2023–24 NC Magra season

The 2023–24 season, is NC Magra's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, NC Magra are participating in the Algerian Cup.

NC Magra

2023–24 season
President	Azzedine Bennacer
Head coach	Aziz Abbès (from 13 August 2023)[1] (until 25 September 2023)[2] Farouk Janhaoui (from 30 September 2023)[3] (until 20 December 2023) Atef Bettira (from 20 December 2023)[4] (until 14 February 2024) Lyamine Bougherara (from 14 February 2024)[5]
Stadium	Boucheligue Brothers Stadium
Ligue 1	12th
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Hamza Demane (10 goals) All: Hamza Demane (10 goals)
Biggest win	NC Magra 3–1 ES Ben Aknoun
Biggest defeat	MC Alger 4–0 NC Magra
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2024.^[6][7]
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	Mohamed Tayeb Cherif	(1999-07-12)12 July 1999 (aged 24)	Youth system
13		GK	Abdelkader Salhi	(1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 30)	Unattached
16		GK	Salaheddine Chemouri	(2001-08-13)13 August 2001 (aged 22)	Youth system
Defenders
3		LB	Moncef Merouani	(2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 22)	Olympique de Médéa
4		CB	Chemseddine Lakehal	(2000-02-29)29 February 2000 (aged 23)	WA Tlemcen
5		CB	M'Hamed Merouani	(1987-03-29)29 March 1987 (aged 36)	Free agent
17		RB	Aymen Attou	(1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 25)	USM Khenchela
18		CB	Ibrahim Bekakchi	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 31)	US Souf
21		RB	Amir Laidouni	(1999-09-20)20 September 1999 (aged 23)	Olympique de Médéa
22		CB	Mohamed Achref Aib	(1990-05-24)24 May 1990 (aged 33)	USM Khenchela
25		LB	Sabri Cheraitia	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 27)	Free agent
Midfielders
6		MF	Zakaria Kemoukh	(1992-03-06)6 March 1992 (aged 31)	CS Constantine
8		MF	Karm Benkouider	(1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (aged 24)	JS Saoura
12		MF	Alouane Benharat	(1996-12-22)22 December 1996 (aged 26)	Al-Nsoor SC
14		MF	Fouad Hadded	(1990-11-01)1 November 1990 (aged 32)	USM Khenchela
19		MF	Chakib Berkani	(1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 27)	USM Khenchela
24		MF	Mohammed Essaid Bourahla	(1990-05-24)24 May 1990 (aged 33)	USM Khenchela
Forwards
7		FW	Yanis Boughanem	(1997-05-23)23 May 1997 (aged 26)	IB Khémis El Khechna
11		FW	Hamza Demane	(1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 34)	CS Constantine
15		FW	Mounib Benmerzoug	(1995-06-06)6 June 1995 (aged 28)	CA Batna
20		FW	Bouzid Dadache	(1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 29)	Al-Nasr
23		FW	Nasreddine Bouldjedri	(2000-02-29)29 February 2000 (aged 23)	CS Constantine
26		FW	Laid Saidi	(2000-04-26)26 April 2000 (aged 23)	US Tataouine
27		FW	Imad Moussaoui	(2000-11-26)26 November 2000 (aged 22)	MC El Bayadh

