2022–23 USM Khenchela season

USM Khenchela
2022–23 season
President	Walid Boukrouma
Head coach	Nabil Neghiz; (from 28 July 2022)
Stadium	Amar Hamam Stadium
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64

In 2022–23 season, USM Khenchela are competing in the Ligue 1 for the 3rd season and the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 August 2022.^[2]
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	Oussama Filali	(1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 24)	US Chaouia
16	GK	Abdelhamid Brahimi	(1992-05-27)27 May 1992 (aged 30)	RC Kouba
Defenders
5	CB	Nabil Saâdou	(1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 32)	Al-Jabalain FC
12	LB	Oussama Kaddour	(1997-05-12)12 May 1997 (aged 25)	Olympique de Médéa
15	LB	Abdelhalim Ameur	(1989-10-30)30 October 1989 (aged 33)
21	RB	Aymen Attou	(1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 25)	MC Alger
22	CB	Mohamed Achref Aib	(1990-05-24)24 May 1990 (aged 32)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
25	CB	Abdelhafid Hoggas	(1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 31)	MO Constantine
26	RB	Abdellah Meddah	(1999-03-08)8 March 1999 (aged 23)	ASO Chlef
Midfielders
8	MF	Abdelhakim Sameur	(1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 32)	US Biskra
10	MF	Mohamed Yacine Athmani	(1991-05-13)13 May 1991 (aged 31)	US Biskra
14	MF	Fouad Haddad	(1990-11-01)1 November 1990 (aged 32)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
18	MF	Hamza Ziad	(1988-02-29)29 February 1988 (aged 34)	AS Ain M'lila
24	MF	Mohammed Essaid Bourahla	(1990-05-24)24 May 1990 (aged 32)	NC Magra
Forwards
7	FW	Sofiane Bayazid	(1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 26)	MC Alger
11	FW	Hamza Zaidi	(1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 32)	MC Alger
13	FW	Mohamed Amine Semahi	(1999-06-22)22 June 1999 (aged 23)	WA Tlemcen
17	FW	Mounir Aichi	(1992-03-07)7 March 1992 (aged 30)	RC Relizane
19	FW	Maxwell Baakoh	(1995-10-08)8 October 1995 (aged 27)	Sahab SC
20	FW	Tosin Omoyele	(1996-08-03)3 August 1996 (aged 26)	Enyimba
23	FW	Chakib Berkani	(1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 26)	MO Constantine

Competitions

Overview

Competition	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	9	5	1	3	9	7	+2	055.56	—	To be confirmed	27 August 2022	In Progress
Algerian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 64	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Total	9	5	1	3	9	7	+2	055.56

Updated to match played 25 October 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	CR Belouizdad	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16	Qualification for CAF Champions League
3	USM Alger	7	5	1	1	9	4	+5	16	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Khenchela	9	5	1	3	9	7	+2	16
5	ASO Chlef	9	3	4	2	10	7	+3	13
6	RC Arbaâ	8	3	3	2	9	5	+4	12

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2022. Source: the-sports.org
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.

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
9	5	1	3	9	7	+2	16	3	0	1	5	1	+4	2	1	2	4	6	−2

Last updated: 25 October 2022.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	14	16	16	15	13	11

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.^[3]

26 August 2022 Round 1	CS Constantine	3–1	USM Khenchela	Constantine
16:45	Dib 24' Koukpo 63' Khaldi 70'	Report	Sameur 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

2 September 2022 Round 2	USM Khenchela	0–1	USM Alger	Khenchela
16:30	Baakoh 65' Bayazid 70' Sameur 73'	Report	Belaïd 6' Alharaish 68'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

3 September 2022 Round 3	MC El Bayadh	2–0	USM Khenchela	El Bayadh
17:00	Moussaoui 6' (pen.) Ghennam 77'	Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Marouane Mohamed Belkebir

24 September 2022 Round 5	USM Khenchela	2–0	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Khenchela
16:30	Bayazid 31', 36'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

2 October 2022 Round 6	Paradou AC	0–1	USM Khenchela	Dar El Beïda
16:00		Report	Zaidi 84'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

8 October 2022 Round 7	USM Khenchela	1–0	MC Oran	Khenchela
15:00	Baakoh 7'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Malik Ait Ameur

13 October 2022 Round 8	ES Sétif	1–2	USM Khenchela	Sétif
15:30	Akziz 90+4'	Report	Bayazid 58' Sameur 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Bilal Soltani

