ASO Chlef U18

Algerian League 1 U18
20 Aug 2026
Thursday
Process
3 Edition

The ASO Chlef Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mohamed Arab breaks a bone — 136 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 136 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Belal Ateya

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. ASO Chlef have done the hard part with Al Ahly, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Moses Moffi rejects the move

ASO Chlef had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Liberty Professionals, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad

A falling-out at ASO Chlef

Abderrahmane Medjadel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Jablonec tell ASO Chlef: Ebrima Singhateh is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Mustapha Alili falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The ASO Chlef Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

144 days out for Mohamed Arab after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. ASO Chlef will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Transfer targets

Shain Chetioui turns down ASO Chlef

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

Tempers go at ASO Chlef

Abderrahmane Medjadel 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.

Transfer targets

El Masry tell ASO Chlef: Richardson Denzell is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

One of our own: Houssem Belkebla joins the ASO Chlef first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Houssem Belkebla is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

ASO Chlef promote Adam Bennacer from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam Bennacer has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Abdelkader Benaceur steps up from the ASO Chlef academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdelkader Benaceur has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

ASO Chlef promote Said Medjani from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Said Medjani has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Transfer targets

ASO Chlef ask about Belal Ateya

A loan enquiry to Al Ahly: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

1 Edition

The ASO Chlef Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Abderrahmane Medjadel signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Abderrahmane Medjadel and ASO Chlef agree another 4 years.

Squad

A row about effort at ASO Chlef

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abderrahmane Medjadel was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

Mohamed Medjaji attracts admirers

The name of Mohamed Medjaji has come up in conversations ASO Chlef were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Tempers go at ASO Chlef

Tarek Bouabta 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.

Market

Talks stall between ASO Chlef and Belkacem Brahimi

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

49 months and counting on Abderrahmane Medjadel

Still no offer on the table, and Abderrahmane Medjadel’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Moslem Anatouf is in the works

ASO Chlef have made the call to MC Alger. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Moses Moffi is in the works

ASO Chlef have made the call to Liberty Professionals. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Market

Tarek Bouabta is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at ASO Chlef has been clear about where Tarek Bouabta stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief