1997–98 USM Alger season

In the 1997–98 season, USM Alger competed in the National for the 22nd time They competed in Ligue 1, the Algerian Cup, the Algerian League Cup, the African Cup Winners' Cup, and the CAF Champions League.

USM Alger

1997–98 season
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Younes Ifticène
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium
National 1	Runners–up
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Algerian League Cup	Quarter-final
CAF Champions League	Group stage
African Cup Winners' Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Réda Zouani (4 goals) All: Tarek Hadj Adlane (6 goals)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	15	6	7	2	18	13	+5	040.00	N/A	Runners–up	1 January 1998	29 June 1998
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	16 March 1998	13 April 1998
Algerian League Cup	4	2	1	1	13	3	+10	050.00	Round of 64	Quarter-finals	2 October 1997	16 October 1997
CAF Champions League	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	050.00	Group stage		24 August 1997	8 November 1997
African Cup Winners' Cup	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	First Round		26 April 1998	8 May 1998
Total	30	15	10	5	49	24	+25	050.00

Championnat National

Main article: 1997–98 Algerian Championnat National

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	USM Alger (Q)	14	6	7	1	16	10	+6	25	Qualified for the championship final
2	JS Kabylie	14	6	4	4	14	11	+3	22
3	ES Mostaganem	14	6	3	5	20	16	+4	21
4	ES Sétif	14	4	6	4	15	15	0	18
5	MC Alger	14	3	7	4	8	11	−3	16
6	AS Aïn M'lila	14	2	9	3	8	11	−3	15
7	WA Boufarik	14	1	9	4	11	12	−1	12
8	USM Blida	14	1	9	4	9	13	−4	12

Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W
Position	4	2	3									1	1	1

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

USM Alger v MC Alger

1 January 1998 Round 1	USM Alger	0–0	MC Alger	Algiers
14:00	Djahnine  1' Meftah  36'	Report[1]	Fatahine  4' Allouche  20'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Zekrini, Mazari, Athamna
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Hamdani, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Khouni (Hamid Aït Belkacem), Djahnine, Smati, Zouani, Zekri - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v ES Sétif

8 January 1998 Round 2	USM Alger	2–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
14:00	Zouani  66' Hamdoud  66' Zekri  88' Meftah  85'	Report[2]	Mehdaoui  31' Bouzidi  48' Debboucha  71'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Allazzoun, Bouayed, Tadji
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Hamdani, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Khouni (Hamid Aït Belkacem 46') Djahnine (Mehdaoui 79') Semati, Zekri, Réda Zouani - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Blida v USM Alger

15 January 1998 Round 3	USM Blida	1–1	USM Alger	Blida
14:00	Bilal Harkes  53'		Khouni  35'	Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v WA Boufarik

22 January 1998 Round 4	USM Alger	3–2	WA Boufarik	Bologhine
14:00	Hamid Aït Belkacem  1' Zekri  52' Ghoul  59'		Hassab  71' (pen.) Saib  87'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

26 February 1998 Round 5	JS Kabylie	0–0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
14:00				Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v ES Mostaganem

5 March 1998 Round 6	USM Alger	3–2	ES Mostaganem	Bologhine
14:00	Khouni  7' Ghoul  16' Hamid Aït Belkacem  68'		Djender  44' Merakchi  88'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

AS Aïn M'lila v USM Alger

30 March 1998 Round 7	AS Aïn M'lila	1–1	USM Alger	Aïn M'lila
14:00			Ghoul  45' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade des Frères Demane-Debbih
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

MC Alger v USM Alger

17 April 1998 Round 8	MC Alger	0–1	USM Alger	Algiers
14:00	Saïfi  87'		Mehdaoui  31' (pen.) Meftah  71' Manga  75'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Benchenâa, Chadli, Bourayou
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belemllat, Hamdoud, Ghoul (Mehdaoui 13'), Hamdani, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Hadj Adlane, Djahnine, Smati, Zouani (Zekri 67'), Maiga (Khouni 80') - Coach Younes Ifticène

ES Sétif v USM Alger

11 May 1998 Round 9	ES Sétif	1–3	USM Alger	Sétif
14:00	Rahmouni  23'		Hadj Adlane  31' Khouni  34' Zouani  38'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v USM Blida

18 May 1998 Round 10	USM Alger	1–1	USM Blida	Bologhine
14:00	Abacha  10'		Zeghdoud  63' (o.g.)	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

WA Boufarik v USM Alger

14 May 1998 Round 11	WA Boufarik	0–0	USM Alger	Boufarik
14:00				Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

22 May 1998 Round 12	USM Alger	0–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
14:00				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

ES Mostaganem v USM Alger

28 May 1998 Round 13	ES Mostaganem	2–0	USM Alger	Mostaganem
14:00	Lahmer Diss Meghni Merakchi  56', 59' (pen.)		Sloukia Djahnine Hamdani Khouni	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Bensaïd Referee: Benchenâa, Chadli, Atrous
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, Hamdoud (Zouani), Djahnine, Hamdani, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Dziri, Khouni, Sloukia, Hamid Aït Belkacem (Smati), Mehdaoui (Abacha) - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v AS Aïn M'lila

11 June 1998 Round 14	USM Alger	1–0	AS Aïn M'lila	Bologhine
14:00	Réda Zouani  10'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

