2004–05 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2004–05 season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Noureddine Saâdi; (from 24 August 2004); (until January 2005); Djamel Menad; (from January 2005); (until 16 May 2005); Mustapha Aksouh (c); (from April 2005)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
Division 1	1st
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Champions League	Second round
Confederation Cup	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Billel Dziri (11 goals); All: ; Billel Dziri (12 goals)

In the 2004–05 season, USM Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 25th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They were competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

Summary season

Since everything has an end, 2004–05 was for Usmistes the end of an era that has long been dreaming all lovers of the club. The fifth league title was won under the leadership of Mustapha Aksouh it is the last title for Saïd Allik as a president. In the last round, the struggle for survival was between CR Belouizdad and OMR El Annasser although USM Alger does not need to win, it crushed OMR El Annasser with a four, all scored by Michael Eneramo to be the youngest player to score a hat-trick in USM Alger's first team, at 19 years old. The reason why Al Ittihad played with such strength goes back to the 1993–94 season in second division, when the struggle for promoted was between ASO Chlef and USM Alger, and in the last round ASO Chlef won against OMR El Annasser it took place at Stade 20 Août 1955 and USM Alger accused them of facilitating their mission, to go up to the first division by direct match difference.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 13 June 2005.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
24	Farid Belmellat	GK	(1970-10-18)18 October 1970 (aged 34)	JSM Béjaïa	0	0
25	Merouane Abdouni	GK	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 23)	USM El Harrach	55	0
27	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 19)	Youth system	5	0
Defenders
2	Mohamed Hamdoud	RB / CB	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 28)	Youth system	0	0
3	Tarek Ghoul	LB	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 28)	USM El Harrach	0	0
4	Salim Aribi	CB	(1974-12-16)16 December 1974 (aged 30)	CA Batna	85	7
5	Mounir Zeghdoud	CB	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 34)	USM Aïn Beïda	0	0
12	Youcef Siahi	CB	(1984-10-03)3 October 1984 (aged 20)	Youth system	3	0
17	Moulay Haddou	LB	(1975-06-14)14 June 1975 (aged 29)	MC Oran	41	3
18	Rabah Deghmani	CB	(1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 29)	IB Khémis El Khechna	0	0
20	Mahieddine Meftah	LB / CB / RB	(1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 36)	JS Kabylie	0	0
29	Abdelkader Besseghir	RB	(1978-03-05)5 March 1978 (aged 26)	GC Mascara	24	1
31	Zineddine Mekkaoui	LB	(1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 17)	Youth system	1	0
Midfielders
6	Farid Djahnine	MF	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 28)	Youth system	0	0
7	Amar Ammour	AM	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 28)	ASM Oran	103	20
8	Billel Dziri	CM	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 32)	CS Sedan Ardennes	0	0
10	Hocine Achiou	AM	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 25)	Youth system	0	0
22	Hamidou Balbone	MF	(1977-01-17)17 January 1977 (aged 27)	EF Ouagadougou	36	7
26	Hocine Metref	DM	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 21)	Youth system	68	7
28	Karim Ghazi	DM	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 25)	Espérance de Tunis	0	0
Forwards
9	Mintou Doucoure	RW	(1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 22)	JS Centre Salif Keita	18	4
11	Issaad Bourahli	ST	(1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 30)	ES Sétif	76	34
14	Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	FW	(1984-04-15)15 April 1984 (aged 20)	Youth system	24	5
19	Rabie Benchergui	ST	(1978-03-14)14 March 1978 (aged 26)	ASM Oran	80	32
21	Rafik Deghiche	FW	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 21)	Youth system	24	2
23	Mamadou Diallo	CF	(1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 22)	JS Centre Salif Keita	35	19
31	Michael Eneramo	ST	(1986-11-26)26 November 1986 (aged 18)	Espérance de Tunis	16	8

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2004	DF	Moulay Haddou	MC Oran	Undisclosed
1 July 2004	DF	Abdelkader Besseghir	GC Mascara	Undisclosed
1 July 2004	FW	Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	JS Kabylie	Undisclosed
1 July 2004	FW	Issaad Bourahli	ES Sétif	Undisclosed
1 July 2004	FW	Mintou Doucoure	JS Centre Salif Keita	Undisclosed
22 July 2004	FW	Issaad Bourahli	ES Sétif	Undisclosed	^[3]
1 December 2004	FW	Karim Ali Hadji	ASO Chlef	Undisclosed
31 December 2004	MF	Karim Ghazi	Espérance de Tunis	Loan Return
2 January 2005	CF	Michael Eneramo	Espérance de Tunis	Loan for one year

