The 2026–27 season, is CR Belouizdad's 60th season and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, CR Belouizdad are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup and the Confederation 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 Tarek Bousseder GK ES Sétif 16 Anes Mokhtar GK Youth system 30 Farid Chaâl GK Al-Najma SC Defenders 2 Chouaib Keddad CB ASO Chlef 3 Houcine Benayada RB Wydad AC 4 Riyane Akacem CB JS Saoura 13 Haithem Elkouacheur CB Youth system 15 Benahmed Bendahmane CB Youth system 17 Yasser Chelfaoui LB Olympique Akbou 21 Youcef Laouafi CB ES Sahel 22 Fouad Kermiche RB Paradou AC 23 Sofiane Bouchar CB Qadsia SC 24 Naoufel Khacef LB Gaziantep Midfielders 5 Abdelmalek Kelaleche AM MC Alger 6 Mehdi Boudjemaa CM Al Wehda 8 Houssem Tka CM ES Tunis 14 Julio Bandessi AM MB Rouissat 18 Salim Boukhanchouche DM USM Alger 19 Abdelaziz Kahia AM Youth system 27 Djaber Kaâssis CM Paradou AC 29 Bilal Boukerchaoui CM Youth system Forwards 7 Franck Etouga ST USM Khenchela 9 Lofti Boussouar ST Youth system 10 Farid El Melali LW Angers SCO 11 Abderrahmane Meziane LW USM Alger 12 Kouceila Boualia RW ES Tunis 20 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda ST Ghazl El Mahalla 26 Yousri Bouzok RW Al Raed
Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 27 June 2026 CB Sofiane Bouchar Qadsia SC Free transfer 27 June 2026 LB Yasser Chelfaoui Olympique Akbou Free transfer 27 June 2026 RB Fouad Kermiche Paradou AC Free transfer 27 June 2026 CB Riyane Akacem JS Saoura Undisclosed 27 June 2026 AM Julio Bandessi MB Rouissat Undisclosed 30 June 2026 CM Houssem Tka ES Tunis Free transfer 7 July 2026 RW Yousri Bouzok Al Raed Free transfer 10 July 2026 ST Franck Etouga USM Khenchela Free transfer 10 July 2026 CM Mehdi Boudjemaa Al Wehda Free transfer 15 August 2026 RW Kouceila Boualia ES Tunis Free transfer
Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 15 June 2026 LW Mohamed Islam Belkhir ES Sétif Free transfer 24 June 2026 LW Islam Abbaci Unattached Free transfer (Released) 24 June 2026 CM Necer Benzid Unattached Free transfer (Released) 24 June 2026 CB Abderrahmane Bekkour Unattached Free transfer (Released) 24 June 2026 CB Younes Ouassa Unattached Free transfer (Released) 9 July 2026 AM Jean Charles Ahoua Unattached Free transfer (Released) 30 July 2026 RW Abdennour Belhocini JS Kabylie Undisclosed 5 August 2026 DM Mohamed Mahi MB Rouissat Free transfer
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
| To be confirmed | 5 September 2026 | In Progress |- | Algerian Cup
| Round of 64 | To be confirmed | December 2026 | In Progress |- | Confederation Cup
| Second round | To be confirmed | October 2026 | In Progress |- ! Total
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
Champions League
Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).
Second round
Squad information Appearances and goals
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|1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Tarek Bousseder |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Anes Mokhtar |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0
|30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Farid Chaâl |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |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 |- |2 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Chouaib Keddad |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |3 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Houcine Benayada |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||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"|Riyane Akacem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |13 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Haithem Elkouacheur |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |15 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Benahmed Bendahmane |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |17 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Yasser Chelfaoui |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||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"|Youcef Laouafi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |22 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Fouad Kermiche |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |23 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Sofiane Bouchar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |24 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Naoufel Khacef |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||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 |- |5 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Abdelmalek Kelaleche |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |6 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Mehdi Boudjemaa |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |8 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Houssem Tka |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |14 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Julio Bandessi |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |18 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Salim Boukhanchouche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |19 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Abdelaziz Kahia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |27 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Djaber Kaâssis |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |29 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Bilal Boukerchaoui |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||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"|Franck Etouga |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||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"|Lofti Boussouar |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |10 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Farid El Melali |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |11 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Abderrahmane Meziane |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |12 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Kouceila Boualia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |20 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda |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||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |26 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Yousri Bouzok |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||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|4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|6