2022–23 RC Arbaâ season

RC Arbaâ

2022–23 season
President	Ahmed Boukhalfa
Head coach	Faiçal Kebbiche
Stadium	Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium
Ligue 1	15th (relegated)
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Seif Zine Toumi (13 goals) All: Seif Zine Toumi (14 goals)
Biggest win	RC Arbaâ 5–1 USM Khenchela RC Arbaâ 5–1 NC Magra
Biggest defeat	JS Kabylie 4–0 RC Arbaâ RC Arbaâ 0–4 CR Belouizdad

The 2022–23 season was RC Arbaâ's 5th season and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, RC Arbaâ participated in the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2023.[1]
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	Ahmed Wahid Chouih	(1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 40)	RC Kouba
16		GK	Abdelmoumen Sifour	(1998-03-03)3 March 1998 (aged 24)	USM Alger
Defenders
2		RB	Aymen Chaaraoui	(1997-07-26)26 July 1997 (aged 25)	Youth system
5		CB	Ibrahim Saidani	(1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 29)	MSP Batna
13		CB	Haroune Benmenni	(2000-01-24)24 January 2000 (aged 22)	CR Belouizdad
17		LB	Salaheddine Benlaribi	(1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 27)	JS Djijel
19		LB	Salim Brahmi	(1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 28)	USM Blida
25		RB	Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 35)	RC Kouba
Midfielders
6		MF	Abdelbasset Dahou	(1995-07-30)30 July 1995 (aged 27)	Youth system
7		MF	Abderrezak Kibboua	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 23)	Paradou AC
8		MF	Mohamed Billal Rait	(1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 36)	WA Boufarik
10		MF	Aboubakr Kessili	(1996-12-26)26 December 1996 (aged 26)	RCB Oued Rhiou
12		MF	Abderrazak Remili	(2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
14		MF	Zineddine Benboulaid	(1997-11-12)12 November 1997 (aged 25)	JS Tixeraine
15		MF	Chams-Eddine Haddad	(1994-04-13)13 April 1994 (aged 28)	US Biskra
18		MF	Mehdi Boubakour	(1995-06-26)26 June 1995 (aged 27)	SCM Oran
20		MF	Kheireddine Toual	(2001-08-04)4 August 2001 (aged 21)	Youth system
23		MF	Yacine Deghmani	(1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 31)	US Beni Douala
27		MF	Mohamed Taib	(1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 28)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
Forwards
9		FW	Aymen Amoura	(1999-01-04)4 January 1999 (aged 23)	WA Tlemcen
11		FW	Ahmed Zaouche	(1999-05-27)27 May 1999 (aged 23)	MC El Eulma
21		FW	Salah Eddine Akachat	(2000-02-09)9 February 2000 (aged 22)	USM Blida
22		FW	Seif Zine Toumi	(1994-09-07)7 September 1994 (aged 28)	US Biskra
26		FW	Lyes Draoui	(1997-09-28)28 September 1997 (aged 25)	NRB Beni Ouelbane
47		FW	Islam Ansal	(2001-01-10)10 January 2001 (aged 21)	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
14 July 2022	FW	Ahmed Zaouche	MC El Eulma	Free transfer	[2]
20 July 2022	FW	Islam Ansal	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Free transfer	[3]
30 July 2022	MF	Abderrezak Kibboua	Paradou AC	Free transfer	[4]
22 August 2022	FW	Aymen Amoura	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	[5]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
16 June 2022	FW	Abdelmalek Oukil	MC Alger	Free transfer	[6]
20 August 2022	CB	Idir Mokeddem	JS Saoura	Free transfer	[7]
20 August 2022	FW	Mohamed Amine Bouziane	US Monastir	Free transfer	[8]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	10	6	14	39	43	−4	033.33	—	15th	26 August 2022	15 July 2023
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	25 November 2022	17 December 2022
Total	32	11	6	15	44	45	−1	034.38

Updated to match played 15 July 2023
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	US Biskra	30	10	10	10	30	29	+1	40
13	NC Magra	30	11	7	12	35	36	−1	40
14	JS Kabylie	30	10	9	11	35	26	+9	39
15	RC Arbaâ (R)	30	10	6	14	39	43	−4	36	Relegation to Ligue 2
16	HB Chelghoum Laïd (R)	30	0	4	26	11	76	−65	4

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. 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.
(R) Relegated

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
30	10	6	14	39	43	−4	36	9	2	4	31	20	+11	1	4	10	8	23	−15

Last updated: 15 July 2023.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L
Position	3	6	7	10	6	4	6	8	8	11	13	9	11	10	12	12	10	13	9	11	13	10	11	12	14	14	15	15	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.[9]

RC Arbaâ v MC Oran

26 August 2022 Round 1	RC Arbaâ	3–1	MC Oran	Larbaâ
17:00	Kessili 45+2' Taib 62' Toumi 84'	Report	Belaribi 18'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

