2016–17 USM Alger season

In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 39th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup. USM Alger will enter the 2016-2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015-2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until his left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June.[1] but before the start of the season three days to resign was replace by French manager Cavalli[2] Then it was sacked because of poor results and replace by Belgian Paul Put.[3]

USM Alger

2016–17 season
preparation match in July 2016 against Stade Rennes in the picture Meftah, Koudri from USM Alger and Gourcuff from Stade Rennes.
Chairman	Ali Haddad
Head coach	Miloud Hamdi (until 5 June 2016) Adel Amrouche (from 27 June 2016) (until 17 August 2016) Jean-Michel Cavalli (from 17 August 2016) (until 30 October 2016) Paul Put (from 30 October 2016)
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium July 5, 1962 Stadium
Ligue 1	3rd
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mohamed Rabie Meftah (9 goals) All: Mohamed Rabie Meftah (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	60.000 (vs. MC Alger, 4 March)
Lowest home attendance	0 (vs. RC Relizane, 27 August) (spectator ban)
Average home league attendance	13,200

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will be against CFA training of US Granville, scheduled for July 22 in Granville.[4]

of Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi.

At the level of the players, the club recorded the arrival of several players like Amir Sayoud (DRB Tadjenanet), Raouf Benguit (Paradou AC), Ziri Hammar (JS Saoura), Mohamed Benyahia (MC Oran), Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger), Abel Khaled and Ghislain Guessan (RC Arbaâ). This bloated recruitment is partly fill the departures of Zinedine Ferhat, best assist last season, Brahim Boudebouda, Hocine El Orfi and Mohamed Seguer, The club has also signed several players of the national selection of age 20, recently trained by Mohamed Mekhazni, back to the club. Two of these young people have made the trip to France, he is Ilyes Yaiche and Ibrahim Farhi.

First friendly match was against Stade brestois 29 and ended with a draw 1-1 [5] goal scored by Union new player Bouderbal, three days later the team played the most important meeting against Stade Rennais [6] from Ligue 1 and ended with the victory of the Algerian international guys Zeffane 1-0 Then, in the third meeting against the reserve team of the Stade Rennais achieved the first victory in the preparation matches by 4-0 [7] Recording from Guessan two goals, Beldjilali goal by Penalty and finally the young Bengrina last goal, After the piece ran the team last friendly against US Granville ended with a draw 0-0 back to the team immediately after the end of the games to Algeria, Preparations were good where he discovered supporter several skilful players of the most prominent neo Bellahcene, Benyahia and Hammar in addition to the player the team youth Bengrina.

After the end of the first internship in France successfully USM Alger delegation returned to Algeria and Players he got four days rest before traveling to Tunisia, Sousse to fight a second internship between 27 July and 7 August [8] punctuated by three friendly matches against clubs Tunisian.[9]

Stade brestois 29 v USM Alger

13 July 2016 Friendly	Stade brestois 29	1–1	USM Alger	Ploudalmézeau
18:30 UTC+2	Magnon  46'	Report Live TV: None	21' Bouderbal	Stadium: Municipal Ploudalmézeau Attendance: 1.500

Stade Rennais v USM Alger

16 July 2016 Friendly	Stade Rennais	1–0	USM Alger	Dinard
18:00 UTC+2	Gnagnon  66'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Paul Audrin Attendance: 1.315 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Stade Rennais res v USM Alger

20 July 2016 Friendly	Stade Rennais res	0–4	USM Alger	Brittany
18:00 UTC+2		Report Live TV: None	7', 50' Guessan  81' (pen.) Beldjilali  88' Bengruina	Stadium: Centre Henri Guerin Attendance: 200 Referee: Benoît Millot

US Granville v USM Alger

22 July 2016 Friendly	US Granville	0–0	USM Alger	Granville
14:00 UTC+2		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Louis Dior Attendance: 50

Club Africain v USM Alger

30 July 2016 Friendly	Club Africain	0–1	USM Alger	Mutuelleville
17:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None	44' Andria	Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten Attendance: 100

CS Sfaxien v USM Alger

4 August 2016 Friendly	CS Sfaxien	0–2	USM Alger	Sousse
17:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None	25' Chafaï  54' Sayoud

