2025–26 MC El Bayadh season

MC El Bayadh
2025–26 season
President	Abdelkader Dahmani
Head coach	Cherif Hadjar; (from 15 July 2025); (until 7 October 2025); Mohamed Lacet; (from 7 October 2025)
Stadium	Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium
Ligue 1	16th
Algerian Cup	Round of 64

The 2025–26 season, is MC El Bayadh's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, MC El Bayadh 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.^[3]

Review

Background

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 2025.^[4]
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	Abdelkader Salhi	GK	(1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 32)	NC Magra
16	Mohamed Tayeb Cherif	GK	(1999-07-12)12 July 1999 (aged 26)	NC Magra
30	Nabil Bouchikhi	GK	(2005-02-28)28 February 2005 (aged 20)	Reserve team
Defenders
2	Khaled Bouhakak	CB	(1993-09-18)18 September 1993 (aged 31)	NC Magra
4	M'Hamed Merouani	CB	(1987-03-29)29 March 1987 (aged 38)	NC Magra
12	Adel Haddad	LB	(2000-01-07)7 January 2000 (aged 25)	JS Djijel
14	Oussama Yerou	CB	(2001-04-09)9 April 2001 (aged 24)	GC Mascara
20	Zahreddine Benabda	RB	(1997-11-30)30 November 1997 (aged 27)	MSP Batna
23	Abdellah Meddah	RB	(1999-03-08)8 March 1999 (aged 26)	ES Mostaganem
Midfielders
5	Adel Ghanem	DM	(2003-01-20)20 January 2003 (aged 22)	Olympique Akbou
6	Ammar El Orfi	DM	(1998-11-03)3 November 1998 (aged 26)	Free agent
8	Mortada Keniche	CM	(2000-04-24)24 April 2000 (aged 25)	WA Mostaganem
10	Khalid Dahamni	AM	(1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 25)	Free agent
13	Oussama Chita	DM	(1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 28)	USM Alger
18	Islameddine Kaidi	AM	(2000-08-03)3 August 2000 (aged 25)	CA Batna
21	Ahmed Mahboub	AM	(2005-12-04)4 December 2005 (aged 19)	Paradou AC
27	Ilyes Atallah	AM	(2001-08-19)19 August 2001 (aged 24)	JS Saoura
28	Mouatez Bouchoucha	CM	(2005-06-29)29 June 2005 (aged 20)	ES Sétif
Forwards
7	Lounes Adjout	ST	(2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 23)	Olympique Akbou
9	Abdelhakim Amokrane	ST	(1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 31)	Bisha
15	Fodil Belkhadem	ST	(2002-01-25)25 January 2002 (aged 23)	ES Mostaganem
17	Kamel Belmiloud	RW	(1995-07-23)23 July 1995 (aged 30)	JS Saoura
22	Ilyes Yaiche	RW	(1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 27)	USM Khenchela
24	Dhiyaeddine Benyahia	LW	(2000-07-13)13 July 2000 (aged 25)	CA Batna
26	Oussama Khiari	LW	(2005-07-20)20 July 2005 (aged 20)	MC Alger
29	Abdelkader Chelali	ST	(2005-05-01)1 May 2005 (aged 20)	Reserve team

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
26 July 2025	GK	Mohamed Tayeb Cherif	NC Magra	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	CB	Chemseddine Lakehal	NC Magra	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	CB	M'Hamed Merouani	NC Magra	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	LB	Adel Haddad	JS Djijel	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	LB	Omar Zeggai	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	CM	Mortada Khir Eddine Keniche	WA Mostaganem	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	CM	Ahmed Amine Mahboub	Paradou AC	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	AM	Islam Eddine Kaidi	CA Batna	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	RW	Dhiya Eddine Benyahia	CA Batna	Free transfer	^[5]
26 July 2025	ST	Abdelhakim Amokrane	Bisha	Free transfer	^[5]
11 August 2025	DM	Adel Ghanem	Olympique Akbou	Free transfer	^[6]
11 August 2025	AM	Khalid Dahamni	Unattached	Free transfer	^[6]
11 August 2025	ST	Lounas Adjout	Olympique Akbou	Free transfer	^[6]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
26 July 2025	MF	Alaeddine Belaribi	MB Rouissat	Free transfer	^[7]
26 July 2025	DF	Aïssa Boudechicha	ES Sétif	Free transfer	^[8]
28 July 2025	DF	Yacine Zeghad	MB Rouissat	Free transfer	^[9]
29 July 2025	FW	Mohamed Toumi Sief	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer
29 July 2025	MF	Abdellah El Moudene	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer	^[10]
2 August 2025	DF	Kheireddine Benamrane	Olympique Akbou	Free transfer	^[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

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	0	3	9	5	20	−15	000.00	—	To be confirmed	22 August 2025	In Progress
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	Round of 64	Round of 64	4 December 2025	4 December 2025
Total	13	0	3	10	5	21	−16	000.00

Updated to match played 4 December 2025
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	ASO Chlef	13	3	4	6	11	13	−2	13
13	Paradou AC	12	4	1	7	11	13	−2	13
14	ES Sétif	11	2	6	3	9	13	−4	12	Relegation to Algerian League 2
15	ES Mostaganem	12	2	3	7	6	11	−5	9
16	MC El Bayadh	12	0	3	9	5	20	−15	3

Updated to match(es) played on 18 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	0	3	9	5	20	−15	3	0	2	4	3	9	−6	0	1	5	2	11	−9

