2021–22 WA Tlemcen season

WA Tlemcen
2021–22 season
Head coach	Kamel Bouhellal; (from 6 September 2021); (until 13 November 2021); ; Meziane Ighil; (from 14 December 2021); ; (until 15 January 2022); Sid Ahmed Slimani; (from 17 January 2022);
Stadium	Colonel Lotfi Stadium
Ligue 1	18th (relegated)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Redouane Bounoua; (3 goals); All: ; Redouane Bounoua; (3 goals)
	← 2020–21

In the 2021–22 season, WA Tlemcen competed in the Ligue 1 for the 30th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their second consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

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.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Abdelwahab Saidi	(1999-02-28)28 February 1999 (aged 22)
16	GK	Mohamed Bouchaour	(1993-09-20)20 September 1993 (aged 28)	RCB Oued Rhiou
27	GK	Nafaa Alloui	(1991-03-17)17 March 1991 (aged 30)	US Biskra
Defenders
2	RB	Racim Mebarki	(1998-04-10)10 April 1998 (aged 23)	JS Kabylie
3	LB	Juba Chirani	(1998-01-04)4 January 1998 (aged 23)	Paradou AC
4	RB	Soufyane Mebarki	(1986-05-13)13 May 1986 (aged 35)	NC Magra
5	CB	Youcef Kamel Messaoudi	(1994-02-20)20 February 1994 (aged 27)	Youth System
14	CB	Bilal Tizi Bouali	(1997-12-14)14 December 1997 (aged 24)	JS Kabylie
17	RB	Houssam Bahraoui	(1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 28)	JSM Skikda
22	CB	Abderrazzak Bentoucha	(1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 26)	MCB Oued Sly
Midfielders
6	MF	Mohamed Heriat	(1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 32)	AS Ain M'lila
8	MF	Ahmida Zenasni	(1993-07-10)10 July 1993 (aged 28)	JSM Béjaïa
18	MF	Djamel Belalem	(1993-08-12)12 August 1993 (aged 28)	Olympique de Médéa
19	MF	Charif Nasseri	(1990-10-06)6 October 1990 (aged 31)	JSM Skikda
20	MF	Redouane Bounoua	(1998-11-01)1 November 1998 (aged 23)	USM Bel Abbès
23	MF	Issam Abdelhafid Guendouze	(2000-03-28)28 March 2000 (aged 21)	Youth System
26	MF	Houssem Ouassni	(1999-10-24)24 October 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
Forwards
7	FW	Abdelwahid Belgherbi	(1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 31)	USM Bel Abbès
9	FW	Mohamed Seguer	(1985-09-07)7 September 1985 (aged 36)	RC Relizane
10	FW	Mohamed Said Helal	(1998-04-16)16 April 1998 (aged 23)
11	FW	Aymen Amoura	(1999-01-04)4 January 1999 (aged 22)	IRB Maghnia
12	FW	Karim Benhamida	(1999-01-10)10 January 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
13	FW	Mohamed Amine Semahi	(1999-06-22)22 June 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
15	FW	Sid Ali Mebarki	(1998-07-13)13 July 1998 (aged 23)	Paradou AC
21	FW	Kouceila Kasdi	(1996-04-21)21 April 1996 (aged 25)	MO Bejaia
24	FW	Fathallah Belmokhtar	(1998-05-04)4 May 1998 (aged 23)	ASB Maghnia
25	FW	Younes Anis Gali Zerargua	(1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 26)	MCB Oued Sly

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
Ligue 1	34	3	4	27	13	72	−59	008.82	—	18th	23 October 2021	11 June 2022
Total	34	3	4	27	13	72	−59	008.82

Updated to match played 11 June 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
17	RC Relizane (R)	34	4	8	22	31	87	−56	20
18	WA Tlemcen (R)	34	3	4	27	13	72	−59	13

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	3	4	27	13	72	−59	13	3	2	12	10	31	−21	0	2	15	3	41	−38

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	4	9	13	14	15	17	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 17 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.^[6]

23 October 2021 Round 1	WA Tlemcen	1–0	NC Magra	Tlemcen
16:00	Mebarki 30'	Report		Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Attendance: 0 ^[a] Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

29 October 2021 Round 2	RC Relizane	2–1	WA Tlemcen	Relizane
15:00	Belalia 15' Hellal 49'	Report	Keniche 24'	Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium Referee: Hamza Boucetta

7 November 2021 Round 3	MC Alger	2–0	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
18:00	Frioui 77' Esso 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

20 November 2021 Round 4	WA Tlemcen	0–2	CS Constantine	Tlemcen
15:00		Report	Hamzaoui 47', 58'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

25 November 2021 Round 5	Paradou AC	1–0	WA Tlemcen	Dar El Beïda
14:30	Bouzok 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Mohamad Salah Dafri

3 December 2021 Round 6	WA Tlemcen	0–2	Olympique de Médéa	Tlemcen
15:00		Report	Baâli 34' Lakroum 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Nadjib Meziani

11 December 2021 Round 7	ES Sétif	1–0	WA Tlemcen	Sétif
17:00	Kendouci 77'	Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houssam Benyahia

18 December 2021 Round 8	WA Tlemcen	2–2	NA Hussein Dey	Tlemcen
13:30	Belgherbi 73' (pen.) Gali Zerargua 90+5'	Report	Benseghir 60' Derardja 82'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

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

28 December 2021 Round 10	WA Tlemcen	2–3	JS Saoura	Tlemcen
14:00	Bounoua 62' Gali Zerargua 89' (pen.)	Report	Lahmeri 33' (pen.) Saâd 45', 84'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Bilel Soltani

3 January 2022 Round 11	US Biskra	0–0	WA Tlemcen	Biskra
14:00		Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

8 January 2022 Round 12	WA Tlemcen	0–3	USM Alger	Tlemcen
14:30	Mebarki 36'	Report	Mahious 38' Meziane 42', 57'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Tahar Milia

15 January 2022 Round 13	HB Chelghoum Laïd	3–1	WA Tlemcen	Chelghoum Laïd
14:30	Kemoukh 45' Ghorab 58' (pen.), 73'	Report	Mebarki 89'	Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

21 January 2022 Round 14	WA Tlemcen	0–1	JS Kabylie	Tlemcen
15:00		Report	Bensayah 28'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Benhamou

25 January 2022 Round 15	ASO Chlef	4–0	WA Tlemcen	Chlef
14:30	Alili 16', 68' Aliane 63', 76'	Report		Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

29 January 2022 Round 16	WA Tlemcen	1–0	MC Oran	Tlemcen
14:30	Abderrazak Benamraoui 60'	Report		Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

5 February 2022 Round 17	CR Belouizdad	3–0	WA Tlemcen	Belouizdad
14:30	Merzougui 21' Khalfallah 45' Tabti 57'	Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nadjib Meziani

25 February 2022 Round 18	NC Magra	1–0	WA Tlemcen	Magra
15:00	Salah 37'	Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 ^[a] Referee: Amine Hansal

1 March 2022 Round 19	WA Tlemcen	0–0	RC Relizane	Tlemcen
14:30		Report		Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Bilel Soltani

5 March 2022 Round 20	WA Tlemcen	0–2	MC Alger	Tlemcen
14:30		Report	Esso 67' Frioui 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia

13 March 2022 Round 21	CS Constantine	5–0	WA Tlemcen	Constantine
14:30	Belaili 32' Koukpo 47' Lakdja 50' Salhi 57' (pen.) Aiboud 81'	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Riadh Ammar Khodja

19 March 2022 Round 22	WA Tlemcen	1–3	Paradou AC	Tlemcen
15:00	Talbi 90+4'	Report	Bouzok 42' Benbouali 45+1' (pen.) Boulbina 85'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Benhamou

26 March 2022 Round 23	Olympique de Médéa	1–0	WA Tlemcen	Médéa
15:00	Bouras 15'	Report		Stadium: Imam Lyes Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

25 May 2022 Round 24	WA Tlemcen	0–1	ES Sétif	Tlemcen
16:00		Report	Benayad 38'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Redouane Allou

12 April 2022 Round 25	NA Hussein Dey	3–1	WA Tlemcen	Belouizdad
15:45	Meddahi 22' (pen.) Boussalem 45+1' Yaya 77'	Report	Ouassini 50'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamad Salah Dafri

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

23 April 2022 Round 27	JS Saoura	6–0	WA Tlemcen	Béchar
22:30	Bellatreche 4' Saâdi 23' Bouziani 39' Lahmeri 67' Hamidi 75', 85'	Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Marouane Mohamed Belkebir

29 April 2022 Round 28	WA Tlemcen	0–3	US Biskra	Tlemcen
15:45		Report	Khoualed 5' Mokhtar 18', 80'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

6 May 2022 Round 29	USM Alger	2–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
18:00	Othmani 44' Ait El Hadj 79'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Rafik Aouina

14 May 2022 Round 30	WA Tlemcen	1–4	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Tlemcen
16:00	Lakehal 63'	Report	Harrari 7', 8' Kaibou 23' Medjahdaoui 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Benhamou

21 May 2022 Round 31	JS Kabylie	2–0	WA Tlemcen	Tizi Ouzou
17:45	Boukhanchouche 8' Mouaki 64'	Report		Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Alaa Bouab

29 May 2022 Round 32	WA Tlemcen	0–2	ASO Chlef	Tlemcen
16:45		Report	Souibaâh 63' Bengrina 90+4'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Elhadj Chihaoui

5 June 2022 Round 33	MC Oran	5–0	WA Tlemcen	Oran
19:00	Siam 4' Guenina 12' (pen.) Belaribi 24' Dahar 70', 83'	Report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Hadj Aissa Semache

11 June 2022 Round 34	WA Tlemcen	0–2	CR Belouizdad	Tlemcen
16:45		Report	Selmi 63' Belkhadem 90+1'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

