# 2007–08 MC Alger season

In the 2007–08 season, MC Alger competed in the National 1 for the 37th season, as well as the Algerian Cup, the Super Cup, and the CAF Confederation Cup. It was their 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 August 2006. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Nat. | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Mohamed Benhamou | GK | (1979-12-17)17 December 1979 (aged 27) | AS Cannes |
| 30 | Sofiane Azzedine | GK | (1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 26) | JSM Béjaïa |
| 26 | Mohamed Reda Ouamane | GK | (1983-06-26)26 June 1983 (aged 24) | MC Oran |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | Smail Chaoui | CB | (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 25) | ASO Chlef |
| 15 | Réda Babouche | LB | (1979-07-03)3 July 1979 (aged 28) | MO Constantine |
| 12 | Moussa Coulibaly | RB | (1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 26) | AS Bamako |
| 16 | Samir Galloul | CB | (1976-10-18)18 October 1976 (aged 30) | USM El Harrach |
| 28 | Sofiane Belaïd | CB | (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 22) | Reserve team |
| 2 | Larbi Hosni | RB | (1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 26) | RC Kouba |
| 36 | Noureddine Kaddour | LB | (1988-02-02)2 February 1988 (aged 19) | Reserve team |
| | Brahim Boudebouda | LB | (1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 16) | Reserve team |
| 39 | Salim Baroudi | RB | | |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 10 | Fodil Hadjadj | DM | (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 24) | FC Nantes |
| 18 | Farouk Belkaid | DM | (1977-11-14)14 November 1977 (aged 29) | USM Alger |
| 24 | Chérif Touré Mamam | | (1978-01-13)13 January 1978 (aged 29) | Al Jazira Club |
| 35 | Nassim Bouchema | DM | (1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 19) | Reserve team |
| 23 | Hamza Koudri | DM | (1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 19) | Reserve team |
| 6 | Zoubir Zmit | CM | (1975-06-11)11 June 1975 (aged 32) | USM Blida |
| 8 | Faycal Badji | AM | (1973-02-15)15 February 1973 (aged 34) | CR Belouizdad |
| 21 | Yacine Hammadou | AM | (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 26) | USM Annaba |
| Forwards ||||||
| 29 | Sofiane Younes | LW | (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 24) | USM El Harrach |
| 19 | Hadj Bouguèche | ST | (1983-12-07)7 December 1983 (aged 23) | USM Blida |
| 17 | Rafan Sidibé | ST | (1984-03-12)12 March 1984 (aged 23) | Stade Malien |
| 14 | Safi Belghomari | ST | (1979-02-03)3 February 1979 (aged 28) | US Biskra |
| 25 | Abdelmadjid Tahraoui | ST | (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 26) | USM Blida |
| 33 | Abdenour Belkheir | RW | (1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 18) | Reserve team |
| 9 | Mohamed Badache | ST | (1976-10-15)15 October 1976 (aged 30) | USM Blida |
| 7 | Abdelmalek Cherrad | ST | (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 26) | SC Bastia |

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

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Andy Dahmani | Montceau Bourgogne | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | FW | Abdenour Belkheir | RCG Oran | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | FW | Rédouane Kheloufi | JSM Chéraga | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Imad Bella | MC El Eulma | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2007 | FW | Safi Belghomari | US Biskra | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2007 | GK | Mohamed Benhamou | AS Cannes | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2007 | FW | Sofiane Mezraoui | US Raon-l'Étape | Free transfer |
| 13 November 2007 | FW | Abdelmalek Cherrad | SC Bastia | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 16 December 2007 | MF | Chérif Touré Mamam | Al Jazira Club | Free transfer | |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2007 | GK | Merouane Abdouni | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Kamel Bouacida | USM Annaba | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | MF | Slimane Illoul | RC Kouba | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | MF | Ammar Largot | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Abderahmane Hachoud | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | ST | Lassana Diarra | ? | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Harouna Bamogo | Khaleej Sirte | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | MF | Nouhoum Koné | FC Baden | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 21 December 2007 | FW | Mohamed Badache | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 21 December 2007 | MF | Zoubir Zmit | USM Blida | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2008 | DF | Andy Dahmani | Red Star FC | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2008 | FW | Rédouane Kheloufi | JSM Chéraga | Loan |
| 1 January 2008 | FW | Abdelmadjid Tahraoui | OMR El Annasser | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2008 | MF | Yacine Hammadou | USM Annaba | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2008 | FW | Sofiane Mezraoui | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |

## 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 |
| Division 1 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 030.00 | — | 7th | 23 August 2007 | 26 May 2008 |
| Algerian Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 050.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 27 December 2007 | 21 February 2008 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | First round | First round | 21 March 2008 | 4 April 2008 |
| Algerian Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | Final | Winner | 1 November 2007 | 1 November 2007 |
| Total | 35 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 031.43 |

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | USM Annaba | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 42 | Qualification for Arab Champions League |
| 6 | MC Saïda | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 42 | |
| 7 | MC Alger | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 39 | |
| 8 | JSM Béjaïa | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 9 | AS Khroub | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 39 | |
* ↑ JSM Béjaïa are Algerian Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 May 2008. 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 | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 |

#### Matches
### CAF Confederation Cup
#### First round
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Division 1 | Division 1 | Division 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Confederation Cup | Confederation Cup | Confederation Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers |
| 1 | GK | Mohamed Benhamou | | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Sofiane Azzedine | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Mohamed Reda Ouamane | | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders |
| 4 | DF | Andy Dahmani | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Moussa Coulibaly | | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Smail Chaoui | | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Samir Galloul | | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Sofiane Belaïd | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| | CB | Imad Bella | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Larbi Hosni | | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Salim Baroudi | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Reda Babouche | | 26 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 4 |
| 36 | DF | Noureddine Kaddour | | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | Brahim Boudebouda | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |
| 10 | DM | Fodil Hadjadj | | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 0 |
| 18 | DM | Farouk Belkaid | | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| 23 | DM | Hamza Koudri | | 23 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 3 |
| 35 | DM | Nassim Bouchema | | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| | DM | Farid Daoud | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | DM | Bilal Moumen | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Chérif Touré Mamam | | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | AM | Faycal Badji | | 27 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 3 |
| Forwards |
| 33 | RW | Abdenour Belkheir | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | LW | Sofiane Younes | | 27 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 6 |
| 7 | ST | Abdelmalek Cherrad | | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| 17 | ST | Rafan Sidibé | | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | ST | Safi Belghomari | | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| 19 | ST | Hadj Bouguèche | | 24 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season |
| 21 | MF | Yacine Hammadou | | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Zoubir Zmit | | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mohamed Badache | | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 25 | FW | Abdelmadjid Tahraoui | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 36 |
Last updated: 11 June 2008 Source: Footballdatabase.eu

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | D1 | AC | SC | C3 | TOTAL |
| 29 | | Sofiane Younes | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | | Safi Belghomari | ST | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | | Abdelmalek Cherrad | ST | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | | Reda Babouche | DF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | Faycal Badji | MF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | | Hamza Koudri | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | | Rafan Sidibé | ST | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | Mohamed Badache | ST | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | | Hadj Bouguèche | ST | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | | Abdelmadjid Tahraoui | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | Moussa Coulibaly | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 36 |