# 2020–21 CR Belouizdad season

In the 2020–21 season, CR Belouizdad is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 55th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competing in Ligue 1, the Super Cup and the Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 November 2020. 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 | Gaya Merbah | (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 26) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 16 | GK | Toufik Moussaoui | (1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 29) | Paradou AC |
| 26 | GK | Ahmed Abdelkader | (1999-02-19)19 February 1999 (aged 21) | Unattached |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Chouhaib Keddad | (1994-07-25)25 July 1994 (aged 26) | ASO Chlef |
| 3 | LB | Chemseddine Nessakh | (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 (aged 32) | ES Sétif |
| 4 | CB | Zakaria Khali | (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 30) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 13 | CB | Anes Saad | (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 (aged 24) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 18 | CB | Sofiane Bouchar | (1994-05-21)21 May 1994 (aged 26) | MC Oran |
| 22 | RB | Mokhtar Belkhiter | (1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 28) | Club Africain |
| 23 | RB | Zinelaabidine Boulakhoua | (1990-04-15)15 April 1990 (aged 30) | MC Alger |
| 27 | LB | Rayen Hais Benderrouya | (1997-08-23)23 August 1997 (aged 23) | RC Kouba |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | AM | Larbi Tabti | (1993-04-23)23 April 1993 (aged 27) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 6 | DM | Zakaria Draoui | (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 26) | ES Sétif |
| 7 | RW | Youcef Bechou | (1997-03-01)1 March 1997 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 8 | LW | Mohamed Islam Bakir | (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 (aged 24) | CS Sfaxien |
| 10 | AM | Amir Sayoud | (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 30) | USM Alger |
| 12 | LW | Fouad Ghanem | (1997-11-16)16 November 1997 (aged 23) | JSM Bejaia |
| 15 | DM | Housseyn Selmi | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 27) | CA Batna |
| 19 | DM | Adel Djerrar | (1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 30) | JS Kabylie |
| 21 | CM | Samir Aiboud | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 27) | ES Sétif |
| 24 | DM | Bilal Tarikat | (1991-06-12)12 June 1991 (aged 29) | RC Boumerdès |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | | Mohamed Souibaâh | (1991-12-25)25 December 1991 (aged 29) | ES Sétif |
| 11 | | Ahmed Gasmi | (1984-11-22)22 November 1984 (aged 36) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 13 | ST | Kheireddine Merzougui | (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 28) | JSM Skikda |
| 14 | RW | Hicham Khalfallah | (1991-10-02)2 October 1991 (aged 29) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 14 | ST | Maecky Ngombo | (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 (aged 25) | Go Ahead Eagles |
| 17 | LW | Khaled Bousseliou | (1997-07-03)3 July 1997 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 20 | | Hamza Belahouel | (1993-06-08)8 June 1993 (aged 27) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 25 | ST | Marcellin Koukpo | (1995-04-06)6 April 1995 (aged 25) | CS Hammam-Lif |

## 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 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 057.89 | — | Winners | 11 December 2020 | 24 August 2021 |
| League Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 8 May 2021 | 8 May 2021 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | Final | Winners | 21 November 2020 | 21 November 2020 |
| Champions League | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 058.33 | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | 29 November 2020 | 22 May 2021 |
| Total | 52 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 91 | 37 | +54 | 057.69 |
Updated to match played 24 August 2021 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad (C) | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 79 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | ES Sétif | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 32 | +37 | 71 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 69 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 65 | |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
* ↑ On May 16, 2021 after not respecting Covid-19 tests regulation before RC Relizane match, ES Sétif Lost the match 2–0.
* ↑ On March 13, 2021 after the participation of a penalized player Oussama Meddahi against Paradou AC, JS Saoura Lost the match 3–0.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 August 2021. 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.
* 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 35 36 37 38 The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

## Champions League
### Preliminary round
### Group stage
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSD | CRB | TPM | HIL |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | League Cup | League Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Gaya Merbah | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Toufik Moussaoui | 33 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ALG | Ahmed Abdelkader | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Chouhaib Keddad | 32 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Chemseddine Nessakh | 39 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Zakaria Khali | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Anes Saad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Bouchar | 43 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Mokhtar Belkhiter | 39 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Zinelaabidine Boulakhoua | 33 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Rayen Hais Benderrouya | 35 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Belharrane | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ALG | Larbi Tabti | 24 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Draoui | 47 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Youcef Bechou | 22 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Islam Bakir | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Amir Sayoud | 44 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| 15 | MF | ALG | Housseyn Selmi | 30 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Adel Djerrar | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Samir Aiboud | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ALG | Bilal Tarikat | 28 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Haroune Benmenni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Akram Bouras | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Souibaâh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Ahmed Gasmi | 25 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Kheireddine Merzougui | 18 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Hicham Khalfallah | 17 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Khaled Bousseliou | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Hamza Belahouel | 18 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | BEN | Marcellin Koukpo | 29 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | 30 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ALG | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | 44 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | ALG | Fouad Ghanem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Maecky Ngombo | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Last updated: 1 June 2018 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 | LC | SC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 10 | | Amir Sayoud | MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 20 | | Hamza Belahouel | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 | | Marcellin Koukpo | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | | Larbi Tabti | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | | Zakaria Draoui | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | Youcef Bechou | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | | Maecky Ngombo | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | | Ahmed Gasmi | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | Mohamed Souibaâh | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Chemseddine Nessakh | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | | Chouhaib Keddad | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | | Abdelkader Belharrane | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | | Housseyn Selmi | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | | Mohamed Islam Belkhir | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 17 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 39 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Zakaria Draoui | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 25 August 2020 | DF | Mokhtar Belkhiter | Club Africain | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2020 | FW | Maecky Ngombo | Go Ahead Eagles | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2020 | GK | Toufik Moussaoui | Paradou AC | 14,000,000 DA |
| 15 September 2020 | FW | Marcellin Koukpo | CS Hammam-Lif | Free transfer |
| 24 October 2020 | MF | Mohamed Islam Bakir | CS Sfaxien | Free transfer |
| 4 April 2021 | ST | Kheireddine Merzougui | JSM Skikda | Undisclosed |
| 11 April 2021 | RW | Hicham Khalfallah | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 31 August 2020 | FW | Ahmed Gasmi | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 31 August 2020 | MF | Toufik Zerara | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 31 August 2020 | FW | Islam Bendif | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 8 September 2020 | DF | Mohamed Khoutir Ziti | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 5 October 2020 | GK | Khairi Barki | ES Sétif | Free transfer (Released) |
| 27 October 2020 | FW | Boubacar Hainikoye Soumana | NC Magra | Loan for one year |
| 27 October 2020 | FW | Redouane Maâchou | USM Bel Abbès | Loan for two years |
| 9 April 2021 | LW | Fouad Ghanem | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 6 April 2021 | FW | Maecky Ngombo | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
* ↑ Ziti joined Nasr Benghazi on 4 November 2020.
* ↑ Ngombo joined FC Botoșani on 24 June 2021.