2014–15 USM Bel-Abbès season

USM Bel-Abbès
2014–15 season
Chairman	Amroun Yahia
Stadium	Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
Ligue 1	16th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hocine Achiou (4); All: ; Sofiane Choubani (4); Hocine Achiou (4)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

In the 2014–15 season, USM Bel-Abbès is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 21st season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 August 2014.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Jonathan Matijas	(1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 34)	Songkhla United
18	GK	Abennour Argoub	(1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 34)	Youth system
30	GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	(1982-02-10) 10 February 1982 (age 42)	CR Belouizdad
Defenders
55	RB	Mohamed Yaghni	(1988-02-22) 22 February 1988 (age 36)	USMM Hadjout
4	RB	Bassirou Bamba	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 34)
24	RB	Redouane Cherifi	(1993-02-22) 22 February 1993 (age 31)	Youth system
16	RB	Fayçal Abdat	(1986-10-20) 20 October 1986 (age 38)	CR Belouizdad
19	RB	Zakaria Khali	(1990-05-10) 10 May 1990 (age 34)	Youth system
22	RB	Sofiane Bengoreine	(1984-10-10) 10 October 1984 (age 40)
	RB	Dieumerci Vua	(1988-05-18) 18 May 1988 (age 36)	K.V. Turnhout
Midfielders
31	CM	Abdessamad Bounoua	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)	Youth system
5	CM	Merouane Abdelbasset Guerriche	(1992-06-13) 13 June 1992 (age 32)	Youth system
	CM	Hacene Ogbi Benhadouche	(1989-08-17) 17 August 1989 (age 35)	ES Sétif
10	CM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27) 27 April 1979 (age 45)	MC Oran
7	CM	Sofiane Choubani	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 34)	US Ivry
11	CM	Belkacem Niati	(1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 36)	JSM Béjaïa
Forwards
9	RW	Jessy Mayele	(1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 33)	FC Dordrecht
23	RW	Youcef Ghazali	(1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36)	WA Tlemcen
17	RW	Mohamed Bennai	(1988-07-04) 4 July 1988 (age 36)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
27	RW	Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou	(1985-12-14) 14 December 1985 (age 39)	JS Saoura
	RW	Hamid Djaouchi	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 30)	MC Alger

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	30	8	9	13	19	28	−9	026.67	—	16th	16 August 2014	29 May 2015
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	13 December 2014	5 January 2015
Total	32	9	9	14	22	30	−8	028.13

Ligue 1

The Ligue 1 2014-2015 is the fifty-first edition of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the fifth under the name Ligue 1. Division opposes sixteen clubs in a series of thirty meetings. The best in the league qualify for the African cups that are the Champions League (the podium) and Confederation Cup (the third and the winner national cup).

The relegated the previous season, JSM Bejaia on CA Bordj Bou Arreridj and CRB Ain Fakroun are replaced by USM Bel-Abbès, Ligue 2 in 2013-2014 after a year's absence, the ASM Oran, 7 years after his last appearance at the highest national level, and NA Hussein Dey relegated to Ligue 2 during the 2010–2011 season.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	MC Alger	30	10	9	11	33	31	+2	39^[a]
13	JS Kabylie	30	11	6	13	35	35	0	39^[a]
14	MC El Eulma (R)	30	11	5	14	40	36	+4	38	2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	ASO Chlef (R)	30	8	12	10	24	28	−4	36
16	USM Bel Abbès (R)	30	8	9	13	19	28	−9	33

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2015. 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
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b JSS: 9 points; MCA: 6 points; JSK: 3 points

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	8	9	13	19	28	−9	33	7	4	4	15	13	+2	1	5	9	4	15	−11

Last updated: 29 December 2014.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L
Position	6	11	14	13	10	14	11	11	7	9	6	8	7	7	12	12	14	11	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2014. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 August 2014 1	USM Bel Abbès	1 - 1	ASM Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
19:00	Choubani 51'	Report	56' Djemaouni	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Benacer

6 September 2014 2	ES Sétif	0 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Sétif
20:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Haci

13 September 2014 3	USM Bel Abbès	0 - 2	JS Kabylie	Sidi Bel Abbès
19:00		Report	7' Rial 40' Youcef Khodja	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Achouri, Amri, Bougherara

20 September 2014 4	CR Belouizdad	1 - 1	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
19:00	Obélé 14'	Report	62' Niati	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Messaoudi

27 September 2014 5	USM Bel Abbès	1 - 0	RC Arbaâ	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:45	Achiou 42'	Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bouchama, Aouina, Kéchida

2 October 2014 6	USM El Harrach	2 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
16:00	Abid 4' Benachour 34'	Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Abid Charef, Boulfelfel, Maghlout

18 October 2014 7	USM Bel Abbès	2 - 1	MC Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:00	Bouguèche 48' Abdat 90'	Report	54' Sylla	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Arab, Mehira, Bioud

25 October 2014 8	CS Constantine	0 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Constantine
17:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Bichari, Gourari, Salaouadji

1 November 2014 9	USM Bel Abbès	1 - 0	MC Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Achiou 7'	Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bekoussa, Benoua, Rachedi

7 November 2014 10	USM Alger	2 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
19:00	Boudebouda 13', 71' Benkhemassa 15' Ferhat 90+4'	Report	35' Abdat 39' Guerriche 57' Yaghni	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Aouina, Benaïssa, Chenaoua, Sekhraoui

22 November 2014 11	USM Bel Abbès	2 - 1	MC El Eulma	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:00	Abdat 60' Ghezzali 88'	Report	45' Chenihi	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Hillalchi, Doulache, Tazrout

