2025–26 Olympique Akbou season

Olympique Akbou
2025–26 season
Owner	Soummam
President	Karim Takka
Head coach	Lotfi Amrouche; (from 15 July 2025)
Stadium	Maghrebi Unity Stadium
Ligue 1	3rd
Algerian Cup	Round of 64

The 2025–26 season, is Olympique Akbou's 2nd season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, Olympique Akbou 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

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 2025.^[3]
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	Ahmed Alili	GK	(2005-02-05)5 February 2005 (aged 20)	Paradou AC
16	Benaouda Klileche	GK	(1999-11-20)20 November 1999 (aged 25)	SC Mecheria
30	Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun	GK	(1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 25)	CA Batna
Defenders
2	Abdeldjalil Bahoussi	CB	(1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 32)	MC El Bayadh
5	Slimane Bouteldja	CB	(1995-03-30)30 March 1995 (aged 30)	AS Khroub
15	Abderrahmane Sabri	CB	(2005-11-19)19 November 2005 (aged 19)	Reserve team
17	Billal Boukaroum	RB	(1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 31)	US Biskra
21	Walid Bencherifa	LB	(1988-11-06)6 November 1988 (aged 36)	IR Tangier
22	Ahmed Alla	LB	(2005-07-02)2 July 2005 (aged 20)	Reserve team
24	Yasser Chelfaoui	LB	(1996-12-14)14 December 1996 (aged 28)	MCB Oued Sly
25	Kheireddine Benamrane	RB	(1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 31)	MC El Bayadh
Midfielders
4	Ali Amriche	DM	(1998-12-08)8 December 1998 (aged 26)	JS Kabylie
6	Louanes Zidi	DM	(2001-09-19)19 September 2001 (aged 23)	Reserve team
8	Dhirar Bensaadallah	DM	(2000-03-04)4 March 2000 (aged 25)	Ma'an SC
18	Hicham Messiad	AM	(1999-04-21)21 April 1999 (aged 26)	Paradou AC
20	Toufik Addadi	CM	(1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 34)	ES Mostaganem
23	Merouane Mehdaoui	CM	(1998-01-10)10 January 1998 (aged 27)	E Sour El Ghozlane
27	Abdelmounaïm Fridhar	AM	(2005-03-16)16 March 2005 (aged 20)	Reserve team
29	Aly Desse Sissoko	DM	(1998-05-05)5 May 1998 (aged 27)	Al-Batin
Forwards
7	Ramdane Hitala	ST	(1995-02-08)8 February 1995 (aged 30)	ES Mostaganem
9	Amine Gherbi	ST	(2004-06-10)10 June 2004 (aged 21)	Reserve team
10	Walid Zamoum	LW	(1997-06-10)10 June 1997 (aged 28)	ES Sétif
11	Rezki Hamroune	RW	(1996-03-10)10 March 1996 (aged 29)	CR Belouizdad
12	M'hend Sediri	RW	(1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 29)	MC El Bayadh
14	Nadjib Berrabeh	LW	(1999-03-13)13 March 1999 (aged 26)	USM El Harrach
19	Romaric Ouattara	ST	(2004-10-14)14 October 2004 (aged 20)	MC Alger
26	Ghilas Belgacem	ST	(2005-04-10)10 April 2005 (aged 20)	CR Belouizdad

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
21 July 2025	DF	Walid Bencherifa	IR Tangier	Free transfer	^[4]
24 July 2025	FW	Romaric Ouattara	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[5]
31 July 2025	RB	Kheireddine Benamrane	MC El Bayadh	Free transfer	^[6]
4 August 2025	FW	Ramdane Hitala	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer	^[7]
25 August 2025	RW	Rezki Hamroune	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[8]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
22 July 2025	DF	Younes Ouassa	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[9]
29 July 2025	MF	Massinissa Benamara	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	^[10]
1 August 2025	FW	Louanas Adjout	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)	^[11]
1 August 2025	CB	Tarek Adouane	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)	^[11]
6 August 2025	MF	Adel Ghanem	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)
7 August 2025	FW	Abdelhak Askar	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendly		–
: UTC+1		Report

Friendly		–
: UTC+1		Report

8 August 2025 Friendly	WA Tlemcen	0–3	Olympique Akbou
: UTC+1		Report

12 August 2025 Friendly	JS Saoura	0–0	Olympique Akbou	Oran
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium

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	13	6	3	4	16	14	+2	046.15	N/a	To be confirmed	22 August 2025	In Progress
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00	Round of 64	Round of 64	4 December 2025	4 December 2025
Total	14	6	3	5	16	16	+0	042.86

Updated to match played 20 December 2025
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	USM Alger	13	5	7	1	16	10	+6	22	Qualification for CAF Champions League
3	MC Oran	13	6	3	4	16	11	+5	21	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup^[a]
4	Olympique Akbou	13	6	3	4	16	14	+2	21
5	USM Khenchela	13	5	5	3	15	11	+4	20
6	JS Saoura	13	5	4	4	17	18	−1	19

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.
Notes:

^ The winners of the 2025–26 Algerian Cup will be the second representative team for the 2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup

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
13	6	3	4	16	14	+2	21	5	1	1	8	4	+4	1	2	3	8	10	−2

Last updated: 20 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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L
Position	6	2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 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	Olympique Akbou	1–0	ES Mostaganem	Béjaïa
17:00	Addadi 90+13' (pen.)	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh VAR: Haitham Ghouti

