2021–22 US Biskra season

US Biskra
2021–22 season
President	Abdelkader Triaa
Head coach	Youcef Bouzidi; (from 28 September 2021)
Stadium	18 February Stadium
Ligue 1	10th
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hichem Mokhtar; (12 goals); All: ; Hichem Mokhtar; (12 goals)
Biggest win	5–0 ; vs RC Arbaâ (A); (23 October 2021)
Biggest defeat	0–3 ; vs USM Alger (A); (20 November 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

In the 2021–22 season, US Biskra competed in the Ligue 1 for the fifth season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their third consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 October 2021.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Abderrahmane Bouchareb	(1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
13	GK	Walid Ouabdi	(1995-06-12)12 June 1995 (aged 26)	SC Aïn Defla
16	GK	Ali Bencherif	(1988-09-26)26 September 1988 (aged 33)	MO Béjaïa
Defenders
3	RB	Mohamed Assil Sioued	(1998-10-13)13 October 1998 (aged 23)	Youth system
4	CB	Tarek Adouane	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 24)	CRB Ouled Djellal
14	CB	Mohamed Ikbal Boufligha	(1993-09-28)28 September 1993 (aged 28)	CR Village Moussa
17	RB	Bilal Boukarroum	(1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 28)	JSM Skikda
20	CB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 35)	JS Saoura
23	CB	Adel Lakhdari	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 32)	MC Oran
26	CB	Hamza Salem	(1998-01-10)10 January 1998 (aged 23)	Youth system
Midfielders
5	MF	Ali Amriche	(1998-12-08)8 December 1998 (aged 23)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
6	MF	Hamza Heriat	(1987-09-06)6 September 1987 (aged 34)	MC Oran
8	MF	Mustapha Zeghnoun	(1991-06-30)30 June 1991 (aged 30)	ASO Chlef
11	MF	Hamza Ounnas	(1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 33)	USM Bel Abbès
18	MF	Mohamed Fenniri	(1998-01-20)20 January 1998 (aged 23)	Paradou AC
22	MF	Hatem Dakhia	(1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 30)	ASO Chlef
24	MF	Noufel Ghassiri	(1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (aged 33)	Unattached
25	MF	Mohamed Chaibeddra Tani	(1991-08-01)1 August 1991 (aged 30)	Unattached
27	MF	Hamza Yadroudj	(1992-12-03)3 December 1992 (aged 29)	JS Saoura
Forwards
7	FW	Youcef Djahnit	(1997-01-11)11 January 1997 (aged 24)	CS Constantine
9	FW	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed	(1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 32)	CRB Ouled Djellal
10	FW	Hichem Mokhtar	(1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 30)	JSM Béjaïa
12	FW	El Hocine Rais	(1997-12-21)21 December 1997 (aged 24)	GC Mascara
15	FW	Aimen Djebbar	(1999-05-14)14 May 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
21	FW	Hamza Demane	(1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 32)	AS Ain M'lila

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	34	13	11	10	36	32	+4	038.24	—	10th	23 October 2021	10 June 2022
Total	34	13	11	10	36	32	+4	038.24

Updated to match played 10 June 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	MC Alger	34	13	12	9	36	24	+12	51
9	ASO Chlef	34	13	11	10	38	31	+7	50^[a]
10	US Biskra	34	13	11	10	36	32	+4	50^[a]
11	MC Oran	34	10	16	8	32	29	+3	46
12	HB Chelghoum Laïd	34	11	12	11	40	41	−1	45

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ASO Chlef finished ahead of US Biskra on head-to-head goal difference: US Biskra 2–1 ASO Chlef, ASO Chlef 2–0 US Biskra.

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
34	13	11	10	36	32	+4	50	10	5	2	19	9	+10	3	6	8	17	23	−6

Last updated: 10 June 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.^[3]

23 October 2021 Round 1	RC Arbaâ	0–5	US Biskra	Kouba
16:00		Report	Khoualed 2', 34' Mokhtar 50', 76' (pen.) Djahnit 55'	Stadium: Mohamed Benhaddad Stadium Attendance: 0 ^[a] Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

29 October 2021 Round 2	US Biskra	2–1	JS Saoura	Biskra
15:00	Djahnit 10', 61'	Report	Lahmeri 80' (pen.)	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

7 November 2021 Round 3	US Biskra	1–0	RC Relizane	Biskra
15:00	Mokhtar 27' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Bilel Soltani

20 November 2021 Round 4	USM Alger	3–0	US Biskra	Bologhine
18:00	Benhammouda 15', 21' Radouani 76' Belkacemi 82' (pen.)	Report	Zobir 7' Rais 73' Boulanouar 76'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