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2004	FW	Ali Meçabih	USM Blida	Undisclosed
1 July 2004	MF	Karim Ghazi	Espérance de Tunis	Loan
1 July 2004	FW	Mohamed Cheraïtia	NA Hussein Dey	Undisclosed
1 July 2004	FW	Fadel Ryad Settara	OMR El Annasser	Undisclosed
1 July 2004	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui	JS Kabylie	Undisclosed
25 December 2004	CF	Mamadou Diallo	Nantes	700 000 euros	^[4]
1 January 2005	DF	Tarek Ghoul	USM Blida	Undisclosed
1 January 2005	MF	Hamidou Balbone	ASO Chlef	Loan

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Division 1	30	21	4	5	55	27	+28	070.00	—	Champion	20 August 2004	13 June 2005
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	Round of 64		3 January 2005
2004 Champions League	6	2	1	3	8	8	+0	033.33	Group stage		11 July 2004	17 October 2004
2005 Champions League	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	050.00	First round	Second Round	6 March 2005	22 April 2005
Confederation Cup	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00	Play-off round		6 May 2005	21 May 2005
Total	43	25	8	10	74	41	+33	058.14

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	21	4	5	55	27	+28	67	Qualification for the 2006 CAF Champions League
2	JS Kabylie	30	16	6	8	44	22	+22	54	Qualification for the 2006 CAF Champions League
3	MC Alger	30	14	7	9	39	44	−5	49	Qualification for the 2005–06 Arab Champions League
4	NA Hussein Dey	30	11	10	9	29	19	+10	43	Qualification for the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup
5	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	30	10	13	7	32	25	+7	43	Qualification for the 2005–06 Arab Champions League

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2005. Source: DZFoot
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.
(C) Champions

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
30	21	4	5	54	26	+28	67	12	1	2	31	12	+19	9	3	3	23	14	+9

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 August 2004 Round 1	USM Alger	3–0	US Chaouia	Bologhine
	Balbone 43' Dziri 62', 90+1' Achiou 69' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Haddou, Deghmani, Zeghdoud, Djahnine 82' (Meftah, 82'), Ammour 78' (Besseghier, 78'), Dziri, Balbone 59' (Belkheïr, 59'), Achiou, Bourahli.	Report^[5]	Ouari 17' Lakhdari 22' Mohamed Ouali 26' Lamri 36' Irmal 82' Belkalem, Adel, Lamri 46' (Lahouassa, 46'), Irmal, Beghou, Defnoun, Kassa, Ghediri, Louar 67' (Bekha, 67'), Mira 46' (Ziani, 46'), Maireche.	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Redouane Mehidi Assistant referees: Ouadah, Deffar

26 August 2004 Round 2	CS Constantine	1–3	USM Alger	Constantine
	Sedrati 27' Zerdia 50' Chouieb 73' Bensahnoun, Sedrati, Zerdia 80' (Arama, 80'), Maïza, Bakha, Chouaib, Saibi, Medjoudj, Fenier 25' (Adel Bacha, 25'), Ouachem, Mohamed Amroune.	Report^[6]	Hamdoud 34' Balbone 50' Medjoudj 62' (o.g.) Meftah 62' Bourahli 40', 90+3' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Dziri, Achiou, Bourahli, Haddou, Deghmani, Meftah, Balbone 80' (Metref, 80'), Besseghir 59' (Ali Hadji, 59').	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa Assistant referees: Belebsir, Chaker

7 November 2004 Round 3	USM Alger	2–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
	Diallo 38' Belkheïr 62' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Aribi, Djahnine, Amour 75' (Meftah, 75'), Achiou, Haddou, Deghiche 50' (Belkheïr, 50'), Diallo, Metref, Benseghir.	Report^[7]	Kial, Deffaf, Laggoun, Houari, Benchadi 90' (Hammouche, 90'), Khesrani, Djaref, Mani, Koula 85' (Azzedine Rahim, 85'), Khedhara, Maouche.	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Houari Belkacem Assistant referees: Ighir, Chibane

