2025–26 USM Khenchela season

The 2025–26 season, was USM Khenchela's 6th season and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Khenchela participated in this 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.

On 20 January 2026, Algérie Télécom announced its takeover of the club.

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 1 Abdelkader Morcely GK JS Saoura 16 Oussama Litim GK MC Alger 30 Yasser Zitouni GK USM Alger Defenders 3 Wael Guerroudja CB USM Alger 4 Serge Badjo CB MC Alger 5 Badreddine Souyad CB CR Belouizdad 12 Zineddine Meddour CB Reserve team 15 Nabil Lamara LB Unattached 19 Abdelhamid Dris CB JS Kabylie 22 Mohamed Guemroud RB JS Kabylie Midfielders 6 Ahmida Zenasni DM ASO Chlef 7 Hadji Chekal Affari CM JS Kabylie 8 Abdelhakim Sameur (C.) DM US Biskra 11 Mohamed Islam Bakir CM CR Belouizdad 25 Aymen Bendaoud DM JS Kabylie 26 Mohamed Reda Boumechra AM JS Kabylie Forwards 9 Abdelhak Askar LW ES Mostaganem 10 Ammar Oukil RW Olympique Akbou 17 Ayoub Kabouche ST Reserve team 20 Ishak Boussouf RW MC Alger 21 Franck Etouga ST Haras El Hodoud 23 Edlin Essang-Matouti ST Al-Najma SC 24 Adem Aichouche ST ES Mostaganem 27 Hamid Djaouchi ST Al-Diriyah Club

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 14 July 2025 GK Abdelkader Morcely JS Saoura Free transfer 15 July 2025 ST Edlin Randy Essang-Matouti Al-Najma SC Free transfer 21 July 2025 ST Franck Etouga Haras El Hodoud Free transfer 6 August 2025 LB Mohamed Ezzemani ES Mostaganem Free transfer 21 August 2025 CB Badreddine Souyad CR Belouizdad Free transfer 21 August 2025 CB Abdelhamid Dris JS Kabylie Free transfer 23 August 2025 CB Serge Badjo MC Alger Free transfer 24 August 2025 CM Hadji Chekal Affari JS Kabylie Free transfer 31 August 2025 DM Aymen Bendaoud JS Kabylie Free transfer Winter DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 25 January 2026 LW Abdelhak Askar ES Mostaganem Free transfer 31 January 2026 ST Adem Aichouche ES Mostaganem Free transfer 31 January 2026 RW Ishak Boussouf Unattached Free transfer 31 January 2026 LB Nabil Lamara Unattached Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 7 July 2025 DF Oussama Kaddour MC Oran Free transfer 20 August 2025 DM Badreddine Touki MB Rouissat Free transfer Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 25 January 2026 DM Christopher Ngolo Unattached Free transfer (Released) 25 January 2026 LB Mohamed Ezzemani Unattached Free transfer (Released) 31 January 2026 CM Samir Aiboud ASO Chlef Free transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

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

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 |- |1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Morcely |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |6||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |6||5||0 |- |16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Litim |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |24||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |26||26||0 |- |30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Yasser Zitouni |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders |- |3 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Wael Guerroudja |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||2||0 |- |4 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Serge Badjo |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||12||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |15||12||0 |- |5 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Badreddine Souyad |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||20||0 |- |12 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Zineddine Meddour |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |13||4||0 |- |15 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Nabil Lamara |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||0||0 |- |19 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Abdelhamid Dris |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |28||28||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |30||30||2 |- |22 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Guemroud |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |29||28||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |31||30||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders |- |6 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Ahmida Zenasni |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |17||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |19||13||0 |- |7 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Hadji Chekal Affari |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||24||4 |- |8 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Abdelhakim Sameur |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||6||0 |- |11 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Islam Bakir |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |29||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |31||25||4 |- |25 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Aymen Bendaoud |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||24||0 |- |26 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Reda Boumechra |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |27||24||5 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards

|9 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Abdelhak Askar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |14||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |14||14||1 |- |10 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Ammar Oukil |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |29||15||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |31||17||2 |- |17 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Ayoub Kabouche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||0||0

|20 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Ishak Boussouf |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 |- |21 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Franck Etouga |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |29||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|9 |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |31||17||9 |- |23 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Edlin Essang-Matouti |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|6 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||24||6

|24 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Adem Aichouche |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 |- |27 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Hamid Djaouchi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |29||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |31||18||5 |- class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Players transferred out during the season |- style="font-style:italic" |9 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Ghorab |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 |- style="font-style:italic" |14 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Christopher Ngolo |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||0||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |13 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Ezzemani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |14||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |16||15||1 |- style="font-style:italic" |20 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Samir Aiboud |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |9||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||2||0 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|30||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|37 !colspan=2|2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 !colspan=2|32||39

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL21 Franck Etouga ST 9 0 923 Edlin Essang-Matouti ST 6 0 626 Mohamed Reda Boumechra AM 5 0 527 Hamid Djaouchi ST 4 1 511 Mohamed Islam Bakir CM 4 0 47 Hadji Chekal Affari CM 4 0 410 Ammar Oukil RW 1 1 25 Abdelhamid Dris CB 2 0 29 Abdelhak Askar LW 1 0 1Players transferred out during the season13 Mohamed Ezzemani LB 1 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 37 2 39

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Clean sheetsNameTotal1Abdelkader Morcely 61300016Oussama Litim 262481930Yasser Zitouni 22000TOTALS39819

Notes

References

2025–26 USM Khenchela season

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