2016–17 CA Batna season

CA Batna
2016–17 season
Chairman	Farid Nezzar
Head coach	Toufik Rouabah; (until 25 December 2016); Ali Mechiche; (from 1 January 2017); (until 1 April 2017); Halim Bouarrara; (from 3 April 2017)
Stadium	Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium, Batna
Ligue 1	15th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Karim Aribi (4); All: ; Karim Aribi (4)
	← 2012–13

In the 2016–17 season, CA Batna is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 23rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2011.
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	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Mid-season

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	6	7	17	20	42	−22	020.00
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total	32	7	7	18	22	44	−22	021.88

Competition	Start round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	—	15th	20 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Round of 32	25 November 2016	16 December 2016

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Olympique de Médéa	30	10	8	12	32	40	−8	38^[a]
13	USM El Harrach	30	7	15	8	15	21	−6	36^[b]
14	RC Relizane^[c] (R)	30	12	6	12	34	32	+2	36^[b]	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	CA Batna (R)	30	6	7	17	20	42	−22	25
16	MO Béjaïa^[d] (R)	30	3	10	17	23	49	−26	18

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. Source: DZFoot
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ JS Kabylie ahead of Olympique de Médéa on head-to-head record: JSK–OMM 0–1, OMM–JSK 1–2.
^ ^a ^b RC Relizane ahead of USM El Harrach on head-to-head record: RCR–UEH 0–0, UEH–RCR 0–0 however goal difference in the first leg RCR (−8) UEH (−1).
^ RC Relizane were deducted 3 points. ^[1]^[2]
^ MO Béjaïa recorded a match lost by penalty against JS Saoura because they were reduced to less than 7 players (Art. 84 Regulation of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 / Art 89 Disciplinary Code). In addition, the Bejaia club was deprived of their share of the television rights for this match. It was also punished by a deduction of 1 point and a fine of 100,000 DA. ^[3]

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	6	7	17	20	42	−22	25	6	4	5	14	12	+2	0	3	12	6	30	−24

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
Position	13	9	9	8	9	11	10	12	11	12	8	9	10	12	13	11	12	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

20 August 2016 Round 1	Olympique de Médéa	1 – 0	CA Batna	Médéa
17:30	Hamia 44' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

27 August 2016 Round 2	CA Batna	1 – 0	USM Bel-Abbès	Batna
17:00	Attouche 90+1'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Referee: Merzak Halalchi

10 September 2016 Round 3	MC Alger	1 – 0	CA Batna	Bologhine
19:00	Bouguèche 7'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

17 September 2016 Round 4	CA Batna	1 – 0	USM El Harrach	Batna
16:30	Hadj Aïssa 61'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Referee: Redouane Necib

24 September 2016 Round 5	JS Kabylie	1 – 1	CA Batna	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Aiboud 30'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	26' Aribi	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

30 September 2016 Round 6	NA Hussein Dey	2 – 0	CA Batna	Mohamed Belouizdad
16:00	Gasmi 8' Harrouche 87'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

14 October 2016 Round 7	CA Batna	2 – 2	MC Oran	Batna
15:00	Aribi 20' Griche 32'	Report Live TV: None	28' Chérif 88' Bencheikh	Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Referee: Farouk Mial

22 October 2016 Round 8	ES Sétif	2 – 0	CA Batna	Sétif
17:00	Djahnit 10' Amokrane 86'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

27 October 2016 Round 9	CA Batna	2 – 1	USM Alger	Batna
15:00	Meftah 20' (o.g.) Hadj Aïssa 62'	Report Live TV: None	90' Benyahia	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Sefouhi Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

27 December 2016 Round 10	MO Béjaïa	2 – 1	CA Batna	Béjaïa
17:00 Match rescheduled due to MO Béjaïa competing in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup	Messadia 10' Khadir 90'	Report Live TV: None	65' Aribi	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

11 November 2016 Round 11	CA Batna	1 – 0	JS Saoura	Batna
15:00	Aribi 43'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Sefouhi Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

19 November 2016 Round 12	DRB Tadjenanet	4 – 1	CA Batna	Tadjenanet
15:00	Chibane 20' Nazouani 44' Aib 73' El Moudene 75'	Report Live TV: None	40' Hadj Aïssa	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

3 December 2016 Round 13	CA Batna	0 – 0	CS Constantine	Batna
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Merzak Halalchi

