2007–08 MC Alger season

MC Alger
2007–08 season
President	Sid ahmed Kercouche; (until February 2008)
Head coach	Enrico Fabbro; (until 1 November 2007); Jean Thissen; (from 23 November 2007); (until 27 December 2007); Enrico Fabbro; (from 28 December 2007); (until 21 February 2008); Mohamed Mekhazni (C); (from 22 February 2008); (until 29 March 2008); Ameur Djamil; (from 30 March 2008)
Stadium	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Division 1	7th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Confederation Cup	First round
Super Cup	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sofiane Younes (4 goals); All: ; Sofiane Younes (6 goals)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

In the 2007–08 season, MC Alger competed in the National 1 for the 37th season, as well as the Algerian Cup, the Super Cup, and the CAF Confederation Cup. It was their 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 August 2006.
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 27)	AS Cannes
30	Sofiane Azzedine	GK	(1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 26)	JSM Béjaïa
26	Mohamed Reda Ouamane	GK	(1983-06-26)26 June 1983 (aged 24)	MC Oran
Defenders
5	Smail Chaoui	CB	(1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 25)	ASO Chlef
15	Réda Babouche	LB	(1979-07-03)3 July 1979 (aged 28)	MO Constantine
12	Moussa Coulibaly	RB	(1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 26)	AS Bamako
16	Samir Galloul	CB	(1976-10-18)18 October 1976 (aged 30)	USM El Harrach
28	Sofiane Belaïd	CB	(1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 22)	Reserve team
2	Larbi Hosni	RB	(1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 26)	RC Kouba
36	Noureddine Kaddour	LB	(1988-02-02)2 February 1988 (aged 19)	Reserve team
	Brahim Boudebouda	LB	(1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 16)	Reserve team
39	Salim Baroudi	RB
Midfielders
10	Fodil Hadjadj	DM	(1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 24)	FC Nantes
18	Farouk Belkaid	DM	(1977-11-14)14 November 1977 (aged 29)	USM Alger
24	Chérif Touré Mamam		(1978-01-13)13 January 1978 (aged 29)	Al Jazira Club
35	Nassim Bouchema	DM	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 19)	Reserve team
23	Hamza Koudri	DM	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 19)	Reserve team
6	Zoubir Zmit	CM	(1975-06-11)11 June 1975 (aged 32)	USM Blida
8	Faycal Badji	AM	(1973-02-15)15 February 1973 (aged 34)	CR Belouizdad
21	Yacine Hammadou	AM	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 26)	USM Annaba
Forwards
29	Sofiane Younes	LW	(1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 24)	USM El Harrach
19	Hadj Bouguèche	ST	(1983-12-07)7 December 1983 (aged 23)	USM Blida
17	Rafan Sidibé	ST	(1984-03-12)12 March 1984 (aged 23)	Stade Malien
14	Safi Belghomari	ST	(1979-02-03)3 February 1979 (aged 28)	US Biskra
25	Abdelmadjid Tahraoui	ST	(1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 26)	USM Blida
33	Abdenour Belkheir	RW	(1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 18)	Reserve team
9	Mohamed Badache	ST	(1976-10-15)15 October 1976 (aged 30)	USM Blida
7	Abdelmalek Cherrad	ST	(1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 26)	SC Bastia

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2007	DF	Andy Dahmani	Montceau Bourgogne	Free transfer
1 July 2007	FW	Abdenour Belkheir	RCG Oran	Free transfer
1 July 2007	FW	Rédouane Kheloufi	JSM Chéraga	Free transfer
1 July 2007	DF	Imad Bella	MC El Eulma	Free transfer
2 July 2007	FW	Safi Belghomari	US Biskra	Free transfer
6 July 2007	GK	Mohamed Benhamou	AS Cannes	Free transfer
30 July 2007	FW	Sofiane Mezraoui	US Raon-l'Étape	Free transfer	^[2]
13 November 2007	FW	Abdelmalek Cherrad	SC Bastia	Free transfer	^[3]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
16 December 2007	MF	Chérif Touré Mamam	Al Jazira Club	Free transfer	^[4]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 July 2007	GK	Merouane Abdouni	USM Alger	Free transfer
1 July 2007	DF	Kamel Bouacida	USM Annaba	Free transfer
1 July 2007	MF	Slimane Illoul	RC Kouba	Free transfer
1 July 2007	MF	Ammar Largot	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Free transfer
1 July 2007	DF	Abderahmane Hachoud	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Free transfer
1 July 2007	ST	Lassana Diarra	?	Free transfer
1 July 2007	DF	Harouna Bamogo	Khaleej Sirte	Free transfer
1 July 2007	MF	Nouhoum Koné	FC Baden	Free transfer

