2016–17 MC Oran season

MC Oran
2016–17 season
Chairman	Ahmed "Baba" Belhadj
Head coach	Omar Belatoui; (from 24 June 2016); (until 30 April 2017); Jean-Michel Cavalli; (from 1 May 2017); (until 20 May 2017); Bachir Mecheri; (from 20 May 2017)
Stadium	Stade Ahmed Zabana
Ligue 1	7th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hicham Chérif (7); All: ; Hicham Chérif (7); Mohamed Bentiba (7)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

In the 2016–17 season, MC Oran competed in the Ligue 1 for the 51st season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

Pre-season

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22) Friendly match	MC Oran	2 – 1	GC Mascara	Oran
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bencherif 5' (o.g.) Haddadi 71'	Report	61' Hachem	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 5.000

28 July 2016 (2016-07-28) Friendly match	MC Oran	1 – 1	CA Batna	Sétif
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Moussi 23'	Report	44' Laribi	Stadium: Complexe omnisports el bez

31 July 2016 (2016-07-31) Friendly match	MC Oran	2 – 0	JSM Béjaïa	Sétif
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cherif 30' Souibaâh 85'	Report		Stadium: Complexe omnisports el bez

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) Friendly match	MC Oran	1 – 1	MC El Eulma	Sétif
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boudoumi 45'	Report		Stadium: Complexe omnisports el bez

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) Friendly match	MC Oran	2 – 0	NC Magra	Sétif
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bentiba 69' Cherif 85'	Report		Stadium: Complexe omnisports el bez

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	30	9	13	8	24	25	−1	030.00	—	7th	20 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	24 November 2016	16 December 2016
Total	32	10	13	9	27	27	+0	031.25

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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^[a]
8	NA Hussein Dey	30	11	7	12	38	37	+1	40^[a]	Qualification for 2017 Arab Club Championship
9	CS Constantine	30	10	9	11	34	33	+1	39^[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:

^ ^a ^b 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).
^ DRB Tadjenanet ahead of CS Constantine on head-to-head record: CSC–DRB 4–2, DRB–CSC 1–0.

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	9	13	8	24	25	−1	40	8	6	1	17	10	+7	1	7	7	7	15	−8

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L
Position	7	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	8	8	7	8	7	7

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	CR Belouizdad	1 – 1	MC Oran	Belouizdad
19:00	Rebih 4'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	32' Nessakh	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Redouane Necib

27 August 2016 Round 2	MC Oran	2 – 1	Olympique de Médéa	Oran
17:45	Chérif 36' Ferahi 55'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	49' Rachedi	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Rafik Achouri

10 September 2016 Round 3	RC Relizane	0 – 1	MC Oran	Relizane
17:00		Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Canal Algérie	83' Nessakh	Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

16 September 2016 Round 4	MC Oran	1 – 0	USM Bel-Abbès	Oran
17:45	Chérif 66'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

23 September 2016 Round 5	MC Alger	1 – 0	MC Oran	Bologhine
19:00	Seguer 82'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Rafik Achouri

30 September 2016 Round 6	MC Oran	1 – 0	USM El Harrach	Oran
16:00	Souibaah 6'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

14 October 2016 Round 7	CA Batna	2 – 2	MC Oran	Batna
15:00	Aribi 20' Griche 32'	Report Live TV: None	28' Chérif 88' Bencheikh	Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Referee: Farouk Mial

21 October 2016 Round 8	MC Oran	1 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Oran
16:00	Bentiba 34'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / EPTV Terrestre		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Said Aouina

29 October 2016 Round 9	JS Kabylie	1 – 1	MC Oran	Tizi Ouzou
17:00	Ferhani 90'	Report Live TV: None	23' Souibaah	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Rafik Achouri

3 November 2016 Round 10	ES Sétif	0 – 0	MC Oran	Sétif
17:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

11 November 2016 Round 11	MC Oran	0 – 0	USM Alger	Oran
16:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3		Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

18 November 2016 Round 12	MO Béjaïa	0 – 0	MC Oran	Béjaïa
16:00		Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

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

10 December 2016 Round 14	DRB Tadjenanet	1 – 1	MC Oran	Tadjenanet
15:00	Chibane 24' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None	43' Souibaâh	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Merzak Halalchi

23 December 2016 Round 15	MC Oran	2 – 1	CS Constantine	Oran
16:00	Bentiba 30' (pen.) Souibaâh 35'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	11' Bezzaz	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

14 February 2017 Round 16	MC Oran	0 – 2	CR Belouizdad	Oran
16:00 Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the African Cup and World Cup military		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	13', 79' Hamia	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

27 January 2017 Round 17	Olympique de Médéa	1 – 0	MC Oran	Médéa
15:00	Sbia 77'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