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
13 August 2023	DF	Achref Aïb	USM Khenchela	Free transfer	[8]
13 August 2023	DF	Amir Laidouni	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[8]
13 August 2023	GK	Abdelkader Salhi	Free agent	Free transfer	[9]
16 August 2023	DF	Moncef Merouani	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[10]
16 August 2023	FW	Sid Ali Lakroum	Al-Nahda	Free transfer	[11]
19 August 2023	MF	Fouad Hadded	USM Khenchela	Free transfer	[12]
30 August 2023	DF	Chemseddine Lakehal	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	[13]
10 September 2023	MF	Bassem Chaouti	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[14]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
31 January 2024	DF	M'Hamed Merouani	Free agent	Free transfer	[15]
31 January 2024	MF	Zakaria Kemoukh	CS Constantine	Free transfer	[15]
31 January 2024	FW	Mounib Benmerzoug	CA Batna	Free transfer	[15]
5 February 2024	DF	Ibrahim Bekakchi	US Souf	Free transfer	[15][16]
5 February 2024	DF	Sabri Cheraitia	Free agent	Free transfer	[15]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
19 July 2023	FW	Faïk Amrane	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[17]
9 August 2023	DF	Abdelhamid Driss	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[18]
13 August 2023	GK	Saber Meddour	US Biskra	Free transfer	[19]
19 August 2023	MF	Ammar El Orfi	MC Alger	Free transfer	[20]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
1 January 2024	DF	Tarek Cheurfaoui	Free agent	Free transfer (Released)
1 January 2024	FW	Sid Ali Lakroum	Free agent	Free transfer (Released)	[21]
3 January 2024	MF	Bassem Chaouti	Free agent	Free transfer (Released)	[21]
30 January 2024	DF	Hmida Salah	MC Oran	Undisclosed	[22]
31 January 2024	DF	Hocine Laribi	USM Khenchela	Free transfer	[23]
5 February 2024	MF	Ilyes Atallah	JS Saoura	Free transfer	[24][25]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	9	11	10	30	32	−2	030.00	—	12th	16 September 2023	14 June 2024
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00	Round of 64	Round of 64	4 February 2024	4 February 2024
Total	31	9	11	11	30	34	−4	029.03

Updated to match played 14 June 2024
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	USM Khenchela	30	11	6	13	33	39	−6	39
11	MC El Bayadh	30	10	8	12	29	30	−1	38
12	NC Magra	30	9	11	10	30	32	−2	38
13	MC Oran	30	9	9	12	26	33	−7	36
14	US Biskra	30	9	9	12	25	34	−9	36

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. 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.

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	9	11	10	30	32	−2	38	5	6	4	17	14	+3	4	5	6	13	18	−5

Last updated: 14 June 2024.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position	11	15	12	11	9	6	5	10	11	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	10	11	10	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.^[26]

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

NC Magra v JS Kabylie

16 September 2023 Round 1	NC Magra	0–1	JS Kabylie	Magra
16:00		Report	Boukhanchouche 44'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

CR Belouizdad v NC Magra

23 September 2023 Round 2	CR Belouizdad	1–0	NC Magra	Belouizdad
16:00	Boussouf 90+7'	Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Mehadji Tayeb Bouderbali

NC Magra v US Biskra

29 September 2023 Round 3	NC Magra	2–1	US Biskra	Magra
15:45	Dadache 61' Saidi 83'	Report	Baâli 27'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Redouane Allou

MC Oran v NC Magra

7 October 2023 Round 4	MC Oran	0–0	NC Magra	Bir El Djir
19:00		Report		Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

NC Magra v ES Ben Aknoun

11 November 2023 Round 5	NC Magra	3–1	ES Ben Aknoun	Magra
15:00	Hadded 45+5' (pen.) Demane 62' Saidi 87'	Report	Zaouche 45+1'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

CS Constantine v NC Magra

17 November 2023 Round 6	CS Constantine	0–1	NC Magra	Constantine
15:30		Report	Bourahla 70'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mohamed Belkebir

NC Magra v MC El Bayadh

24 November 2023 Round 7	NC Magra	1–1	MC El Bayadh	Magra
15:15	Khemaissia 63' (o.g.)	Report	Ghenam 75'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia

MC Alger v NC Magra

1 December 2023 Round 8	MC Alger	4–0	NC Magra	Algiers
16:45	Bayazid 6', 37' Naidji 23' Merzougui 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Houssam Benyahia

