2021–22 RC Arbaâ season

RC Arbaâ

2021–22 season
Head coach	Abdelghani Boufennara (until 4 January 2022)[1] Faiçal Kebbiche (c) (from 4 January 2022)
Stadium	Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium
Ligue 1	14th
Top goalscorer	League: Mehdi Boubakour (10 goals) All: Mehdi Boubakour (10 goals)

In the 2021–22 season, RC Arbaâ competed in the Ligue 1 for the 4th season and the Algerian Cup, On July 18, 2021, RC Arbaâ was promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after five seasons of absence.^[2]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 October 2021.
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
1		GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	(1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 39)	RC Kouba
16		GK	Zinedine Abassi	(1999-02-28)28 February 1999 (aged 22)	USM Alger
27		GK	Abdelmoumen Sifour	(1998-03-03)3 March 1998 (aged 23)	USM Alger
Defenders
2		RB	Aymen Chaaraoui	(1997-07-26)26 July 1997 (aged 24)	Youth system
4		CB	Idir Mokeddem	(1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 27)	CS Constantine
5		CB	Ibrahim Saidani	(1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 28)	MSP Batna
17		LB	Salaheddine Benlaribi	(1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 25)	JS Djijel
19		LB	Salim Brahmi	(1994-04-20)20 April 1994 (aged 26)	USM Blida
21		CB	Messaoud Doumi	(1985-02-08)8 February 1985 (aged 35)	WA Boufarik
Midfielders
6		MF	Abdelbasset Dahou	(1995-07-30)30 July 1995 (aged 26)	Youth system
8		MF	Mohamed Billal Rait	(1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 35)	WA Boufarik
10		MF	Aboubakr Kessili	(1996-12-26)26 December 1996 (aged 25)	RCB Oued Rhiou
12		MF	Abderrazak Remili	(2000-05-08)8 May 2000 (aged 21)	Youth system
14		MF	Abdallah Mostfaoui	(1999-08-11)11 August 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
15		MF	Chams-Eddine Haddad	(1994-04-13)13 April 1994 (aged 27)	US Biskra
18		MF	Mehdi Boubakour	(1995-06-26)26 June 1995 (aged 26)	SCM Oran
20		MF	Mohamed Akram Belmessous	(1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
23		MF	Yacine Deghmani	(1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 30)	US Beni Douala
25		MF	Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 34)	RC Kouba
Forwards
7		FW	Sid Ali Kabri	(1998-12-16)16 December 1998 (aged 23)	NC Magra
9		FW	Oussama Kismoun	(1996-02-19)19 February 1996 (aged 25)	Paradou AC
11		FW	Abdelmalek Oukil	(1996-07-07)7 July 1996 (aged 25)	WA Tlemcen
13		FW	Boumediene Freifer	(1998-11-15)November 15, 1998 (aged 23)	MC Oran
22		FW	Seif Zine Toumi	(1994-09-07)7 September 1994 (aged 27)	US Biskra
24		FW	Mohamed Amine Bouziane	(1996-02-05)5 February 1996 (aged 25)	NA Hussein Dey
26		FW	Hocine Diafi	(1995-06-19)19 June 1995 (aged 26)	A Bou Saâda

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	029.41	—	12th	23 October 2021	11 June 2022
Total	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	029.41

Updated to match played 11 June 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	HB Chelghoum Laïd	34	11	12	11	40	41	−1	45
13	NC Magra	34	13	6	15	31	36	−5	45
14	RC Arbaâ	34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	43
15	Olympique de Médéa (R)	34	10	6	18	32	53	−21	36	Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2
16	NA Hussein Dey (R)	34	5	7	22	33	66	−33	22

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. 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.
(R) Relegated

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
34	10	13	11	40	45	−5	43	7	6	4	22	18	+4	3	7	7	18	27	−9

Last updated: 11 June 2022.
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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L
Position	17	18	18	17	16	15	17	13	12	16	16	14	12	12	10	10	10	13	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.^[3]

RC Arbaâ v US Biskra

23 October 2021 Round 1	RC Arbaâ	0–5	US Biskra	Kouba
16:00		Report	Khoualed 2', 34' Mokhtar 50', 76' (pen.) Djahnit 55'	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

USM Alger v RC Arbaâ

30 October 2021 Round 2	USM Alger	4–0	RC Arbaâ	Bologhine
15:00	Belkacemi 14' Mahious 30' (pen.) Zouari 35' Belaïd 42'	Report	Brahimi  29' Yacoub  74'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Nadjib Meziani

RC Arbaâ v HB Chelghoum Laïd

7 November 2021 Round 3	RC Arbaâ	0–0	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Boufarik
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Mahdi Dehina

JS Kabylie v RC Arbaâ

19 November 2021 Round 4	JS Kabylie	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Tizi Ouzou
17:00	Doumbia 30'	Report	Kessili 81'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

RC Arbaâ v ASO Chlef

25 November 2021 Round 5	RC Arbaâ	0–0	ASO Chlef	Boufarik
14:30		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Amine Hansal