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee
21 December 2007	FW	Mohamed Badache	ES Sétif	Free transfer
21 December 2007	MF	Zoubir Zmit	USM Blida	Free transfer
1 January 2008	DF	Andy Dahmani	Red Star FC	Free transfer
1 January 2008	FW	Rédouane Kheloufi	JSM Chéraga	Loan
1 January 2008	FW	Abdelmadjid Tahraoui	OMR El Annasser	Free transfer
1 January 2008	MF	Yacine Hammadou	USM Annaba	Free transfer
1 January 2008	FW	Sofiane Mezraoui	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

6 August 2007 Friendly	San Antonio	1–6	MC Alger
:			Badache 20' Bouguèche 29', 35', 44' Tahraoui 61' (pen.), 81'
Note: Lineup for MC Alger First half - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche (c), Chaoui, Galoul, Zemit, Belkaid, Younès, Bouguèche, Badache (Badji 38'), Keister John. Second half - Ouamane (Slimani 63'), Belaid Sofiane, Baroudi, Kaddour, Galoul, Hamadou, Koudri, Mezraoui (Kheloufi 62'), Badji (c), Bouchema, Tahraoui

12 August 2007 Friendly	Scafatese Calcio	1–1	MC Alger
:			Tahraoui 70'
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou (Azzeddine 46'), Hosni, Chaoui (Belaid Sofiane, 46'), Galoul, Coulibaly (Kaddour, 33'), Zemit (Hamadou, 46'), Younès (Bouguèche, 66' puis Khelloufi, 84'), Belkaïd (Hadjadj, 46'), Tapanguigui (Tahraoui, 46'), Badache (Badji, 46'), Bouguèche (Belkheir, 46')

15 August 2007 Friendly	Al-Nasr SC	2–0	MC Alger
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Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Azzedine (Benhamou, 46'), Hosni (Belaid Sofiane, 46'), Baâbouche (Chaoui, 46'), Galoul (Dahmani Andy, 46'), Coulibaly (Kaddour, 80'), Hadjadj (Zemit, 46'), Belkaid (Koudri 60'), Badji (c) (Belkheir, 46'), Younès (Tahraoui, 60'), Badache (Bouchema, 40' puis Mezraoui, 80'), Bouguéche (Belghomari, 70')

4 October 2007 Friendly	JSM Chéraga	0–2	MC Alger	Chéraga
:			Badji 25' Belkaid 35'	Stadium: Stade des Frères Lamali
Note: Lineup for MC Alger First half - Ouamane, Hosni, Baâbouche (c), Galoul, Coulibaly, Hamadou, Belkaid, Badji, Hadjadj, Tahraoui, Belghomari. Second half - Benhamou, Belaid Sofiane, Chaoui, Dahmani Andy, Coulibaly, Zemit, Kheloufi, Koudri, Badji (Hadjadj), Mezraoui, Tahraoui.

6 October 2007 Friendly	ESM Koléa	2–3	MC Alger	Koléa
:	Kebachi 5' Hassan Habib 38' (pen.)		Belkaid 15' (pen.) Belghomari 25', 65'
Note: Lineup for MC Alger First half - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche (c), Galoul, Dahmani Andy, Hamadou, Belkaid, Hadjadj, Badji, Belghomari, Tahraoui. Second half - Ouamane, Baroudi, Belaid Sofiane, Kaddour, Chaoui, Zemit, Belkaid, Koudri, Mezraoui, Belghomari, Bouchema.