NC Magra v ASO Chlef

9 December 2023 Round 9	NC Magra	1–1	ASO Chlef	Magra
15:00	Bourahla 12'	Report	Kerroum 54'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Abderahmane Sahraoui

JS Saoura v NC Magra

16 December 2023 Round 10	JS Saoura	2–1	NC Magra	Béchar
17:00	Saâd 41' Bellatreche 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Demane 61'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Lamine Chaoubi

NC Magra v US Souf

29 December 2023 Round 11	NC Magra	1–0	US Souf	Magra
15:15	Demane 64' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Billel Soltani

NC Magra v ES Sétif

5 January 2024 Round 12	NC Magra	0–1	ES Sétif	Magra
15:15		Report	Lahmeri 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

Paradou AC v NC Magra

12 January 2024 Round 13	Paradou AC	0–0	NC Magra	Dar El Beïda
15:15		Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Alaa Bouab

NC Magra v USM Khenchela

19 January 2024 Round 14	NC Magra	1–1	USM Khenchela	Magra
15:30	Laidouni 90+6'	Report	Guemroud 65'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Mohamed Belkebir

USM Alger v NC Magra

28 January 2024 Round 15	USM Alger	3–1	NC Magra	Algiers
18:00	Djahnit 33' Radouani 62' (pen.) Merili 68'	Report	Bourahla 67'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mehadji Tayeb Bouderbal

JS Kabylie v NC Magra

10 February 2024 Round 16	JS Kabylie	1–0	NC Magra	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Mouaki 47'	Report		Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Chaoubi

US Biskra v NC Magra

23 February 2024 Round 18	US Biskra	0–1	NC Magra	Biskra
16:00	Demane 31'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Yahia Dahar

NC Magra v MC Oran

1 March 2024 Round 19	NC Magra	1–1	MC Oran	Magra
16:00	Merouani 32'	Report	Dahar 89'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

ES Ben Aknoun v NC Magra

15 March 2024 Round 20	ES Ben Aknoun	3–1	NC Magra	Belouizdad
15:30	Haroun 31' Hadji 69' Guennoune 84'	Report	Kemoukh 44'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa

NC Magra v CR Belouizdad

19 March 2024 Round 17	NC Magra	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Magra
15:30		Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

NC Magra v CS Constantine

24 March 2024 Round 21	NC Magra	2–3	CS Constantine	Magra
15:30	Bourahla 34', 63'	Report	Temine 16' Khaldi 26', 41'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Billel Soltani

MC El Bayadh v NC Magra

5 April 2024 Round 22	MC El Bayadh	0–2	NC Magra	El Bayadh
15:45		Report	Demane 74' Moussaoui 90+6'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi

NC Magra v MC Alger

19 April 2024 Round 23	NC Magra	0–0	MC Alger	Magra
16:00		Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

ASO Chlef v NC Magra

27 April 2024 Round 24	ASO Chlef	2–2	NC Magra	Chlef
16:00	Nessakh 29' Agbagno 34'	Report	Demane 13' Boughanem 90+4'	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Alaa Bouab

NC Magra v JS Saoura

11 May 2024 Round 25	NC Magra	1–0	JS Saoura	Magra
17:00	Dadache 82'	Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

US Souf v NC Magra

17 May 2024 Round 26	US Souf	0–2	NC Magra	El Oued
17:00		Report	Demane 90' Boughanem 81'	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Fateh Harkat

ES Sétif v NC Magra

26 May 2024 Round 27	ES Sétif	0–0	NC Magra	Sétif
16:45		Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Beloufa

NC Magra v Paradou AC

7 June 2024 Round 28	NC Magra	2–0	Paradou AC	Magra
16:45	Demane 17' Kemoukh 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Abderahmane Sahraoui

USM Khenchela v NC Magra

11 June 2024 Round 29	USM Khenchela	2–2	NC Magra	Khenchela
16:45	Sabouni 9', 54'	Report	Dadache 55' Demane 64'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

