2019–20 CR Belouizdad season explained

Club:	CR Belouizdad
Season:	2019–20
Owner:	Madar Holding
Manager:	Abdelkader Amrani (until 26 December 2019)^[1] Franck Dumas (from 13 January 2020)^[2]
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Saïd Allik (until 2 January 2020)^[3] Toufik Korichi (from 2 January 2020)
Chrtitle:	Sports director
Stadium:	Stade 20 Août 1955
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Algerian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	Confederation Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
League Topscorer:	Amir Sayoud (5 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Amir Sayoud (9 goals)
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Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21

In the 2019–20 season, CR Belouizdad competed in Ligue 1 for the 54th season, as well as for the CAF Confederation Cup and the Algerian Cup. On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[4] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.^[5]

Summary season

After the big problems last season, Where almost the team dropped to the second division with the start of the new season, coach Abdelkader Amrani decided to stay and his first decisions was to demobilize seven players, who are Mohamed Attia, Lyes Meziane, Mohamed Herida, Meziane Zeroual, Abou Sofiane Balegh, Djamel Chettal and Djamel Rabti.,^[6] CR Belouizdad contracted the same number of laid-off players who are Zakaria Khali and Larbi Tabti from USM Bel Abbès, Ahmed Gasmi and Gaya Merbah from NA Hussein Dey, Mohamed Khoutir Ziti, Islam Bendif and Ivorian Kouame Noel N'Guessan from Séwé FC.^[7] With the start of the season, CR Belouizdad is the only team that has not had any financial problems thanks to Madar Holding Company and One of the goals of CR Belouizdad this season is to win the league title absent since the 2000–01 season The start was good, where the team was unbeaten in eight consecutive league matches until the tenth round against CS Constantine. On December 26, Amrani decided to resign. after that Madar Company appointed a new sports director in the place of Saïd Allik, Toufik Korichi. On January 9, after MC Alger lost to ES Sétif CR Belouizdad won the honorary title of winter champion.^[8]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2018.
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	Gaya Merbah	August 15, 2019	NA Hussein Dey
30		GK	Khairi Barki	August 15, 2019	WA Tlemcen
Defenders
2		CB	Chouaïb Keddad	August 15, 2019	ASO Chlef
3		LB	Chemseddine Nessakh (C.)	August 15, 2019	ES Sétif
4		CB	Zakaria Khali	August 15, 2019	USM Bel-Abbès
6		RB	Mohamed Khoutir Ziti	August 15, 2019	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
18		CB	Sofiane Bouchar	August 15, 2019	MC Oran
23		RB	Zinelaabidine Boulakhoua	August 15, 2019	MC Alger
27		LB	Rayen Hais Benderrouya	August 15, 2019	RC Kouba
Midfielders
7		RW	Youcef Bechou	August 15, 2019	USM Alger
14		AM	Larbi Tabti	August 15, 2019	USM Bel Abbès
10		AM	Amir Sayoud	August 15, 2019	USM Alger
15		DM	Housseyn Selmi	August 15, 2019	CA Batna
19		DM	Adel Djerrar	August 15, 2019	JS Kabylie
21			Samir Aiboud	August 15, 2019	ES Sétif
24		DM	Bilal Tarikat	August 15, 2019	RC Boumerdès
		LW	Fouad Ghanem	August 15, 2019	JSM Bejaia
		DM	Toufik Zerara	August 15, 2019	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
		LW	Kouame Noël N’Guessan	August 15, 2019	Séwé FC
Forwards
11		ST	Ahmed Gasmi	August 15, 2019	NA Hussein Dey
17		LW	Khaled Bousseliou	August 15, 2019	Reserve team
20		ST	Hamza Belahouel	August 15, 2019	USM Bel Abbès
9		ST	Mohamed Souibaâh	August 15, 2019	ES Sétif
13		ST	Islam Bendif	August 15, 2019	CRB Kaïs
25		ST	Boubacar Haïnikoye	August 15, 2019	Aduana Stars

