2008–09 MC Alger season

MC Alger
2008–09 season
President	Abdelhamid Zedek
Head coach	Ameur Djamil; (until 12 September 2008); Alain Michel; (from 21 September 2008)
Stadium	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
National 1	5th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Benie, Bouguèche (6 goals); All: ; Salim Boumechra (10 goals)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

In the 2008–09 season, MC Alger competed in the National 1 for the 38th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 August 2009.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed Benhamou	GK	(1979-12-17)17 December 1979 (aged 28)	AS Cannes
22	Azzedine Doukha	GK	(1986-08-05)5 August 1986 (aged 22)	MO Béjaïa
26	Mohamed Reda Ouamane	GK	(1983-06-26)26 June 1983 (aged 25)	Unknown
Defenders
	Redouane El-Falaki		(1985-12-30)30 December 1985 (aged 22)	Unknown
5	Smail Chaoui	CB	(1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 26)	ASO Chlef
25	Hamza Zeddam	CB	(1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 24)	ES Sétif
	Brahim Boudebouda	LB	(1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 17)	Reserve team
15	Réda Babouche	LB	(1979-07-03)3 July 1979 (aged 29)	MO Constantine
12	Moussa Coulibaly	RB	(1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 27)	AS Bamako
11	Abdelkader Besseghir	RB	(1978-05-03)3 May 1978 (aged 30)	RC Kouba
Midfielders
	Fodil Hadjadj	DM	(1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 25)	FC Nantes
	Chérif Touré Mamam		(1978-01-13)13 January 1978 (aged 30)	Al Jazira Club
	Faris Khenniche	DM	(1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 26)	US Créteil
	Farid Daoud	DM	(1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 18)	Reserve team
	Bilal Moumen	DM	(1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 18)	Reserve team
13	Nassim Bouchema	DM	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 20)	Reserve team
21	Yacine Hammadou		(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 27)	USM Annaba
23	Hamza Koudri	DM	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 20)	Reserve team
17	Mamaar Bentoucha	RM	(1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 27)	Unknown
8	Faycal Badji	AM	(1973-02-15)15 February 1973 (aged 35)	CR Belouizdad
20	Salim Boumechra	AM	(1983-04-28)28 April 1983 (aged 25)	ASM Oran
Forwards
29	Sofiane Younes	LW	(1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 25)	USM El Harrach
	Abdenour Belkheir	RW	(1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 19)	Reserve team
	Chakib Lachkham		(1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 22)	EGS Gafsa
	Mohamed Amroune	ST	(1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 19)	Mons
	Safi Belghomari	ST	(1979-02-03)3 February 1979 (aged 29)	US Biskra
	Jean-Marc Benie	ST	(1982-11-09)9 November 1982 (aged 25)	Al-Nasr SC
	Farid Touil	ST	(1974-12-10)10 December 1974 (aged 33)	ES Sétif
7	Hamza Yacef	ST	(1979-08-25)25 August 1979 (aged 28)	Wydad AC
19	Hadj Bouguèche	ST	(1983-12-07)7 December 1983 (aged 24)	USM Blida

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
2 June 2008	MF	Salim Boumechra	ASM Oran	Free transfer
23 June 2008	DF	Abdelkader Besseghir	RC Kouba	Free transfer
30 June 2008	FW	Hamza Yacef	Wydad AC	Free transfer	^[1]
1 July 2008	MF	Maâmar Bentoucha	MC Saida	Free transfer
1 July 2008	GK	Azzedine Doukha	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer
1 July 2008	MF	Yacine Hamadou	USM Annaba	Free transfer
1 July 2008	DF	Nacer Boulekbache	AS Khroub	Loan
11 July 2008	FW	Mohamed Boudjenah	Kawkab Oran	Free transfer	^[2]
16 July 2008	DF	Hamza Zeddam	ES Sétif	Free transfer
28 July 2008	FW	Farid Touil	ES Sétif	Free transfer	^[3]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 January 2009	FW	Jean-Marc Benie	Al-Nasr SC	Free transfer
1 January 2009	FW	Chakib Lachkham	EGS Gafsa	loan for six months
7 January 2009	MF	Faris Khenniche	US Créteil	Free transfer	^[4]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 July 2008	DF	Larbi Hosni	USM Alger	Free transfer
1 July 2008	DF	Samir Galloul	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer
1 July 2008	MF	Farouk Belkaïd	ES Sétif	Free transfer
1 July 2008	FW	Abdelmalek Cherrad	SC Bastia	Free transfer
1 July 2008	FW	Rafan Sidibé	MSP Batna	Free transfer
1 July 2008	GK	Sofiane Azzedine	Unattached	Free transfer
1 July 2008	FW	Sofiane Mezraoui	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer
1 July 2008	CB	Noureddine Kaddour	RC Kouba	Free transfer

