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US Biskra
2022–23 season
President	Abdelkader Triaa
Head coach	Cherif Hadjar; (from 29 July 2022); (until 3 October 2022); Youcef Bouzidi; (from 9 October 2022); (until 17 December 2022); Mohamed Boutadjine; (from 17 December 2022)
Stadium	18 February Stadium
Ligue 1	12th
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohamed El Siddik Baali; (6 goals); All: ; Mohamed El Siddik Baali; Cherif Siam; (6 goals)
Biggest win	US Biskra 3–0 HB Chelghoum Laïd
Biggest defeat	ES Sétif 3–1 US Biskra
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season, was US Biskra's 6th season and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, US Biskra participated in the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2023.^[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Abderrahmane Bouchareb	(1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 23)	Youth system
13	GK	Walid Ouabdi	(1995-06-12)12 June 1995 (aged 27)	SC Aïn Defla
16	GK	Ali Bencherif	(1988-09-26)26 September 1988 (aged 34)	MO Béjaïa
Defenders
2	CB	Ahmed Redha Houhou	(2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
4	CB	Tarek Adouane	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 25)	CRB Ouled Djellal
7	RB	Merouane Boussalem	(1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 26)	NA Hussein Dey
14	CB	Mohamed Ikbal Boufligha	(1993-09-28)28 September 1993 (aged 29)	CR Village Moussa
15	LB	Abdelhak Belkacemi	(1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 30)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
17	RB	Bilal Boukarroum	(1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 29)	JSM Skikda
20	CB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 36)	JS Saoura
23	CB	Adel Lakhdari	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 33)	MC Oran
Midfielders
5	MF	Ali Amriche	(1998-12-08)8 December 1998 (aged 24)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
8	MF	Mustapha Zeghnoun	(1991-06-30)30 June 1991 (aged 31)	ASO Chlef
10	MF	Hamza Ounnas	(1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 34)	USM Bel Abbès
12	MF	Hatem Dakhia	(1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 31)	ASO Chlef
18	MF	Mohamed Fenniri	(1998-01-20)20 January 1998 (aged 24)	Paradou AC
21	MF	Yacine Medane	(1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 29)	JS Kabylie
24	MF	Noufel Ghassiri	(1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (aged 34)	Unattached
27	MF	Hamza Yadroudj	(1992-12-03)3 December 1992 (aged 30)	JS Saoura
Forwards
9	FW	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed	(1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 33)	CRB Ouled Djellal
11	FW	Chérif Siam	(1995-05-01)May 1, 1995 (aged 27)	MC Oran
19	FW	Lamine Abid	(1991-07-04)4 July 1991 (aged 31)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
22	FW	Abdelouahab Merri	(2000-03-04)4 March 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
25	FW	Mohamed El Siddik Baâli	(1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 27)	Olympique de Médéa
26	FW	Mourad Bouraada	(1998-04-04)4 April 1998 (aged 24)	RC Kouba

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
26 July 2022	RB	Merouane Boussalem	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	^[6]
28 July 2022	FW	Lamine Abid	Unattached	Free transfer	^[7]
28 July 2022	FW	Cherif Siam	MC Oran	Free transfer
30 July 2022	MF	Ahmed Gagaa	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	^[8]
1 August 2022	FW	Mourad Bouraada	RC Kouba	Free transfer	^[9]
19 August 2022	LB	Abdelhak Belkacemi	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer	^[10]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
19 June 2022	FW	Hichem Mokhtar	Al-Najma SC	Free transfer	^[11]
17 August 2022	CB	Hamza Salem	ES Sétif	Free transfer	^[12]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
27 January 2023	MF	Ahmed Gagaa	Unattached	Released	^[13]
2 February 2023	MF	Mohamed El Amine Nabi	Unattached	Released	^[14]

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
Ligue 1	30	10	10	10	30	29	+1	033.33	—	12th	27 August 2022	15 July 2023
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00	Round of 64	Round of 64	25 November 2022	25 November 2022
Total	31	10	10	11	32	32	+0	032.26

Updated to match played 15 July 2023
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	MC Oran	30	11	8	11	27	34	−7	41
11	USM Alger	30	11	7	12	31	30	+1	40	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup^[a]
12	US Biskra	30	10	10	10	30	29	+1	40
13	NC Magra	30	11	7	12	35	36	−1	40
14	JS Kabylie	30	10	9	11	35	26	+9	39

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Notes:

^ USMA Alger qualified for the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup as the title holders.

