2019–20 USM Alger season

In the 2019–20 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 42nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They also competed in the Champions League, and the Algerian Cup.

USM Alger

2019–20 season
Owner	ETRHB Haddad (until 2 March 2020)^[1] Groupe SERPORT (from 2 March 2020)^[1]^[2]
President	Boualem Chendri (until 2 March 2020) Achour Djelloul (from 2 March 2020)
Head coach	Billel Dziri (from 24 June 2019)^[3] (until 26 February 2020)^[4] Farid Zemiti (c) (from 27 February 2020) (until 2 March 2020) Mounir Zeghdoud (from 3 March 2020)^[5]
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium
Ligue 1	6th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Abdelkrim Zouari (7 goals) All: Aymen Mahious (12 goals)
Biggest win	USM Alger 6–1 USM Khenchela
Biggest defeat	MC Oran 4–0 USM Alger
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

During the campaign, the club were plagued by major financial problems after the club owner Ali Haddad was jailed, which froze the official account of the club, leaving them unable to pay the salaries of the players, technical staff and other workers.

On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[6] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.^[7]

Summary

On June 2, 2019, it was announced on Echourouk TV that the Haddad family was selling its shares in SSPA USMA, of which it held 92%.^[8]

The club lost several key players including Abderrahmane Meziane, who moved to Al Ain.^[9] and Raouf Benguit to Espérance ST.^[10] also Farouk Chafaï Mokhtar Benmoussa and Prince Ibara to K Beerschot.^[11] On 26 July, USM Alger squad went to Tunisia for a ten-day internship The cost was paid by a friend from Tunisia because of the continued freezing of their financial account.^[12] On 4 August, Al-Hayat Petroleum Company decided to pay the cost of travel to Niger in order to play the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, the same company that wants to buy the majority of the shares of the club.^[13] On 4 September, The players of USM Alger decided to go on strike to protest difficult financial situation They stressed that this decision has nothing to do with the administration, the fans or the club itself. It is a protest movement against the state of the USM Alger and the delay in resolving the crisis, As a reminder, the USM Alger players have not received their salaries for 6 months, while the new ones have not received any salary since joining the club.^[14]

On 13 October, The players decided to boycott the training and official matches because they have not been paid for five months, two days after Amine Tirmane club's communication officer He submitted his resignation on the channel Dzaïr TV, a day later a fan paid the amount of 500,000 dinars per player reward win against Gor Mahia and AS Aïn M'lila, The players then decide to return to training and play CA Bordj Bou Arreridj match on October 23. After a protest in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports against the difficult situation, Minister Raouf Salim Bernaoui said to supporters of the club They have to be patient.^[15]

On 19 October, Nearly 5,000 supporters of USM Alger went out to The headquarters of the Wilaya of Algiers to protest against the club's difficult financial situation and free it from ETRHB Haddad Company.^[16] A day after Mounir D'bichi said to France 24 that Al-Hayat Petroleum is a subsidiary of ETRHB Haddad which also said that the team's debts amount to 1,020,000,000 DA about 8 million euros. D'bichi said ETRHB Haddad had provided 400 billion centimes since its arrival about 23 million euros.^[17] On 22 October, Oussama Chita resumed training with his teammates after a long absence due to a serious injury contracted by the Algerian international last season at the knee.^[18]

On October 29, 2019, The leaders of USM Algiers have announced in a statement that the sponsorship deal with Kia Al Djazair will be terminated amicably and the club will recover all outstanding debts that are valued at nearly 20 billion centimes (1.4 million €) In addition, the contract with Ifri will not be renewed either by decision of the company.^[19] On November 5, the administration of USM Alger signed Sponsor contract with Serport specialized in port services for 16 billion centimes about 1.2 million euros.^[20] The administration of USM Alger to regain its right in the Darby case, appealed the arbitration decision issued by the Algerian Court for the settlement of sports disputes in case No. 92/19 between Union sportive de la médina d'Alger against the Algerian Football Federation and the Professional Football Association. This was the receipt of the receipt of the appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on 8 January 2020 and the team paid the costs of registering the case with an amount of one thousand euros (€1000 ) on the morning of 9 January.^[21]

Pre-season and friendlies

USM Alger v Olympique de Médéa

17 July 2019 Friendly	USM Alger	Cancelled^[note 1]	Olympique de Médéa	Bologhine
18:00				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

USM Alger v   Al-Bukayriyah

28 July 2019 Friendly	USM Alger	1–1	Al-Bukayriyah	Tunis, Tunisia
17:00	Benchaâ   4'	Report	Al-Reemi   18'	Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half - Mansouri - Meftah - Cherifi - Oukal - Kheiraoui - Koudri - Benkhlifa - Zouari - Ardji - Boumechra - Benchaa Second half -

USM Alger v   Al-Qadsiah

31 July 2019 Friendly	USM Alger	2–0	Al-Qadsiah	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00	Benchaâ   24', 29'	Report		Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Meftah (Tiboutine 60') Cherifi (Khemaissia 68'), Oukal (Alilet 85'), Kheiraoui (Abdelaziz 85'), Koudri (Ellafi 65'), Benkhelifa, Benkhemassa, Ardji (Boumechra 75'), Zouari (Redjihimi), Benchaa

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	21	9	5	7	25	22	+3	042.86	—	6th	15 August 2019	14 March 2020
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	5 January 2020	13 February 2020
Champions League	10	4	3	3	17	13	+4	040.00	Preliminary round	Group Stage	9 August 2019	1 February 2020
Total	33	14	8	11	48	37	+11	042.42

Updated to match played 14 March 2020
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification or relegation
4	JS Kabylie	22	10	6	6	27	18	+9	36	1.64	Qualification for Confederation Cup
5	CS Constantine	22	9	7	6	32	23	+9	34	1.55
6	USM Alger	21	9	5	7	25	22	+3	32^[a]	1.52^[a]
7	JS Saoura	22	9	6	7	19	18	+1	33	1.50
8	AS Aïn M'lila	22	8	8	6	26	25	+1	32	1.45

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: dzfoot.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Notes:

1. USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger.^[22] The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[23] On August 28, 2020, after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal, which is to return the three points and repeat the match.^[24]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	9	5	7	25	22	+3	32	8	1	2	20	9	+11	1	4	5	5	13	−8

Last updated: 14 March 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	C	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	2	6	4	5	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	7	8	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 29 July 2019, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.^[25][26]

USM Alger v ES Sétif

15 August 2019 Round 1	USM Alger	2–1	ES Sétif	Bologhine
20:00	Benkhemassa   11' Meftah   ?'   45+3' Khemaissia   90+4'   90+5'	Soccerway report LFP report	Laribi   23' Bouguelmouna   34'   45'   83' Saïdi   68' Ghacha   72'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)^[27] Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

CS Constantine v USM Alger

19 August 2019 Round 2	CS Constantine	0–0	USM Alger	Constantine
21:00		Soccerway report LFP report	Zemmamouche   90+1'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v AS Aïn M'lila

1 September 2019 Round 3	USM Alger	3–2	AS Aïn M'lila	Bologhine
21:00	Koudri   44' Zouari   53' Ellafi   64' Redjehimi   81' Meftah   88' (pen.)   88'	Soccerway report LFP report	Demane   4' Ziad   21' Si Ammar   54' Bitam   58' Bouhakkak   78'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

MC Oran v USM Alger

5 October 2019 Round 7	MC Oran	4–0	USM Alger	Oran
17:45	Fourloul   17' Mansouri   28' Meftah   43' (o.g.) Hamia   64' Mazouzi   72' Mellal   74' Mesmoudi   87' Mekkaoui   90+2' Benhamou   90+5'   90+5'	Soccerway report LFP report	Kheiraoui   37' Cherifi   55' Mahious   87'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

MC Alger v USM Alger

Round 4	MC Alger	Cancelled	USM Alger	Algiers
				Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