16 September 2004 Round 4	JS Kabylie	2–1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	Zazou 11' 74' Endzanga 17' 40' Berguiga 56' Habri 65' Raho 85' Gaouaoui, Driouèche, Habri, Zafour, Zazou, Raho, Belkaid 79' (Djillali, 79'), Bendahmane, Hamlaoui, Berguiga 71' (Ouichaoui, 71'), Endzanga.	Report^[8]	Meftah 33' Achiou 43' Besseghir 90+2' Abdouni, Hamdoud 60' (Besseghir, 60'), Zeghdoud, Ammour, Dziri, Achiou 86' (Metref, 86'), Meftah 60' (Ali Hadji, 60'), Haddou, Bourahli, Diallo, Deghmani.	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Touati Djaballah Assistant referees: Belkhir, Benchia

20 September 2004 Round 5	USM Alger	2–2	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Diallo 50' Heddou 52' Abdouni, Deghmani, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Haddou, Balbone 46' (Ali Hadji, 46'), Djahnine, Meftah 46' (Metref, 46'), Dziri, Bourahli, Diallo.		Hamadou 41' El Hadi 51' Hacen Houamed, Ait Ali, Latrèche, Tibermacine, Hammadou 67' (Athmani, 67'), Younes, Boucherit, Boudar, Loukili, Adlène Bensaïd 82' (Aouamri, 82'), El Hadi 90+2' (Selhat, 90+2').	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza Assistant referees: Kaïd, Mektous

30 September 2004 Round 6	WA Tlemcen	0–1	USM Alger	Tlemcen
	Fethi Zitouni, Kherbouche, Sid El Hadj, Yekhlef, Hamedi, Kherris, Hachemi 66' (Benyamina, 66'), Meziani 46' (Chaïb, 46'), Belgherri, Ali Dahleb 79' (Berrane, 79'), Boulanseur.		Diallo 32' Abdouni, Deghmani, Hamdoud 46' (Haddou, 46'), Zeghdoud, Besseghier, Djahnine, Metref, Dziri, Achiou, Ammour 67' (Ali Hadji, 67'), Diallo 80' (Benchergui, 80').	Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Zerga Referee: Belkacem Boumaâza Assistant referees: Feddaoui, Salhi

13 October 2004 Round 7	USM Alger	0–1	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
	Abdouni, Deghmani, Aribi, Hamdoud 63' (Ali Hadji, 63'), Zeghdoud, Haddou 74' (Belkheïr, 74'), Djahnine, Metref, Dziri, Ammour, Benchergui.	Report	Rouaighia 71' Mezair, Boutnaf, Boussaid, Amieur, Akniouene, Slatni, Ouslati 83' (Atef Saadi, 83'), Belhamel, Harkas, Chache 46' (Mounir Dob, 46'), Rouaighia.	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Amine Belhacène Assistant referees: Garoui, Chouih

23 October 2004 Round 8	MC Alger	1–2	USM Alger	Algiers
	Daham 7' Benfissa, Bouacida, Babouche, Amrane, Dellalou, Fodhili 75' (Kechout, 75'), Ouahid, Selmi, Maouche 46' (Braham-Chaouch, 46'), Djabelkheir 67' (Benali, 67'), Daham.		Diallo 11' Achiou 26' Abdouni, Deghmani, Aribi, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Metref 83' (Haddou, 83'), Dziri, Achiou, Ammour 90' (Djahnine, 90'), Bourahli, Diallo 74' (Benchergui, 74').	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Kamel Berber Assistant referees: Djezzar, Talbi

28 October 2004 Round 9	USM Alger	1–0	GC Mascara	Bologhine
	Metref 72' Abdouni, Deghmani, Aribi, Haddou, Besseghier, Djahnine 78' (Balbone, 78'), Metref, Dziri, Ammour, Bourahli 89' (Ghoul, 89'), Diallo.		Mokdat, Benregiueg, Dahmane 67' (Senouci, 67'), Mazri, Boussada, El Hadjari, Abaci 83' (Benfetta, 83'), Benabila, Guessoum, Amaouche, Bouras.	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ferradi Assistant referees: Sedrati, Seghiri

4 November 2004 Round 10	ES Sétif	1–2	USM Alger	Sétif
	Fellahi 85' Benabdelkader, Bachir Bensaid, Kechairi, Lahlou, Madoui, Torchi, Benchaïra, Laâmeche 79' (Said Saihi, 79'), Hadj Aïssa, Derradj 54' (Messali, 54'), Keraghel 54' (Fellahi, 54').		Achiou 70' Dziri 88' Abdouni, Aribi, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Haddou, Djahnine, Metref 46' (Meftah, 46'), Dziri, Achiou, Ammour 90' (Balbone, 90'), Diallo 82' (Deghiche, 82').	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mustapha Boumediene Mansouri Assistant referees: Bechirane, Bouanani