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
30	10	10	10	30	29	+1	40	9	6	0	21	9	+12	1	4	10	9	20	−11

Last updated: 15 July 2023.
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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	9	10	10	7	9	9	11	8	11	9	9	10	9	7	9	9	11	10	11	9	10	11	12	11	12	10	11	10	13	12

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.^[15]

27 August 2022 Round 1	US Biskra	2–2	ES Sétif	Biskra
20:00	Baâli 37' Siam 47'	Report	Kendouci 1', 84'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

3 September 2022 Round 2	MC Alger	0–0	US Biskra	Rouïba
16:45		Report		Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benzohra

10 September 2022 Round 3	US Biskra	0–0	JS Saoura	Biskra
20:00		Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

16 September 2022 Round 4	US Biskra	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Biskra
20:00	Abid 78'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia

24 September 2022 Round 5	RC Arbaâ	2–0	US Biskra	Larbaâ
16:00	Taib 8' Zaouche 10'	Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Houssem Benyahia

30 September 2022 Round 6	US Biskra	1–1	NC Magra	Biskra
19:00	Baâli 90+2'	Report	Banouh 61'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Billel Soltani

14 October 2022 Round 8	US Biskra	2–0	ASO Chlef	Biskra
18:00	Lakhdari 17' Boukarroum 25' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

21 October 2022 Round 9	CS Constantine	2–1	US Biskra	Constantine
15:00	Koukpo 15' Abdelhafid 47'	Report	Zeghnoun 18'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

10 November 2022 Round 11	USM Khenchela	1–0	US Biskra	Khenchela
15:00	Kaddour 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Billel Soltani

29 November 2022 Round 12	US Biskra	1–1	JS Kabylie	Biskra
15:00	Siam 5'	Report	Mouaki 15'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbali

7 December 2022 Round 13	HB Chelghoum Laïd	0–1	US Biskra	Chelghoum Laïd
15:00		Report	Abid 61'	Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

11 December 2022 Round 14	US Biskra	2–1	Paradou AC	Biskra
15:00	Siam 6' Abid 65' (pen.)	Report	Messiad 24'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

20 December 2022 Round 7	CR Belouizdad	1–1	US Biskra	Belouizdad
15:00	Belkhir 62'	Report	Boukarroum 86' (pen.)	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa

24 December 2022 Round 15	MC Oran	1–0	US Biskra	Oran
15:00	Ezzemani 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

28 December 2022 Round 10	US Biskra	1–0	USM Alger	Biskra
17:00	Boussalem 3'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

10 February 2023 Round 16	ES Sétif	3–1	US Biskra	Sétif
17:00	Zamoum 25' Guenaoui 50' Salem 56'	Report	Bouraada 85'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

19 February 2023 Round 17	US Biskra	0–0	MC Alger	Biskra
18:00		Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

25 February 2023 Round 18	JS Saoura	1–1	US Biskra	Béchar
18:00	Doucene 21'	Report	Siam 46'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Redouane Allou

10 March 2023 Round 19	MC El Bayadh	1–1	US Biskra	El Bayadh
15:00	Benzid 45+1'	Report	Abid 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

17 March 2023 Round 20	US Biskra	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Biskra
15:00	Boussalem 13'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa

31 March 2023 Round 21	NC Magra	2–1	US Biskra	Magra
15:45	Ladjabi 21' Djahnit 56'	Report	Baâli 54'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Mohamed Belkbir

