2022–23 MC El Bayadh season

MC El Bayadh
2022–23 season
President	Abdelkader Dahmani
Head coach	Abdelhakem Benslimane; (until 2 October 2022); Cherif Hadjar; (from 9 October 2022)
Stadium	Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium
Ligue 1	3rd
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ahmed Ghenam; (6 goals); All: ; Ahmed Ghenam; Ramdane Hitala; (6 goals)
Biggest win	HB Chelghoum Laïd 0–6 MC El Bayadh
Biggest defeat	RC Arbaâ 3–1 MC El Bayadh; CS Constantine 3–1 MC El Bayadh; JS Kabylie 3–1 MC El Bayadh; MC El Bayadh 1–3 CR Belouizdad
Home colours	Away colours
	2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season, was MC El Bayadh's first ever season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, MC El Bayadh participated in the Algerian Cup.

Squad list[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2023.^[3]
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	Abdelkader Morcely	(1995-09-17)17 September 1995 (aged 27)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
16	GK	Zakaria Bouziani	(1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 26)	JS Saoura
Defenders
2	CB	Abdeldjalil Bahoussi	(1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 29)	JS Saoura
5	CB	Mohamed El Amine Barka	(1993-03-20)20 March 1993 (aged 29)	RC Relizane
13	LB	Abdessamad Bounaama	(1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 28)
14	CB	Adel Amaouche	(1999-11-04)4 November 1999 (aged 23)	MO Béjaïa
15	CB	Azzedine Berriah	(1999-06-16)16 June 1999 (aged 23)
21	CB	Belaid Kouar	(1989-12-13)13 December 1989 (aged 33)	OMR El Annasser
24	RB	Walid Alati	(1991-08-01)1 August 1991 (aged 31)	MC Oran
Midfielders
6	MF	Omar Embarek	(1998-11-11)11 November 1998 (aged 24)	CR Témouchent
8	MF	El Amine Antar	(1991-10-22)22 October 1991 (aged 31)	JSM Tiaret
10	MF	Naïm Kirioui	(1997-09-02)2 September 1997 (aged 25)	MCB Oued Sly
18	MF	Djamel Belalem	(1993-08-12)12 August 1993 (aged 29)	WA Tlemcen
22	MF	Nacer Benzid	(2001-02-20)20 February 2001 (aged 21)
Forwards
3	FW	Ahmed Ghenam	(1998-03-31)31 March 1998 (aged 24)
7	FW	Imad Moussaoui	(2000-11-26)26 November 2000 (aged 22)	JS Saoura
9	FW	Ramdane Hitala	(1995-02-08)8 February 1995 (aged 27)	NC Magra
11	FW	Mohammed Brahimi	(1997-11-23)23 November 1997 (aged 25)	MC Saïda
12	FW	Abou Sofiane Balegh	(1988-08-17)17 August 1988 (aged 34)	RC Relizane
17	FW	Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar	(1995-04-16)16 April 1995 (aged 27)	Olympic Azzaweya
19	FW	Abdelillah Barkat	(1996-08-08)8 August 1996 (aged 26)	RC Relizane
20	FW	Hicham Khalfallah	(1991-10-02)2 October 1991 (aged 31)	CR Belouizdad
25	ST	Zakaria Boulahia	(1997-06-01)1 June 1997 (aged 25)	Emirates

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Summer[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
21 July 2022	FW	Abdelillah Barkat	RC Relizane	Free transfer	^[4]
13 August 2022	FW	Abou Sofiane Balegh	RC Relizane	Free transfer	^[5]
17 August 2022	RB	Walid Alati	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[6]

Winter[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
26 January 2023	FW	Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar	Olympic Azzaweya	Free transfer	^[7]
1 February 2023	FW	Hicham Khalfallah	CR Belouizdad	Loan	^[8]
1 February 2023	FW	Zakaria Boulahia	Emirates	Free transfer	^[9]
1 February 2023	GK	Abdelkader Morcely	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer	^[10]

Out[edit]

Winter[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
3 January 2023	GK	Mohamed Réda Younes	Unattached	Released	^[11]
3 January 2023	DF	Abdelkrim Allaoui	Unattached	Released	^[11]
3 January 2023	DF	Abdelhak Bechina	Unattached	Released	^[11]
3 January 2023	FW	Sofiane Abdellaoui	Unattached	Released	^[11]
3 January 2023	FW	Abdelkader Ghorab	Unattached	Released	^[11]
28 January 2023	MF	Sid Ahmed Matallah	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[12]
1 February 2023	LB	Younes Ouassaa	Unattached	Released	^[13]
1 February 2023	FW	Nadji Benkheira	Unattached	Released	^[14]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	13	7	10	34	25	+9	043.33	—	4th	27 August 2022	15 July 2023
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	25 November 2022	17 December 2022
Total	32	14	7	11	38	29	+9	043.75