11 November 2004 Round 11	USM Alger	1–0	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
(, ')	Belkheir 90+2' Abdouni, Hamdoud 66' (Besseghir, 66'), Arribi, Ammour, Achiou, Haddou, Dziri, Diallo, Deghmani, Metref, Bourahli 66' (Belkheir, 66').	Report^[9]	, , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khelifi Assistant referees: Sedrate, Belakhal

18 November 2004 Round 12	USM Blida	0–2	USM Alger	Blida
	, , , , , , , , , , .	Report^[10]	Dziri 9', 72' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Arribi, Djahnine 46' (Metref, 46'), Ammour 81' (Balbone, 81'), Dziri, Bourahli 88' (Belkheir, 88'), Haddou, Daghmani, Meftah, Besseghir.	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Touati Djaballah Assistant referees: Belkheir, Benchaïb

2 December 2004 Round 13	USM Alger	1–0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Hamdoud 67' Abdouni, Deghmani, Aribi, Hamdoud, Haddou, Besseghier, Meftah, Metref, Dziri 46' (Belkheïr, 46'), Ammour 46' (Balbone, 46'), Diallo 90+2' (Ali Hadji, 90+2').		, , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Kestali Assistant referees: Bechaïr, Semara

9 December 2004 Round 14	USM Alger	2–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Ammour 7' Metref 44' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Haddou, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Metref 90' (Meftah, 90'), Dziri, Ammour, Bourahli 74' (Besseghir, 74'), Diallo 79' (Benchergui, 79').	Report^[11]	Daoud 19' , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Belkacem Boumaâza Assistant referees: Salhi, Bouzini

16 December 2004 Round 15	OMR El Annasser	1–3	USM Alger	Boufarik
	Haddouche 62' , , , , , , , , , , .		Benchergui 17', 24' Dziri 78' Abdouni, Deghmani 62' (Besseghier, 62'), Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Haddou 78' (Meftah, 78'), Djahnine, Metref, Dziri 82' (Belkheïr, 82'), Ammour, Benchergui, Bourahli.	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Houari Belkacem Assistant referees: Deffar, Ouadah

13 January 2005 Round 16	US Chaouia	0–0	USM Alger	Oum El Bouaghi
	, , , , , , , , , , .		Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Haddou, Besseghier, Ghazi, Meftah, Dziri, Achiou, Ammour, Benchergui 62' (Doucouré, 62').	Stadium: Stade Zerdani-Hsouma Assistant referees: Gaïd, Meknous

8 January 2005 Round 17	USM Alger	3–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
	Hamdoud 14' (pen.) Belkheir 58' Dziri 77' Belmellat, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Dziri, Doucouré, Achiou, Haddou, Benchergui 42' (Belkheïr, 42'), Meftah, Ghazi 74' (Bensegheir, 74').	Report^[12]	, , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Kestali Assistant referees: Bechari, Samara

31 January 2005 Round 18	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	3–0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Derbal 19', 62' Nankop 78' , , , , , , , , , , .	Report^[13]	Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zaghdoud, Djahnine, Doucoure 78' (Eneramo, 78'), Haddou, Achiou, Bourahli, Doghmani, Meftah 49' (Metref, 49'), Ghazi 78' (Belkhir, 78').	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Belkacem Boumaâza Assistant referees: Salhi, Bouziane

10 February 2005 Round 19	USM Alger	2–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Djahnine 13' Eneramo 42' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Haddou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Meftah, Dziri, Ammour 90' (Besseghier, 90'), Bourahli 72' (Metref, 72'), Eneramo.		Belkaïd 74' (pen.) , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza Assistant referees: Meknous, Kaïd

17 February 2005 Round 20	USM Annaba	1–1	USM Alger	Annaba
	Bensaïd 45' , , , , , , , , , , .	Report	Djahnine 52' Abdouni, Deghmani 80' (Benseghir, 80'), Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Haddou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour 86' (Metref, 86'), Eneramo, Doucouré 67' (Belkhir, 67').	Stadium: Stade Abdelkader Chabou Referee: Djamel Haimoudi Assistant referees: Kerraï, Omari

