# 2023–24 CR Belouizdad season

The 2023–24 season, is CR Belouizdad's 57th season and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, CR Belouizdad are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup, the Champions League and the Arab Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2024. 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 | Alexis Guendouz | (1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 27) | USM Alger |
| 23 | GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | (1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (aged 37) | Al-Qadsiah |
| 26 | GK | Redouane Maachou | (2001-02-04)4 February 2001 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Chouaib Keddad | (1994-07-25)25 July 1994 (aged 29) | ASO Chlef |
| 3 | CB | Houcine Benayada | (1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 31) | Wydad AC |
| 4 | CB | Mouad Hadded | (1997-02-22)22 February 1997 (aged 26) | MC Alger |
| 5 | CB | Achraf Boudrama | (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 (aged 27) | Al-Qaisumah |
| 18 | CB | Sofiane Bouchar | (1994-05-21)21 May 1994 (aged 29) | Al-Arabi |
| 20 | LB | Youcef Laouafi | (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 27) | ES Sahel |
| 22 | RB | Mokhtar Belkhiter | (1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 31) | Club Africain |
| 24 | LB | Naoufel Khacef | (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 26) | Gaziantep |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | MF | Raouf Benguit | (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 27) | Raja CA |
| 8 | MF | Mohamed Islam Bakir | (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 (aged 27) | CS Sfaxien |
| 10 | MF | Ishak Boussouf | (2001-08-22)August 22, 2001 (aged 22) | Lommel |
| 12 | MF | Belaïd Hamidi | (1996-05-07)7 May 1996 (aged 27) | ES Sétif |
| 14 | MF | Mamadou Samaké | (2000-05-15)15 May 2000 (aged 23) | CA Bizertin |
| 15 | MF | Housseyn Selmi | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 30) | CA Batna |
| 21 | MF | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | (2000-03-23)23 March 2000 (aged 23) | F.C. Vizela |
| 25 | MF | Adlène Guedioura | (1985-11-12)12 November 1985 (aged 37) | Al-Wakrah |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW | Zineddine Boutmène | (2000-10-21)October 21, 2000 (aged 22) | ES Sahel |
| 9 | FW | Lamin Jallow | (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 29) | Keçiörengücü |
| 11 | FW | Abderrahmane Meziane | (1994-03-07)March 7, 1994 (aged 29) | USM Alger |
| 13 | FW | Oussama Darfalou | (1993-09-29)September 29, 1993 (aged 29) | Emmen |
| 17 | FW | Merouane Zerrouki | (2001-01-25)25 January 2001 (aged 22) | Paradou AC |
| 19 | FW | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | (2001-03-16)March 16, 2001 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 27 | FW | Mounir Belhaidja | (2001-11-28)November 28, 2001 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 42 | FW | Leonel Wamba | (2002-09-01)1 September 2002 (aged 21) | FK Spartaks Jūrmala |