25 November 2021 Round 5	US Biskra	2–0	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Biskra
14:30	Mokhtar 18' Khoualed 73'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

10 December 2021 Round 7	US Biskra	2–0	ASO Chlef	Biskra
15:00	Mokhtar 50' (pen.), 64'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

17 December 2021 Round 8	MC Oran	2–2	US Biskra	Oran
16:00	Dahar 66' Alati 69'	Report	M.Khoualed 61' Ounnas 90+3'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

24 December 2022 Round 9	US Biskra	0–1	CR Belouizdad	Biskra
15:00		Report	Keddad 45+4'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

29 December 2021 Round 10	NC Magra	1–0	US Biskra	Magra
14:30	Bouguèche 16'	Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

3 January 2022 Round 11	US Biskra	0–0	WA Tlemcen	Biskra
14:00		Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

7 January 2022 Round 12	MC Alger	1–1	US Biskra	Algiers
15:00	Hachoud 82'	Report	Ghassiri 61'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

11 January 2021 Round 6	JS Kabylie	1–1	US Biskra	Tizi Ouzou
15:00	Nezla 27'	Report	Mokhtar 53'	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Gamouh

16 January 2022 Round 13	US Biskra	2–0	CS Constantine	Biskra
15:00	Boukarroum 42' Mokhtar 66'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

21 January 2022 Round 14	Paradou AC	1–0	US Biskra	Dar El Beïda
15:00	Bouzok 64'	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

25 January 2022 Round 15	US Biskra	2–1	Olympique de Médéa	Biskra
14:30	Ounnas 48' Mokhtar 55'	Report	Belbey 90'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Hadj Aissa semache

29 January 2022 Round 16	ES Sétif	2–0	US Biskra	Sétif
15:00	Lakhdari 12' (o.g.) Djahnit 34'	Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

5 February 2022 Round 17	US Biskra	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Biskra
14:30	Boukarroum 65' Lakhdari 85'	Report	Bouloudene 33'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamad Salah Dafri

25 February 2022 Round 18	US Biskra	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Biskra
14:30	Mokhtar 12'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi

24 March 2022 Round 19	JS Saoura	2–0	US Biskra	Béchar
17:00	Saâd 60', 86'	Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

5 March 2022 Round 20	RC Relizane	1–1	US Biskra	Relizane
14:30	Si Ammar 33'	Report	Lakhdari 15'	Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benzahra

11 March 2022 Round 21	US Biskra	0–0	USM Alger	Biskra
14:30	Djahnit 45+5' Boufligha 54'	Report	Merbah 22'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Ali Nader

18 March 2022 Round 22	HB Chelghoum Laïd	3–1	US Biskra	Chelghoum Laïd
15:00	Aïb 9' Tarek Cheurfaoui 24' Harrari 64'	Report	Ghassiri 17'	Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

28 March 2022 Round 23	US Biskra	0–1	JS Kabylie	Biskra
15:00		Report	Ouattara 16'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

1 April 2022 Round 24	ASO Chlef	2–0	US Biskra	Chlef
16:00	Fourloul 45+2' (pen.) Baaziz 58'	Report		Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

13 April 2022 Round 25	US Biskra	2–2	MC Oran	Biskra
22:00	Lakhdari 29' Khoualed 90+4'	Report	Guenina 53' Benamar 90+6'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

22 April 2022 Round 27	US Biskra	1–0	NC Magra	Biskra
22:30	Boukarroum 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

29 April 2022 Round 28	WA Tlemcen	0–3	US Biskra	Tlemcen
15:45		Report	Khoualed 5' Mokhtar 18', 80'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

7 May 2022 Round 29	US Biskra	0–0	MC Alger	Biskra
18:00		Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

14 May 2022 Round 30	CS Constantine	0–0	US Biskra	Constantine
16:00		Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

20 May 2022 Round 31	US Biskra	1–0	Paradou AC	Biskra
17:00	Adouane 21'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

27 May 2022 Round 32	Olympique de Médéa	1–1	US Biskra	Médéa
16:45	Baâli 55'	Report	Ounnas 13'	Stadium: Imam Lyes Stadium Referee: Zakaria Antar

31 May 2022 Round 26	CR Belouizdad	2–0	US Biskra	Belouizdad
16:45	Mrezigue 31' Bousseliou 45'	Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

5 June 2022 Round 33	US Biskra	1–1	ES Sétif	Biskra
19:00	Ounnas 16'	Report	Djahnit 8' (pen.)	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Hamza Boucetta

