# 2022–23 CR Belouizdad season

The 2022–23 season, was CR Belouizdad's 56th season and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, CR Belouizdad participated in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup and the Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2022. 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 26) | USM Alger |
| 16 | GK | Azzedine Doukha | (1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 36) | JS Kabylie |
| 26 | GK | Ahmed Abdelkader | (1999-02-19)19 February 1999 (aged 23) | Unattached |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Chouaib Keddad | (1994-07-25)25 July 1994 (aged 28) | ASO Chlef |
| 4 | CB | Mouad Hadded | (1997-02-22)22 February 1997 (aged 25) | MC Alger |
| 12 | CB | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem | (1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (aged 25) | JS Kabylie |
| 18 | CB | Sofiane Bouchar | (1994-05-21)21 May 1994 (aged 28) | MC Oran |
| 20 | LB | Youcef Laouafi | (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 27) | ES Sahel |
| 21 | RB | Aimen Bouguerra | (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (aged 25) | Paradou AC |
| 22 | RB | Mokhtar Belkhiter | (1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 30) | Club Africain |
| 23 | LB | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | (1996-02-29)29 February 1996 (aged 26) | JS Kabylie |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | MF | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | (2000-03-23)23 March 2000 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 6 | MF | Zakaria Draoui | (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 28) | ES Sétif |
| 8 | MF | Mohamed Islam Bakir | (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 (aged 26) | CS Sfaxien |
| 10 | MF | Abderrahmane Bourdim | (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 28) | MC Alger |
| 15 | MF | Housseyn Selmi | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 29) | CA Batna |
| 17 | MF | Belaid Hamidi | (1996-05-07)7 May 1996 (aged 26) | JS Saoura |
| 25 | MF | Miloud Rebiai | (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 29) | MC Alger |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW | Ishak Boussouf | (2001-08-22)August 22, 2001 (aged 21) | Lommel |
| 11 | FW | Ali Reghba | (2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 22) | Leicester City |
| 24 | FW | Anayo Iwuala | (1999-03-20)March 20, 1999 (aged 23) | ES Tunis |
| 28 | FW | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | (2001-03-16)March 16, 2001 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 42 | FW | Leonel Wamba | (2002-09-01)1 September 2002 (aged 20) | FK Spartaks Jūrmala |

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

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 5 July 2022 | FW | Idriss Saadi | SC Bastia | Free transfer |
| 5 July 2022 | GK | Alexis Guendouz | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2022 | GK | Redouane Maachou | USM Bel Abbès | Loan return |
| 13 July 2022 | MF | Islam Bouloudène | NA Hussein Dey | Free transfer |
| 14 July 2022 | RB | Aimen Bouguerra | Paradou AC | Free transfer |
| 14 July 2022 | CB | Mouad Hadded | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2022 | LB | Youcef Laouafi | ES Sahel | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2022 | FW | Leonel Wamba | FK Spartaks Jūrmala | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2022 | MF | Belaid Hamidi | JS Saoura | 35,000,000 DA |
| 1 August 2022 | FW | Ishak Boussouf | Lommel | Loan |
| 4 August 2022 | MF | Miloud Rebiai | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2022 | LB | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2022 | FW | Ahmedine Daoudi | Stade Beaucairois | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2022 | FW | Anayo Iwuala | ES Tunis | Loan |
| 22 August 2022 | GK | Azzedine Doukha | JS Kabylie | 15,0000,000 DA |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 18 July 2022 | FW | Bouzid Dadache | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2022 | FW | Mahi Benhamou | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2022 | FW | Khaled Bousseliou | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2022 | MF | Larbi Tabti | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2022 | LB | Chemseddine Nessakh | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2022 | FW | Kheireddine Merzougui | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2022 | LB | Sabri Cheraitia | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2022 | LB | Chems-Eddine Bekkouche | Levante UD | Loan |
| 24 August 2022 | MF | Adel Djerrar | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 27 August 2022 | GK | Toufik Moussaoui | OC Khouribga | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 2 January 2023 | FW | Idriss Saadi | Unattached | Released |
| 26 January 2023 | MF | Islam Bouloudène | Wej SC | Free transfer |
| 30 January 2023 | FW | Karim Aribi | Al-Qadsiah | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2023 | FW | Hicham Khalfallah | MC El Bayadh | Loan |

### New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date |
| 15 | MF | Housseyn Selmi | 2 years | 2024 | 27 June 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Mohamed Islam Bakir | 2 years | 2024 | 12 July 2022 |
| 14 | FW | Hicham Khalfallah | 2 years | 2024 | 12 July 2022 |

## 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 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 060.00 | — | Winners | 26 August 2022 | 15 July 2023 |
| Algerian Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 083.33 | Round of 64 | Runners-up | 14 February 2023 | 23 June 2023 |
| Champions League | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 041.67 | First round | Quarter-finals | 10 September 2022 | 29 April 2023 |
| Total | 48 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 058.33 |
Updated to match played 15 July 2023 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad (C) | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 64 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 50 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 3 | MC Alger | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 47 | |
| 4 | MC El Bayadh | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 46 | |
| 5 | JS Saoura | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 July 2023. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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 19 July 2022.

### Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022, 12:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying 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 | EST | CRB | ZSC | MSC |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Al Merrikh | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout stage

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals), which was held on 5 April 2023, 18:30 GMT (20:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Alexis Guendouz | 41 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Azzedine Doukha | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ALG | Ahmed Abdelkader | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Chouaib Keddad | 30 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Mouad Hadded | 23 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Ait Abdesslem | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Bouchar | 38 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Laouafi | 40 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Aimen Bouguerra | 28 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Mokhtar Belkhiter | 36 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | 21 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Miloud Rebiai | 29 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 37 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Azzi | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | ALG | Zouheyr Benyoub | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ALG | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | 25 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Draoui | 36 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Islam Bakir | 40 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Abderrahmane Bourdim | 31 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ALG | Housseyn Selmi | 30 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Belaid Hamidi | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ALG | Akram Bouras | 27 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | ALG | Mounir Belhaidja | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ALG | Youcef Zaouchi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ALG | Ishak Boussouf | 25 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Ali Reghba | 19 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Anayo Iwuala | 40 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | 43 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 34 | FW | ALG | Ahmedine Daoudi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Belkhadem | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | CMR | Leonel Wamba | 42 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| 45 | FW | ALG | Abdelali Hamadi | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | ALG | Abdelghani Tebbani | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | FW | ALG | Lounas Adjout | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 27 | MF | ALG | Islam Bouloudène | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Karim Aribi | 15 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Hicham Khalfallah | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Idriss Saadi | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 July 2023 Source: soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 15 July 2023
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 | TOTAL |
| 28 | | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | FW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 42 | | Leonel Wamba | FW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | | Abderrahmane Bourdim | MF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | | Karim Aribi | FW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | | Anayo Iwuala | FW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | | Miloud Rebiai | DF | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 38 | | Akram Bouras | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | | Mohamed Belkhadem | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | | Aimen Bouguerra | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | Ishak Boussouf | FW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | Mohamed Islam Bakir | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | Ali Reghba | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Zakaria Draoui | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | Chouaib Keddad | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | Housseyn Selmi | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Mouad Hadded | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | | Sofiane Bouchar | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | | Lounas Adjout | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 44 | 12 | 12 | 68 |