# 2005–06 MC Alger season

In the 2005–06 season, MC Alger competed in the National 1 for the 35th season, as well as the Algerian Cup and the Arab Champions League. It was their third consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 August 2005. 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 | Merouane Abdouni | GK | (1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 24) | USM Alger |
| 30 | Sofiane Azzedine | GK | (1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 24) | JSM Béjaïa |
| 16 | Lazrag Benfissa | GK | (1980-01-12)12 January 1980 (aged 25) | WA Tlemcen |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | Smail Chaoui | CB | (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 23) | ASO Chlef |
| 15 | Réda Babouche | LB | (1979-07-03)3 July 1979 (aged 26) | MO Constantine |
| 12 | Moussa Coulibaly | RB | (1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 24) | AS Bamako |
| 4 | Kamel Bouacida | CB | (1976-08-06)6 August 1976 (aged 29) | USM Annaba |
| 28 | Sofiane Belaïd | CB | (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 20) | Reserve team |
| 22 | Drissa Diakité | RB | (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 20) | Djoliba AC |
| 20 | Ismaël Bouzid | CB | (1983-07-21)21 July 1983 (aged 22) | Union Berlin |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 10 | Fodil Hadjadj | DM | (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 22) | FC Nantes |
| 6 | Zoubir Zmit | CM | (1975-06-11)11 June 1975 (aged 30) | USM Blida |
| 21 | Kamel Maouche | LM | (1977-05-17)17 May 1977 (aged 28) | USM Blida |
| 7 | Ammar Largot | AM | (1980-02-05)5 February 1980 (aged 25) | SA Mohammadia |
| 23 | Yacine Hammadou | AM | (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 24) | USM Annaba |
| 8 | Faycal Badji | AM | (1973-02-15)15 February 1973 (aged 32) | CR Belouizdad |
| Forwards ||||||
| 29 | Sofiane Younes | LW | (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 22) | USM El Harrach |
| 19 | Hadj Bouguèche | ST | (1983-12-07)7 December 1983 (aged 21) | USM Blida |
| 9 | Mohamed Badache | ST | (1976-10-15)15 October 1976 (aged 28) | USM Blida |
| 17 | Rafan Sidibé | ST | (1984-03-12)12 March 1984 (aged 21) | Stade Malien |
| 11 | Noureddine Daham | ST | (1977-11-15)15 November 1977 (aged 27) | JS Kabylie |
| 14 | Karim Braham Chaouch | ST | (1978-07-17)17 July 1978 (aged 27) | JSM Chéraga |

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

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2005 | GK | Merouane Abdouni | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | GK | Sofiane Azzedine | JSM Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | LW | Sofiane Younes | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Rafik Boudiaf | SA Mohammadia | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Ammar Largot | SA Mohammadia | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | ST | Mohamed Badache | USM Blida | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Smail Chaoui | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Yacine Hammadou | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | ST | Hadj Bouguèche | USM Blida | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Zoubir Zmit | USM Blida | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Fodil Hadjadj | FC Nantes | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | El Ghali Belahouel | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 21 September 2005 | DF | Ismaël Bouzid | Union Berlin | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 January 2006 | GK | Mohamed Réda Ouamane | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2006 | GK | Aziz Makhlouf | US Chaouia | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2006 | RB | Hillal Mekesser | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2005 | GK | Khaled Hammoutène | SKAF Khemis Miliana | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Abdelaziz Benhamlat | RC Kouba | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | GK | Karim Saoula | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Abdelkader Larbi Bouamrane | MSP Batna | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Mounir Amrane | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DF | Yacine Kechout | MO Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | ? | Réda Dellalou | JSM Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | DM | Mourad Fodili | US Chaouia | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Brahim Ouahid | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Ameur Benali | MO Constantine | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | FW | Fares Djabelkheir | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2005 | FW | Tahar Bouraba | WR Bentalha | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 January 2006 | GK | Lazrag Benfissa | WA Tlemcen | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2006 | DF | El Ghali Belahouel | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2006 | MF | Ali Boukaroum | IB Khémis El Khechna | Loan |
| 1 January 2006 | MF | Mohamed Yacine Si Keddour | NA Hussein Dey | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2006 | FW | Karim Braham Chaouch | JSM Béjaïa | Loan |
| 30 January 2006 | RB | Drissa Diakité | Nice | Undisclosed |

## 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 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 043.33 | — | 6th | 25 August 2005 | 25 May 2006 |
| Algerian Cup | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 100.00 | Round of 64 | Winner | 30 December 2005 | 15 June 2006 |
| Arab Champions League | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 066.67 | Round of 32 | Quarter-Finals | 14 September 2005 | 20 February 2006 |
| Total | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 054.76 |

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 47 | 2006–07 Arab Champions League |
| 5 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 46 | 2006–07 Arab Champions League |
| 6 | MC Alger | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 44 | 2007 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 7 | Paradou AC | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 40 | |
| 8 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 40 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 June 2007. 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 | 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 | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | W |
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#### Matches
### Arab Champions League
#### Round of 32
#### Quarter-Finals
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Division 1 | Division 1 | Division 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Arab Champions League | Arab Champions League | Arab Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers |
| 1 | GK | Merouane Abdouni | | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Sofiane Azzedine | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |
| 12 | CB | Moussa Coulibaly | | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | CB | Ismaël Bouzid | | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | Smail Chaoui | | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | CB | Kamel Bouacida | | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Sofiane Belaïd | | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | CB | Rafik Boudiaf | | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | RB | Hillal Mekesser | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | LB | Réda Babouche | | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |
| 10 | MF | Fodil Hadjadj | | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Zoubir Zmit | | 28 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kamel Maouche | | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | AM | Yacine Hamadou | | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | AM | Ammar Largot | | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | AM | Mohamed Yacine Si Keddour | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Faycal Badji | | 20 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |
| 29 | FW | Sofiane Younes | | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mohamed Badache | | 21 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Rafan Sidibé | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Noureddine Daham | | 27 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Hadj Bouguèche | | 26 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |
| | GK | Lazreg Benfissa | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Karim Braham Chaouch | | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | RB | Drissa Diakité | | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 66 |
Last updated: 11 June 2007 Source: Footballdatabase.eu

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | D1 | AC | C4 | TOTAL |
| 11 | | Noureddine Daham | FW | 13 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | | Mohamed Badache | FW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 | | Hadj Bouguèche | FW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | | Faycal Badji | MF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | | Karim Braham Chaouch | FW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | | Sofiane Younes | FW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | Ammar Largot | MF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | | Fodil Hadjadj | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | | Réda Babouche | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | | Kamel Maouche | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | | Rafan Sidibé | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | | Ismaël Bouzid | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | Moussa Coulibaly | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | Zoubir Zmit | CM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 42 | 13 | 11 | 66 |