21 October 2022 Round 9	USM Khenchela	2–0	MC Alger	Khenchela
15:00	Omoyele 5' Bayazid 59'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Boutraa

25 October 2022 Round 4	JS Kabylie	0–0	USM Khenchela	Tizi Ouzou
17:00		Report		Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

6 November 2022 Round 10	JS Saoura	–	USM Khenchela	Béchar
18:00		Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi

12 November 2022 Round 11	USM Khenchela	–	US Biskra	Khenchela
15:00		Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 12	RC Arbaâ	–	USM Khenchela	Larbaâ
:				Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium

Round 13	USM Khenchela	–	NC Magra	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 14	CR Belouizdad	–	USM Khenchela	Belouizdad
:				Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 15	USM Khenchela	–	ASO Chlef	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 16	USM Khenchela	–	CS Constantine	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 17	USM Alger	–	USM Khenchela	Dar El Beïda
:				Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium

Round 18	USM Khenchela	–	MC El Bayadh	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 19	USM Khenchela	–	JS Kabylie	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 20	HB Chelghoum Laïd	–	USM Khenchela	Chelghoum Laïd
:				Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium

Round 21	USM Khenchela	–	Paradou AC	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 22	MC Oran	–	USM Khenchela	Oran
:				Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium

Round 23	USM Khenchela	–	ES Sétif	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 24	MC Alger	–	USM Khenchela	Rouïba
:				Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium

Round 25	USM Khenchela	–	JS Saoura	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 26	US Biskra	–	USM Khenchela	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 27	USM Khenchela	–	RC Arbaâ	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 28	NC Magra	–	USM Khenchela	Magra
:				Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium

Round 29	USM Khenchela	–	CR Belouizdad	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 30	ASO Chlef	–	USM Khenchela	Relizane
:				Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium

Algerian Cup

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Oussama Filali	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	ALG	Abdelhamid Brahimi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
5	DF	ALG	Nabil Saâdou	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	ALG	Oussama Kaddour	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ALG	Abdelhalim Ameur	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ALG	Aymen Attou	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ALG	Mohamed Achref Aib	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ALG	Abdelhafid Hoggas	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ALG	Abdellah Meddah	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ALG	Aymen Attou	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Mohamed Yacine Athmani	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ALG	Fouad Haddad	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ALG	Hamza Ziad	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	ALG	Mohammed Essaid Bourahla	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Sofiane Bayazid	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ALG	Hamza Zaidi	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	ALG	Mohamed Amine Semahi	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	ALG	Mounir Aichi	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	GHA	Maxwell Baakoh	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	NGA	Tosin Omoyele	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ALG	Chakib Berkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 25 August 2022
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 25 October 2022^[update]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	TOTAL
7	Sofiane Bayazid	FW	4	4
8	Abdelhakim Sameur	MF	2	2
11	Hamza Zaidi	FW	1	1
19	Maxwell Baakoh	FW	1	1
20	Tosin Omoyele	FW	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Totals			9	9

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
2 August 2022	DF	Aymen Attou	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[4]
2 August 2022	FW	Hamza Zaidi	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[4]
2 August 2022	MF	Abdessamad Bounoua	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[4]
17 August 2022	FW	Tosin Omoyele	Enyimba	Free transfer	^[5]
18 August 2022	FW	Maxwell Baakoh	Asante Kotoko	Free transfer	^[6]

Out

References

^ "USM Khenchela : Nabil Neghiz nouvel entraîneur". mediafootdz.dz. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "FICHE DU CLUB: USM KHENCHLA".
^ "Ligue 1 (2022-2023) : le calendrier du championnat dévoilé". .mediafootdz.dz. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ATTOU, ZAÏDI ET BOUNOUA EN RENFORT". derbypresse.dz. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Omoyele joins Algerian side USM Khenchela". brila.net. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Maxwell Baakoh joins USM Khenchela in Algeria". sportsworldghana.com. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[1] "USM Khenchela : Nabil Neghiz nouvel entraîneur". mediafootdz.dz. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[2] "FICHE DU CLUB: USM KHENCHLA".

[3] "Ligue 1 (2022-2023) : le calendrier du championnat dévoilé". .mediafootdz.dz. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[L’USM_Khenchela-a-enregistré-l’arrivée-de-trois-nouveaux-joueurs-4] "ATTOU, ZAÏDI ET BOUNOUA EN RENFORT". derbypresse.dz. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[5] "Omoyele joins Algerian side USM Khenchela". brila.net. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[6] "Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Maxwell Baakoh joins USM Khenchela in Algeria". sportsworldghana.com. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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