# 2023–24 US Biskra season

The 2023–24 season, is US Biskra's 7th season and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, US Biskra are participating in the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 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 | Ahmed Abdelkader | (1999-02-19)19 February 1999 (aged 24) | CR Belouizdad |
| 13 | GK | Abderrahmane Amri | (1997-04-21)21 April 1997 (aged 26) | MO Constantine |
| 30 | GK | Oussama Mellala | (2003-09-16)16 September 2003 (aged 19) | USM Annaba |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Ahmed Redha Houhou | (2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 4 | CB | Tarek Adouane | (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 26) | CRB Ouled Djellal |
| 6 | CB | Hamza Salem | (1998-01-10)10 January 1998 (aged 25) | ES Sétif |
| 15 | LB | Abdelhak Belkacemi | (1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 31) | HB Chelghoum Laïd |
| 17 | RB | Bilal Boukarroum | (1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 29) | JSM Skikda |
| 20 | CB | Nacereddine Khoualed | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 37) | JS Saoura |
| 23 | CB | Adel Lakhdari | (1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 34) | MC Oran |
| 24 | LB | Salaheddine Benlaribi | (1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 28) | RC Arbaâ |
| 27 | RB | Aymen Chehmat | (2000-09-19)19 September 2000 (aged 22) | JS Djijel |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | MF | Mustapha Zeghnoun | (1991-06-30)30 June 1991 (aged 32) | ASO Chlef |
| 10 | MF | Hamza Ounnas | (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 34) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 12 | MF | Hatem Dakhia | (1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 32) | ASO Chlef |
| 14 | MF | Tayeb Hamoudi | (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 28) | MC Alger |
| 19 | MF | Ayoub Derbal | (2001-06-12)12 June 2001 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 21 | MF | Yacine Medane | (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 30) | JS Kabylie |
| 22 | MF | Abdellah Daouadji | (1995-07-09)9 July 1995 (aged 28) | ASM Oran |
| 26 | MF | Nizar Tamer | (2001-07-31)31 July 2001 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW | Mourad Bouraada | (1998-04-04)4 April 1998 (aged 25) | RC Kouba |
| 9 | FW | Mohamed Larbi Khoualed | (1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 33) | CRB Ouled Djellal |
| 11 | FW | Chérif Siam | (1995-05-01)May 1, 1995 (aged 28) | MC Oran |
| 18 | FW | Khalil Darfalou | (2001-06-21)21 June 2001 (aged 22) | USM Alger |
| 25 | FW | Mohamed El Siddik Baâli | (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 28) | Olympique de Médéa |

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

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 13 August 2023 | GK | Saber Meddour | NC Magra | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2023 | GK | Abderrahmane Amri | MO Constantine | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2023 | DF | Aymen Chehmat | JS Djijel | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2023 | DF | Salaheddine Benlaribi | RC Arbaâ | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2023 | FW | Khalil Darfalou | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2023 | DF | Hamza Salem | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2023 | FW | Billel Bensaha | Al-Sharq | Free transfer |
| 21 August 2023 | GK | Oussama Mellala | USM Annaba | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2023 | GK | Yacine Sidi Salah | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 9 September 2023 | MF | Tayeb Hamoudi | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2023 | GK | Ahmed Abdelkader | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2023 | MF | Abdellah Daouadji | ASM Oran | Free transfer |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 23 July 2023 | GK | Walid Ouabdi | JS Saoura | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2023 | DF | Mohamed Ikbal Boufligha | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |
| 14 August 2023 | MF | Ali Amriche | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 21 August 2023 | FW | Lamine Abid | Hetten FC | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2023 | FW | Billel Bensaha | Al-Nahda | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2023 | GK | Yacine Sidi Salah | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |
| 10 September 2023 | FW | Abdelouahab Merri | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee | Source |
| 31 January 2024 | FW | Merouane Boussalem | MC Oran | Free transfer | |
| 5 February 2024 | GK | Saber Meddour | USM Annaba | Free transfer | |

### New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | Source |
| 10 | MF | Hamza Ounnas | 2 years | 2025 | 16 August 2023 | |
| 8 | MF | Mustapha Zeghnoun | 2 years | 2025 | 16 August 2023 | |

## 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 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 030.00 | — | 14th | 17 September 2023 | 14 June 2024 |
| Algerian Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 050.00 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 3 February 2024 | 16 April 2024 |
| Total | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 032.35 |
Updated to match played 14 June 2024 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | NC Magra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 38 | |
| 13 | MC Oran | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 36 | |
| 14 | US Biskra | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 36 | |
| 15 | ES Ben Aknoun (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 32 | Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2 |
| 16 | US Souf (R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 22 | 86 | −64 | 7 | Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2 |
* ↑ ES Ben Aknoun awarded 3–0 win against US Souf.
* ↑ US Souf lost 3–0 win against ES Ben Aknoun by penalty.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 |

#### Matches

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

### Algerian Cup
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Ahmed Abdelkader | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ALG | Abderrahmane Amri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Oussama Mellala | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ALG | Lamdjed Guessoum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Redha Houhou | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Tarek Adouane | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ALG | Hamza Salem | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Abdelhak Belkacemi | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Bilal Boukarroum | 26 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Nacereddine Khoualed | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Adel Lakhdari | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALG | Salaheddine Benlaribi | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Aymen Chehmat | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mustapha Zeghnoun | 28 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Hamza Ounnas | 15 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ALG | Hatem Dakhia | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Tayeb Hamoudi | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Ayoub Derbal | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Yacine Medane | 29 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | ALG | Abdellah Daouadji | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ALG | Nizar Tamer | 24 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ALG | Ouassim Zerari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ALG | Mourad Bouraada | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Larbi Khoualed | 21 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Chérif Siam | 30 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Khalil Darfalou | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | ALG | Mohamed El Siddik Baâli | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ALG | Riad Rahmoun | 25 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | ALG | Aymen Fellahi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Adaika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 16 | GK | ALG | Saber Meddour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Merouane Boussalem | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 June 2024 Source: soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 14 June 2024
Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | TOTAL |
| 25 | | Mohamed El Siddik Baali | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | Mustapha Zeghnoun | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | | Bilal Boukarroum | DF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | | Cherif Siam | FW | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | | Hamza Ounnas | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | Mohamed Larbi Khoualed | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | Merouane Boussalem | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | | Khalil Darfalou | FW | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | | Riad Rahmoun | FW | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | | Yacine Medane | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | | Nizar Tamer | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | | Abdellah Daouadji | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | Hatem Dakhia | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Mourad Bouraada | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 25 | 7 | 32 |