2021–22 MC Alger season

MC Alger

2021–22 season
Owner	Sonatrach
President	Amar Brahmia (until 20 March 2022)[1] Mohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem (from 20 March 2022)[1]
Head coach	Khaled Ben Yahia (from 1 September 2021)[2]
Stadium	Stade du 5 Juillet
Ligue 1	8th
Top goalscorer	League: Samy Frioui (17 goals) All: Samy Frioui (17 goals)

In the 2021–22 season, MC Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 53rd season. It was their 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 October 2021.
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	Farid Chaâl	(1994-07-03)3 July 1994 (aged 27)	Youth system
2		GK	Abdelkader Salhi	(1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 28)	Unattached
16		GK	Oussama Litim	(1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 31)	Al-Ain
Defenders
3		LB	Mohamed Amine Ezzemani	(1994-11-27)November 27, 1994 (aged 27)	MC Oran
4		CB	Mouad Hadded	(1997-02-22)22 February 1997 (aged 24)	JSM Skikda
5		CB	Nabil Saâdou	(1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 31)	JS Kabylie
6		RB	Miloud Rebiai	(1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 28)	ES Sétif
12		CB	Mohamed Merouani	(1997-08-29)29 August 1997 (aged 24)	ASO Chlef
13		RB	Aymen Attou	(1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 23)	WA Tlemcen
17		RB	Kamel Hamidi	(1996-05-01)May 1, 1996 (aged 25)	MC Oran
19		CB	Ayoub Ghezala	(1995-12-06)December 6, 1995 (aged 26)	USM Annaba
27		RB	Abderahmane Hachoud	(1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 33)	ES Setif
Midfielders
22		MF	Isla Daoudi Diomande	(1998-04-28)28 April 1998 (aged 23)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
24		MF	Youcef El Houari	(1995-12-07)7 December 1995 (aged 26)	USM Annaba
25		MF	Badreddine Touki	(1999-09-25)25 September 1999 (aged 22)	WA Boufarik
Forwards
7		FW	Mohamed El Seddik Benbournane	(1997-12-21)21 December 1997 (aged 24)	WA Boufarik
8		FW	Féth-Allah Tahar	(1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 27)	ASO Chlef
9		FW	Abdelhak Abdelhafid	(1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 30)	MC Oran
10		FW	Joseph Esso	(1996-12-10)10 December 1996 (aged 25)	Dreams FC
14		FW	Mehdi Benaldjia	(1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 30)	JS Kabylie
18		FW	Abdenour Belkheir	(1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 32)	CS Constantine
21		FW	Hamza Zaidi	(1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 31)	JS Saoura
23		FW	Samy Frioui	(1991-09-07)7 September 1991 (aged 30)	Larissa

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	34	13	12	9	36	24	+12	038.24	—	8th	2 November 2021	11 June 2022
Total	34	13	12	9	36	24	+12	038.24

Updated to match played 11 June 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Paradou AC	34	16	6	12	43	36	+7	54[a]
7	ES Sétif	34	15	9	10	43	24	+19	54[a]
8	MC Alger	34	13	12	9	36	24	+12	51
9	ASO Chlef	34	13	11	10	38	31	+7	50[b]
10	US Biskra	34	13	11	10	36	32	+4	50[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. 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.
Notes:

1. Paradou AC finished ahead of ES Sétif on head-to-head points: Paradou AC 1–0 ES Sétif, ES Sétif 0–1 Paradou AC.
2. ASO Chlef finished ahead of US Biskra on head-to-head goal difference: US Biskra 2–1 ASO Chlef, ASO Chlef 2–0 US Biskra.

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
34	13	12	9	36	24	+12	51	10	4	3	25	10	+15	3	8	6	11	14	−3

Last updated: 11 June 2022.
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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D
Position	3	6	2	3	9	8	9	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	5	6	8	5	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	6	6	5	6	7	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.[3]

MC Alger v CR Belouizdad

2 November 2021 Round 1	MC Alger	2–1	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
15:00	Zaidi 13' Morsli 30'	Report	Merzougui 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

NC Magra v MC Alger

29 October 2021 Round 2	NC Magra	0–0	MC Alger	Magra
15:00		Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

MC Alger v WA Tlemcen

7 November 2021 Round 3	MC Alger	2–0	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
18:00	Frioui 77' Esso 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

RC Relizane v MC Alger

20 November 2021 Round 4	RC Relizane	0–0	MC Alger	Relizane
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

CS Constantine v MC Alger

25 November 2021 Round 5	CS Constantine	3–0	MC Alger	Constantine
14:30	Debbih 34' Belahouel 85' Salhi 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Ali Nader

Olympique de Médéa v MC Alger

11 December 2021 Round 7	Olympique de Médéa	0–0	MC Alger	Médéa
14:30		Report		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