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1		Winners	15 August 2019	7 March 2020
Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Round of 16	28 December 2019	13 February 2020
Confederation Cup	Preliminary round	First round	10 August 2019	29 September 2019
Total Ligue 1 See main article: 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. League table Matches Notes: Algerian Cup See main article: 2019–20 Algerian Cup. Confederation Cup See main article: 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup. Preliminary round See main article: 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds. First round Squad information Playing statistics
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
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=40 width=10 TOTAL 10 MF 5 1 3 9 20 FW 4 1 1 6 18 DF 2 1 0 3 4 DF 2 0 0 2 19 MF 2 0 0 2 2 DF 1 0 0 1 3 DF 1 0 0 1 5 MF 1 0 0 1 15 MF 1 0 0 1 25 MF 1 0 0 1 14 Kouame Noël N’Guessan MF 1 0 0 1 17 FW 1 0 0 1 FW 1 0 0 1 11 FW 0 0 1 1 Own Goals 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 5 38 Transfers In Date Player from club Transfer fee Source 1 July 2019 DF Free transfer ^[9] 2 July 2019 DF Free transfer ^[10] 4 July 2019 FW Free transfer ^[11] 6 July 2019 MF Free transfer ^[12] 19 July 2019 GK Undisclosed ^[13] 19 July 2019 MF Free transfer 2 August 2019 FW Free transfer ^[14] 6 January 2020 FW Free transfer (Released) ^[15] 7 January 2020 MF Free transfer ^[16] 21 January 2020 FW ^[17] Out Date Player To club Transfer fee Source 25 June 2019 FW Free transfer (Released) 4 July 2019 DF Free transfer (Released) 6 July 2019 GK Free transfer ^[18] 6 July 2019 FW Free transfer (Released) ,^[19] 7 July 2019 GK Free transfer (Released) ^[20] 10 July 2019 FW Free transfer (Released) ^[21] 20 July 2019 FW Free transfer (Released) ^[22] 24 July 2019 MF Free transfer (Released) ^[23] References

Notes and References

1. Web site: CRB : Amrani quitte officiellement le chabab . dzfoot.com . 27 December 2019.
2. Web site: CRB : Dumas entraineur, Raho adjoint . dzfoot.com . 13 January 2020.
3. Web site: CRB : Korichi rejoint la direction de Belouizdad . dzfoot.com . 2 January 2020.
4. Web site: بسبب كورونا.. الدوري الجزائري مهدد بالسيناريو الفرنسي . al-ain.com . Arabic . 12 July 2020 .
5. Web site: شباب بلوزداد بطلا لموسم استثنائي . elkhabar.com . Arabic . 29 July 2020 .
6. Web site: MEZIANE, ZEROUAL, HERIDA, ATTIA, CHATTAL, RABTI ET BALEGH LIBÉRÉS . derbypresse.dz . 25 June 2019 .
7. Web site: CRB : Kouame Noel N'Guessan renforce l'équipe . dzfoot.com . 28 July 2019.
8. Web site: L1 : Le Chabab Belouizdad champion d'hiver . dzfoot.com . 10 January 2020.
9. Web site: CRB : Khali s'engage pour deux saisons . dzfoot.com . 1 July 2019.
10. Web site: زيتي ينضم إلى شباب بلوزداد لموسمين . elheddaf.com . 3 July 2019.
11. Web site: CRB : Gasmi a signé . competition.dz . 5 July 2019.
12. Web site: CRB : Tabti s'engage pour deux saisons . dzfoot.com . 6 July 2019.
13. Web site: Mercato : Gaya Merbah finalement au CRB ! . dzfoot.com . 19 July 2019.
14. Web site: Mercato : Le CRB tient sa 10e recrue . dzfoot.com . 3 August 2019.
15. Web site: CRB : Souibaâ première recrue du Chabab . dzfoot.com . 6 January 2020.
16. Web site: CRB: Zerara, deuxième recrue hivernale . dzfoot.com . 8 January 2020.
17. Web site: Mercato : Fouad Ghanem rejoint le CR Belouizdad . dzfoot.com . 22 January 2020.
18. Web site: CABBA : Si Mohamed Cédric engagé . dzfoot.com . 6 July 2019.
19. Web site: Mercato : Attia pour deux saisons à l'AS Soliman . dzfoot.com . 6 July 2019.
20. Web site: Foot Der . elwatan.com . 17 July 2019.
21. Web site: CSC : Signature de Balegh et Aouedj . dzfoot.com . 11 July 2019.
22. Web site: Mercato : Chettal signe au CA Bizertin . dzfoot.com . 20 July 2019.
23. Web site: MO Béjaïa : Rabti signe pour deux saisons . elwatan.com . 24 July 2019.