Updated to match played 15 July 2023
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	CS Constantine	30	14	8	8	39	26	+13	50	Qualification for CAF Champions League
3	MC Alger	30	12	11	7	21	20	+1	47
4	MC El Bayadh	30	13	7	10	34	25	+9	46
5	JS Saoura	30	11	9	10	32	25	+7	42
6	ES Sétif	30	11	9	10	38	32	+6	42

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. 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[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	7	10	34	25	+9	46	9	5	1	20	7	+13	4	2	9	14	18	−4

Last updated: 15 July 2023.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L
Position	12	7	5	6	7	8	7	10	12	13	11	12	10	13	11	11	13	11	12	12	9	9	7	6	7	7	6	3	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.^[15]

27 August 2022 Round 1	USM Alger	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Dar El Beïda
17:00	Merbah 41'	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

3 September 2022 Round 2	MC El Bayadh	2–0	JS Saoura	El Bayadh
17:00	Moussaoui 45+3' (pen.) Ghorab 75'	Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

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

16 September 2022 Round 4	US Biskra	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Biskra
20:00	Abid 78'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia

24 September 2022 Round 5	MC El Bayadh	0–0	JS Kabylie	El Bayadh
16:30		Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa

30 September 2022 Round 6	RC Arbaâ	3–1	MC El Bayadh	Larbaâ
16:00	Saidani 12' Taib 45+1' Boubakour 55'	Report	Hitala 60'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Zine Abedine Dakhane

8 October 2022 Round 7	MC El Bayadh	1–0	HB Chelghoum Laïd	El Bayadh
15:00	Balegh 73' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Mehdi Oukil

15 October 2022 Round 8	NC Magra	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Magra
15:00	Ziouache 28'	Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Ali Nader

21 October 2022 Round 9	MC El Bayadh	0–0	Paradou AC	El Bayadh
15:00		Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

5 November 2022 Round 10	CR Belouizdad	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Belouizdad
15:00	Bourdim 90+5' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Rafik Aouina

12 November 2022 Round 11	MC El Bayadh	1–1	MC Oran	El Bayadh
15:00	Barkat 45'	Report	Belaribi 49'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

29 November 2022 Round 12	ASO Chlef	0–0	MC El Bayadh	Relizane
15:00		Report		Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

7 December 2022 Round 13	MC El Bayadh	2–0	ES Sétif	El Bayadh
15:00	Barkat 47' Moussaoui 60'	Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

11 December 2022 Round 14	CS Constantine	3–1	MC El Bayadh	Constantine
15:00	Dib 45+5' Aiboud 66', 75'	Report	Hitala 8'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Zinelaabidine Dakhane

24 December 2022 Round 15	MC El Bayadh	1–0	MC Alger	El Bayadh
14:30	Ghennam 9'	Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

19 February 2023 Round 17	JS Saoura	2–0	MC El Bayadh	Béchar
17:00	Bellatreche 17' (pen.) Lahmeri 49'	Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Ali Nader

25 February 2023 Round 18	USM Khenchela	0–1	MC El Bayadh	Khenchela
15:00		Report	Belmokhtar 39'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

3 March 2023 Round 16	MC El Bayadh	0–0	USM Alger	El Bayadh
15:00		Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

10 March 2023 Round 19	MC El Bayadh	1–1	US Biskra	El Bayadh
15:00	Benzid 45+1'	Report	Abid 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

31 March 2023 Round 21	MC El Bayadh	3–1	RC Arbaâ	El Bayadh
15:45	Hitala 7' Ghennam 61' Belalem 90+4'	Report	Toumi 14' (pen.)	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

9 April 2023 Round 22	HB Chelghoum Laïd	0–6	MC El Bayadh	Chelghoum Laïd
15:45		Report	Khalfallah 14' Ghennam 45+1', 54' Belmokhtar 51' Bounaama 61', 73'	Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Elhadj Chihaoui

13 May 2023 Round 20	JS Kabylie	3–1	MC El Bayadh	Tizi Ouzou
18:00	Boualia 8' Mouaki 40' Boukhanchouche 76' (pen.)	Report	Hitala 55'	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

18 May 2023 Round 23	MC El Bayadh	1–0	NC Magra	El Bayadh
16:00	Balegh 83'	Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Billel Soltani

31 May 2023 Round 24	Paradou AC	0–1	MC El Bayadh	Dar El Beïda
16:00		Report	Benzid 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

6 June 2023 Round 25	MC El Bayadh	1–3	CR Belouizdad	El Bayadh
16:30	Khalfallah 14'	Report	Wamba 6', 64' (pen.) Belkhir 75'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

1 July 2023 Round 26	MC Oran	1–1	MC El Bayadh	Oran
17:00	Benamara 63'	Report	Khalfallah 79'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

