2025–26 USM Khenchela season

USM Khenchela
2025–26 season
OwnerAlgérie Télécom
PresidentWalid Boukrouma
Head coachDjilali Bahloul
(from 15 July 2025)[1]
(until 11 November 2025)[2]
Mourad Okbi
(from 17 November 2025)[3]
(until 19 February 2026)
Billel Dziri
(from 19 February 2026)[4]
StadiumAmar Hamam Stadium
Ligue 110th
Algerian CupRound of 32

The 2025–26 season, is USM Khenchela's 6th season and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Khenchela are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup. The Algerian Professional Football League (LFP) officially released the calendar for the 2025–26 Ligue 1 Mobilis season on July 10, 2025. The Ligue 1 will kick off on Thursday, August 21, 2025, and conclude with the 30th and final matchday on May 16, 2026. As in recent years, league matches will be held every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, offering better scheduling balance and improved logistical conditions for clubs and broadcasters.[5]

On 20 January 2026, Algérie Télécom announced its takeover of the club.[6]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2026.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Name Position Date of birth (age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Abdelkader Morcely GK (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 29) JS Saoura
16 Oussama Litim GK (1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 35) MC Alger
30 Yasser Zitouni GK (2005-04-03)3 April 2005 (aged 20) USM Alger
Defenders
3 Wael Guerroudja CB (2005-12-15)15 December 2005 (aged 19) USM Alger
4 Serge Badjo CB (2002-12-28)28 December 2002 (aged 22) MC Alger
5 Badreddine Souyad CB (1995-05-03)3 May 1995 (aged 30) CR Belouizdad
12 Zineddine Meddour CB (2004-02-07)7 February 2004 (aged 21) Reserve team
15 Nabil Lamara LB (1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 32) Unattached
19 Abdelhamid Dris CB (2002-02-12)12 February 2002 (aged 23) JS Kabylie
22 Mohamed Guemroud RB (1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 30) JS Kabylie
Midfielders
6 Ahmida Zenasni DM (1993-07-10)10 July 1993 (aged 32) ASO Chlef
7 Hadji Chekal Affari CM (2003-02-24)24 February 2003 (aged 22) JS Kabylie
8 Abdelhakim Sameur (C.) DM (1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 34) US Biskra
11 Mohamed Islam Bakir CM (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 (aged 29) CR Belouizdad
25 Aymen Bendaoud DM (2001-06-18)18 June 2001 (aged 24) JS Kabylie
26 Mohamed Reda Boumechra AM (1997-06-03)3 June 1997 (aged 28) JS Kabylie
Forwards
9 Abdelhak Askar LW (1997-12-15)15 December 1997 (aged 27) ES Mostaganem
10 Ammar Oukil RW (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 (aged 29) Olympique Akbou
17 Ayoub Kabouche ST (2005-06-09)9 June 2005 (aged 20) Reserve team
20 Ishak Boussouf RW (2001-08-22)August 22, 2001 (aged 23) MC Alger
21 Franck Etouga ST (2001-09-18)18 September 2001 (aged 23) Haras El Hodoud
23 Edlin Essang-Matouti ST (2003-07-25)25 July 2003 (aged 22) Al-Najma SC
24 Adem Aichouche ST (2005-05-13)13 May 2005 (aged 20) ES Mostaganem
27 Hamid Djaouchi ST (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 30) Al-Diriyah Club

Transfers

In

Summer

Date Pos Player Moving from Fee Source
14 July 2025 GK Abdelkader Morcely JS Saoura Free transfer [8]
15 July 2025 ST Edlin Randy Essang-Matouti Al-Najma SC Free transfer [9]
21 July 2025 ST Franck Etouga Haras El Hodoud Free transfer [10]
6 August 2025 LB Mohamed Ezzemani ES Mostaganem Free transfer [11]
21 August 2025 CB Badreddine Souyad CR Belouizdad Free transfer
21 August 2025 CB Abdelhamid Dris JS Kabylie Free transfer
23 August 2025 CB Serge Badjo MC Alger Free transfer [12]
24 August 2025 CM Hadji Chekal Affari JS Kabylie Free transfer [13]
31 August 2025 DM Aymen Bendaoud JS Kabylie Free transfer [14]

Winter

Date Pos Player Moving from Fee Source
25 January 2026 LW Abdelhak Askar ES Mostaganem Free transfer [15][16]
31 January 2026 ST Adem Aichouche ES Mostaganem Free transfer [16]
31 January 2026 RW Ishak Boussouf Unattached Free transfer [16]
31 January 2026 LB Nabil Lamara Unattached Free transfer [16]

