# 2022–23 MC Alger season

The 2022–23 season, is MC Alger's 54th season and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, MC Alger participated in the Algerian Cup.

## Season summary

On 16 July 2022, Faruk Hadžibegić was appointed as a new head coach. On 20 July 2022, MC Alger agreed with the Rouïba municipality to receive their opponents for the first leg in Salem Mabrouki Stadium, after the closure of the Stade du 5 Juillet for renovation. On September 10, Faruk Hadžibegić was dismissed from his post after only three matches, the contract was canceled by mutual consent.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2023. 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 | Farid Chaâl | (1994-07-03)3 July 1994 (aged 28) | Youth system |
| 2 | GK | Abdelatif Ramdane | (2001-05-19)19 May 2001 (aged 21) | JS Kabylie |
| 16 | GK | Oussama Litim | (1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 32) | Al-Ain |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | CB | Boualem Mesmoudi | (1994-04-15)15 April 1994 (aged 28) | Al-Wakrah SC |
| 5 | CB | Ayoub Abdellaoui | (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 29) | Ettifaq FC |
| 12 | CB | Mohamed Merouani | (1997-08-29)29 August 1997 (aged 25) | ASO Chlef |
| 14 | LB | Hamza Mouali | (1998-01-16)16 January 1998 (aged 24) | Stade Lavallois |
| 15 | LB | Houari Ferhani | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 29) | ES Sétif |
| 17 | RB | Kamel Hamidi | (1996-05-01)May 1, 1996 (aged 26) | MC Oran |
| 19 | CB | Ayoub Ghezala | (1995-12-06)December 6, 1995 (aged 27) | USM Annaba |
| 20 | RB | Réda Halaïmia | (1996-08-28)August 28, 1996 (aged 26) | Beerschot |
| 31 | CB | Abdelkader Menezla | (2001-01-06)January 6, 2001 (aged 21) | USM Bel Abbès |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | MF | Tayeb Hamoudi | (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 27) | Paradou AC |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Benkhemassa | (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 29) | Ismaily SC |
| 8 | MF | Féth-Allah Tahar | (1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 28) | ASO Chlef |
| 13 | MF | Aziz Benabdi | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 29) | Hassania Agadir |
| 22 | MF | Khalid Dahmani | (1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 23) | ASO Chlef |
| 25 | MF | Badreddine Touki | (1999-09-25)25 September 1999 (aged 23) | WA Boufarik |
| 26 | MF | Moundhir Bouzekri | (2001-12-16)16 December 2001 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW | Abdelmalek Oukil | (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 (aged 26) | RC Arbaâ |
| 9 | FW | Ali Haroun | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 25) | MC Oujda |
| 10 | FW | Joseph Esso | (1996-12-10)10 December 1996 (aged 26) | Dreams FC |
| 11 | FW | Razafindranaivo Koloina | (2000-03-05)5 March 2000 (aged 22) | CFF Andoharanofotsy |
| 18 | FW | Kheireddine Merzougui | (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 30) | CR Belouizdad |
| 21 | FW | Aymene Rahmani | (2001-05-16)16 May 2001 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 23 | FW | Chouaib Debbih | (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 30) | CS Constantine |
| 24 | FW | Mohamed Ramzi Haif | (2001-06-25)25 June 2001 (aged 21) | Youth system |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 16 June 2022 | FW | Abdelmalek Oukil | RC Arbaâ | Free transfer |
| 19 June 2022 | LB | Houari Ferhani | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 20 June 2022 | CB | Abdelkader Menezla | USM Bel Abbès | Free transfer |
| 23 June 2022 | FW | Victor Mbaoma | Enyimba | Free transfer |
| 23 June 2022 | FW | Idir Boutrif | CS Fola Esch | Free transfer |
| 29 June 2022 | MF | Tayeb Hamoudi | Paradou AC | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Khalid Dahamni | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2022 | CB | Boualem Mesmoudi | Al-Wakrah SC | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2022 | FW | Chouaib Debbih | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2022 | CB | Ayoub Abdellaoui | Ettifaq FC | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2022 | FW | Kheireddine Merzougui | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2022 | RB | Réda Halaïmia | Beerschot | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2022 | MF | Aziz Benabdi | Hassania Agadir | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 23 January 2023 | MF | Mohamed Benkhemassa | Ismaily SC | Free transfer |
| 30 January 2023 | FW | Razafindranaivo Koloina | CFF Andoharanofotsy | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2023 | LB | Hamza Mouali | Stade Lavallois | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2023 | FW | Ali Haroun | MC Oujda | Free transfer |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 10 June 2022 | RB | Abderahmane Hachoud | Unattached | Released |
| 5 July 2022 | RB | Aymen Attou | Unattached | Released |
| 12 July 2022 | LB | Mohamed Amine Ezzemani | Unattached | Released |
| 13 July 2022 | FW | Mohamed El Seddik Benbournane | Unattached | Released |
| 14 July 2022 | CB | Mouad Hadded | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2022 | MF | Isla Daoudi Diomande | Unattached | Released |
| 24 July 2022 | FW | Samy Frioui | Al-Khaldiya SC | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2022 | FW | Hamza Zaidi | Unattached | Released |
| 31 July 2022 | MF | Youcef El Houari | Unattached | Released |
| 4 August 2022 | MF | Miloud Rebiai | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2022 | MF | Abdelraouf Benguit | Raja CA | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2022 | FW | Abdelhak Abdelhafid | CS Constantine | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 11 January 2023 | FW | Idir Boutrif | Unattached | Released |
| 28 January 2023 | FW | Victor Mbaoma | Unattached | Released |
| 5 February 2023 | FW | Mohammed Souhil Bassa | Unattached | Released |
| 7 March 2023 | DF | Adel Ghanem | Valmiera FC | Loan for one year |

