2025–26 CR Belouizdad season

The 2025–26 season, was CR Belouizdad's 59th season and the club's 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, CR Belouizdad participated in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup and the Confederation Cup. The Algerian Professional Football League (LFP) officially released the calendar for the 2025–26 Ligue 1 Mobilis season on July 10, 2025.

Review Background On July 7, 2025, Mahdi Rabhi announced his resignation as chairman of the Board of Directors of SSPA/CR Belouizdad, two days after the team's defeat in the Algerian Cup final against USM Alger. Rabhi stated that this decision, based on personal reasons, had been on his mind since the match against MC El Bayadh during the first half of last season. Rabhi informed the CEO of MADAR Holding and expressed his gratitude to the club's management and board members. Rabhi reaffirmed his loyalty to CRB and pledged to continue supporting the club outside of any official role.

Rachid Oukali lasted only six days as the club’s president before stepping down for “personal reasons,” despite Charaf-Eddine Amara’s attempts to convince him to stay. The position has now been handed over to Badreddine Bahloul, a senior executive at Madar, who is already known as a devoted supporter of the Chabab. His profile as a rigorous manager is seen as an asset in a context where the team needs stability and efficiency, especially with important sporting and administrative deadlines approaching.

On July 22, 2025, CR Belouizdad unveiled its ambitious training center project, named Lalmassia Training Campus. The name honors club legend Hacène Lalmas while referencing both the Arabic word Al Almas (Diamond) and FC Barcelona’s La Masia, the project was reimagined after MADAR Holding took control of the club. A year ago, MADAR acquired a larger 19-hectare site in Djasr Kasentina, southern Algiers, signaling a major upgrade in the club’s infrastructure ambitions. Lalmasia is now considered the most ambitious training complex ever envisioned by an Algerian club.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2026.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Name Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers1 Tarek Bousseder GK ES Sétif16 Anes Mokhtar GK Youth system30 Farid Chaâl GK Al-Najma SC Defenders2 Chouaib Keddad CB ASO Chlef3 Houcine Benayada RB Wydad AC4 Abderrahmane Bekkour CB Youth system14 Oussama Benkihoul RB Youth system21 Youcef Laouafi CB ES Sahel24 Naoufel Khacef LB Gaziantep25 Younes Ouassa CB Olympique Akbou Midfielders5 Abdelmalek Kelaleche AM MC Alger6 Necer Benzid CM MB Rouissat8 Abderaouf Benguit CM Raja CA10 Jean Charles Ahoua AM Simba SC18 Salim Boukhanchouche DM USM Alger27 Djaber Kaâssis CM Paradou AC29 Bilal Boukerchaoui CM Youth system Forwards7 Abdennour Belhocini RW CS Constantine11 Abderrahmane Meziane LW USM Alger13 Lofti Boussouar ST Youth system17 Islam Abbaci RW Youth system20 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda ST Ghazl El Mahalla22 Mohamed Islam Belkhir LW Youth system23 Chafai Guergour ST Youth system28 Farid El Melali LW Angers SCO

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 6 July 2025 ST Islam Slimani Mechelen Loan return 12 July 2025 ST Redon Xhixha Qarabağ FK Free transfer 12 July 2025 CM Djaber Kaâssis Paradou AC Free transfer 22 July 2025 CB Younes Ouassa Olympique Akbou Free transfer 30 July 2025 ST Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda Ghazl El Mahalla Undisclosed 31 July 2025 RW Abdennour Belhocini CS Constantine Free transfer 11 August 2025 AM Endri Çekiçi Adanaspor Undisclosed 31 August 2025 ST Farid El Melali Angers SCO Free transfer

Winter DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 10 December 2025 DM Salim Boukhanchouche USM Alger Free transfer 22 January 2026 GK Tarek Bousseder CR Belouizdad Free transfer 22 January 2026 AM Jean Charles Ahoua Simba SC Undisclosed 31 January 2026 CM Necer Benzid MB Rouissat Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 6 July 2025 FW Aymen Mahious Yverdon-Sport Loan return 20 July 2025 MF Oussama Daibeche ES Sétif Free transfer 27 July 2025 GK Redouane Maachou MB Rouissat Free transfer 6 August 2025 ST Merouane Zerrouki Unattached Free transfer (Released) 22 August 2025 CM Arafat Doumbia Partizani Tirana Free transfer (Released) 24 August 2025 RW Rezki Hamroune Unattached Free transfer (Released) 24 August 2025 ST Islam Slimani Unattached Free transfer (Released) 26 August 2025 RW Ishak Boussouf Unattached Free transfer (Released) 29 August 2025 DM Jacques Mbé Unattached Free transfer (Released) 5 September 2025 FW Khanyisa Mayo Kaizer Chiefs Loan for one season Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 7 January 2026 ST Redon Xhixha Tirana Free transfer 10 January 2026 AM Endri Çekiçi Zakho Free transfer 28 January 2026 DM Housseyn Selmi Unattached Free transfer 29 January 2026 GK Moustapha Zeghba MC Oran Free transfer

Competitions Overview

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches The league fixtures were announced on 31 July 2025.

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

Algerian Cup

Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14). The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2025, 10:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+3), in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Second round

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 3 November 2025, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 16 winners of the second round were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1 and Pot 2, Pot 3 and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

knockout stage

Each tie in the knockout phase will be played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that will score more goals on aggregate over the two legs will advance to the next round. If the aggregate score will be level, the away goals rule will be applied, i.e. the team that will score more goals away from home over the two legs will advance. If away goals will be also equal, then extra time will not be played and the winners will be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations III. 26 & 27).

The draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), was held on 17 February 2026, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Squad information Appearances and goals

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2025–26 CR Belouizdad season

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