2016–17 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2016–17 season
Pre-season match in July 2016 between USM Alger and Stade Rennes
ChairmanAli Haddad
Head coachMiloud Hamdi
(until 5 June 2016)
Adel Amrouche
(from 27 June 2016)
(until 17 August 2016)
Jean-Michel Cavalli
(from 17 August 2016)
(until 30 October 2016)
Paul Put
(from 30 October 2016)
StadiumOmar Hamadi Stadium
July 5, 1962 Stadium
Ligue 13rd
Algerian CupRound of 16
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Super CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mohamed Rabie Meftah (9 goals)

All:
Mohamed Rabie Meftah (11 goals)

In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 39th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1 as well as the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup.

USM Alger entered the 2016–2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015–2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until he left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June,[1] but Amrouche resigned 3 days before the season began and was replaced by French manager Cavalli[2] Cavalli was later sacked because of poor results and replaced by Belgian Paul Put.[3]

Season summary

Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will be against CFA training of US Granville, scheduled for July 22 in Granville.[4]

of Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi.

The club recorded the arrival of several players like Amir Sayoud (DRB Tadjenanet), Raouf Benguit (Paradou AC), Ziri Hammar (JS Saoura), Mohamed Benyahia (MC Oran), Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger), Abel Khaled and Ghislain Guessan (RC Arbaâ). This bloated recruitment is partly fill the departures of Zinedine Ferhat, best assist last season, Brahim Boudebouda, Hocine El Orfi and Mohamed Seguer, The club has also signed several players of the national selection of age 20, recently trained by Mohamed Mekhazni, back to the club. Two of these young people have made the trip to France, he is Ilyes Yaiche and Ibrahim Farhi.

First friendly match was against Stade brestois 29 and ended with a draw 1-1 [5] goal scored by Union new player Bouderbal, three days later the team played the most important meeting against Stade Rennais[6] from Ligue 1 and ended with the victory of the Algerian international guys Zeffane 1-0 Then, in the third meeting against the reserve team of the Stade Rennais achieved the first victory in the preparation matches by 4-0 [7] Recording from Guessan two goals, Beldjilali goal by Penalty and finally the young Bengrina last goal, After the piece ran the team last friendly against US Granville ended with a draw 0-0 back to the team immediately after the end of the games to Algeria, Preparations were good where he discovered supporter several skilful players of the most prominent neo Bellahcene, Benyahia and Hammar in addition to the player the team youth Bengrina.

After the end of the first internship in France successfully USM Alger delegation returned to Algeria and Players he got four days rest before traveling to Tunisia, Sousse to fight a second internship between 27 July and 7 August [8] punctuated by three friendly matches against clubs Tunisian.[9]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 June 2017.[10][11]
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 Apps. Goals Signed in Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1 Lamine Zemmamouche GK (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 31) MC Alger 296 0 2012 2020
16 Ismaïl Mansouri GK (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 28) MO Béjaïa 50 0 2008 2019
30 Mourad Berrefane GK (1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 30) MO Béjaïa 20 0 2014 2016
Defenders
3 Ayoub Abdellaoui LB / CB (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 23) Youth system 58 1 2011 2016
5 Mohamed Benyahia CB / DM (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 24) MC Oran 31 3 2016 2019
6 Farouk Chafaï CB (1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 26) Youth system 190 18 2010 2019
20 Nacereddine Khoualed (V.C.) CB (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 30) US Biskra 285 10 2006 2018
21 Toufik Zeghdane RB (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 24) MC Alger 1 0 2016 2019
25 Mokhtar Benmoussa LB / LM / LW (1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 30) ES Sétif 172 11 2012 2019
30 Mohamed Rabie Meftah (C.) RB (1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 31) JSM Béjaïa 175 36 2011 2020
31 Raouf Benguit RB / RM (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20) Paradou AC 35 1 2016 2017
Midfielders
7 Rafik Bouderbal AM / FW (1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 29) AS Lyon-Duchère 14 0 2016 2018
8 Kaddour Beldjilali AM / CM (1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 28) Étoile du Sahel 60 5 2014 2017
10 Amir Sayoud AM (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 26) DRB Tadjenanet 25 3 2016 2020
15 Ziri Hammar AM (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 24) JS Saoura 10 0 2016 2020
14 Faouzi Bourenane AM (1994-08-24)24 August 1994 (aged 22) Příbram 12 1 2016 2020
17 Mohamed Benkablia AM (1993-02-02)2 February 1993 (aged 23) JS Kabylie 12 0 2016 2019
19 Abel Khaled AM (1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 24) RC Arbaâ 2 0 2016 2018
23 Hamza Koudri DM (1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 29) MC Alger 154 4 2012 2020
24 Mohammed Benkhemassa AM / DM (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 23) Youth system 69 2 2011 2018
26 Reda Bellahcene DM (1993-01-21)21 January 1993 (aged 23) FC Saint-Louis Neuweg 11 1 2016 2019
41 Ilyes Yaiche AM / LM (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 19) Youth system 7 0 2016 2020
Forwards
9 Carolus Andriamatsinoro CF (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 27) Paradou AC 131 20 2012 2017
11 Abderrahmane Meziane ST (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 22) RC Arbaâ 46 10 2014 2021
13 Oussama Darfalou ST / FW (1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 23) RC Arbaâ 40 14 2015 2018
29 Ghislain Guessan FW (1992-09-15)15 September 1992 (aged 24) RC Arbaâ 29 6 2016 2017

