2025–26 ES Ben Aknoun season

ES Ben Aknoun
2025–26 season
President	Kamel Meberbeche
Head coach	Mounir Zeghdoud; (from 6 July 2025)
Stadium	20 August 1955 Stadium
Ligue 1	9th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16

The 2025–26 season, is ES Ben Aknoun's 2nd season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Ben Aknoun 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.^[2]

Review

Background

ES Ben Aknoun earned promotion back to Ligue 1 Mobilis after a successful season in Ligue 2 Centre-West. The club secured its return on Matchday 28 with a win over RC Arbaâ. Crowned champions with 67 points, the team finished with the best attack, the best defense, and the strongest record both at home and away. Under the guidance of Mohamed Bachir Manaâ, the squad blended young talents with experienced leaders. This promotion, the second in three years, confirms the club’s progress as it now aims to establish itself more permanently in Ligue 1.^[3]^[4] On July 6, 2025, Mounir Zeghdoud was officially appointed as the new head coach of ES Ben Aknoun. The newly promoted club introduced its coach to the media during a press conference.^[5]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 2025.^[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Dhayfallah Kadri	GK	(2005-09-12)12 September 2005 (aged 19)	ES Sétif
16	Kheireddine Boussouf	GK	(1987-12-07)7 December 1987 (aged 37)	CS Constantine
30	Yanis Bentchakal	GK	(1998-07-21)21 July 1998 (aged 27)	USMM Hadjout
Defenders
2	Aymen Chaaraoui	RB	(1997-07-26)26 July 1997 (aged 28)	USM Khenchela
3	Abdelkader Tamimi	CB	(2001-03-20)20 March 2001 (aged 24)	ES Mostaganem
4	Islam Chahrour	CB	(1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 35)	MC El Bayadh
5	Hamza Oukali	CB	(1994-12-13)13 December 1994 (aged 30)	NC Magra
13	Chemseddine Lakehal	CB	(2000-02-29)29 February 2000 (aged 25)	NC Magra
15	Fateh Talah	CB	(1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 32)	US Biskra
26	Wassim Khalouf	LB	(2002-02-26)26 February 2002 (aged 23)
27	Abderahmane Hachoud	RB	(1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 37)	MC Alger
Midfielders
6	Massinissa Benchelouche	CM	(2001-10-11)11 October 2001 (aged 23)	JS Saoura
8	Alaa Eddine Aissani	CM	(2005-06-01)1 June 2005 (aged 20)	CR Belouizdad
9	Abdeljalil Saâd	AM	(1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (aged 33)	US Biskra
20	Aziz Benabdi	DM	(1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 32)	Free agent
22	Redouane Bounoua	AM	(1998-11-01)1 November 1998 (aged 26)	ASO Chlef
23	Nassim Yattou	DM	(1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 33)	Paradou AC
29	Fadi Arrache	DM	(2005-06-15)15 June 2005 (aged 20)
Forwards
7	Adil Djabout	ST	(1992-12-31)31 December 1992 (aged 32)	NC Magra
10	Badis Bouamama	LW	(2004-06-16)16 June 2004 (aged 21)	JSM Béjaïa
11	Ahmed Zaouache	RW	(1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 27)	RC Arbaâ
14	Chakib Abri	ST	(2007-02-13)13 February 2007 (aged 18)	Reserve team
17	Yanis Allam	ST	(2002-12-11)11 December 2002 (aged 22)
19	Mohamed Souibaâh	ST	(1991-12-25)25 December 1991 (aged 33)	JS Saoura
21	Mohamed Messaoud Salem	LW	(2003-07-03)3 July 2003 (aged 22)	ES Sétif
24	Mohamed Sylla	ST	(2001-11-12)12 November 2001 (aged 23)	MC Oran

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
17 July 2025	GK	Kheireddine Boussouf	CS Constantine	Free transfer	^[7]
27 July 2025	CB	Islam Chahrour	MC El Bayadh	Free transfer
28 July 2025	ST	Mohamed Souibaâh	JS Saoura	Free transfer
1 August 2025	CB	Fateh Talah	US Biskra	Free transfer
7 August 2025	DM	Nassim Yattou	Paradou AC	Free transfer	^[8]
7 August 2025	ST	Abdeljalil Saâd	US Biskra	Free transfer	^[8]
12 August 2025	CB	Abdelkader Tamimi	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
29 July 2025	MF	Kamel Belarbi	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	^[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