9 December 2016 Round 14	CR Belouizdad	1 – 0	CA Batna	Mohamed Belouizdad
16:00	Draoui 77'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Benouza

24 December 2016 Round 15	CA Batna	1 – 1	RC Relizane	Batna
14:30	Attouche 55'	Report Live TV: None	79' Benayad	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Marzouk Brahimi

21 January 2017 Round 16	CA Batna	3 – 0	Olympique de Médéa	Batna
14:30	Benmansour 30' Behloul 33' Mesfar 68'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

28 January 2017 Round 17	USM Bel-Abbès	2 – 0	CA Batna	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Bouguelmouna 10', 35'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

3 February 2017 Round 18	CA Batna	1 – 2	MC Alger	Batna
15:00	Benmansour 47'	Report Live TV: None	17' Seguer 45+1' Nekkache	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

11 February 2017 Round 19	USM El Harrach	1 – 1	CA Batna	El Harrach
15:00	Dahar 19'	Report Live TV: None	71' Bitam	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

21 April 2017 Round 20	CA Batna	0 – 1	JS Kabylie	Batna
16:00 Match rescheduled due to JS Kabylie competing in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup		Report Live TV: None	50' Guemroud	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

24 February 2017 Round 21	CA Batna	0 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Batna
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

3 March 2017 Round 22	MC Oran	0 – 0	CA Batna	Oran
16:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / EPTV Terrestre		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

10 March 2017 Round 23	CA Batna	0 – 2	ES Sétif	Batna
15:00		Report Live TV: None	65' Aït Ouamar 90+4' Amokrane	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

29 April 2017 Round 24	USM Alger	3 – 0	CA Batna	Bologhine
17:00	Bitam 60' Darfalou 72', 87'	Report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

6 May 2017 Round 25	CA Batna	2 – 0	MO Béjaïa	Batna
16:00	Kherbache 11' Behloul 72'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

13 May 2017 Round 26	JS Saoura	2 – 1	CA Batna	Béchar
19:00	Bourdim 25' (pen.) Zaidi 40'	Report Live TV: None	90+2' Dif	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

20 May 2017 Round 27	CA Batna	0 – 2	DRB Tadjenanet	Batna
16:00		Report Live TV: None	75' Noubli 90+5' Demane	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lyés Boukouassa

7 June 2017 Round 28	CS Constantine	3 – 1	CA Batna	Constantine
17:00	Manucho 10' Bezzaz 12' Zerara 22'	Report Live TV: None	13' (pen.) Djarbou	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Merzak Halalchi

10 June 2017 Round 29	CA Batna	0 – 1	CR Belouizdad	Batna
17:00		Report Live TV: None	45+1' (pen.) Hamia	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Redouane Necib

14 June 2017 Round 30	RC Relizane	5 – 0	CA Batna	Relizane
17:00	Tebbi 31' Derrag 37' Belmokhtar 70' Mazouni 71' Benayad 85'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

Algerian Cup

25 November 2016 Round of 64	CA Batna	2–1	JS Azazga	Batna
15:00	Babouche 71' (pen.) Rebouh 75'	Report Live TV: None	Khenab 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Referee: Fesih, Belamri, Belagha

16 December 2016 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
16:00	Meftah 83'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ghorbal, Itchiali, Hadj Said