24 February 2005 Round 21	USM Alger	2–1	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
	Dziri 13' Hamdoud 81' (pen.) Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Haddou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Meftah, Dziri, Achiou, Ammour 60' (Bourahli, 60'), Eneramo 85' (Metref, 85').	Report^[14]	Hachemi 35' , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khelifi Assistant referees: Belbcir, Benkahla

10 March 2005 Round 22	CR Belouizdad	0–3	USM Alger	Algiers
	, , , , , , , , , , .		Haddou 42' Eneramo 60' Ghazi 90' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Haddou, Ghazi, Meftah, Metref, Dziri 76' (Doucouré, 76'), Achiou 73' (Besseghier, 73'), Ammour, Eneramo.	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Zekrini Assistant referees: Berrahmoune, Djezzar

14 May 2005 Round 23	USM Alger	1–2	MC Alger	Algiers
	Dziri 9' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Haddou, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Metref, Doucouré 83' (Ali Hadji, 83'), Dziri 63' (Belkheïr, 63'), Eneramo, Achiou, Ghazi.	Report^[15]	Daham 26', 61' Benfissa, Amrane 83' (Benamrane, 83'), Babouche, Bouacida, Coulibaly, Dellalou, Belaïd, Diakité, Deham 72' (Maouche, 72'), Chaouch, Benali 90' (Badji, 90').	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Kestali Assistant referees: Bechraïr, Smara

14 April 2005 Round 24	GC Mascara	1–1	USM Alger	Mascara
	Saihi 84' Mokdat, Akriche, Dahmane, Boussada 46' (Yacine Amaouche, 46'), El Hadjari, Benabila, Boukarine, Guessoum, Said Saihi, Yessad, Zougagh.		Eneramo 73' Abdouni, Deghmani, Zeghdoud, Haddou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Hocine Achiou, Doucouré, Belkheïr, Eneramo.	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Africaine Referee: Fouad Djarbouaâ Assistant referees: Chaoui, Rebaï

18 April 2005 Round 25	USM Alger	3–2	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Benchergui 15', 68' Ghazi 45' Belmellat, Deghmani, Haddou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Meftah, Metref, Dziri, Hocine Achiou 82' (Belkheïr, 82'), Benchergui, Doucouré.		Sessay 46', 90' Haouchi, Bachir Bensaid, Khaled, Madoui, Messali, Lahlou, Torchi 82' (Doumbia, 82'), Benchaïra, Hadj Aïssa 70' (Boussouar, 70'), Bouras 46' (Derradj, 46'), Roberts.	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelkader Abed Assistant referees: Ouadeh, Haïmoudi

16 May 2005 Round 26	ASO Chlef	1–2	USM Alger	Chlef
	N'diaye 20' Hadjaoui, Belahouel, Cheklam 75' (Messaoud, 75'), Kerrache, Mekioui 79' (Tamoura, 79'), Zaoui, Balbone, Abbou, Zaouche, Boutouba 56' (Benaboura, 56'), N'Diaye.		Benchergui 29' Metref 90' Belmellat, Deghmani, Hamdoud, Haddou, Besseghier, Karim Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Metref, Benchergui 44' (Doucouré, 44'), Eneramo.	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Abdelhamid Aouiti Assistant referees: Bouziani, Kaddaoui

26 May 2005 Round 27	USM Alger	4–1	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Dziri 30', 90' Doucouré 45' Haddou 57' Zemmamouche, Hamdoud 71' (Besseghier, 71' 84', Belkheïr, 84'), Zeghdoud, Haddou, Djahnine, Ghazi 82' (Deghmani, 82'), Meftah, Metref, Dziri, Achiou, Doucouré.		Zmit 65' Boulifa, Samir Galoul, Belouahem, Diss, Tall, Abdelkader Benayada, Seghir, Zmit, Mehdaoui 59' (Bouguèche, 59'), Badache 69' (Rebih, 69'), Touil.	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ferradi Assistant referees: Sedrati, Benlakhal

2 June 2005 Round 28	NA Hussein Dey	1–2	USM Alger	Bologhine
	Gana 61' Ousserir, Slatni, Amirat, Laïfaoui 73' (Chaâbane, 73'), Kabri, Abdeslam, Messas, Gana, Alliche 85' (Meghraoui, 85'), Bendebka, Ouichaoui 50' (Cheraïtia, 50').	Report^[16]	Khemissa 39' Benchergui 77' Zememouche, Siahi 75' (Belhadi, 75'), Metref, Deghmani, Meftah, Djahnine, Ali Hadji 73' (Benchergui, 73'), Khemissa, Eneramo, Belkheir 86' (Mekkaoui, 86'), Doucouré.	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Rachid Gasmi Assistant referees: Hanifi, Kebaïli