23 October 2019 Round 8	USM Alger	3–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
17:00	Meftah   82' (pen.) Benchaâ   86'   88' Benkhelifa   56'   90+1'	Soccerway report	Gadacha   51' Arroussi   85'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

NC Magra v USM Alger

30 October 2019 Round 9	NC Magra	1–2	USM Alger	Sétif
15:00	El Orfi   12' Rahal   67' Ziani   90+2'	Soccerway report LFP report	Koudri   36' Zouari   66' Mahious   71' (pen.)   72'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

USM Alger v JS Saoura

4 November 2019 Round 5	USM Alger	4–1	JS Saoura	Bologhine
17:45	Meftah   13' (pen.)   52' Mahious   74' Ellafi   88' (pen.) Zouari   89'	Soccerway report LFP report	Hamidi   18' Zaidi   58' Lahmeri   62'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

9 November 2019 Round 10	USM Alger	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
17:45	Tiboutine   23' Mahious   26' Cherifi   74' Zouari   78'	Soccerway report LFP report	Ouadji   28' Yaya   90+3'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

US Biskra v USM Alger

23 November 2019 Round 11	US Biskra	1–0	USM Alger	Biskra
17:00	Guebli   31' Adouane   70' Dakhia   75' Bouafia   90+3'	Soccerway report LFP report	Kheiraoui   14' Zemmamouche   90+3'	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Gamouh

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

16 December 2019 Round 14	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
18:45	Benchaâ   59' Meftah   77'	Soccerway report LFP report	Gasmi   15'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

USM Bel Abbès v USM Alger

21 December 2019 Round 15	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:45	Aichi   56' Litt   87'	Soccerway report LFP report	Benkhelifa   37'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Redouane Necib

USM Alger v Paradou AC

2 January 2020 Round 6	USM Alger	1–0	Paradou AC	Bologhine
18:45	Boumechra   24' Dziri   31' Hamra   70' Meftah   89'	Soccerway report LFP report	Kadri   26' Guenaoui   83'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

16 January 2020 Round 12	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
18:45	Mahious   30' (pen.) Meftah   66'	Soccerway report LFP report	Bencherifa   53' Ait Abdessalem   89'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

ASO Chlef v USM Alger

20 January 2020 Round 13	ASO Chlef	0–0	USM Alger	Chlef
17:00	Arab   65' Belhaoua   73'	Soccerway report	Tiboutine   37' Koudri   49'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

ES Sétif v USM Alger

4 February 2020 Round 16	ES Sétif	3–1	USM Alger	Sétif
17:00	Laribi   45+1' Ghacha   56' Kendoussi   58'	Soccerway report	Zouari   90+4'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

USM Alger v CS Constantine

8 February 2020 Round 17	USM Alger	1–3	CS Constantine	Bologhine
16:00	Zouari   18' Koudri   32' Ardji   70' Mahious   85' (pen.)	Soccerway report LFP report	Yettou   38' Belkacemi   49', 90' Alharaish   90+1'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

AS Aïn M'lila v USM Alger

17 February 2020 Round 18	AS Aïn M'lila	1–1	USM Alger	Aïn M'lila
15:00	Ibouzidène   64' Ziad   71' Siam   82'	Soccerway report LFP report	Benhammouda   40' Mahious   50' Hamra   53'	Stadium: Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium Referee: Redouane Necib

USM Alger v MC Alger

24 February 2020 Round 19	USM Alger	0–1	MC Alger	Algiers
17:45	Meftah   12'	Soccerway report LFP report	Rebiai   23' Frioui   61'   61'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Youcef Gamouh

JS Saoura v USM Alger

29 February 2020 Round 20	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Alger	Béchar
18:00	Lahmeri   45+1' (pen.) Yadroudj   80'	Soccerway report LFP report	Oukkal   10'   45' Meftah   14' Benkhelifa   45' Benhammouda   46' Belkaroui   89'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

Paradou AC v USM Alger

7 March 2020 Round 21	Paradou AC	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Douar   60' Zorgane   78' Bouchina   86' Ghorab   90' Bouzok   90+5'	Soccerway report LFP report	Zouari   45+3'   82' Mahious   90+2'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v MC Oran

14 March 2020 Round 22	USM Alger	4–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
16:00	Zouari   22', 48' Koudri   25' Boumechra   41' Benhammouda   53', 61'	Soccerway report [ LFP report]	Lagraâ   20' Benhamou   45+1' Feghloul   90+1'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: due to coronavirus pandemic, Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[28]

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v USM Alger

Round 23	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Cancelled	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
				Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

USM Alger v NC Magra

Round 24	USM Alger	Cancelled	NC Magra	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

Round 25	NA Hussein Dey	Cancelled	USM Alger	Belouizdad
				Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

USM Alger v US Biskra

Round 26	USM Alger	Cancelled	US Biskra	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

Round 27	JS Kabylie	Cancelled	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
				Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

Round 28	USM Alger	Cancelled	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

Round 29	CR Belouizdad	Cancelled	USM Alger	Belouizdad
				Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

USM Alger v USM Bel Abbès

Round 30	USM Alger	Cancelled	USM Bel Abbès	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Algerian Cup

USM Alger v USM Khenchela

5 January 2020 Round of 64	USM Alger	6–1	USM Khenchela	Bologhine
16:00	Mahious   8' (pen.), 43', 67' Ardji   17'   54' Benhammouda   22' Koudri   65' Redjehimi   90+2'	Report	Krioui   26' Hoggas   65'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri, Belkaroui, Tiboutine, Oukkal, Khemaissia, Benhammouda (Chita, 66'), Koudri, Boumechra (Redjehimi, 55'), Mahious (Benchaâ, 73'), Belarbi, Ardji.

ASM Oran v USM Alger

13 February 2020 Round of 32	ASM Oran	1–0	USM Alger	Oran
14:00	Belaribi   52'   52' Ali Larbi   89'	Report^[29]	Koudri   33' Benhammouda   86'	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi, Khemaissia, Alilet, Meftah, Chita (Benhammouda, 63'), Koudri, Benkhelifa, Ellafi (Ardji, 63'), Yaiche (Boumechra, 75'), Mahious.

Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League

Preliminary round

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

AS Sonidep   v   USM Alger

9 August 2019 First leg	AS Sonidep	1–2	USM Alger	Niamey, Niger
16:30 UTC+1	Sabo   14' (pen.)	Report	Benchaâ   51', 69'	Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Oukkal, Cherifi, Kheiraoui, Meftah - Koudri, Belarbi, Ellafi - Adji, Zouari, Benchaa (Mahious 75')

USM Alger   v   AS Sonidep

25 August 2019 Second leg	USM Alger	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	AS Sonidep	Algiers, Algeria
20:45 UTC+1	Mahious   27' Ellafi   35' (pen.) Hamra   48' Ardji   64'	Report	Boubacar   32' Kheiraoui   59' (o.g.) Lawali   67'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Khemaissia, Hamra, Kheiraoui, Tiboutine - Koudri (Boumechra, 75'), Belarbi, Ellafi - Adji (Cherifi, 83'), Mahious (Benchaa, 63'), Benhamouda

First round

USM Alger   v   Gor Mahia

15 September 2019 First leg	USM Alger	4–1	Gor Mahia	Blida, Algeria^[note 2]
20:45 UTC+1	Meftah   16', 45+1' (pen.) Benchaâ   45+2', 75' Koudri   47'	Report	Wellington   10' Muguna   56' (pen.) Ambundo   64' Onyango   74'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Meftah, Kheiraoui, Hamra, Cherifi - Benkhelifa, Koudri, Ellafi - Zouari (Haddouche 66'), Benchaa (Mahious 80'), Ardji (Benhammouda 76')