MC Oran v RC Arbaâ

4 December 2021 Round 6	MC Oran	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Oran
17:00	Djabout 83'	Report	Kismoun 79'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

RC Arbaâ v CR Belouizdad

10 December 2021 Round 7	RC Arbaâ	1–2	CR Belouizdad	Boufarik
15:00	Kessili 15'	Report	Belkhiter 6' Merzougui 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

NC Magra v RC Arbaâ

17 December 2021 Round 8	NC Magra	1–2	RC Arbaâ	Magra
15:00	Neche 29'	Report	Kismoun 64' Haddad 77'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Mohamad Salah Dafri

RC Arbaâ v WA Tlemcen

24 December 2021 Round 9	RC Arbaâ	0–0	WA Tlemcen	Boufarik
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Akram Mechairia

MC Alger v RC Arbaâ

28 December 2021 Round 10	MC Alger	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
16:00	Frioui 32'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hadj Aissa Semache

RC Arbaâ v CS Constantine

2 January 2022 Round 11	RC Arbaâ	0–1	CS Constantine	Boufarik
14:00		Report	Benchaira 83'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Ali Nader

Paradou AC v RC Arbaâ

7 January 2022 Round 12	Paradou AC	1–2	RC Arbaâ	Dar El Beïda
15:00	Benbouali 1'	Report	Frifer 56' Kessili 90+3'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ahmed Benhamou

RC Arbaâ v Olympique de Médéa

14 January 2022 Round 13	RC Arbaâ	4–2	Olympique de Médéa	Larbaâ
15:00	Deghmani 7' Berkoun 17' Toumi 85' Boubakour 88'	Report	Messaoudène 26' Baâli 82'	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

ES Sétif v RC Arbaâ

21 January 2022 Round 14	ES Sétif	3–1	RC Arbaâ	Sétif
15:00	Ziti 24' Bakrar 45+2' Kendouci 70'	Report	Boubakour 49'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nadjib Meziani

RC Arbaâ v NA Hussein Dey

25 January 2022 Round 15	RC Arbaâ	3–1	NA Hussein Dey	Larbaâ
14:00	Boubakour 18' Oukil 21', 73' (pen.)	Report	Bouloudene 84'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Riadh Ammar Khodja

RC Arbaâ v RC Relizane

29 January 2022 Round 16	RC Arbaâ	2–1	RC Relizane	Larbaâ
14:30	Saidani 45+5' Oukil 66'	Report	Belalia 88'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

JS Saoura v RC Arbaâ

5 February 2022 Round 17	JS Saoura	0–0	RC Arbaâ	Béchar
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ali Nader

US Biskra v RC Arbaâ

25 February 2022 Round 18	US Biskra	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Biskra
14:30	Mokhtar 12'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi

RC Arbaâ v USM Alger

1 March 2022 Round 19	RC Arbaâ	2–0	USM Alger	Larbaâ
15:00	Oukil 42' Benlaribi 50'	Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houssam Benyahia

HB Chelghoum Laïd v RC Arbaâ

5 March 2022 Round 20	HB Chelghoum Laïd	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Chelghoum Laïd
14:30	Khaldi 57'	Report	Boubakour 67'	Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

RC Arbaâ v JS Kabylie

12 March 2022 Round 21	RC Arbaâ	0–0	JS Kabylie	Larbaâ
14:30		Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

ASO Chlef v RC Arbaâ

19 March 2022 Round 22	ASO Chlef	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Chlef
15:00	Alili 39' (pen.) Dahmani 63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

RC Arbaâ v MC Oran

26 March 2022 Round 23	RC Arbaâ	1–1	MC Oran	Larbaâ
14:00	Boubakour 52'	Report	Djabout 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Nadjib Meziani

RC Arbaâ v NC Magra

12 April 2022 Round 25	RC Arbaâ	1–1	NC Magra	Larbaâ
15:45	Deghmani 16' (pen.)	Report	Demane 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Mohamed Ali Nader

WA Tlemcen v RC Arbaâ

16 April 2022 Round 26	WA Tlemcen	2–1	RC Arbaâ	Tlemcen
15:45	Bounoua 65', 70'	Report	Toumi 70'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

RC Arbaâ v MC Alger

23 April 2022 Round 27	RC Arbaâ	1–0	MC Alger	Larbaâ
15:45	Deghmani 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

CS Constantine v RC Arbaâ

29 April 2022 Round 28	CS Constantine	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Constantine
16:45	Dib 42'	Report	Toumi Sief 2'	Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

RC Arbaâ v Paradou AC

6 May 2022 Round 29	RC Arbaâ	3–1	Paradou AC	Larbaâ
16:00	Oukil 10', 73', 79'	Report	Bouzok 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Malek Aït Ameur

CR Belouizdad v RC Arbaâ

10 May 2022 Round 24	CR Belouizdad	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Belouizdad
17:00	Bourdim 70'	Report	Saidani 50'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