Transfers

In

USM Alger started their transfer business early, acquiring midfielder Amir Sayoud for an undisclosed fee + Arslane Mazari and Djamel Chettal from DRB Tadjenanet on 9 June. USM Alger continued their recruitment in 11 June, signing young defender Raouf Benguit Loan from Paradou AC for a €50,000. 13 June, USM Alger confirmed their third summer signing in Reda Bellahcene, with the midfielder joining from FC Saint-Louis Neuweg for a free transfer. The club would later sign Ivorian prospect Ghislain Guessan, who joined the USM Alger team on a one-year deal from RC Arbaâ and also Abel Khaled from the same club. end of the season also saw the return of six players from the loan they Abderrahmane Meziane, Nazim Aklil, Abderrahmane Bourdim, Mohamed Taïb, Ibrahim Bekakchi and ivorian Manucho. in the month of July joined by four new players to the team they Rafik Bouderbal from AS Lyon-Duchère, Ziri Hammar from JS Saoura, Mohamed Benyahia from MC Oran and Toufik Zeghdane from MC Alger.

Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source
9 June 2016 AM Amir Sayoud DRB Tadjenanet Undisclosed + Arslane Mazari & Djamel Chettal [12]
11 June 2016 CB Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan end of season + €50,000 [13]
13 June 2016 CB / DM Reda Bellahcene FC Saint-Louis Neuweg Free transfer [14]
28 June 2016 FW Ghislain Guessan RC Arbaâ Undisclosed [15]
30 June 2016 ST Abderrahmane Meziane RC Arbaâ Loan Return [16]
30 June 2016 FW Manucho RC Relizane Loan Return
30 June 2016 DF Nazim Aklil JSM Skikda Loan Return
30 June 2016 MF Abderrahmane Bourdim RC Relizane Loan Return
30 June 2016 MF Mohamed Taïb RC Arbaâ Loan Return
30 June 2016 DF Ibrahim Bekakchi CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Loan Return
1 July 2016 AM Abel Khaled RC Arbaâ Undisclosed
1 July 2016 AM / FW Rafik Bouderbal AS Lyon-Duchère Undisclosed
2 July 2016 AM Ziri Hammar JS Saoura Undisclosed [17]
2 July 2016 DM Mohamed Benyahia MC Oran €150,000 [18]
4 July 2016 RB Toufik Zeghdane MC Alger Free transfer [19]
20 December 2016 AM Faouzi Bourenane Příbram Undisclosed [20]
25 December 2016 FW Mohamed Benkablia JS Kabylie Free transfer (Released) [21]

