Paradou AC’s nightmare opening to the 2025–2026 Ligue 1 Mobilis season has intensified, with the club rooted to the bottom of the table on a single point and already undergoing a major managerial shake-up.
Head coach Bilal Dziri was dismissed after just four league matches, but two games into Sofiane Hidoussi’s tenure, the team’s fortunes have yet to improve.
Paradou entered the season hoping for stability but have instead spiralled further into crisis.
After Dziri’s sacking, results deteriorated further, beginning with a 2-1 home defeat to Olympique Akbou, followed by a 3-1 loss away to Mouloudia d’Oran.
Those back-to-back defeats have left the club winless and seemingly regressing both in performance and results.
Hidoussi, a Tunisian tactician renowned for his player development credentials and deep knowledge of Algerian football, was appointed in the hope of reversing the slide.
Known for building competitive squads from young talent, he was viewed by Paradou’s management as the ideal candidate to rebuild confidence and restore the club’s identity as a training-focused team.
However, the scale of the challenge facing him is stark.
Beyond the early-season coaching change, Paradou has also been hit by the departure of several key players to foreign clubs.
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In response, the club has promoted seven players from its reserve ranks to the first team, creating a young, inexperienced squad that will need time to adapt to the demands of top-flight football.
The board believes Hidoussi’s experience can steady the ship.
He is a renowned technician, well-versed in Algerian football, a club source said, underscoring management’s faith in his ability to blend Paradou’s trademark technical style with the grit needed for survival. The focus now lies on instilling discipline, nurturing the promoted players, and ensuring the squad’s technical ability serves collective rather than individual goals.
Paradou’s struggles are not new. The club has flirted with relegation for the past two seasons, surviving only through late rallies.
This time, with six winless matches already behind them, the urgency is greater.
Hidoussi and his staff must find a way to balance youth development with immediate results to prevent another relegation scrap from turning into a full-blown crisis.
For a club once celebrated for its conveyor belt of talent, the coming weeks will be critical.
Hidoussi’s task is not only to rebuild a team low on confidence but to reignite Paradou’s identity before the season’s early malaise becomes irreversible.