29 August 2025 Round 2	Olympique Akbou	1–0	MC Oran	Béjaïa
17:00	Mehdaoui 45+2'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Abderahmane Sahraoui

6 September 2025 Round 3	JS Kabylie	0–0	Olympique Akbou	Tizi Ouzou
19:00		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine VAR: Redouane Allou

12 September 2025 Round 4	Olympique Akbou	0–1	MC Alger	Béjaïa
16:00		Soccerway LFP	Halaïmia 8'	Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Yahia Dehar VAR: Fateh Harkat

19 September 2025 Round 5	Paradou AC	1–2	Olympique Akbou	Dar El Beïda
16:00	Ramdaoui 53'	Soccerway LFP	Hitala 39', 45+1'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Tayeb Benyabka VAR: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

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	JS Saoura	3–2	Olympique Akbou	Béchar
17:00	Sikiru 15', 90+2' Boutiche 56' (pen.)	Soccerway LFP	Gherbi 45' Sediri 47'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

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	CS Constantine	2–1	Olympique Akbou	Constantine
17:00	Tahar 11' Dib 53'	Soccerway LFP	Hamroune 78'	Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Fateh Harkat

1 November 2025 Round 10	Olympique Akbou	2–1	MB Rouissat	Béjaïa
14:30	Chelfaoui 21' Boukaroum 76'	Soccerway LFP	Midoune 89'	Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Tayeb Benyabka

8 November 2025 Round 11	ES Sétif	1–1	Olympique Akbou	Sétif
18:00	Boubekeur 47'	Soccerway LFP	Benamrane 85'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

21 November 2025 Round 12	Olympique Akbou	2–1	ASO Chlef	Béjaïa
14:45	Hitala 42' Addadi 46'	Soccerway LFP	Feddal 87'	Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Haithem Ghouti

20 December 2025 Round 13	CR Belouizdad	3–2	Olympique Akbou	Baraki
18:00	Boussouar 11' Ben Hammouda 89', 90+2'	Soccerway LFP	Zamoum 8' Gherbi 69'	Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium Referee: Mehdi Oukil

27 December 2025 Round 14	Olympique Akbou	–	USM Alger	Béjaïa
14:00		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Yahia Dahar

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

22 January 2026 Round 16	ES Mostaganem	–	Olympique Akbou	Mostaganem
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium

29 January 2026 Round 17	MC Oran	–	Olympique Akbou	Bir El Djir
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 18	Olympique Akbou	–	JS Kabylie	Béjaïa
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

Round 19	MC Alger	–	Olympique Akbou	Douéra
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium

Round 20	Olympique Akbou	–	Paradou AC	Béjaïa
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

Round 21	USM Khenchela	–	Olympique Akbou	Khenchela
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Round 22	Olympique Akbou	–	JS Saoura	Béjaïa
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

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

Round 24	Olympique Akbou	–	CS Constantine	Béjaïa
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

Round 25	MB Rouissat	–	Olympique Akbou	Ouargla
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 26	Olympique Akbou	–	ES Sétif	Béjaïa
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

Round 27	ASO Chlef	–	Olympique Akbou	Chlef
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium

Round 28	Olympique Akbou	–	CR Belouizdad	Béjaïa
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

Round 29	USM Alger	–	Olympique Akbou	Algiers
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet

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

Algerian Cup

4 December 2025 Round of 64	AS Khroub	2–0	Olympique Akbou	El Khroub
14:00	Benbayoud 37' Hamdaoui 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Abed Hamdani Stadium Referee: Mohamed Chaoubi

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	Ahmed Alili		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Benaouda Klileche		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	CB	Abdeldjalil Bahoussi		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
5	CB	Slimane Bouteldja		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	CB	Abderrahmane Sabri		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	RB	Billal Boukaroum		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	LB	Walid Bencherifa		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
22	LB	Ahmed Alla		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
24	LB	Yasser Chelfaoui		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	RB	Kheireddine Benamrane		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	CB	Oussama Benkou		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	DM	Ali Amriche		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DM	Louanes Zidi		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	DM	Dhirar Bensaadallah		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
18	AM	Hicham Messiad		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	CM	Toufik Addadi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	CM	Merouane Mehdaoui		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	AM	Abdelmounaïm Fridhar		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
29	DM	Aly Desse Sissoko		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	AM	Youcef Gherbi		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	ST	Ramdane Hitala		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	ST	Amine Gherbi		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	LW	Walid Zamoum		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	RW	Rezki Hamroune		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	RW	M'hend Sediri		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	LW	Nadjib Berrabeh		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	ST	Romaric Ouattara		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	ST	Ghilas Belgacem		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
48	ST	Amor Bitam		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total				0		0	1		0	0		0

Last updated: 4 December 2025
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 20 December 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Player	Pos.	L1	TOTAL
7	Ramdane Hitala	ST	3	3
20	Toufik Addadi	CM	3	3
10	Walid Zamoum	LW	2	2
9	Amine Gherbi	ST	2	2
23	Merouane Mehdaoui	CM	1	1
12	M'hend Sediri	RW	1	1
11	Rezki Hamroune	RW	1	1
24	Yasser Chelfaoui	LB	1	1
17	Billal Boukaroum	RB	1	1
25	Kheireddine Benamrane	RB	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Totals			16	16

Clean sheets

As of 20 December 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	L 1	AC	Total
1		Ahmed Alili	0	0	0	0	0
16		Benaouda Klileche	7	6	3	0	3
30		Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun	7	10	1	0	1
		TOTALS		16	4	0	4

Notes

References

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