USM Alger v Paradou AC

12 August 2016 Friendly	USM Alger	0–0	Paradou AC
16:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None

Mid-season

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	14	8	8	50	31	+19	046.67	N/A	3rd	19 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	24 November 2016	27 December 2016
Algerian Super Cup	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	Final	Winners	1 November 2016
Champions League	5	2	1	2	7	4	+3	040.00	First round	Group stage[note 1]	11 March 2017	2 June 2017[note 1]
Total	39	19	10	10	62	35	+27	048.72

Ligue 1

Main article: 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES Sétif (C)	30	17	6	7	42	23	+19	57	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League
2	MC Alger	30	14	8	8	38	27	+11	50[lower-alpha 1]
3	USM Alger	30	14	8	8	50	31	+19	50[lower-alpha 1]	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

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	8	8	50	31	+19	50	12	2	1	39	15	+24	2	6	7	11	16	−5

Last updated: 14 June 2017.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

USM Alger v MO Béjaïa

19 August 2016 Round 1	USM Alger	2–0	MO Béjaïa	Bologhine
19:15	Darfalou  44' Meftah  78' (pen.)	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	60' Yesli  77' Baouali	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Khoualed, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Bouderbal, Beldjilali (Meziane 82’) - Andria (Sayoud 70’), Darfalou (Guessan 71’)

USM Alger v RC Relizane

27 August 2016 Round 2	USM Alger	6–0	RC Relizane	Bologhine
19:00	Bentoucha  6' (o.g.) Meftah  24' (pen.) Guessan  41' Benkhemassa  45' Andria  71' Benguit  79' Darfalou  88'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	23' Chahloul	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Said Aouina
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Khoualed, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa (Darfalou 70’), Beldjilali - Hammar (Andria 57’), Guessan (Abdelaoui 76’), Bouderbal

DRB Tadjenanet v USM Alger

9 September 2016 Round 3	DRB Tadjenanet	0–0	USM Alger	Tadjenanet
17:00		Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	37' Khoualed  56' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Benyahia, Abdelaoui, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Guessan 68’), Bouderbal - Darfalou (Sayoud 76’)

USM Alger v CS Constantine

17 September 2016 Round 4	USM Alger	1–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
19:00	Meziane  51' Khoualed  57' Benyahia  61'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	77' Sameur	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Sayoud - Meziane (Koudri 85’), Guessan (Darfalou 65’), Bouderbal

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

24 September 2016 Round 5	CR Belouizdad	0–1	USM Alger	Algiers
17:45	Tarikat  81' Feham  90+2'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3	12' Meziane  62' Benguit  90+4' Bouderbal	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Sayoud (Beldjilali 46’) - Bouderbal, Guessan (Darfalou 70’), Meziane (Chafai 74’)

USM Alger v Olympique de Médéa

1 October 2016 Round 6	USM Alger	3–2	Olympique de Médéa	Bologhine
17:00	Meziane  5' Chafaï  9' Meftah  41' (pen.)  66' Benmoussa  49' Benkhemassa  72' Zemmamouche  89' Guessan  93'	Soccerway report DZfoot report usm-alger report Live TV: Canal Algérie	39' Saadou  46' Banouh  58' Gharbi  66' Bouchiba  70' Zeroual	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Koudri 60’) - Meziane, Darfalou (Sayoud 28’), Bouderbal (Guessan 71’)

MC Alger v USM Alger

13 October 2016 Round 7	MC Alger	2–1	USM Alger	Blida
19:00	Zerdab  38', 77' (pen.) Demmou  50'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	17' Koudri  87' Guessan	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Koudri (Benguit 46’), Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Andria 46’) - Bouderbal (Sayoud 78’), Guessan, Meziane

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

22 October 2016 Round 8	USM Alger	2–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:00	Guessan  31' Andria  57' Meftah  81' (pen.)	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	52' Raiah  76' Ziaya  90+3' Rial	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Redouane Necib
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafai, Abdelaoui - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Bellahcen 83’) - Meziane (Sayoud 70’), Guessan, Andria (Benmoussa 59’)

CA Batna v USM Alger

27 October 2016 Round 9	CA Batna	2–1	USM Alger	Batna
15:00	Meftah  20' (o.g.) Selmi  43' Hadj Aïssa  62'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	42' Benkhemassa  71' Chafaï  90' Benyahia	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Sefouhi Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit (Khoualed 46’), Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Sayaoud 46’) - Meziane, Guessan, Benmoussa (Hammar 68’)

