MB Rouissat U18

Algerian League 1 U18
13 Oct 2026
Tuesday
Process
11 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Faik Amrane out for 33 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason MB Rouissat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

The cup run ends for MB Rouissat

0‑1 against USM Alger, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Match

4 matches without a win for MB Rouissat

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around MB Rouissat are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Real improvement from Yassin Hatem at MB Rouissat

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Yassin Hatem is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Aaron Olanare 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 MB Rouissat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kheiredine Merzougui

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Aaron Olanare

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

MB Rouissat and ASO Chlef cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. ASO Chlef came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Player ratings

Massinissa Nezla keeps on missing

Shots: 4, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A fracture rules Faik Amrane out for 40 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason MB Rouissat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Real improvement from Djigo Saikou at MB Rouissat

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Djigo Saikou is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Tempers go at MB Rouissat

Aaron Olanare 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.

Squad

Redouane Maachou 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.

Match

JS Saoura take the points off MB Rouissat

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Aaron Olanare

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

9 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A fracture rules Faik Amrane out for 47 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason MB Rouissat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 10 of the 29 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Aaron Olanare 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 MB Rouissat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Real improvement from Badreddine Hadidi at MB Rouissat

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Badreddine Hadidi is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Match

MB Rouissat come up short against MC Oran

MC Oran left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Aaron Olanare gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

8 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Faik Amrane 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.

Match

MB Rouissat win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 91th minute. MC El Bayadh will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Squad

Real improvement from Mohamed Tlili at MB Rouissat

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Mohamed Tlili is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Tempers go at MB Rouissat

Kheiredine Merzougui 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.

Squad

Redouane Maachou has improved at 25, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Aaron Olanare

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

7 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Faik Amrane out for 63 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason MB Rouissat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Aaron Olanare 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 MB Rouissat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at MB Rouissat training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Redouane Maachou is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings

Kheiredine Merzougui keeps on missing

Shots: 8, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Messaoud Midoune

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Still no ink between MB Rouissat and Mas´ud Danjuma

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at MB Rouissat, another week without a signature from Mas´ud Danjuma.

In brief

6 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Faik Amrane out for 70 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason MB Rouissat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at MB Rouissat

Aaron Olanare 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.

Boardroom

Graduation day at MB Rouissat

1 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.

Squad

Redouane Maachou 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.

Market

Said Halliche steps up from the MB Rouissat academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Said Halliche 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Siaka Bagayoko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Messaoud Midoune

Marked 8.49 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Aaron Olanare in the eights

A performance of 8.09 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

MB Rouissat and MC Alger take a point apiece

It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

5 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

MB Rouissat break the bank for Ghilas Belgacem

$200.0K. No player has ever cost MB Rouissat more, and expectation arrives with him.

Squad

A fracture rules Faik Amrane out for 77 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason MB Rouissat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Badreddine Hadidi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what MB Rouissat can pretend not to have heard.

In brief

4 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Faik Amrane out for 84 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason MB Rouissat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Julio Bandessi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what MB Rouissat can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at MB Rouissat

Aaron Olanare 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.

In brief

3 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Faik Amrane breaks a bone — 92 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 92 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Aaron Olanare 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 MB Rouissat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Faik Amrane

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Faik Amrane, and the manager let it.

In brief

2 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Faik Amrane out for 99 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason MB Rouissat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Aaron Olanare 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 MB Rouissat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Still no ink between MB Rouissat and Mohamed Belaribi

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at MB Rouissat, another week without a signature from Mohamed Belaribi.

Market

Nobody at MB Rouissat has picked up the phone to Yacine Zeghad

48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Market

Badreddine Hadidi is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at MB Rouissat has been clear about where Badreddine Hadidi stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Aaron Olanare still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at MB Rouissat would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

In brief

1 Edition

The MB Rouissat Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Kheiredine Merzougui signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kheiredine Merzougui commits to MB Rouissat for another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at MB Rouissat

Kheiredine Merzougui 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.

Squad

Redouane Maachou 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.

Market

Still no ink between MB Rouissat and Kheiredine Merzougui

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at MB Rouissat, another week without a signature from Kheiredine Merzougui.

Market

Nobody at MB Rouissat has picked up the phone to Redouane Maachou

49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Market

Julio Bandessi told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Julio Bandessi has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at MB Rouissat.

In brief