2026–27 USM Khenchela season

The 2026–27 season, is USM Khenchela's 7th season and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Khenchela are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup.

Review Background

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 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 Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun GK Olympique Akbou 16 Oussama Litim GK MC Alger 30 Yasser Zitouni GK USM Alger Defenders 3 Nabil Lamara LB Unattached 4 Imadeddine Boubekeur CB ES Sétif 5 Youcef Douar CB ES Sétif 12 Zineddine Meddour CB Reserve team 18 Anouar Boukhalfa LB MO Béjaïa 19 Abdelhamid Dris CB JS Kabylie 21 Ibrahim Hachoud CB MC Oran 27 Zakaria Zaitri RB US Biskra Midfielders 6 Ahmida Zenasni DM ASO Chlef 8 Abdelhakim Sameur DM US Biskra 10 Mehdi Boukassi AM SFC Opava 11 Adem Chaibi AM CA Batna 14 Issouf Kamara CM ASEC Mimosas 17 Sid Ahmed Matallah DM JS Saoura 22 Necer Benzid CM CR Belouizdad 24 Ayobami Junior CM Shooting Stars 25 Aymen Bendaoud DM JS Kabylie Forwards 7 Abdelhak Askar LW ES Mostaganem 9 Almamy Fall ST ASC Jaraaf 15 Massinissa Nezla ST JS Kabylie 23 Faik Amrane LW MB Rouissat 29 Alhassane Camara RW Hafia FC

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 20 July 2026 GK Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun Olympique Akbou Free transfer 20 July 2026 CM Necer Benzid CR Belouizdad Free transfer 20 July 2026 CB Youcef Douar ES Sétif Free transfer 20 July 2026 DM Sid Ahmed Matallah JS Saoura Free transfer 20 July 2026 AM Adem Chaibi CA Batna Free transfer 20 July 2026 CB Imadeddine Boubekeur ES Sétif Free transfer 20 July 2026 LW Faik Amrane MB Rouissat Free transfer 20 July 2026 RW Alhassane Camara Hafia FC Free transfer 20 July 2026 LB Anouar Boukhalfa ES Sétif Free transfer 20 July 2026 CM Kamara Issouf ASEC Mimosas Free transfer 22 July 2026 CB Ibrahim Hachoud MC Oran Free transfer 25 July 2026 CM Ayobami Junior Shooting Stars Free transfer 3 August 2026 ST Almamy Fall ASC Jaraaf Free transfer 23 August 2026 RB Zakaria Zaitri US Biskra Free transfer 23 August 2026 AM Mehdi Boukassi SFC Opava Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 15 June 2026 AM Mohamed Reda Boumechra ES Sétif Free transfer 30 June 2026 ST Edlin Essang-Matouti MC Oran Free transfer 7 July 2026 CM Mohamed Islam Bakir CS Constantine Free transfer 7 July 2026 ST Hamid Djaouchi CS Constantine Free transfer 9 July 2026 GK Abdelkader Morcely CR Témouchent Free transfer 9 July 2026 CB Serge Badjo Simba SC Free transfer 10 July 2026 ST Franck Etouga CR Belouizdad Free transfer 14 July 2026 CM Hadji Chekal Affari CS Constantine Free transfer 16 July 2026 RB Mohamed Guemroud JS El Biar Free transfer 16 July 2026 RW Ammar Oukil JS El Biar Free transfer 17 July 2026 ST Adem Aichouche US Chaouia Free transfer 2 August 2026 ST Ayoub Kabouche MO Béjaïa Free transfer

New contracts PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource16 Oussama Litim

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 3 August 2026.

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"|Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun |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 |- |16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Litim |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Yasser Zitouni |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 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders |- |3 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Nabil Lamara |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |4 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Imadeddine Boubekeur |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||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"|Youcef Douar |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 |- |12 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Zineddine Meddour |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 |- |18 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Anouar Boukhalfa |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 |- |19 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Abdelhamid Dris |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |21 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Ibrahim Hachoud |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |27 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Zaitri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||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"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |8 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Abdelhakim Sameur |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |10 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Mehdi Boukassi |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 |- |11 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Adem Chaibi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |14 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Issouf Kamara |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |17 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Sid Ahmed Matallah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |22 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Necer Benzid |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |24 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Ayobami Junior |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 |- |25 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Aymen Bendaoud |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 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards

|7 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Abdelhak Askar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |9 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Almamy Fall |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |15 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Massinissa Nezla |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |23 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Faik Amrane |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |29 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Alhassane Camara |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 !colspan=2|0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 !colspan=2|0||0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL22 Necer Benzid CM 1 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 1 0 1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Clean sheetsNameTotal1Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun0000016Oussama Litim 3210130Yasser Zitouni 00000TOTALS2101

Notes

References

2026–27 USM Khenchela season

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