USM Alger v USM El Harrach

5 November 2016 Round 10	USM Alger	0–2	USM El Harrach	Algiers
16:00	Bellahcene  45'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3	38' Mellal  62' Belarbi  90+5' Younes	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Merzak Halalchi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Meftah, Chafaï, Benyahia, Abdelaoui - Belahcène, Koudri, Meziane (Sayoud 63’) - Bouderbal, Andria (Guessan 58’), Benmoussa (Yaiche 82’)

MC Oran v USM Alger

11 November 2016 Round 11	MC Oran	0–0	USM Alger	Oran
16:00	Heriat  21' Sebbah  90+2'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3	21' Guessan  73' Abdellaoui  90' Meftah	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafaï, Benyahia, Abdelaoui - Koudri, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Benmoussa 75’) - Bouderbal (Andria 81’), Guessan, Yaïche (Meziane 64’)

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

17 November 2016 Round 12	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
17:00	Benyahia  44' Guessan  54', 70'  54' Benkhemassa  57' Koudri  64' Chafaï  87'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie / beIN Sports	58' Ardji  80' El Orfi	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdelaoui - Koudri, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Benmoussa 65') - Andria (Benguit 86'), Guessan, Meziane (Yaïche 90')

USM Bel-Abbès v USM Alger

1 December 2016 Round 13	USM Bel-Abbès	2–1	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh  7' Kourbia  33' Zenasni  53'  58' Yaghni  70'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie	36' Abdellaoui  77' Guessan  90' Andria  90+2' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafaï, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa (Bouderbal 72’) - Koudri (Andria 46’), Benkhemassa, Benguit - Sayoud (Beldjilali 46’), Guessan, Meziane

USM Alger v ES Sétif

9 December 2016 Round 14	USM Alger	3–1	ES Sétif	Bologhine
16:00	Chafaï  12' Meftah  25' Benyahia  58' Meziane  78'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3	57' (pen.) Amada	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali - Bouderbal (Meziane 76’), Andria (Yaiche 90'), Hammar (Darfalou 83’)

JS Saoura v USM Alger

22 December 2016 Round 15	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Alger	Béchar
19:00	Djallit  66'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	3'  73' Meftah  23' Meziane  49' Sayoud  55' Hammar  74' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Said Aouina
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Hammar - Meziane (Sayoud 46’), Darfalou (Beldjilali 46’), Benmoussa (Khaled 79’)

USM Alger v DRB Tadjenanet

3 February 2017 Round 18	USM Alger	0–0	DRB Tadjenanet	Bologhine
16:00	Benyahia  25' Benmoussa  28'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	41' Fourloul  56' Hadded	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia Chafaï, Benmoussa - Khaled (Bengrina 53’), Koudri, Benguit - Andria, Benkablia (Meziane 78’), Darfalou (Guessan 68’)

CS Constantine v USM Alger

9 February 2017 Round 19	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Alger	Constantine
16:00	Sameur  51' Benayada  61' Zerara  63' Aoudia  87'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Canal Algérie	53' Benguit	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 21.000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Meziane (Guessan 78’) - Benkablia (Yaïche 69’), Darfalou, Andria (Bengrina 83’)

MO Béjaïa v USM Alger

14 February 2017 Round 16	MO Béjaïa	0–0	USM Alger	Béjaïa
16:00 Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the African Cup and World Cup military	Khadir  10' Boucherit  79'  81' Sidibe  89'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	10' Koudri  15' Yaiche  73' Benyahia	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 22.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Koudri, Bellahcène (Darfalou 74’) - Andria, Benkablia (Bengrina 86’), Yaiche (Meziane 46’)

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

20 February 2017 Round 20	USM Alger	2–1	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
18:00	Benguit  14' Abdellaoui  48' Meziane  72' Zemmamouche  90+3'	Soccerway report DZfoot report	86' Naamani  90+1' Lamhene	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafai, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa - Benguit, Koudri, Bengrina (Guessan 46’) - Andria, Benkablia (Bourenane 61’), Meziane

Olympique de Médéa v USM Alger

25 February 2017 Round 21	Olympique de Médéa	1–3	USM Alger	Médéa
15:00	Lamraoui  27' Banouh  44' Rachedi  45+2' Addadi  79'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: None	28' (pen.) Meftah  64' Andria  68'  78' Bellahcene  72' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Bellahcène, Benkablia (Bourenane 13’) - Andria (Bengrina 85’), Meziane, Guessan (Darfelou 90’)

