2014–15 RC Arbaâ season

RC Arbaâ

2014–15 season
President	Djamel Amani
Head coach	Mohamed Mekhazni (from 8 June 2014) (until 24 September 2014) Mohamed Kherbache (C) Darko Janacković (from 16 October 2014) (until 17 November 2014) Mohamed Mihoubi (from 18 November 2014)[1]
Stadium	Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf
Ligue 1	10th
Algerian Cup	Runners–up
Top goalscorer	League: Oussama Darfalou (12) All: Oussama Darfalou (14)

In the 2014–15 season, RC Arbaâ is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 2nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 16 August 2014.
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
31		GK	Mohamed Fellah	(1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 32)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
22		GK	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	(1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 25)	USM Alger
		GK	Mohamed Alaouchiche	(1993-04-11)11 April 1993 (aged 21)	Youth system
Defenders
4		CB	Abdelaziz Ali Guechi	(1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 24)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
5		RB	Mohamed Reda Maarif	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 24)	FC Bourg-Péronnas
24		CB	Nasreddine Zaâlani	(1992-07-26)26 July 1992 (aged 22)	Youth system
25		CB	Hamza Zeddam	(1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 30)	MC Alger
30		RB	Hussein Boukatouh	(1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (aged 23)	Youth system
35		RB	Ahmed Cheheima	(1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 22)	JSM Béjaïa
46		CB	Messaoud Derouaoui	(1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 20)	Youth system
64		LB	Houari Ferhani	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 21)	USM Alger
		CB	Saber Chebana	(1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 31)	MO Béjaïa
		CB	Oussama Zouak	(1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 28)	WA Tlemcen
Midfielders
			El Bahi Lazaref	(1980-03-03)3 March 1980 (aged 34)
18		DM	Farid Daoud	(1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 25)	MC Alger
			Bertrand Owoundi	(1987-03-19)19 March 1987 (aged 27)	Coton Sport FC de Garoua
10		AM	Hocine Harrouche	(1987-12-09)9 December 1987 (aged 27)	NA Hussein Dey
78		DM	Mehdi Kacem	(1986-08-08)8 August 1986 (aged 28)	MC Alger
8		AM	Abdelmalek Mokdad	(1986-05-05)5 May 1986 (aged 28)	JS Kabylie
16		DM	Bilal Moumen	(1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 24)	MC Alger
55		DM	Nassim Yettou	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 20)	MO Béjaïa
27		AM	Abdellah El Moudene	(1992-03-27)27 March 1992 (aged 22)	MO Béjaïa
98		DM	Elyes Seddiki	(1988-09-27)27 September 1988 (aged 26)	S.C. Beira-Mar
Forwards
6		RW	Zineddine Bensalem	(1990-05-25)25 May 1990 (aged 24)	MC Alger
9		LW	Morgan Betorangal	(1988-08-25)25 August 1988 (aged 26)	F91 Dudelange
21		ST	Djamel Bouaïcha	(1982-06-19)19 June 1982 (aged 32)	MC Oran
			Ramzi Bourakba	(1984-12-20)20 December 1984 (aged 30)	CR Belouizdad
13		ST	Oussama Darfalou	(1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 21)	USM Alger
92		ST	Ghislain Guessan	(1992-09-15)15 September 1992 (aged 22)	Tours FC
20		RW	Rafik Bouderbal	(1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 27)	FC Bourg-Péronnas
66		LW	Sofiane Nedjar	(1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 25)	Paradou AC

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	12	4	14	28	35	−7	040.00	—	10th	16 August 2014	29 May 2015
Algerian Cup	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	050.00	Round of 64	Runners–up	13 December 2014	2 May 2015
Total	36	15	6	15	34	38	−4	041.67

Ligue 1

Main article: 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	USM Alger	30	10	11	9	35	27	+8	41[a]
9	NA Hussein Dey	30	10	10	10	23	22	+1	40[b]
10	RC Arbaâ	30	12	4	14	28	35	−7	40[b]
11	JS Saoura	30	10	9	11	26	29	−3	39[c]
12	MC Alger	30	10	9	11	33	31	+2	39[c]

