2014–15 USM Bel-Abbès season
# 2014–15 USM Bel-Abbès season

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. 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | MC Alger | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 39 | |
| 13 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 39 | |
| 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 | 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 16 | USM Bel Abbès (R) | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 33 | 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 |

* 1 2 JSS: 9 points; MCA: 6 points; JSK: 3 points

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

## Squad information

### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | 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. | Nat. | 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 | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 19 | 3 | 22 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 May 2014 | GK | Jonathan Matijas | Songkhla United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Moussa Tigana | Maghreb de Fès | 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 |
| 31 July 2014 | FW | Hadj Bouguèche | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2015 | DF | Jessy Mayele | FC Dordrecht | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2015 | DF | Dieumerci Vua | KV Turnhout | Free transfer |