USM Alger v MC Alger

4 March 2017 Round 22	USM Alger	2–2	MC Alger	Algiers
17:45	Benmoussa  8' Meftah  21'  90+6' Benyahia  25' Chafaï  60'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Al-Kass Sports	4' Seguer  8' Karaoui  10' Bouguèche  90+6' Boudebouda	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Rafik Achouri
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Koudri, Bourenane (Sayoud 85’) - Andria, Meziane, Guessan

RC Relizane v USM Alger

25 March 2017 Round 17	RC Relizane	2–0	USM Alger	Relizane
16:00 Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the African Cup and World Cup military	Guebli  24'  70' Benayad  33'  35' Bousseder  33'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Merzoug Brahimi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Meftah, Benmoussa (Yaiche 46’), Chafaï, Benyahia, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Beldjilali (Sayoud 79’) - Meziane, Guessan (Bourenane 71’)

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

25 April 2017 Round 23	JS Kabylie	1–1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
18:00	Djerrar  11' Zerguine  35'  35'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / TV Tamazight 4	15' Benguit  43' Benyahia  64' Abdellaoui  85' Mansouri	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Abdellaoui, Benyahia, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Sayoud (Benkhemassa 78’), Koudri, Benguit (Benkablia 85’) - Andria, Darfelou (Guessan 89’)

USM Alger v CA Batna

29 April 2017 Round 24	USM Alger	3–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
17:00	Koudri  35' Bitam  60' (o.g.) Darfalou  72', 87'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah (Benkablia 85), Benmoussa - Sayoud (Benkhemassa 46’), Koudri, Benguit, Andria - Darfelou, Guessan (Bengrina 46’)

USM El Harrach v USM Alger

7 May 2017 Round 25	USM El Harrach	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
17:45	Younes  3'  20' Zeghba  90+2'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports	57' Meftah  71' Chafaï  87' Beldjilali	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah (Benkablia 85’), Benmoussa - Sayoud (Bengrina 46’), Koudri, Benguit - Andria, Darfelou, Guessan (Benkhemassa 46’)

USM Alger v MC Oran

16 May 2017 Round 26	USM Alger	2–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
17:45	Andria  48' Benguit  81' Meziane  88'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	86' Sebbah  90+3' Hamidi	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafaï, Benyahia, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Sayoud (Benkablia 76’), Bourenane (Andria 46’) - Meziane, Darfalou (Benmoussa 90’)

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

29 May 2017 Round 27	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
22:30	Coumbassa  5' Laribi  47' Ouertani  64' Herida  88'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports	7' Meziane  35' Abdellaoui	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Ahmed Bouzerar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Beldjilali, Koudri, Benguit - Andria (Benkablia 46’), Meziane, Darfelou (Guessan 46’)

USM Alger v USM Bel-Abbès

7 June 2017 Round 28	USM Alger	6–2	USM Bel-Abbès	Bologhine
22:30	Darfalou  9' Chafaï  20' Meftah  29' Sayoud  44' Meziane  45+1' Bourenane  58' Koudri  65' Beldjilali  77'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports	22' Zouari  50' Khali  50' Balegh  51'  90+2' (pen.) Bounoua  62' Bouguelmouna	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 9.000 Referee: Rafik Achouri
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Beldjilali, Koudri (Bellahcène 80’), Sayoud (Benyahia 54’), Bourenane (Hammar 67’) - Meziane, Darfelou

ES Sétif v USM Alger

10 June 2017 Round 29	ES Sétif	2–1	USM Alger	Sétif
22:30	Djahnit  5' Djabou  52' Khedairia  84'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports / Al-Kass Sports	19' Benyahia  33' Meziane  55' Beldjilali  75' Sayoud	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa, Benyahia (Hammar 45’) - Beldjilali, Koudri, Bourenane (Sayoud 63’) - Meziane (Guessan 81’), Darfelou

USM Alger v JS Saoura

14 June 2017 Round 30	USM Alger	5–2	JS Saoura	Bologhine
22:30	Darfalou  23', 77', 83' Andria  44' Benmoussa  60' (pen.) Benguit  63' Khoualed  90+3' (pen.)	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: None	43' Bourdim  68' Tiboutine  86' Bekakchi	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Sayoud (Bourenane 84’), Koudri (Khoualed 80’), Bellahcène, Benguit - Andria (Benkhemassa 72’), Meziane, Darfelou