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 January 2009	CB	Sofiane Belaïd	Unattached	Free transfer
1 January 2009	FW	Farid Touil	CS Constantine	Free transfer
1 January 2009	FW	Nacer Boulekbache	RC Kouba	Free transfer
1 January 2009	FW	Safi Belghomari	MC Oran	Free transfer
1 January 2009	FW	Mohamed Boudjenah	MC Oran	Free transfer
1 January 2009	MF	Chérif Touré Mamam	Unattached	Free transfer
1 January 2009	DF	Imad Bella	ESM Koléa	Free transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

25 July 2008 Friendly	En Avant Guingamp	1–1	MC Alger	Plouagat
18:00	Eduardo 60'		Babouche 27'	Stadium: Stade Claude Michel
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly (Bella), Chaoui, Koudri, Younès, Hadjadj, Yacef Hamza, Belghomari (Hamadou, 58'), Bouguèche (Badji, 78')

29 July 2008 Friendly	Vannes OC	2–2	MC Alger	Mûr-de-Bretagne
	Lebouc 8' Diguiny 25'		Yacef 29' Younes 86'
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Doukha, Besseghier (Belaid Sofiane, 88'), Baâbouche (c), Chaoui (Moumen, 46'), Coulibaly (Zeddam, 36'), Hamadou (Boulekbache, 83'), Hadjadj (Koudri 70'), Badji (Belghomari, 60'), Bouguèche, Yacef Hamza (Boudjenah, 80'), Younès

5 October 2008 Friendly	NARB Réghaïa	1–4	MC Alger	Reghaïa
	? 80' (pen.)		Yacef 10' Boulekbache 55' Amroune 65' Boumechra 89'	Stadium: Stade Communal

12 October 2008 Friendly	WA Rouiba	1–0	MC Alger	Rouiba
	? 35'			Stadium: Stade Communal
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Doukha, Bouchema (Besseghier, 46'), Belaid Sofiane (Daoud Farid, 46'), Bella (Coulibaly, 46'), Zeddam (Chaoui, 46'), Moumen (Bentoucha, 46' puis Boumechra, 60'), Hamadou (Bouguèche, 46'), Hadjadj (Badji, 46'), Boudjenah (Yacef, 46'), Boulekbache (Belghomari, 46'), Amroune (Younès, 46')

8 January 2009 Friendly	CS Sfaxien	3–2	MC Alger	Sfax
	Jabeur 16', 40' Merdassi 90+1' (pen.)		Yacef 22' Boumechra 63'	Stadium: Taieb Mhiri Stadium Referee: Yacine El Harrouss, Hakim Ibrahim, Karam Ezzaghel
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou (Doukha, 46'), Besseghier, Baâbouche, Alassane Ismaila Eragae (Zeddam, 46'), Coulibaly (Chaoui, 46'), Bentoucha, Hadjadj (Daoud Farid, 62'), Badji (c) (Belkheir, 46'), Salami Azziez (Belghomari, 38'), Lachkham (Younès, 65'), Yacef (Boumechra, 50')

10 January .2009 Friendly	Moustakbal El Mahdia	0–2	MC Alger	Mahdia
			Babouche ? Younes ?	Stadium: Stade Municipal

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Division 1	32	13	10	9	40	38	+2	040.63	—	5th	7 August 2008	28 May 2009
Algerian Cup	2	1	1	0	9	0	+9	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	15 January 2009	22 January 2009
Total	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	041.18