Out

Date Pos Player To club Transfer fee Source
8 June 2016 LB Saadi Redouani JS Kabylie Free transfer (Released) [22]
8 June 2016 CB Arslane Mazari DRB Tadjenanet As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer [23]
15 June 2016 AM Djamel Chettal DRB Tadjenanet As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer [24]
18 June 2016 AM Mohamed Taïb CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) [25]
19 June 2016 AM Karim Baïteche CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) [26]
27 June 2016 RB / CB Houcine Benayada CS Constantine Free transfer (Released)
30 June 2016 FW Manucho CS Constantine Loan [27]
1 July 2016 MF Nassim Bouchema CR Belouizdad End of contract [28]
1 July 2016 FW Rachid Nadji ES Sétif End of contract [29]
1 July 2016 LB Brahim Boudebouda MC Alger End of contract [30]
1 July 2016 FW Mohamed Amine Aoudia CS Constantine End of contract [31]
1 July 2016 CM / LM / AM Zinedine Ferhat Le Havre AC End of contract [32]
1 July 2016 DM Hocine El Orfi NA Hussein Dey End of contract [33]
1 July 2016 FW Mohamed Seguer MC Alger End of contract [34]
1 July 2016 DF Ibrahim Bekakchi JS Saoura Free transfer (Released)
2 July 2016 AM / LM / RM Abderrahmane Bourdim JS Saoura Free transfer [35]
4 July 2016 MF Oualid Ardji NA Hussein Dey Loan [36]

New contracts

No. Pos Player Contract length Contract end Date Source
16 GK Ismaïl Mansouri 2 years 2019 4 May 2016
33 FW Abderrahmane Meziane 2 years 2019 31 May 2016 [16]
30 RB Mohamed Meftah 3 years 2020 7 June 2016
27 GK Mourad Berrefane 2 years 2018 8 June 2016 [37]
25 LB / LM / LW Mokhtar Benmoussa 3 years 2019 16 June 2016 [38]
6 CB Farouk Chafaï 3 years 2019 19 June 2016 [39]
N/A AM / LM / RM Abderrahmane Bourdim 5 years 2021 19 June 2016 [39]
23 DM Hamza Koudri 3 years 2020 8 November 2016 [40]

Pre-season and friendlies

13 July 2016 Friendly Stade brestois 29 1–1 USM Alger Ploudalmézeau
18:30 UTC+2 Magnon 46' Report
Live TV: None
21' Bouderbal Stadium: Municipal Ploudalmézeau
Attendance: 1.500
16 July 2016 Friendly Stade Rennais 1–0 USM Alger Dinard
18:00 UTC+2 Gnagnon 66' Report
Live TV: None
Stadium: Stade Paul Audrin
Attendance: 1.315
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
20 July 2016 Friendly Stade Rennais res 0–4 USM Alger Brittany
18:00 UTC+2 Report
Live TV: None
7', 50' Guessan
81' (pen.) Beldjilali
88' Bengruina
Stadium: Centre Henri Guerin
Attendance: 200
Referee: Benoît Millot
22 July 2016 Friendly US Granville 0–0 USM Alger Granville
14:00 UTC+2 Report
Live TV: None
Stadium: Stade Louis Dior
Attendance: 50
30 July 2016 Friendly Club Africain 0–1 USM Alger Mutuelleville
17:00 UTC+1 Report
Live TV: None
44' Andria Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten
Attendance: 100
4 August 2016 Friendly CS Sfaxien 0–2 USM Alger Sousse
17:00 UTC+1 Report
Live TV: None
25' Chafaï
54' Sayoud
12 August 2016 Friendly USM Alger 0–0 Paradou AC
16:00 UTC+1 Report
Live TV: None