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2015. 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:

1. USMA 1-2 ASMO; ASMO 1-0 USMA
2. NAHD 3-0 RCA; RCA 0-1 NAHD
3. JSS: 9 points; MCA: 6 points; JSK: 3 points

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	12	4	14	28	35	−7	40	10	3	2	18	6	+12	2	1	12	10	29	−19

Last updated: 29 December 2014.
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	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W
Position	5	9	11	7	11	12	14	12	13	10	13	12	14	12	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	5	7	10	12	13	13	10

Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2014. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

USM El Harrach v RC Arbaâ

16 August 2014 1	USM El Harrach	0–1	RC Arbaâ	Réghaïa
17:00		Report	12' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Boualem Bourada Referee: Houasnia, Badache, Boulekrinet

RC Arbaâ v CS Constantine

23 August 2014 2	RC Arbaâ	0–1	CS Constantine	Larbaâ
17:00		Report	32' Rouabah	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Bourouba

MC Oran v RC Arbaâ

16 September 2014 3	MC Oran	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Oran
19:00	Nekkache 33' Ali Guechi 77' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Aouina, Benaissa, Chenoua

RC Arbaâ v USM Alger

20 September 2014 4	RC Arbaâ	2–0	USM Alger	Larbaâ
16:00	Mokdad 5' (pen.) Darfalou  44' 90+3' Ali Guechi  13' Ferhani  19' Yettou  34' Zeddam  60' Fellah  66'  90+5'	Report	3' Meftah  34' Khoualed  55' Bouchema	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Benbrahem, Djabellah, Allaoua

USM Bel-Abbès v RC Arbaâ

27 September 2014 5	USM Bel-Abbès	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:45	Achiou 42'	Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bouchama, Aouina, Kéchida

RC Arbaâ v MC El Eulma

2 October 2014 6	RC Arbaâ	0–0	MC El Eulma	Larbaâ
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl-Makhlouf Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Rachedi

ASO Chlef v RC Arbaâ

18 October 2014 7	ASO Chlef	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Chlef
16:00	Haddouche 13' Tedjar 45+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Saidi, Cherina, Rezguène

RC Arbaâ v JS Saoura

25 October 2014 8	RC Arbaâ	2–1	JS Saoura	Larbaâ
15:00	Darfalou 12' Guessan 87'	Report	11' Aoudou	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Nader, Messali, Belhocine

MO Béjaïa v RC Arbaâ

1 November 2014 9	MO Béjaïa	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Béjaïa
18:00	Rahal 12' (pen.) Yaya 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Necib, Meghlout, Benacer

RC Arbaâ v ASM Oran

8 November 2014 10	RC Arbaâ	1–0	ASM Oran	Larbaâ
15:00	Mokdad 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Achouri, Amri, Bougherara

NA Hussein Dey v RC Arbaâ

22 November 2014 11	NA Hussein Dey	3–0	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
16:00	Ahmed Benyahia 3' Benayad 69' Ouznadji 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 20 Août 1955 Referee: Arab, Bazine, Bayoud

RC Arbaâ v ES Sétif

29 November 2014 12	RC Arbaâ	1–1	ES Sétif	Larbaâ
15:00	Bouaïcha 75'	Report	82' Zerara	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Bassiri, Hallem, Berrachou

JS Kabylie v RC Arbaâ

5 December 2014 13	JS Kabylie	2–1	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
17:30	Rial 35' (pen.) Si Ammar 68'	Report	38' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bachir, Abid, El-Hadj Saïd

RC Arbaâ v CR Belouizdad

20 December 2014 14	RC Arbaâ	2–0	CR Belouizdad	Larbaâ
14:30	Yettou 11' Darfalou 48'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Gherbal, Serradj, Cherchar

MC Alger v RC Arbaâ

30 December 2014 15	MC Alger	0–2	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
16:00		Report	27' Ferhani 31' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Saïdi, Bechirene, Rezgane