ES Sétif v RC Arbaâ

3 September 2022 Round 2	ES Sétif	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Sétif
20:00	Zamoum 43'	Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

RC Arbaâ v MC Alger

9 September 2022 Round 3	RC Arbaâ	0–0	MC Alger	Larbaâ
16:30		Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

JS Saoura v RC Arbaâ

16 September 2022 Round 4	JS Saoura	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Béchar
20:00	Mellal 90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Abdemoumene Touabti

RC Arbaâ v US Biskra

24 September 2022 Round 5	RC Arbaâ	2–0	US Biskra	Larbaâ
16:00	Taib 8' Zaouche 10'	Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Houssem Benyahia

RC Arbaâ v MC El Bayadh

30 September 2022 Round 6	RC Arbaâ	3–1	MC El Bayadh	Larbaâ
16:00	Saidani 12' Taib 45+1' Boubakour 55'	Report	Hitala 60'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Zine Abedine Dakhane

NC Magra v RC Arbaâ

7 October 2022 Round 7	NC Magra	0–0	RC Arbaâ	Magra
15:30		Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Abderrahmane Mohamed Belkbir

ASO Chlef v RC Arbaâ

21 October 2022 Round 9	ASO Chlef	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Relizane
15:00	Aliane 53'	Report	Toumi 56'	Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium Referee: Najib Meziani

RC Arbaâ v CS Constantine

5 November 2022 Round 10	RC Arbaâ	1–2	CS Constantine	Larbaâ
15:00	Toumi 26'	Report	Koukpo 17' Abdelhafid 31'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Mohamed Cherif Bouteraa

RC Arbaâ v USM Khenchela

29 November 2022 Round 12	RC Arbaâ	5–1	USM Khenchela	Larbaâ
15:00	Brahmi 5' Taib 18' Toumi 46' Saidani 64' Deghmani 87'	Report	Berkani 65'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Ali Nader

JS Kabylie v RC Arbaâ

7 December 2022 Round 13	JS Kabylie	4–0	RC Arbaâ	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Guenina 16' (pen.), 43' (pen.) Boukhanchouche 58' Nait Salem 90+4'	Report		Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Nadjib Meziani

RC Arbaâ v HB Chelghoum Laïd

11 December 2022 Round 14	RC Arbaâ	3–1	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Larbaâ
15:00	Taib 3', 25' Amoura 44'	Report	Betrouni 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Lamia Athmane

Paradou AC v RC Arbaâ

24 December 2022 Round 15	Paradou AC	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Belouizdad
14:30	Zerrouki 24' (pen.)	Report	Zaouche 84'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Radouane Alou

RC Arbaâ v CR Belouizdad

28 December 2022 Round 8	RC Arbaâ	0–4	CR Belouizdad	Larbaâ
14:30		Report	Wamba 8' Selmi 17' Bakir 22' Bourdim 82'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

USM Alger v RC Arbaâ

8 February 2023 Round 11	USM Alger	3–0	RC Arbaâ	Dar El Beïda
15:00	Alilet 27' Merili 54' Mahious 66' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

MC Oran v RC Arbaâ

12 February 2023 Round 16	MC Oran	2–1	RC Arbaâ	Oran
18:00	Ezzemani 19' (pen.) Dahar 64'	Report	Toumi 31'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Rafik Aouina

RC Arbaâ v ES Sétif

19 February 2023 Round 17	RC Arbaâ	3–1	ES Sétif	Larbaâ
15:00	Zaouche 1' Toumi 68' Serradj 75'	Report	Chaabi 90+2'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

MC Alger v RC Arbaâ

25 February 2023 Round 18	MC Alger	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Dar El Beïda
15:00	Haroune 56', 86'	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

RC Arbaâ v JS Saoura

10 March 2023 Round 19	RC Arbaâ	2–0	JS Saoura	Larbaâ
15:00	Kessili 7', 73'	Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Akram Mecharia

US Biskra v RC Arbaâ

17 March 2023 Round 20	US Biskra	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Biskra
15:00	Boussalem 13'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa

MC El Bayadh v RC Arbaâ

31 March 2023 Round 21	MC El Bayadh	3–1	RC Arbaâ	El Bayadh
15:45	Hitala 7' Ghennam 61' Belalem 90+4'	Report	Toumi 14' (pen.)	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

RC Arbaâ v NC Magra

7 April 2023 Round 22	RC Arbaâ	5–1	NC Magra	Larbaâ
15:45	Toumi 23', 57' (pen.) Deghmani 30' Benboulaid 52' Aït Ali 79'	Report	Amrane 19'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

CR Belouizdad v RC Arbaâ

17 May 2023 Round 23	CR Belouizdad	0–0	RC Arbaâ	Belouizdad
16:00		Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

RC Arbaâ v ASO Chlef

31 May 2023 Round 24	RC Arbaâ	0–3	ASO Chlef	Larbaâ
16:00		Report	Belarbi 52' Addadi 62', 87'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Ali Nader