7 August 2025 Friendly	USM Blida	1–0	ES Ben Aknoun	Blida
18:30 UTC+1		Report^[10]		Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium

12 August 2025 Friendly	ES Ben Aknoun	2–0	Olympique de Médéa	Ben Aknoun
17:30 UTC+1	Souibaâh 18' Bouamama	Report^[11]		Stadium: Stade El Mokrani

13 August 2025 Friendly	JS El Biar	1–3	ES Ben Aknoun	El Biar
9:30 UTC+1		Report^[11]	Bouamama Abdeljalil Saâd	Stadium: Stade Abderrahmane Ibrir

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	12	4	5	3	12	11	+1	033.33	N/a	To be confirmed	21 August 2025	In Progress
Algerian Cup	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00	Round of 64	To be confirmed	6 December 2025	In Progress
Total	14	6	5	3	16	11	+5	042.86

Updated to match played 23 December 2025
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	CS Constantine	12	5	3	4	15	12	+3	18
8	CR Belouizdad	11	4	5	2	14	11	+3	17
9	ES Ben Aknoun	12	4	5	3	12	11	+1	17
10	MB Rouissat	12	4	4	4	12	13	−1	16
11	JS Kabylie	11	4	3	4	12	11	+1	15

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2025. 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
12	4	5	3	12	11	+1	17	2	2	1	4	3	+1	2	3	2	8	8	0

Last updated: 23 December 2025.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D		W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W		D
Position	12	11	13	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2025. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 July 2025.^[12]

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

21 August 2025 Round 1	MC Oran	2–1	ES Ben Aknoun	Bir El Djir
18:00	Moulay 60' Boukholda 65'	Soccerway LFP	Mammar 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houiya Dhekra VAR: Mehdi Oukil

31 August 2025 Round 2	ES Ben Aknoun	1–1	JS Kabylie	Belouizdad
17:00	Saâd 45+6'	Soccerway LFP	Boudebouz 37'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal VAR: Yahia Dehar

12 September 2025 Round 4	ES Ben Aknoun	1–0	Paradou AC	Belouizdad
16:00	Saâd 21'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia VAR: Alaa Bouab

20 September 2025 Round 5	USM Khenchela	1–1	ES Ben Aknoun	Khenchela
16:00	Boumechra 61'	Soccerway LFP	Hachoud 85'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Tahar Boudjemaa

27 September 2025 Round 6	ES Ben Aknoun	1–1	JS Saoura	Belouizdad
16:00	Hachoud 39'	Soccerway LFP	Boutiche 26'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Fateh Harkat VAR: Akram Mechairia

4 October 2025 Round 7	MC El Bayadh	1–2	ES Ben Aknoun	El Bayadh
15:00	Amokrane 81'	Soccerway LFP	Hachoud 13' Djabout 58'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Haitham Ghouti VAR: Rafik Aouina

18 October 2025 Round 8	ES Ben Aknoun	1–0	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
15:00	Lakehal 76'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

25 October 2025 Round 9	MB Rouissat	0–0	ES Ben Aknoun	Ouargla
18:00		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia

2 November 2025 Round 10	ES Ben Aknoun	0–1	ES Sétif	Belouizdad
14:30		Soccerway LFP	Djahnit 90+4'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

9 November 2025 Round 11	ASO Chlef	1–2	ES Ben Aknoun	Chlef
17:45	Ledlum 49'	Soccerway LFP	Souibaâh 26' Oukali 90+7'	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

18 December 2025 Round 13	USM Alger	2–2	ES Ben Aknoun	Algiers
20:00	Khaldi 19' Loucif 45+2'	Soccerway LFP	Saâd 27' Oukali 69'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

23 December 2025 Round 3	MC Alger	1–0	ES Ben Aknoun	Douéra
19:30	Ghezala 56' (pen.)	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium Referee: Alaa Bouab

