2016–17 JS Saoura season

JS Saoura
2016–17 season
Owner	Entreprise Nationale de Forage
President	Mohamed Zerouati
Head coach	Sébastien Desabre; (until 31 August 2016); Salem Laoufi; (from September 2016); (until 25 September 2016); Karim Khouda; (from 29 September 2016); (until 21 May 2017)
Stadium	Stade 20 Août 1955
Ligue 1	5th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Moustapha Djallit (9); All: ; Moustapha Djallit (10)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

In the 2016–17 season, JS Saoura competed in the Ligue 1 for the 5th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	12	9	9	34	30	+4	040.00
Algerian Cup	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	033.33
Champions League	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total	35	13	13	9	38	33	+5	037.14

Competition	Start round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	N/A	5th	20 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Round of 16	25 November 2016	27 December 2016
CAF Champions League	Preliminary round		10 February 2017	19 February 2017

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	USM Alger	30	14	8	8	50	31	+19	50^[a]	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Bel-Abbès	30	14	6	10	37	33	+4	48
5	JS Saoura	30	12	9	9	34	30	+4	45
6	CR Belouizdad	30	12	7	11	30	25	+5	43	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
7	MC Oran	30	9	13	8	24	25	−1	40^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. Source: DZFoot
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:

^ MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.
^ MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0 however goal difference in the first leg MCO (+7) NAH (+2).

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	12	9	9	34	30	+4	45	12	3	0	26	7	+19	0	6	9	8	23	−15

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L
Position	14	10	11	12	14	12	11	8	8	5	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	5	7	5	6	5	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

20 August 2016 Round 1	DRB Tadjenanet	2–0	JS Saoura	Tadjenanet
17:30	77' Chettal 87'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee:

27 August 2016 Round 2	JS Saoura	1–0	CS Constantine	Béchar
19:00	Zaidi 22'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee:

8 September 2016 Round 3	CR Belouizdad	1–0	JS Saoura	Mohamed Belouizdad
19:00	Aoudou 85'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee:

17 September 2016 Round 4	JS Saoura	1–1	Olympique de Médéa	Béchar
19:00	Djallit 69'	Report Live TV: None	73' Hamia	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

24 September 2016 Round 5	RC Relizane	3–0	JS Saoura	Relizane
16:30	2', 60' Anane 22'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee:

1 October 2016 Round 6	JS Saoura	1–0	JS Kabylie	Béchar
19:00	Zaidi 60'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee:

15 October 2016 Round 7	USM Bel-Abbès	1–1	JS Saoura	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	20'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	90' Bencharif	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee:

22 October 2016 Round 8	JS Saoura	4–1	USM El Harrach	Béchar
19:00	31' (pen.) Bourdim 39', 59' Zaidi 90+2'	Report Live TV: None	33' (pen.) Dahar	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

27 October 2016 Round 9	MC Alger	0–0	JS Saoura	Bologhine
17:00		Report Live TV: beIN Sports / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee:

4 November 2016 Round 10	JS Saoura	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Béchar
19:00	Djallit 40' 41'	Report Live TV: None	90'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee:

11 November 2016 Round 11	CA Batna	1–0	JS Saoura	Batna
15:00	Aribi 43'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Sefouhi Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

19 November 2016 Round 12	JS Saoura	2–1	ES Sétif	Béchar
19:00	Djallit 41' (pen.) Zaidi 90+3'	Report Live TV: None	71' Bedrane	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Merzak Halalchi

3 December 2016 Round 13	MC Oran	3–1	JS Saoura	Oran
16:00	Bentiba 58' Chérif 70' Souibaâh 74'	Report Live TV: None	10' Bourdim	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

9 December 2016 Round 14	MO Béjaïa	1–1	JS Saoura	Béjaïa
16:00	Messadia 1'	Report Live TV: None	48' Bencharif	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

22 December 2016 Round 15	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Alger	Béchar
19:00	Djallit 66'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

21 January 2017 Round 16	JS Saoura	2–1	DRB Tadjenanet	Béchar
18:00	Djallit 50' (pen.), 85'	Report Live TV: None	90'	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Gritli

27 January 2017 Round 17	CS Constantine	1–0	JS Saoura	Constantine
16:00	Manucho 48'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

2 February 2017 Round 18	JS Saoura	1–1	CR Belouizdad	Béchar
18:00	Djallit 5'	Report Live TV: None	30' (o.g.)	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benabdellah