18 October 2007 Friendly	MC Alger	1–3	NA Hussein Dey
:	Younès 33'		Attafen 60', 90+4' Ouznadji 70'
Note: Lineup for MC Alger First half - Ouamane, Belaid Sofiane, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Galoul, Hamadou, Belkaid, Younès, Badji, Hadjadj, Belghomari Second half - Benhamou, Hosni, Chaoui, Dahmani Andy, Galoul, Zemit (Sidibé, 89'), Belkaid (Kheloufi, 76'), Badji (c) (Belkheir, 73'), Hadjadj (Koudri, 56'), Tahraoui (Badache, 81'), Bouguèche (Mezraoui, 87')

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	30	9	12	9	26	25	+1	030.00	—	7th	23 August 2007	26 May 2008
Algerian Cup	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	27 December 2007	21 February 2008
CAF Confederation Cup	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00	First round		21 March 2008	4 April 2008
Algerian Super Cup	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00	Final	Winner	1 November 2007
Total	35	11	14	10	36	28	+8	031.43

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	USM Annaba	30	12	6	12	36	37	−1	42	Qualification for Arab Champions League
6	MC Saïda	30	11	9	10	32	38	−6	42
7	MC Alger	30	9	12	9	26	25	+1	39
8	JSM Béjaïa	30	9	12	9	38	40	−2	39	Qualification for Confederation Cup^[a]
9	AS Khroub	30	10	9	11	26	28	−2	39

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.
Notes:

^ JSM Béjaïa are Algerian Cup winners.

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	9	12	9	26	25	+1	39	6	6	3	14	12	+2	3	6	6	12	13	−1

Last updated: 26 May 2008.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	W
Position	2	7	11	8	8	6	5	6	8	9	8	8	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	15	15	14	10	8	8	7

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

Matches

23 August 2007 Round 1	USM Blida	2–3	MC Alger	Blida
	Chahloul 26' Endzanga 82'	Report	Badache 27', 28', 60'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Boukendjar, Debbiche, Chenoua
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Belaïd Sofiane, Baâbouche, Kaddour (Dahmani Andy, 27’), Chaoui, Belkaïd, Younès, Hamadou (Zemit, 57’), Badache, Badji (c) (Hadjadj, 70’), Bouguèche - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

30 August 2007 Round 2	MC Alger	0–1	ASO Chlef	Rouïba
		Report	Feugang 78'	Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium Referee: Haimoudi, Kerrai, Omari
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni (Hamadou 83'), Baâbouche, Galoul, Chaoui, Belkaïd (Hadjadj 58'), Zemit, Badji (c), (Sidibé 65'),Younès, Badache, Bouguèche - Coach:* Enrico Fabbro*

6 September 2007 Round 3	ES Sétif	1–0	MC Alger	Sétif
	Touil 45'	Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Belkacem, Meknous, Belkheir
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Belaïd Sofiane (Bouguèche 55'), Baâbouche, Coulibaly, Galoul, Chaoui, Belkaïd, Hamadou, Badji (cap) (Bouchema 78'), Younès, Badache - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

13 September 2007 Round 4	MC Alger	3–2	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Younes 11', 76' Sidibé 61'	Report	Ouznadji 17' Komara 63'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mansouri, Etchiali, Ouadah
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni (Zemit 69'), Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Chaoui, Belkaïd, Hamadou (Badji 46'), Hadjadj, Younès, Badache (Sidibé 46'), Bouguèche - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

20 September 2007 Round 5	CR Belouizdad	0–0	MC Alger	Algiers
		Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Djaballah, Touil, Mezroua
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Hosni, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Galoul, Belkaïd (Koudri 77'), Hamadou, Hadjadj (Zemit 46'), Younès, Sidibé (Badache 64'), Bouguèche - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

27 September 2007 Round 6	MC Alger	1–0	AS Khroub	Algiers
	Tahraoui 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abed, Haimoudi, Etchiali
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Chaoui, Baâbouche (Belghomari 61'), Coulibaly, Galoul, Hadjadj, Zemit (Koudri 84', Junior), Badji (cap), Younès, Badache (Tahraoui 36'), Bouguèche - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