Out

Summer

Date Pos Player Moving to Fee Source
7 July 2025 DF Oussama Kaddour MC Oran Free transfer [17]
20 August 2025 DM Badreddine Touki MB Rouissat Free transfer [18]

Winter

Date Pos Player Moving to Fee Source
25 January 2026 DM Christopher Ngolo Unattached Free transfer (Released) [15]
25 January 2026 LB Mohamed Ezzemani Unattached Free transfer (Released) [15]
31 January 2026 CM Samir Aiboud ASO Chlef Free transfer [19]

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record Started round Final position / round First match Last match
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 22 7 7 8 25 27 −2 031.82 N/a To be confirmed 23 August 2025 In Progress
Algerian Cup 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00 Round of 64 Round of 32 5 December 2025 13 December 2025
Total 24 8 7 9 27 29 −2 033.33

Updated to match played 17 March 2026
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2025–26 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 USM Alger 19 6 11 2 21 14 +7 29
9 JS Kabylie 20 7 7 6 23 21 +2 28
10 USM Khenchela 22 7 7 8 25 27 −2 28
11 ASO Chlef 24 7 7 10 21 23 −2 28
12 MB Rouissat 23 7 6 10 23 28 −5 27
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: lfp.dz
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.

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
22 7 7 8 25 27  −2 28 4 5 2 13 8  +5 3 2 6 12 19  −7

Last updated: 17 March 2026.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWDDDDWLLLWWWDLLDWLLWL
Position8369884811111066791111
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2026. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 July 2025.[20]

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

23 August 2025 Round 1 USM Khenchela 1–1 ES Sétif Khenchela
17:00
  • Bakir 20'
 Soccerway
LFP
  • Hamidi 41'
 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Rafik Aouina
30 August 2025 Round 2 ASO Chlef 1–2 USM Khenchela Chlef
19:00
  • Sadahine 59'
 Soccerway
LFP
  • Driss 24'
  • Djaouchi 90+7'
 Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium
Referee: Tayeb Benyabka
6 September 2025 Round 3 USM Khenchela 1–1 CR Belouizdad Khenchela
17:00
  • Chekal 33'
 Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Ayoub Belhachemi
13 September 2025 Round 4 USM Alger 1–1 USM Khenchela Blida
19:00
  • Guenaoui 75'
 Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium
Attendance: 6.000
Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa
VAR: Anes Azrine
Note: USM Alger played on September 13, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. against USM Khenchela, as part of Matchday 4 of Ligue 1 Mobilis, at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida, with the exclusive presence of 6,000 USMA supporters.[21]
20 September 2025 Round 5 USM Khenchela 1–1 ES Ben Aknoun Khenchela
16:00
Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Tahar Boudjemaa
28 September 2025 Round 6 Olympique Akbou 1–1 USM Khenchela Béjaïa
16:00
  • Zamoum 28'
 Soccerway
LFP
  • Matouti 32'
 Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium
Referee: Abdelali Ibrir
4 October 2025 Round 7 USM Khenchela 2–0 MC Oran Khenchela
15:00
  • Ezzemani 58'
  • Chekal 66'
 Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Anes Azrine
21 October 2025 Round 8 JS Kabylie 1–0 USM Khenchela Tizi Ouzou
19:00
  • Bott 87'
 Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
30 October 2025 Round 9 USM Khenchela 0–1 MC Alger Khenchela
15:00 Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Alaa Bouab
3 November 2025 Round 10 Paradou AC 2–0 USM Khenchela Belouizdad
14:30
  • Soukkou 11'
  • Abdelkader 42'
 Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium
Referee: Yahia Dahar
8 November 2025 Round 11 USM Khenchela 1–0 ES Mostaganem Khenchela
14:30
  • Etouga 15'
 Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
22 November 2025 Round 12 USM Khenchela 3–0 JS Saoura Khenchela
14:00
Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Tahar Boudjemaa
19 December 2025 Round 13 MC El Bayadh 1–2 USM Khenchela El Bayadh
14:30
Soccerway
LFP
  • Etouga 41', 71'
 Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium
Referee: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbal
26 December 2025 Round 14 USM Khenchela 0–0 CS Constantine Khenchela
15:00 Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Ayoub Belhachemi
9 January 2026 Round 15 MB Rouissat 2–0 USM Khenchela Ouargla
16:00
  • Rahmani 39'
  • Benzid 45+4' (pen.)
 Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: 18 February Stadium
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
23 January 2026 Round 16 ES Sétif 4–1 USM Khenchela Sétif
18:00
Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa
4 February 2026 Round 17 USM Khenchela 2–2 ASO Chlef Khenchela
15:00
  • Djaouchi 20'
  • Chekal 62'
 Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbal
21 February 2026 Round 20 ES Ben Aknoun 2–3 USM Khenchela Belouizdad
14:30
  • Lakehal 90'
  • Djabout 90+6'
 Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium
Referee: Rafik Aouina
28 February 2026 Round 21 USM Khenchela 0–1 Olympique Akbou Khenchela
14:30 Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Anes Azrine
6 March 2026 Round 22 MC Oran 2–1 USM Khenchela Bir El Djir
22:00
Soccerway
LFP
  • Etouga 24'
 Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
13 March 2026 Round 23 USM Khenchela 2–1 JS Kabylie Khenchela
15:15
  • Matouti 45+3', 72'
 Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Tayeb Benyebka
17 March 2026 Round 24 MC Alger 2–1 USM Khenchela Douéra
22:00
Soccerway
LFP
Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium
Referee: Houssam Benyahia
3 April 2026 Round 25 USM Khenchela – Paradou AC Khenchela
: Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
10 April 2026 Round 26 ES Mostaganem – USM Khenchela Mostaganem
: Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium
17 April 2026 Round 27 JS Saoura – USM Khenchela Béchar
: Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium
24 April 2026 Round 18 CR Belouizdad – USM Khenchela Baraki
: Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium
28 April 2026 Round 19 USM Khenchela – USM Alger Khenchela
: Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
9 May 2026 Round 28 USM Khenchela – MC El Bayadh Khenchela
: Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
15 May 2026 Round 29 CS Constantine – USM Khenchela Constantine
: Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium
22 May 2026 Round 30 USM Khenchela – MB Rouissat Khenchela
: Soccerway
LFP		 Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Algerian Cup
5 December 2025 Round of 64 USM Khenchela 1–0 MB Rouissat Khenchela
14:30
  • Oukil 15'
 Report Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Youcef Gamouh
13 December 2025 Round of 32 MC Alger 2–0 USM Khenchela Douéra
17:00
Report
  • Djaouchi 11'
 Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium
Referee: Yahia Dahar