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	ALG	Mouloud Abdelaziz	1	0	1	0	0	0
1	GK	ALG	Abdelhamid Abdesselam	2	0	2	0	0	0
30	GK	ALG	Fares Belkerrouche	15	0	15	0	0	0
16	GK	ALG	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	14	0	14	0	0	0
	GK	ALG	Hamdan Mahboubi	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
22	DF	ALG	Mohamed Amrane	18	0	18	0	0	0
15	DF	ALG	Réda Babouche	26	0	26	0	0	0
13	DF	ALG	Khalfallah Belhaoua	10	0	10	0	0	0
48	DF	ALG	Abdelhak Bellaoui	3	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	ALG	Abderrezak Bitam	14	1	14	1	0	0
12	DF	ALG	Slimane Bouteldja	4	0	4	0	0	0
29	DF	ALG	Adlen Griche	17	1	17	1	0	0
18	DF	ALG	Khalil Khennab	19	0	19	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Oussama Rasghezal	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Saïdi	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ALG	Ayache Ziouache	8	0	8	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF	ALG	Maher Azzouz	3	0	3	0	0	0
14	MF	ALG	Bilal Behloul	25	2	25	2	0	0
5	MF	ALG	Mohamed Zinelabidine Benmansour	10	2	10	2	0	0
26	MF	ALG	Farid Daoud	20	0	20	0	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Lotfi Dif	13	1	13	1	0	0
21	MF	ALG	Abdelhakim Djerbou	11	1	11	1	0	0
8	MF	ALG	Houd Ahmed Taha Djoghma	22	0	22	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Amine Ghodbane	5	0	5	0	0	0
37	MF	ALG	Ayache Gueraïche	1	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF	ALG	Lazhar Hadj Aïssa	12	3	12	3	0	0
17	MF	ALG	Housseyn Selmi	25	0	25	0	0	0
Forwards
52	FW	ALG	Mohamed Hichem Attouche	23	2	23	2	0	0
41	FW	ALG	Achraf Bouzidi	2	0	2	0	0	0
34	FW	ALG	Okba Brahimi	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	ALG	Imad Brahmia	6	0	6	0	0	0
38	FW	ALG	Mehdi Hendi	2	0	2	0	0	0
11	FW	ALG	Mohamed Ismail Kherbache	19	1	19	1	0	0
20	FW	ALG	Oussama Mesfar	23	1	23	1	0	0
25	FW	ALG	Yanis Nicolas Roumadi	9	0	9	0	0	0
46	FW	ALG	Abdelmoumene Yousfi	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	ALG	Karim Aribi	14	4	14	4	0	0
2	DF	ALG	Fateh Talah	7	0	7	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Suspensions

Clean sheets

Squad list

As of January 15, 2017 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Abdelhamid Abdesselam
4	DF	ALG	Abderrezak Bitam
5	DF	ALG	Mohamed Zinelabidine Benmansour
6	MF	ALG	Lazhar Hadj Aïssa
8	MF	ALG	Houd Ahmed Taha Djoghma
10	FW	ALG	Lotfi Dif
11	FW	ALG	Mohamed Ismail Kherbache
12	MF	ALG	Slimane Bouteldja
14	MF	ALG	Bilal Behloul
15	DF	ALG	Réda Babouche (captain)
16	GK	ALG	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	ALG	Housseyn Selmi
18	MF	ALG	Khalil Khennab
19	FW	ALG	Imad Brahmia
20	FW	ALG	Oussama Mesfar
21	FW	ALG	Abdelhakim Djerbou
22	DF	ALG	Mohamed Amrane
23	DF	ALG	Khalfallah Belhaoua
25	FW	ALG	Yanis Nicolas Roumadi
26	MF	ALG	Farid Daoud
29	DF	ALG	Adlen Griche
30	GK	ALG	Fares Belkerrouche

Transfers

In

Summer

Winter

Out

Summer

Winter

References

^ "Commission de discipline : Match perdu pour le RC Relizane". 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Pour non application des décisions de la CRL, La LFP notifie au RCR et au RCA la défalcation de trois points". 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
^ "Commission de discipline : Le huis clos pour le RCR, ESS, USMA et USMH". 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

[table_hth_JSK0.9415874001298-1] JS Kabylie ahead of Olympique de Médéa on head-to-head record: JSK–OMM 0–1, OMM–JSK 1–2.

[table_hth_RCR0.9415874001298-2] RC Relizane ahead of USM El Harrach on head-to-head record: RCR–UEH 0–0, UEH–RCR 0–0 however goal difference in the first leg RCR (−8) UEH (−1).

[table_note_RCR0.9415874001298-5] RC Relizane were deducted 3 points. ^[1]^[2]

[table_note_MOB0.9415874001298-7] MO Béjaïa recorded a match lost by penalty against JS Saoura because they were reduced to less than 7 players (Art. 84 Regulation of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 / Art 89 Disciplinary Code). In addition, the Bejaia club was deprived of their share of the television rights for this match. It was also punished by a deduction of 1 point and a fine of 100,000 DA. ^[3]

[3] "Commission de discipline : Match perdu pour le RC Relizane". 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[4] "Pour non application des décisions de la CRL, La LFP notifie au RCR et au RCA la défalcation de trois points". 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

[6] "Commission de discipline : Le huis clos pour le RCR, ESS, USMA et USMH". 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

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