9 April 2023 Round 22	US Biskra	1–1	CR Belouizdad	Biskra
22:00	Ounnas 45'	Report	Bourdim 84' (pen.)	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia

18 May 2023 Round 23	ASO Chlef	2–1	US Biskra	Chlef
18:00	Ghodbane 49' Souibaâh 90+1'	Report	Zeghnoun 78'	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa

31 May 2023 Round 24	US Biskra	3–2	CS Constantine	Biskra
18:00	Zeghnoun 4' Boussalem 24', 45'	Report	Benchaira 20' Dib 90'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

7 June 2023 Round 25	USM Alger	1–0	US Biskra	Dar El Beïda
16:30	Belaïd 90'	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi

1 July 2023 Round 26	US Biskra	1–0	USM Khenchela	Biskra
17:00	Baâli 42'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

4 July 2023 Round 27	JS Kabylie	1–0	US Biskra	Tizi Ouzou
17:00	Mouaki 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Nadjib Meziani

7 July 2023 Round 28	US Biskra	3–0	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Biskra
17:15	Khoualed 2' Fenniri 6' Baâli 51'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Fodil Oukil

10 July 2023 Round 29	Paradou AC	2–1	US Biskra	Dar El Beïda
17:15	Bendouma 42' Douar 51'	Report	Baâli 55'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: El Hadj Aissa Semmache

15 July 2023 Round 30	US Biskra	2–1	MC Oran	Biskra
17:15	Siam 4' Dakhia 34'	Report	Benayad 85'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Billel Soltani

Algerian Cup

25 November 2022 Round of 64	SKAF Khemis Miliana	3–2	US Biskra	Aïn Defla
14:00	Bourerga Kadri	Report	Yadroudj 26' Siam 47'	Stadium: Abdelkader Khellal Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene
Note: US Biskra Lineups: Ouabdi, Boussalem, Derbal, Adouane, Dakhia (Boufligha A, 83'), Yadroudj, Amriche, Zeghnoun, Siam (Merri, 83'), Bouraada, Abid.

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abderrahmane Bouchareb	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	GK	ALG	Walid Ouabdi	30	0	29	0	1	0
16	GK	ALG	Ali Bencherif	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Ahmed Redha Houhou	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ALG	Tarek Adouane	22	0	21	0	1	0
7	DF	ALG	Merouane Boussalem	30	4	29	4	1	0
14	DF	ALG	Mohamed Ikbal Boufligha	22	0	22	0	0	0
15	DF	ALG	Abdelhak Belkacemi	16	0	16	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Bilal Boukarroum	26	2	26	2	0	0
20	DF	ALG	Nacereddine Khoualed	19	1	19	1	0	0
23	DF	ALG	Adel Lakhdari	16	1	16	1	0	0
29	DF	ALG	Ayoub Derbal	7	0	6	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ALG	Ali Amriche	24	0	23	0	1	0
8	MF	ALG	Mustapha Zeghnoun	26	3	25	3	1	0
10	MF	ALG	Hamza Ounnas	23	1	23	1	0	0
12	MF	ALG	Hatem Dakhia	18	1	17	1	1	0
18	MF	ALG	Mohamed Fenniri	7	1	7	1	0	0
21	MF	ALG	Yacine Medane	22	0	22	0	0	0
24	MF	ALG	Noufel Ghassiri	12	0	12	0	0	0
27	MF	ALG	Hamza Yadroudj	26	1	25	0	1	1
32	MF	ALG	Alaeddine Boufligha	6	0	5	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed	4	0	4	0	0	0
11	FW	ALG	Chérif Siam	29	6	28	5	1	1
19	FW	ALG	Lamine Abid	20	4	19	4	1	0
22	FW	ALG	Abdelouahab Merri	4	0	3	0	1	0
25	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Siddik Baâli	28	6	28	6	0	0
26	FW	ALG	Mourad Bouraada	18	1	17	1	1	0
28	FW	ALG	Nizar Tamer	3	0	2	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
6	MF	ALG	Ahmed Gagaa	5	0	5	0	0	0
3	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Nabi	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 15 July 2023
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 15 July 2023^[update]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
25	Mohamed El Siddik Baali	FW	6	0	6
11	Cherif Siam	FW	5	1	6
19	Lamine Abid	FW	4	0	4
7	Merouane Boussalem	DF	4	0	4
8	Mustapha Zeghnoun	MF	3	0	3
17	Bilal Boukarroum	DF	2	0	2
23	Adel Lakhdari	DF	1	0	1
27	Hamza Yadroudj	MF	0	1	1
26	Mourad Bouraada	FW	1	0	1
10	Hamza Ounnas	MF	1	0	1
20	Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	1	0	1
18	Mohamed Fenniri	MF	1	0	1
12	Hatem Dakhia	MF	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			30	2	32

