2019–20 US Biskra season

US Biskra

2019–20 season
Chairman	Vacant
Head coach	Nadir Leknaoui (from 2 July 2019)[1] (until 28 December 2019)
Stadium	Stade du 18 Février
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64

In the 2019–20 season, US Biskra competed in the Ligue 1 for the 3ed season, as well as the Algerian Cup.[2] On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[3] 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.[4]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	—	To be confirmed	15 August 2019	In Progress
Algerian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 64	To be confirmed	28 December 2019	In Progress
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Updated to match played 3 June 2019
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
12	ASO Chlef	21	6	7	8	15	17	−2	25	1.19
13	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	22	6	7	9	22	29	−7	25	1.14
14	US Biskra	22	6	3	13	17	33	−16	21	0.95
15	NA Hussein Dey	22	4	7	11	14	27	−13	19[a]	0.86[a]
16	NC Magra	22	4	7	11	16	30	−14	19[a]	0.86[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: dzfoot.com
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.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Magra 3, Hussein Day 0

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 22 April 2018.
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
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

US Biskra v Paradou AC

15 August 2019 Round 1	US Biskra	1–0	Paradou AC	Biskra
21:00	Messadia 11'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

JS Kabylie v US Biskra

19 August 2019 Round 2	JS Kabylie	3–2	US Biskra	Tizi Ouzou
21:00	Addadi 31' Hamroune 71' Souyad 80'	Soccerway report	Lakhdari 50' Messadia 75'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

US Biskra v ASO Chlef

30 August 2019 Round 3	US Biskra	1–0	ASO Chlef	Biskra
20:00	Benachour 69' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

US Biskra v USM Bel Abbès

24 September 2019 Round 5	US Biskra	1–2	USM Bel Abbès	Biskra
19:00	Boufligha 81'	Soccerway report	Bouda 3' Gharbi 45'	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Hamza Boucetta

ES Sétif v US Biskra

28 September 2019 Round 6	ES Sétif	2–0	US Biskra	Sétif
18:45	Souibaâh 2' Saïdi 46'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Yazid Ibrir

US Biskra v CS Constantine

5 October 2019 Round 7	US Biskra	2–1	CS Constantine	Biskra
19:00	Dakhia 42' (pen.) Cissé 82'	Soccerway report	Djabout 61'	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

CR Belouizdad v US Biskra

12 October 2019 Round 4	CR Belouizdad	3–2	US Biskra	Belouizdad
16:00	Bechou 4' Belahouel 18' (pen.), 82'	Soccerway report	Lakhdari 45' (pen.) Benkouider 61'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

AS Ain M'lila v US Biskra

23 October 2019 Round 8	AS Ain M'lila	3–0	US Biskra	Aïn M'lila
15:00	Dib 17', 27' Tiaiba 31'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

US Biskra v MC Alger

30 October 2019 Round 9	US Biskra	0–3	MC Alger	Biskra
18:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar
Note: Penalty lost to US Biskra and award the win to MC Alger who scores three (03) points and a score of 3/0.[5]

JS Saoura v US Biskra

9 November 2019 Round 10	JS Saoura	2–1	US Biskra	Béchar
18:00	Hammia 57', 65' (pen.)	Soccerway report	Messadia 7'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Farouk Mial

US Biskra v USM Alger

23 November 2019 Round 11	US Biskra	1–0	USM Alger	Biskra
17:00	Guebli 31'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Gamouh

MC Oran v US Biskra

30 November 2019 Round 12	MC Oran	0–0	US Biskra	Oran
15:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

US Biskra v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

7 December 2019 Round 13	US Biskra	0–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Biskra
16:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Redouane Necib

NC Magra v US Biskra

16 December 2019 Round 14	NC Magra	1–0	US Biskra	Ras El Oued
15:00	Demane 84'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Martyr Al Taher Qidum Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

US Biskra v NA Hussein Dey

21 December 2019 Round 15	US Biskra	2–3	NA Hussein Dey	Biskra
16:00	Hamzaoui 3' Guebli 62'	Soccerway report	Lakhdari 23' (o.g.) Haroun 40' Khacef 83'	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

Paradou AC v US Biskra

6 February 2020 Round 16	Paradou AC	2–0	US Biskra	Bologhine
17:00	Bouzok 54' (pen.), 70'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

US Biskra v JS Kabylie

9 February 2020 Round 17	US Biskra	1–1	JS Kabylie	Biskra
16:00	Bouafia 72'	Soccerway report	Bensayah 45+3'	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

ASO Chlef v US Biskra

17 February 2020 Round 18	ASO Chlef	2–1	US Biskra	Chlef
17:00	Arab 44' Boulaouidet 63'	Soccerway report	Mokhtar 23'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

US Biskra v CR Belouizdad

22 February 2020 Round 19	US Biskra	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Biskra
15:00	Mokhtar 90+9' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