NC Magra v USM Alger

14 June 2024 Round 30	NC Magra	2–3	USM Alger	Magra
16:45	Berkane 45+5' Demane 76'	Report	Belkacemi 71' (pen.) Boukhanchouche 81' Ateba 86'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Algerian Cup

NC Magra v CS Constantine

4 February 2024 Round of 64	NC Magra	0–2	CS Constantine	Magra
13:45		Report	Belhocini 38' Chekal 90+3'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa
Note: NC Magra Lineups: Salhi, Lakehal, Aib, Attou, Merouani, Hadded  72' (Benmerzoug  72'), Kemoukh, Bourahla, Bouldjedri  72' (Demane  72'), Moussaoui  79' (Boughanem  79'), Dadache.

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Mohamed Tayeb Cherif	11	0	11	0	0	0
13	GK	ALG	Abdelkader Salhi	18	0	17	0	1	0
16	GK	ALG	Salaheddine Chemouri	2	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ALG	Moncef Merouani	20	0	19	0	1	0
4	DF	ALG	Chemseddine Lakehal	16	0	15	0	1	0
5	DF	ALG	M'Hamed Merouani	8	1	8	1	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Aymen Attou	20	0	19	0	1	0
18	DF	ALG	Ibrahim Bekakchi	13	0	13	0	0	0
21	DF	ALG	Amir Laidouni	10	1	10	1	0	0
22	DF	ALG	Achref Aïb	8	0	7	0	1	0
25	DF	ALG	Sabri Cheraitia	5	0	5	0	0	0
28	DF	ALG	Ismail Ghanemi	12	0	12	0	0	0
42	DF	ALG	Yahia Benamer	2	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Zakaria Kemoukh	15	2	14	2	1	0
8	MF	ALG	Karm Benkouider	14	0	14	0	0	0
12	MF	ALG	Alouane Benharat	11	1	11	1	0	0
14	MF	ALG	Fouad Hadded	26	1	25	1	1	0
19	MF	ALG	Chakib Berkani	12	0	12	0	0	0
24	MF	ALG	Mohammed Essaid Bourahla	24	5	23	5	1	0
31	MF	ALG	Mostafa Berkane	24	1	24	1	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Yanis Boughanem	20	2	19	2	1	0
11	FW	ALG	Hamza Demane	28	10	27	10	1	0
15	FW	ALG	Mounib Benmerzoug	6	0	5	0	1	0
20	FW	ALG	Bouzid Dadache	17	3	16	3	1	0
23	FW	ALG	Nasreddine Bouldjedri	18	0	17	0	1	0
26	FW	ALG	Laid Saidi	22	2	22	2	0	0
27	FW	ALG	Imad Moussaoui	14	1	13	1	1	0
51	FW	ALG	Mohammed Djaidja	2	0	2	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	ALG	Tarek Cheurfaoui	5	0	5	0	0	0
18	DF	ALG	Hocine Laribi	6	0	6	0	0	0
25	DF	ALG	Hmida Salah	15	0	15	0	0	0
5	MF	ALG	Bassem Chaouti	2	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF	ALG	Ilyes Atallah	3	0	3	0	0	0
15	FW	ALG	Sid Ali Lakroum	8	0	8	0	0	0

Last updated: 14 June 2024
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 14 June 2024^[update]

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
11		Hamza Demane	FW	10	0	10
24		Mohammed Essaid Bourahla	MF	5	0	5
20		Bouzid Dadache	FW	3	0	3
26		Laid Saidi	FW	2	0	2
7		Yanis Boughanem	FW	2	0	2
6		Zakaria Kemoukh	MF	2	0	2
14		Fouad Hadded	MF	1	0	1
21		Amir Laidouni	DF	1	0	1
5		M'Hamed Merouani	DF	1	0	1
17		Imad Moussaoui	FW	1	0	1
31		Mostafa Berkane	MF	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Totals				30	0	30

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