19 November 2007^{[note 1]} Round 7	USM Alger	0–2	MC Alger	Algiers
		Report	Badji 26' Younes 40'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Bichari, Tahir, Talbi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Belaïd Sofiane (Belghormari 82'), Baâbouche, Galoul, Chaoui, Belkaïd, Koudri (Zemit 69'), Hamadou, Badji (c) (Kaddour 65'), Younès, Bouguèche - Coach: Mekhazni Mohamed

25 October 2007 Round 8	MC Alger	0–2	JS Kabylie	Algiers
		Report	Saïbi 1' Galloul 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mansouri, Omari, Chaâbane
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Belaïd Sofiane, Baâbouche, Galoul, Coulibaly, Belkaid, Hamadou (Badache 63'), Hadjadj (Koudri 46', Junior), Badji (c), Younès, Belghomari (Tahraoui 63') - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

3 December 2007 Round 9	USM Annaba	1–0	MC Alger	Annaba
	Messaoud 12'	Report		Stadium: 19 May 1956 Stadium Referee: Abed, Kerrai, Omari
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Hosni, Chaoui, Galoul, Kaddour, Coulibaly, Koudri, Badji (c) (Sidibé, 77'), Younès (Belghomari, 63'), Badache (Hamadou, 46'), Bouguèche - Coach: Jean Thissen

9 November 2007 Round 10	MC Alger	1–1	MC Saïda	Algiers
	Belghomari 23'	Report	Hamdoune 64'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Boumaza, Feddaoui, Zeghad
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Hosni, Baâbouche, Kaddour, Galoul, Belkaïd, Koudri, Badji (c), Younès, Belghomari (Sidibé 77’), Bouguèche - Coach:* Abdelouahab Zenir*

15 November 2007 Round 11	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	1–1	MC Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Bellil 12'	Report	Koudri 65'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Belkacem, Ouadah, Goussas
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Chaoui, Baâbouche, Galoul, Kaddour, Koudri, Hamadou, Badji (c) (Belkheir Abdenour 65'), Younès (Zemit 87'), Badache (Moumen 90'), Bouguèche - Coach: Mekhazni Mohamed

23 November 2007 Round 12	MC Alger	1–1	OMR El Annasser	Algiers
	Babouche 45+5'	Report	Deghmani 6'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Bousseter, Benarous, Ouchen
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Hosni, Baâbouche (Badache 81’), Kaddour (Coulibaly 90’+1’), Galoul, Belkaïd (Belghomari 57’), Koudri, Hamadou, Badji (c), Younès, Bouguèche - Coach: Mekhazni Mohamed

7 December 2007 Round 13	MC Oran	1–0	MC Alger	Oran
	Feham 22'	Report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Benbaka, Sedrati, Aribi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Hosni, Baâbouche, Kaddour, Chaoui, Coulibaly, Koudri, Hamadou (Belghomari 37'), Badji (c) (Badache 63'), Younès (Sidibé 71'), Bouguèche - Coach: Thyssen Jean

13 December 2007 Round 14	MC Alger	0–0	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Aouiti, Bitam, Abdouni
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Chaoui, Kaddour (Younès 29’), Galoul, Hadjadj (Daoud Farid 70’), Belkaïd, Badji (c), Baâbouche, Bouchema, Bouguèche (Belkheir Abdenour) - Coach: Thyssen Jean

24 December 2007 Round 15	JSM Béjaïa	2–2	MC Alger	Béjaïa
	Ghazi 3' Braham Chaouch 34'	Report	Cherrad 50' Babouche 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Guerroudj
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Chaoui (Bouchema 32' puis Bouguèche 82'), Coulibaly, Galoul, Bâabouche, Hadjadj (Koudri 87'), Belkaïd, Badji (c), Younès, Cherrad - Coach: Thyssen Jean

14 January 2008 Round 16	MC Alger	1–1	USM Blida	Algiers
	Cherrad 82'	Report	Behilil 44'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Khelifi, Saâdi, Boucherara
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Baroudi (Bouchema, 71’), Baâbouche, Galoul, Chaoui, Hadjadj (Belghomari, 58’), Belkaïd, Touré Chérif (Koudri, 54’), Badji (c), Younès, Cherrad - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