Algerian Super Cup

Main article: 2016 Algerian Super Cup

USM Alger v MC Alger

1 November 2016	USM Alger	2–0	MC Alger	Blida[note 2]
17:45 Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics	Benkhemassa  38' Abdellaoui  43' Chafaï  61' Meftah  77' (pen.)	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / beIN Sports / Al-Kass Sports	40' Mebarakou  44'  64' Boudebouda  75' Chaâl  80' Hachoud	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Algerian Cup

USM Alger v NT Souf

24 November 2016 Round of 64	USM Alger	2–0	NT Souf	Bologhine
17:00	Sayoud  43'  71' Guessan  78'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	52' Bitel	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Azzaz, Benaceur, Djafi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Meftah (c), Benyahia, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Koudri (Beldjillali 80’), Sayoud (Meziane 89’) - Bouderbal (Andria 46’), Guessan

USM Alger v CA Batna

16 December 2016 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
16:00	Guessan  81' Meftah  83' Hammar  87'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	45+1'  70' Djarbou  46' Khennab  87' Daoud	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Hammar - Bouderbal, Guessan (Darfalou 81’), Meziane (Andria 88’)

USM Bel-Abbès v USM Alger

27 December 2016 Round of 16	USM Bel-Abbès	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbes
17:00	Khali  26' Balegh  100' Toual  103'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	100' Abdellaoui	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Brahimi, Semsoum, Chaballah
	Penalties
	Sidhoum Benabderahmane Belhocini Cherifi Balegh Kourbia Bounoua		Benyahia Sayoud Benguit Benmoussa Meziane Abdellaoui Beldjilali
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (c) - Benguit, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Koudri (Benmoussa 112’), Benkhemassa, Beldjilali - Andria (Sayoud 75’), Darfalou, Hammar (Meziane 66’)

Champions League

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League

First round

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

USM Alger v Rail Club du Kadiogo

11 March 2017 first leg	USM Alger	2–0	Rail Club du Kadiogo	Bologhine
20:30 UTC+1	Koudri  31' Darfalou  72' Sayoud  87'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / EPTV Terrestre	30' S.Sylla  32' Traoré  34' Amanor  81' O.Sylla  85' Sidiki Traoré  88' Asamoah  90' Sawadogo	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Benguit, Chafaï, Abdellaoui (Bellahcène 60e), Benmoussa - Koudri, Benyahia, Bourenane (Sayoud 56e) - Andria, Guessan (Darfalou 67e), Meziane

Rail Club du Kadiogo v USM Alger

18 March 2017 Second leg	Rail Club du Kadiogo	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	USM Alger	Ouagadougou
15:30 UTC±0	Asamoah  44' Kahan  54' John  68' Ibeh  83'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: None	26'  27' Sayoud  48' Abdellaoui	Stadium: Stade du 4 Août[note 3] Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Benguit, Benyahia (Bourenane, 74e), Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Meziane (Zeghdane, 85e), Koudri, Benmoussa, Sayoud - Andria, Guessan (Belahcène, 63e)

Group stage

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League group stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USM	AHT	ZAM	CAP
1	USM Alger	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11	Quarter-finals		—	3–0	2–0	4–1
2	Al-Ahli Tripoli	6	2	3	1	11	10	+1	9			1–1	—	0–0	4–2
3	Zamalek	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6[lower-alpha 1]			1–1	2–2	—	2–0
4	CAPS United	6	2	0	4	10	16	−6	6[lower-alpha 1]			2–1	2–4	3–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).

USM Alger v Al-Ahli Tripoli

12 May 2017 Matchday 1	USM Alger	3–0	Al-Ahli Tripoli	Algeirs
18:00 UTC+1	Chafaï  31' Andria  45+1' Darfalou  83'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / beIN Sports	30' Elhouni	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Benyahia, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benguit, Beldjilali (Bellahcene 87’), Koudri, Bourenane (Meziane 70’) - Benkablia (Darfalou 76’), Andria

CAPS United v USM Alger

24 May 2017 Matchday 2	CAPS United	2–1	USM Alger	Harare
15:00 UTC+2	Chitiyo  16', 81' Dauda  90+4'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: beIN Sports	67' Abdellaoui	Stadium: National Sports Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Abdellaoui, Chafai, Zeghdane (Benmoussa 60’) - Benguit, Beldjilali, Koudri, Meziane (Guessan 85’) - Darfalou (Benkablia 57’), Andria

Zamalek v USM Alger

2 June 2017 Matchday 3	Zamalek	1–1	USM Alger	Alexandria[note 4]
22:00 UTC+2	El Wensh  77' Mayuka  90+4'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: beIN Sports	30' Chafaï  73' Koudri  84' Benmoussa	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Attendance: 5.000[note 5] Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benmoussa, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Beldjilali - Andria (Bourenane 85’), Meziane (Hammar 90’), Darfalou.