USM Bel Abbès v US Biskra

29 February 2020 Round 20	USM Bel Abbès	0–1	US Biskra	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00		Soccerway report	Mokhtar 62'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

US Biskra v ES Sétif

5 March 2020 Round 21	US Biskra	0–2	ES Sétif	Biskra
15:00		Soccerway report	Karaoui 45+2' Ghacha 73'	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Said Aouina

CS Constantine v US Biskra

15 March 2020 Round 22	CS Constantine	3–0	US Biskra	Constantine
16:00	Yettou 38' Abid 52' Amokrane 75'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Bessiri
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.[6]

US Biskra v AS Aïn M'lila

Round 23	US Biskra	Cancelled	AS Aïn M'lila	Biskra
				Stadium: Stade du 18 Février

MC Alger v US Biskra

Round 24	MC Alger	Cancelled	US Biskra	Algiers
				Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium

US Biskra v JS Saoura

Round 25	US Biskra	Cancelled	JS Saoura	Biskra
				Stadium: Stade du 18 Février

USM Alger v US Biskra

Round 26	USM Alger	Cancelled	US Biskra	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

US Biskra v MC Oran

Round 27	US Biskra	Cancelled	MC Oran	Biskra
				Stadium: Stade du 18 Février

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v US Biskra

Round 28	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Cancelled	US Biskra	Bordj Bou Arréridj
				Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium

US Biskra v NC Magra

Round 29	US Biskra	Cancelled	NC Magra	Biskra
				Stadium: Stade du 18 Février

NA Hussein Dey v US Biskra

Round 30	NA Hussein Dey	Cancelled	US Biskra	Belouizdad
				Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Algerian Cup

NASR El Fedjoudj v US Biskra

28 December 2019 Round of 64	NASR El Fedjoudj	1–2	US Biskra	Guelma
14:00	Kara 43'	Report[7]	Dakhia 17' (pen.) Seghier 81'	Stadium: Stade Souidani Boujemaa Referee: Bahloul, Saadi, Guessoum
Note: Lineup for US Biskra - Belkerrouche, Boukarroum, Boufligha, Salem, Lakhdari, Sameur, Dakhia, Seghier, Djabbar, Cissé (Ghoul 56’), Bencharif (Bennai 70’)

CSA Marsa v US Biskra

5 January 2020 Round of 32	CSA Marsa	0–1	US Biskra	Mers El Kébir
14:00	Boukarroum 52' (pen.)	Report[8]		Stadium: Stade Fréres Othmani Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for US Biskra - Bousseder, Boukarroum, Boufligha, Salem, Houhou, Bentayeb, Seghier, Bennai, Hamzaoui (Djabou 62’), Ghoul, Souhbi (Belmabrouk 73’)

US Biskra v CR Belouizdad

13 February 2020 Round of 16	US Biskra	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Biskra
15:00	Djabout 35' (pen.)	Report[9]		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for US Biskra - Belkerrouche, Boufligha, Lakhdari, Salem, Sameur, Boukarroum, Bennai, Mokhtar, Athmani (Bentayeb 90+5’), Bouafia (Hamzaoui 81’), Djabout (Belmabrouk 87’)

Squad information

Playing statistics

Goalscorers

Squad list

As of 15 August, 2019.[10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALG Hamza Bousseder 3 DF  ALG Mohamed Assil Sioued 4 DF  ALG Tarek Adouane 5 MF  ALG Salim Bennai 7 FW  ALG Ibrahim Abdallah Benachour 8 FW  ALG Oussama Benkouider 9 FW  ALG Ahmed Messadia 10 MF  ALG Samer Hamzaoui 11 FW  ALG Hakim Benrezoug 12 MF  ALG Ismail Bentayeb 13 MF  ALG Abdelhakim Sameur 14 DF  ALG Mohamed Ikbal Boufligha (captain) 15 FW  MLI Moctar Cissé 16 GK  ALG Fares Belkerrouche

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  ALG Bilal Boukarroum 18 DF  ALG Ishak Guebli 19 MF  ALG Fouad Bouchekrit 20 FW  ALG Youcef Sohbi 21 MF  ALG Salah Seghier 22 MF  ALG Hatem Dakhia 23 DF  ALG Adel Lakhdari 24 FW  ALG Abdenour Belmabrouk 25 MF  ALG Hachem Bouafia 26 MF  ALG Hamza Salem 27 DF  ALG Mounir Guedjali 28 MF  ALG Oussama Gourari 30 GK  ALG Hadj Abderahmane Amri

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	from club	Transfer fee	Source
18 July 2019	MF	Hachem Bouafia	USM Annaba	Free transfer
15 January 2020	FW	Adil Djabout	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	[11]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	to club	Transfer fee	Source
30 June 2019	DF	Kamel Allam	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	[12]

Notes

References

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