RC Arbaâ v USM El Harrach

20 January 2015 16	RC Arbaâ	1–0	USM El Harrach	Larbaâ
14:00	Darfalou 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Necib, Tamen, Maghlout

CS Constantine v RC Arbaâ

24 January 2015 17	CS Constantine	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Constantine
16:00	Boulemdaïs 52', 61' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mial, Idir, Semsoum

RC Arbaâ v MC Oran

31 January 2015 18	RC Arbaâ	1–0	MC Oran	Larbaâ
16:00	Mokdad 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf

USM Alger v RC Arbaâ

6 February 2015 19	USM Alger	5–1	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
16:00	Belaïli 3' Meftah 23' (pen.) Ferhat 77' (pen.) Benkhemassa 84' Manucho 90+1'	Report	51' Harrouche	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Kechidi

RC Arbaâ v USM Bel-Abbès

14 February 2015 20	RC Arbaâ	2–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Larbaâ
15:00	Bouaïcha 21' Mokdad 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Benbraham, Chaballah, Allaoua

MC El Eulma v RC Arbaâ

24 February 2015 21	MC El Eulma	2–0	RC Arbaâ	El Eulma
16:00	Abbès 27' Derrardja 31'	Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Boukhalfa, Atachali, Zerhouni

RC Arbaâ v ASO Chlef

6 March 2015 22	RC Arbaâ	3–1	ASO Chlef	Larbaâ
15:00	Semahi 1' (o.g.) Darfalou 81' Harrouche 90'	Report	90' Sakombou	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Boukouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

JS Saoura v RC Arbaâ

21 March 2015 23	JS Saoura	2–1	RC Arbaâ	Béchar
15:00	Sayah 18' (pen.) Terbah 68'	Report	62' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Nadher, Serradj, Rezgane

RC Arbaâ v MO Béjaïa

28 March 2015 24	RC Arbaâ	1–0	MO Béjaïa	Larbaâ
16:00	El Mouden 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Amalou, Brahim, Azrine

ASM Oran v RC Arbaâ

18 April 2015 25	ASM Oran	3–2	RC Arbaâ	Oran
16:00	Benayada 5' Belalem 21' Djemaouni 80'	Report	45' Daoud 90' (o.g.) Benayada	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Brahimi, Azouz, Merzoug

RC Arbaâ v NA Hussein Dey

25 April 2015 26	RC Arbaâ	0–1	NA Hussein Dey	Larbaâ
17:00		Report	29' Benayad	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Boukoussa, Mokrani, Bourouba

ES Sétif v RC Arbaâ

9 May 2015 27	ES Sétif	2–1	RC Arbaâ	Sétif
17:00	Benyettou 51' Belameiri 80'	Report	69' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Hlalchi, Brahim, Doulache

RC Arbaâ v JS Kabylie

16 May 2015 28	RC Arbaâ	0–0	JS Kabylie	Larbaâ
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Necib, Meghlout, Bennacer

CR Belouizdad v RC Arbaâ

23 May 2015 29	CR Belouizdad	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
17:00	Draoui 73'	Report	90' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Amalou, Benbachir, Remouche

RC Arbaâ v MC Alger

29 May 2015 30	RC Arbaâ	2–1	MC Alger	Larbaâ
17:00	Darfalou 48' Yettou 69'	Report	90+1' Khiter	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Housnia, Seradj, Etchiali

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Algerian Cup

MSP Batna v RC Arbaâ

12 December 2014 Round of 64	MSP Batna	0–1	RC Arbaâ	Batna
14:30		Report	Darfalou 89'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

AHM Hassi Messaoud v RC Arbaâ

27 December 2014 Round of 32	AHM Hassi Messaoud	1–3	RC Arbaâ	Ouargla
14:00	Tahra 32'	Report	Ferhani 20' Bouaicha 47' Darfalou 77'	Stadium: Olympic Ouargla Stadium Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Benrouane

CRB Aïn Fakroun v RC Arbaâ

20 February 2015 Round of 16	CRB Aïn Fakroun	0–1 (a.e.t.)	RC Arbaâ	Aïn M'lila
15:00		Report	Mokdad 109'	Stadium: Stade des Frères Demane Debih Referee: Mohamed Bichari

