# 2021–22 CR Belouizdad season

In the 2021–22 season, CR Belouizdad competed in the Ligue 1 for the 56th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1 and the Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 October 2021. 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 ||||||
| 1 | GK | Gaya Merbah | (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 27) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 16 | GK | Toufik Moussaoui | (1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 30) | Paradou AC |
| 26 | GK | Ahmed Abdelkader | (1999-02-19)19 February 1999 (aged 22) | Unattached |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Chouaib Keddad | (1994-07-25)25 July 1994 (aged 27) | ASO Chlef |
| 3 | LB | Chemseddine Nessakh | (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 (aged 33) | ES Sétif |
| 12 | CB | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | (1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (aged 24) | JS Kabylie |
| 18 | CB | Sofiane Bouchar | (1994-05-21)21 May 1994 (aged 27) | MC Oran |
| 22 | RB | Mokhtar Belkhiter | (1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 29) | Club Africain |
| 23 | RB | Zinelaabidine Boulakhoua | (1990-04-15)15 April 1990 (aged 31) | MC Alger |
| 25 | LB | Sabri Cheraitia | (1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 25) | Paradou AC |
| 27 | LB | Rayen Hais Benderrouya | (1997-08-23)23 August 1997 (aged 24) | RC Kouba |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | MF | Larbi Tabti | (1993-04-23)23 April 1993 (aged 28) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 6 | MF | Zakaria Draoui | (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 27) | ES Sétif |
| 7 | MF | Najib Ammari | (1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 29) | Viterbese |
| 8 | MF | Mohamed Islam Bakir | (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 (aged 25) | CS Sfaxien |
| 10 | MF | Abderrahmane Bourdim | (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 27) | MC Alger |
| 15 | MF | Housseyn Selmi | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 28) | CA Batna |
| 19 | MF | Adel Djerrar | (1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 31) | JS Kabylie |
| 24 | MF | Bilal Tarikat | (1991-06-12)12 June 1991 (aged 30) | RC Boumerdès |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | FW | Mohamed Souibaâh | (1991-12-25)25 December 1991 (aged 30) | ES Sétif |
| 11 | FW | Anas Al-Mosarati | (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 27) | Al-Hilal |
| 13 | FW | Kheireddine Merzougui | (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 29) | JSM Skikda |
| 14 | FW | Hicham Khalfallah | (1991-10-02)2 October 1991 (aged 30) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 17 | FW | Khaled Bousseliou | (1997-07-03)3 July 1997 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 20 | FW | Bouzid Dadache | (1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 28) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 21 | FW | Mahi Benhamou | (1995-11-12)November 12, 1995 (aged 26) | MC Oran |

## 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 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 061.76 | — | Winners | 29 October 2021 | 11 June 2022 |
| Champions League | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 041.67 | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | 12 September 2021 | 23 April 2022 |
| Total | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 69 | 32 | +37 | 056.52 |
Updated to match played 11 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 70 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 60 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 57 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 55 | |

### 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 2022. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.

## Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | CRB | ESS | GAL |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Jwaneng Galaxy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Quarter-finals
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Toufik Moussaoui | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ALG | Ahmed Abdelkader | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Chouaib Keddad | 35 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Chemseddine Nessakh | 34 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | 29 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Bouchar | 37 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Mokhtar Belkhiter | 39 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Zinelaabidine Boulakhoua | 23 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Rayen Hais Benderrouya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Larbi Tabti | 28 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Draoui | 32 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Najib Ammari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Islam Bakir | 38 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Abderrahmane Bourdim | 25 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ALG | Housseyn Selmi | 38 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Adel Djerrar | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ALG | Bilal Tarikat | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ALG | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | 33 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | ALG | Akram Bouras | 21 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Karim Aribi | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Kheireddine Merzougui | 40 | 14 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Hicham Khalfallah | 27 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Khaled Bousseliou | 29 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Bouzid Dadache | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | 25 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 36 | FW | ALG | Chems Eddine Bekkouche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Gaya Merbah | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | GK | LBY | Anis Al-Mosarati | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 June 2022 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 | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 13 | | Kheireddine Merzougui | FW | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | | Abderrahmane Bourdim | MF | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | | Khaled Bousseliou | FW | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | | Karim Aribi | FW | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | | Hicham Khalfallah | MF | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | | Sofiane Bouchar | DF | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | FW | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | Mohamed Islam Bakir | MF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | | Chouaib Keddad | DF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | | Housseyn Selmi | MF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | | Mokhtar Belkhiter | DF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | | Chemseddine Nessakh | DF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | | Zinelaabidine Boulakhoua | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | | Bouzid Dadache | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | FW | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | Anis Al-Mosarati | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | | Mahi Benhamou | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Larbi Tabti | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | | Akram Bouras | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Mohammed fodil Belkhadem | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | 15 | 69 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 18 August 2021 | CB | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 18 August 2021 | DF | Sabri Cheraitia | Paradou AC | Free transfer |
| 5 September 2021 | LW | Mahi Benhamou | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 16 September 2021 | LW | Anis Al-Mosarati | Al-Hilal | Free transfer |
| 20 October 2021 | FW | Bouzid Dadache | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 20 October 2021 | MF | Abderrahmane Bourdim | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 20 October 2021 | MF | Najib Ammari | Viterbese | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | FW | Ali Reghba | Leicester City reserves | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | FW | Karim Aribi | Nîmes Olympique | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 18 August 2021 | FW | Hamza Belahouel | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 26 August 2021 | MF | Amir Sayoud | Al-Tai FC | Free transfer |
| 27 August 2021 | ST | Marcellin Koukpo | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 28 August 2021 | FW | Mohamed Souibaâh | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 4 September 2021 | CM | Samir Aiboud | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 21 September 2021 | CM | Zakaria Khali | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 28 September 2021 | MF | Youcef Bechou | Olympique de Médéa | One-year loan |
| 30 January 2022 | GK | Gaya Merbah | Raja CA | Free transfer |
| 8 February 2022 | FW | Anis Al-Mosarati | Al-Ittihad | Free transfer |
* ↑ Koukpo joined CS Constantine on 2 September 2021.

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | Source |
| 3 | LB | Chemseddine Nessakh | 1 year | 2022 | 14 August 2021 | |
| 5 | AM | Larbi Tabti | 1 year | 2022 | 15 August 2021 | |