2016–17 USM Bel-Abbès season explained

Club:	USM Bel Abbès
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani ^[1]
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Yahia Amroun
Stadium:	Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Algerian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Abou Sofiane Balegh (10)
Season Topscorer:	Abou Sofiane Balegh (14)
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

In the 2016–17 season, USM Bel Abbès competed in the Ligue 1 for the 22nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2016.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Nadjib Ghoul	August 20, 2016	CS Constantine
16		GK	Athmane Toual	August 20, 2016	ESM Koléa
Defenders
13		CB	Redouane Bachiri	August 20, 2016	MC Alger
25		CB	Farès Benabderahmane	August 20, 2016	RC Relizane
8		RB	Billel Benaldjia	August 20, 2016	DRB Tadjenanet
22		LB	Sofiane Bengoureïne	August 20, 2016	USM Annaba
24		LB	Redouane Cherifi	August 20, 2016	CA Batna
19		CB	Zakaria Khali	August 20, 2016	Youth system
15		RB	Mohamed Yaghni	August 20, 2016	USMM Hadjout
28		RB	Ahmida Zenasni	August 20, 2016	WA Tlemcen
Midfielders
6		DM	Ilyes Sidhoum	August 20, 2016	CR Belouizdad
7			Abou Sofiane Balegh	August 20, 2016	CR Belouizdad
10		DM	Abdessamed Bounoua	August 20, 2016	Youth system
18			Djamel Chettal	August 20, 2016	DRB Tadjenanet
26			Amine Lamali	August 20, 2016	MC El Eulma
11		AM	Bilel Herbache	August 20, 2016	JS Kabylie
5		AM	Larbi Tabti	August 20, 2016	ASM Oran
27		RW	Abdelkrim Zouari	August 20, 2016	MC Saïda
20		DM	Yahia Labani	August 20, 2016	USMM Hadjout
Forwards
31			Abdennour Belhocini	August 20, 2016	Youth system
14			Habib Bouguelmouna	August 20, 2016	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
9			Ilyes Kourbia	August 20, 2016	ES Sétif

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1			20 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup			26 November 2016	20 June 2017
Total

Ligue 1

See main article: article and 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

League table

Matches

Algerian Cup

See main article: article and 2016–17 Algerian Cup.

Squad information

Playing statistics

|-! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

|-! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

|-! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

|-! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

|-! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

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

width=10	No.	width=10	Nat.	width=140	Player	width=10	Pos.	width=40		width=40		width=10	TOTAL
7			MF	10	4	14
14			FW	8	2	10
27			MF	4	1	5
9		Ilyes Kourbia	FW	4	0	4
5			MF	3	0	3
25			DF	2	0	2
26		Amine Lamali	MF	1	1	2
10			MF	1	0	1
18			MF	1	0	1
19			DF	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Totals				37	8	45

Transfers

In

Date		Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2016	DF			Undisclosed
1 July 2016	DF			Free transfer
3 July 2016	FW			Free transfer
30 December 2016	MF			Free transfer
8 January 2017	GK			Free transfer
14 January 2017	DF			Undisclosed
14 January 2017	MF			Undisclosed
15 January 2017	MF			Free transfer

Out

Notes and References

1. Web site: USMBA : Chérif El Ouazzani, nouvel entraîneur . . 3 June 2016 . 16 June 2020.
2. Web site: USM Bel-Abbès fiche . French . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170620062543/http://lfp.dz/usmba.html . 2017-06-20 . dead .