4 February 2017 Round 18	MC Oran	2 – 2	RC Relizane	Oran
16:00	Benayad 68' (o.g.) Chérif 79'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	28' Benayad 45+2' Guebli	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

9 February 2017 Round 19	USM Bel-Abbès	2 – 0	MC Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Zouari 45' Balegh 58'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Merzak Halalchi

21 April 2017 Round 20	MC Oran	0 – 0	MC Alger	Oran
17:00 Match rescheduled due to MC Alger competing in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

23 February 2017 Round 21	USM El Harrach	0 – 0	MC Oran	El Harrach
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

3 March 2017 Round 22	MC Oran	0 – 0	CA Batna	Oran
16:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / EPTV Terrestre		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

11 March 2017 Round 23	NA Hussein Dey	1 – 0	MC Oran	Mohamed Belouizdad
15:00	Bendebka 26' (pen.)	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

29 April 2017 Round 24	MC Oran	0 – 0	JS Kabylie	Oran
17:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

6 May 2017 Round 25	MC Oran	1 – 0	ES Sétif	Oran
16:00	Chérif 77'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

16 May 2017 Round 26	USM Alger	2 – 1	MC Oran	Bologhine
17:45	Andria 48' Meziane 88'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	90+3' Hamidi	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

20 May 2017 Round 27	MC Oran	2 – 1	MO Béjaïa	Oran
16:00	Chérif 11' Bentiba 32'	Report Live TV: None	60' Athmani	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Merzak Halalchi

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

10 June 2017 Round 29	MC Oran	2 – 2	DRB Tadjenanet	Oran
17:00	Souibaâh 8' Bentiba 29'	Report Live TV: None	55' Noubli 62' Aib	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

14 June 2017 Round 30	CS Constantine	1 – 0	MC Oran	Constantine
17:00	Rebih 3'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

Algerian Cup

24 November 2016 Round of 64	MC Oran	2–0	MC El Eulma	Oran
14:45	Bentiba 43', 81' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bekkouassa, Rimouch, Asclou

16 December 2016 Round of 32	ASO Chlef	2–1	MC Oran	Chlef
16:00	Boutiba 78' Meddahi 87'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3	Delhoum 9'	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Bekouassa, Hamlaoui, Benoua

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abderaouf Natèche	31	0	30	0	1	0
30	GK	ALG	Abdellah Belarbi	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
27	DF	ALG	Amir Aguid	10	0	10	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Farid Bellabès	22	0	20	0	2	0
49	DF	ALG	Abderrahmane Belaha	9	0	9	0	0	0
42	DF	ALG	Réda Halaïmia	19	0	19	0	0	0
3	DF	ALG	Chemseddine Nessakh	28	2	27	2	1	0
15	DF	ALG	Zine El-Abidine Sebbah	19	0	17	0	2	0
Midfielders
10	MF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Aouad	21	0	20	0	1	0
14	MF	ALG	Abdelhafid Benamara	13	0	12	0	1	0
11	MF	ALG	Abdellah Bencheikh	18	1	17	1	1	0
8	MF	ALG	Mohamed Bentiba	28	7	26	5	2	2
21	MF	ALG	Omar Boudoumi	27	0	25	0	2	0
5	MF	ALG	Mourad Delhoum	24	1	23	0	1	1
25	MF	ALG	Rachid Ferrahi	29	1	27	1	2	0
24	MF	ALG	Hamza Heriat	25	0	23	0	2	0
Forwards
	FW	ALG	Abderrazek Belal	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	ALG	Mohamed Bennaï	15	0	15	0	0	0
23	FW	ALG	Hicham Chérif	29	7	27	7	2	0
	FW	ALG	Boumediene Freifer	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Noureddine Gaïd	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Walid Hamidi	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Nordine Mouloud Hassani	5	0	4	0	1	0
7	FW	ALG	Abdeslam Moussi	10	0	10	0	0	0
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Souibaâh	26	6	24	6	2	0
27	FW	ALG	Kamel Zeghli	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
	DF	ALG	Salim Benali	7	0	5	0	2	0
	MF	ALG	Tayeb Berramla	7	0	6	0	1	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Cup	TOTAL
23	Hicham Chérif	FW	6	0	6
9	Mohamed Souibaâh	FW	6	0	6
8	Mohamed Bentiba	MF	4	2	6
3	Chemseddine Nessakh	DF	2	0	2
11	Abdellah Bencheikh	MF	1	0	1
25	Rachid Ferrahi	MF	1	0	1
-	Walid Hamidi	FW	1	0	1
5	Mourad Delhoum	DF	0	1	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			19	3	22

Squad list

As of January 15, 2017.^[1]