References

^ "US Biskra : Bouzidi nouvel entraîneur". rivalite-dz.com. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 : Hadjar quitte l'US Biskra". dzfoot.com. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 : Cherif Hadjar nouvel entraineur du MC El Bayadh". horizons.dz. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 : Youcef Bouzidi n'est plus l'entraîneur de l'US Biskra". dzfoot.com. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "FICHE DU CLUB: US BISKRA".
^ "مروان بوسالم يوقع في اتحاد بسكرة لموسمين". annasronline.com. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "عبيد يلتحق بنادي اتحاد بسكرة". elkhabar.com. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ "قعقع يدعم تشكيلة اتحاد بسكرة". annasronline.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
^ "بورعدة جديد اتحاد بسكرة". annasronline.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "اتحاد بسكرة يضمن خدمات بلقاسمي". annasronline.com. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "هشام مختار يغادر الاتحاد إلى البطولة السعودية". essalamsport.com. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ "ES Sétif : Hamza Salem signe pour trois saisons". mediafootdz.dz. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "اتحاد بسكرة: إدارة الفريق تفسخ عقد هذا الاعب". mediafootdz.dz. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^ "صفة رسمية تم فسخ عقد اللاعب نابي محمد الأمين". mediafootdz.dz. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "Ligue 1 (2022-2023) : le calendrier du championnat dévoilé". .mediafootdz.dz. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[table_note_res_CCC20.44272683255501-15] USMA Alger qualified for the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup as the title holders.

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[2] "Ligue 1 : Hadjar quitte l'US Biskra". dzfoot.com. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

[3] "Ligue 1 : Cherif Hadjar nouvel entraineur du MC El Bayadh". horizons.dz. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

[4] "Ligue 1 : Youcef Bouzidi n'est plus l'entraîneur de l'US Biskra". dzfoot.com. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

[5] "FICHE DU CLUB: US BISKRA".

[6] "مروان بوسالم يوقع في اتحاد بسكرة لموسمين". annasronline.com. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[7] "عبيد يلتحق بنادي اتحاد بسكرة". elkhabar.com. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[8] "قعقع يدعم تشكيلة اتحاد بسكرة". annasronline.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

[9] "بورعدة جديد اتحاد بسكرة". annasronline.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[10] "اتحاد بسكرة يضمن خدمات بلقاسمي". annasronline.com. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[11] "هشام مختار يغادر الاتحاد إلى البطولة السعودية". essalamsport.com. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[12] "ES Sétif : Hamza Salem signe pour trois saisons". mediafootdz.dz. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[13] "اتحاد بسكرة: إدارة الفريق تفسخ عقد هذا الاعب". mediafootdz.dz. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

[14] "صفة رسمية تم فسخ عقد اللاعب نابي محمد الأمين". mediafootdz.dz. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[16] "Ligue 1 (2022-2023) : le calendrier du championnat dévoilé". .mediafootdz.dz. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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2022–23 US Biskra season

Squad list

Transfers

In

Summer

Out

Summer

Winter

Competitions

Overview

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

Squad information

Playing statistics

Goalscorers

References