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record Started round Final position / round First match Last match
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 30 14 8 8 50 31 +19 046.67 3rd 19 August 2016 14 June 2017
Algerian Cup 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 066.67 Round of 64 Round of 16 24 November 2016 27 December 2016
Algerian Super Cup 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00 Final Winners 1 November 2016
Champions League 7 3 2 2 10 5 +5 042.86 First round Group stage[note 1] 11 March 2017 30 June 2017[note 1]
Total 41 20 11 10 65 36 +29 048.78

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ES Sétif (C) 30 17 6 7 42 23 +19 57 Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League
2 MC Alger 30 14 8 8 38 27 +11 50[a]
3 USM Alger 30 14 8 8 50 31 +19 50[a] Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4 USM Bel-Abbès 30 14 6 10 37 33 +4 48
5 JS Saoura 30 12 9 9 34 30 +4 45
Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. 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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.

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 14 8 8 50 31  +19 50 12 2 1 39 15  +24 2 6 7 11 16  −5

Last updated: 14 June 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWDWWWLWLLDWLWLDLDLWWDDWDWDWLW
Position211111111111223455654443434333
Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 August 2016 Round 1 USM Alger 2–0 MO Béjaïa Bologhine
19:15 Darfalou 44'
Meftah 78' (pen.)
Soccerway report
Live TV: None
 60' Yesli
 77' Baouali
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Benouza
27 August 2016 Round 2 USM Alger 6–0 RC Relizane Bologhine
19:00 Bentoucha 6' (o.g.)
Meftah 24' (pen.)
Guessan 41'
Benkhemassa 45'
Andria 71'
Benguit  79'
Darfalou 88'
Soccerway report
Live TV: None
 23' Chahloul Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Said Aouina
9 September 2016 Round 3 DRB Tadjenanet 0–0 USM Alger Tadjenanet
17:00 Soccerway report
Live TV:
EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4
 37' Khoualed
 56' Benkhemassa
Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
17 September 2016 Round 4 USM Alger 1–0 CS Constantine Bologhine
19:00 Meziane 51'
Khoualed  57'
Benyahia  61'
Soccerway report
Live TV: None
 77' Sameur Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
24 September 2016 Round 5 CR Belouizdad 0–1 USM Alger Algiers
17:45 Tarikat  81'
Feham  90+2'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Algérie 3
12' Meziane
 62' Benguit
 90+4' Bouderbal
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
1 October 2016 Round 6 USM Alger 3–2 Olympique de Médéa Bologhine
17:00 Meziane 5'
Chafaï 9'
Meftah 41' (pen.)  66'
Benmoussa  49'
Benkhemassa  72'
Zemmamouche  89'
Guessan  93'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Canal Algérie
 39' Saadou
46' Banouh
58' Gharbi
 66' Bouchiba
 70' Zeroual
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Farouk Mial
13 October 2016 Round 7 MC Alger 2–1 USM Alger Blida
19:00 Zerdab 38', 77' (pen.)
Demmou  50'
Soccerway report
Live TV: None
 17' Koudri
87' Guessan
Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
22 October 2016 Round 8 USM Alger 2–1 JS Kabylie Bologhine
17:00 Guessan 31'
Andria  57'
Meftah 81' (pen.)
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4
 52' Raiah
 76' Ziaya
90+3' Rial
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Redouane Necib
27 October 2016 Round 9 CA Batna 2–1 USM Alger Batna
15:00 Meftah 20' (o.g.)
Selmi  43'
Hadj Aïssa 62'
Soccerway report
Live TV: None
 42' Benkhemassa
 71' Chafaï
90' Benyahia
Stadium: Stade Mustapha Sefouhi
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
5 November 2016 Round 10 USM Alger 0–2 USM El Harrach Algiers
16:00 Bellahcene  45' Soccerway report
Live TV:
Algérie 3
38' Mellal
 62' Belarbi
90+5' Younes
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Merzak Halalchi
11 November 2016 Round 11 MC Oran 0–0 USM Alger Oran
16:00 Heriat  21'
Sebbah  90+2'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3
 21' Guessan
 73' Abdellaoui
 90' Meftah
Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium
Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
17 November 2016 Round 12 USM Alger 2–1 NA Hussein Dey Algiers
17:00 Benyahia  44'
Guessan 54', 70'  54'
Benkhemassa  57'
Koudri  64'
Chafaï  87'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie / beIN Sports
58' Ardji
 80' El Orfi
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
1 December 2016 Round 13 USM Bel-Abbès 2–1 USM Alger Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00 Balegh 7'
Kourbia 33'
Zenasni  53'  58'
Yaghni  70'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie
 36' Abdellaoui
 77' Guessan
90' Andria