Squad information

Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1				Algerian Cup				CAF Champions League				Algerian Super Cup				Total
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	26		3		2				5				1				34		3
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	2		1														2		1
30		Mourad Berrefane	2				1												3
Defenders
3		Ayoub Abdellaoui	20		4		2		1		4	1	1		1		1		27	1	7
5		Mohamed Benyahia	24	3	6		3				3				1				31	3	6
6		Farouk Chafaï	25	3	5		2				5	2			1	1			33	6	5
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	9	1	2										1				10	1	2
21		Toufik Zeghdane									1								1
25		Mokhtar Benmoussa	28	1	3		3				5		1		1				37	1	4
30		Mohamed Meftah	29	9	4	1	2	1			3				1	1			35	11	4	1
31		Raouf Benguit	26	1	6		3				5								34	1	6
Midfielders
7		Rafik Bouderbal	11		1		2								1				14		1
8		Kaddour Beldjilali	18	1	2		2				3								23	1	2
10		Amir Sayoud	19	1	2		2	1	1		2	1	1	1					23	3	4	1
14		Faouzi Bourenane	8	1							4								12	1
15		Ziri Hammar	6		1		2		1		1								9		2
17		Mohamed Benkablia	10								2								12
19		Abel Khaled	2																2
23		Hamza Koudri	22	1	4		2				5		2		1				30	1	6
24		Mohammed Benkhemassa	17	1	5		3								1		1		21	1	6
26		Reda Bellahcene	6		2	1					2				1				9		2	1
37		Mustapha Bengrina (B)	7																7
38		Mohamed Reda Boumechra (B)	1																1
41		Ilyes Yaiche (B)	7		1														7		1
Forwards
9		Carolus Andriamatsinoro	21	4	2		3				5	1			1				30	5	2
11		Abderrahmane Meziane	26	8	2		3				5				1				35	8	2
13		Oussama Darfalou	20	8			2				4	2							26	10
29		Ghislain Guessan	23	5	4		2	1	1		3				1				29	6	5
Own goals				2				0				0				0				2
Totals				50	60	2		3	4	0		7	5	1		2	2	0		62	71	3