MC Alger v ES Sétif

17 December 2021 Round 8	MC Alger	2–0	ES Sétif	Algiers
18:00	Rebiai 54' Frioui 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

NA Hussein Dey v MC Alger

24 December 2021 Round 9	NA Hussein Dey	1–4	MC Alger	Belouizdad
15:00	Boussalem 64' (pen.)	Report	Belkheir 25' Frioui 32' Morsli 82' Abdelhafid 90+5'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

MC Alger v RC Arbaâ

28 December 2021 Round 10	MC Alger	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
16:00	Frioui 32'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hadj Aissa Semache

JS Saoura v MC Alger

2 January 2022 Round 11	JS Saoura	0–0	MC Alger	Béchar
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Amine Bouteraa

MC Alger v US Biskra

7 January 2022 Round 12	MC Alger	1–1	US Biskra	Algiers
15:00	Hachoud 82'	Report	Ghassiri 61'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

MC Alger v Paradou AC

11 January 2022 Round 6	MC Alger	1–0	Paradou AC	Algiers
18:00	Frioui 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

USM Alger v MC Alger

16 January 2022 Round 13	USM Alger	1–1	MC Alger	Bologhine
16:00	Merbah  31' Meziane 52'	Report	Touki  38' Zaidi 65'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

MC Alger v HB Chelghoum Laïd

21 January 2022 Round 14	MC Alger	1–0	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Algiers
17:00	Frioui 31' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Kralifa

MC Alger v ASO Chlef

29 January 2022 Round 15	MC Alger	1–2	ASO Chlef	Algiers
17:00	Zaidi 34'	Report	Hadded 33' (o.g.) Fourloul 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Ali Nader

MC Oran v MC Alger

5 February 2022 Round 16	MC Oran	1–0	MC Alger	Oran
17:00	Djabout 79' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

JS Kabylie v MC Alger

10 February 2022 Round 17	JS Kabylie	0–1	MC Alger	Tizi Ouzou
17:30		Report	Zaidi 78'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Said Aouina

MC Alger v NC Magra

1 March 2022 Round 19	MC Alger	2–1	NC Magra	Algiers
18:00	Frioui 28', 72'	Report	Hitala 35'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

WA Tlemcen v MC Alger

5 March 2022 Round 20	WA Tlemcen	0–2	MC Alger	Tlemcen
14:30		Report	Esso 67' Frioui 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Akram Mechairia

MC Alger v RC Relizane

13 March 2022 Round 21	MC Alger	8–2	RC Relizane	Algiers
14:00	Frioui 10', 32', 45', 53', 83' Esso 17' Zaidi 87' Benguit 89'	Report	Chibane 45+1' Balegh 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamad Salah Dafri

MC Alger v CS Constantine

19 March 2022 Round 22	MC Alger	0–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

CR Belouizdad v MC Alger

23 March 2022 Round 18	CR Belouizdad	1–0	MC Alger	Belouizdad
14:30	Keddad 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

Paradou AC v MC Alger

28 March 2022 Round 23	Paradou AC	1–1	MC Alger	Dar El Beïda
16:00	Bouzok 52'	Report	Frioui 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bilel Soltani

MC Alger v Olympique de Médéa

1 April 2022 Round 24	MC Alger	0–0	Olympique de Médéa	Algiers
16:30		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

ES Sétif v MC Alger

12 April 2022 Round 25	ES Sétif	2–1	MC Alger	Sétif
22:00	Djahnit 1' Ghezala 57' (o.g.)	Report	Abdelhafid 90+3'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Akram Mechairia

MC Alger v NA Hussein Dey

17 April 2022 Round 26	MC Alger	2–0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
22:30	Frioui 31', 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

RC Arbaâ v MC Alger

23 April 2022 Round 27	RC Arbaâ	1–0	MC Alger	Larbaâ
15:45	Deghmani 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

MC Alger v JS Saoura

29 April 2022 Round 28	MC Alger	2–0	JS Saoura	Algiers
22:30	Rebiai 9' Abdelhafid 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

US Biskra v MC Alger

7 May 2022 Round 29	US Biskra	0–0	MC Alger	Biskra
19:00		Report		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

MC Alger v USM Alger

15 May 2022 Round 30	MC Alger	0–1	USM Alger	Algiers
19:00		Report	Benhammouda 56'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

HB Chelghoum Laïd v MC Alger

21 May 2022 Round 31	HB Chelghoum Laïd	2–0	MC Alger	Chelghoum Laïd
17:00	Khaldi 86' Aib 90+1'	Report		Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

MC Alger v JS Kabylie

28 May 2022 Round 32	MC Alger	0–2	JS Kabylie	Algiers
17:45		Report	Gattal 25' Nezla 85'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