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	JSM Béjaïa	32	15	8	9	33	20	+13	53
4	CR Belouizdad (Q)	32	15	5	12	33	27	+6	50	2010 CAF Confederation Cup
5	MC Alger	32	13	10	9	40	38	+2	49
6	USM Alger	32	13	9	10	38	31	+7	48
7	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	32	14	7	11	34	33	+1	48^[a]

Source: DZFoot 1er Division 2008-2009
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ CA Bordj Bou Arréridj were docked one point

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	13	10	9	40	38	+2	49	9	6	1	25	14	+11	4	4	8	15	24	−9

Last updated: 28 May 2009.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	7	6	1	6	6	10	8	8	12	10	8	11	13	10	14	9	10	6	3	5	6	6	5	6	5	6	7	6	5	5	6	5

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

7 August 2008 Round 1	USM El Harrach	2–2	MC Alger	Rouïba
17:00	Saïbi 30', 45'	Report	Belghomari 40' Bouguèche 51'	Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium Referee: Djaballah, Omari, Etchiali
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Chaoui, Zeddam, Koudri, Younès, Hadjadj (Hamadou 62’), Belghomari (Badji 83’), Bouguèche, Yacef - Coach:* Ameur Djamil*

14 August 2008 Round 2	ASO Chlef	2–1	MC Alger	Chlef
17:00	Soudani 49' Messaoud 77' (pen.)	Report	Babouche 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Zeddam, Koudri (Belkheir 84’), Hadjadj, Bouguèche, Yacef, Younès, Belghomari (Badji 61’) - Coach:* Ameur Djamil*

25 August 2008 Round 3	MC Alger	3–0	MC El Eulma	Bologhine
	Belghomari 57', 88' Bouguèche 72'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haimoudi, Bouhassoun, Bouanani
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Chaoui, Coulibaly, Hadjadj, Koudri, Hamadou (Badji 50'), Bouguèche (Boudjenah 75'), Belghomari, Yacef - Coach:* Ameur Djamil*

29 August 2008 Round 4	NA Hussein Dey	4–2	MC Alger	Algiers
	Attafen 1' Nehari 16' Derrardja 49' Hafid Rabah 72'	Report	Bouguèche 4' Babouche 34'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Fetouha, Benchouia,Touil
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Chaoui, Coulibaly (Zeddam 25'), Hadjadj, Koudri, Hamadou (Touré Chérif 33'), Bouguèche (Bentoucha 59'), Belghomari, Yacef - Coach: Ameur Djamil

11 September 2008 Round 5	MC Alger	3–3	AS Khroub	Bologhine
	Younes 20', 90' Belghomari 53'	Report	Bourahli 3' Liadé 26' Z.Ngonou 68'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Boukedjar, Talbi, Megrah
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Zeddam, Coulibaly, Bentoucha, Touré Chérif (Hamadou 58'), Badji (Yacef 70'), Bouguèche (Touil 70'), Belghomari, Younès - Coach: Ameur Djamil

18 September 2008 Round 6	JSM Béjaïa	3–0	MC Alger	Béjaïa
	Boukessassa 82' Boulemdaïs 85' Belkheir Mohamed Lamine 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Boumaâ6za, Feddaoui, Saâdi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Doukha, Besseghier, Zeddam, Chaoui (c), Boudebouda, Boumechra (Hamadou 61'), Bentoucha, Touré Chérif, Younès, Belghomari (Yacef 81’), Bouguèche - Coach: Abdelmadjid Oudina

1 December 2008^{[note 1]} Round 7	MC Alger	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Haïmoudi, Belkheir, Bouhassoun
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Zeddam, Chaoui, Koudri, Hadjadj, Touré Chérif (Touil 87’), Badji (Hamadou 71'), Boumechra, Amroune (Bouguèche 59’) - Coach: Michel Alain

16 October 2008 Round 8	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	2–0	MC Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Bentayeb 10' (pen.) Hachoud 36'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Haimoudi, Belkheir, Bouanani
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Chaoui, Boumechra, Bentoucha, Badji (Hamadou 66’), Younès, Belghomari (Touil 80’), Bouguèche (Yacef 65’) - Coach: Michel Alain

