2020–21 USM Bel Abbès season

USM Bel Abbès
2020–21 season
President	Abdelghani El Hannani
Head coach	Liamine Bougherara; (from 3 October 2020)
Stadium	Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
Ligue 1	Pre-season
League Cup	Round of 16
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

In the 2020–21 season, USM Bel Abbès is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 26th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 November 2020.^[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	Abdelkader Zarat Belmokhtar	(1995-08-28)28 August 1995 (aged 25)	Youth system
16	GK	Abdelkader Morcely	(1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 25)	MC Alger
Defenders
2	RB	Abdelhak Sailaa	(1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 24)	MC Alger
3		Abbes Noureddine Haddou	(1999-07-11)11 July 1999 (aged 21)	Youth system
4	LB	Nasreddine Benlebna	(1995-05-09)9 May 1995 (aged 25)	GC Mascara
5	CB	Mohammed Hamza	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 26)	ES Mostaganem
13		Mohammed Yassine Bounoua	(1999-05-02)2 May 1999 (aged 21)	Youth system
15		Ishak Ben Hassaini	(1999-05-29)29 May 1999 (aged 21)	Youth system
17	CB	Mustapha Kheiraoui	(1995-10-07)7 October 1995 (aged 25)	USM Alger
20	RB	Abderrahim Abdelli	(1996-08-09)9 August 1996 (aged 24)	Youth system
24	CB	Anès Abbes	(1996-10-07)7 October 1996 (aged 24)	Youth system
25	LB	Houari Baouche	(1995-12-24)24 December 1995 (aged 25)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
27	RB	Sofiane Khadir	(1994-08-03)3 August 1994 (aged 26)	NA Hussein Dey
Midfielders
6	DM	Yahia Miloud Koufi	(1998-07-05)5 July 1998 (aged 22)	Youth system
8	AM	Hamza Ounnas	(1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 32)	DRB Tadjenanet
9	DM	Mehdi Ouertani	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (aged 30)	MC Alger
10	CM	Aikel Charrad Gadacha	(1993-03-29)29 March 1993 (aged 27)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
22		Redouane Bounoua	(1998-11-01)1 November 1998 (aged 22)	Youth system
23	RW	Khalil Semahi	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 25)	JS Saoura
Forwards
7	RW	Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar	(1995-04-16)16 April 1995 (aged 25)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
11	ST	Abdelwahid Belgherbi	(1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 30)	JS Kabylie
12	LW	Mohamed Kamel Soltani	(1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 29)	MO Béjaïa
14	LW	Dadi El Hocine Mouaki	(1996-09-11)11 September 1996 (aged 24)	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
18	LW	Mohamed Itim	(1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (aged 23)	MC Oran
19	ST	Ali Haroun	(1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 23)	NC Magra
21	AM	Abdelaziz Litt	(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 27)	IS Tighennif
26	ST	Mouloud Nabil Metref	(1996-07-29)29 July 1996 (aged 24)	Youth system

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	—	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
League Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 16	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Updated to match played 7 March 2020
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	ASO Chlef	38	12	9	17	39	53	−14	45
17	AS Aïn M'lila (R)	38	13	8	17	38	53	−15	44^[a]	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	USM Bel Abbès (R)	38	9	11	18	32	58	−26	38
19	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (R)	38	4	10	24	29	67	−38	22
20	JSM Skikda (R)	38	5	3	30	17	73	−56	18

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: dzfoot.com
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ On May 30, 2021 after the participation of a penalized player Hamza Ziad against JS Kabylie, AS Ain M'lila Lost the match 3–0 and deducted 3 points.^[3]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
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	35	36	37	38
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.^[4]

4 December 2020 Round 2	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–1	USM Bel Abbès	Bordj Bou Arréridj
14:00	Gattal 70'	Soccerway report	Abbas 45+1'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

8 December 2020 Round 1	USM Bel Abbès	1–2	MC Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Bounoua 65'	Soccerway report	Frioui 15' (pen.), 90+1'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

12 December 2020 Round 3	USM Bel Abbès	0–2	ES Sétif	Sidi Bel Abbès
14:00		Soccerway report	Ghacha 14' Laouafi 62'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

19 December 2020 Round 4	JS Saoura	2–0	USM Bel Abbès	Béchar
14:30	Messaoudi 50', 87'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

23 December 2020 Round 5	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	MC Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Litt 30'	Soccerway report	Hamidi 67'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

27 December 2020 Round 6	ASO Chlef	4–1	USM Bel Abbès	Chlef
15:00	Arab 45+1' Ouis 53' Tahar 56' Alili 88'	Soccerway report	Soltani 66'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Redouane Necib

9 January 2021 Round 7	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	NC Magra	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Metref 31'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Gamouh

15 January 2021 Round 8	US Biskra	0–1	USM Bel Abbès	Biskra
14:00		Soccerway report	Metref 67'	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

22 January 2021 Round 9	USM Bel Abbès	2–3	WA Tlemcen	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Hamza 15', 66'	Soccerway report	Zermane 19' (pen.) Ibouzidène (62) Benachour 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

26 January 2021 Round 10	CR Belouizdad	3–1	USM Bel Abbès	Belouizdad
14:30	Belkhir 19' (pen.) Selmi 24' Sayoud 42'	Soccerway report	Haroun 50'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

30 January 2021 Round 11	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Belaïd 67' (o.g.)	Soccerway report	Koudri 81'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

2020 Round 12		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]		Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2020 Round 13		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]		Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2020 Round 14		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]		Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 15		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]		Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 16		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]		Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 17		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]		Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 18		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]		Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 19		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]		Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 20		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 21		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 22		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 23		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 24		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 25		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 26		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 27		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 28		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 29		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 30		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 31		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 32		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 33		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 34		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 35		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 36		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 37		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 38		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