 90+2' Benkhemassa
Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar
9 December 2016 Round 14 USM Alger 3–1 ES Sétif Bologhine
16:00 Chafaï 12'
Meftah 25'
Benyahia  58'
Meziane 78'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3
57' (pen.) Amada Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
22 December 2016 Round 15 JS Saoura 1–0 USM Alger Béchar
19:00 Djallit 66' Soccerway report
Live TV: None
 3'  73' Meftah
 23' Meziane
 49' Sayoud
 55' Hammar
 74' Zemmamouche
Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955
Referee: Said Aouina
3 February 2017 Round 18 USM Alger 0–0 DRB Tadjenanet Bologhine
16:00 Benyahia  25'
Benmoussa  28'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4
 41' Fourloul
 56' Hadded
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
9 February 2017 Round 19 CS Constantine 1–0 USM Alger Constantine
16:00 Sameur 51'
Benayada  61'
Zerara  63'
Aoudia  87'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Canal Algérie
 53' Benguit Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
14 February 2017 Round 16 MO Béjaïa 0–0 USM Alger Béjaïa
16:00 Khadir  10'
Boucherit  79'  81'
Sidibe  89'
Soccerway report
Live TV: None
 10' Koudri
 15' Yaiche
 73' Benyahia
Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the African Cup and World Cup military
20 February 2017 Round 20 USM Alger 2–1 CR Belouizdad Algiers
18:00 Benguit 14'
Abdellaoui  48'
Meziane 72'
Zemmamouche  90+3'
Soccerway report  86' Naamani
90+1' Lamhene
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
25 February 2017 Round 21 Olympique de Médéa 1–3 USM Alger Médéa
15:00 Lamraoui  27'
Banouh 44'
Rachedi  45+2'
Addadi  79'
Soccerway report
Live TV: None
28' (pen.) Meftah
64' Andria
 68'  78' Bellahcene
72' Chafaï
Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa
Referee: Farouk Mial
4 March 2017 Round 22 USM Alger 2–2 MC Alger Algiers
17:45 Benmoussa  8'
Meftah 21'  90+6'
Benyahia 25'
Chafaï  60'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Algérie 3 / Al-Kass Sports
4' Seguer
 8' Karaoui
10' Bouguèche
 90+6' Boudebouda
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Rafik Achouri
25 March 2017 Round 17 RC Relizane 2–0 USM Alger Relizane
16:00
Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the African Cup and World Cup military
Guebli 24'  70'
Benayad 33'  35'
Bousseder  33'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Canal Algérie
Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari
Referee: Merzoug Brahimi
25 April 2017 Round 23 JS Kabylie 1–1 USM Alger Tizi Ouzou
18:00 Djerrar  11'
Zerguine 35'  35'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Al-Kass Sports / TV Tamazight 4
 15' Benguit
43' Benyahia
 64' Abdellaoui
 85' Mansouri
Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
29 April 2017 Round 24 USM Alger 3–0 CA Batna Bologhine
17:00 Koudri  35'
Bitam 60' (o.g.)
Darfalou 72', 87'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Al-Kass Sports / TV Tamazight 4
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
7 May 2017 Round 25 USM El Harrach 1–1 USM Alger Algiers
17:45 Younes  3' 20'
Zeghba  90+2'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports
57' Meftah
 71' Chafaï
 87' Beldjilali
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
16 May 2017 Round 26 USM Alger 2–1 MC Oran Bologhine
17:45 Andria 48'
Benguit  81'
Meziane 88'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4
 86' Sebbah
90+3' Hamidi
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Farouk Mial
29 May 2017 Round 27 NA Hussein Dey 1–1 USM Alger Algiers
22:30 Coumbassa 5'
Laribi  47'
Ouertani  64'
Herida  88'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports
7' Meziane
 35' Abdellaoui
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Ahmed Bouzerar
7 June 2017 Round 28 USM Alger 6–2 USM Bel-Abbès Bologhine
22:30 Darfalou 9'
Chafaï  20'
Meftah 29'
Sayoud  44'
Meziane 45+1'
Bourenane 58'
Koudri 65'
Beldjilali 77'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports
22' Zouari
 50' Khali
 50' Balegh
 51' 90+2' (pen.) Bounoua
 62' Bouguelmouna
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Rafik Achouri
10 June 2017 Round 29 ES Sétif 2–1 USM Alger Sétif
22:30 Djahnit 5'
Djabou 52'
Khedairia  84'
Soccerway report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports / Al-Kass Sports
 19' Benyahia
 33' Meziane
 55' Beldjilali
75' Sayoud
Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945
Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
14 June 2017 Round 30 USM Alger 5–2 JS Saoura Bologhine
22:30 Darfalou 23', 77', 83'
Andria  44'
Benmoussa 60' (pen.)
Benguit  63'
Khoualed 90+3' (pen.)
Soccerway report
Live TV: None
43' Bourdim
 68' Tiboutine
86' Bekakchi
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

