2018–19 JS Saoura season

JS Saoura

2018–19 season
Owner	Entreprise Nationale de Forage
President	Mohamed Zerouati
Head coach	Nabil Neghiz (until 20 January 2019)[1] Karim Zaoui (from 30 January 2019)[2]
Stadium	Stade 20 Août 1955
Ligue 1	4th
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mohamed El Amine Hammia (5) All: Mohamed El Amine Hammia (9)

In the 2018–19 season, the Algerian football club JS Saoura competed in Ligue 1 (the top league in Algeria) for the seventh season in a row. The club won 13 out of 30 league games (losing 9 and drawing the remaining 8) and finished 4th out of 16 teams, resulting in qualification for the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup. The club also took part in the Algerian Cup, but were knocked out by IB Lakhdaria in their first match, and the CAF Champions League, where they reached the group stage. The midfielder Adel Bouchiba had the most appearances for the season (at 39), and top goalscorer was Mohamed El Amine Hammia (who scored 9 goals for the club: 5 in Ligue 1 and 4 in the Champions League). The club's head coach at the start of the season was Nabil Neghiz; he was replaced by Karim Zaoui in January 2019.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2010.
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

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	13	8	9	33	22	+11	043.33	—	4th	11 August 2018	26 May 2019
Algerian Cup	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	Round of 64		27 December 2018
Champions League	10	4	3	3	10	10	+0	040.00	Preliminary round	Group stage	27 November 2018	16 March 2019
Total	41	17	12	12	43	32	+11	041.46

Updated to match played 28 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	JS Kabylie	30	15	7	8	38	25	+13	52	Qualification for Champions League
3	Paradou AC	30	14	6	10	38	24	+14	48	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	JS Saoura	30	13	8	9	33	22	+11	47	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
5	ES Sétif	30	13	6	11	34	24	+10	45
6	MC Alger	30	11	10	9	35	36	−1	43	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup

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.

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	13	8	9	33	22	+11	47	10	3	2	28	10	+18	3	5	7	5	12	−7

Last updated: 28 May 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W
Position	9	4	8	4	9	10	12	8	5	6	6	7	6	4	4	5	6	4	6	6	6	5	6	7	5	6	4	5	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

JS Kabylie v JS Saoura

11 August 2018 Round 1	JS Kabylie	0–0	JS Saoura	Tizi Ouzou
19:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

JS Saoura v MC Oran

17 August 2018 Round 2	JS Saoura	2–0	MC Oran	Béchar
20:00	Boulaouidet 57' (pen.), 85'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Farouk Mial

CS Constantine v JS Saoura

28 August 2018 Round 3	CS Constantine	1–0	JS Saoura	Constantine
19:00	Belkacemi 9'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

JS Saoura v USM Alger

1 September 2018 Round 4	JS Saoura	3–0	USM Alger	Béchar
20:00	Zaidi 25', 45+2' Konaté 45'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

NA Hussein Dey v JS Saoura

10 September 2018 Round 5	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	JS Saoura	Belouizdad
17:00	Gasmi 13'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Rafik Achouri

JS Saoura v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

15 September 2018 Round 6	JS Saoura	0–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Béchar
20:00		Soccerway report	El Moudene 90+4'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

DRB Tadjenanet v JS Saoura

22 September 2018 Round 7	DRB Tadjenanet	1–0	JS Saoura	Tadjenanet
16:00	Aribi 54' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

MO Béjaïa v JS Saoura

29 September 2018 Round 8	MO Béjaïa	0–1	JS Saoura	Béjaïa
17:45		Soccerway report	Djallit 48'	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

JS Saoura v USM Bel Abbès

5 October 2018 Round 9	JS Saoura	3–0	USM Bel Abbès	Béchar
19:00	Farhi 5' Djallit 50' (pen.) Bekakchi 90+3'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

AS Ain M'lila v JS Saoura

9 October 2018 Round 10	AS Ain M'lila	0–0	JS Saoura	Batna
15:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

JS Saoura v Paradou AC

19 October 2018 Round 11	JS Saoura	2–2	Paradou AC	Béchar
19:00	Boulaouidet 44' Djallit 86'	Soccerway report	Bouabta 55' Zorgane 82'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

MC Alger v JS Saoura

30 October 2018 Round 12	MC Alger	0–0	JS Saoura	Algiers
18:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

JS Saoura v CR Belouizdad

6 November 2018 Round 13	JS Saoura	2–0	CR Belouizdad	Béchar
18:00	Hammia 9', 57' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Farouk Mial

ES Sétif v JS Saoura

10 November 2018 Round 14	ES Sétif	0–1	JS Saoura	Sétif
17:00		Soccerway report	Hammia 32'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

JS Saoura v Olympique de Médéa

21 November 2018 Round 15	JS Saoura	0–0	Olympique de Médéa	Béchar
18:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

JS Saoura v JS Kabylie

4 January 2019 Round 16	JS Saoura	0–1	JS Kabylie	Béchar
18:00		Soccerway report	Fiston 52'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

