The 2025–26 season, was MC El Bayadh's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, MC El Bayadh participated in that 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.

Review Background

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2026.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Name Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 16 Mohamed Tayeb Cherif GK NC Magra 25 Abdennasser Djoudar GK JS Saoura 30 Nabil Bouchikhi GK Reserve team Defenders 3 Sabri Benbrahim LB HB Chelghoum Laïd 4 M'Hamed Merouani CB NC Magra 12 Adel Haddad LB JS Djijel 14 Oussama Yerou CB GC Mascara 20 Zahreddine Benabda RB MSP Batna 23 Abdellah Meddah RB ES Mostaganem 26 Belaid Kouar CB Unattached Midfielders 5 Adel Ghanem DM Olympique Akbou 8 Mortada Keniche CM WA Mostaganem 10 Khalid Dahamni AM Free agent 13 Seddik Senhadji DM MC Oran 18 Islameddine Kaidi AM CA Batna 21 Ahmed Mahboub AM Paradou AC 27 Ilyes Atallah AM JS Saoura 28 Mouatez Bouchoucha CM ES Sétif Forwards 7 Lounes Adjout ST Olympique Akbou 9 Abdelhakim Amokrane ST Bisha 11 Hassen Taabli LW Unattached 15 Fodil Belkhadem ST ES Mostaganem 17 Kamel Belmiloud RW JS Saoura 19 Abdelillah Barkat ST RC Relizane 22 Ilyes Yaiche RW USM Khenchela 24 Dhiyaeddine Benyahia LW CA Batna 29 Abdelkader Chelali ST Reserve team

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 26 July 2025 GK Mohamed Tayeb Cherif NC Magra Free transfer 26 July 2025 CB Chemseddine Lakehal NC Magra Free transfer 26 July 2025 CB M'Hamed Merouani NC Magra Free transfer 26 July 2025 LB Adel Haddad JS Djijel Free transfer 26 July 2025 LB Omar Zeggai WA Tlemcen Free transfer 26 July 2025 CM Mortada Khir Eddine Keniche WA Mostaganem Free transfer 26 July 2025 CM Ahmed Amine Mahboub Paradou AC Free transfer 26 July 2025 AM Islam Eddine Kaidi CA Batna Free transfer 26 July 2025 RW Dhiya Eddine Benyahia CA Batna Free transfer 26 July 2025 ST Abdelhakim Amokrane Bisha Free transfer 11 August 2025 DM Adel Ghanem Olympique Akbou Free transfer 11 August 2025 AM Khalid Dahamni Unattached Free transfer 11 August 2025 ST Lounas Adjout Olympique Akbou Free transfer 30 August 2025 DM Oussama Chita Unattached Free transfer Winter DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 31 January 2026 GK Abdennasser Djoudar Unattached Free transfer 31 January 2026 DM Seddik Senhadji Unattached Free transfer 31 January 2026 LB Sabri Benbrahim HB Chelghoum Laïd Free transfer 31 January 2026 CB Belaid Kouar Unattached Free transfer 31 January 2026 AM Hassen Taabli Unattached Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 26 July 2025 MF Alaeddine Belaribi MB Rouissat Free transfer 26 July 2025 DF Aïssa Boudechicha ES Sétif Free transfer 28 July 2025 DF Yacine Zeghad MB Rouissat Free transfer 29 July 2025 FW Mohamed Toumi Sief ES Mostaganem Free transfer 29 July 2025 MF Abdellah El Moudene ES Mostaganem Free transfer 2 August 2025 DF Kheireddine Benamrane Olympique Akbou Free transfer Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 19 January 2026 DM Oussama Chita JS El Biar Free transfer 21 January 2026 CB Khaled Bouhakak MB Rouissat Free transfer 31 January 2026 GK Abdelkader Salhi JS Saoura Undisclosed 31 January 2026 DM Ammar El Orfi MB Rouissat Undisclosed 31 January 2026 LW Oussama Khiari Unattached Free transfer (Released)

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

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 16th | 22 August 2025 | 5 June 2026 |- | Algerian Cup

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 4 December 2025 | 4 December 2025 |- ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches The league fixtures were announced on 31 July 2025.

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

Algerian Cup

Squad information Appearances and goals

{| 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 |- |16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Tayeb Cherif |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||5||0

|25 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Abdennasser Djoudar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||10||0 |- |30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Nabil Bouchikhi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders |- |3 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Sabri Benbrahim |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

|4 |CB |style="text-align:left"|M'Hamed Merouani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |26||26||0 |- |12 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Adel Haddad |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |16||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |17||12||0

|14 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Yerou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||21||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |23||21||0

|20 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Zahreddine Benabda |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |21||19||0

|23 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Abdellah Meddah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |16||15||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |17||16||0 |- |26 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Belaid Kouar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||3||0 |- |31 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Bilal Barkat |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders |- |5 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Adel Ghanem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |18||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |18||6||0 |- |8 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Mortada Keniche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |27||25||2

|10 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Khalid Dahamni |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||9||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |24||10||0

|13 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Seddik Senhadji |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |7||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |7||4||0

|18 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Islameddine Kaidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||16||1

|21 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Ahmed Mahboub |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||1||0

|27 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Ilyes Atallah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||21||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||22||0 |- |28 |CM |style="text-align:left"| Mouatez Bouchoucha |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |7||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |8||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards |- |7 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Lounes Adjout |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||17||1 |- |9 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Abdelhakim Amokrane |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||7||1

|11 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Hassen Taabli |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |15 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Fodil Belkhadem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |30||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |31||22||0 |- |17 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Kamel Belmiloud |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |24||12||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |25||12||2

|19 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Abdelillah Barkat |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||9||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |15||9||2 |- |22 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Ilyes Yaiche |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 |- |24 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Dhiyaeddine Benyahia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||15||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |26||16||3 |- |29 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Chelali |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 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Players transferred out during the season |- style="font-style:italic" |13 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Chita |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |11||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||11||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |2 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Khaled Bouhakak |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |9||9||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||10||1 |- style="font-style:italic" |26 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Khiari |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |12||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||4||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Salhi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |14||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |15||15||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |6 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Ammar El Orfi