2025–26 ES Ben Aknoun season

The 2025–26 season, was ES Ben Aknoun's 2nd season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Ben Aknoun 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.

Review Background ES Ben Aknoun earned promotion back to Ligue 1 Mobilis after a successful season in Ligue 2 Centre-West. The club secured its return on Matchday 28 with a win over RC Arbaâ. Crowned champions with 67 points, the team finished with the best attack, the best defense, and the strongest record both at home and away. Under the guidance of Mohamed Bachir Manaâ, the squad blended young talents with experienced leaders. This promotion, the second in three years, confirms the club's progress as it now aims to establish itself more permanently in Ligue 1. On July 6, 2025, Mounir Zeghdoud was officially appointed as the new head coach of ES Ben Aknoun. The newly promoted club introduced its coach to the media during a press conference.

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 Dhayfallah Kadri GK ES Sétif 16 Kheireddine Boussouf GK CS Constantine 30 Amayas Boudedja GK Paradou AC Defenders 2 Aymen Chaaraoui RB USM Khenchela 3 Abdelkader Tamimi CB ES Mostaganem 4 Islam Chahrour CB MC El Bayadh 5 Hamza Oukali CB NC Magra 13 Chemseddine Lakehal CB NC Magra 15 Fateh Talah CB US Biskra 21 Rafik Brahimi LB JS Saoura 26 Wassim Khalouf LB 27 Abderahmane Hachoud RB MC Alger Midfielders 6 Massinissa Benchelouche CM JS Saoura 8 Alaa Eddine Aissani CM CR Belouizdad 20 Aziz Benabdi DM Free agent 22 Redouane Bounoua AM ASO Chlef 23 Nassim Yattou DM Paradou AC 29 Fadi Arrache DM Forwards 7 Adil Djabout ST NC Magra 9 Abdeljalil Saâd ST US Biskra 10 Badis Bouamama LW JSM Béjaïa 11 Ahmed Zaouache RW RC Arbaâ 14 Chakib Abri ST Reserve team 17 Yanis Allam ST 19 Mohamed Souibaâh ST JS Saoura 24 Mohamed Sylla ST MC Oran 25 Mohamed El Amine Hammia LW JS Saoura

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 17 July 2025 GK Kheireddine Boussouf CS Constantine Free transfer 27 July 2025 DM Nassim Yattou Paradou AC Free transfer 27 July 2025 ST Abdeljalil Saâd US Biskra Free transfer 27 July 2025 CB Aymen Chaaraoui USM Khenchela Free transfer 27 July 2025 ST Mohamed Souibaâh JS Saoura Free transfer 27 July 2025 ST Adil Djabout NC Magra Free transfer 1 August 2025 CB Fateh Talah US Biskra Free transfer 12 August 2025 CB Abdelkader Tamimi ES Mostaganem Free transfer

Winter DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 31 January 2026 LW Mohamed El Amine Hammia Unattached Free transfer 31 January 2026 LB Rafik Brahimi JS Saoura Free transfer 31 January 2026 ST Amayas Boudedja Paradou AC Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 29 July 2025 MF Kamel Belarbi MO Béjaïa Free transfer

Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 19 January 2026 GK Yanis Bentchakal Unattached Free transfer (Released) 31 January 2026 GK Mohamed Messaoud Salem JS Djijel 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"|Dhayfallah Kadri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||0 |- |16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Kheireddine Boussouf |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||28||0 |- |30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Amayas Boudedja |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 |- |2 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Aymen Chaaraoui |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |30||30||0 |- |3 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Tamimi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |22||21||1 |- |4 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Islam Chahrour |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |22||19||1 |- |5 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Hamza Oukali |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |21||12||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||13||2 |- |13 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Chemseddine Lakehal |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |27||23||5 |- |15 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Fateh Talah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |23||22||2

|21 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Rafik Brahimi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||8||1 |- |26 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Wassim Khalouf |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||1||0 |- |27 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Abderahmane Hachoud |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||26||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|7 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||27||7 |- |31 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Sari |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 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders |- |6 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Massinissa Benchelouche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |21||9||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |24||10||0 |- |8 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Alaa Eddine Aissani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |9 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Abdeljalil Saâd |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |29||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|7 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |31||25||8 |- |20 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Aziz Benabdi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |17||15||0 |- |22 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Redouane Bounoua |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 |- |23 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Nassim Yattou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |21||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |23||16||0 |- |29 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Fadi Arrache |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||0 |- |32 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Mohmed Belouchat |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 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards |- |7 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Adil Djabout |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |29||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|8 |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |32||17||8 |- |10 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Badis Bouamama |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |25||17||3 |- |11 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Ahmed Zaouache |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |29||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |31||24||2 |- |14 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Chakib Abri |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 |- |17 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Yanis Allam |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||0||0 |- |19 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Souibaâh |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |26||10||1 |- |24 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Sylla |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||11||3

|25 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed El Amine Hammia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |9||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |9||1||0 |- |33 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Mohmed Medjber |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||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"|Players transferred out during the season |- style="font-style:italic" |30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Yanis Bentchakal |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 |- style="font-style:italic" |21 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Messaoud Salem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||2||0 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|30||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|41 !colspan=2|2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 !colspan=2|32||45

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

2025–26 ES Ben Aknoun season

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