2024–25 USM Khenchela season

USM Khenchela 2024–25 football season

USM Khenchela

2024–25 season

Owner

Algérie Télécom
(from 1 August 2024)

President

Walid Boukrouma

Head coach

Hatem Missaoui
(from 4 August 2024)
(until 30 October 2024)
Chérif Hadjar
(from 11 November 2024)

Stadium

Round of 64

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season, is USM Khenchela's 5th season and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Khenchela are participating in the Algerian Cup. On June 27, 2024, The federal office approved the calendar for the 2024–25 Ligue 1 season with the aim of ending on May 31, 2025. The first round is scheduled for September 14, this delay is motivated both by an extended end of the 2023–24 season but also by the holding of early presidential elections which will take place on September 7, 2024. However, the Ligue de Football Professionnel decided to postpone the start of the Ligue 1 by a week, on September 21.

On August 1, 2024, Algérie Télécom and Union Sportive de la Médina Khenchela have signed a partnership agreement, making Algérie Télécom the official sponsor. The signing ceremony took place at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Algérie Télécom in Algiers, in the presence of the Chairman and CEO of Algérie Télécom and the President of USM Khenchela Walid Boukrouma. Knowing that Algérie Télécom has started procedures to buy the club, this partnership is part of a global approach aimed at supporting the club in the development and strengthening of its capacities for the 2024–25 season.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 June 2024.
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
	Sofiane Khedairia	GK	(1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 35)	Al-Shoulla
	Oussama Litim	GK	(1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 34)	MC Alger
Defenders
	Nabil Saâdou	CB	(1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 34)	Al-Jabalain FC
	Hamza Rebiai	CB	(1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 30)	CS Constantine
	Mohamed Guemroud	RB	(1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 30)	JS Kabylie
	Abdelhafid Hoggas	CB	(1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 32)	MO Constantine
	Ibrahim Hachoud	CB	(2000-03-05)5 March 2000 (aged 24)	Al-Ittihad
	Irenée Togbedji Glele	CB	(1999-06-28)28 June 1999 (aged 25)	AS Vita Club
	Moise Gbai	LB	(1999-06-05)5 June 1999 (aged 25)	SOL FC
	Oussama Kaddour	LB	(1997-05-12)12 May 1997 (aged 27)	Olympique de Médéa
	Aymen Chaaraoui	RB	(1997-07-26)26 July 1997 (aged 27)	US Souf
Midfielders
	Abdelhakim Sameur (C.)	DM	(1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 33)	US Biskra
	Badreddine Touki	DM	(1999-09-25)25 September 1999 (aged 24)	WA Boufarik
	Ahmida Zenasni	DM	(1993-07-10)10 July 1993 (aged 31)	ASO Chlef
	Mohamed Reda Boumechra	AM	(1997-06-03)3 June 1997 (aged 27)	JS Kabylie
	Mohamed Islam Bakir	CM	(1996-07-13)13 July 1996 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad
	Samir Aiboud	CM	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 31)	Mudhar
	Moussa Coulibaly	DM	(1995-02-15)15 February 1995 (aged 29)	AS Arta/Solar7
Forwards
	Chouaib Debbih	LW	(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 31)	MC Alger
	Prince Ibara	ST	(1996-02-07)7 February 1996 (aged 28)	Hong Linh Ha Tinh

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee
5 August 2024	FW	Prince Ibara	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Free transfer
5 August 2024	GK	Oussama Litim	MC Alger	Free transfer
5 August 2024	MF	Mohamed Reda Boumechra	JS Kabylie	Free transfer
5 August 2024	DM	Ahmida Zenasni	ASO Chlef	Free transfer
5 August 2024	RB	Aymen Chaaraoui	US Souf	Free transfer
5 August 2024	MF	Mohamed Islam Bakir	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer
5 August 2024	FW	Hamid Djaouchi	Al-Qaisumah	Free transfer
5 August 2024	MF	Samir Aiboud	Mudhar	Free transfer
5 August 2024	DF	Amar Khaled Nèche	Al-Qaisumah	Free transfer
7 August 2024	LB	Moise Gbai	SOL FC	Free transfer
13 August 2024	CB	Irenée Togbedji Glele	AS Vita Club	Free transfer
20 August 2024	CB	Ibrahim Hachoud	Al-Ittihad	Free transfer
10 September 2024	DM	Badreddine Touki	MC Alger	Free transfer

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee
10 July 2024	RB	Abdellah Meddah	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer
18 July 2024	FW	Tosin Omoyele	CS Constantine	Free transfer
24 July 2024	CM	Sid Ali Lamri	Olympique Akbou	Free transfer

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	—	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Algerian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Updated to match played 23 May 2024
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2024–25 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	MC Alger	11	4	6	1	8	6	+2	18
5	MC Oran	13	5	3	5	12	11	+1	18
6	USM Khenchela	13	4	5	4	9	11	−2	17
7	ASO Chlef	14	3	8	3	10	10	0	17
8	USM Alger	10	4	5	1	7	3	+4	17

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: the-sports.org
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:

^ Head-to-head points: MC Alger 3; MC Oran 0.
^ Head-to-head points: USM Khenchela 4; ASO Chlef 3; USM Alger 1; Olympique Akbou 1.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 23 May 2024.
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
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2024. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 July 2024.