29 December 2025 Round 14	ES Mostaganem	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Sidi Ali
14:00		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Larbi Belhamiti Stadium

3 January 2026 Round 12	ES Ben Aknoun	–	CR Belouizdad	Belouizdad
:		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

9 January 2026 Round 15	ES Ben Aknoun	–	Olympique Akbou	Belouizdad
:		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

22 January 2026 Round 16	ES Ben Aknoun	–	MC Oran	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

29 January 2026 Round 17	JS Kabylie	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Tizi Ouzou
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 18	ES Ben Aknoun	–	MC Alger	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 19	Paradou AC	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 20	ES Ben Aknoun	–	USM Khenchela	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 21	JS Saoura	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Béchar
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 22	ES Ben Aknoun	–	MC El Bayadh	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 23	CS Constantine	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Round 24	ES Ben Aknoun	–	MB Rouissat	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 25	ES Sétif	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Sétif
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

Round 26	ES Ben Aknoun	–	ASO Chlef	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 27	CR Belouizdad	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Baraki
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium

Round 28	ES Ben Aknoun	–	USM Alger	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 29	ES Ben Aknoun	–	ES Mostaganem	Belouizdad
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 30	Olympique Akbou	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Béjaïa
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

Algerian Cup

6 December 2025 Round of 64	ES Ben Aknoun	2–0	RA Aïn Defla	Dar El Beïda
14:00	Tamimi 50' Saâd 73'	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Dhikra Houia

13 December 2025 Round of 32	ES Ben Aknoun	2–0	ESF Bir El Ater	Dar El Beïda
14:00	Chahrour 52' Zaouache 82'	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Ayoub Belhachemi

13 January 2026 Round of 16	MC Alger	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Douéra
19:00		Report		Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 13 December 2025

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Dhayfallah Kadri		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Kheireddine Boussouf		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Yanis Bentchakal		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	RB	Aymen Chaaraoui		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
3	CB	Abdelkader Tamimi		0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
4	CB	Islam Chahrour		0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
5	CB	Hamza Oukali		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
13	CB	Chemseddine Lakehal		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	CB	Fateh Talah		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
26	CB	Wassim Khalouf		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
27	RB	Abderahmane Hachoud		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
31	RB	Mohamed Sari		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	CM	Massinissa Benchelouche		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
8	CM	Alaa Eddine Aissani		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	AM	Abdeljalil Saâd		0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
20	DM	Aziz Benabdi		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
22	AM	Redouane Bounoua		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DM	Nassim Yattou		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
29	DM	Fadi Arrache		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
32	CM	Mohmed Belouchat		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	ST	Adil Djabout		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	LW	Badis Bouamama		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	RW	Ahmed Zaouache		0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
14	ST	Chakib Abri		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	ST	Yanis Allam		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	ST	Mohamed Souibaâh		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
21	LW	Mohamed Messaoud Salem		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
24	ST	Mohamed Sylla		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	RW	Mohmed Medjber		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Total				0		0	2		4	0		0

Last updated: 13 December 2025
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 23 December 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	TOTAL
9	Abdeljalil Saâd	AM	3	1	4
27	Abderahmane Hachoud	RB	3	0	3
5	Hamza Oukali	CB	2	0	2
7	Adil Djabout	ST	1	0	1
13	Chemseddine Lakehal	CB	1	0	1
19	Mohamed Souibaâh	ST	1	0	1
3	Abdelkader Tamimi	CB	0	1	1
19	Islam Chahrour	CB	0	1	1
11	Ahmed Zaouache	RW	0	1	1
Own Goals			1	0	1
Totals			12	4	16

Clean sheets

As of 23 December 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	L 1	AC	Total
1		Dhayfallah Kadri	2	0	0	2	2
16		Kheireddine Boussouf	11	9	3	1	4
30		Yanis Bentchakal	1	2	0	0	0
		TOTALS		11	3	3	6

Notes

References

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^ "Ligue 1 : La LFP détaille un calendrier 25/26 complet !". DZfoot. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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