2014–15 USM Bel-Abbès season

USM Bel-Abbès
2014–15 season
President	Abdelhakim Serrar; (from 31 May 2014); (until 30 September 2014); Yahia Amroun ; (from 1 October 2014)
Head coach	Jean-Guy Wallemme; (from 25 June 2014); (until 6 January 2015); Boualem Charef; (from 8 January 2015); (until 17 February 2015)
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 competed in the Ligue 1 for the 21st season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 August 2014.^[7]
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 (aged 24)	Songkhla United
18	GK	Abennour Argoub	(1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 24)	Youth system
30	GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	(1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 32)	CR Belouizdad
Defenders
55		Mohamed Yaghni	(1988-02-22)22 February 1988 (aged 26)	USMM Hadjout
4		Bassirou Bamba	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 24)	Al-Merrikh
24		Redouane Cherifi	(1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 21)	CA Batna
16		Fayçal Abdat	(1986-10-20)20 October 1986 (aged 27)	CR Belouizdad
19		Zakaria Khali	(1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 24)	Youth system
22		Sofiane Bengoureïne	(1984-10-10)10 October 1984 (aged 29)	USM Annaba
		Dieumerci Vua	(1988-05-18)18 May 1988 (aged 26)	K.V. Turnhout
Midfielders
31		Abdessamed Bounoua	(1991-04-24)24 April 1991 (aged 23)	Youth system
5		Merouane Abdelbasset Guerriche	(1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 22)	Youth system
		Hacène El Okbi	(1989-08-17)17 August 1989 (aged 24)	ES Sétif
10		Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 35)	MC Oran
7		Sofiane Choubani	(1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 24)	US Ivry
11		Belkacem Niati	(1988-02-08)8 February 1988 (aged 26)	JSM Béjaïa
Forwards
9		Jessy Mayele	(1991-02-11)11 February 1991 (aged 23)	FC Dordrecht
23		Youcef Ghazali	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 26)	WA Tlemcen
17		Mohamed Bennai	(1988-07-04)4 July 1988 (aged 26)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
27		Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou	(1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 28)	JS Saoura
		Hamid Djaouchi	(1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 19)	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

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	El Okbi 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	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

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	ALG	Abdennour Argoub	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	ALG	Jonathan Matijas	24	0	24	0	0	0
	GK	ALG	Ahmed Walid Chouih	7	0	6	0	1	0
Defenders
	DF	ALG	Fayçal Abdat	31	3	30	3	1	0
	DF	ALG	Zakaria Khali	16	1	15	1	1	0
	DF	ALG	Sid Ahmed Abbaci	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	MLI	Bassirou Bamba	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Mohamed Bounouara	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	COD	Dieumerci Vua	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Mohamed Yaghni	26	0	24	0	2	0
	DF	ALG	Sofiane Bengoureïne	16	0	15	0	1	0
	DF	ALG	Redouane Cherifi	27	0	26	0	1	0
Midfielders
	MF	ALG	Belkacem Niati	9	1	7	1	2	0
	MF	ALG	Riad Gharrich	24	0	22	0	2	0
	MF	ALG	Ahmed Gagaâ	14	0	14	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Abdessamed Bounoua	21	0	20	0	1	0
	MF	CMR	Hervé Tchami	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Sofiane Choubani	22	4	20	2	2	2
	MF	ALG	Sid Ahmed El Mahi	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Hocine Achiou	23	4	23	4	0	0
Forwards
	FW	ALG	Youcef Ghazali	25	2	25	2	0	0
	FW	ALG	Hacène El Okbi	30	3	28	2	2	1
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou	13	0	12	0	1	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Lamine Kassem	7	0	5	0	2	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Noureddine Bennai	14	0	12	0	2	0
	FW	NED	Jessy Mayele	11	1	11	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
	DF	ALG	Jugurtha Domrane	13	0	12	0	1	0
	MF	ALG	Zakaria Benhocine	13	0	13	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Hadj Bouguèche	17	1	15	1	2	0
	FW	MLI	Moussa Tigana	7	1	7	1	0	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.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	4	0	4
7	Sofiane Choubani	MF	2	2	4
16	Fayçal Abdat	DF	3	0	3
10	Hacène El Okbi	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	Source
20 May 2014	GK	Jonathan Matijas	Songkhla United	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2014	FW	Moussa Tigana	Maghreb de Fès	Free transfer	^[9]
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
31 July 2014	FW	Hadj Bouguèche	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[10]
15 January 2015	DF	Jessy Mayele	FC Dordrecht	Free transfer	^[11]
15 January 2015	DF	Dieumerci Vua	KV Turnhout	Free transfer	^[11]

Out

References

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^ "Yahia Amroun. Nouveau président de l'USMBA". djazairess.com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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^ "Wallemme s'en va et Charef lui succède". djazairess.com. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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^ "Un gardien franco-algéro-croate signe à Bel Abbes". DZFoot.com. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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^ "Bouguèche s'engage avec l'USMBA". djazairess.com. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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[table_hth_JSK0.80783870388187-8] JSS: 9 points; MCA: 6 points; JSK: 3 points

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[2] "Yahia Amroun. Nouveau président de l'USMBA". djazairess.com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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2014–15 season
President	Abdelhakim Serrar (from 31 May 2014)^[1] (until 30 September 2014) Yahia Amroun (from 1 October 2014)^[2]
Head coach	Jean-Guy Wallemme (from 25 June 2014)^[3] (until 6 January 2015)^[4] Boualem Charef (from 8 January 2015)^[5] (until 17 February 2015)^[6]
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 →