# 2015–16 USM Blida season

In the 2015–16 season, USM Blida is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 27th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 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 ||||||
| 16 | GK | Oussama Litim | (1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 24) | MSP Batna |
| 21 | GK | El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah | (1983-09-24)24 September 1983 (aged 31) | CR Belouizdad |
| 35 | GK | Salim Sami Aït Ali | (1996-12-01)1 December 1996 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | RB | Abdelkader Benayada | (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 32) | USM Bel-Abbès |
| 3 | RB | Abdelkader Bedrane | (1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 4 | RB | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 33) | USM Alger |
| 22 | RB | Khalfallah Belhaoua | (1988-11-08)8 November 1988 (aged 26) | US Biskra |
| 19 | RB | Zakaria Tsamda | (1992-03-14)14 March 1992 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 2 | RB | Adel Djaâdane | (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 21) | MC Oran |
| 25 | RB | Youssouf Benamara | (1984-12-24)24 December 1984 (aged 30) | JS Kabylie |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | CM | Tayeb Maroci | (1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 29) | JS Kabylie |
| 26 | CM | Hamza Heriat | (1987-09-06)6 September 1987 (aged 27) | MC Oran |
| 20 | CM | Aziz Benabdi | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 17 | CM | Ali Amiri | (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 27) | CR Belouizdad |
| 8 | CM | Abdellah Boudina | (1986-11-13)13 November 1986 (aged 28) | IRB Sidi Aïssa |
| 10 | CM | Mustapha Melika | (1983-05-12)12 May 1983 (aged 31) | US Biskra |
| 11 | CM | Tarek Bendiaf | (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 (aged 23) | SA Mohammadia |
| 31 | CM | Hamza Ounnas | (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 26) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 14 | CM | Abderrahmane Mohammedi | (1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 23 | RW | Fethi Noubli | (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 26) | RC Arbaâ |
| 7 | RW | Oussama Mesfar | (1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 25) | CA Batna |
| 28 | RW | Mohamed Hicham Chérif | (1991-08-01)1 August 1991 (aged 23) | MC Oran |
| 30 | RW | Mounir Fekih | (1993-04-20)20 April 1993 (aged 21) | MC Oran |
| 9 | RW | Ibrahim Khalil Sylla | (1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 26) | Unattached |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 023.33 |
| Algerian Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 32 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 025.00 |
| Competition | Start round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Ligue 1 | — | 14th | 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 |
| 12 | MC Alger | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 38 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round |
| 13 | RC Relizane | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 36 | |
| 14 | USM Blida (R) | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 36 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 15 | RC Arbaâ (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 19 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 16 | ASM Oran (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 18 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
* 1 2 RC Relizane ahead of USM Blida on head-to-head record: RCR–USB 5–2, USB–RCR 1–0.

### 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 | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

### 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 ||||||||||
| 16 | GK | ALG | Oussama Litim | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ALG | El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ALG | Salim Sami Aït Ali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Adel Djaâdane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Bedrane | 28 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | 28 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Benayada | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Zakaria Tsamda | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Khalfallah Belhaoua | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Youcef Benamara | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ALG | Tayeb Maroci | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Abdellah Boudina | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Mustapha Melika | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ALG | Tarek Bendiaf | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Abderrahmane Mohammedi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Ali Amiri | 26 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ALG | Aziz Benabdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ALG | Hamza Heriat | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Hamza Ounnas | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ALG | Oussama Mesfar | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Ibrahim Khalil Sylla | 25 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ALG | Fethi Noubli | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Hicham Chérif | 28 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ALG | Mounir Fekih | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
Last updated: 13 June 2018 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers
## Transfers
### In

Transfers in :
| Date | Player Name | Positions | Moving From | Type | Transfer Fee | Source |
| 15 June 2015 | Abdelkader Laifaoui | Defender | USM Alger | Free transfer | - | tsa-algerie.com |
| 15 June 2015 | Adel Djaâdane | Defender | MC Oran | Free transfer | - | tsa-algerie.com |
| 15 June 2015 | Mounir Fekih | Forward | MC Oran | Free transfer | - | tsa-algerie.com |
| 18 June 2015 | Oussama Mesfar | Forward | CA Batna | Free transfer | - | competition.dz |
| 19 June 2015 | Mohamed Hicham Chérif | Forward | MC Oran | Free transfer | - | tsa-algerie.com |
| 30 June 2015 | Hamza Heriat | Midfielder | MC Oran | Free transfer | - | footalgerien.com |
| 2 July 2015 | Ali Amiri | Defender | CR Belouizdad | Loan | - | footalgerien.com |
| 14 July 2015 | Youssouf Benamara | Midfielder | JS Kabylie | Free transfer | - | usm-blida.com |
| 26 July 2015 | Ibrahim Khalil Sylla | Forward | Unattached | Free transfer | - | lesoirdalgerie.com |

### Out

Transfers out :
| Date | Player Name | Positions | Moving to | Type | Transfer Fee |
| 31 June 2015 | Mohammed Ishaq Belhadj | - | - | - | - |
| 31 June 2015 | Abderaouf Zemmouchi | - | - | - | - |
| 31 June 2015 | Oussad Nasreddine | - | ASM Oran | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | Hamza Ounnas | - | JSM Bejaia | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | Mohamed Lamine Zidane | - | RC Relizane | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | Réda Bensaid Sayah | - | MC Saida | - | - |
| 16 July 2015 | Sofiane Aibout | - | MC Saida | - | - |