MC Oran v JS Saoura

22 January 2019 Round 17	MC Oran	1–1	JS Saoura	Oran
17:45	Toumi 40'	Soccerway report	Yahia-Chérif 21'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

USM Alger v JS Saoura

26 January 2019 Round 19	USM Alger	2–0	JS Saoura	Bologhine
16:00	Chafaï 32' Zouari 42'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

JS Saoura v NA Hussein Dey

7 February 2019 Round 20	JS Saoura	1–0	NA Hussein Dey	Béchar
18:00	Yahia-Chérif 71'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Farouk Mial

JS Saoura v DRB Tadjenanet

13 February 2019 Round 22	JS Saoura	2–0	DRB Tadjenanet	Béchar
18:00	Ulimwengu 82' Boukbouka 90+2'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v JS Saoura

22 February 2019 Round 21	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2–0	JS Saoura	Bordj Bou Arréridj
18:00	Djahnit 35', 36'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ali Nader

JS Saoura v AS Ain M'lila

1 April 2019 Round 25	JS Saoura	4–1	AS Ain M'lila	Béchar
19:00	Talah 4' Boubekeur 17' Hammar 59' Yahia-Chérif 78'	Soccerway report	Tiaiba 64'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Said Aouina

Paradou AC v JS Saoura

21 April 2019 Round 26	Paradou AC	2–0	JS Saoura	Bologhine
16:00	Naidji 44' Bouzok 76'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

JS Saoura v MO Béjaïa

2 March 2019 Round 23	JS Saoura	0–0	MO Béjaïa	Béchar
18:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

JS Saoura v CS Constantine

27 April 2019 Round 18	JS Saoura	3–1	CS Constantine	Béchar
18:00	Farhi 66', 85' Hammar 89'	Soccerway report	Bahamboula 62'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

USM Bel Abbès v JS Saoura

4 May 2019 Round 24	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	JS Saoura	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Khali 10'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

JS Saoura v MC Alger

11 May 2019 Round 27	JS Saoura	4–3	MC Alger	Béchar
22:30	Bekakchi 22' Hammia 36' (pen.) Lahmeri 50' Saâd 67'	Soccerway report	Bendebka 31' Frioui 45+1' (pen.) Nekkache 82'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Farouk Mial

CR Belouizdad v JS Saoura

16 May 2019 Round 28	CR Belouizdad	1–1	JS Saoura	Belouizdad
22:30	Rabti 3'	Soccerway report	Hammia 8'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

JS Saoura v ES Sétif

21 May 2019 Round 29	JS Saoura	2–1	ES Sétif	Béchar
22:30	Zaidi 15' Hammia 45+2'	Soccerway report	Bakir 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

Olympique de Médéa v JS Saoura

26 May 2019 Round 30	Olympique de Médéa	0–1	JS Saoura	Médéa
16:00		Soccerway report	Zaidi 55'	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Algerian Cup

IB Lakhdaria v JS Saoura

27 December 2018 Round of 64	IB Lakhdaria	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	JS Saoura
14:00		Report		Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

Champions League

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Champions League

Preliminary round

JS Saoura v SC Gagnoa

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) First leg	JS Saoura	2–0	SC Gagnoa	Béchar
17:45 UTC+1	Hammia 9' (pen.) Boulaouidet 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Haithem Kossaï (Tunisia)

SC Gagnoa v JS Saoura

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) Second leg	SC Gagnoa	0–0	JS Saoura	Abidjan
16:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Stade Robert Champroux Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)

First round

JS Saoura v Ittihad Tanger

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) First leg	JS Saoura	2–0	Ittihad Tanger	Béchar
17:45 UTC+1	Hammia 68' (pen.) Konaté 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Ittihad Tanger v JS Saoura

23 December 2018 (2018-12-23) Second leg	Ittihad Tanger	1–0	JS Saoura	Tangier
16:00 UTC+1	El Ouadi 48'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Champions League group stage § Group D

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	SIM	JSS	VIT
1	Al-Ahly	6	3	1	2	11	3	+8	10	Quarter-finals		—	5–0	3–0	2–0
2	Simba	6	3	0	3	6	13	−7	9			1–0	—	3–0	2–1
3	JS Saoura	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8			1–1	2–0	—	1–0
4	AS Vita Club	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	7			1–0	5–0	2–2	—

Source: CAF

Simba v JS Saoura

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 1	Simba	3–0	JS Saoura	Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3	Okwi 45+3' Kagere 52', 67'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

JS Saoura v Al-Ahly

18 January 2019 (2019-01-18) 2	JS Saoura	1–1	Al-Ahly	Béchar
20:00 UTC+1	Yahia-Chérif 59'	Report	Nedvěd 85'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

AS Vita Club v JS Saoura

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 3	AS Vita Club	2–2	JS Saoura	Kinshasa
17:00 UTC+1	Kasengu 14' Mundele 37'	Report	Hammia 45' (pen.) Yahia-Chérif 88'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

JS Saoura v AS Vita Club

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12) 4	JS Saoura	1–0	AS Vita Club	Béchar
20:00 UTC+1	Hammar 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