Gor Mahia   v   USM Alger

29 September 2019 Second leg	Gor Mahia	0–2 (1–6 agg.)	USM Alger	Nairobi, Kenya
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Mahious   4', 16' Benkhelifa   31'	Stadium: Moi International Sports Centre Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Meftah, Kheiraoui, Hamra, Cherifi - Benkhelifa (Khemaissia, 87'), Belarbi, Ellafi - Zouari, Mahious (Haddouche, 63'), Ardji (Alilet, 76')

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League group stage § Group C

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MSD	WAC	PET	USM
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	3–0	2–1
2	Wydad AC	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	9			0–0	—	4–1	3–1
3	Petro de Luanda	6	0	4	2	8	14	−6	4			2–2	2–2	—	1–1
4	USM Alger	6	0	3	3	6	10	−4	3			0–1	1–1	2–2	—

Source: CAF

USM Alger   v   Wydad Casablanca

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Matchday 1	USM Alger	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	Blida, Algeria^[note 3]
17:00 UTC+1	Zouari   5' Ellafi   61'	Soccerway Report	Jabrane   78' El Amloud   80' Aouk   89'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Petro de Luanda   v   USM Alger

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) Matchday 2	Petro de Luanda	1–1	USM Alger	Luanda, Angola
14:00 UTC+1	Toni   64'	Soccerway Report	Mansouri   49' Benchaâ   54'   90+1' Kheiraoui   59' Meftah   76'	Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

USM Alger   v   Mamelodi Sundowns

28 December 2019 Matchday 3	USM Alger	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns	Blida, Algeria^[note 3]
17:00 UTC+1	Hamra   42' Koudri   45+1'	Soccerway Report	Kekana   23'   59' Lakay   77'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

Mamelodi Sundowns   v   USM Alger

11 January 2020 Matchday 4	Mamelodi Sundowns	2–1	USM Alger	Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Morena   36' Vilakazi   45+1'	Soccerway Report	Mahious   44' Ardji   66' Boumechra   70' Meftah   79'   86'	Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Wydad Casablanca   v   USM Alger

24 January 2020 Matchday 5	Wydad Casablanca	3–1	USM Alger	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	El Karti   7' Aouk   24' Kasengu   45+1' Tagnaouti   75'	Soccerway Report	Hamra   44' Meftah   79'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

USM Alger   v   Petro de Luanda

1 February 2020 Matchday 6	USM Alger	2–2	Petro de Luanda	Belouizdad, Algeria^[note 3]
14:00 UTC+1	Mahious   33' Boumechra   53' Ardji   70'	Soccerway Report	Wilson   68' Picas   80' Toni   81'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Squad information

Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1				Algerian Cup				Champions League				Total
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	15		2		1				6				22		2
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	5				1				4		1		10		1
30		Abdelmoumen Sifour (B)	1												1
Defenders
3		Abderrahime Hamra	16	1		1					8		3		24	1	3	1
4		Mustapha Kheiraoui	14		2						8		2		22		4
6		Lyes Oukkal	8+1		1	1	1				4				13+1		1	1
19		Redouane Cherifi	19		1		1				8+1				28+1		1
22		Mohamed Rabie Meftah	15+1	5	6		1				9	3	2		25+1	8	8
27		Mohamed Tiboutine	5+1		2		1				1+1				7+2		2
28		Hicham Belkaroui	2+2		1		1				1				4+2		1
42		Adam Alilet	6				1				1+1				8+1
57		Anis Khemaissia	1+6	1	1		2				2+4				5+10	1	1
Midfielders
2		Oussama Chita	3+3				1+1				1+1				5+5
7		Ilyes Yaiche	2+3		1		1								3+3		1
8		Kamel Belarbi	5+2				1				4+2				10+4
10		Muaid Ellafi	11+7	1			1				6	1	1		18+7	2	1
17		Taher Benkhelifa	17+1	1	3		1				7		1		25+1	1	4
23		Hamza Koudri	17	1	4		2		2		8		2		27	1	8
24		Mohammed Benkhemassa	1		1										1		1
25		Mohamed Reda Boumechra	8+1	1	1		1+1				1+3		2		10+5	1	3
26		Billel Benhammouda	9+5	2	2		1+1	1	1		4+4				14+10	3	3
Forwards
7		Zakaria Haddouche	5+1								1+2				6+3
9		Zakaria Benchaâ	7+5	1	2		0+1				6+1	5	2		13+7	6	4
11		Abdelkrim Zouari	17+3	7	3						7	1			24+3	8	3
15		Oualid Ardji	9+5		1		1+1	1	1		7+1	2	1		17+7	3	3
18		Aymen Mahious	13+7	4	5		2	3			5+5	5			20+12	12	5
20		Adem Redjehimi	0+3		1		0+1	1			1+1				1+5	1	1
Own goals				0				0				0				0
Totals				25	39	2		6	4	0		17	17	0		47	60	2