9 June 2005 Round 29	MC Oran	2–1	USM Alger	Oran
	Benzerga 30', 42' (pen.) Smahi, Binya, Ouasti, Zidane, Bendida, Kechamli, Boudia, Benatia, Benzerga 69' (Meddahi, 69'), Berradja 90' (Zerrouki, 90'), Chaïb 59' (Serradj, 59').		Khemissa 80' Zemmamouche, Hamdoud, Siahi 67' (Belhadi, 67'), Zeghdoud, Khemissa 86' (Hamraoui, 86'), Meftah, Metref, Doucouré, Ali Hadji, Belkheïr 81' (Kab, 81'), Eneramo.	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdessamad Assistant referees: Mezroua, Ourari

13 June 2005 Round 30	USM Alger	4–1	OMR El Annasser	Bologhine
	Eneramo 21', 35', 39', 63' Zemammouche, Deghmani, Meftah, Zeghdoud (c), Haddou, Ali Hadji 81' (Achiou K., 81'), Djahnine 78' (Benchergui, 78'), Metref, Belkheïr 78' (Besseghir, 78'), Doucouré, Eneramo.	Report^[17]	Hemani 39' Bentalaâ, Lamri, Chakir, Bounekdja, Brakni 46' (Ouahla, 46'), Aksas, Khelidi, Massouenga, Hemani 68' (Boutaleb, 68'), Rahmouni 80' (Derrag, 80'), Bagamboula.	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa Assistant referees: Djezzar, Chettih

Algerian Cup

3 January 2005 Round of 64	MC Oran	1–0	USM Alger	Chlef
	Benzerga 22' (pen.) Ouamane, Serradj, Hamidi, Zidane, Sifaoui, Kechamli, Amhis (Daoud Sofiane), Chaieb, Berradja (Benzerga II), Benzerga, Bermati (Chérif El Ouazani).	Report^[18]	Abdouni, Hamdoud, Aribi (Metref), Zaghdoud Djahnine, Ammour (Besseghir), Dziri, Achiou, Bourahli, Haddou, Benchergui (Belkheir).	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa Assistant referees: Bencheikh, Bourouis

Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ES Tunis	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Jeanne d'Arc	6	3	2	1	8	9	−1	8	Advance to knockout stage
3	USM Alger	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	5
4	Supersport United	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	3

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 July 2004 1	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	2–1	USM Alger	Dakar, Senegal
17:00	N'Diaye 30' Diarra 80'		Diallo 73'	Stadium: Stade Demba Diop Referee: Evene Divine Raphael (Cameroon)

23 July 2004 2	USM Alger	2–1	Supersport United	Algiers, Algeria
	Diallo 34', 90+4'		Raselemane 84'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

6 August 2004 3	Espérance de Tunis	2–1	USM Alger	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00	Zitouni 23', 67'		Dziri 57'	Stadium: Stade El Menzah Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)

10 September 2004 4	USM Alger	3–0	Espérance de Tunis	Algiers, Algeria
	Bourahli 15', 55' Diallo 50'			Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)

25 September 2004 5	USM Alger	1–1	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	Blida, Algeria
18:00	Diallo 72'		N'Doye 14'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

17 October 2004 6	Supersport United	2–0	USM Alger	Pretoria, South Africa
	Mokoro 77' Mahlangu 86'			Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Champions League

First round

6 March 2005 First leg	Olympic Azzaweya	0–2	USM Alger	Zawiya, Libya
			54', 60' Ammour	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Meghouani, El Hichami, Saâdallah (Tunisia)

18 March 2005 Second leg	USM Alger	5–0	Olympic Azzaweya	Algiers, Algeria
	Doucoure 8', 38' Belkheïr 85', 90' Eneramo 69'			Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Ould Mohamed Samba (Mauritania)

Second round

8 April 2005 First leg	USM Alger	0–1	Al Ahly SC	Algiers, Algeria
			6' Barakat	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Chelmani Abdelhalim (Libya)

