# 2015–16 JS Saoura season

In the 2015–16 season, JS Saoura competed in the Ligue 1 for the 4th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. in August 2015, Mustapha Kouici was dismissed from his position, and the team's spokesman Mohamed Zerouati said that the new president of the club was the one who took this decision and the contract signed between the two sides allows that.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 August 2015. 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 | Houari Djemili | (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 (aged 28) | MC Alger |
| 16 | GK | Salah Laouti | (1980-10-27)27 October 1980 (aged 34) | Youth system |
| 30 | GK | Abdelkader Benameur | (1994-03-15)15 March 1994 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | LB | Lotfi Dahmri | (1990-01-10)10 January 1990 (aged 25) | US Chaouia |
| 4 | CB | Hichem Mansouri | (1994-06-11)11 June 1994 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 14 | LB | Djilali Terbah | (1988-07-26)26 July 1988 (aged 27) | USM Blida |
| 23 | CB | Jean Bapidi | (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (aged 26) | Al-Orobah FC |
| 24 | RB | Mohamed Tiboutine | (1991-02-28)28 February 1991 (aged 24) | USMM Hadjout |
| 29 | CB | Touhami Sebie | (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 27) | AS Khroub |
| | CB | Nadjib Maaziz | (1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (aged 26) | Olympique de Médéa |
| | RB | Khaled Toubal | (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 29) | USM Annaba |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | DM | Mohamed Lagraâ | (1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 28) | ES Sétif |
| 7 | RM | Mohamed El Amine Tiouli | (1987-07-08)8 July 1987 (aged 28) | WA Tlemcen |
| 8 | DM | Mahfoud Amri | (1988-11-03)3 November 1988 (aged 26) | Unknown |
| 13 | DM | Nabil Bousmaha | (1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 18 | DM | Messala Merbah | (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 21) | US Beni Douala |
| 20 | AM | Zilé Tiéhidé | (1993-08-07)7 August 1993 (aged 22) | Stade de Mbour |
| 22 | AM | Ziri Hammar | (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 23) | AC Arles-Avignon |
| 25 | DM | Riad Gharrich | (1990-11-07)7 November 1990 (aged 24) | USM Bel-Abbès |
| 26 | LW | Mohamed El Amine Hammia | (1991-12-21)21 December 1991 (aged 23) | USM Blida |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | | Saïd Sayah | (19-00-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! 19 (aged 1995–1996) | [] |
| 11 | | Christ Mbondi | (19-00-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! 19 (aged 1995–1996) | [] |
| 15 | | Abdenour Belkheir | (19-00-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! 19 (aged 1995–1996) | [] |
| 17 | | Moustapha Djallit | (19-00-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! 19 (aged 1995–1996) | [] |
| 19 | | Hamza Zaidi | (19-00-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! 19 (aged 1995–1996) | [] |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 040.00 |
| Algerian Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 040.63 |
| Competition | Start round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Ligue 1 | — | Runners–up | 15 August 2015 | 27 May 2015 |
| Algerian Cup | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 19 December 2015 | 9 January 2016 |

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | USM Alger (C) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 2 | JS Saoura | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 48 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 45 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 45 | |
| 5 | ES Sétif | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 44 | |
* 1 2 JS Kabylie ahead of CR Belouizdad on head-to-head record: JSK–CRB 1–0, CRB–JSK 1–1.
* ↑ ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 January 2015. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Houari Djemili | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Salah Laouti | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Abdelkader Benameur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ALG | Lotfi Dahmri | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Hichem Mansouri | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Lagraâ | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ALG | Djilali Terbah | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CMR | Jean Bapidi Fils | 31 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Tiboutine | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ALG | Touhami Sebie | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Djamel Hadji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Khaled Toubel | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Nadjib Maâziz | 20 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ALG | Mohamed El Amine Tiouli | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mahfoud Amri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Nabil Bousmaha | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Messala Merbah | 23 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CIV | Zilé André Tiéhidé Rista | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ALG | Ziri Hammar | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Riad Gharrich | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Hamia | 19 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Sofiane Ammour | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ALG | Saïd Sayah | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Abdenour Belkheir | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Moustapha Djallit | 30 | 10 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Hamza Zaidi | 30 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Salim Belkheir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Oussama Bellatreche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | CMR | Christ Mbondi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions