2016–17 USM El Harrach season

USM El Harrach
2016–17 season
Chairman	Mohamed Laib
Head coach	Boualem Charef; (until 12 May 2017); Nacer Bechouche and Hassan Benomar; (from 14 May 2017)
Stadium	Stade 1er Novembre 1954
Ligue 1	13th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Merouane Dahar (4); All: ; Merouane Dahar; Benamar Mellel (4)

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								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	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	JS Kabylie	30	8	14	8	20	24	−4	38^[a]
12	Olympique de Médéa	30	10	8	12	32	40	−8	38^[a]
13	USM El Harrach	30	7	15	8	15	21	−6	36^[b]
14	RC Relizane^[c] (R)	30	12	6	12	34	32	+2	36^[b]	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	CA Batna (R)	30	6	7	17	20	42	−22	25	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2

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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b JS Kabylie ahead of Olympique de Médéa on head-to-head record: JSK–OMM 0–1, OMM–JSK 1–2.
^ ^a ^b 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. ^[1]^[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	7	15	8	15	21	−6	36	4	9	2	10	9	+1	3	6	6	5	12	−7

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

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

20 August 2016 Round 1	USM Bel-Abbès	0–0	USM El Harrach	Sidi Bel Abbès
19:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

27 August 2016 Round 2	USM El Harrach	1–2	MC Alger	Algiers
19:00	Harrag 28'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	22' Boudebouda 25' Mokdad	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

10 September 2016 Round 3	JS Kabylie	0–0	USM El Harrach	Tizi Ouzou
19:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Rafik Achouri

17 September 2016 Round 4	CA Batna	1–0	USM El Harrach	Batna
16:30	Hadj Aïssa 61'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Referee: Redouane Necib

22 September 2016 Round 5	USM El Harrach	1–1	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
17:00	Aichi 60'	Report Live TV: None	49' (pen.) Gasmi	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Merzak Halalchi

30 September 2016 Round 6	MC Oran	1–0	USM El Harrach	Oran
16:00	Souibaah 6'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

15 October 2016 Round 7	USM El Harrach	1–0	DRB Tadjenanet	El Harrach
16:00	Younès 80'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

22 October 2016 Round 8	JS Saoura	4–1	USM El Harrach	Béchar
19:00	Hammia 31' (pen.) Bourdim 39', 59' Zaidi 90+2'	Report Live TV: None	33' (pen.) Dahar	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

5 November 2016 Round 10	USM Alger	0–2	USM El Harrach	Algiers
16:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3	38' Mellal 90+5' Younes	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Merzak Halalchi

11 November 2016 Round 11	USM El Harrach	1–0	ES Sétif	El Harrach
15:30	Mellal 58'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

19 November 2016 Round 12	CS Constantine	0–0	USM El Harrach	Constantine
16:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Said Aouina

2 December 2016 Round 13	USM El Harrach	1–1	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
16:00	Dahar 24'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	28' Lakroum	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

9 December 2016 Round 14	RC Relizane	0–0	USM El Harrach	Relizane
15:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

13 December 2016 Round 9	USM El Harrach	1–0	MO Béjaïa	El Harrach
15:00 Match rescheduled due to MO Béjaïa competing in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup	Mellel 80'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Rafik Achouri

23 December 2016 Round 15	USM El Harrach	0–0	Olympique de Médéa	El Harrach
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benabdellah

21 January 2017 Round 16	USM El Harrach	0–2	USM Bel-Abbès	El Harrach
15:00		Report Live TV: None	49' Zouari 54' Bouguelmouna	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

28 January 2017 Round 17	MC Alger	0–1	USM El Harrach	Algiers
16:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3	59' Benamra	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

2 February 2017 Round 18	USM El Harrach	1–0	JS Kabylie	El Harrach
15:00	Dahar 13' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

11 February 2017 Round 19	USM El Harrach	1–1	CA Batna	El Harrach
15:00	Dahar 19'	Report Live TV: None	71' Bitam	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

16 February 2017 Round 20	NA Hussein Dey	3–0	USM El Harrach	Algiers
17:00	Gasmi 38' (pen.) Abid 45+2' El Orfi 90+2'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Merzak Halalchi

23 February 2017 Round 21	USM El Harrach	0–0	MC Oran	El Harrach
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

4 March 2017 Round 22	DRB Tadjenanet	1–0	USM El Harrach	Tadjenanet
15:00	Djahel 3'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

11 March 2017 Round 23	USM El Harrach	0–0	JS Saoura	El Harrach
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

17 March 2017 Round 24	MO Béjaïa	0–1	USM El Harrach	Béjaïa
16:00		Report Live TV: None	90+3' Harrag	Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

7 May 2017 Round 25	USM El Harrach	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
17:45	Younes 20'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports	57' Meftah	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

13 May 2017 Round 26	ES Sétif	0–0	USM El Harrach	Sétif
18:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

26 May 2017 Round 27	USM El Harrach	1–1	CS Constantine	El Harrach
16:00	Aichi 7'	Report Live TV: None	75' Belkheir	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

7 June 2017 Round 28	CR Belouizdad	2–0	USM El Harrach	Algiers
17:00	Feham 50' (pen.) Lakroum 90'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

10 June 2017 Round 29	USM El Harrach	0–0	RC Relizane	El Harrach
17:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

14 June 2017 Round 30	Olympique de Médéa	0–0	USM El Harrach	Médéa
17:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Said Aouina

Algerian Cup

26 November 2016 Round of 64	MCB Oued Sly	1–2	USM El Harrach	Chlef
15:00	Ouadah 80'	Report Live TV: None	Aïchi 65' Sayahi 74'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Bounedjmer, Kemam, Zemit

17 December 2016 Round of 32	USM El Harrach	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Olympique de Médéa	Mohamed Belouizdad
16:00	Harrag 44' (pen.) Mellel 111'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	Hamia 89' (pen.)	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Abid Charef, Boulfelfel, Benamira

28 December 2016 Round of 16	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	1–0	USM El Harrach	Bordj Bou Arréridj
16:30	Benachour 39'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Ghorbal, Etchiali, Hadj Said

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		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.	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			0	0	0
Totals			15	4	19

Squad list

As of January 15, 2017:^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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	Source
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	^[4]

References

^ "Commission de discipline : Match perdu pour le RC Relizane". 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Pour non application des décisions de la CRL, La LFP notifie au RCR et au RCA la défalcation de trois points". 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
^ "USM El Harrach". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
^ "NAHD : Abid signe pour 2 ans". El Moudjahid. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[table_hth_JSK0.041084721237926-1] JS Kabylie ahead of Olympique de Médéa on head-to-head record: JSK–OMM 0–1, OMM–JSK 1–2.

[table_hth_RCR0.041084721237926-2] 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).

[table_note_RCR0.041084721237926-5] RC Relizane were deducted 3 points. ^[1]^[2]

[3] "Commission de discipline : Match perdu pour le RC Relizane". 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[4] "Pour non application des décisions de la CRL, La LFP notifie au RCR et au RCA la défalcation de trois points". 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

[6] "USM El Harrach". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-06-26.

[7] "NAHD : Abid signe pour 2 ans". El Moudjahid. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach
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