Last updated: 20 November 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	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	A
Result	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 8 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

22 August 2025 Round 1	MC El Bayadh	0–2	CS Constantine	El Bayadh
17:00		Soccerway LFP	Rebiaï 27' Khelfaoui 85'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

29 August 2025 Round 2	MB Rouissat	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Ouargla
20:00	Benkheira 43'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

5 September 2025 Round 3	MC El Bayadh	1–1	ES Sétif	El Bayadh
17:00	El Orfi 46'	Soccerway LFP	Zerrouki 33'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Yahia Dehar

13 September 2025 Round 4	ASO Chlef	2–0	MC El Bayadh	Chlef
17:00	Benchouya 30' Bekkouche 85'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Mehdi Oukil VAR: Mustapha Ghorbal

20 September 2025 Round 5	MC El Bayadh	1–1	CR Belouizdad	El Bayadh
16:00	Bouhakak 84'	Soccerway LFP	Çekiçi 52'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Fateh Harkat

29 September 2025 Round 6	USM Alger	1–1	MC El Bayadh	Dar El Beïda
16:00	Mahrouz 90+4'	Soccerway LFP	Benyahia 90+7'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

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

17 October 2025 Round 8	Olympique Akbou	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Béjaïa
15:00	Addadi 78'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Ala Bouab

25 October 2025 Round 9	MC El Bayadh	0–2	MC Oran	El Bayadh
15:00		Soccerway LFP	Aoudjane 35' Kerroum 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Ayoub Belhachemi

3 November 2025 Round 10	JS Kabylie	4–1	MC El Bayadh	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Sarr 30' Merghem 49' Mahious 76' Malki 83'	Soccerway LFP	Belmiloud 63'	Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

9 November 2025 Round 11	MC El Bayadh	0–1	MC Alger	El Bayadh
14:30		Soccerway LFP	Tabti 75'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

20 November 2025 Round 12	Paradou AC	2–0	MC El Bayadh	Belouizdad
14:00	Lahmer 25' Ramdaoui 47'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Mehdi Oukil

19 December 2025 Round 13	MC El Bayadh	–	USM Khenchela	El Bayadh
14:30		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbal

26 December 2025 Round 14	JS Saoura	–	MC El Bayadh	Béchar
:		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

9 January 2026 Round 15	MC El Bayadh	–	ES Mostaganem	El Bayadh
14:30		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

22 January 2026 Round 16	CS Constantine	–	MC El Bayadh	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

29 January 2026 Round 17	MC El Bayadh	–	MB Rouissat	El Bayadh
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

Round 18	ES Sétif	–	MC El Bayadh	Sétif
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

Round 19	MC El Bayadh	–	ASO Chlef	El Bayadh
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

Round 20	CR Belouizdad	–	MC El Bayadh	Baraki
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium

Round 21	MC El Bayadh	–	USM Alger	El Bayadh
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

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

Round 23	MC El Bayadh	–	Olympique Akbou	El Bayadh
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

Round 24	MC Oran	–	MC El Bayadh	Bir El Djir
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 25	MC El Bayadh	–	JS Kabylie	El Bayadh
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

Round 26	MC Alger	–	MC El Bayadh	Douéra
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium

Round 27	MC El Bayadh	–	Paradou AC	El Bayadh
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

Round 28	USM Khenchela	–	MC El Bayadh	Khenchela
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 29	MC El Bayadh	–	JS Saoura	El Bayadh
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

Round 30	ES Mostaganem	–	MC El Bayadh	Mostaganem
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium

Algerian Cup

4 December 2025 Round of 64	MC Alger	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Douéra
19:00	Benhaoua 12'	Report		Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium Referee: Tayeb Benyebka

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 4 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	Abdelkader Salhi		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Mohamed Tayeb Cherif		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Nabil Bouchikhi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	CB	Khaled Bouhakak		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
4	CB	M'Hamed Merouani		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
12	LB	Adel Haddad		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	CB	Oussama Yerou		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	RB	Zahreddine Benabda		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	RB	Abdellah Meddah		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	DM	Adel Ghanem		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DM	Ammar El Orfi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	CM	Mortada Keniche		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	AM	Khalid Dahamni		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
13	DM	Oussama Chita		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
18	AM	Islameddine Kaidi		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	AM	Ahmed Mahboub		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	AM	Ilyes Atallah		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
28	CM	Mouatez Bouchoucha		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	ST	Lounes Adjout		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	ST	Abdelhakim Amokrane		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
15	ST	Fodil Belkhadem		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	RW	Kamel Belmiloud		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	RW	Ilyes Yaiche		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	LW	Dhiyaeddine Benyahia		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
26	LW	Oussama Khiari		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	ST	Abdelkader Chelali		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				0		0	1		0	0		0

Last updated: 4 December 2025
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 4 December 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Player	Pos.	L1	TOTAL
6	Ammar El Orfi	DM	1	1
2	Khaled Bouhakak	CB	1	1
27	Dhiyaeddine Benyahia	LW	1	1
9	Abdelhakim Amokrane	ST	1	1
17	Kamel Belmiloud	RW	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Totals			5	5

Clean sheets

As of 4 December 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	L 1	AC	Total
1		Abdelkader Salhi	13	21	0	0	0
16		Mohamed Tayeb Cherif	0	0	0	0	0
30		Nabil Bouchikhi	0	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS		21	0	0	0

Notes

References

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