18 January 2008 Round 17	ASO Chlef	1–0	MC Alger	Chlef
	Daoud 11'	Report		Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Bousseter, Benarous, Ouchen
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Azzedine, Hosni, Baâbouche (c) (Daoud Farid, 68’), Galoul, Chaoui, Koudri, Younès, Belkaïd, Touré Chérif (Badji, 46’), Belghomari, Cherrad (Bouchema, 87’) - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

25 January 2008 Round 18	MC Alger	1–1	ES Sétif	Algiers
	Belghomari 72'	Report	Hadj Aïssa 55'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Benamara, Mansouri, Graidi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche, Galoul, Chaoui, Hadjadj, Koudri (Daoud, 90'), Badji (c) (Belkheir, 80'), Younès, Belghomari, Touré Chérif (Sidibé, 67') - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

31 January 2008 Round 19	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	MC Alger	Algiers
	Ouznadji 29' (pen.)	Report	Sidibé 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Referee: Boumaâza, Bitam, Zeghad
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche (Belkheir, 75’), Kaddour, Chaoui, Younès, Belkaïd, Hadjadj, Badji (c) Bouchema (Sidibé, 31’), Cherrad - Coach:* Enrico Fabbro*

7 February 2008 Round 20	MC Alger	1–1	CR Belouizdad	Rouiba
	Koudri 27'	Report	Aoudia 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium Referee: Amalou, Tahir, Belagoune
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche, Galoul, Chaoui (Touré Chérif, 65'), Koudri (Hadjadj, 56’), Belkaïd, Badji (c), Younès, Cherrad (Sidibé, 38’), Bouguèche - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

14 February 2008 Round 21	AS Khroub	1–0	MC Alger	El Khroub
	Messaoudi 83'	Report		Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Referee: Haimoudi, Bouanani, Bouhassoun
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni (Belkheir 84’), Chaoui, Galoul, Coulibaly, Koudri, Belkaïd, Badji (c), Younès, Sidibé, Bouguèche - Coach:* Enrico Fabbro*

25 February 2008 Round 22	MC Alger	1–0	USM Alger	Koléa
	Coulibaly 9'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Koléa Referee: Benouza, Tahir, Omari
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Coulibaly, Galoul, Chaoui (Boudebouda, 63’), Koudri, Belkaïd, Hadjadj, Badji (c) (Belghomari, 73’), Younès (Kaddour, 83’), Bouguèche - Coach: Mohamed Mekhazni

6 March 2008 Round 23	JS Kabylie	1–0	MC Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	Bensaïd 33'	Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre Referee: Benaissa, Djezzar, Kourichi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche, Coulibaly Moussa, Galoul, Kaddour (Bouchema, 75'), Hadjadj, Koudri (Touré Chérif, 43'), Badji (c),Younès (Sidibé, 81'), Cherrad - Coach: Mekhazni Mohamed

13 March 2008 Round 24	MC Alger	0–1	USM Annaba	Koléa
		Report	Hamlaoui 90'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Koléa Referee: Haimoudi, Bouanani, Bouhassoun
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Coulibaly, Galoul, Chaoui (Belkheir, 75’), Hadjadj, Belkaïd, Badji (c), Bouchema (Sidibé, 50’), Cherrad (Touré Chérif, 85’), Bouguèche - Coach: Mekhazni Mohamed

31 March 2008 Round 25	MC Saïda	0–0	MC Alger	Saïda
		Report		Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly, Chaoui, Koudri, Younès, Belkaïd, Sidibé (Belkheir, 56’), Bouguèche (Hadjadj, 75’), Cherrad - Coach:* Ameur Djamil*

17 April 2008 Round 26	MC Alger	1–0	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Bologhine
	Sidibé 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche, Coulibaly, Chaoui, Koudri, Belkaïd, Hadjadj (Sidibé, 46'), Badji (c), Cherrad (Bouchema, 90'), Bouguèche (Galoul, 80') - Coach: Djamil Ameur