NA Hussein Dey v RC Arbaâ

13 March 2015 Quarter-finals	NA Hussein Dey	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
16:00	Ndouassel 81'	Report	Zeddam 90+4'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Redouane Necib
	Penalties
	Metref Boukhenchouche Bendebka		Mokdad Seddiki Darfalou El Moudene

RC Arbaâ v ASO Chlef

11 April 2015 Semi-finals	RC Arbaâ	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

MO Béjaïa v RC Arbaâ

2 May 2015 Final	MO Béjaïa	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Blida
16:00	Zahir Zerdab 43'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mohamed Bichari

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	ALG	[Mohamed Fellah	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ALG	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ALG	Mohamed Alaouchiche	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	ALG	Zineddine Bensalem	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Hussein Boukatouh	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Saber Chebana	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Ahmed Cheheima	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Houari Ferhani	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Nasreddine Zaâlani	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Hamza Zeddam	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Mohamed Reda Maarif	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF	ALG	El Bahi Lazaref	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Rafik Bouderbal	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Farid Daoud	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	CMR	Bertrand Owoundi	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Hocine Harrouche	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Mehdi Kacem	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Abdelmalek Mokdad	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Bilal Moumen	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Mohamed Nassim Yettou	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Abdellah El Moudene	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Elyes Seddiki	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	CHA	Morgan Betorangal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW	ALG	Djamel Bouaïcha	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Ramzi Bourakba	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Oussama Darfalou	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	CIV	Ghislain Guessan	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Sofiane Nedjar	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 8 June 2019
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Cup	TOTAL
13		Oussama Darfalou	FW	12	2	14
4		Abdelmalek Mokdad	MF	4	1	5
21		Djamel Bouaïcha	FW	2	1	3
10		Hocine Harrouche	MF	2	0	2
55		Mohamed Nassim Yettou	MF	2	0	2
34		Houari Ferhani	DF	1	1	2
18		Farid Daoud	MF	1	0	1
-		Abdellah El Moudene	MF	1	0	1
-		Ghislain Guessan	FW	1	0	1
25		Hamza Zeddam	DF	0	1	1
Own Goals				2	0	2
Totals				28	6	34

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2014	CB	Nasreddine Zaâlani	AS Khroub	Free transfer
1 July 2014	CB	Abdelaziz Ali Guechi	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Free transfer
1 July 2014	RB	Ahmed Cheheima	JSM Béjaïa	Free transfer
1 July 2014	DM	Farid Daoud	MC Alger	Free transfer
1 July 2014	LW	Sofiane Nedjar	Paradou AC	Free transfer
1 July 2014	RW	Rafik Bouderbal	FC Bourg-Péronnas	Free transfer
1 July 2014	RW	Zineddine Bensalem	MC Alger	Free transfer
1 July 2014	FW	Mohamed Derrag	CS Constantine	Free transfer
1 July 2014	ST	Ghislain Guessan	Unattached	Free transfer
5 July 2014	GK	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	USM Alger	Free transfer
5 July 2014	DM	Bilal Moumen	MC Alger	Free transfer
14 July 2014	CB	Saber Chebana	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer
14 July 2014	ST	Djamel Bouaïcha	MC Oran	Free transfer
17 July 2014	FW	Ramzi Bourakba	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer
22 July 2014	LB	Houari Ferhani	USM Alger	Free transfer
29 July 2014	AM	Hocine Harrouche	JS Kabylie	Free transfer
1 January 2015	LW	Morgan Betorangal	F91 Dudelange	Free transfer
14 January 2015	RB	Mohamed Reda Maarif	FC Bourg-Péronnas	Free transfer
15 January 2015	DM	Elyes Seddiki	Beira-Mar	Free transfer
1 August 2014	ST	Oussama Darfalou	USM Alger	Free transfer

Out

References

1. "Transfert : Mohamed Mihoubi nouvel entraîneur du RC Arbaâ". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.