Olympique de Médéa v RC Arbaâ

14 May 2022 Round 30	Olympique de Médéa	4–3	RC Arbaâ	Médéa
17:00	Gagaa 31' (pen.) Baâli 39', 90+2' Belouchat 88'	Report	Bouziane 50' Boubakour 52' Toumi Sief 79'	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

RC Arbaâ v ES Sétif

22 May 2022 Round 31	RC Arbaâ	3–1	ES Sétif	Larbaâ
16:00	Bouziane 23' Oukil 45+1' Boubakour 90+4'	Report	Kendouci 67'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

NA Hussein Dey v RC Arbaâ

27 May 2022 Round 32	NA Hussein Dey	0–1	RC Arbaâ	Belouizdad
17:45	Boubakour 56'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

RC Relizane v RC Arbaâ

3 June 2022 Round 33	RC Relizane	3–3	RC Arbaâ	Relizane
16:45	Harrats 8' Belalia 64', 82'	Report	Boubakour 24', 52' Deghmani 45+3'	Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salah Dafri

RC Arbaâ v JS Saoura

11 June 2022 Round 34	RC Arbaâ	1–2	JS Saoura	Larbaâ
17:45	Toumi Sief 63'	Report	Lahmeri 51' Hamidi 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Ahmed Walid Chouih	26	0	26	0
16	GK	ALG	Zinedine Abassi	1	0	1	0
27	GK	ALG	Abdelmoumen Sifour	7	0	7	0
	GK	ALG	Mohamed Attallah	2	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Aymen Chaaraoui	13	0	13	0
4	DF	ALG	Idir Mokeddem	28	0	28	0
5	DF	ALG	Ibrahim Saidani	18	2	18	2
17	DF	ALG	Salaheddine Benlaribi	28	1	28	1
19	DF	ALG	Salim Brahimi	4	0	4	0
21	DF	ALG	Messaoud Doumi	2	0	2	0
25	DF	ALG	Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	30	0	30	0
	DF	ALG	Walid Amiar	2	0	2	0
	DF	ALG	Abdelatif Taoualit	2	0	2	0
	DF	ALG	Hamza Yacoub	2	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Abdelbasset Dahou	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ALG	Mohamed Billal Rait	24	0	24	0
10	MF	ALG	Aboubakr Kessili	19	3	19	3
12	MF	ALG	Abderrazak Remili	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ALG	Abdallah Mostfaoui	1	0	1	0
15	MF	ALG	Chams-Eddine Haddad	14	1	14	1
18	MF	ALG	Mehdi Boubakour	26	10	26	10
19	DF	ALG	Salim Brahmi	23	0	23	0
20	MF	ALG	Mohamed Akram Belmessous	1	0	1	0
23	MF	ALG	Yacine Deghmani	26	4	26	4
	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Berkoun	28	1	28	1
	MF	ALG	Ahmed Ouail Hamed	2	0	2	0
	MF	ALG	Malik Belkacem Hanine	2	0	2	0
	MF	ALG	Mohamed Yahya	1	0	1	0
	MF	ALG	Ameur Remita	2	0	2	0
	MF	ALG	Fouad Serradj	16	0	16	0
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Sid Ali Kabri	7	0	7	0
9	FW	ALG	Oussama Kismoun	14	2	14	2
11	FW	ALG	Abdelmalek Oukil	30	8	30	8
22	FW	ALG	Seif Zine Toumi	24	5	24	5
24	FW	ALG	Mohamed Amine Bouziane	30	2	30	2
26	FW	ALG	Hocine Diafi	7	0	7	0
Players transferred out during the season
13	FW	ALG	Boumediene Freifer	8	1	8	1

Last updated: 11 June 2022
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 11 June 2022^[update]

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	TOTAL
18		Mehdi Boubakour	MF	10	10
11		Abdelmalek Oukil	FW	8	8
22		Seif Zine Toumi	FW	5	5
23		Yacine Deghmani	MF	4	4
10		Aboubakr Kessili	MF	3	3
24		Mohamed Amine Bouziane	FW	2	2
9		Oussama Kismoun	FW	2	2
5		Ibrahim Saidani	DF	2	2
17		Salaheddine Benlaribi	DF	1	1
15		Chams-Eddine Haddad	MF	1	1
49		Abderrahmane Berkoune	MF	1	1
13		Boumediene Freifer	FW	1	1
Own Goals				0	0
Totals				40	40

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
3 October 2021	FW	Abdelmalek Oukil	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[4]
11 October 2021	MF	Chams-Eddine Haddad	US Biskra	Free transfer	[5]
20 October 2021	MF	Mohamed Amine Bouziane	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	[6]
20 October 2021	FW	Oussama Kismoun	Paradou AC	Free transfer	[7]
20 October 2021	FW	Seif Zine Toumi	US Biskra	Free transfer	[8]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
13 August 2021	LB	Younes Ouasiaa	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[9]
15 August 2021	FW	Abdelmalek Oukil	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[10]

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