2019–20 MC Oran season

In the 2019–20 season, MC Oran competed in the Ligue 1 for the 54th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[2] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.^[3]

MC Oran

2019–20 season
Chairman	Vacant
Head coach	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (from 16 June 2019)[1] (until 1 October 2019) Bachir Mecheri (from 2 October 2019)
Stadium	Stade Ahmed Zabana
Ligue 1	9th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Zakaria Mansouri (5 goals) All: Zakaria Mansouri (5 goals)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	22	7	9	6	28	24	+4	031.82	—	9th	17 August 2019	14 March 2020
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	26 December 2019	13 February 2020
Total	25	9	9	7	37	28	+9	036.00

Updated to match played 3 June 2019
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
7	JS Saoura	22	9	6	7	19	18	+1	33	1.50
8	AS Aïn M'lila	22	8	8	6	26	25	+1	32	1.45
9	MC Oran	22	7	9	6	28	24	+4	30	1.36
10	Paradou AC	20	7	5	8	20	18	+2	26	1.30
11	USM Bel Abbès	21	8	2	11	22	31	−9	26	1.24

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: dzfoot.com
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
22	7	9	6	28	24	+4	30	5	3	3	17	10	+7	2	6	3	11	14	−3

Last updated: 22 April 2018.
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
Result																							C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position																							9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

MC Oran v USM Bel Abbès

17 August 2019 Round 1	MC Oran	3–1	USM Bel Abbès	Oran
20:45	Mansouri 18' (pen.) Mesmoudi 58' Guertil 70'	Soccerway report	Belhocini 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

ES Sétif v MC Oran

24 August 2019 Round 2	ES Sétif	1–1	MC Oran	Sétif
21:00	Radouani 70' (pen.)	Soccerway report	Motrani 48'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

MC Oran v CS Constantine

31 August 2019 Round 3	MC Oran	1–0	CS Constantine	Oran
20:30	Mansouri 51' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

AS Ain M'lila v MC Oran

11 September 2019 Round 4	AS Ain M'lila	2–1	MC Oran	Aïn M'lila
16:00	Tiaiba 53' Demane 64'	Soccerway report	Mesmoudi 76'	Stadium: Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

MC Oran v MC Alger

15 September 2019 Round 5	MC Oran	2–3	MC Alger	Oran
21:00	Mesmoudi 55' Mansouri 90+5' (pen.)	Soccerway report	Bendebka 33' Brahimi 40' Bourdim 90+1'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

MC Oran v USM Alger

5 October 2019 Round 7	MC Oran	4–0	USM Alger	Oran
17:45	Fourloul 17' Meftah 43' (o.g.) Mellal 74' Benhamou 90+5'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

MC Oran v Paradou AC

23 October 2019 Round 8	MC Oran	0–1	Paradou AC	Oran
18:00		Soccerway report	Ghorab 80'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Redouane Necib

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v MC Oran

30 October 2019 Round 9	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–2	MC Oran	Bordj Bou Arréridj
18:45	Droueche 41' (pen.)	Soccerway report	Mellal 82' Nadji 90+1'	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

MC Oran v NC Magra

9 November 2019 Round 10	MC Oran	1–0	NC Magra	Oran
17:00	Freifer 37'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

JS Saoura v MC Oran

16 November 2019 Round 6	JS Saoura	1–1	MC Oran	Béchar
18:00	Hammia 42'	Soccerway report	Fourloul 29'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Youcef Gamouh

NA Hussein Dey v MC Oran

24 November 2019 Round 11	NA Hussein Dey	0–0	MC Oran	Belouizdad
15:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Houssam Benyahia

MC Oran v US Biskra

30 November 2019 Round 12	MC Oran	0–0	US Biskra	Oran
15:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

MC Oran v ASO Chlef

16 December 2019 Round 14	MC Oran	1–2	ASO Chlef	Oran
17:00	Mellal 41'	Soccerway report	Djahel 45' Hellal 48'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

CR Belouizdad v MC Oran

21 December 2019 Round 15	CR Belouizdad	1–1	MC Oran	Belouizdad
15:00	Djerrar 2'	Soccerway report	Mansouri 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

JS Kabylie v MC Oran

20 January 2020 Round 13	JS Kabylie	1–0	MC Oran	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Saâdou 33'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Said Aouina

USM Bel Abbès v MC Oran

1 February 2020 Round 16	USM Bel Abbès	1–2	MC Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:45	Litt 45'	Soccerway report	Nadji 4', 63'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

MC Oran v ES Sétif

8 February 2020 Round 17	MC Oran	1–1	ES Sétif	Oran
17:45	Boutiche 64'	Soccerway report	Djahnit 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

CS Constantine v MC Oran

17 February 2020 Round 18	CS Constantine	1–1	MC Oran	Constantine
17:00	Amokrane 55'	Soccerway report	Benhamou 4'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

MC Oran v AS Aïn M'lila

22 February 2020 Round 19	MC Oran	3–1	AS Aïn M'lila	Oran
17:00	Benhamou 50' Abdelhafid 53' Motrani 71'	Soccerway report	Tiaiba 29'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