Algerian League Cup

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abdelkader Zarat Belmokhtar	0	0	0	0
16	GK	ALG	Abdelkader Morcely	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Abdelhak Sailaa	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ALG	Abbes Noureddine Haddou	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ALG	Nasreddine Benlebna	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ALG	Mohammed Hamza	0	0	0	0
13	DF	ALG	Mohammed Yassine Bounoua	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ALG	Ishak Ben Hassaini	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Mustapha Kheiraoui	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ALG	Abderrahim Abdelli	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ALG	Abderrahim Abdelli	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ALG	Abderrahim Abdelli	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ALG	Sofiane Khadir	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Yahia Miloud Koufi	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ALG	Hamza Ounnas	0	0	0	0
9	MF	TUN	Mehdi Ouertani	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Aikel Charrad Gadacha	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ALG	Redouane Bounoua	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ALG	Khalil Semahi	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ALG	Abdelwahid Belgherbi	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ALG	Mohamed Kamel Soltani	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ALG	Dadi El Hocine Mouaki	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ALG	Mohamed Itim	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ALG	Ali Haroun	0	0	0	0
21	FW	ALG	Abdelaziz Litt	0	0	0	0
26	FW	ALG	Mouloud Nabil Metref	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 11 June 2018
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

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

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
3 October 2020	RB	Mohamed Tiboutine	USM Alger	Free transfer	^[5]^[6]
3 October 2020	MF	Nazim Itim	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[5]^[6]
6 October 2020	MF	Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Free transfer	^[7]
6 October 2020	FW	Abdelwahid Belgherbi	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[7]
7 October 2020	CB	Mustapha Kheiraoui	USM Alger	Free transfer	^[8]
7 October 2020	MF	Khalil Semahi	JS Saoura	Free transfer	^[9]
26 October 2020	DF	Abdelhak Saïla	MC Alger	Loan for one year	^[10]
26 October 2020	MF	Mehdi Ouertani	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[10]
26 October 2020	DF	Sofiane Khadir	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	^[10]
27 October 2020	FW	Redouane Maâchou	CR Belouizdad	Loan for two years	^[11]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
17 August 2020	RB	Fateh Achour	USM Alger	Free transfer	^[12]
26 September 2020	CB	Anes Saad	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[13]
27 September 2020	MF	Abdennour Belhocini	Umm Salal	Free transfer	^[14]
2 October 2020	FW	Ameur Bouguettaya	ASO Chlef	Free transfer

Notes

References

^ "Bougherara nouveau coach de l'USMBA". maghrebinfo.dz. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "FICHE DU CLUB: USM BEL ABBES".
^ "La JSK récupère les trois points de l'ASAM". competition.dz. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ "LFP : Le calendrier de Ligue 1 2020/2021". dzfoot.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "USM Bel Abbès : Bougherara nouveau coach". DZFoot.com. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Boughrara signe à l'USM Bel Abbès : Tiboutine et Itim, premières recrues". elwatan.com. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "USM Bel Abbès : Belmokhtar et Belgherbi en renfort". elwatan.com. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
^ "مدافع اتحاد العاصمة خيراوي يمضي في بلعباس". elwassat.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ "سماحي سابع مستقدمي اتحاد بلعباس". pro.medias-dz.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "USM Bel Abbès : Saila, Ouertani et Khadir signent". 28 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "CRB: Soumana et Maâchou prêtés". DZFoot.com. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "USMA : Redouani et Achour signent". DZFoot.com. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
^ "Transfert: Le CR Bélouizdad recrute Anès Saâd". africafootunited.com. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "Mercato : Belhocini rejoint Umm Salal (Officiel)". DZFoot.com. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[table_hth_ASA0.73560119640809-4] On May 30, 2021 after the participation of a penalized player Hamza Ziad against JS Kabylie, AS Ain M'lila Lost the match 3–0 and deducted 3 points.^[3]

[1] "Bougherara nouveau coach de l'USMBA". maghrebinfo.dz. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[2] "FICHE DU CLUB: USM BEL ABBES".

[3] "La JSK récupère les trois points de l'ASAM". competition.dz. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[5] "LFP : Le calendrier de Ligue 1 2020/2021". dzfoot.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[usm-bel-abbes-bougherara-nouveau-coach-6] "USM Bel Abbès : Bougherara nouveau coach". DZFoot.com. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[boughrara-signe-a-lusm-bel-abbes-tiboutine-et-itim-premieres-recrues-7] "Boughrara signe à l'USM Bel Abbès : Tiboutine et Itim, premières recrues". elwatan.com. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[usm-bel-abbes-belmokhtar-et-belgherbi-en-renfort-8] "USM Bel Abbès : Belmokhtar et Belgherbi en renfort". elwatan.com. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

[9] "مدافع اتحاد العاصمة خيراوي يمضي في بلعباس". elwassat.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

[10] "سماحي سابع مستقدمي اتحاد بلعباس". pro.medias-dz.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

[usm-bel-abbes-saila-ouertani-et-khadir-signent-11] "USM Bel Abbès : Saila, Ouertani et Khadir signent". 28 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[12] "CRB: Soumana et Maâchou prêtés". DZFoot.com. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[13] "USMA : Redouani et Achour signent". DZFoot.com. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[14] "Transfert: Le CR Bélouizdad recrute Anès Saâd". africafootunited.com. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[15] "Mercato : Belhocini rejoint Umm Salal (Officiel)". DZFoot.com. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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