21 April 2008 Round 27	OMR El Annasser	0–2	MC Alger	Algiers
		Report	Babouche 53' Kabri 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bichari, Haci, Kourichi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Chaoui, Baâbouche (c), Coulibaly (Belkheir, 86’), Galoul, Koudri, Hadjadj (Belghomari, 60’), Belkaïd, Bouguèche, Cherrad, Sidibé (Belaïd Sofiane, 71’) - Coach: Djamil Ameur

5 May 2008 Round 28	MC Alger	1–0	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Babouche 25'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Benacer, Hassani, Fahmi
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche, Coulibaly, Galoul, Belkaïd, Koudri, Badji (c) (Belghomari, 65’), Younès, Sidibé (Bouchema, 76’ puis Chaoui, 90’), Bouguèche - Coach: Djamil Ameur

12 May 2008 Round 29	WA Tlemcen	1–1	MC Alger	Tlemcen
	Benmoussa 73' (pen.)	Report	Belghomari 42'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Boumaâza, Feddaoui, Zeghad
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche (Galoul, 42’), Coulibaly, Chaoui, Koudri, Younès, Badji (c), Bouguèche, Sidibé, Belghomari (Bella, 62’) - Coach:* Djamil Ameur*

26 May 2008 Round 30	MC Alger	2–1	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
	Koudri 1' Younes 45'	Report	Meddour 27'	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Haimoudi, Bouhassoun, Belkheïr
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche, Coulibaly, Chaoui, Koudri, Belkaïd, Badji (c) (Belghomari, 68’), Younès, Sidibé (Touré Chérif, 58’), Bouguèche - Coach: Djamil Ameur

Algerian Cup

27 December 2007 Round of 64	MB Constantine	1–5	MC Alger	Sétif
:	Seghiri 28'		Cherrad 5', 87' Belghomari 72', 77' Babouche 83'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Djarbouaâ, Zid, Chaoui
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche, Coulibaly, Galoul, Hadjadj (Koudri 86’), Younès, Touré Chérif, Badji (c) (Belghomari 52’), Bouchema (Bouguèche 68’), Cherrad - Coach: Jean Thissen

21 February 2008 Round of 32	OS Ouenza	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	MC Alger	Constantine
:	Tebib 38'		Badji 10'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Benbaka, Sghiri, Zellagui
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Azzedine, Hosni (Kaddour 45’), Bâabouche, Galoul, Coulibaly, Hadjadj, Belkaïd, Badji (c) (Belkheir Abdenour 45’), Younès, Sidibé (Bouchema 82’), Bouguèche - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

Algerian Super Cup

1 November 2007	JS Kabylie	0–4	MC Alger	Algiers
14:30		Report^[5]	Younès 6', 58' Belghomari 51' Badji 54'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Aouaz Trabelsi (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Ouamane, Hosni, Baâbouche, Kaddour, Galoul, Belkaid, Koudri (Kheloufi 76'), Badji (c) (Belkheir Abdenour 69’) , Belghomari (Sidibé 60'), Bouguèche, Younès - Coach: Enrico Fabbro

CAF Confederation Cup

First round

21 March 2008 First leg	MC Alger	0–0	Haras El Hodoud	Koléa
				Stadium: Koléa Olympic Stadium Referee: Khalid Rouaissi (Morocco) Assistant referees: Abdelaziz El Mehadji, Mohamed Ayoub (Morocco)
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Boudebouda, Galloul, Coulibaly, Koudri, Younès, Belkaïd, Cherrad, Chérif Touré (Bouguèche 58’), Badji (c) (Belkheir Abdenour 71’) - Coach: Mohamed Mekhazni

4 April 2008 Second leg	Haras El Hodoud	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	MC Alger	Alexandria
	Mohamed Al Herda 17'			Stadium: Haras El Hodoud Stadium Referee: M'hamed Al Zalaoui (Libya) Assistant referees: Ibrahim Ferkach, Fathi Ferrad (Libya)
Note: Lineup for MC Alger - Benhamou, Hosni, Baâbouche, Chaoui, Coulibaly, Belkaid, Younès, Koudri (Touré Chérif 55'), Cherrad, Badji (c), Bouguèche - Coach:* Ameur Djamil*