ASO Chlef v MC Alger

5 June 2022 Round 33	ASO Chlef	1–1	MC Alger	Chlef
17:00	Fettouhi 90+4'	Report	Abdelhafid 43'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Houssam Benyahia

MC Alger v MC Oran

10 June 2022 Round 34	MC Alger	0–0	MC Oran	Algiers
17:45		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mohamed Tahar Milia

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ALG	Farid Chaâl	31	0	31	0
2	GK	ALG	Abdelkader Salhi	0	0	0	0
16	GK	ALG	Oussama Litim	3	0	3	0
3	DF	ALG	Mohamed Amine Ezzemani	25	0	25	0
4	DF	ALG	Mouad Hadded	29	0	29	0
5	DF	ALG	Nabil Saâdou	4	0	4	0
6	DF	ALG	Miloud Rebiai	23	2	23	2
12	DF	ALG	Mohamed Merouani	3	0	3	0
13	DF	ALG	Aymen Attou	19	0	19	0
17	DF	ALG	Kamel Hamidi	33	0	33	0
19	DF	ALG	Ayoub Ghezala	30	0	30	0
27	DF	ALG	Abderahmane Hachoud	16	1	16	1
14	MF	ALG	Abdelraouf Benguit	9	1	9	1
22	MF	CIV	Isla Daoudi Diomande	1	0	1	0
24	MF	ALG	Youcef El Houari	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ALG	Badreddine Touki	26	0	26	0
38	MF	ALG	Abdelkrim Boukambouche	18	0	18	0
59	MF	ALG	Chakib Benyahia	5	0	5	0
7	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Seddik Benbournane	13	0	13	0
8	FW	ALG	Féth-Allah Tahar	30	0	30	0
9	FW	ALG	Abdelhak Abdelhafid	31	4	31	4
10	FW	GHA	Joseph Esso	33	3	33	3
14	FW	ALG	Mehdi Benaldjia	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ALG	Abdenour Belkheir	19	1	19	1
21	FW	ALG	Hamza Zaidi	33	5	33	5
23	FW	ALG	Samy Frioui	31	17	31	17
76	FW	ALG	Mohamed Ramzi Haif	4	0	4	0
77	MF	ALG	Ibrahim Morsli	29	2	29	2
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 11 June 2022
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	TOTAL
23		Samy Frioui	FW	17	17
21		Hamza Zaidi	FW	5	5
9		Abdelhak Abdelhafid	FW	4	4
10		Joseph Esso	FW	3	3
77		Ibrahim Morsli	MF	2	2
6		Miloud Rebiai	DF	2	2
27		Abderahmane Hachoud	DF	1	1
14		Abdelraouf Benguit	MF	1	1
18		Abdenour Belkheir	FW	1	1
Own Goals				0	0
Totals				36	36

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
17 August 2021	MF	Badreddine Touki	WA Boufarik	Free transfer	[4]
17 August 2021	MF	Youcef El Houari	USM Annaba	Free transfer	[4]
19 August 2021	FW	Seddik Benbournane	WA Boufarik	Free transfer	[5]
20 August 2021	RB	Aymen Attou	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	[6]
5 September 2021	RB	Kamel Hamidi	MC Oran	Free transfer	[7]
7 September 2021	FW	Ibrahim Morsli	JSM Tiaret	Free transfer	[8]
9 September 2021	CB	Ayoub Ghezala	USM Annaba	Free transfer	[9]
13 September 2021	LB	Mohamed Amine Ezzemani	MC Oran	Free transfer	[10]
22 September 2021	FW	Hamza Zaidi	JS Saoura	Free transfer	[11]
29 September 2021	GK	Oussama Litim	Al-Ain FC	Free transfer	[12]
24 February 2022	MF	Abdelraouf Benguit	Unattached	Free transfer	[13][14]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
30 July 2021	LW	Billel Bensaha	Espérance de Tunis	Loan Return
19 August 2021	LB	Nabil Lamara	Club Africain	Free transfer	[15]
14 September 2021	MF	Toufik Addadi	US Monastir	Free transfer	[16]
16 September 2021	RB	Walid Alati	MC Oran	Free transfer	[17]
26 September 2021	LB	Belkacem Brahimi	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[18]
28 September 2021	CB	Abdelhak Sailaa	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	[19]
3 October 2021	GK	Ahmed Boutagga	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	[20]
8 October 2021	FW	Badreddine Dahlal	USM El Harrach	Free transfer	[21]
19 October 2021 2021	MF	Chamseddine Harrag	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[22]
20 October 2021	MF	Abderrahmane Bourdim	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[23]
20 October 2021	GK	Ahmed Boutagga	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	[24]

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
6	RB	Miloud Rebiai	3 years	2024	14 August 2021	[25]

Notes

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