Algerian Super Cup

1 November 2016 USM Alger 2–0 MC Alger Blida[note 2]
17:45 Benkhemassa  38'
Abdellaoui  43'
Chafaï 61'
Meftah 77' (pen.)
Report
Live TV:
Algérie 3 / beIN Sports / Al-Kass Sports
 40' Mebarakou
 44'  64' Boudebouda
 75' Chaâl
 80' Hachoud
Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Benouza
Note: Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Algerian Cup

24 November 2016 Round of 64 USM Alger 2–0 NT Souf Bologhine
17:00 Sayoud 43'  71'
Guessan 78'
Soccerway report
DZfoot report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4
 52' Bitel Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Azzaz, Benaceur, Djafi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Meftah (c), Benyahia, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Koudri (Beldjillali 80’), Sayoud (Meziane 89’) - Bouderbal (Andria 46’), Guessan
16 December 2016 Round of 32 USM Alger 1–0 CA Batna Bologhine
16:00 Guessan  81'
Meftah 83'
Hammar  87'
Soccerway report
DZfoot report
Live TV:
EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie
 45+1'  70' Djarbou
 46' Khennab
 87' Daoud
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Hammar - Bouderbal, Guessan (Darfalou 81’), Meziane (Andria 88’)
27 December 2016 Round of 16 USM Bel-Abbès 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
USM Alger Sidi Bel Abbes
17:00 Khali  26'
Balegh  100'
Toual  103'
Soccerway report
DZfoot report
Live TV:
EPTV Terrestre
 100' Abdellaoui Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
Referee: Brahimi, Semsoum, Chaballah
Penalties
Sidhoum
Benabderahmane
Belhocini
Cherifi
Balegh
Kourbia
Bounoua
Benyahia
Sayoud
Benguit
Benmoussa
Meziane
Abdellaoui
Beldjilali
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (c) - Benguit, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Koudri (Benmoussa 112’), Benkhemassa, Beldjilali - Andria (Sayoud 75’), Darfalou, Hammar (Meziane 66’)