MC Alger v MC Oran

29 February 2020 Round 20	MC Alger	1–1	MC Oran	Algiers
17:45	Frioui 15'	Soccerway report	Motrani 73'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

MC Oran v JS Saoura

7 March 2020 Round 21	MC Oran	1–1	JS Saoura	Oran
16:00	Mansouri 78'	Soccerway report	Saâd 45+3'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

USM Alger v MC Oran

14 March 2020 Round 22	USM Alger	4–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
16:00	Zouari 22', 48' Benhammouda 53', 61'	Soccerway report	Benhamou 45+1'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.[4]

Paradou AC v MC Oran

Round 23	Paradou AC	Cancelled	MC Oran	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

MC Oran v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

Round 24	MC Oran	Cancelled	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Oran
				Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium

NC Magra v MC Oran

Round 25	NC Magra	Cancelled	MC Oran	Magra
				Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium

MC Oran v NA Hussein Dey

Round 26	MC Oran	Cancelled	NA Hussein Dey	Oran
				Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium

US Biskra v MC Oran

Round 27	US Biskra	Cancelled	MC Oran	Biskra
				Stadium: Stade du 18 Février

MC Oran v JS Kabylie

Round 28	MC Oran	Cancelled	JS Kabylie	Oran
				Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium

ASO Chlef v MC Oran

Round 29	ASO Chlef	Cancelled	MC Oran	Chlef
				Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag

MC Oran v CR Belouizdad

Round 30	MC Oran	Cancelled	CR Belouizdad	Oran
				Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Algerian Cup

MC Oran v MJ Arzew

26 December 2019 Round of 64	MC Oran	6–1	MJ Arzew	Oran
16:00	Freifer 34' Mellal 47' Nadji 51' Guertil 55', 72' Ezzemani 77'	Report[5]	Boumaza 16'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Zouaoui, Zemit, Benaoui
Note: Lineup for MC Oran - Litim, Hamidi, Ezzemani, Hammadi, Feghloul, Chaouti (Bendjelloul 70’), Benamara, Freifer, Nadji (Lamara 71’), Guertil, Mellal (Mansouri 65’)

MC Oran v ARB Gheris

2 January 2020 Round of 32	MC Oran	3–1	ARB Gheris	Oran
17:00	Nadji 23' Hamidi 32' Freifer 41'	Report[6]	Attou 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Amar Khoudja, Slaouadji, Henni
Note: Lineup for MC Oran - Litim, Hamidi, Ezzemani, Feghloul, Hammadi, Benamara, Lagraâ, Chaouti (Mellal 77’), Freifer, Nadji (Motrani 87’), Guertil (Mansouri 67’)

WA Boufarik v MC Oran

13 February 2020 Round of 16	WA Boufarik	2–0	MC Oran	Boufarik
14:00	Adel Khettab 45', 54'	Report[7]		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Youcef Gamouh
Note: Lineup for MC Oran - Mazouzi, Hamidi, Ezzemani (Mansouri 55’), Mekkaoui, Feghloul, Lagraâ, Boutiche, Mellal, Itime, Guertil (Chaouti 72’), Nadji (Freifer 8’)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	8	0	7	0	1	0
30	GK	ALG	Oussama Litim	18	0	16	0	2	0
Defenders
3	DF	ALG	Boualem Mesmoudi	17	3	17	3	0	0
4	DF	ALG	Mourad Bendjelloul	4	0	3	0	1	0
12	DF	CIV	Vivien Assie	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	ALG	Mohamed Amine Ezzemani	13	1	10	0	3	1
14	DF	ALG	Nadjib Hammadi	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF	ALG	Zine El-Abidine Sebbah	16	0	16	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Zineddine Mekkaoui	13	0	12	0	1	0
27	DF	ALG	Kamel Hamidi	13	1	10	0	3	1
29	DF	ALG	Senoussi Fourloul	22	2	19	2	3	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Mohamed Lagraâ	20	0	18	0	2	0
8	MF	ALG	Bassam Chaouti	10	0	7	0	3	0
10	MF	ALG	Zakaria Mansouri	20	5	17	5	3	0
22	MF	ALG	Youcef Guertil	18	3	15	1	3	2
23	MF	ALG	Abdelhafid Benamara	14	0	12	0	2	0
24	MF	ALG	Hamza Heriat	12	0	12	0	0	0
25	MF	ALG	Abderraouf Chouiter	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Abdelkader Boutiche	8	1	7	1	1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Zoubir Motrani	21	3	20	3	1	0
9	FW	ALG	Boumediene Freifer	15	3	12	1	3	2
11	FW	ALG	Rachid Nadji	16	4	13	2	3	2
19	FW	ALG	Mahi Benhamou	12	4	12	4	0	0
20	FW	ALG	Benamar Mellal	18	4	15	3	3	1
	FW	ALG	Nazim Itime	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ALG	Abdelmalek Amara	3	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Itim	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Abdelhak Abdelhafid	6	1	6	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
21	FW	ALG	Mohamed Amine Hamia	6	0	6	0	0	0