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	Abderaouf Natèche (captain)
3	DF	ALG	Chemseddine Nessakh
5	DF	ALG	Mourad Delhoum
7	FW	ALG	Abdeslam Moussi
8	MF	ALG	Mohamed Bentiba
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Souibaâh
10	MF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Aouad
11	MF	ALG	Abdellah Bencheikh
14	MF	ALG	Abdelhafid Benamara
15	DF	ALG	Zine El-Abidine Sebbah
16	GK	ALG	Hichem Makhloufi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	ALG	Farid Bellabès
19	FW	ALG	Mohamed Bennaï
20	DF	ALG	Amir Aguid
21	MF	ALG	Omar Boudoumi
23	FW	ALG	Hicham Chérif
24	MF	ALG	Hamza Heriat
25	MF	ALG	Rachid Ferrahi
27	DF	ALG	Kamel Zeghli
30	GK	ALG	Abdellah Belarbi
42	DF	ALG	Réda Halaïmia

Transfers

In


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	ALG	Amir Aguid (from MO Béjaïa^[2])
25	DF	ALG	Salim Benali (from MO Béjaïa)
6	DF	ALG	Adel Gafaiti (from Norwich City^[3])
15	DF	ALG	Zine El Abidine Sebbah (from ASM Oran)
10	MF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Aouad (from ASM Oran)
8	MF	ALG	Mohamed Bentiba (from ASM Oran^[2])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ALG	Omar Boudoumi (from ASM Oran^[2])
5	MF	ALG	Mourad Delhoum (from ES Sétif^[4])
25	MF	ALG	Rachid Ferrahi (from JS Kabylie^[2])
24	MF	ALG	Hamza Heriat (from USM Blida)
23	FW	ALG	Hicham Chérif (from USM Blida^[2])
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Souibaâh (from Paradou AC)

Out


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ALG	Rabah Aïch (to CR Belouizdad^[5])
—	DF	ALG	Hassouna Benchaïb (Unattached)
—	DF	ALG	Mohamed Benyahia (to USM Alger^[6])
—	DF	ALG	Nabil Yaâlaoui (to CA Bordj Bou Arreridj)
—	MF	ALG	Sofiane Chlaoua (to ASM Oran)
—	MF	ALG	Hacène El Okbi (to Al Ittihad Alexandria^[7])
—	MF	ALG	Walid Hellal (to RC Relizane)
—	MF	ALG	Khaled Lemmouchia (retired)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ALG	Merouane Dahar (to USM El Harrach)
—	DF	ALG	Chafik Bourzama (to Unattached)
—	DF	ALG	Hamza Hamdadou (to MC El Eulma)
—	DF	ALG	Abdelmalek Merbah (to JSM Béjaïa)
—	MF	ALG	Seddik Berradja (to ASM Oran)
—	MF	ALG	Kamel Larbi (Unattached)
—	FW	ALG	Walid Athmani (to USM El Harrach)
—	FW	LBY	Mohamed Zubya (to ES Tunis^[8])
—	DF	ALG	Salim Benali (to MO Béjaïa^[9])

References

^ "MC Oran squad 2016–17". Soccerway.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Transferts : Le MC Oran a bien entamé son mercato". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "MC Oran : un défenseur de Norwich va signer". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Mourad Delhoum, 12e recrue: Les choses sérieuses commencent aujourd'hui au centre d'El-Bez". djazairess.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "CRB : Naâmani et Aïch belouizdadis !". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Ligue 1/Transfert: signature imminente de Benyahia à l'USM Alger". aps.dz. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "Mercato : Hichem Okbi s'engage avec l'Ittihad d'Alexandrie". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "MC Oran : Zabiya signe à l'ES Tunis". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "MOB : Benali signe pour deux ans". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[table_hth_MCO0.40666427156267-1] 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).

[table_hth_DRB0.40666427156267-2] DRB Tadjenanet ahead of CS Constantine on head-to-head record: CSC–DRB 4–2, DRB–CSC 1–0.

[3] "MC Oran squad 2016–17". Soccerway.

[renouvellent-4] "Transferts : Le MC Oran a bien entamé son mercato". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[5] "MC Oran : un défenseur de Norwich va signer". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "Mourad Delhoum, 12e recrue: Les choses sérieuses commencent aujourd'hui au centre d'El-Bez". djazairess.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[7] "CRB : Naâmani et Aïch belouizdadis !". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[8] "Ligue 1/Transfert: signature imminente de Benyahia à l'USM Alger". aps.dz. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[9] "Mercato : Hichem Okbi s'engage avec l'Ittihad d'Alexandrie". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[10] "MC Oran : Zabiya signe à l'ES Tunis". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[11] "MOB : Benali signe pour deux ans". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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