# 2015–16 USM Bel-Abbès season

In the 2015–16 season, USM Bel-Abbès competed in the Ligue 2 for the 16th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

## 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 2 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 040.00 | — | 3rd | 14 August 2015 | 6 May 2016 |
| Algerian Cup | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 060.00 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 19 December 2015 | 14 April 2016 |
| Total | 35 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 042.86 |

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympique de Médéa (P) | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 54 | 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 2 | CA Batna (P) | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 50 | 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 3 | USM Bel Abbès (P) | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 49 | 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 4 | Paradou AC | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 46 | |
| 5 | MC El Eulma | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 40 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 January 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 2 | Ligue 2 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| | GK | ALG | Mohamed Ghalem | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ALG | Athmane Toual | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| | DF | ALG | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | 33 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Fayçal Abdat | 33 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Zakaria Khali | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mohamed Yaghni | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Hichem Aoulmi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Ahmida Zenasni | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Sofiane Bengorine | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Redouane Cherifi | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| | MF | ALG | Ahmed Mekehout | 23 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | ALG | Ilyes Sidhoum | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Yahia Labani | 25 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Abdessamed Bounoua | 29 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Lamouri Djediat | 24 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Abou El Kacem Hadji | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Amine El Amali | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | ALG | Walid Hanifi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| | FW | ALG | Youcef Ghazali | 17 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Noureddine Daham | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Nouri Ouznadji | 22 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Mohamed Noureddine Bennai | 27 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | ALG | Abou Sofiane Balegh | 25 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | ALG | Lahouari Touil | 23 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| | MF | ALG | Abderrahmane Ensaad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mohamed Amine Bekakcha | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 November 2017 Source: footballdatabase.eu

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 2 | AC | TOTAL |
| | | Mohamed Noureddine Bennai | FW | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| | | Youcef Ghazali | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | | Nouri Ouznadji | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | | Abou Sofiane Balegh | FW | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | Ahmed Mekehout | MF | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | | Abdessamed Bounoua | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | Lahouari Touil | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Lamouri Djediat | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Fayçal Abdat | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Zakaria Khali | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Yahia Labani | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Amine El Amali | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Noureddine Daham | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 27 | 6 | 33 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 July 2015 | MF | Ahmida Zenasni | WA Tlemcen | Free transfer | |