Champions League

Qualifying rounds

First round
11 March 2017 first leg USM Alger 2–0 Rail Club du Kadiogo Bologhine
20:30 UTC+1 Koudri  31'
Darfalou 72'
Sayoud 87'
Report  30' S.Sylla
 32' Traoré
 34' Amanor
 81' O.Sylla
 85' Sidiki Traoré
 88' Asamoah
 90' Sawadogo
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Benguit, Chafaï, Abdellaoui (Bellahcène, 60'), Benmoussa, Koudri, Benyahia, Bourenane (Sayoud, 56'), Andria, Guessan (Darfalou, 67'), Meziane
18 March 2017 Second leg Rail Club du Kadiogo 1–0
(1–2 agg.)
USM Alger Ouagadougou
15:30 UTC+0 Asamoah  44'
Kahan 54'
John  68'
Ibeh  83'
Report  26'  27' Sayoud
 48' Abdellaoui
Stadium: Stade du 4 Août[note 3]
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Benguit, Benyahia (Bourenane, 74'), Chafaï, Abdellaoui, Meziane (Zeghdane, 85'), Koudri, Benmoussa, Sayoud, Andria, Guessan (Belahcène, 63')

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USM AHT ZAM CAP
1 USM Alger 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11 Quarter-finals 3–0 2–0 4–1
2 Al-Ahli Tripoli 6 2 3 1 11 10 +1 9 1–1 0–0 4–2
3 Zamalek 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6[a] 1–1 2–2 2–0
4 CAPS United 6 2 0 4 10 16 −6 6[a] 2–1 2–4 3–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).
12 May 2017 (2017-05-12) Matchday 1 USM Alger 3–0 Al-Ahli Tripoli Algiers
18:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) Matchday 2 CAPS United 2–1 USM Alger Harare
15:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: National Sports Stadium
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
2 June 2017 (2017-06-02) Matchday 3 Zamalek 1–1 USM Alger Alexandria
22:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
21 June 2017 (2017-06-21) Matchday 4 USM Alger 2–0 Zamalek Algiers
23:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
9 July 2017 Matchday 6 USM Alger 4–1 CAPS United Algiers
20:00 UTC+1
Report
  • 81' Amidu
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Player Nat Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
App St G App St G App St G App St G App St G
Goalkeepers
1 GK Lamine Zemmamouche 26 26 0 2 2 0 7 7 0 1 1 0 36 36 0
16 GK Ismaïl Mansouri 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
30 GK Mourad Berrefane 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Defenders
3 DF Ayoub Abdellaoui 20 19 0 2 2 0 6 6 1 1 1 0 29 28 1
5 DF Mohamed Benyahia 24 23 3 3 3 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 31 30 3
6 DF Farouk Chafaï 25 24 3 2 2 0 7 7 3 1 1 1 35 34 7
20 DF Nacereddine Khoualed 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 8 1
21 DF Toufik Zeghdane 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 DF Mokhtar Benmoussa 28 24 1 3 2 0 7 6 0 1 0 0 39 32 1
30 DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah 29 29 9 2 2 1 5 5 0 1 1 1 37 37 11
31 DF Raouf Benguit 26 24 1 3 3 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 35 33 1
Midfielders
7 MF Rafik Bouderbal 11 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 13 0
8 MF Kaddour Beldjilali 18 14 1 2 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 25 20 1
10 MF Amir Sayoud 19 8 1 2 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 25 12 3
14 MF Faouzi Bourenane 8 4 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 12 6 1
15 MF Ziri Hammar 6 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0
17 MF Mohamed Benkablia 10 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 7 0
19 MF Abel Khaled 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
23 MF Hamza Koudri 22 19 1 2 2 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 30 27 1
24 MF Mohammed Benkhemassa 17 14 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 23 18 1
26 MF Reda Bellahcene 6 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 12 5 1
37 MF Mustapha Bengrina[a] 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
38 MF Mohamed Reda Boumechra[a] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
41 MF Ilyes Yaiche[a] 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
Forwards
9 FW Carolus Andriamatsinoro 21 16 4 3 1 0 7 7 1 1 0 0 32 24 5
FW Okacha Hamzaoui 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 FW Abderrahmane Meziane 26 21 8 3 0 0 7 7 1 1 1 0 37 29 9
13 FW Oussama Darfalou 19 14 8 2 0 0 6 5 2 0 0 0 27 19 10
29 FW Ghislain Guessan 23 13 5 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 29 18 6
Total 30 50 3 3 7 10 1 2 41 65