22 April 2005 Second leg	Al Ahly SC	2–2	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
	El-Nahhas 45' Moteab 55'		41' Achiou 96' (pen.) Hamdoud	Stadium: Arab Contractors Stadium Referee: Abderrahmane Khaled (Sudan)

CAF Confederation Cup

Play-off round

6 May 2005 First leg	USM Alger	1–1	AS Marsa	Algiers, Algeria
	Achiou 90'	Report^[19]	El Hirèch 39'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

21 May 2005 Second leg	AS Marsa	1–1 (5–4 p)	USM Alger	La Marsa, Tunisia
	Hireche 70'		Doucouré 45'	Stadium: Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui Referee: Essam Abdel-Fatah (Egypt)

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	Division 1				Algerian Cup				CAF Champions League				CAF Confederation Cup				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
24		Farid Belmellat	3								1				1				5
25		Merouane Abdouni	23		1		1		1		9				1				33		2
27		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	4		1														4		1
Defenders
2		Mohamed Hamdoud	25	3	5	1	1		1		8+1	1	1		1				35+1	4	7	1
3		Tarek Ghoul	0+1								1								1+1
4		Salim Aribi	9		3		1				2			1					12		3	1
5		Mounir Zeghdoud	22		4		1				10				2		1		35		5
12		Youcef Siahi	2		1														2		1
17		Moulay Haddou	26+2	3	1		1				9+1				2				38+3	3	1
18		Rabah Deghmani	20+1		3						6		1		1				27+1		4
20		Mahieddine Meftah	17+5		9	1					7		2	1	2				26+5		11	1
29		Abdelkader Besseghir	8+11	1			0+1				1+3								9+15	1
		Mohamed Belhadi	0+2																0+2
		Yacine Hamraoui	0+1																0+1
		Karim Achiou	0+1																0+1
		Zineddine Mekkaoui	0+1																0+1
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	19+1	2	3		1				8+1		2		2				30+2	2	5
7		Amar Ammour	19	1			1				5+2	2							25+2	3
8		Billel Dziri	24	11	5		1				7+1	1	2		2				34+1	12	7
9		Karim Ghazi	12	2	2						4		1		1		1		17	2	4
10		Hocine Achiou	18	2	6	1	1		1		10	1	1		2	1		1	31	3	8	2
13		Mohamed Samir Khemissa	2	2	1														2	2	1
16		Lahcène Nazef									1								1
22		Hamidou Balbone	3+4	1	1						2+1								5+5	1	1
26		Hocine Metref	18+8	3	2		1				3+3				2		1		24+11	3	3
Forwards
9		Mintou Doucoure	10+3	1							2+1	2			1+1	1			13+5	4
11		Issaad Bourahli	12+1	2	1		1				4	2							17+1	4	1
14		Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	4+13	3	1		0+1				0+4	2			0+1				5+19	5	1
15		Karim Ali Hadji	3+7		1						0+1								3+8		1
19		Rabie Benchergui	6+5	6	3		1				0+4				1				8+9	6	3
23		Mamadou Diallo	10	4	3						6	5							16	10	3
31		Michael Eneramo	10+1	7	5	1					4	1			1			1	15+1	8	5	2
		Ali Lamine Kab	0+1																0+1
		Rafik Deghiche	1+1								0+1								1+2
Own goals				1				0				0				0				1
Totals				54	62	4		0	3	0		17	10	2		2	3	2		73	78	8

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	D1	CL1	C3	TOTAL
8	Billel Dziri	MF	11	0	0	11
31	Michael Eneramo	FW	7	1	0	8
19	Rabie Benchergui	FW	7	0	0	7
2	Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	4	1	0	5
23	Mamadou Diallo	FW	4	0	0	4
14	Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	FW	2	2	0	4
17	Moulay Haddou	DF	3	0	0	3
-	Hocine Metref	MF	3	0	0	3
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	2	0	1	3
9	Mintou Doucoure	FW	1	1	1	3
7	Amar Ammour	MF	1	2	0	3
6	Farid Djahnine	MF	2	0	0	2
-	Mohamed Samir Khemissa	FW	2	0	0	2
29	Abdelkader Besseghir	DF	1	0	0	1
-	Hamidou Balbone	FW	1	0	0	1
-	Karim Ghazi	MF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	0	1
Totals			54	9	2	66

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Name	N 1	CL 1	Total
24	Farid Belmellat	1	0	1
27	Lamine Zemmamouche	0	0	0
25	Merouane Abdouni	9	2	11
	TOTALS	10	2	12

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