(B) – USM Alger B player

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No. Nat. Player Pos. L 1 AC CL 1 TOTAL 18   Aymen Mahious FW 4 3 5 12 11   Abdelkrim Zouari FW 7 0 1 8 22   Mohamed Rabie Meftah DF 5 0 3 8 9   Zakaria Benchaâ FW 1 0 5 6 26   Billel Benhammouda MF 2 1 0 3 15   Oualid Ardji MF 0 1 2 3 10   Muaid Ellafi MF 1 0 1 2 25   Mohamed Reda Boumechra MF 1 0 0 1 3   Abderrahime Hamra DF 1 0 0 1 23   Hamza Koudri MF 1 0 0 1 57   Anis Khemaissia DF 1 0 0 1 17   Taher Benkhelifa MF 1 0 0 1 20   Adem Redjehimi FW 0 1 0 1 Own Goals 0 0 0 0 Totals 25 6 17 47 Penalties Date Nation Name Opposition Scored? 15 August 2019   Mohamed Rabie Meftah ES Sétif   25 August 2019   Muaid Ellafi AS Sonidep  Y 1 September 2019 AS Aïn M'lila     Mohamed Rabie Meftah  Y 15 September 2019 Gor Mahia  Y 23 October 2019 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj  Y 30 October 2019   Aymen Mahious NC Magra  Y 4 November 2019   Mohamed Rabie Meftah JS Saoura  Y   Muaid Ellafi  Y 9 November 2019   Redouane Cherifi NA Hussein Dey   5 January 2020   Aymen Mahious USM Khenchela  Y 11 January 2020   Mohamed Rabie Meftah Mamelodi Sundowns   16 January 2020   Aymen Mahious JS Kabylie  Y 8 February 2020 CS Constantine  Y Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. No. Nat Name L 1 AC CL 1 Total 1   Lamine Zemmamouche 7 0 0 7 16   Ismaïl Mansouri 0 0 1 1 30   Abdelmoumen Sifour 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 7 0 1 8 Hat-tricks Player Against Result Date Competition Ref   Aymen Mahious USM Khenchela 6–1 (H) 5 January 2020 Algerian Cup ^[31] (H) – Home ; (A) – Away Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 May 2020.^[32] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Name Nat. Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Notes Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche   GK (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 34)   MC Alger 2012 2020 Captain 379 1 16 Ismaïl Mansouri   GK (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 31)   MO Béjaïa 2008 2020 Loan return 79 0 30 Abdelmoumen Sifour   GK (1998-03-03)3 March 1998 (aged 21)   Reserve team 2019 2022 1 0 Defenders 3 Abderrahim Hamra   CB (1997-07-21)21 July 1997 (aged 22)   Reserve team 2016 2020 32 1 4 Mustapha Kheiraoui   CB (1995-10-07)7 October 1995 (aged 24)   A Bou Saada 2019 2022 22 0 6 Lyes Oukkal   CB (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 28)   NA Hussein Dey 2019 2021 14 0 19 Redouane Cherifi   LB (1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 26)   USM Bel-Abbès 2017 2021 89 2 22 Mohamed Rabie Meftah   RB (1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 34)   JSM Béjaïa 2011 2020 3rd captain 258 49 27 Mohamed Tiboutine   RB (1991-02-28)28 February 1991 (aged 28)   JS Saoura 2019 2021 9 0 28 Hicham Belkaroui   CB (1990-08-24)24 August 1990 (aged 29)   Al-Raed 2019 2021 6 0 42 Adam Alilet   CB (1999-01-17)17 January 1999 (aged 20)   Reserve team 2019 2023 9 0 57 Anis Khemaissia   LB (1999-01-27)27 January 1999 (aged 20)   USM Annaba 2019 2022 15 1 Midfielders 2 Oussama Chita   DM (1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 23)   MC Alger 2017 2021 64 2 7 Ilyes Yaiche   AM / LW (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 22)   NA Hussein Dey 2016 2022 Loan return 21 0 8 Kamel Belarbi   DM (1997-04-11)11 April 1997 (aged 22)   USM El Harrach 2018 2022 23 0 10 Muaid Ellafi   AM / LW (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 23)   Al-Shabab 2018 2021 40 7 17 Taher Benkhelifa   DM (1994-06-10)10 June 1994 (aged 25)   Paradou AC 2019 2020 Loan 26 1 23 Hamza Koudri   DM (1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 32)   MC Alger 2012 2020 Vice-captain 242 8 25 Mohamed Reda Boumechra   DM (1997-06-03)3 June 1997 (aged 22)   USM El Harrach 2019 2020 Loan return 23 2 26 Billel Benhammouda   AM (1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 22)   USMM Hadjout 2016 2023 43 3 Forwards 7 Zakaria Haddouche   LW (1993-08-19)19 August 1993 (aged 26)   MC Alger 2019 2021 9 0 9 Zakaria Benchaâ   ST (1997-01-11)11 January 1997 (aged 22)   MC Oran 2018 2021 27 7 11 Abdelkrim Zouari   RW (1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 30)   USM Bel Abbès 2018 2021 41 12 15 Oualid Ardji   LW / LB (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 24)   NA Hussein Dey 2016 2021 Loan return 77 6 18 Aymen Mahious   ST (1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 22)   AS Aïn M'lila 2018 2021 Loan return 48 14 20 Adem Redjehimi   LW (1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (aged 24)   Afro Napoli United 2019 2021 6 1 Transfers In Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source 9 June 2019 LB   Anis Khemaissia USM Annaba Free transfer ^[33] 22 June 2019 CB   Lyes Oukkal NA Hussein Dey Free transfer ^[34] 30 June 2019 RB   Mehdi Benchikhoune WA Tlemcen Loan Return 30 June 2019 ST   Aymen Mahious AS Aïn M'lila Loan Return 1 July 2019 DM   Taher Benkhelifa Paradou AC Loan for one year ^[35]^[36] 2 July 2019 LW   Zakaria Haddouche MC Alger Free transfer ^[37] 6 July 2019 FW   Karim Louanchi Reserve team Free transfer ^[38] 8 July 2019 CB   Mustapha Kheiraoui Amal Bou Saâda Free transfer ^[39] 13 July 2019 RB   Mohamed Tiboutine JS Saoura Free transfer ^[40] 30 July 2019 CB   Adam Alilet Reserve team Free transfer ^[41] 31 July 2019 CB   Hicham Belkaroui   Al-Raed Free transfer ^[42] 31 July 2019 LW   Adem Redjehimi   Afro Napoli United Free transfer ^[43] 12 January 2020 AM / LW   Ilyes Yaiche NA Hussein Dey Loan Return ^[44] Out Date Pos Player To club Transfer fee Source 7 June 2019 AM / FW   Rafik Bouderbal   AS Lyon-Duchère Free transfer ^[45]^[46] 13 June 2019 ST   Abderrahmane Meziane   Al Ain Free transfer ^[9] 18 June 2019 MF   Ammar El Orfi JS Kabylie Free transfer ^[47] 30 June 2019 CB   Mohamed Benyahia Unattached^[a] Free transfer (Released) 30 June 2019 CB / DM   Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan Return 15 July 2019 CB   Farouk Chafaï MC Alger Free transfer ^[49] 22 July 2019 FW   Mohamed Amine Hamia MC Oran Free transfer (Released) ^[50]^[51] 24 July 2019 FW   Prince Ibara   K Beerschot Free transfer (Released) ^[11] 1 August 2019 CB   Mokhtar Benmoussa USM Bel Abbès Free transfer ^[52] 6 August 2019 GK   Mourad Berrefane RC Relizane Free transfer 2 September 2019 MF   Mohammed Benkhemassa   Málaga CF 50,000 € ^[53] 31 December 2019 FW   Zakaria Haddouche Unattached^[b] Free transfer (Released) ^[55] 30 January 2020 FW   Zakaria Benchaâ   CS Sfaxien Loan for six months ^[56] Benyahia joined ES Sétif on 26 December 2019.^[48] Haddouche joined Khaleej FC on 31 January 2020.^[54] Notes USM Alger against Olympique de Médéa stopped after 15 minutes after fans stormed the stadium. USM Alger played their home match against Gor Mahia at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, instead of their regular stadium July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers.^[30] USM Alger play their home matches instead of their regular home stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements. References "USMA : Le Groupe Serport prend officiellement le pouvoir". competition.dz. Retrieved 3 March 2020. "USMA : Serport acquiert 94,34% des actions". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 3 March 2020. "L1 : Dziri entraîneur de l'USM Alger". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019. "USMA : Billel Dziri n'est plus l'entraineur du club". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020. "USM Alger : Mounir Zeghdoud nouveau coach de Soustara". lagazettedufennec.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020. "بسبب كورونا.. الدوري الجزائري مهدد بالسيناريو الفرنسي". al-ain.com (in Arabic). 12 July 2020. "شباب بلوزداد بطلا لموسم استثنائي". elkhabar.com (in Arabic). 29 July 2020. "USMA : Les Haddad officiellement vendeurs". DZFoot.com. 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In the 2019 20 season USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 42nd season as well as the Algerian Cup It was their 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football They also competed in the Champions League and the Algerian Cup USM Alger2019 20 seasonOwnerETRHB Haddad until 2 March 2020 1 Groupe SERPORT from 2 March 2020 1 2 PresidentBoualem Chendri until 2 March 2020 Achour Djelloul from 2 March 2020 Head coachBillel Dziri from 24 June 2019 3 until 26 February 2020 4 Farid Zemiti c from 27 February 2020 until 2 March 2020 Mounir Zeghdoud from 3 March 2020 5 StadiumOmar Hamadi StadiumLigue 16thAlgerian CupRound of 32Champions LeagueGroup StageTop goalscorerLeague Abdelkrim Zouari 7 goals All Aymen Mahious 12 goals Biggest winUSM Alger 6 1 USM KhenchelaBiggest defeatMC Oran 4 0 USM AlgerHome coloursAway coloursThird colours 2018 192020 21 During the campaign the club were plagued by major financial problems after the club owner Ali Haddad was jailed which froze the official account of the club leaving them unable to pay the salaries of the players technical staff and other workers On March 15 2020 the Ligue de Football Professionnel LFP decided to halt the season due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Algeria 6 On July 29 2020 the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion the promotion of four teams from the League 2 and scraping the relegation for the current season 7 Contents 1 Summary 2 Pre season and friendlies 3 Competitions 3 1 Overview 3 2 Ligue 1 3 2 1 League table 3 2 2 Results summary 3 2 3 Results by round 3 3 Matches 4 Algerian Cup 5 Champions League 5 1 Preliminary round 5 2 First round 5 3 Group stage 5 3 1 Group C 6 Squad information 6 1 Playing statistics 6 2 Goalscorers 6 3 Penalties 6 4 Clean sheets 6 5 Hat tricks 7 Squad list 8 Transfers 8 1 In 8 2 Out 9 Notes 10 ReferencesSummary EditOn June 2 2019 it was announced on Echourouk TV that the Haddad family was selling its shares in SSPA USMA of which it held 92 8 The club lost several key players including Abderrahmane Meziane who moved to Al Ain 9 and Raouf Benguit to Esperance ST 10 also Farouk Chafai Mokhtar Benmoussa and Prince Ibara to K Beerschot 11 On 26 July USM Alger squad went to Tunisia for a ten day internship The cost was paid by a friend from Tunisia because of the continued freezing of their financial account 12 On 4 August Al Hayat Petroleum Company decided to pay the cost of travel to Niger in order to play the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League the same company that wants to buy the majority of the shares of the club 13 On 4 September The players of USM Alger decided to go on strike to protest difficult financial situation They stressed that this decision has nothing to do with the administration the fans or the club itself It is a protest movement against the state of the USM Alger and the delay in resolving the crisis As a reminder the USM Alger players have not received their salaries for 6 months while the new ones have not received any salary since joining the club 14 On 13 October The players decided to boycott the training and official matches because they have not been paid for five months two days after Amine Tirmane club s communication officer He submitted his resignation on the channel Dzair TV a day later a fan paid the amount of 500 000 dinars per player reward win against Gor Mahia and AS Ain M lila The players then decide to return to training and play CA Bordj Bou Arreridj match on October 23 After a protest in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports against the difficult situation Minister Raouf Salim Bernaoui said to supporters of the club They have to be patient 15 On 19 October Nearly 5 000 supporters of USM Alger went out to The headquarters of the Wilaya of Algiers to protest against the club s difficult financial situation and free it from ETRHB Haddad Company 16 A day after Mounir D bichi said to France 24 that Al Hayat Petroleum is a subsidiary of ETRHB Haddad which also said that the team s debts amount to 1 020 000 000 DA about 8 million euros D bichi said ETRHB Haddad had provided 400 billion centimes since its arrival about 23 million euros 17 On 22 October Oussama Chita resumed training with his teammates after a long absence due to a serious injury contracted by the Algerian international last season at the knee 18 On October 29 2019 The leaders of USM Algiers have announced in a statement that the sponsorship deal with Kia Al Djazair will be terminated amicably and the club will recover all outstanding debts that are valued at nearly 20 billion centimes 1 4 million In addition the contract with Ifri will not be renewed either by decision of the company 19 On November 5 the administration of USM Alger signed Sponsor contract with Serport specialized in port services for 16 billion centimes about 1 2 million euros 20 The administration of USM Alger to regain its right in the Darby case appealed the arbitration decision issued by the Algerian Court for the settlement of sports disputes in case No 92 19 between Union sportive de la medina d Alger against the Algerian Football Federation and the Professional Football Association This was the receipt of the receipt of the appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on 8 January 2020 and the team paid the costs of registering the case with an amount of one thousand euros 1000 on the morning of 9 January 21 Pre season and friendlies EditUSM Alger v Olympique de Medea 17 July 2019 FriendlyUSM AlgerCancelled note 1 Olympique de MedeaBologhine18 00 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium USM Alger v Al Bukayriyah 28 July 2019 FriendlyUSM Alger1 1 Al BukayriyahTunis Tunisia17 00 Benchaa 4 Report Al Reemi 18 Stadium Stade Chedli ZouitenNote Lineup for USM Alger First half Mansouri Meftah Cherifi Oukal Kheiraoui Koudri Benkhlifa Zouari Ardji Boumechra BenchaaSecond half USM Alger v Al Qadsiah 31 July 2019 FriendlyUSM Alger2 0 Al QadsiahTunis Tunisia20 00 Benchaa 24 29 Report Stadium Stade Chedli ZouitenNote Lineup for USM Alger Zemmamouche Meftah Tiboutine 60 Cherifi Khemaissia 68 Oukal Alilet 85 Kheiraoui Abdelaziz 85 Koudri Ellafi 65 Benkhelifa Benkhemassa Ardji Boumechra 75 Zouari Redjihimi BenchaaCompetitions EditOverview Edit Competition Record Started round Final position round First match Last matchG W D L GF GA GD Win Ligue 1 21 9 5 7 25 22 3 0 42 86 6th 15 August 2019 14 March 2020Algerian Cup 2 1 0 1 6 