CS Constantine v RC Arbaâ

6 June 2023 Round 25	CS Constantine	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Constantine
16:30	Maâmeri 11', 28'	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

RC Arbaâ v USM Alger

1 July 2023 Round 26	RC Arbaâ	2–1	USM Alger	Larbaâ
17:00	Toumi 45+3', 69' (pen.)	Report	Belaïd 66'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

USM Khenchela v RC Arbaâ

4 July 2023 Round 27	USM Khenchela	2–1	RC Arbaâ	Khenchela
17:00	Baakoh 5' Lamri 82'	Report	Toual 13'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia

RC Arbaâ v JS Kabylie

7 July 2023 Round 28	RC Arbaâ	1–1	JS Kabylie	Larbaâ
17:15	Kessili 26'	Report	Mouaki 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

HB Chelghoum Laïd v RC Arbaâ

10 July 2023 Round 29	HB Chelghoum Laïd	0–3	RC Arbaâ	Chelghoum Laïd
17:15		Report	Benmenni 11' Kessili 18' Serradj 73'	Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Redouane Alou

RC Arbaâ v Paradou AC

15 July 2023 Round 30	RC Arbaâ	1–3	Paradou AC	Larbaâ
17:15	Toumi 19' (pen.)	Report	Zerrouki 61' Soukkou 82' Titraoui 90+1'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Algerian Cup

RC Arbaâ v GC Aïn Sefra

25 November 2022 Round of 64	RC Arbaâ	4–0	GC Aïn Sefra	Larbaâ
14:00	Ansal Deghmani Amoura Zaouche	Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Abdelghani Arbaoui
Note: Lineups for RC Arbaâ - Sifour, Chaaraoui, Benlaribi, Brahmi, Benmenni, Serradj, Kessili, Deghmani, Toual, Amoura, Ansal. (Haddad, '), (Zaouche, '), (Draoui, '), (Benboulaid, ')

RC Arbaâ v ASO Chlef

17 December 2022 Round of 32	RC Arbaâ	1–2	ASO Chlef	Larbaâ
14:00	Toumi 51'	Report	Souibaâh 9' (pen.), 28'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa
Note: Lineups for RC Arbaâ - Chouih, Chaaraoui, Benlaribi, Saidani, Benmenni, Rait, Taib, Deghmani, Zaouche, Amoura, Toumi.

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Ahmed Wahid Chouih	7	0	6	0	1	0
16	GK	ALG	Abdelmoumen Sifour	25	0	24	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Aymen Chaaraoui	24	0	22	0	2	0
5	DF	ALG	Ibrahim Saidani	27	2	26	2	1	0
13	DF	ALG	Haroune Benmenni	20	1	18	1	2	0
17	DF	ALG	Salaheddine Benlaribi	19	0	17	0	2	0
19	DF	ALG	Salim Brahimi	26	1	25	1	1	0
25	DF	ALG	Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	26	1	26	1	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Abdelbasset Dahou	2	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	ALG	Abderrezak Kibboua	8	0	8	0	0	0
8	MF	ALG	Mohamed Billal Rait	25	0	24	0	1	0
10	MF	ALG	Aboubakr Kessili	25	5	24	5	1	0
12	MF	ALG	Abderrazak Remili	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ALG	Zineddine Benboulaid	10	1	9	1	1	0
15	MF	ALG	Chams-Eddine Haddad	5	0	4	0	1	0
18	MF	ALG	Mehdi Boubakour	8	0	7	0	1	0
20	MF	ALG	Kheireddine Toual	19	1	18	1	1	0
23	MF	ALG	Yacine Deghmani	29	3	27	2	2	1
27	MF	ALG	Mohamed Taib	26	6	25	6	1	0
85	MF	ALG	Fouad Serradj	17	2	16	2	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	ALG	Aymen Amoura	16	2	14	1	2	1
11	FW	ALG	Ahmed Zaouche	28	4	26	3	2	1
21	FW	ALG	Salah Eddine Akachat	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	ALG	Seif Zine Toumi	30	14	29	13	1	1
26	FW	ALG	Lyes Draoui	7	0	6	0	1	0
47	FW	ALG	Islam Ansal	6	1	5	0	1	1
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 15 July 2023
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 15 July 2023^[update]

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
22		Seif Zine Toumi	FW	13	1	14
27		Mohamed Taib	MF	5	0	5
10		Aboubakr Kessili	MF	5	0	5
11		Ahmed Zaouche	FW	3	1	4
23		Yacine Deghmani	MF	2	1	3
5		Ibrahim Saidani	DF	2	0	2
9		Aymen Amoura	FW	1	1	2
85		Fouad Serradj	MF	2	0	2
18		Mehdi Boubakour	MF	1	0	1
47		Islam Ansal	FW	0	1	1
19		Salim Brahmi	DF	1	0	1
14		Zineddine Benboulaid	MF	1	0	1
25		Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	MF	1	0	1
20		Kheireddine Toual	MF	1	0	1
19		Haroune Benmenni	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				39	5	44

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