23 October 2008 Round 9	MC Alger	1–0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Touil 8'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Belkacem, Deffar, Archaoui
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c) (Zeddam 63’), Coulibaly, Chaoui, Hadjadj, Touré Chérif, Badji (Boumechra 76’), Younès, Belghomari (Bouguèche 58’), Touil - Coach: Michel Alain

1 November 2008 Round 10	CR Belouizdad	1–2	MC Alger	Algiers
	Berguiga 78'	Report	Coulibaly 37' Chérif Touré 52'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Benouza, Meknous, Ouaddah
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Chaoui, Koudri, Hadjadj, Touré Chérif (Bouguèche 75'), Badji (Bentoucha 55’), Younès, Belghomari (Boudebouda 85') - Coach: Michel Alain

10 November 2008 Round 11	MC Alger	1–2	MSP Batna	Bologhine
	Younes 10'	Report	Chaouch 6' Ali Bendebka 51'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehidi, Bechirane, Benaboune
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Chaoui, Bentoucha (Bouguèche 61’), Hadjadj, Touré Chérif, Badji (Belkheir 80’), Younès, Yacef (Touil 37’) - Coach: Michel Alain

14 November 2008 Round 12	ES Sétif	1–0	MC Alger	Sétif
	Ziaya 38'	Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Djaballah, Etchiali, Bechirène
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Bentoucha, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Zeddam, Boudebouda, Koudri, Hamadou (Touil 80’), Touré Chérif (Boumechra 71’), Younès, Belghomari (Belkheir 64’) - Coach: Michel Alain

17 November 2008 Round 2	MC Alger	1–0	RC Kouba^{[note 2]}	Bologhine
	Badji 67'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benaïssa, Bourouis, Chenaoua
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Doukha, Bentoucha, Baâbouche (c), Zeddam, Coulibaly (Chaoui 46'), Koudri, Touré Chérif, Badji, Hadjadj, Touil (Belghomari 64'), Bouguèche - Coach:* Michel Alain*

27 Noember 2008 Round 13	MC Alger	2–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Amroune 67' Boumechra 72'	Report	Ouznadji 43'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abed, Gueroudj, Hedia
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly Moussa (Chaoui 69’), Zeddam, Badji, Koudri, Hadjadj, Touré Chérif, Amroune (Bentoucha 80’), Belghomari (Boumechra 57’) - Coach: Michel Alain

5 December 2008 Round 14	USM Blida	0–0	MC Alger	Mouzaïa
		Report		Stadium: Stade Chahid Rebbouh Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houasnia, Boulegrinet, Badache
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Zeddam, Chaoui, Bentoucha, Hamadou (Boudebouda 42’), Badji (Belkheir 79’), Touré Chérif, Bouguèche (Amroune 58’), Boumechra - Coach: Michel Alain

18 December 2008 Round 15	MC Alger	2–1	MC Saïda	Bologhine
	Boumechra 20' Coulibaly 90+2'	Report	Foussini 30'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ouchen, Rebaï, Belouar
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Boudebouda, Zeddam, Coulibaly, Koudri (Belghomari 70’), Yacef (Amroune 84’), Bentoucha, Boumechra, Badji (c), Belkheir - Coach:* Michel Alain*

19 February 2009 Round 18	RC Kouba	0–2	MC Alger	Kouba
		Report	Benie 31' Yacef 71'	Stadium: Mohamed Benhaddad Stadium Referee: Benaissa, Chnaoua, Benouis
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Benseghier, Baâbouche (c), Zeddam, Coulibaly, Bentoucha (Daoud Farid 62'), Yacef, Koudri, Benié (Boudebouda 87'), Badji (Belkheir 75'), Younès - Coach: Michel Alain

26 February 2009 Round 19	MC El Eulma	2–1	MC Alger	El Eulma
	Gasmi 43' Gerard Mongolo 55'	Report	Babouche 40'	Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Khelifi , Chaâbane, Seghiri
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Zeddam, Coulibaly, Boudebouda, Daoud Farid, Koudri (Boumechra, 65’), Benié, Younès, Bouguèche (Belkheir, 76’) - Coach: Michel Alain