2 4 0 50 00 Round of 64 Round of 32 5 January 2020 13 February 2020Champions League 10 4 3 3 17 13 4 0 40 00 Preliminary round Group Stage 9 August 2019 1 February 2020Total 33 14 8 11 48 37 11 0 42 42Updated to match played 14 March 2020Source Competitions Ligue 1 Edit Main article 2019 20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 League table Edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation4 JS Kabylie 22 10 6 6 27 18 9 36 1 64 Qualification for Confederation Cup5 CS Constantine 22 9 7 6 32 23 9 34 1 556 USM Alger 21 9 5 7 25 22 3 32 a 1 52 a 7 JS Saoura 22 9 6 7 19 18 1 33 1 508 AS Ain M lila 22 8 8 6 26 25 1 32 1 45Updated to match es played on 15 March 2020 Source dzfoot comRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 goal difference 5 total goals 6 fairplay ranking 7 playoff Notes USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger 22 The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport 23 On August 28 2020 after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal which is to return the three points and repeat the match 24 Results summary Edit Overall Home AwayPld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD21 9 5 7 25 22 3 32 8 1 2 20 9 11 1 4 5 5 13 8Last updated 14 March 2020 Source Competitive matches Results by round Edit Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHResultWDWCWWLWWDLWDWLLLDLLDWCCCCCCCCPosition264522333332222333789666666666Updated to match es played on 14 March 2020 Source Competitive matchesA Away H Home W Win D Draw L Loss Matches Edit On 29 July 2019 the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced 25 26 USM Alger v ES Setif 15 August 2019 Round 1USM Alger2 1ES SetifBologhine20 00 Benkhemassa 11 Meftah 45 3 Khemaissia 90 4 90 5 Soccerway reportLFP report Laribi 23 Bouguelmouna 34 45 83 Saidi 68 Ghacha 72 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance 0 close doors 27 Referee Mustapha Ghorbal CS Constantine v USM Alger 19 August 2019 Round 2CS Constantine0 0USM AlgerConstantine21 00 Soccerway reportLFP report Zemmamouche 90 1 Stadium Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee Mohamed Saidi USM Alger v AS Ain M lila 1 September 2019 Round 3USM Alger3 2AS Ain M lilaBologhine21 00 Koudri 44 Zouari 53 Ellafi 64 Redjehimi 81 Meftah 88 pen 88 Soccerway reportLFP report Demane 4 Ziad 21 Si Ammar 54 Bitam 58 Bouhakkak 78 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee Missoum Benabdellah MC Oran v USM Alger 5 October 2019 Round 7MC Oran4 0USM AlgerOran17 45 Fourloul 17 Mansouri 28 Meftah 43 o g Hamia 64 Mazouzi 72 Mellal 74 Mesmoudi 87 Mekkaoui 90 2 Benhamou 90 5 90 5 Soccerway reportLFP report Kheiraoui 37 Cherifi 55 Mahious 87 Stadium Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee Mehdi Abid Charef MC Alger v USM Alger Round 4MC AlgerCancelledUSM AlgerAlgiersStadium Stade du 5 Juillet Referee Abderrezzak Arab USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 23 October 2019 Round 8USM Alger3 0CA Bordj Bou ArreridjBologhine17 00 Meftah 82 pen Benchaa 86 88 Benkhelifa 56 90 1 Soccerway report Gadacha 51 Arroussi 85 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee Farouk Mial NC Magra v USM Alger 30 October 2019 Round 9NC Magra1 2USM AlgerSetif15 00 El Orfi 12 Rahal 67 Ziani 90 2 Soccerway reportLFP report Koudri 36 Zouari 66 Mahious 71 pen 72 Stadium Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee Malek Ait Ameur USM Alger v JS Saoura 4 November 2019 Round 5USM Alger4 1JS SaouraBologhine17 45 Meftah 13 pen 52 Mahious 74 Ellafi 88 pen Zouari 89 Soccerway reportLFP report Hamidi 18 Zaidi 58 Lahmeri 62 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee Mohamed Saidi USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey 9 November 2019 Round 10USM Alger0 0NA Hussein DeyBologhine17 45 Tiboutine 23 Mahious 26 Cherifi 74 Zouari 78 Soccerway reportLFP report Ouadji 28 Yaya 90 3 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee Abdelali Ibrir US Biskra v USM Alger 23 November 2019 Round 11US Biskra1 0USM AlgerBiskra17 00 Guebli 31 Adouane 70 Dakhia 75 Bouafia 90 3 Soccerway reportLFP report Kheiraoui 14 Zemmamouche 90 3 Stadium Stade du 18 Fevrier Attendance 0 close doors Referee Youcef Gamouh USM Alger v CR Belouizdad 16 December 2019 Round 14USM Alger1 0CR BelouizdadBologhine18 45 Benchaa 59 Meftah 77 Soccerway reportLFP report Gasmi 15 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee Said Aouina USM Bel Abbes v USM Alger 21 December 2019 Round 15USM Bel Abbes1 0USM AlgerSidi Bel Abbes18 45 Aichi 56 Litt 87 Soccerway reportLFP report Benkhelifa 37 Stadium Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee Redouane Necib USM Alger v Paradou AC 2 January 2020 Round 6USM Alger1 0Paradou ACBologhine18 45 Boumechra 24 Dziri 31 Hamra 70 Meftah 89 Soccerway reportLFP report Kadri 26 Guenaoui 83 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee Missoum Benabdellah USM Alger v JS Kabylie 16 January 2020 Round 12USM Alger1 0JS KabylieBologhine18 45 Mahious 30 pen Meftah 66 Soccerway reportLFP report Bencherifa 53 Ait Abdessalem 89 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee Abdelali Ibrir ASO Chlef v USM Alger 20 January 2020 Round 13ASO Chlef0 0USM AlgerChlef17 00 Arab 65 Belhaoua 73 Soccerway report Tiboutine 37 Koudri 49 Stadium Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee Abderrezzak Arab ES Setif v USM Alger 4 February 2020 Round 16ES Setif3 1USM AlgerSetif17 00 Laribi 45 1 Ghacha 56 Kendoussi 58 Soccerway report Zouari 90 4 Stadium Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee Nabil Boukhalfa USM Alger v CS Constantine 8 February 2020 Round 17USM Alger1 3CS ConstantineBologhine16 00 Zouari 18 Koudri 32 Ardji 70 Mahious 85 pen Soccerway reportLFP report Yettou 38 Belkacemi 49 90 Alharaish 90 1 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance 0 close doors Referee Mustapha Ghorbal AS Ain M lila v USM Alger 17 February 2020 Round 18AS Ain M lila1 1USM AlgerAin M lila15 00 Ibouzidene 64 Ziad 71 Siam 82 Soccerway reportLFP report Benhammouda 40 Mahious 50 Hamra 53 Stadium Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium Referee Redouane Necib USM Alger v MC Alger 24 February 2020 Round 19USM Alger0 1MC AlgerAlgiers17 45 Meftah 12 Soccerway reportLFP report Rebiai 23 Frioui 61 61 Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet Referee Youcef Gamouh JS Saoura v USM Alger 29 February 2020 Round 20JS Saoura1 0USM AlgerBechar18 00 Lahmeri 45 1 pen Yadroudj 80 Soccerway reportLFP report Oukkal 10 45 Meftah 14 Benkhelifa 45 Benhammouda 46 Belkaroui 89 Stadium Stade 20 Aout 1955 Referee Mustapha Bessiri Paradou AC v USM Alger 7 March 2020 Round 21Paradou AC1 1USM AlgerAlgiers16 00 Douar 60 Zorgane 78 Bouchina 86 Ghorab 90 Bouzok 90 5 Soccerway reportLFP report Zouari 45 3 82 Mahious 90 2 Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet Referee Mohamed Saidi USM Alger v MC Oran 14 March 2020 Round 22USM Alger4 1MC OranBologhine16 00 Zouari 22 48 Koudri 25 Boumechra 41 Benhammouda 53 61 Soccerway report LFP report Lagraa 20 Benhamou 45 1 Feghloul 90 1 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance 0 close doors Referee Abderrezzak ArabNote due to coronavirus pandemic