# 2016–17 USM El Harrach season

In the 2016–17 season, USM El Harrach competed in Ligue 1 for the 33rd 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 1 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 023.33 | — | 13th | 20 August 2016 | 14 June 2017 |
| Algerian Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 26 November 2016 | 28 December 2016 |
| Total | 33 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 027.27 |

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 38 | |
| 12 | Olympique de Médéa | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 38 | |
| 13 | USM El Harrach | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 36 | |
| 14 | RC Relizane (R) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 36 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 15 | CA Batna (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 25 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
* 1 2 JS Kabylie ahead of Olympique de Médéa on head-to-head record: JSK–OMM 0–1, OMM–JSK 1–2.
* 1 2 RC Relizane ahead of USM El Harrach on head-to-head record: RCR–UEH 0–0, UEH–RCR 0–0 however goal difference in the first leg RCR (−8) UEH (−1).
* ↑ RC Relizane were deducted 3 points.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 January 2016. 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 |

### 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 ||||||||||
| 16 | GK | ALG | Mohamed Seddik Mokrani | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 12 | DF | ALG | Fayçal Abdat | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Kamel Belarbi | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Zine El Abidine Boulekhoua | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Fayçal Hocine Chennoufi | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Abdelhak Debbari | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mohamed Amine Madani | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mounir Aichi | 22 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Walid Athmani | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Djelloul Ben Rokia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ALG | Abdelmalek Djeghbala | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Zakaria Mustapha Hamidi | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Chamseddine Harrag | 26 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Karim Hendou | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Assad Lakdja | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mohamed Layati | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Benamar Mellel | 30 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Reda Nekrouf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Laid Ouadji | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 29 | FW | ALG | Marwane Benamra | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Merouane Dahar | 24 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Mounir Fekih | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Oussama Gatal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Yazid Sayahi | 23 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Sofiane Younes | 32 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
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 |
| | | Merouane Dahar | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | | Benamar Mellel | MF | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | | Sofiane Younes | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | | Chamseddine Harrag | MF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | Mounir Aichi | MF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | | Marwane Benamra | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | Mohamed Yazid Sayahi | FW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 15 | 4 | 19 |

## Squad list

As of January 15, 2017:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Abdelmalek Djeghbala |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Amine Madani |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Youcef Bouamrane |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Walid Athmani |
| 8 | FW | ALG | Mounir Aichi |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Karim Hendou |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Sofiane Younes |
| 12 | DF | ALG | Fayçal ABDAT |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Mounir Fekih |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Yazid Sayahi |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Mohamed Seddik Mokrani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Benamar Mellel |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Djelloul Ben Rokia |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Abdelhak Debbari |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Zine El Abidine Boulekhoua |
| 23 | FW | ALG | Marouane Dahar |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Reda Nekrouf |
| 27 | FW | ALG | Fayçal Hocine Chennoufi |
| 28 | DF | ALG | Chamseddine Harrag |
| 29 | DF | ALG | Marwane Benamra |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Lamine Abid | MC Alger | loan return |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Merouane Dahar | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Walid Athmani | MC Oran | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Messaoud Gharbi | CS Constantine | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Mohamed Billel Benaldjia | DRB Tadjenanet | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2016 | FW | Lamine Abid | NA Hussein Dey | Undisclosed |