The 2025–26 season, is JS Saoura's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Alger are participating 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. The Ligue 1 will kick off on Thursday, August 21, 2025, and conclude with the 30th and final matchday on May 16, 2026. As in recent years, league matches will be held every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, offering better scheduling balance and improved logistical conditions for clubs and broadcasters.

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 1 Abdelkader Salhi GK MC El Bayadh 16 Zakaria Seggari GK Reserve team 30 Mohamed Merhab GK Reserve team Defenders 2 Riyane Akacem CB Reserve team 4 Fayçal Mebarki CB Reserve team 6 Hamza Mouali LB JS Kabylie 13 Nasreddine Zaalani CB Al-Khaldiya SC 14 Ilyes Haddouche CB ES Ben Aknoun 15 Issameddine Tahouri CB Reserve team 24 Abdenour Barkat RB Reserve team Midfielders 5 Abdelkader Boutiche DM ES Ben Aknoun 8 Abdelhak Khoumani AM Reserve team 17 Mohamed Goumaidi AM RA Aïn Defla 19 Constant Wayou AM FC San Pédro 20 Sid Ahmed Matallah DM JS Kabylie 22 Housseyn Selmi DM CR Belouizdad 23 Khaled Allaoui DM Reserve team 25 Adel Bouchiba DM Olympique de Médéa 27 Mostapha Badaoui DM Reserve team Forwards 7 Laid Ayad ST Reserve team 9 Stéphane Bédi ST FC San Pédro 10 Nour El Islam Fettouhi RW USM Alger 11 Ismail Saadi LW ES Sétif 21 Oussama Bentaleb RW JS Guir 26 Anas Yusuf LW Nasarawa United 29 Sikiru Alimi ST Remo Stars

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 19 July 2025 AM Constant Wayou FC San Pédro Free transfer 28 August 2025 DM Semelo Gueï Unattached Free transfer Winter DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 24 January 2026 AM Mohamed Goumaidi RA Aïn Defla Free transfer 27 January 2026 LB Hamza Mouali JS Kabylie Loan 31 January 2026 GK Abdelkader Salhi MC El Bayadh Undisclosed 31 January 2026 LW Anas Yusuf Nasarawa United Undisclosed 31 January 2026 DM Housseyn Selmi Unattached Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 14 July 2025 GK Abdelkader Morcely USM Khenchela Free transfer 28 July 2025 ST Mohamed Souibaâh ES Ben Aknoun Free transfer Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 14 January 2026 RW Farouk Laoufi Olympique Akbou Free transfer 29 January 2026 GK Abdennasser Djoudar Unattached Free transfer (Released) 29 January 2026 DM Semelo Gueï Unattached Free transfer (Released) 29 January 2026 CM Juba Oukaci Unattached Free transfer (Released) 31 January 2026 LW Mohamed El Amine Hammia Unattached Free transfer (Released) 31 January 2026 LB Rafik Brahimi ES Ben Aknoun 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

| 2nd | 21 August 2025 | 5 June 2026 |- | Algerian Cup

| Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 6 December 2025 | 4 March 2026 |- ! 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

|1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Salhi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |12||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |13||12||0 |- |16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Seggari |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 |- |30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Merhab |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders |- |2 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Riyane Akacem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |31||31||3 |- |4 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Fayçal Mebarki |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |18||12||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |21||15||1

|6 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Hamza Mouali |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |14||12||0

|13 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Nasreddine Zaalani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |27||25||1

|14 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Ilyes Haddouche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |25||19||0

|15 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Issameddine Tahouri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||0

|24 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Abdenour Barkat |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |24||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||18||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders |- |5 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Boutiche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |24||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|8 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |28||24||9 |- |8 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Abdelhak Khoumani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |6||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |9||4||0 |- |17 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Goumaidi |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 |- |19 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Constant Wayou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |28||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |31||25||2 |- |20 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Sid Ahmed Matallah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||15||0 |- |22 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Housseyn Selmi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |12||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |13||11||0

|23 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Khaled Allaoui |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |24||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |26||20||1

|25 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Adel Bouchiba |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||5||0

|27 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Mostapha Badaoui |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||2||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards

|7 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Laid Ayad |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |9||2||0

|9 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Stéphane Bédi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |11||7||0 |- |10 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Nour El Islam Fettouhi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||21||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||25||4 |- |11 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Ismail Saadi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|7 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||21||7

|21 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Bentaleb |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|6 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |30||19||8 |- |26 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Anas Yusuf |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |9||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||3||1

|29 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Sikiru Alimi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |24||15||4 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Players transferred out during the season |- style="font-style:italic" |1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Abdennasser Djoudar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |12 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Semelo Gueï |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |9||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||1||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |17 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Farouk Laoufi |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 |- style="font-style:italic" |18 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Juba Oukaci |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |8||3||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |26 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed El Amine Hammia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||9||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |14||9||2 |- style="font-style:italic" |6 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Rafik Brahimi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |9||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |11||10||0 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|30||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|40 !colspan=2|4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5 !colspan=2|34||45

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.