In the 2008–09 season, MC Alger competed in the National 1 for the 38th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 August 2009.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers1 Mohamed Benhamou GK AS Cannes22 Azzedine Doukha GK MO Béjaïa26 Mohamed Reda Ouamane GK MC Oran Defenders Redouane El-Falaki Unknown5 Smail Chaoui CB ASO Chlef25 Hamza Zeddam CB ES Sétif Brahim Boudebouda LB Reserve team15 Réda Babouche LB MO Constantine12 Moussa Coulibaly RB AS Bamako11 Abdelkader Besseghir RB RC Kouba Midfielders Fodil Hadjadj DM FC Nantes Chérif Touré Mamam Al Jazira Club Faris Khenniche DM US Créteil Farid Daoud DM Reserve team Bilal Moumen DM Reserve team13 Nassim Bouchema DM Reserve team21 Yacine Hammadou USM Annaba23 Hamza Koudri DM Reserve team17 Mamaar Bentoucha RM Unknown8 Faycal Badji AM CR Belouizdad20 Salim Boumechra AM ASM Oran Forwards29 Sofiane Younes LW USM El Harrach Abdenour Belkheir RW Reserve team Chakib Lachkham EGS Gafsa Mohamed Amroune ST Mons Safi Belghomari ST US Biskra Jean-Marc Benie ST Al-Nasr SC Farid Touil ST ES Sétif7 Hamza Yacef ST Wydad AC19 Hadj Bouguèche ST USM Blida

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 2 June 2008 MF Salim Boumechra ASM Oran Free transfer 23 June 2008 DF Abdelkader Besseghir RC Kouba Free transfer 30 June 2008 FW Hamza Yacef Wydad AC Free transfer 1 July 2008 MF Maâmar Bentoucha MC Saida Free transfer 1 July 2008 GK Azzedine Doukha MO Béjaïa Free transfer 1 July 2008 MF Yacine Hamadou USM Annaba Free transfer 1 July 2008 DF Nacer Boulekbache AS Khroub Loan 11 July 2008 FW Mohamed Boudjenah Kawkab Oran Free transfer 16 July 2008 DF Hamza Zeddam ES Sétif Free transfer 28 July 2008 FW Farid Touil ES Sétif Free transfer

Winter DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 1 January 2009 FW Jean-Marc Benie Al-Nasr SC Free transfer 1 January 2009 FW Chakib Lachkham EGS Gafsa loan for six months 7 January 2009 MF Faris Khenniche US Créteil Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 1 July 2008 DF Larbi Hosni USM Alger Free transfer 1 July 2008 DF Samir Galloul NA Hussein Dey Free transfer 1 July 2008 MF Farouk Belkaïd ES Sétif Free transfer 1 July 2008 FW Abdelmalek Cherrad SC Bastia Free transfer 1 July 2008 FW Rafan Sidibé MSP Batna Free transfer 1 July 2008 GK Sofiane Azzedine Unattached Free transfer 1 July 2008 FW Sofiane Mezraoui CR Belouizdad Free transfer 1 July 2008 CB Noureddine Kaddour RC Kouba Free transfer

Winter DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 1 January 2009 CB Sofiane Belaïd Unattached Free transfer 1 January 2009 FW Farid Touil CS Constantine Free transfer 1 January 2009 FW Nacer Boulekbache RC Kouba Free transfer 1 January 2009 FW Safi Belghomari MC Oran Free transfer 1 January 2009 FW Mohamed Boudjenah MC Oran Free transfer 1 January 2009 MF Chérif Touré Mamam Unattached Free transfer 1 January 2009 DF Imad Bella ESM Koléa Free transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions Overview CompetitionRecordStarted roundFinal position / roundFirst match Last match Division 1 5th 7 August 2008 28 May 2009 Algerian Cup Round of 64 Round of 32 15 January 2009 22 January 2009 Total

Division 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

Squad information Playing statistics {| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|No. ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Total |- !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!! |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center" |Goalkeepers

|1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Benhamou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |25||25||0

|22 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Azzedine Doukha |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||0

|26 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Reda Ouamane |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |6||6||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders

|style="text-align:left"|Redouane El-Falaki |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|5 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Smail Chaoui |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |18||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||17||0

|25 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Hamza Zeddam |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |28||26||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||27||0

|LB |style="text-align:left"|Brahim Boudebouda |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |17||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |17||14||0 |- |15 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Réda Babouche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |27||27||4

|12 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Moussa Coulibaly |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |24||24||2

|11 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Besseghir |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |28||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |30||29||0

|17 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mamaar Bentoucha |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |18||12||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||14||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders

|DM |style="text-align:left"|Fodil Hadjadj |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |16||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |18||18||0

|MF |style="text-align:left"|Chérif Touré Mamam |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |11||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |11||10||1

|DM |style="text-align:left"|Faris Khenniche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||0

|DM |style="text-align:left"|Farid Daoud |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |17||11||0

|DM |style="text-align:left"|Bilal Moumen |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |13 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Nassim Bouchema |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |9||5||1

|21 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Yacine Hammadou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||4||0

|23 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Hamza Koudri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |24||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |24||22||0

|8 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Faycal Badji |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |18||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||16||1

|20 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Salim Boumechra |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5 |22||16||10 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards |- |29 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Sofiane Younes |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||16||4

|RW |style="text-align:left"|Abdenour Belkheir |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |17||4||0

|style="text-align:left"|Chakib Lachkham |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |8||3||1

|ST |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Amroune |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |11||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |11||4||4

|ST |style="text-align:left"|Safi Belghomari |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |13||11||4

|ST |style="text-align:left"|Jean-Marc Benie |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||15||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|6 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |15||15||6

|ST |style="text-align:left"|Farid Touil |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |7||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |7||2||1

|7 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Hamza Yacef |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |13||10||1

|19 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Hadj Bouguèche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|6 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||21||6 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|32||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|40 !colspan=2|2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|9 !colspan=2|34||49

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL20 Salim Boumechra MF 5 5 1019 Hadj Bouguèche FW 6 0 6 Jean-Marc Benie FW 6 0 6 Safi Belghomari FW 4 0 4 Mohamed Amroune FW 4 0 429 Sofiane Younes FW 4 0 415 Réda Babouche DF 3 1 4 Abdenour Belkheir FW 0 2 212 Moussa Coulibaly DF 2 0 2 Farid Touil FW 1 0 1 Chérif Touré Mamam MF 1 0 18 Faycal Badji MF 1 0 1 Chakib Lachkham FW 1 0 17 Hamza Yacef ST 1 0 113 Nassim Bouchema DM 0 0 0Own Goals 0 1 1Totals 40 9 49

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