The ES Mostaganem Chronicle
Match5 Sep 2026
ES Mostaganem throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with ASO Chlef the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that ES Mostaganem will enjoy reviewing.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Abdesslam Hannane
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Adem Aichouche, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.51
A mark of 8.51 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market7 Sep 2026
Mounir Aziria puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at ES Mostaganem, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Sebastián Jaime in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at ES Mostaganem this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at ES Mostaganem
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Adem Aichouche
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Mehdi Zeffane
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mehdi Zeffane, and the manager let it.
Market7 Sep 2026
One of our own: Youcef Feghouli joins the ES Mostaganem first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Youcef Feghouli is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market ES Mostaganem promote Abdelkader Touba from within
- Market One of our own: Rafik Feghouli joins the ES Mostaganem first team
- Player ratings Ali Haroun was on a different afternoon to everybody else