# 2023–24 NC Magra season

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

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 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 | Mohamed Tayeb Cherif | (1999-07-12)12 July 1999 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 13 | GK | Abdelkader Salhi | (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 30) | Unattached |
| 16 | GK | Salaheddine Chemouri | (2001-08-13)13 August 2001 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | LB | Moncef Merouani | (2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 22) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 4 | CB | Chemseddine Lakehal | (2000-02-29)29 February 2000 (aged 23) | WA Tlemcen |
| 5 | CB | M'Hamed Merouani | (1987-03-29)29 March 1987 (aged 36) | Free agent |
| 17 | RB | Aymen Attou | (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 25) | USM Khenchela |
| 18 | CB | Ibrahim Bekakchi | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 31) | US Souf |
| 21 | RB | Amir Laidouni | (1999-09-20)20 September 1999 (aged 23) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 22 | CB | Mohamed Achref Aib | (1990-05-24)24 May 1990 (aged 33) | USM Khenchela |
| 25 | LB | Sabri Cheraitia | (1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 27) | Free agent |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | MF | Zakaria Kemoukh | (1992-03-06)6 March 1992 (aged 31) | CS Constantine |
| 8 | MF | Karm Benkouider | (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (aged 24) | JS Saoura |
| 12 | MF | Alouane Benharat | (1996-12-22)22 December 1996 (aged 26) | Al-Nsoor SC |
| 14 | MF | Fouad Hadded | (1990-11-01)1 November 1990 (aged 32) | USM Khenchela |
| 19 | MF | Chakib Berkani | (1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 27) | USM Khenchela |
| 24 | MF | Mohammed Essaid Bourahla | (1990-05-24)24 May 1990 (aged 33) | USM Khenchela |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW | Yanis Boughanem | (1997-05-23)23 May 1997 (aged 26) | IB Khémis El Khechna |
| 11 | FW | Hamza Demane | (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 34) | CS Constantine |
| 15 | FW | Mounib Benmerzoug | (1995-06-06)6 June 1995 (aged 28) | CA Batna |
| 20 | FW | Bouzid Dadache | (1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 29) | Al-Nasr |
| 23 | FW | Nasreddine Bouldjedri | (2000-02-29)29 February 2000 (aged 23) | CS Constantine |
| 26 | FW | Laid Saidi | (2000-04-26)26 April 2000 (aged 23) | US Tataouine |
| 27 | FW | Imad Moussaoui | (2000-11-26)26 November 2000 (aged 22) | MC El Bayadh |

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

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 13 August 2023 | DF | Achref Aïb | USM Khenchela | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2023 | DF | Amir Laidouni | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2023 | GK | Abdelkader Salhi | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2023 | DF | Moncef Merouani | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2023 | FW | Sid Ali Lakroum | Al-Nahda | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2023 | MF | Fouad Hadded | USM Khenchela | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2023 | DF | Chemseddine Lakehal | WA Tlemcen | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2023 | MF | Bassem Chaouti | ES Sétif | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | M'Hamed Merouani | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2024 | MF | Zakaria Kemoukh | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2024 | FW | Mounib Benmerzoug | CA Batna | Free transfer |
| 5 February 2024 | DF | Ibrahim Bekakchi | US Souf | Free transfer |
| 5 February 2024 | DF | Sabri Cheraitia | Free agent | Free transfer |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 19 July 2023 | FW | Faïk Amrane | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2023 | DF | Abdelhamid Driss | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2023 | GK | Saber Meddour | US Biskra | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2023 | MF | Ammar El Orfi | MC Alger | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 January 2024 | DF | Tarek Cheurfaoui | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |
| 1 January 2024 | FW | Sid Ali Lakroum | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |
| 3 January 2024 | MF | Bassem Chaouti | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |
| 30 January 2024 | DF | Hmida Salah | MC Oran | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | Hocine Laribi | USM Khenchela | Free transfer |
| 5 February 2024 | MF | Ilyes Atallah | JS Saoura | Free transfer |

## 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 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 030.00 | — | 12th | 16 September 2023 | 14 June 2024 |
| Algerian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 4 February 2024 | 4 February 2024 |
| Total | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 029.03 |
Updated to match played 14 June 2024 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | USM Khenchela | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 39 |
| 11 | MC El Bayadh | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 38 |
| 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 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 |

#### 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 | Mohamed Tayeb Cherif | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ALG | Abdelkader Salhi | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Salaheddine Chemouri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ALG | Moncef Merouani | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Chemseddine Lakehal | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | M'Hamed Merouani | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Aymen Attou | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Ibrahim Bekakchi | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Amir Laidouni | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Achref Aïb | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Sabri Cheraitia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ALG | Ismail Ghanemi | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ALG | Yahia Benamer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Kemoukh | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Karm Benkouider | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ALG | Alouane Benharat | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Fouad Hadded | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Chakib Berkani | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ALG | Mohammed Essaid Bourahla | 24 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Mostafa Berkane | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ALG | Yanis Boughanem | 20 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Hamza Demane | 28 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Mounib Benmerzoug | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Bouzid Dadache | 17 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ALG | Nasreddine Bouldjedri | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ALG | Laid Saidi | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ALG | Imad Moussaoui | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | ALG | Mohammed Djaidja | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Tarek Cheurfaoui | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Hocine Laribi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Hmida Salah | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Bassem Chaouti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Ilyes Atallah | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Sid Ali Lakroum | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 June 2024 Source: soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 14 June 2024
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | TOTAL |
| 11 | | Hamza Demane | FW | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | | Mohammed Essaid Bourahla | MF | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | | Bouzid Dadache | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | | Laid Saidi | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | Yanis Boughanem | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Zakaria Kemoukh | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | | Fouad Hadded | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | | Amir Laidouni | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | M'Hamed Merouani | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | | Imad Moussaoui | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | | Mostafa Berkane | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 30 | 0 | 30 |