Ministry of Health Population and Hospital Reform decided to be all matches played behind closed doors 28 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v USM Alger Round 23CA Bordj Bou ArreridjCancelledUSM AlgerBordj Bou ArreridjStadium Stade 20 Aout 1955 USM Alger v NC Magra Round 24USM AlgerCancelledNC MagraBologhineStadium Omar Hamadi Stadium NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger Round 25NA Hussein DeyCancelledUSM AlgerBelouizdadStadium Stade 20 Aout 1955 USM Alger v US Biskra Round 26USM AlgerCancelledUS BiskraBologhineStadium Omar Hamadi Stadium JS Kabylie v USM Alger Round 27JS KabylieCancelledUSM AlgerTizi OuzouStadium Stade 1er Novembre 1954 USM Alger v ASO Chlef Round 28USM AlgerCancelledASO ChlefBologhineStadium Omar Hamadi Stadium CR Belouizdad v USM Alger Round 29CR BelouizdadCancelledUSM AlgerBelouizdadStadium Stade 20 Aout 1955 USM Alger v USM Bel Abbes Round 30USM AlgerCancelledUSM Bel AbbesBologhineStadium Omar Hamadi StadiumAlgerian Cup EditMain article 2019 20 Algerian Cup USM Alger v USM Khenchela 5 January 2020 Round of 64USM Alger6 1USM KhenchelaBologhine16 00 Mahious 8 pen 43 67 Ardji 17 54 Benhammouda 22 Koudri 65 Redjehimi 90 2 Report Krioui 26 Hoggas 65 Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee Mohamed SaidiNote Lineup for USM Alger Mansouri Belkaroui Tiboutine Oukkal Khemaissia Benhammouda Chita 66 Koudri Boumechra Redjehimi 55 Mahious Benchaa 73 Belarbi Ardji ASM Oran v USM Alger 13 February 2020 Round of 32ASM Oran1 0USM AlgerOran14 00 Belaribi 52 52 Ali Larbi 89 Report 29 Koudri 33 Benhammouda 86 Stadium Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee Abdelmoumen TouabtiNote Lineup for USM Alger Zemmamouche Cherifi Khemaissia Alilet Meftah Chita Benhammouda 63 Koudri Benkhelifa Ellafi Ardji 63 Yaiche Boumechra 75 Mahious Champions League EditMain article 2019 20 CAF Champions League Preliminary round Edit Main article 2019 20 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds AS Sonidep v USM Alger 9 August 2019 First legAS Sonidep 1 2 USM AlgerNiamey Niger16 30 UTC 1 Sabo 14 pen Report Benchaa 51 69 Stadium Stade General Seyni Kountche Referee Salisu Basheer Nigeria Note Lineup for USM Alger Zemmamouche Oukkal Cherifi Kheiraoui Meftah Koudri Belarbi Ellafi Adji Zouari Benchaa Mahious 75 USM Alger v AS Sonidep 25 August 2019 Second legUSM Alger 3 1 5 2 agg AS SonidepAlgiers Algeria20 45 UTC 1 Mahious 27 Ellafi 35 pen Hamra 48 Ardji 64 Report Boubacar 32 Kheiraoui 59 o g Lawali 67 Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet Referee Issa Sy Senegal Note Lineup for USM Alger Zemmamouche Khemaissia Hamra Kheiraoui Tiboutine Koudri Boumechra 75 Belarbi Ellafi Adji Cherifi 83 Mahious Benchaa 63 Benhamouda First round Edit USM Alger v Gor Mahia 15 September 2019 First legUSM Alger 4 1 Gor MahiaBlida Algeria note 2 20 45 UTC 1 Meftah 16 45 1 pen Benchaa 45 2 75 Koudri 47 Report Wellington 10 Muguna 56 pen Ambundo 64 Onyango 74 Stadium Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee Bakary Gassama Gambia Note Lineup for USM Alger Mansouri Meftah Kheiraoui Hamra Cherifi Benkhelifa Koudri Ellafi Zouari Haddouche 66 Benchaa Mahious 80 Ardji Benhammouda 76 Gor Mahia v USM Alger 29 September 2019 Second legGor Mahia 0 2 1 6 agg USM AlgerNairobi Kenya16 00 UTC 3 Report Mahious 4 16 Benkhelifa 31 Stadium Moi International Sports Centre Referee Sidi Alioum Cameroon Note Lineup for USM Alger Mansouri Meftah Kheiraoui Hamra Cherifi Benkhelifa Khemaissia 87 Belarbi Ellafi Zouari Mahious Haddouche 63 Ardji Alilet 76 Group stage Edit Main article 2019 20 CAF Champions League group stage Group C Group C Edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MSD WAC PET USM1 Mamelodi Sundowns 6 4 2 0 9 3 6 14 Advance to knockout stage 1 0 3 0 2 12 Wydad AC 6 2 3 1 10 6 4 9 0 0 4 1 3 13 Petro de Luanda 6 0 4 2 8 14 6 4 2 2 2 2 1 14 USM Alger 6 0 3 3 6 10 4 3 0 1 1 1 2 2 Source CAF USM Alger v Wydad Casablanca 30 November 2019 2019 11 30 Matchday 1USM Alger 1 1 Wydad CasablancaBlida Algeria note 3 17 00 UTC 1 Zouari 5 Ellafi 61 Soccerway Report Jabrane 78 El Amloud 80 Aouk 89 Stadium Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee Bernard Camille Seychelles Petro de Luanda v USM Alger 7 December 2019 2019 12 07 Matchday 2Petro de Luanda 1 1 USM AlgerLuanda Angola14 00 UTC 1 Toni 64 Soccerway Report Mansouri 49 Benchaa 54 90 1 Kheiraoui 59 Meftah 76 Stadium Estadio 11 de Novembro Referee Bamlak Tessema Weyesa Ethiopia USM Alger v Mamelodi Sundowns 28 December 2019 Matchday 3USM Alger 0 1 Mamelodi SundownsBlida Algeria note 3 17 00 UTC 1 Hamra 42 Koudri 45 1 Soccerway Report Kekana 23 59 Lakay 77 Stadium Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee Beida Dahane Mauritania Mamelodi Sundowns v USM Alger 11 January 2020 Matchday 4Mamelodi Sundowns 2 1 USM AlgerPretoria South Africa15 00 UTC 2 Morena 36 Vilakazi 45 1 Soccerway Report Mahious 44 Ardji 66 Boumechra 70 Meftah 79 86 Stadium Loftus Versfeld Stadium Referee Mahmoud El Banna Egypt Wydad Casablanca v USM Alger 24 January 2020 Matchday 5Wydad Casablanca 3 1 USM AlgerCasablanca Morocco20 00 UTC 1 El Karti 7 Aouk 24 Kasengu 45 1 Tagnaouti 75 Soccerway Report Hamra 44 Meftah 79 Stadium Stade Mohammed V Referee Eric Otogo Castane Gabon USM Alger v Petro de Luanda 1 February 2020 Matchday 6USM Alger 2 2 Petro de LuandaBelouizdad Algeria note 3 14 00 UTC 1 Mahious 33 Boumechra 53 Ardji 70 Soccerway Report Wilson 68 Picas 80 Toni 81 Stadium Stade 20 Aout 1955 Referee Sadok Selmi Tunisia Squad information EditPlaying statistics Edit Appearances Apps numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal No Nat Player Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Champions League Total Goalkeepers1 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 15 2 1 6 22 216 Ismail Mansouri 5 1 4 1 10 130 Abdelmoumen Sifour B 1 1Defenders3 Abderrahime Hamra 16 1 1 8 3 24 1 3 14 Mustapha Kheiraoui 14 2 8 2 22 46 Lyes Oukkal 8 1 1 1 1 4 13 1 1 119 Redouane Cherifi 19 1 1 8 1 28 1 122 Mohamed Rabie Meftah 15 1 5 6 1 9 3 2 25 1 8 827 Mohamed Tiboutine 5 1 2 1 1 1 7 2 228 Hicham Belkaroui 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 142 Adam Alilet 6 1 1 1 8 157 Anis Khemaissia 1 6 1 1 2 2 4 5 10 1 1Midfielders2 Oussama Chita 3 3 1 1 1 1 5 57 Ilyes Yaiche 2 3 1 1 3 3 18 Kamel Belarbi 5 2 1 4 2 10 410 Muaid Ellafi 11 7 1 1 6 1 1 18 7 2 117 Taher Benkhelifa 17 1 1 3 1 7 1 25 1 1 423 Hamza Koudri 17 1 4 2 2 8 2 27 1 824 Mohammed Benkhemassa 1 1 1 125 Mohamed Reda Boumechra 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 10 5 1 326 Billel Benhammouda 9 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 14 10 3 3Forwards7 Zakaria Haddouche 5 1 1 2 6 39 Zakaria Benchaa 7 5 1 2 0 1 6 1 5 2 13 7 6 411 Abdelkrim Zouari 17 3 7 3 7 1 24 3 8 315 Oualid Ardji 9 5 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 2 1 17 7 3 318 Aymen Mahious 13 7 4 5 2 3 5 5 5 20 12 12 520 Adem Redjehimi 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1Own goals 0 0 0 0Totals 25 39 2 6 4 0 17 17 0 47 60 2 B USM Alger B player Goalscorers Edit Includes all competitive matches The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal No Nat Player Pos L 1 AC CL 1 TOTAL18 Aymen