7 February 2017 Round 19	Olympique de Médéa	1–1	JS Saoura	Médéa
15:00	49'	Report Live TV: None	15'	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

31 March 2017 Round 20	JS Saoura	1–0	RC Relizane	Béchar
18:00 Match rescheduled due to JS Saoura competing in the 2017 CAF Champions League	89'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

25 February 2017 Round 21	JS Kabylie	0–0	JS Saoura	Tizi Ouzou
16:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

4 March 2017 Round 22	JS Saoura	3–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Béchar
18:00	Djallit 24', 39' 86'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Marzouk Brahimi

11 March 2017 Round 23	USM El Harrach	0–0	JS Saoura	El Harrach
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

29 April 2017 Round 24	JS Saoura	0–0	MC Alger	Béchar
19:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

7 May 2017 Round 25	NA Hussein Dey	3–2	JS Saoura	Mohamed Belouizdad
16:00	Gasmi 10', 90+3' (pen.) 52'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	31' 37' Merbah	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

13 May 2017 Round 26	JS Saoura	2–1	CA Batna	Béchar
19:00	Bourdim 25' (pen.) Zaidi 40'	Report Live TV: None	90+2'	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

20 May 2017 Round 27	ES Sétif	1–0	JS Saoura	Sétif
16:00	Djahnit 85'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

7 June 2017 Round 28	JS Saoura	2–0	MC Oran	Béchar
22:30	55' 89'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

10 June 2017 Round 29	JS Saoura	3–0^{[note 1]}	MO Béjaïa	Béchar
22:30	15' Zaidi 22' Ghazali 28'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium

14 June 2017 Round 30	USM Alger	5–2	JS Saoura	Bologhine
22:30	Darfalou 23', 77', 83' Benmoussa 60' (pen.) Khoualed 90+3' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None	43' Bourdim 86' Bekakchi	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

Algerian Cup[]

25 November 2016 Round of 64	NC Magra	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	JS Saoura	M'Sila
14:45		Report		Stadium: Referee: Benzahra, Tizazoua, Athmane

17 December 2016 Round of 32	JS Saoura	1–0	CS Constantine	Béchar
17:00	Bencharif 22'	Report		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Benoura, Omari, Ayad

27 December 2016 Round of 16	ES Sétif	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	JS Saoura	Sétif
17:00	Aït Ouamar 11' Djabou 76' (pen.)	footballdatabase.eu Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	60' Djallit 65'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Abid Charef, Hamlaoui, Gourari
	Penalties
	Aït Ouamar Lamri Ziti Bouchar Djabou Rebiai		Djallit Bourdim Bousmaha Merbah Maaziz

Champions League[]

Preliminary round[]

10 February 2017 (2017-02-10) first leg	JS Saoura	1–1	Enugu Rangers	Béchar
19:00 UTC+1	Bourdim 32'	Report	Clement 39'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 20,000 Referee: (Senegal)

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19) Second leg	Enugu Rangers	0–0	JS Saoura	Enugu
16:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Referee: (Ivory Coast)

Squad information[]

Playing statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Houari Djemili	30	0	27	0	1	0	2	0
16	GK	ALG		4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
23	DF	CMR		33	0	28	0	3	0	2	0
4	DF	ALG	Ibrahim Bekakchi	25	0	22	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF	ALG	Nadjib Maaziz	22	0	18	0	3	0	1	0
3	DF	ALG		5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	ALG		10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ALG	Mohamed Tiboutine	16	0	14	0	2	0	0	0
28	DF	ALG		16	0	12	0	2	0	2	0
14	DF	ALG	Farès Aggoune	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
22	MF	ALG	Djamel Belalem	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Bourdim	28	6	23	5	3	0	2	1
13	MF	ALG	Nabil Bousmaha	27	0	24	0	1	0	2	0
26	MF	ALG		29	6	25	5	3	1	1	0
6	MF	ALG	Mohamed Lagraâ	17	0	13	0	2	0	2	0
18	MF	ALG	Messala Merbah	32	1	27	1	3	0	2	0
7	MF	ALG		14	3	12	3	0	0	2	0
33	MF	ALG		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Said Sayah	24	0	20	0	3	0	1	0
Forwards
11	FW	ALG		14	1	13	1	1	0	0	0
9	FW	ALG	Sofiane Bencharif	21	2	18	1	2	1	1	0
17	FW	ALG	Moustapha Djallit	29	10	25	9	2	1	2	0
27	FW	ALG	Youcef Ghazali	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0
19	FW	ALG	Hamza Zaidi	33	7	28	7	3	0	2	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	MF	ALG	Mehdi Benaldjia	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
14	DF	ALG	Farès Aggoune	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