2 March 2009 Round 20	MC Alger	2–2	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
	Benie 42', 44'	Report	Hafid 17' Jimmy 26'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haïmoudi, Etchiali, Keraï
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Chaoui, Zeddam, Daoud Farid (Bentoucha, 75’), Hadjadj, Badji (Lachkham, 67’), Yacef (Bouguèche, 79’), Benié, Younès - Coach: Michel Alain

5 March 2009 Round 21	AS Khroub	0–0	MC Alger	El Khroub
		Report		Stadium: Abed Hamdani Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abid Charef, Bougherara, Zellagui
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Bentoucha, Boudebouda, Chaoui, Zeddam, Koudri, Younès, Hadjadj (Daoud Farid 46’), Benié (Belkheir 80’), Lachkham (Boumechra, 56’), Baâbouche (c) - Coach: Michel Alain

9 March 2009 Round 17	MC Alger	2–0	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
	Benie 19' Younes 38'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houasnia, Talbi, Korichi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Zeddam, Coulibaly, Daoud Farid, Badji (Koudri 63’), Younès, Yacef (Bouguèche 76’), Benié (Boumechra 86’), Hadjadj - Coach: Michel Alain

19 March 2009 Round 23	USM Alger	3–0	MC Alger	Bologhine
	Dziri 49' Hamidi 57', 65'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Haddada, Belagoune, Azrine
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Bentoucha (Besseghier, 70’), Bâabouche (c), Zeddam, Coulibaly, Koudri, Yacef, Daoud Farid, Benié, Badji (Lachkham, 70’), Younès - Coach:* Michel Alain*

26 March 2009 Round 22	MC Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
	Bouguèche 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ferradi, Djahnine, Chaoui
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Besseghier, Boudebouda, Zeddam, Coulibaly, Koudri, Daoud Farid (Bouchema, 88’), Hadjadj (c), Benié, Boumechra (Younès, 60’), Bouguèche (Belkheir 80’) - Coach: Michel Alain

23 March 2009 Round 18	MC Alger	2–2	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
	Bouguèche 24', 40'	Report	Gouaïche 51', 75'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benbaka, Saâdi, Benmouloud
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Doukha, Besseghir, Chaoui (Bouchema 65’), Zeddam, Coulibaly, Hadjadj (c), Koudri, Lachkham (Hamadou 72’), Younès (Belkheir 78’), Bouguèche, Benié - Coach: Michel Alain

30.3.2009 Round 24	MC Alger	1–0	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Bologhine
	Benie 16'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bouhenni, Kerraï, Bechirène
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Besseghier, Boudebouda, Baâbouche (c) (Lachkham 73’), Coulibaly, Zeddam, Daoud Farid, Hadjadj, Boumechra, Bouguèche (Bouchema 89’), Benié (Younès 56’) - Coach: Michel Alain

2 April 2009 Round 25	USM Annaba	3–1	MC Alger	Annaba
	El Hadi 46', 75' Fadiga 70'	Report	Amroune 72'	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Haimoudi, Kerai, Bouhassoune
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Besseghier, Boudebouda, Coulibaly, Chaoui, Koudri, Bouguèche (Belkheir 68'), Baâbouche (c), Benié (Amroune 71'), Boumechra (Younès 51') - Coach: Michel Alain

13 April 2009 Round 26	MC Alger	1–1	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Boumechra 26'		Fenier 7'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Amalou, Talbi, Ibelaïdène
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Boudebouda, Coulibaly, Zeddam, Koudri, Daoud Farid (Amroune 76’), Baâbouche (c), Boumechra (Kheniche 83’), Bouguèche (Lachkham 83’), Benié - Coach: Michel Alain

16 April 2009 Round 27	MSP Batna	0–1	MC Alger	Batna
		Report	Boumechra 39'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Djerbouaâ, Djaâfar, Amghar
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou (c), Besseghier, Boudebouda, Zeddam, Coulibaly, Bouchema, Koudri (Bentoucha 81’), Daoud Farid, Amroune (Belkheir 76’), Boumechra (Lachkham 85’), Bouguèche - Coach: Michel Alain

