# 2021–22 JS Saoura season

In the 2021–22 season, JS Saoura is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 10th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competing in Ligue 1, the Algerian Cup and the Confederation Cup.

## 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 | Zakaria Saidi | (1996-08-05)5 August 1996 (aged 25) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 13 | GK | Aymen Mouyet | (1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 22) | ES Sétif |
| 16 | GK | Omar Hadji | (1991-11-09)9 November 1991 (aged 30) | Paradou AC |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Riyane Akacem | (1999-02-13)13 February 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 4 | CB | Abdelkrim Allaoui | (1999-09-15)15 September 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 14 | RB | Oussama Meddahi | (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 30) | DRB Tadjenanet |
| 17 | CB | Mohamed Amrane | (1994-01-27)27 January 1994 (aged 27) | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj |
| 22 | CB | Imadeddine Boubekeur | (1995-07-10)10 July 1995 (aged 26) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 43 | LB | Marwane Khelif | (2000-02-08)8 February 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | MF | Farouk Slimani | (1999-07-01)1 July 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 6 | MF | Abderrazak Khelifi | (1999-04-01)1 April 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 7 | MF | Abdeldjalil Taki Eddine Saâd | (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (aged 29) | MC Saida |
| 8 | MF | Belaid Hamidi | (1996-05-07)7 May 1996 (aged 25) | MC Saida |
| 18 | MF | Mohamed Daoud | (1991-12-27)27 December 1991 (aged 30) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 23 | MF | Fayçal Choubane | (1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (aged 25) | |
| 25 | MF | Adel Bouchiba | (1988-11-10)10 November 1988 (aged 33) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 26 | MF | Mohamed El Amine Hammia | (1991-12-21)21 December 1991 (aged 30) | USM Blida |
| 27 | MF | Benamar Mellal | (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 28) | MC Oran |
| Forwards ||||||
| 10 | FW | Oussama Bellatreche | (1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 26) | WA Tlemcen |
| 11 | FW | Aimen Lahmeri | (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 25) | GC Mascara |
| 12 | FW | Adam Salamba | (1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 22) | Namungo FC |
| 15 | FW | Ismaïl Saadi | (1997-04-04)4 April 1997 (aged 24) | ES Sétif |
| 20 | ST | Billel Elmammeri | (1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 30) | AS Ain M'lila |
| 21 | FW | Mohamed Amine Ouis | (1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 29) | ASO Chlef |
| 24 | FW | Mohamed Lamine Boutouala | (1999-11-27)27 November 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |

## 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 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 050.00 | — | 3rd | 2 November 2021 | 11 June 2022 |
| Confederation Cup | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 050.00 | Second round | Group stage | 16 October 2021 | 3 April 2022 |
| Total | 44 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 050.00 |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.

## Confederation Cup
### Group stage
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORL | ITT | JSS | ROL |
| 1 | Orlando Pirates | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Royal Leopards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 0 | | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Confederation Cup | Confederation Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Zakaria Saidi | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ALG | Aymen Mouyet | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Omar Hadji | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Riyane Akacem | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Abdelkrim Allaoui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ALG | Oussama Meddahi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Amrane | 38 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Imadeddine Boubekeur | 33 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ALG | Marwane Khelif | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | ALG | Oussama Bouziani | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | ALG | Fayçal Mebarki | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Farouk Slimani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Abderrazak Khelifi | 31 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Abdeldjalil Taki Eddine Saâd | 41 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Belaid Hamidi | 43 | 13 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Daoud | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ALG | Fayçal Choubane | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Adel Bouchiba | 40 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ALG | Mohamed El Amine Hammia | 39 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | ALG | Benamar Mellal | 35 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ALG | Oussama Bellatreche | 35 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Aimen Lahmeri | 42 | 14 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| 12 | FW | TAN | Adam Salamba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Ismaïl Saâdi | 40 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Billel Elmammeri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Amine Ouis | 30 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Lamine Boutouala | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ALG | Islam Eddine Kaidi | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Omar Adrar | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
Last updated: 23 October 2021 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 | CC 3 | TOTAL |
| 11 | | Aimen Lahmeri | FW | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | | Belaid Hamidi | MF | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | | Oussama Bellatreche | FW | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | | Abdeldjalil Saâd | MF | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | | Ismaïl Saâdi | FW | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 | | Benamar Mellal | MF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | | Mohamed El Amine Hammia | MF | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | | Omar Adrar | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | | Imadeddine Boubekeur | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | | Mohamed Amine Ouis | FW | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | | Mohamed Amrane | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Islam Ben Yezli | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | | Adel Bouchiba | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Oussama Bouziani | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 59 | 13 | 72 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 15 August 2021 | LW | Ismaïl Saâdi | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2021 | RW | Oussama Bellatreche | WA Tlemcen | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2021 | RW | Benamar Mellal | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 5 September 2021 | FW | Mohamed Amine Ouis | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 16 September 2021 | GK | Omar Hadji | Paradou AC | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 31 August 2021 | ST | Billel Messaoudi | Kortrijk | Loan for one year |
| 20 September 2021 | LB | Oussama Kaddour | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 22 September 2021 | FW | Hamza Zaidi | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 22 September 2021 | CB | Fateh Talah | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 19 October 2021 | FW | Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif | RC Kouba | Free transfer |
| 20 October 2021 | GK | Zakaria Haouli | AS Aïn M'lila | Free transfer |
| 20 October 2021 | FW | Mehdi Droueche | USM Khenchela | Free transfer |