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

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 16 July 2023 | FW | Oussama Darfalou | Emmen | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2023 | MF | Raouf Benguit | Raja CA | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2023 | FW | Zineddine Boutmène | ES Sahel | NA |
| 26 July 2023 | MF | Mamadou Samaké | CA Bizertin | 150,000 € |
| 6 August 2023 | FW | Abderrahmane Meziane | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 7 August 2023 | DF | Achraf Boudrama | Al-Qaisumah | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2023 | FW | Merouane Zerrouki | Paradou AC | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2023 | DF | Houcine Benayada | Wydad AC | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2023 | FW | Lamin Jallow | Keçiörengücü | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2023 | GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | Al-Qadsiah | Free transfer |
| 8 September 2023 | MF | Adlène Guedioura | Al-Wakrah | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 10 January 2024 | DF | Sofiane Bouchar | Al-Arabi | Free transfer |
| 22 January 2024 | DF | Naoufel Khacef | Gaziantep | Free transfer |
| 4 February 2024 | MF | Belaïd Hamidi | ES Sétif | Loan return |
| 5 February 2024 | MF | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | F.C. Vizela | Loan return |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 8 July 2023 | FW | Anayo Iwuala | ES Tunis | Loan return |
| 21 July 2023 | DF | Ahmed Ait Abdesslem | Paradou AC | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2023 | DF | Sofiane Bouchar | Al-Arabi | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2023 | MF | Zakaria Draoui | Wydad AC | Free transfer |
| 10 August 2023 | MF | Abderrahmane Bourdim | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 10 August 2023 | DF | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 10 August 2023 | MF | Islam Boulouden | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 14 August 2023 | MF | Belaid Hamidi | ES Sétif | Loan |
| 29 August 2023 | MF | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | Vizela | Loan |
| 5 September 2023 | DF | Miloud Rebiaï | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 6 September 2023 | DF | Azzedine Doukha | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 10 September 2023 | GK | Ahmed Abdelkader | US Biskra | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2023 | FW | Mohamed Belkhadem | US Souf | Loan |
| 10 September 2023 | FW | Aymene Rahmani | US Souf | Loan |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | Aimen Bouguerra | CS Constantine | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | Chemseddine Bekkouche | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | Haroune Benmenni | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |

## 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 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 050.00 | — | 2nd | 23 September 2023 | 14 June 2024 |
| Algerian Cup | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 066.67 | Round of 64 | Winners | 5 March 2024 | 5 July 2024 |
| Champions League | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 050.00 | First round | Group stage | 17 September 2023 | 1 March 2024 |
| Arab Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 | Group stage | Group stage | 28 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 |
| Total | 47 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 048.94 |
Updated to match played 5 July 2024 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MC Alger (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 65 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 3 | CS Constantine | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
| 5 | ES Sétif | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 48 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 June 2024. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.
All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

##### Second round
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds were drawn into four groups of four.
The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | YNG | CRB | MED |
| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Medeama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Young Africans +1, CR Belouizdad –1.

### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Raja CA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Wahda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | CR Belouizdad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Kuwait SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Arab Cup | Arab Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Alexis Guendouz | 34 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ALG | Raïs M'Bolhi | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ALG | Redouane Maachou | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Chouaib Keddad | 35 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Houcine Benayada | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Mouad Hadded | 37 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Achraf Boudrama | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Bouchar | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Laouafi | 36 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Mokhtar Belkhiter | 39 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALG | Naoufel Khacef | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Azzi | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | ALG | Zouheyr Benyoub | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ALG | Raouf Benguit | 44 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Islam Bakir | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Ishak Boussouf | 38 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ALG | Belaïd Hamidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MLI | Mamadou Samaké | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ALG | Housseyn Selmi | 41 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Adlène Guedioura | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ALG | Akram Bouras | 37 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ALG | Zineddine Boutmène | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GAM | Lamin Jallow | 23 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Abderrahmane Meziane | 43 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Oussama Darfalou | 20 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Merouane Zerrouki | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | 37 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | ALG | Mounir Belhaidja | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ALG | Lotfi Boussouar | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | CMR | Leonel Wamba | 45 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | ALG | Chemseddine Bekkouche | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Haroune Benmenni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Aimen Bouguerra | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Last updated: 5 July 2024 Source: soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 5 July 2024
Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L1 | AC | CCL | ACC | TOTAL |
| 42 | | Leonel Wamba | FW | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | | Abderrahmane Meziane | FW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | | Raouf Benguit | MF | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | | Oussama Darfalou | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | | Youcef Laouafi | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | | Lamin Jallow | FW | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | | Ishak Boussouf | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | Mouad Hadded | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 38 | | Akram Bouras | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | | Aimen Bouguerra | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | | Sofiane Bouchar | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | | Naoufel Khacef | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | | Merouane Zerrouki | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | Chouaib Keddad | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 63 |