10 June 2022 Round 34	NA Hussein Dey	1–2	US Biskra	Belouizdad
16:45	Benseghir 48'	Report	Fenniri 4' Thamer 7'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lamia Athmane

^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abderrahmane Bouchareb	2	0	2	0
13	GK	ALG	Walid Ouabdi	17	0	17	0
16	GK	ALG	Ali Bencherif	16	0	16	0
Defenders
3	DF	ALG	Mohamed Assil Sioued	9	0	9	0
4	DF	ALG	Tarek Adouane	12	1	12	1
14	DF	ALG	Mohamed Ikbal Boufligha	9	0	9	0
17	DF	ALG	Bilal Boukarroum	25	3	25	3
20	DF	ALG	Nacereddine Khoualed	21	2	21	2
23	DF	ALG	Adel Lakhdari	22	3	22	3
26	DF	ALG	Hamza Salem	27	0	27	0
31	DF	ALG	Ahmed Redha Houhou	5	0	5	0
	DF	ALG	Nour Laid Bouchareb	1	0	1	0
	DF	ALG	Idris Boulanouar	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ALG	Ali Amriche	32	0	32	0
6	MF	ALG	Hamza Heriat	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ALG	Mustapha Zeghnoun	28	0	28	0
11	MF	ALG	Hamza Ounnas	26	4	26	4
18	MF	ALG	Mohamed Fenniri	23	1	23	1
22	MF	ALG	Hatem Dakhia	12	0	12	0
24	MF	ALG	Noufel Ghassiri	21	2	21	2
25	MF	ALG	Mohamed Chaibeddra Tani	5	0	5	0
27	MF	ALG	Hamza Yadroudj	29	0	29	0
28	MF	ALG	Nizar Thamer	6	1	6	1
57	MF	ALG	Mohamed Ihab Zobir	1	0	1	0
	MF	ALG	Aissa Abderrabou	1	0	1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Youcef Djahnit	26	3	26	3
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed	26	4	26	4
10	FW	ALG	Hichem Mokhtar	31	12	31	12
12	FW	ALG	El Hocine Rais	1	0	1	0
15	FW	ALG	Aimen Djebbar	8	0	8	0
35	FW	ALG	Abdelouahab Merri	17	0	17	0
55	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Nabi	12	0	12	0
	FW	ALG	Abderrahmane Youcef	1	0	1	0
	FW	ALG	Adem Hedagha	1	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
21	FW	ALG	Hamza Demane	11	0	11	0

Last updated: 10 June 2022
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 10 June 2022^[update]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	TOTAL
10	Hichem Mokhtar	FW	12	12
11	Hamza Ounnas	MF	4	4
9	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed	FW	4	4
7	Youcef Djahnit	FW	3	3
23	Adel Lakhdari	DF	3	3
17	Bilal Boukarroum	DF	3	3
20	Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	2	2
24	Noufel Ghassiri	MF	2	2
4	Tarek Adouane	DF	1	1
18	Mohamed Fenniri	MF	1	1
28	Nizar Thamer	MF	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Totals			36	36

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
29 September 2021	GK	Walid Ouabdi	SC Aïn Defla	Free transfer	^[4]
1 October 2021	FW	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed	CRB Ouled Djellal	Free transfer	^[5]
1 October 2021	FW	Hamza Demane	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer	^[6]
5 October 2021	FW	Mohamed Fenniri	Paradou AC	Loan	^[7]
15 October 2021	MF	Ali Amriche	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Free transfer	^[8]
15 October 2021	FW	Youcef Djahnit	CS Constantine	Free transfer	^[9]
18 October 2021	MF	Mustapha Zeghnoun	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[10]
20 October 2021	MF	Hamza Ounnas	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	^[11]
20 October 2021	FW	El Hocine Rais	GC Mascara	Free transfer	^[12]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
18 September 2021	GK	Nafaa Alloui	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	^[13]^[14]
7 October 2021	MF	Mohamed Yacine Athmani	USM Khenchela	Free transfer	^[15]
8 October 2021	MF	Salah Eddine Djabou	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer	^[16]
11 October 2021	MF	Chams-Eddine Haddad	RC Arbaâ	Free transfer	^[17]
17 October 2021	FW	Youcef Chibane	RC Relizane	Free transfer	^[18]
20 October 2021	FW	Seif Zine Toumi	RC Arbaâ	Free transfer	^[19]
20 October 2021	MF	Lyes Renai	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer	^[20]

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[table_hth_ASO0.249294074834-3] ASO Chlef finished ahead of US Biskra on head-to-head goal difference: US Biskra 2–1 ASO Chlef, ASO Chlef 2–0 US Biskra.

[Covid-5] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

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