US Souf

Union Sportive de Souf (Arabic: الاتحاد الرياضي السوفي), known as US Souf or simply USS for short, is an Algerian football club based in El Oued in El Oued Province. The club was founded in 1967 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, 20 August 1955 Stadium, has a capacity of 9,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[2][3][4]

US Souf
Full nameUnion Sportive de Souf
Founded1967 (1967)
Ground20 August 1955 Stadium
1 November 1954 Stadium
Capacity9,000
PresidentYoucef Sakhri
Head CoachOmar Belatoui[1]
LeagueLigue 1
2022–23Ligue 2, Group Centre-west, 1st (promoted)

History

On May 28, 2022, US Souf were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2.[5]

On May 16, 2023, US Souf were promoted to the Ligue 1 for the first time in history.[6][7]

Players

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

As of 18 September 2023[8][9] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Algeria ALG Aymen Chaaraoui
5 DF Algeria ALG Hichem Lalaouna (captain)
7 FW Algeria ALG Ramzi Haif (on loan from MC Alger)
8 MF Algeria ALG Adel Djerrar
9 FW Libya LBY Mohammed Al-Ghunaymi
15 MF Algeria ALG Islam Siab
19 FW Algeria ALG Djilani Hadj Saad
20 DF Algeria ALG Abdesamia Belghamri
21 DF Algeria ALG Yacine Benamara
22 DF Algeria ALG Youcef Belamine
23 GK Algeria ALG Soufiane Halassa
24 FW Algeria ALG Abdelkrim Benarous
26 MF Algeria ALG Nacer Hadj Saad
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 FW Algeria ALG Mohamed Belkhadem (on loan from CR Belouizdad)
44 DF Algeria ALG Fouad Rahmani
- GK Algeria ALG Abdelhamid Brahimi
- GK Algeria ALG Yassine Dahmani
- MF Algeria ALG Aboubakr Kessili
- FW Algeria ALG Islam Eddine Kaidi
- MF Algeria ALG Mohamed Dahmani
- DF Algeria ALG Fayssal Mekraz
- MF Algeria ALG Hamza Yadroudj
- DF Algeria ALG Abderrahmane Mahammedi
- FW Algeria ALG Ibrahim Morsli
- DF Algeria ALG Ibrahim Bekakchi
- FW Algeria ALG Aymene Rahmani (on loan from CR Belouizdad)

Reserve Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
28 GK Algeria ALG Adem Kermadi
No. Pos. Nation Player
79 FW Algeria ALG Abdelmoundji Bassou

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Staff
Head coachOmar Belatoui
Assistant coachAla Eddine Aissani
Goalkeeping coachMokhtar Mahi
Fitness coachMosbah Guemache

References
  1. "Football: Omar Belatoui, nouvel entraîneur de l'US Souf". rivalite.dz. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. "Football - Soccer - US Souf".
  3. "الاتحاد السوفي".
  4. "الإتحاد الرياضي السوفي - US Souf".
  5. "Championnat Inter –régions : Les clubs qui accéderont en Ligue 2". 31 May 2022.
  6. "Championnat de Ligue 2 : L'US Souf assure son accession en Ligue 1". lnfa.dz. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  7. "Football : l'US Souf accède en Ligue 1". inter-lignes.com. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  8. "FICHE DU CLUB: US SOUF".
  9. "Joueurs du US SOUF".


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