The 2022–23 season, was USM Khenchela's 3rd season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Khenchela participated in the Algerian Cup. On May 21, 2022, USM Khenchela were promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 returns to the national elite that it left almost 50 years ago. The Ciskaoua will thus once again taste the sensations of the Ligue 1 where they had played for two seasons at the beginning of the 1970s. On February 2, 2023, an agreement was signed between Groupe Cosider and USM Khenchela, under this agreement which covers a renewable year, the club will benefit from financial support during the 2022–23 sports season. This agreement initialed in the presence of the Wali of Khenchela, aims underlined the CEO of Cosider to support the evolution of the club through a sponsorship formula, under which Groupe Cosider will financially support all of the activities of USM Khenchela.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2023.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Nat. Position Name Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 GK Oussama Filali US Chaouia 16 GK Abdelhamid Brahimi RC Kouba Defenders 2 CB Anes Saad CR Ben Badis 5 CB Nabil Saâdou Al-Jabalain FC 12 LB Oussama Kaddour Olympique de Médéa 15 LB Abdelhalim Ameur 21 RB Aymen Attou MC Alger 22 CB Mohamed Achref Aib HB Chelghoum Laïd 25 CB Abdelhafid Hoggas MO Constantine 26 RB Abdellah Meddah ASO Chlef Midfielders 8 MF Abdelhakim Sameur US Biskra 10 MF Mohamed Yacine Athmani US Biskra 14 MF Foued Hadded HB Chelghoum Laïd 18 MF Hamza Ziad AS Ain M'lila 27 MF Sid Ali Lamri HB Chelghoum Laïd Forwards 7 FW Sofiane Bayazid AS Khroub 9 FW Ilyes Yaiche Qadsia SC 11 FW Hamza Zaidi MC Alger 13 FW Mohamed Amine Semahi WA Tlemcen 17 FW Abderrahmane Bacha USM Alger 19 FW Maxwell Baakoh Sahab SC 20 FW Tosin Omoyele Enyimba
Transfers In Summer DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 2 August 2022 DF Aymen Attou MC Alger Free transfer 2 August 2022 FW Hamza Zaidi MC Alger Free transfer 2 August 2022 MF Abdessamad Bounoua MC Oran Free transfer 17 August 2022 FW Tosin Omoyele Enyimba Free transfer 18 August 2022 FW Maxwell Baakoh Asante Kotoko Free transfer Winter DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 18 January 2023 FW Ilyes Yaiche Qadsia SC Free transfer 24 January 2023 MF Sid Ali Lamri HB Chelghoum Laïd Free transfer 2 February 2023 CB Anes Saad CR Ben Badis Free transfer 5 February 2023 FW Abderrahmane Bacha USM Alger Loan
Out Winter DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 19 January 2023 MF Mohammed Essaid Bourahla NC Magra Free transfer 22 January 2023 FW Mounir Aichi NC Magra Free transfer 5 February 2023 FW Chakib Berkani NC Magra Free transfer
Competitions Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1
| 8th | 27 August 2022 | 15 July 2023 |- | Algerian Cup
| Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 20 December 2022 | 28 April 2023 |- ! Total
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.
Algerian Cup
Squad information Playing statistics
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL 7 Sofiane Bayazid FW 12 2 1419 Maxwell Baakoh FW 5 1 6 8 Abdelhakim Sameur MF 2 1 3 9 Ilyes Yaiche FW 1 1 220 Tosin Omoyele FW 2 0 211 Hamza Zaidi FW 1 0 112 Oussama Kaddour DF 1 0 123 Chakib Berkani MF 1 0 110 Mohamed Yassine Athmani MF 1 0 1 5 Nabil Saâdou DF 1 0 127 Sid Ali Lamri MF 1 0 113 Mohamed Amine Semahi FW 1 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 29 5 34
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