### New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date |
| | FW | Mohamed Ramzi Haif | 2 years | 2026 | 25 June 2022 |
| | MF | Oualaa Moundhir Bouzekri | 2 years | 2026 | 25 June 2022 |
| | GK | Mohamed El Amine Yacoubi | 2 years | 2026 | 25 June 2022 |
| 12 | FW | Mohamed Merouani | 2 years | 2024 | 14 July 2022 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 040.00 | — | 3rd | 27 August 2022 | 15 July 2023 |
| Algerian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 14 February 2023 | 14 February 2023 |
| Total | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 035.48 |
Updated to match played 15 July 2023 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad (C) | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 64 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 50 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 3 | MC Alger | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 47 | |
| 4 | MC El Bayadh | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 46 | |
| 5 | JS Saoura | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 July 2023. 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 | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.

### Algerian Cup
## 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 | Farid Chaâl | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | ALG | Abdelatif Ramdane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Oussama Litim | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ALG | Boualem Mesmoudi | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Ayoub Abdellaoui | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Merouani | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ALG | Hamza Mouali | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Houari Ferhani | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Kamel Hamidi | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Ayoub Ghezala | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Réda Halaïmia | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Menezla | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ALG | Tayeb Hamoudi | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Benkhemassa | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Aziz Benabdi | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ALG | Khalid Dahmani | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Badreddine Touki | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ALG | Moundhir Bouzekri | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | ALG | Aimed Bennara | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ALG | Abdelmalek Oukil | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ALG | Féth-Allah Tahar | 27 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Ali Haroun | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Joseph Esso | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MAD | Razafindranaivo Koloina | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Kheireddine Merzougui | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ALG | Aymene Rahmani | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Ramzi Haif | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ALG | Mehdi Boucherit | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | ALG | Anis Bakhouche | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Victor Mbaoma | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Mohammed Souhil Bassa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ALG | Idir Boutrif | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 July 2023 Source: soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 15 July 2023
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | TOTAL |
| 18 | | Kheireddine Merzougui | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | | Ali Haroun | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | | Chouaib Debbih | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | Féth-Allah Tahar | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | | Kamel Hamidi | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Tayeb Hamoudi | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Joseph Esso | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | Aziz Benabdi | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Abdelmalek Oukil | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | | Ayoub Ghezala | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Ayoub Abdellaoui | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | | Moundhir Bouzekri | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 21 | 0 | 21 |