7 May 2009 Round 29	JS Kabylie	1–1	MC Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	Bensaïd 36'	Report	Amroune 71'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Houasnia, Badache, Boulikrinet
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Boudebouda, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Zeddam, Koudri, Bouchema, Boumechra (Younès 55’), Bouguèche (Daoud Farid 85’), Benié (Amroune 71’) - Coach: Michel Alain

14 May 2009 Round 30	MC Alger	1–1	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Amroune 70'	Report	Hamiti 7'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bennouza, Meknous, Belfekrou
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche (c), Boudebouda, Zeddam, Bouchema, Belkheir (Amroune 46’), Daoud Farid (Koudri 57’), Benié, Boumechra, Bouguèche - Coach: Michel Alain

28 May 2009 Round 31	MC Saida	0–2	MC Alger	Saïda
		Report	Lachkham 24' Benie 33'	Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958 Referee: Babou, Atou, Bouzaghou
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Bentoucha, Boudebouda, Chaoui (c), Zeddam, Koudri, Boumechra (Badji 76’), Bouchema, Benié, Lachkham (Daoud Farid 67’), Amroune (Belkheir 58’) - Coach: Michel Alain

4 June 2009^{[note 3]} Round 28	MC Alger	2–1	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Boumechra 50' (pen.), 53'	Report	Hemani 60'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Aouina Said, Aouina F, Benghanem
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Besseghier, Boudebouda, Chaoui (c), Zeddam, Koudri, Daoud Farid (Amroune 46’), Bouchema, Benié (Bentoucha 81’), Boumechra (Belkheir 87’), Bouguèche - Coach: Michel Alain

Algerian Cup

15 January 2009 Round of 64	MC Alger	9–0	IRB Ain D’heb	Oued Rhiou
:	Bentriba 24' (o.g.) Belkheir 25', 42' Boumechra 39', 46', 65', 76', 80' Babouche 70'			Stadium: Stade du Maghreb Arabe Referee: Bennrahim, Belkheir, Graïdi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier (Bouchema, 71’), Bâabouche, Chaoui, Coulibaly, Bentoucha, Belkheir, Hadjadj, Bouguèche (Younès, 53’), Boumechra, Badji (c) (Daoud Farid, 61’)

22 January 2009 Round of 32	CR Belouizdad	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	MC Alger	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Haïmoudi, Omari, Belkheïr
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Besseghier, Baâbouche, Zeddam, Coulibaly, Bentoucha (Daoud Farid, 46'), Belkheir, Hadjadj (Chaoui, 85'), Bouguèche, Boumechra, Badji (c) (Younès, 90'+1)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohamed Benhamou		23	23	0	2	2	0	25	25	0
22	GK	Azzedine Doukha		3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
26	GK	Mohamed Reda Ouamane		6	6	0	0	0	0	6	6	0
Defenders
		Redouane El-Falaki		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	CB	Smail Chaoui		18	16	0	2	1	0	20	17	0
25	CB	Hamza Zeddam		28	26	0	1	1	0	29	27	0
	LB	Brahim Boudebouda		17	14	0	0	0	0	17	14	0
15	LB	Réda Babouche		25	25	3	2	2	1	27	27	4
12	RB	Moussa Coulibaly		22	22	2	2	2	0	24	24	2
11	RB	Abdelkader Besseghir		28	27	0	2	2	0	30	29	0
17	DF	Mamaar Bentoucha		18	12	0	2	2	0	20	14	0
Midfielders
	DM	Fodil Hadjadj		16	16	0	2	2	0	18	18	0
	MF	Chérif Touré Mamam		11	10	1	0	0	0	11	10	1
	DM	Faris Khenniche		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DM	Farid Daoud		15	11	0	2	0	0	17	11	0
	DM	Bilal Moumen		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DM	Nassim Bouchema		8	5	1	1	0	0	9	5	1
21	MF	Yacine Hammadou		10	4	0	0	0	0	10	4	0
23	DM	Hamza Koudri		24	22	0	0	0	0	24	22	0
8	AM	Faycal Badji		18	14	1	2	2	0	20	16	1
20	AM	Salim Boumechra		20	14	5	2	2	5	22	16	10
Forwards
29	LW	Sofiane Younes		20	16	4	2	0	0	22	16	4
	RW	Abdenour Belkheir		15	2	0	2	2	2	17	4	0
		Chakib Lachkham		8	3	1	0	0	0	8	3	1
	ST	Mohamed Amroune		11	4	4	0	0	0	11	4	4
	ST	Safi Belghomari		13	11	4	0	0	0	13	11	4
	ST	Jean-Marc Benie		15	15	6	0	0	0	15	15	6
	ST	Farid Touil		7	2	1	0	0	0	7	2	1
7	ST	Hamza Yacef		13	10	1	0	0	0	13	10	1
19	ST	Hadj Bouguèche		26	19	6	2	2	0	28	21	6
Total				32		40	2		9	34		49