Mahious FW 4 3 5 1211 Abdelkrim Zouari FW 7 0 1 822 Mohamed Rabie Meftah DF 5 0 3 89 Zakaria Benchaa FW 1 0 5 626 Billel Benhammouda MF 2 1 0 315 Oualid Ardji MF 0 1 2 310 Muaid Ellafi MF 1 0 1 225 Mohamed Reda Boumechra MF 1 0 0 13 Abderrahime Hamra DF 1 0 0 123 Hamza Koudri MF 1 0 0 157 Anis Khemaissia DF 1 0 0 117 Taher Benkhelifa MF 1 0 0 120 Adem Redjehimi FW 0 1 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0 0Totals 25 6 17 47Penalties Edit Date Nation Name Opposition Scored 15 August 2019 Mohamed Rabie Meftah ES Setif 25 August 2019 Muaid Ellafi AS Sonidep Y1 September 2019 AS Ain M lila Mohamed Rabie Meftah Y15 September 2019 Gor Mahia Y23 October 2019 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj Y30 October 2019 Aymen Mahious NC Magra Y4 November 2019 Mohamed Rabie Meftah JS Saoura Y Muaid Ellafi Y9 November 2019 Redouane Cherifi NA Hussein Dey 5 January 2020 Aymen Mahious USM Khenchela Y11 January 2020 Mohamed Rabie Meftah Mamelodi Sundowns 16 January 2020 Aymen Mahious JS Kabylie Y8 February 2020 CS Constantine YClean sheets Edit Includes all competitive matches No Nat Name L 1 AC CL 1 Total1 Lamine Zemmamouche 7 0 0 716 Ismail Mansouri 0 0 1 130 Abdelmoumen Sifour 0 0 0 0TOTALS 7 0 1 8Hat tricks Edit Player Against Result Date Competition Ref Aymen Mahious USM Khenchela 6 1 H 5 January 2020 Algerian Cup 31 H Home A Away Squad list Edit Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 May 2020 32 Note Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Name Nat Position Date of Birth Age Signed from Signedin Contractends Notes Apps GoalsGoalkeepers1 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche GK 1985 03 19 19 March 1985 aged 34 MC Alger 2012 2020 Captain 379 116 Ismail Mansouri GK 1988 01 07 7 January 1988 aged 31 MO Bejaia 2008 2020 Loan return 79 030 Abdelmoumen Sifour GK 1998 03 03 3 March 1998 aged 21 Reserve team 2019 2022 1 0Defenders3 Abderrahim Hamra CB 1997 07 21 21 July 1997 aged 22 Reserve team 2016 2020 32 14 Mustapha Kheiraoui CB 1995 10 07 7 October 1995 aged 24 A Bou Saada 2019 2022 22 06 Lyes Oukkal CB 1991 11 05 5 November 1991 aged 28 NA Hussein Dey 2019 2021 14 019 Redouane Cherifi LB 1993 02 22 22 February 1993 aged 26 USM Bel Abbes 2017 2021 89 222 Mohamed Rabie Meftah RB 1985 05 05 5 May 1985 aged 34 JSM Bejaia 2011 2020 3rd captain 258 4927 Mohamed Tiboutine RB 1991 02 28 28 February 1991 aged 28 JS Saoura 2019 2021 9 028 Hicham Belkaroui CB 1990 08 24 24 August 1990 aged 29 Al Raed 2019 2021 6 042 Adam Alilet CB 1999 01 17 17 January 1999 aged 20 Reserve team 2019 2023 9 057 Anis Khemaissia LB 1999 01 27 27 January 1999 aged 20 USM Annaba 2019 2022 15 1Midfielders2 Oussama Chita DM 1996 10 31 31 October 1996 aged 23 MC Alger 2017 2021 64 27 Ilyes Yaiche AM LW 1997 10 27 27 October 1997 aged 22 NA Hussein Dey 2016 2022 Loan return 21 08 Kamel Belarbi DM 1997 04 11 11 April 1997 aged 22 USM El Harrach 2018 2022 23 010 Muaid Ellafi AM LW 1996 03 07 7 March 1996 aged 23 Al Shabab 2018 2021 40 717 Taher Benkhelifa DM 1994 06 10 10 June 1994 aged 25 Paradou AC 2019 2020 Loan 26 123 Hamza Koudri DM 1987 12 15 15 December 1987 aged 32 MC Alger 2012 2020 Vice captain 242 825 Mohamed Reda Boumechra DM 1997 06 03 3 June 1997 aged 22 USM El Harrach 2019 2020 Loan return 23 226 Billel Benhammouda AM 1997 08 28 28 August 1997 aged 22 USMM Hadjout 2016 2023 43 3Forwards7 Zakaria Haddouche LW 1993 08 19 19 August 1993 aged 26 MC Alger 2019 2021 9 09 Zakaria Benchaa ST 1997 01 11 11 January 1997 aged 22 MC Oran 2018 2021 27 711 Abdelkrim Zouari RW 1989 07 14 14 July 1989 aged 30 USM Bel Abbes 2018 2021 41 1215 Oualid Ardji LW LB 1995 09 07 7 September 1995 aged 24 NA Hussein Dey 2016 2021 Loan return 77 618 Aymen Mahious ST 1997 09 15 15 September 1997 aged 22 AS Ain M lila 2018 2021 Loan return 48 1420 Adem Redjehimi LW 1995 02 20 20 February 1995 aged 24 Afro Napoli United 2019 2021 6 1Transfers Edit In Edit Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source9 June 2019 LB Anis Khemaissia USM Annaba Free transfer 33 22 June 2019 CB Lyes Oukkal NA Hussein Dey Free transfer 34 30 June 2019 RB Mehdi Benchikhoune WA Tlemcen Loan Return30 June 2019 ST Aymen Mahious AS Ain M lila Loan Return1 July 2019 DM Taher Benkhelifa Paradou AC Loan for one year 35 36 2 July 2019 LW Zakaria Haddouche MC Alger Free transfer 37 6 July 2019 FW Karim Louanchi Reserve team Free transfer 38 8 July 2019 CB Mustapha Kheiraoui Amal Bou Saada Free transfer 39 13 July 2019 RB Mohamed Tiboutine JS Saoura Free transfer 40 30 July 2019 CB Adam Alilet Reserve team Free transfer 41 31 July 2019 CB Hicham Belkaroui Al Raed Free transfer 42 31 July 2019 LW Adem Redjehimi Afro Napoli United Free transfer 43 12 January 2020 AM LW Ilyes Yaiche NA Hussein Dey Loan Return 44 Out Edit Date Pos Player To club Transfer fee Source7 June 2019 AM FW Rafik Bouderbal AS Lyon Duchere Free transfer 45 46 13 June 2019 ST Abderrahmane Meziane Al Ain Free transfer 9 18 June 2019 MF Ammar El Orfi JS Kabylie Free transfer 47 30 June 2019 CB Mohamed Benyahia Unattached a Free transfer Released 30 June 2019 CB DM Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan Return15 July 2019 CB Farouk Chafai MC Alger Free transfer 49 22 July 2019 FW Mohamed Amine Hamia MC Oran Free transfer Released 50 51 24 July 2019 FW Prince Ibara K Beerschot Free transfer Released 11 1 August 2019 CB Mokhtar Benmoussa USM Bel Abbes Free transfer 52 6 August 2019 GK Mourad Berrefane RC Relizane Free transfer2 September 2019 MF Mohammed Benkhemassa Malaga CF 50 000 53 31 December 2019 FW Zakaria Haddouche Unattached b Free transfer Released 55 30 January 2020 FW Zakaria Benchaa CS Sfaxien Loan for six months 56 Benyahia joined ES Setif on 26 December 2019 48 Haddouche joined Khaleej FC on 31 January 2020 54 Notes Edit USM Alger against Olympique de Medea stopped after 15 minutes after fans stormed the stadium USM Alger played their home match against Gor Mahia at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Blida instead of their regular stadium July 5 1962 Stadium Algiers 30 a b c USM Alger play their home matches instead of their regular home stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium Algiers which did not meet CAF requirements References Edit a b USMA Le Groupe Serport prend officiellement le pouvoir competition dz Retrieved 3 March 2020 USMA Serport acquiert 94 34 des actions DZFoot com Retrieved 3 March 2020 L1 Dziri entraineur de l USM Alger DZFoot com Retrieved 24 June 2019 USMA Billel Dziri n est plus l entraineur du club DZFoot com Retrieved 26 February 2020 USM Alger Mounir Zeghdoud nouveau coach de Soustara lagazettedufennec com Retrieved 4 March 2020 بسبب كورونا الدوري الجزائري مهدد بالسيناريو الفرنسي al ain com in Arabic 12 July 2020 شباب بلوزداد بطلا لموسم استثنائي elkhabar com in Arabic 29 July 2020 USMA Les Haddad officiellement vendeurs DZFoot com Retrieved 3 June 2019 a b Mercato Meziane signe a Al Ain DZFoot com Retrieved 21 June 2019 Raouf Benguit nouvelle recrue algerienne de l EST mosaiquefm net Retrieved 2 July 2019 a b a clas, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved  |   www.wiki3.en-us.nina.az Rss Feed SiteMap Ping DMCA Contact Us HomePage Closed Call: