Round 22	USM Blida	2 – 1	ES Sétif	Blida
16:00	Chérif 9' Ounnas 72' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None	19' Delhoum	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Aouina Saïd, Djemaï, Aouina Fawzi

26 March 2016 Round 23	MC Oran	0 – 0	USM Blida	Oran
18:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Zouaoui, Damène, Haliti

2 April 2016 Round 24	USM Blida	0 – 0	CS Constantine	Blida
16:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Bourrechou

15 April 2016 Round 25	MO Béjaïa	1 – 1	USM Blida	Béjaïa
18:00	Lakhdari 90'	Report Live TV: None	67' Bedrane	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Houasnia, Salaouadji, Tazrout

23 April 2016 Round 26	USM Blida	0 – 2	JS Kabylie	Blida
16:00		Report Live TV: None	85' Boulaouidet 86' Medjkane	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Abid Charef, Gourari, Boulfelfel

29 April 2016 Round 27	CR Belouizdad	1 – 1	USM Blida	Belouizdad
17:00	Ngomo 62'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	44' Bedrane	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Bourrechou

13 May 2016 Round 28	USM Blida	1 – 0	RC Relizane	Blida
17:30	Boudina 20'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Benbrahim, Gourari, Brahim

20 May 2016 Round 29	JS Saoura	2 – 1	USM Blida	Béchar
17:30	Bellatreche 78' Hammar 90+5'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	59' Chérif	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Saïdi, Beraoui, Abid

27 May 2016 Round 30	USM Blida	1 – 0	USM Alger	Blida
17:30	Melika 55'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Arab, Hamlaoui, Bayoud

Algerian Cup

Win Draw Loss

19 December 2015 Round of 64	USM Blida	3–2 (a.e.t.)	OM Arzew	Blida
14:15	Benayada 40' Sylla 70' Bendiaf 104'	Report	Aissaoui 54' (pen.) Baouch 84'	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Hamza Bouslimani, Rimouch, Belbachir

9 January 2016 Round of 32	US Tébessa	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	USM Blida	Tébessa
14:30	Eulmi 18'	Report	19' Laïfaoui	Stadium: Stade du 4 Mars

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK	ALG	Oussama Litim	7	0	7	0	0	0
21	GK	ALG	El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah	23	0	23	0	0	0
35	GK	ALG	Salim Sami Aït Ali	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Adel Djaâdane	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ALG	Abdelkader Bedrane	28	3	28	3	0	0
4	DF	ALG	Abdelkader Laïfaoui	28	1	28	1	0	0
5	DF	ALG	Abdelkader Benayada	20	0	20	0	0	0
19	DF	ALG	Zakaria Tsamda	15	0	15	0	0	0
22	DF	ALG	Khalfallah Belhaoua	20	0	20	0	0	0
25	DF	ALG	Youcef Benamara	26	0	26	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Tayeb Maroci	22	0	22	0	0	0
8	MF	ALG	Abdellah Boudina	14	1	14	1	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Mustapha Melika	22	2	22	2	0	0
11	MF	ALG	Tarek Bendiaf	5	0	5	0	0	0
14	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Mohammedi	3	0	3	0	0	0
17	MF	ALG	Ali Amiri	26	3	26	3	0	0
20	MF	ALG	Aziz Benabdi	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ALG	Hamza Heriat	25	0	25	0	0	0
31	MF	ALG	Hamza Ounnas	19	1	19	1	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Oussama Mesfar	8	0	8	0	0	0
9	FW	GUI	Ibrahim Khalil Sylla	25	2	25	2	0	0
23	FW	ALG	Fethi Noubli	13	2	13	2	0	0
28	FW	ALG	Mohamed Hicham Chérif	28	3	28	3	0	0
30	FW	ALG	Mounir Fekih	9	1	9	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

References

External links