^ ^a ^b 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abdelwahab Saidi	10	0	10	0
16	GK	ALG	Mohamed Bouchaour	15	0	15	0
27	GK	ALG	Nafaa Aloui	11	0	11	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Racim Mebarki	8	0	8	0
3	DF	ALG	Juba Chirani	10	0	10	0
4	DF	ALG	Soufyane Mebarki	2	0	2	0
5	DF	ALG	Youcef Kamel Messaoudi	7	0	7	0
17	DF	ALG	Houssam Bahraoui	12	0	12	0
20	DF	ALG	Abderrazzak Bentoucha	5	0	5	0
35	DF	ALG	Imad Eddine Ghemadi	5	0	5	0
	DF	ALG	Abderrazak Benamraoui	21	1	21	1
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Mohamed Heriat	20	0	20	0
18	MF	ALG	Djamel Belalem	16	0	16	0
19	MF	ALG	Charif Nasseri	12	0	12	0
20	MF	ALG	Redouane Bounoua	31	3	31	3
23	MF	ALG	Issam Abdelhafid Guendouze	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ALG	Houssem Ouassni	20	1	20	1
31	MF	ALG	Nassim Cherif	12	0	12	0
34	MF	ALG	Chems Eddine Lakehal	24	1	24	1
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Abdelwahid Belgherbi	14	1	14	1
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Seguer	7	0	7	0
10	FW	ALG	Mohamed Said Helal	7	0	7	0
11	FW	ALG	Aymen Amoura	22	0	22	0
12	FW	ALG	Karim Benhamida	0	0	0	0
13	FW	ALG	Mohamed Amine Semahi	19	0	19	0
15	FW	ALG	Sid Ali Mebarki	16	2	16	2
21	FW	ALG	Kouceila Kasdi	22	0	22	0
24	FW	ALG	Fathallah Belmokhtar	17	0	17	0
25	FW	ALG	Younes Anis Gali Zerargua	8	2	8	2
46	FW	ALG	Mortada Keniche	26	1	26	1
	FW	ALG	Ilyas Talbi	1	1	1	1
Players transferred out during the season
14	DF	ALG	Bilal Tizi Bouali	5	0	5	0
8	MF	ALG	Ahmida Zenasni	15	0	15	0

Last updated: 10 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.	Player	Pos.	L 1	TOTAL
20	Redouane Bounoua	MF	3	3
15	Sid Ali Mebarki	FW	2	2
25	Younes Anis Gali Zerargua	FW	2	2
7	Abdelwahid Belgherbi	FW	1	1
26	Houssem Ouassni	MF	1	1
46	Mortada Keniche	FW	1	1
34	Chems Eddine Lakehal	MF	1	1
	Ilyas Talbi	FW	1	1
	Abderrazak Benamraoui	DF	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Totals			13	13

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
9 September 2021	CB	Bilal Tizi Bouali	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[7]
9 September 2021	CB	Abderrazzak Bentoucha	MCB Oued Sly	Free transfer	^[8]
9 September 2021	FW	Amine Amoura	IRB Maghnia	Free transfer	^[9]
11 September 2021	FW	Houssam Bahraoui	JSM Skikda	Free transfer	^[10]
12 September 2021	FW	Fathallah Belmokhtar	ASB Maghnia	Free transfer	^[11]
12 September 2021	GK	Mohamed Bouchaour	RCB Oued Rhiou	Free transfer	^[12]
18 September 2021	GK	Nafaa Alloui	US Biskra	Free transfer	^[13]^[14]
18 September 2021	MF	Mohamed Heriat	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer	^[13]^[14]
18 September 2021	FW	Kouceila Kasdi	MO Bejaia	Free transfer	^[13]^[14]
21 September 2021	FW	Mohamed Ghali	MCB Oued Sly	Free transfer	^[15]
21 September 2021	RB	Racim Mebarki	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[15]
21 September 2021	LB	Juba Chirani	Paradou AC	Free transfer	^[15]
26 September 2021	MF	Charif Nasseri	JSM Skikda	Free transfer	^[16]
29 September 2021	FW	Abdelwahid Belgherbi	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	^[17]^[18]
29 September 2021	MF	Redouane Bounoua	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	^[17]^[19]
14 October 2021	FW	Mohamed Seguer	RC Relizane	Free transfer	^[20]^[21]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
16 August 2021	RW	Oussama Bellatreche	JS Saoura	Free transfer	^[22]
17 August 2021	MF	Amine Benbelaid	ES Sétif	Free transfer	^[23]
20 August 2021	RB	Aymen Attou	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[24]
2 September 2021	ST	Lahouari Touil	Al-Zawraa SC	Free transfer	^[25]
18 September 2021	CB	Mohamed Oukrif	NC Magra	Free transfer	^[26]
18 September 2021	GK	Adel Chellali	NC Magra	Free transfer	^[27]
26 September 2021	RB	Kheireddine Benamrane	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer	^[28]
7 October 2021	FW	Mounir Aichi	RC Relizane	Free transfer	^[29]
7 October 2021	FW	Djamel Eddine Zermane	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer	^[30]
25 February 2022	DF	Ahmida Zenasni	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[31]