Squad list[]

As of 15 January 2017. ^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Houari Djemili
3	DF	ALG
4	DF	ALG	Ibrahim Bekakchi
5	DF	ALG	Nadjib Maaziz
6	DF	ALG	Mohamed Lagraâ
7	MF	ALG
8	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Bourdim (on loan from USM Alger)
9	FW	ALG	Sofiane Bencharif
10	MF	ALG	Said Sayah
11	FW	ALG
13	MF	ALG	Nabil Bousmaha
15	FW	ALG


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	ALG
17	FW	ALG	Moustapha Djallit
18	MF	ALG	Messala Merbah
19	FW	ALG	Hamza Zaidi
22	MF	ALG	Djamel Belalem
23	MF	CMR
24	DF	ALG	Mohamed Tiboutine
26	MF	ALG
27	FW	ALG	Youcef Ghazali
28	DF	ALG
29	DF	ALG	Touhami Sebie (captain)
30	GK	ALG

Transfers[]

In[]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Bourdim (on loan from USM Alger^[3])
4	DF	ALG	Ibrahim Bekakchi (from USM Alger)
14	DF	ALG	(from Olympique de Médéa)
7	MF	ALG	Mehdi Benaldjia (from NA Hussein Dey)
3	DF	ALG	(from JS Kabylie)
9	FW	ALG	Sofiane Bencharif (Unattached)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	ALG	(from Youth system)
25	FW	ALG	Yanis Roumadi (from )
—	MF	ALG	Gianni Seraf (from CF Vilanova)
26	MF	ALG	(from RC Relizane)
35	DF	ALG	(from Schaerbeek)
15	DF	ALG	(from CA Batna)
22	MF	ALG	Djamel Belalem (from ASM Oran)
27	FW	ALG	Youcef Ghazali (from USM Bel-Abbès)
7	MF	ALG	(from MC Saida)

Out[]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	ALG	Ziri Hammar (to USM Alger^[4])
29	DF	ALG	Touhami Sebie (to JS Kabylie^[5])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ALG	Abdenour Belkheir (to CS Constantine^[6])
—	DF	ALG	(to DRB Tadjenanet)
—	DF	ALG	(to RC Relizane)
—	MF	ALG	Mehdi Benaldjia (to JS Kabylie^[7])

Notes[]

^ Match awarded 3-0 by FA decision, the match JS Saoura-MO Béjaia, disputed, did not come to an end after the referee stopped the debates at the 52nd. and for good reason, the Béjaouis had only 6 players valid on the field.^[1]

References[]

^ "Ligue 1 : Le MOB termine à 6, match arrêté". 11 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^ "First Team". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
^ "un échange avec Abderrahmane Bourdim plus une somme d'argent pour conclure la transaction". competition.dz. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^ "Ziri Hammar signe un contrat de 4 ans avec le l'USM Alger". usma.dz. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^ "Sebie Touhami, 8e recrue". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "CS Constantine : Belkheir signe pour 2 saisons". lagazettedufennec. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ "JS Kabylie : Mehdi Benaldjia signe pour 18 mois". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[table_hth_UAL0.56917908395137-1] MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.

[table_hth_MCO0.56917908395137-2] MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0 however goal difference in the first leg MCO (+7) NAH (+2).

[MOBéjaïa-4] Match awarded 3-0 by FA decision, the match JS Saoura-MO Béjaia, disputed, did not come to an end after the referee stopped the debates at the 52nd. and for good reason, the Béjaouis had only 6 players valid on the field.^[1]

[3] "Ligue 1 : Le MOB termine à 6, match arrêté". 11 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

[First_Team-5] "First Team". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

[6] "un échange avec Abderrahmane Bourdim plus une somme d'argent pour conclure la transaction". competition.dz. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[7] "Ziri Hammar signe un contrat de 4 ans avec le l'USM Alger". usma.dz. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[8] "Sebie Touhami, 8e recrue". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[9] "CS Constantine : Belkheir signe pour 2 saisons". lagazettedufennec. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[10] "JS Kabylie : Mehdi Benaldjia signe pour 18 mois". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

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