29 November 2014 12	USM Bel Abbès	0 - 0	NA Hussein Dey	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Necib, Meghlou, Benacer

6 December 2014 13	ASO Chlef	1 - 1	USM Bel Abbès	Chlef
16:00	Obaje 61'	Report	20' Tigana	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Bouchama, Bourahla, Saadi

20 December 2014 14	USM Bel Abbès	1 - 1	JS Saoura	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Achiou 38'	Report	7' Aoudou	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Bourouba

30 December 2014 15	MO Bejaia	1 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Bejaia
18:00	Sidibe 4'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Benrouane

20 January 2015 16	ASM Oran	2 - 1	USM Bel Abbès	Oran
17:00	Belalem 37' Djemaouni 45+2'	Report	90+5' Achiou	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Houasnia, Boulekrinet, Badache

24 January 2015 17	USM Bel Abbès	1 - 2	ES Sétif	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Ogbi Benhadouche 69'	Report	51', 55' Delhoum	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

31 January 2015 18	JS Kabylie	0 - 1	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
16:00		Report	90+1' Ogbi Benhadouche	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Arab, Boulfelfel, Biodh

7 February 2015 19	USM Bel Abbès	0 - 1	CR Belouizdad	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Report	2' Galin	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Mial, Semssoum, Idir

14 February 2015 20	RC Arbaâ	2 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Larbaâ
15:00	Bouaïcha 21' Mokdad 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Benbraham, Chaballah, Allaoua

27 February 2015 21	USM Bel Abbès	2 - 1	USM El Harrach	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Choubani 2' Mayele 19'	Report	57' Bouguèche	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Kechida

7 March 2015 22	MC Alger	1 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
16:00	Gourmi 63'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bahloul, Amri, Bougherara

20 March 2015 23	USM Bel Abbès	2 - 0	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Khali 15', 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bichari, Salouadji, Baioud

28 March 2015 24	MC Oran	0 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Oran
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

14 April 2015 25	USM Bel Abbès	1 – 0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Ghazali 63' Guerriche 33' Cherifi 64'	Report Live TV: None	35' El Orfi 58' Benmoussa 67' Abdellaoui	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Beioud

25 April 2015 26	MC El Eulma	1 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	El Eulma
17:00	Derrardja 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Arab, Bazine, Hamlaoui

9 May 2015 27	NA Hussein Dey	1 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
17:00	Boukhenchouche 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Aouina, Benaissa, Bazine

16 May 2015 28	USM Bel Abbès	0 - 0	ASO Chlef	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Abid Charef, Tamine, Boulfelfel

23 May 2015 29	JS Saoura	1 - 0	USM Bel Abbès	Béchar
17:00	Bapidi Fils 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bichari, Gourari, Salhaouadji

29 May 2015 30	USM Bel Abbès	1 - 3	MO Béjaïa	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Abdat 26' (pen.)	Report	19' Yaya 74' Salhi 76' Zerdab	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Boukouassa, Azerine, Bourouba

Algerian Cup

December 13, 2014 Round of 64	USM Bel Abbès	3–1	ES Araba	Sidi Bel Abbes
14:00	Ogbi 17' (pen.) Choubani 32', 38'	Report	Benhamou 59'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Brahim, Rouag, Belbachir

26 December 2014 Round of 32	CS Constantine^[2]	1–0 (a.e.t.)	USM Bel Abbès	Constantine
16:00	Voavy 114'			Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Benbraham, Alaoua, Cheballa

5 January 2015 Replay	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Blida
16:00	Sameur 35'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mohamed Bichari

Squad information

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Cup	TOTAL
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	4	0	4
7	Sofiane Choubani	MF	2	2	4
16	Fayçal Abdat	DF	3	0	3
-	Hacene Ogbi Benhadouche	MF	2	1	3
23	Youcef Ghazali	FW	2	0	2
19	Zakaria Khali	DF	1	0	1
9	Jessy Mayele	FW	1	0	1
11	Belkacem Niati	MF	1	0	1
-	Moussa Tigana	FW	1	0	1
-	Hadj Bouguèche	FW	1	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	1
Totals			19	3	22

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 2014	GK	Jonathan Matijas	Songkhla United	Free transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Redouane Cherifi	CA Batna	28,000 €
1 July 2014	DF	Mohamed Yaghni	USMM Hadjout	Free transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Bassirou Bamba	Al-Merrikh	Free transfer
1 July 2014	MF	Hacène El Okbi	ES Sétif	Free transfer
4 July 2014	GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer
4 July 2014	DF	Fayçal Abdat	CR Belouizdad	Undisclosed
15 January 2015	DF	Dieumerci Vua	KV Turnhout	Free transfer

Out

References

^ APS (April 27, 2012). "USM Bel-Abbès fiche" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ The team of CSC won the match 1-0 aftra extra time, but the team of USMBA presented reservations about the incorporation of 3 foreign players simultaneously by the CSC, contrary to regulations. And by decision of the Disciplinary Committee, the match will be played in neutral ground later.

[table_hth_JSK0.4088658650447-2] JSS: 9 points; MCA: 6 points; JSK: 3 points

[1] APS (April 27, 2012). "USM Bel-Abbès fiche" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[3] The team of CSC won the match 1-0 aftra extra time, but the team of USMBA presented reservations about the incorporation of 3 foreign players simultaneously by the CSC, contrary to regulations. And by decision of the Disciplinary Committee, the match will be played in neutral ground later.

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