(B) – USM Alger B player

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No. Nat. Player Pos. Ligue 1 Cup Champions League Super Cup TOTAL 30 Mohamed Meftah DF 9 1 0 1 11 13 Oussama Darfalou FW 8 0 2 0 10 11 Abderrahmane Meziane FW 8 0 0 0 8 29 Ghislain Guessan FW 5 1 0 0 6 6 Farouk Chafaï DF 3 0 2 1 6 9 Carolus Andriamatsinoro FW 4 0 1 0 5 5 Mohamed Benyahia DF 3 0 0 0 3 10 Amir Sayoud MF 1 1 1 0 3 24 Mohammed Benkhemassa MF 1 0 0 0 1 31 Raouf Benguit MF 1 0 0 0 1 3 Ayoub Abdellaoui DF 0 0 1 0 1 8 Kaddour Beldjilali MF 1 0 0 0 1 14 Faouzi Bourenane MF 1 0 0 0 1 23 Hamza Koudri MF 1 0 0 0 1 25 Mokhtar Benmoussa DF 1 0 0 0 1 20 Nacereddine Khoualed DF 1 0 0 0 1 Own Goals 2 0 0 0 2 Totals 50 3 7 2 62 Suspensions Date Incurred Nation Name Games Missed Reason 1 November 2016 Mohammed Benkhemassa 1 5 November 2016 Ziri Hammar 3 (vs. USM El Harrach)[12] 17 November 2016 Farouk Chafaï 1 1 December 2016 Ghislain Guessan 1 1 December 2016 Ayoub Abdellaoui 1 22 December 2016 Mohamed Meftah 1 (vs. JS Saoura) 3 February 2017 Mokhtar Benmoussa 1 14 February 2017 Mohamed Benyahia 1 25 February 2017 Reda Bellahcene 1 (vs. Olympique de Médéa) 18 March 2017 Amir Sayoud 1 (vs. Rail Club du Kadiogo) 25 April 2017 Ismaïl Mansouri 1 [13] 2 June 2017 Hamza Koudri 1 2 June 2017 Raouf Benguit 1 Unknown Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. No. Nat Name L 1 AC ASC CL 1 Total 1 Lamine Zemmamouche 8 2 1 2 13 16 Ismaïl Mansouri – – – – – 30 Mourad Berrefane 1 1 – – 2 TOTALS 9 3 1 2 15 Hat-tricks Player Against Result Date Competition Ref Oussama Darfalou JS Saoura 5–2 (H) 14 June 2017 Ligue Professionnelle 1 [14] (H) – Home ; (A) – Away Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 29 July 2016.[15][16] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Name Nat. Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Notes Goalkeepers 1 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche GK (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 31) MC Alger 2012 2020 Originally from youth system 16 Ismaïl Mansouri GK (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 28) MO Béjaïa Loan Return 2008 2019 30 Mourad Berrefane GK (1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 30) MO Béjaïa 2014 2016 Defenders 3 Ayoub Abdellaoui LB / CB (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 23) Youth system 2011 2016 5 Mohamed Benyahia CB / DM (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 24) MC Oran 2016 2019 Second nationality: France 6 Farouk Chafaï CB (1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 26) Youth system 2010 2019 20 Nacereddine Khoualed CB (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 30) US Biskra 2006 2018 Vice-captain 21 Toufik Zeghdane RB (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 24) MC Alger 2016 2019 Second nationality: France 25 Mokhtar Benmoussa LB / LM / LW (1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 30) ES Sétif 2012 2019 30 Mohamed Meftah (C) RB (1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 31) JSM Béjaïa 2011 2020 Captain 31 Raouf Benguit RB / RM (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20) Paradou AC Loan 2016 2017 Midfielders 7 Rafik Bouderbal AM / FW (1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 29) AS Lyon-Duchère 2016 2018 Second nationality: France 8 Kaddour Beldjilali AM / CM (1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 28) Étoile du Sahel 2014 2017 10 Amir Sayoud AM (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 26) DRB Tadjenanet 2016 2020 15 Ziri Hammar AM (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 24) JS Saoura 2016 2020 Second nationality: France 14 Faouzi Bourenane AM (1994-08-24)24 August 1994 (aged 22) Příbram 2016 2020 Second nationality: France 17 Mohamed Benkablia AM (1993-02-02)2 February 1993 (aged 23) JS Kabylie 2016 2019 19 Abel Khaled AM (1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 24) RC Arbaâ 2016 2018 Second nationality: France 23 Hamza Koudri DM (1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 29) MC Alger 2012 2020 24 Mohammed Benkhemassa AM / DM (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 23) Youth system 2011 2018 26 Reda Bellahcene DM (1993-01-21)21 January 1993 (aged 23) FC Saint-Louis Neuweg 2016 2019 Second nationality: France 41 Ilyes Yaiche AM / LM (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 19) Youth system 2016 2020 Forwards 9 Carolus Andriamatsinoro CF (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 27) Paradou AC 2012 2017 Second nationality: Algeria 11 Abderrahmane Meziane ST (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 22) RC Arbaâ Loan Return 2014 2021 Originally from youth system 13 Oussama Darfalou ST / FW (1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 23) RC Arbaâ 2015 2018 29 Ghislain Guessan FW (1992-09-15)15 September 1992 (aged 24) RC Arbaâ Loan 2016 2017 Second nationality: France Transfers In USM Alger started their transfer business early, acquiring midfielder Amir Sayoud for an undisclosed fee + Arslane Mazari and Djamel Chettal from DRB Tadjenanet on 9 June. USM Alger continued their recruitment in 11 June, signing young defender Raouf Benguit Loan from Paradou AC for a €50,000. 