# 2016–17 MO Béjaïa season

In the 2016–17 season, MO Béjaïa is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 4th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Algerian Cup and the Confederation Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 August 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
* No.
* Goalkeepers |||||
* Defenders |||||
* Midfielders |||||
* Forwards |||||

## 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 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 010.00 | — | 16th | 19 August 2016 | 14 June 2017 |
| Algerian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 26 November 2016 | 26 November 2016 |
| Confederation Cup | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 012.50 | Group stage | Runners–up | 29 June 2016 | 6 November 2016 |
| Total | 39 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 010.26 |

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Olympique de Médéa | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 38 | |
| 13 | USM El Harrach | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 36 | |
| 14 | RC Relizane (R) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 36 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 15 | CA Batna (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 25 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 16 | MO Béjaïa (R) | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 18 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
* ↑ JS Kabylie ahead of Olympique de Médéa on head-to-head record: JSK–OMM 0–1, OMM–JSK 1–2.
* 1 2 RC Relizane ahead of USM El Harrach on head-to-head record: RCR–UEH 0–0, UEH–RCR 0–0 however goal difference in the first leg RCR (−8) UEH (−1).
* ↑ RC Relizane were deducted 3 points.
* ↑ MO Béjaïa recorded a match lost by penalty against JS Saoura because they were reduced to less than 7 players (Art. 84 Regulation of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 / Art 89 Disciplinary Code). In addition, the Bejaia club was deprived of their share of the television rights for this match. It was also punished by a deduction of 1 point and a fine of 100,000 DA.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 December 2016. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Confederation Cup
### group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TPM | MOB | MED | YAN |
| 1 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | MO Béjaïa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Medeama | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Young Africans | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

### Final
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Confederation Cup | Confederation Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Amara Daif | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Ammar Hamzaoui | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Chamseddine Rahmani | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | GK | ALG | Yacine Sidi Salah | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 21 | DF | ALG | Adel Lakhdari | 24 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Anis Mouhli | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Farid Cheklam | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Yanis Bahri | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Baouali | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Khadir | 26 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Zakaria Bencherifa | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ALG | Yacine Salhi | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Salim Benali | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ALG | Mounir Bordjah | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Amar Benmelouka | 25 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 19 | MF | ALG | Antar Boucherit | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ALG | Ismail Benettayeb | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Nassim Bouchema | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Soumaila Sidibe | 31 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Malek Ferhat | 23 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Faouzi Rahal | 34 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| | MF | ALG | Slimane Benamara | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Walid Haroune | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ALG | Kamel Yesli | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Faouzi Yaya | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Yassine Athmani | 29 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Oussama Aggar | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| | FW | ALG | Youcef Touati | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | CHA | Morgan Betorangal | 15 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Hamza Boulemdaïs | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Ahmed Messadia | 20 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Ismail Belkacemi | 28 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Said Benbelaid | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Mohamed Nadjib Touati | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Last updated: 26 November 2017 Source: footballdatabase.eu

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | CC 3 | TOTAL |
| 7 | | Ahmed Messadia | FW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | | Ismail Belkacemi | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | Morgan Betorangal | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | | Sofiane Khadir | DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | | Mohamed Nadjib Touati | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | Malek Ferhat | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | | Mohamed Yassine Athmani | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | Zakaria Bencherifa | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | | Amar Benmelouka | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | | Adel Lakhdari | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | | Farid Cheklam | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Faouzi Rahal | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | Faouzi Yaya | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 23 | 0 | 4 | 27 |

## Squad list

As of 15 January 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Amara Daïf |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Salim Benali |
| 4 | MF | ALG | Ismail Bentayeb |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Nassim Bouchema |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Malek Ferhat |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Ahmed Messadia |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Faouzi Rahal |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Hamza Boulemdaïs |
| 10 | FW | ALG | Faouzi Yaya |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Ismail Belkacemi |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Zakaria Bencherifa |
| 14 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Khadir |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Soumaila Sidibe |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Chamseddine Rahmani |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Yanis Mouhli |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Yacine Athmani |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Antar Boucherit |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Adel Lakhdari |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Baouali |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Farid Cheklam |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Amar Benmelouka |
| 28 | DF | ALG | Yacine Salhi |
| 29 | MF | ALG | Kamel Yesli |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Ammar Hamzaoui |
| 36 | DF | ALG | Mounir Bordjah |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 6 June 2016 | MF | Kamel Yesli | JS Kabylie | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2016 | FW | Ahmed Messadia | CS Constantine | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2016 | DF | Zakaria Bencherifa | CR Belouizdad | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2016 | DF | Amar Benmelouka | Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2016 | MF | Faouzi Rahal | JS Kabylie | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2016 | MF | Youcef Touati | FC Chambly | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2016 | DF | Farid Cheklam | CS Constantine | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 4 June 2016 | FW | Zahir Zerdab | MC Alger | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2016 | DF | Salim Benali | MC Oran | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2016 | DF | Amir Aguid | MC Oran | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2016 | FW | Mohamed Waliou Ndoye | CS Sfaxien | Undisclosed |