JS Saoura v Simba

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 5	JS Saoura	2–0	Simba	Béchar
20:00 UTC+1	Yahia-Chérif 18' Hammia 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Al-Ahly v JS Saoura

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 6	Al-Ahly	3–0	JS Saoura	Alexandria
18:00 UTC+2	Talah 30' (o.g.) M. Mohsen 45+2' El Shahat 81'	Report		Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abderaouf Natèche	32	0	24	0	0	0	8	0
30	GK	ALG	Khaled Boukacem	11	0	8	0	1	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Barka	12	0	8	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	ALG	Ibrahim Bekakchi	34	2	24	2	0	0	10	0
15	DF	ALG	Fateh Talah	30	1	22	1	0	0	8	0
20	DF	ALG	Nacereddine Khoualed	25	1	16	1	0	0	9	0
22	DF	ALG	Imadeddine Boubekeur	18	1	14	1	1	0	3	0
24	DF	ALG	Mohamed Tiboutine	27	0	21	0	1	0	5	0
29	DF	SEN	El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté	25	2	19	1	1	0	5	1
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Younes Koulkheir	9	0	6	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	ALG	Abdeldjalil Taki Eddine Saâd	11	1	10	1	1	0	0	0
26	MF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Hammia	35	9	25	5	0	0	10	4
27	MF	ALG	Ibrahim Farhi	26	3	24	3	1	0	1	0
25	MF	ALG	Adel Bouchiba	39	0	30	0	0	0	9	0
18	MF	ALG	Messala Merbah	30	0	21	0	0	0	9	0
9	MF	ALG	Ziri Hammar	16	3	9	2	1	0	6	1
	MF	ALG	Ilias Medafai	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	ALG	Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	29	5	20	2	1	0	8	3
11	FW	ALG	Mohamed Boulaouidet	19	4	12	3	1	0	6	1
17	FW	ALG	Moustapha Djallit	17	3	12	3	1	0	4	0
19	FW	ALG	Hamza Zaidi	34	4	26	4	0	0	8	0
28	FW	ALG	Aimen Lahmeri	20	1	16	1	1	0	3	0
23	FW	TAN	Thomas Ulimwengu	13	1	8	1	0	0	5	0
14	FW	ALG	Rafik Boukbouka	9	1	8	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Lamine Boutouala	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Abderrazak Khelifi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
13	MF	ALG	Nabil Bousmaha	9	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
14	MF	MLI	Saïdouba Bissiri Camara	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Sid Ahmed Aouedj	12	0	8	0	1	0	3	0
21	DF	ALG	Ahmida Zenasni	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 9 June 2019
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

Squad list

As of August 11, 2018. 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 Abderaouf Natèche 2 DF  ALG Mohamed El Amine Barka 4 DF  ALG Ibrahim Bekakchi 6 MF  ALG Younes Koulkheir 7 MF  ALG Abdeldjalil Taki Eddine Saâd 8 FW  ALG Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif 10 MF  ALG Sid Ahmed Aouedj 11 FW  ALG Mohamed Boulaouidet 13 MF  ALG Nabil Bousmaha 14 MF  GUI Saïdouba Bissiri Camara 15 DF  ALG Fateh Talah 16 GK  ALG Mohamed Zakaria Haouli 17 FW  ALG Moustapha Djallit (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  ALG Messala Merbah 19 FW  ALG Hamza Zaidi 20 DF  ALG Nacereddine Khoualed 21 DF  ALG Ahmida Zenasni 22 MF  ALG Imadeddine Boubekeur 24 DF  ALG Mohamed Tiboutine 25 DF  ALG Adel Bouchiba 26 MF  ALG Mohamed El Amine Hammia 27 MF  ALG Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima 28 FW  ALG Aimen Lahmeri 29 DF  SEN El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté 30 GK  ALG Khaled Boukacem

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
25 May 2018	GK	Abderaouf Natèche	MC Oran	Free transfer	[3]
9 June 2018	MF	Sid Ahmed Aouedj	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[4]
9 June 2018	MF	Adel Bouchiba	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[4]
13 June 2018	FW	Mohamed Boulaouidet	Ohod Club	Free transfer	[5]
5 July 2018	MF	Younes Koulkheir	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[6]
19 July 2018	MF	Seydouba Bissiri Camara	AS Kaloum Star	Free transfer	[7]
25 December 2018	FW	Thomas Ulimwengu	Al-Hilal Club	Free transfer	[8]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
13 June 2018	MF	Abderrahmane Bourdim	MC Alger	Undisclosed	[9]

References

1. "Ligue 1 : JS Saoura, Nabil Neghiz démissionne". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
2. "Karim Zaoui dirigera l'équipe à Kinshasa". lexpressiondz.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
3. "Mercato : Natèche quitte le MCO pour la JS Saoura". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
4. "JSS : Aouedj et Bouchiba signent à Saoura". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
5. "JSS : Boulaouidat débarque à Bechar". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
6. "JSS : Koulkheir signe à Bechar". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
7. "JSS : Signature d'un international guinéen". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
8. "Mercato : Un Tanzanien signe à la JS Saoura". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
9. "MCA : Bourdim signe au Mouloudia". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.