# 2017–18 MC Alger season

In the 2017–18 season, MC Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 47th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 August 2009. 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 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 040.00 | — | 5th | 26 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 |
| Algerian Cup | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 080.00 | Round of 64 | Semi-final | 29 December 2017 | 13 April 2018 |
| Champions League | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 050.00 | Preliminary round | Group stage | 11 February 2018 | 15 May 2018 |
| Confederation Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 | Group stage | Quarter-final | 8 July 2017 | 24 September 2017 |
| Total | 43 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 40 | +29 | 046.51 |
Updated to match played 28 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | NA Hussein Dey | 30 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 49 | Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup |
| 4 | MC Oran | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 45 | |
| 5 | MC Alger | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 44 | Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 6 | USM Alger | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 42 | Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 7 | Paradou AC | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 42 | |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head results.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 January 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 | 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 | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Champions League
### Preliminary round
### Group stage
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TPM | ESS | DHJ | MCA |
| 1 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Quarter-finals | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | ES Sétif | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 8 | Quarter-finals | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Difaâ El Jadidi | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | CC2 | CC2 | CL1 | CL1 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Faouzi Chaouchi | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Farid Chaâl | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ALG | Zine El Abidine Boulekhoua | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Ayoub Azzi | 27 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALG | Abdelghani Demmou | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ALG | Rachid Bouhenna | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ALG | Brahim Boudebouda | 16 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Abderahmane Hachoud | 37 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Zidane Mebarakou | 32 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Amir Karaoui | 33 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani | 31 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | MAD | Ibrahim Amada | 27 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bendebka | 33 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | ALG | Abdellah El Moudene | 32 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MLI | Aliou Dieng | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ALG | Oussama Tebbi | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Tarik Arezki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Abdelkrim Benarous | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Koceila Kasdi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ALG | Abou Sofiane Balegh | 33 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Hichem Nekkache | 37 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Abdelaziz Ammachi | 15 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Walid Derrardja | 32 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Souibaâh | 22 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 2 | FW | NGA | Barnabas Imenger Jr. | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Zakaria Mansouri | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Seguer | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ALG | Sid Ahmed Aouedj | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2018 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | CL 1 | C 3 | TOTAL |
| 17 | | Walid Derrardja | FW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | | Hichem Nekkache | FW | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 25 | | Sofiane Bendebka | MF | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 27 | | Abderahmane Hachoud | DF | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | | Mohamed Souibaâh | FW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | | Abou Sofiane Balegh | FW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | Ibrahim Amada | MF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | | Ayoub Azzi | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | | Amir Karaoui | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | | Abdellah El Moudene | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | Brahim Boudebouda | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | | Abdelaziz Ammachi | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | Zidane Mebarakou | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 69 |

## Squad list

As of August 25, 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Faouzi Chaouchi |
| 2 | FW | NGA | Barnabas Imenger Jr. |
| 3 | MF | MAD | Ibrahim Amada |
| 6 | DF | ALG | Brahim Boudebouda |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Kaled Gourmi |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Hichem Nekkache |
| 10 | FW | ALG | Sid Ahmed Aouedj |
| 12 | FW | ALG | Abou Sofiane Balegh |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Amir Karaoui |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Zidane Mebarakou |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Walid Derrardja |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Seguer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Zakaria Mansouri (on loan from Paradou AC) |
| 22 | MF | ALG | Ayoub Azzi |
| 23 | MF | ALG | Abdellah El Moudene (on loan from Paradou AC) |
| 24 | DF | ALG | Abdelghani Demmou |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bendebka |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Abderahmane Hachoud (captain) |
| 26 | DF | ALG | Zine El Abidine Boulekhoua |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Abdelaziz Ammachi |
| 29 | DF | ALG | Rachid Bouhenna |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Farid Chaâl |
| 40 | GK | ALG | Anis Yaici |
| - | FW | ALG | Koceila Kasdi |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 13 July 2017 | FW | Abou Sofiane Balegh | USM Bel-Abbès | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2017 | DF | Zine El Abidine Boulekhoua | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2017 | FW | Zakaria Mansouri | Paradou AC | Loan one year |
| 22 July 2017 | MF | Abdellah El Mouden | Paradou AC | Loan one year + DA13,000,000 |
| 23 July 2017 | MF | Sofiane Bendebka | NA Hussein Dey | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2017 | FW | Barnabas Imenger | Kano Pillars FC | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2017 | MF | Ibrahim Amada | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 21 December 2017 | FW | Mohamed Souibaâh | MC Oran | Free transfer (Released) |
| 29 December 2017 | FW | Oussama Tebbi | RC Relizane | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 January 2018 | MF | Aliou Dieng | Djoliba AC | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 3 July 2017 | GK | Kheireddine Boussouf | NA Hussein Dey | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | Oussama Chita | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Mehdi Kacem | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Abdelmalek Mokdad | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Zahir Zerdab | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2017 | FW | Hadj Bouguèche | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Elyes Seddiki | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 19 December 2017 | FW | Barnabas Imenger Jr. | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 31 December 2017 | FW | Sid Ahmed Aouedj | ES Sétif | Free transfer (Released) |
| 13 January 2018 | FW | Mohamed Seguer | USM Bel-Abbès | Free transfer (Released) |
| 19 December 2017 | FW | Zakaria Mansouri | Paradou AC | Free transfer (Released) |