The ASO Chlef Chronicle
Squad2 Nov 2026
Mohamed Arab breaks a bone — 55 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 55 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Anis Elhadj Benchouya: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ASO Chlef have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at ASO Chlef
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ebrima Singhateh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at ASO Chlef
Adama Traoré was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad2 Nov 2026
100 appearances for Abderrahmane Medjadel
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
The afternoon belonged to Belkacem Brahimi
A mark of 7.41, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Pape Paye knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ASO Chlef, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Houssem Mrezigue was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the ASO Chlef dressing room was either.
Looking ahead2 Nov 2026
ASO Chlef take on the side everybody is chasing
MC Oran arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Sofiane Kacem
- Match ASO Chlef and JS Saoura cancel each other out
- Looking ahead A reunion for Oussama Benattia