# 2017–18 USM Bel-Abbès season

In the 2017–18 season, USM Bel-Abbès competed in the Ligue 1 for the 23rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 August 2017. 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 | Nadjib Ghoul | (1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 31) | CS Constantine |
| 16 | GK | Athmane Toual | (1984-07-17)17 July 1984 (aged 33) | ESM Koléa |
| 30 | GK | Abdelkader Zarat Belmokhtar | (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 25 | CB | Farès Benabderahmane | (1987-08-11)11 August 1987 (aged 30) | RC Relizane |
| 22 | LB | Sofiane Bengoureïne | (1984-10-10)10 October 1984 (aged 32) | USM Annaba |
| 19 | CB | Zakaria Khali | (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 27) | Youth system |
| 15 | LB | Nabil Lamara | (1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 24) | Olympique de Médéa |
| 20 | RB | Abderrahim Abdelli | (1996-08-09)9 August 1996 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 4 | CB | Nour El Islam Salah | (1993-03-17)17 March 1993 (aged 24) | Unattached |
| 2 | RB | Samir Zerrouki | (1993-09-04)4 September 1993 (aged 23) | ? |
| 24 | CB | Anes Abbas | (1996-10-07)7 October 1996 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 10 | DM | Abdessamed Bounoua | (1991-04-24)24 April 1991 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| 27 | RW | Abdelkrim Zouari | (1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 28) | MC Saïda |
| 29 | DM | Yahia Labani | (1991-08-16)16 August 1991 (aged 26) | USMM Hadjout |
| 28 | AM | Sid Ahmed El Mahi | (1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 12 | DM | Malek Ferhat | (1989-03-07)7 March 1989 (aged 28) | MO Béjaïa |
| 6 | | Mohamed Lagraâ | (1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 30) | JS Saoura |
| 26 | | Mouloud Nabil Metref | (1996-07-29)29 July 1996 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 5 | AM | Larbi Tabti | (1993-04-23)23 April 1993 (aged 24) | ASM Oran |
| Forwards ||||||
| 18 | | Djamel Chettal | (1992-05-23)23 May 1992 (aged 25) | DRB Tadjenanet |
| 7 | | Abdennour Belhocini | (1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 14 | | Habib Bouguelmouna | (1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 28) | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj |
| 8 | | Hamza Belahouel | (1993-06-08)8 June 1993 (aged 24) | ES Mostaganem |
| | | Dhira El Habib Bouchentouf | (1998-11-26)26 November 1998 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| 9 | | Ameur Bouguettaya | (1995-07-21)21 July 1995 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 17 | | Billel Mebarki | (1988-01-10)10 January 1988 (aged 29) | USM El Harrach |
| 21 | | Mohamed Seguer | (1985-09-07)7 September 1985 (aged 31) | MC Alger |

## 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 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 040.00 | — | 10th | 26 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 |
| Algerian Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 083.33 | Round of 64 | Winners | 29 December 2017 | 1 May 2018 |
| Total | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 047.22 |
Updated to match played 19 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | ES Sétif | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 40 | Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 9 | DRB Tadjenanet | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 37 | |
| 10 | USM Bel Abbès | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 37 | Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup |
| 11 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 36 | |
| 12 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 36 | |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head results.
* ↑ USM Bel Abbès were deducted 6 points. FIFA's decision was taken at its meeting on 9 June 2017, ordering the club to pay the amount due to the player Jessy Mayele as well as a fine of CHF 15,000 (15,000 Swiss francs).
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head results.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 June 2018. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | Nadjib Ghoul | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Athmane Toual | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Abdelkader Zarat Belmokhtar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| | DF | ALG | Anes Abbas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Abderrahim Abdelli | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Farès Benabderahmane | 30 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Bengoureïne | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Lakhdar Benketaf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Zakaria Khali | 32 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Nabil Lamara | 32 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Nour El Islam Salah | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Samir Zerrouki | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ALG | Abdessamed Bounoua | 31 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Sid Ahmed El Mahi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ALG | Malek Ferhat | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ALG | Yahia Labani | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Lagraâ | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mouloud Nabil Metref | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Larbi Tabti | 26 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | ALG | Abdelkrim Zouari | 33 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| | FW | ALG | Adel Amarouche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Abdennour Belhocini | 24 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ALG | Hamza Belahouel | 27 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| | FW | ALG | Dhira El Habib Bouchentouf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Habib Bouguelmouna | 29 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | ALG | Ameur Bouguettaya | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Billel Mebarki | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Djamel Chettal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Seguer | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| | DF | ALG | Walid Boubekeur Senigra | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mohamed Ismail Kherbache | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Abderrahim Mamache | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Walid Sbia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 June 2018 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 1 | AC | TOTAL |
| 7 | | Abdennour Belhocini | FW | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | | Habib Bouguelmouna | FW | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 27 | | Abdelkrim Zouari | MF | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | | Hamza Belahouel | FW | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | | Zakaria Khali | DF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | | Larbi Tabti | MF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | | Mohamed Seguer | FW | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | | Abdessamed Bounoua | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | | Abderrahim Abdelli | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | | Farès Benabderahmane | DF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Mouloud Nabil Metref | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | Mohamed Ismail Kherbache | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Ameur Bouguettaya | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Billel Mebarki | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 9 | 41 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 15 July 2017 | GK | Malek Ferhat | MO Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2018 | FW | Mohamed Seguer | MC Alger | Free transfer (Released) |
| 13 January 2018 | MF | Yahia Labani | US Biskra | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2018 | MF | Billel Mebarki | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2018 | DF | Nour El Islam Salah | Unattached | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 22 June 2017 | DF | Redouane Cherifi | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2017 | MF | Amine El Amalli | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2017 | MF | Ilyes Sidhoum | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2017 | RB | Ahmida Zenasni | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2017 | MF | Yahia Labani | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2017 | FW | Abou Sofiane Balegh | MC Alger | Free transfer |