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

JS Saoura v USM Khenchela

27 September 2024 Round 2	JS Saoura	1–1	USM Khenchela	Béchar
16:00	Boutiche 79' (pen.)	Report	Kaddour 27'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Tayeb Benyabka

USM Khenchela v CR Belouizdad

2 October 2024 Round 1	USM Khenchela	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Khenchela
16:00		Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Yahia Dehar

USM Khenchela v ES Mostaganem

6 October 2024 Round 3	USM Khenchela	2–0	ES Mostaganem	Khenchela
16:00	Bakir 20', 78'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

USM Khenchela v MC Alger

18 October 2024 Round 5	USM Khenchela	0–1	MC Alger	Khenchela
16:00		Report	Halaïmia 35'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

ASO Chlef v USM Khenchela

22 October 2024 Round 4	ASO Chlef	1–1	USM Khenchela	Chlef
16:00	Bourdim 31' (pen.)		Bakir 53'	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Bilel Soltani VAR: Mustapha Ghorbal

JS Kabylie v USM Khenchela

26 October 2024 Round 6	JS Kabylie	1–0	USM Khenchela	Tizi Ouzou
17:30	Bwalya 28'	Report		Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine VAR: Lahlou Benbraham

USM Khenchela v NC Magra

2 November 2024 Round 7	USM Khenchela	1–0	NC Magra	Khenchela
15:00	Boumechra 33'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

Paradou AC v USM Khenchela

8 November 2024 Round 8	Paradou AC	4–0	USM Khenchela	Algiers
16:45	Salem 26' Kohili 42', 68' Boulbina 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Yahia Dehar VAR: Houssam Benyahia

USM Khenchela v CS Constantine

15 November 2024 Round 9	USM Khenchela	1–0	CS Constantine	Khenchela
15:00	Boumechra 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

MC Oran v USM Khenchela

22 November 2024 Round 10	MC Oran	0–0	USM Khenchela	Bir El Djir
17:45		Report		Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham VAR: Mehdi Oukil

USM Khenchela v Olympique Akbou

30 November 2024 Round 11	USM Khenchela	1–0	Olympique Akbou	Khenchela
15:00	Djaouchi 67'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

USM Khenchela v ES Sétif

7 December 2024 Round 12	USM Khenchela	2–3	ES Sétif	Khenchela
15:00	Aiboud 45+1' Djaouchi 84'	Report	Boubekeur 55' Chaabi 77' Gattal 90+2'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

USM Khenchela v US Biskra

21 December 2024 Round 14	USM Khenchela	0–0	US Biskra	Khenchela
15:00		Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Redouane Allou

USM Alger v USM Khenchela

Round 13	USM Alger	–	USM Khenchela	Algiers
:				Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet

MC El Bayadh v USM Khenchela

Round 15	MC El Bayadh	–	USM Khenchela	El Bayadh
:				Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

CR Belouizdad v USM Khenchela

Round 16	CR Belouizdad	–	USM Khenchela	Algiers
:				Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet

USM Khenchela v JS Saoura

Round 17	USM Khenchela	–	JS Saoura	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

ES Mostaganem v USM Khenchela

Round 18	ES Mostaganem	–	USM Khenchela	Mostaganem
:				Stadium: Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium

USM Khenchela v ASO Chlef

Round 19	USM Khenchela	–	ASO Chlef	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

MC Alger v USM Khenchela

Round 20	MC Alger	–	USM Khenchela	Douera
:				Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium

USM Khenchela v JS Kabylie

Round 21	USM Khenchela	–	JS Kabylie	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

NC Magra v USM Khenchela

Round 22	NC Magra	–	USM Khenchela	Magra
:				Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium

USM Khenchela v Paradou AC

Round 23	USM Khenchela	–	Paradou AC	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

CS Constantine v USM Khenchela

Round 24	CS Constantine	–	USM Khenchela	Constantine
:				Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

USM Khenchela v MC Oran

Round 25	USM Khenchela	–	MC Oran	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Olympique Akbou v USM Khenchela

Round 26	Olympique Akbou	–	USM Khenchela	Béjaïa
:				Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

ES Sétif v USM Khenchela

Round 27	ES Sétif	–	USM Khenchela	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

USM Khenchela v USM Alger

Round 28	USM Khenchela	–	USM Alger	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

US Biskra v USM Khenchela

Round 29	US Biskra	–	USM Khenchela	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

USM Khenchela v MC El Bayadh

Round 30	USM Khenchela	–	MC El Bayadh	Khenchela
:				Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Algerian Cup

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 18 June 2024

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				0		0	0		0	0		0

Last updated: 23 May 2024
Source:

Goalscorers

As of 18 June 2024

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	TOTAL
				0	0	0
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				0	0	0

Clean sheets

As of 18 June 2024

Notes

The match between ASO Chlef and USM Khenchela is postponed from October 12, to October 22, 2024, due to the presence of three players from ASO Chlef with their national teams, Mohutsiwa with Botswana, Mahamadou Moussa with Niger and Agbagno with Togo.

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