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Division 1			Algerian Cup			Super Cup			Confederation Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohamed Benhamou		20	20	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	23	23	0
30	GK	Sofiane Azzedine		1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
26	GK	Mohamed Reda Ouamane		9	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	10	0
Defenders
4	DF	Andy Dahmani		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	DF	Moussa Coulibaly		19	18	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	23	22	1
5	DF	Smail Chaoui		25	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	25	0
16	DF	Samir Galloul		24	22	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	28	26	0
28	DF	Sofiane Belaïd		5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0
	CB	Imad Bella		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF	Larbi Hosni		22	22	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	27	27	0
39	DF	Salim Baroudi		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
15	DF	Reda Babouche		26	26	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	30	30	4
36	DF	Noureddine Kaddour		11	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	10	0
	DF	Brahim Boudebouda		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
Midfielders
10	DM	Fodil Hadjadj		18	14	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	16	0
18	DM	Farouk Belkaid		23	23	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	27	27	0
23	DM	Hamza Koudri		23	18	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	27	21	3
35	DM	Nassim Bouchema		10	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	0
	DM	Farid Daoud		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DM	Bilal Moumen		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF	Chérif Touré Mamam		7	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	10	5	0
8	AM	Faycal Badji		27	25	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	32	30	3
Forwards
33	RW	Abdenour Belkheir		8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
29	LW	Sofiane Younes		27	26	4	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	32	31	6
7	ST	Abdelmalek Cherrad		10	10	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	13	13	4
17	ST	Rafan Sidibé		18	7	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	8	3
14	ST	Safi Belghomari		15	5	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	17	7	5
19	ST	Hadj Bouguèche		24	22	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	29	25	1
Players transferred out during the season
21	MF	Yacine Hammadou		11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	0
6	MF	Zoubir Zmit		7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0
9	FW	Mohamed Badache		11	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	3
25	FW	Abdelmadjid Tahraoui		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Total				30		26	2		6	1		4	2		0	35		36

Last updated: 11 June 2008
Source: Footballdatabase.eu

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Player	Pos.	D1	AC	SC	TOTAL
29	Sofiane Younes	LW	4	0	2	6
14	Safi Belghomari	ST	3	2	0	5
7	Abdelmalek Cherrad	ST	2	2	0	4
15	Reda Babouche	DF	3	1	0	4
8	Faycal Badji	MF	1	1	1	3
23	Hamza Koudri	MF	3	0	0	3
17	Rafan Sidibé	ST	3	0	0	3
9	Mohamed Badache	ST	3	0	0	3
19	Hadj Bouguèche	ST	1	0	0	1
25	Abdelmadjid Tahraoui	FW	1	0	0	1
12	Moussa Coulibaly	DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			26	6	4	36

Notes

^ The match was originally to be played on 18 October 2007, but it was postponed.

References

^ "Le Belge Thissen, nouvel entraîneur du MCA". L'expression. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
^ "Mezraoui signe pour trois saisons". Djazairess. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
^ "Un ancien bastiais signe au MC Alger". Foot Mercato. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
^ "MC Alger. Touré signe pour 18 mois". Djazairess. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
^ "Supercoupe : ES Sétif 0-4 MC Alger (Le Mouloudia aime les coupes)". DZFoot.com. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

External links

2007–08 MC Alger season at Footballdatabase.eu (in French)

[table_note_res_CUP0.41115876492632-5] JSM Béjaïa are Algerian Cup winners.

[6] The match was originally to be played on 18 October 2007, but it was postponed.

[1] "Le Belge Thissen, nouvel entraîneur du MCA". L'expression. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[2] "Mezraoui signe pour trois saisons". Djazairess. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[3] "Un ancien bastiais signe au MC Alger". Foot Mercato. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[4] "MC Alger. Touré signe pour 18 mois". Djazairess. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[7] "Supercoupe : ES Sétif 0-4 MC Alger (Le Mouloudia aime les coupes)". DZFoot.com. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

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