# 2016–17 USM Bel-Abbès season

In the 2016–17 season, USM Bel Abbès competed in the Ligue 1 for the 22nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2016. 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 30) | CS Constantine |
| 16 | GK | Athmane Toual | (1984-07-17)17 July 1984 (aged 32) | ESM Koléa |
| Defenders ||||||
| 13 | CB | Redouane Bachiri | (1982-10-27)27 October 1982 (aged 33) | MC Alger |
| 25 | CB | Farès Benabderahmane | (1987-08-11)11 August 1987 (aged 29) | RC Relizane |
| 8 | RB | Billel Benaldjia | (1988-08-23)23 August 1988 (aged 27) | DRB Tadjenanet |
| 22 | LB | Sofiane Bengoureïne | (1984-10-10)10 October 1984 (aged 31) | USM Annaba |
| 24 | LB | Redouane Cherifi | (1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 23) | CA Batna |
| 19 | CB | Zakaria Khali | (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| 15 | RB | Mohamed Yaghni | (1988-02-22)22 February 1988 (aged 28) | USMM Hadjout |
| 28 | RB | Ahmida Zenasni | (1993-07-10)10 July 1993 (aged 23) | WA Tlemcen |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | DM | Ilyes Sidhoum | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 27) | CR Belouizdad |
| 7 | | Abou Sofiane Balegh | (1988-08-17)17 August 1988 (aged 28) | CR Belouizdad |
| 10 | DM | Abdessamed Bounoua | (1991-04-24)24 April 1991 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 18 | | Djamel Chettal | (1992-05-23)23 May 1992 (aged 24) | DRB Tadjenanet |
| 26 | | Amine Lamali | (1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 28) | MC El Eulma |
| 11 | AM | Bilel Herbache | (1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 30) | JS Kabylie |
| 5 | AM | Larbi Tabti | (1993-04-23)23 April 1993 (aged 23) | ASM Oran |
| 27 | RW | Abdelkrim Zouari | (1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 27) | MC Saïda |
| 20 | DM | Yahia Labani | (1991-08-16)16 August 1991 (aged 25) | USMM Hadjout |
| Forwards ||||||
| 31 | | Abdennour Belhocini | (1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 14 | | Habib Bouguelmouna | (1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 27) | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj |
| 9 | | Ilyes Kourbia | (1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 23) | ES Sétif |

## 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 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 046.67 | — | 4th | 20 August 2016 | 14 June 2017 |
| Algerian Cup | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 060.00 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 26 November 2016 | 20 June 2017 |
| Total | 35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 048.57 |

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | MC Alger | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 50 | Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | USM Alger | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 50 | Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Bel-Abbès | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 48 | |
| 5 | JS Saoura | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 45 | |
| 6 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 43 | Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup |
* 1 2 MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.

### 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 | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |

### 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 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Athmane Toual | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | ALG | Abdelkader Zarat Belmokretar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | ALG | Redouane Bachiri | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Farès Benabderahmane | 25 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ALG | Billel Benaldjia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Bengoureïne | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALG | Redouane Cherifi | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Zakaria Khali | 34 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ALG | Ilyes Sidhoum | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Yaghni | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Abderrahim Abdelli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ALG | Abou Sofiane Balegh | 32 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Abdessamed Bounoua | 33 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Djamel Chettal | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ALG | Amine El Amali | 21 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ALG | Bilel Herbache | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mouloud Nabil Metref | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Larbi Tabti | 31 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Ahmida Zenasni | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALG | Abdelkrim Zouari | 14 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| | FW | ALG | Abdennour Belhocini | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Habib Bouguelmouna | 24 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | ALG | Sid Ahmed El Mahi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Ilyes Kourbia | 24 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Yahia Labani | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| | GK | ALG | Oussama Benbot | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Karim Hendou | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Ali Amiri | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Youcef Ghazali | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 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 | | Abou Sofiane Balegh | MF | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 14 | | Habib Bouguelmouna | FW | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 27 | | Abdelkrim Zouari | MF | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | | Ilyes Kourbia | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | | Larbi Tabti | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | | Farès Benabderahmane | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | | Amine Lamali | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | | Abdessamed Bounoua | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | | Djamel Chettal | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | | Zakaria Khali | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 8 | 45 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Farès Benabderahmane | RC Relizane | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Redouane Bachiri | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2016 | FW | Habib Bouguelmouna | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | Free transfer |
| 30 December 2016 | MF | Bilel Herbache | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2017 | GK | Nadjib Ghoul | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 14 January 2017 | DF | Billel Benaldjia | DRB Tadjenanet | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2017 | MF | Djamel Chettal | DRB Tadjenanet | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2017 | MF | Abdelkrim Zouari | MC Saïda | Free transfer |