13 June, USM Alger confirmed their third summer signing in Reda Bellahcene, with the midfielder joining from FC Saint-Louis Neuweg for a free transfer. The club would later sign Ivorian prospect Ghislain Guessan, who joined the USM Alger team on a one-year deal from RC Arbaâ and also Abel Khaled from the same club. end of the season also saw the return of six players from the loan they Abderrahmane Meziane, Nazim Aklil, Abderrahmane Bourdim, Mohamed Taïb, Ibrahim Bekakchi and ivorian Manucho. in the month of July joined by four new players to the team they Rafik Bouderbal from AS Lyon-Duchère, Ziri Hammar from JS Saoura, Mohamed Benyahia from MC Oran and Toufik Zeghdane from MC Alger. First Team Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source 9 June 2016 AM Amir Sayoud DRB Tadjenanet Undisclosed + Arslane Mazari & Djamel Chettal [17] 11 June 2016 CB Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan end of season + €50,000 [18] 13 June 2016 CB / DM Reda Bellahcene FC Saint-Louis Neuweg Free transfer [19] 28 June 2016 FW Ghislain Guessan RC Arbaâ Undisclosed [20] 30 June 2016 ST Abderrahmane Meziane RC Arbaâ Loan Return [21] 30 June 2016 FW Manucho RC Relizane Loan Return 30 June 2016 DF Nazim Aklil JSM Skikda Loan Return 30 June 2016 MF Abderrahmane Bourdim RC Relizane Loan Return 30 June 2016 MF Mohamed Taïb RC Arbaâ Loan Return 30 June 2016 DF Ibrahim Bekakchi CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Loan Return 1 July 2016 AM Abel Khaled RC Arbaâ Undisclosed 1 July 2016 AM / FW Rafik Bouderbal AS Lyon-Duchère Undisclosed 2 July 2016 AM Ziri Hammar JS Saoura Undisclosed [22] 2 July 2016 DM Mohamed Benyahia MC Oran €150,000 [23] 4 July 2016 RB Toufik Zeghdane MC Alger Free transfer [24] 20 December 2016 AM Faouzi Bourenane Příbram Undisclosed [25] 25 December 2016 FW Mohamed Benkablia JS Kabylie Free transfer (Released) [26] Out First Team Date Pos Player To club Transfer fee Source 8 June 2016 LB Saadi Redouani JS Kabylie Free transfer (Released) [27] 8 June 2016 CB Arslane Mazari DRB Tadjenanet As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer [28] 15 June 2016 AM Djamel Chettal DRB Tadjenanet As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer [29] 18 June 2016 AM Mohamed Taïb CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) [30] 19 June 2016 AM Karim Baïteche CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) [31] 27 June 2016 RB / CB Houcine Benayada CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) 30 June 2016 FW Manucho CS Constantine Loan [32] 1 July 2016 MF Nassim Bouchema CR Belouizdad End of contract [33] 1 July 2016 FW Rachid Nadji ES Sétif End of contract [34] 1 July 2016 LB Brahim Boudebouda MC Alger End of contract [35] 1 July 2016 FW Mohamed Amine Aoudia CS Constantine End of contract [36] 1 July 2016 CM / LM / AM Zinedine Ferhat Le Havre AC End of contract [37] 1 July 2016 DM Hocine El Orfi NA Hussein Dey End of contract [38] 1 July 2016 FW Mohamed Seguer MC Alger End of contract [39] 1 July 2016 DF Ibrahim Bekakchi JS Saoura Free transfer (Released) 2 July 2016 AM / LM / RM Abderrahmane Bourdim JS Saoura Free transfer [40] 4 July 2016 MF Oualid Ardji NA Hussein Dey Loan [41] New contracts No. Pos Player Contract length Contract end Date Source 16 GK Ismaïl Mansouri 2 years 2019 4 May 2016 33 FW Abderrahmane Meziane 2 years 2019 31 May 2016 [21] 30 RB Mohamed Meftah 3 years 2020 7 June 2016 27 GK Mourad Berrefane 2 years 2018 8 June 2016 [42] 25 LB / LM / LW Mokhtar Benmoussa 3 years 2019 16 June 2016 [43] 6 CB Farouk Chafaï 3 years 2019 19 June 2016 [44] N/A AM / LM / RM Abderrahmane Bourdim 5 years 2021 19 June 2016 [44] 23 DM Hamza Koudri 3 years 2020 8 November 2016 Kit Supplier: Adidas after that Joma, the beginning of the year 2017.[45] Sponsor: Djezzy Home Away Third Four Goalkeeper 1 Goalkeeper 2 Home Away Third Notes The competition will be completed in the new season 2017–18 starting from the fourth round. 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