Last updated: 12 June 2018
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.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
10		Zakaria Mansouri	MF	5	0	5
11		Rachid Nadji	FW	2	2	4
19		Mahi Benhamou	FW	4	0	4
20		Benamar Mellal	FW	3	1	4
3		Boualem Mesmoudi	DF	3	0	3
22		Youcef Guertil	MF	0	0	3
7		Zoubir Motrani	FW	3	0	3
9		Boumediene Freifer	FW	1	2	3
29		Senoussi Fourloul	DF	2	0	2
13		Mohamed Amine Ezzemani	DF	0	1	1
27		Kamel Hamidi	DF	0	1	1
		Abdelkader Boutiche	MF	1	0	1
		Abdelhak Abdelhafid	FW	1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				28	9	37

Squad list

As of 15 August 2019.^[8] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALG Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi 3 DF  ALG Boualem Mesmoudi 4 DF  ALG Mourad Bendjelloul 6 MF  ALG Mohamed Lagraâ 7 FW  ALG Zoubir Motrani 8 MF  ALG Bassam Chaouti 9 FW  ALG Boumediene Freifer 10 MF  ALG Zakaria Mansouri (on loan from Paradou AC) 11 FW  ALG Rachid Nadji 12 DF  CIV Vivien Assie 13 DF  ALG Mohamed Amine Ezzemani 14 DF  ALG Nadjib Hammadi 15 DF  ALG Zine El-Abidine Sebbah (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  ALG Mohamed Guetarni 17 DF  ALG Zineddine Mekkaoui 19 FW  ALG Mahi Benhamou 20 FW  ALG Benamar Mellal 21 FW  ALG Mohamed Amine Hamia 22 MF  ALG Youcef Guertil 23 MF  ALG Abdelhafid Benamara 24 MF  ALG Hamza Heriat 25 MF  ALG Raouf Chouiter 27 DF  ALG Kamel Hamidi 29 DF  ALG Senoussi Fourloul 30 GK  ALG Oussama Litim

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	from club	Transfer fee	Source
24 June 2019	FW	Zoubir Motrani	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer
30 June 2019	DF	Mohamed Lagraâ	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2019	DF	Senoussi Fourloul	DRB Tadjenanet	Free transfer
6 July 2019	FW	Mahi Benhamou	SA Mohammadia	Free transfer	[10]
9 July 2019	MF	Bassam Chaouti	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Free transfer	[11]
15 July 2019	GK	Mohamed Rabie Guitarni	SA Mohammadia	Free transfer	[12]
20 July 2019	DF	Boualem Mesmoudi	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	[13]
22 July 2019	FW	Mohamed Amine Hamia	USM Alger	Free transfer (Released)	[14]
25 July 2019	FW	Abderraouf Chouiter	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer
20 January 2020	MF	Nazim Itime	OM Arzew	Free transfer	[15]
22 January 2020	FW	Abdelhak Abdelhafid	NC Magra	Free transfer	[16]
22 January 2020	MF	Abdelkader Boutiche	ASM Oran	Free transfer	[16]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
14 June 2019	DF	Réda Halaïmia	K Beerschot VA	Free transfer	[17]
20 June 2019	FW	Mohamed Toumi	JS Saoura	Free transfer
10 July 2019	MF	Sid Ahmed Aouadj	CS Constantine	Free transfer	[18]
5 August 2019	DF	Brahim Boudebouda	CS Constantine	Free transfer	[19]
21 January 2020	FW	Mohamed Amine Hamia	CS Chebbien	Free transfer (Released)	[20]

Notes

References

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4. "Officiel : Les matchs de ligue 1 et de ligue 2 à huis clos". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
5. Résultat de la trente-deuxièmes de finale de la coupe d'Algérie de football 2019-2020, paru dans "El Heddaf", 20e année, N° 4798 Saturday 28 December 2019, page 4.
6. Résultat de la seizièmes de finale de la coupe d'Algérie de football 2019-2020, paru dans "Le Buteur", 20e année, N° 4649 Saturday 4 January 2020, page 10.
7. Résultat de la huitièmes de finale de la coupe d'Algérie de football 2019-2020, paru dans "El Heddaf", édition centre 20e année, N° 4839 Saturday 15 February 2020, page 14.
8. "FICHE DU CLUB: MC ORAN".
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11. "CHAOUTI CINQUIÈME RECRUE". derbypresse.dz. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
12. "Guitarni signe, Hamia arrive". babalweb.net. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
13. "MASMOUDI SIGNE POUR 2 SAISONS". derbypresse.dz. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
14. "Mercato : Hamia s'engage avec le MCO". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
15. "MCO : Nazim Itime signe officiellement". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
16. "MCO : Boutiche, Abdelhafid et itim pour booster l'attaque". djazairess.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
17. "MC Oran : Helaïmia rejoint les Belges de Beerschot Anvers". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
18. "CSC : Signature de Balegh et Aouedj". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
19. "CSC : L'ex international Brahim Boudebouda arrive". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
20. "MCO : direction la Tunisie pour Amine Hamia". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.