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 13 December 2025
No. Pos Player Nat Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Total
App St G App St G App St G
Goalkeepers
1 GK Abdelkader Morcely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK Oussama Litim 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
30 GK Yasser Zitouni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 CB Wael Guerroudja 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CB Serge Badjo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CB Badreddine Souyad 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
12 CB Zineddine Meddour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 LB Nabil Lamara 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
19 CB Abdelhamid Dris 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
22 RB Mohamed Guemroud 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 DM Ahmida Zenasni 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
7 CM Hadji Chekal Affari 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 DM Abdelhakim Sameur 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 CM Mohamed Islam Bakir 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
25 DM Aymen Bendaoud 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
26 AM Mohamed Reda Boumechra 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 LW Abdelhak Askar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RW Ammar Oukil 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
17 ST Ayoub Kabouche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 RW Ishak Boussouf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 ST Franck Etouga 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 ST Edlin Essang-Matouti 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
24 ST Adem Aichouche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 ST Hamid Djaouchi 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
9 LW Abdelkader Ghorab 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 DM Christopher Ngolo 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
13 LB Mohamed Ezzemani 14 13 1 2 2 0 16 15 1
20 CM Samir Aiboud 9 2 0 1 0 0 10 2 0
Total 0 0 2 2 0 0

Last updated: 25 January 2026
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 17 March 2026

Includes all competitive matches.

No. Nat. Player Pos. L1 AC TOTAL
21 Franck Etouga ST 5 0 5
26 Mohamed Reda Boumechra AM 4 0 4
27 Hamid Djaouchi ST 3 1 4
11 Mohamed Islam Bakir CM 4 0 4
7 Hadji Chekal Affari CM 3 0 3
23 Edlin Essang-Matouti ST 3 0 3
10 Ammar Oukil RW 1 1 2
5 Abdelhamid Dris CB 1 0 1
Players transferred out during the season
13 Mohamed Ezzemani LB 1 0 1
Own Goals 0 0 0
Totals 25 2 27

Clean sheets

As of 17 March 2026

Includes all competitive matches.

Clean sheets
No. Nat Name GP GA L 1 AC Total
1 Abdelkader Morcely 2 4 0 0 0
16 Oussama Litim 22 24 4 1 5
30 Yasser Zitouni 1 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 4 1 5

Notes

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