Last updated: 23 May 2024
Source: Footballdatabase.eu

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	TOTAL
20	Salim Boumechra	MF	5	5	10
19	Hadj Bouguèche	FW	6	0	6
	Jean-Marc Benie	FW	6	0	6
	Safi Belghomari	FW	4	0	4
	Mohamed Amroune	FW	4	0	4
29	Sofiane Younes	FW	4	0	4
15	Réda Babouche	DF	3	1	4
	Abdenour Belkheir	FW	0	2	2
12	Moussa Coulibaly	DF	2	0	2
	Farid Touil	FW	1	0	1
	Chérif Touré Mamam	MF	1	0	1
8	Faycal Badji	MF	1	0	1
	Chakib Lachkham	FW	1	0	1
7	Hamza Yacef	ST	1	0	1
13	Nassim Bouchema	DM	0	0	0
Own Goals			0	1	1
Totals			40	9	49

Notes

^ The match was originally to be played on 25 September 2008, but it was postponed due to stadium unavailable, after the refusal of local authorities to play the match at Stade 20 Août 1955 then postponed to 20 November 2008 before being postponed again because of USM Alger's trip to Saudi Arabia. LNF decided to schedule it for 1 December 2008 at Stade 20 Août 1955.
^ After winning the case in the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Algerian Football Federation on October 26, 2008, added RC Kouba to the Division 1, bringing it to 17 clubs.^[5]^[6]
^ The match was originally to be played on 30 April 2009, but it was postponed.

References

^ "Yacef recruté". L'expression. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
^ "Boudjenah signe pour 3 ans". .Le Midi. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Farid Touil (ES Sétif) signe pour une année". .Le Midi. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Créteil : Khenniche signe au MC Alger". Foot National. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
^ "Affaire FAF-RCK : La fédération sifflée hors jeu". elwatan.com. 18 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Algérie: Affaire RCK-FAF - Le bras de fer se poursuit..." fr.allafrica.com. 24 October 2008. Archived from the original on 28 October 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

External links

2008–09 MC Alger season at Footballdatabase.eu (in French)

[table_hth_CBA0.70963012692967-5] CA Bordj Bou Arréridj were docked one point

[6] The match was originally to be played on 25 September 2008, but it was postponed due to stadium unavailable, after the refusal of local authorities to play the match at Stade 20 Août 1955 then postponed to 20 November 2008 before being postponed again because of USM Alger's trip to Saudi Arabia. LNF decided to schedule it for 1 December 2008 at Stade 20 Août 1955.

[9] After winning the case in the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Algerian Football Federation on October 26, 2008, added RC Kouba to the Division 1, bringing it to 17 clubs.^[5]^[6]

[10] The match was originally to be played on 30 April 2009, but it was postponed.

[1] "Yacef recruté". L'expression. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

[2] "Boudjenah signe pour 3 ans". .Le Midi. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[3] "Farid Touil (ES Sétif) signe pour une année". .Le Midi. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[4] "Créteil : Khenniche signe au MC Alger". Foot National. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

[7] "Affaire FAF-RCK : La fédération sifflée hors jeu". elwatan.com. 18 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[8] "Algérie: Affaire RCK-FAF - Le bras de fer se poursuit..." fr.allafrica.com. 24 October 2008. Archived from the original on 28 October 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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