4 July 2023 Round 27	MC El Bayadh	2–0	ASO Chlef	El Bayadh
17:00	Ghennam 53' Barkat 67'	Report		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

7 July 2023 Round 28	ES Sétif	1–2	MC El Bayadh	Sétif
17:15	Yattou 23'	Report	Barkat 43' Amaouche 65'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Zinelaabidine Dakhane

10 July 2023 Round 29	MC El Bayadh	3–1	CS Constantine	El Bayadh
17:15	Khalfallah 18' Barka 34' Hitala 60'	Report	Dib 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

15 July 2023 Round 30	MC Alger	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Dar El Beïda
17:15	Tahar 65' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

Algerian Cup[edit]

25 November 2022 Round of 64	MSP Batna	1–2	MC El Bayadh	Batna
14:00	Hadroug 77'	Report	Barkat 8' Hitala 28'	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Radouane Allou
Note: Lineups for MC El Bayadh - Younes, Berriah (Bechina, 65'), Bounaama, Bahhoussi , Barka, Mbarek (Hakkoum, 65'), Antar (Amaouche, 83'), Belalem, Balegh, Barkat (Benkheira, 65'), Hitala (Ghennam, 74').

17 December 2022 Round of 32	Olympique Akbou	3–2	MC El Bayadh	Akbou
14:00	Rahal 34' Renai 67' Berkane 84'	Report	Benzid 8' Balegh 81' (pen.)	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh
Note: Lineups for MC El Bayadh - Younes, Allati, Brahimi, Bahhoussi , Barka, Mbarek (Matallah, 74'), Ghorab, Belalem (Antar, 87'), Benzid, Moussaoui, Barkat. (Balegh, '),

Squad information[edit]

Playing statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abdelkader Morcely	4	0	4	0	0	0
16	GK	ALG	Zakaria Bouziani	25	0	25	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Abdeldjalil Bahoussi	19	0	17	0	2	0
5	DF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Barka	31	1	29	1	2	0
13	DF	ALG	Abdessamad Bounaama	14	2	13	2	1	0
14	DF	ALG	Adel Amaouche	11	1	10	1	1	0
15	DF	ALG	Azzedine Berriah	18	0	17	0	1	0
21	DF	ALG	Belaid Kouar	26	0	26	0	0	0
24	DF	ALG	Walid Alati	20	0	19	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Omar Embarek	28	0	26	0	2	0
8	MF	ALG	El Amine Antar	14	0	12	0	2	0
10	MF	ALG	Naïm Kirioui	10	0	10	0	0	0
18	MF	ALG	Djamel Belalem	26	1	24	1	2	0
22	MF	ALG	Nacer Benzid	20	3	19	2	1	1
35	MF	ALG	Abdelhamid Hakkoum	10	0	9	0	1	0
Forwards
3	FW	ALG	Ahmed Ghenam	26	6	25	6	1	0
7	FW	ALG	Imad Moussaoui	21	3	20	3	1	0
9	FW	NGA	Ramdane Hitala	27	5	26	4	1	1
11	FW	ALG	Mohammed Brahimi	25	0	24	0	1	0
12	FW	ALG	Abou Sofiane Balegh	25	3	23	2	2	1
17	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar	11	2	11	2	0	0
19	FW	ALG	Abdelillah Barkat	26	5	24	4	2	1
20	FW	ALG	Hicham Khalfallah	13	5	13	5	0	0
25	FW	ALG	Zakaria Boulahia	6	0	6	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	ALG	Mohamed Réda Younes	3	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	ALG	Abdelkrim Allaoui	2	0	2	0	0	0
25	DF	ALG	Abdelhak Bechina	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	ALG	Younes Ouassaa	6	0	6	0	0	0
20	MF	ALG	Sid Ahmed Matallah	10	0	9	0	1	0
17	FW	ALG	Nadji Benkheira	11	1	10	1	1	0
23	FW	ALG	Sofiane Abdellaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	ALG	Abdelkader Ghorab	14	1	13	1	1	0

Last updated: 15 July 2023
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 15 July 2023^[update]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
3	Ahmed Ghenam	FW	6	0	6
9	Ramdane Hitala	FW	5	1	6
19	Abdelillah Barkat	FW	4	1	5
20	Hicham Khalfallah	FW	4	0	4
7	Imad Moussaoui	FW	3	0	3
12	Abou Sofiane Balegh	FW	2	1	3
22	Nacer Benzid	MF	2	1	3
17	Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar	FW	2	0	2
13	Abdessamad Bounaama	DF	2	0	2
18	Djamel Belalem	MF	1	0	1
27	Abdelkader Ghorab	FW	1	0	1
14	Adel Amaouche	DF	1	0	1
5	Mohamed El Amine Barka	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			34	4	38

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