Last updated: 17 June 2022
Source: soccerway.com

  1. ^ a b c Player from USM Alger Reserve

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
         
1 GK Lamine Zemmamouche 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 GK Ismaïl Mansouri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Ayoub Abdellaoui 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
5 DF Mohamed Benyahia 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
6 DF Farouk Chafaï 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
20 DF Nacereddine Khoualed 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 DF Mokhtar Benmoussa 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
30 DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
31 DF Raouf Benguit 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
7 MF Rafik Bouderbal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Kaddour Beldjilali 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 MF Amir Sayoud 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 1
15 MF Ziri Hammar 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 MF Hamza Koudri 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
24 MF Mohammed Benkhemassa 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
26 MF Reda Bellahcene 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
41 MF Ilyes Yaiche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 FW Carolus Andriamatsinoro 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 FW Abderrahmane Meziane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
29 FW Ghislain Guessan 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 59 1 1 4 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 70 2 2

Suspensions

Date Incurred Nation Name Games Missed Reason
1 November 2016 Mohammed Benkhemassa 1
5 November 2016 Ziri Hammar 3 (vs. USM El Harrach)[42]
17 November 2016 Farouk Chafaï 1
1 December 2016 Ghislain Guessan 1
1 December 2016 Ayoub Abdellaoui 1
22 December 2016 Mohamed Meftah 1 (vs. JS Saoura)
3 February 2017 Mokhtar Benmoussa 1
14 February 2017 Mohamed Benyahia 1
25 February 2017 Reda Bellahcene 1 (vs. Olympique de Médéa)
18 March 2017 Amir Sayoud 1 (vs. Rail Club du Kadiogo)
25 April 2017 Ismaïl Mansouri 1 [43]
2 June 2017 Hamza Koudri 1
2 June 2017 Raouf Benguit 1 Unknown

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 SC TOTAL
30 Mohamed Meftah DF 9 1 0 1 11
13 Oussama Darfalou FW 8 0 2 0 10
11 Abderrahmane Meziane FW 8 0 1 0 9
6 Farouk Chafaï DF 3 0 3 1 7
29 Ghislain Guessan FW 5 1 0 0 6
9 Carolus Andriamatsinoro FW 4 0 1 0 5
5 Mohamed Benyahia DF 3 0 0 0 3
10 Amir Sayoud MF 1 1 1 0 3
24 Mohammed Benkhemassa MF 1 0 0 0 1
31 Raouf Benguit MF 1 0 0 0 1
3 Ayoub Abdellaoui DF 0 0 1 0 1
8 Kaddour Beldjilali MF 1 0 0 0 1
14 Faouzi Bourenane MF 1 0 0 0 1
23 Hamza Koudri MF 1 0 0 0 1
25 Mokhtar Benmoussa DF 1 0 0 0 1
20 Nacereddine Khoualed DF 1 0 0 0 1
26 Reda Bellahcene MF 0 0 1 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 50 3 10 2 65

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

No. Nat Name L 1 AC ASC CL 1 Total
1 Lamine Zemmamouche 8 2 2 2 14
16 Ismaïl Mansouri
30 Mourad Berrefane 1 1 2
TOTALS 9 3 2 2 16

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition Ref
Oussama Darfalou JS Saoura 5–2 (H) 14 June 2017 Ligue Professionnelle 1 [44]

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Kit

Supplier: Adidas after that Joma, the beginning of the year 2017.[45] Sponsor: Djezzy

Home
Away
Third
Four
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Home
Away
Third

Notes

  1. ^ a b The competition will be completed in the new season 2017–18 starting from the fourth round.
  2. ^ The final of the Algerian Super Cup in 2016 between USM Alger and MC Alger will be relocated to the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida instead of July 5, 1962 Stadium.[41]
  3. ^ Rail Club du Kadiogo played their home match at Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, instead of their regular stadium Stade de Kadiogo, Kadiogo.
  4. ^ Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

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