Championship final

Main article: 1998 Championnat National 1 Final

USM El Harrach v USM Alger

29 June 1998	USM El Harrach	3–2	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Benaissi ?' Diab  69' Boutaleb  73' (pen.) Ryad Benchikha  80'  81' Kabri  15' Benaissi  27' Lounici  37'	Report[3]	Zouani  36' Manga  37'  65' Smati  58' Zeghdoud 90'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, Zeghdoud, Hamdani (Tizarouine 87), Meftah, Hamdoud, Smati, Boumrar, Dziri, Djahnine (Mehdaoui 81), Zouani (Hadj Adlane 68), Manga - Coach Younes Ifticène

Algerian Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Algerian Cup

WA Constantine v USM Alger

16 March 1998 Round of 64	WA Constantine	0–5	USM Alger	Constantine
13:00		Report[4]	Manga  36', 48' Djahnine  44' Hamdoud  57' Hamid Aït Belkacem  68'	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Hamdoud, Hamid Aït Belkacem, Djahnine, Manga - Coach Younes Ifticène

IRM Béchar v USM Alger

26 March 1998 Round of 32	IRM Béchar	0–2	USM Alger	Béchar
14:00			Hamdoud  30' Meftah  83'	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - - Coach Younes Ifticène

MO Constantine v USM Alger

13 April 1998 Round of 16	MO Constantine	2–0	USM Alger	Constantine
14:30	Berrahou  4' Soultani  75' (pen.)			Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - - Coach Younes Ifticène

Algerian League Cup

USM Alger v Hydra AC

2 October 1997 Round of 64	USM Alger	4–0	Hydra AC	Bologhine
14:30	Marcel  ?', ?'	Report[5]		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v SKAF Khemis Miliana

6 October 1997 Round of 32	USM Alger	8–1	SKAF Khemis Miliana	Bologhine
14:30				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v RS Kouba

9 October 1997 Round of 16	USM Alger	1–1 (5–4 p)	RS Kouba	Bologhine
14:30	Khaouni  33'	Report[6]	Ferroudj  56'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Blida v USM Alger

16 October 1997 Quarter-finals	USM Blida	1–0	USM Alger	Blida
14:30	Zouani  62'			Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, , , , , , , Hamid Aït Belkacem, Dziri, , Hadj Adlane - Coach Younes Ifticène

CAF Champions League

Main article: 1997 CAF Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 1997 CAF Champions League group stage § Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		RAC	USM	PRI	ORL
Raja Casablanca	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11		—	0–2	4–0	1–0
USM Alger	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11		2–2	—	1–0	2–1
Primeiro de Agosto	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10		1–1	2–1	—	2–1
Orlando Pirates	6	0	1	5	5	10	−5	1		1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Source: rsssf.com

USM Alger v Raja Casablanca

24 August 1997 Matchday 1	USM Alger	2–2	Raja Casablanca	Algiers, Algeria
14:00 UTC+1	Hadj Adlane  17', 85'  30' Zekri  59'		Nazir  39' Fahmi  90+3'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belgherbi, Djahnine, Hamdani, Meftah (Menad 78’), Ghoul, Hamdoud, Dziri, Zekri (Ait Belkacim 70’), Hadj Adlane, Mehdaoui (Marcel 51’), Smati - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v Orlando Pirates

5 September 1997 Matchday 2	USM Alger	2–1	Orlando Pirates	Algiers, Algeria
15:30 UTC+1	Ghoul  12' (pen.) Hadj Adlane  47'	Report[7]		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , Meftah, Ghoul, Hamdoud, , , Djahnine, Dziri, Hadj Adlane, Zekri, - Coach Younes Ifticène

Primeiro de Agosto v USM Alger

19 September 1997 Matchday 3	Primeiro de Agosto	2–1	USM Alger	Luanda, Angola
16:00 UTC+1	Julião  ?' Kiss  ?' (pen.)	Report[8]	Zekri  ?'	Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela Referee: Magassa Sidi Bekaye (Mali)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , Zekri, - Coach Younes Ifticène

Raja Casablanca v USM Alger

12 October 1997 Matchday 4	Raja Casablanca	0–2	USM Alger	Casablanca, Morocco
15:00 UTC+0	Bekkari  82'	Report[9]	Khelfouni  ?' Hamdoud  38' Ghoul  46' Belmellat  64' Dziri  68', 75' Djahnine  90'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, Meftah, Hamdoud, Hamdani, Ghoul, Marcel (Briki 89’), Dziri, Khelfouni (Ait Belkacim 74’), Djahnine, Hadj Adlane, Mehdaoui - Coach Younes Ifticène

Orlando Pirates v USM Alger

25 October 1997 Matchday 5	Orlando Pirates	1–1	USM Alger	Johannesburg, South Africa
14:00 UTC+2		Report[10]	Hadj Adlane  17'	Stadium: FNB Stadium Referee: Charle Masembi (Uganda)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, Hamdani, Meftah, Boumrar, , Khelfouni, Marcel, Mehdaoui, Hadj Adlane, Dziri, - Coach Younes Ifticène

USM Alger v Primeiro de Agosto

8 November 1997 Matchday 6	USM Alger	1–0	Primeiro de Agosto	Algiers, Algeria
14:00 UTC+1	Dziri  28' Zekri  ?'		?  ?'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 50,000 Referee: ()
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, ?, ?, Hamdani, , Meftah , Ghoul , Djahnine , Hamdoud , Dziri , Zekri , Hadj Adlane - (Khouni ?’), (Menad ?’), (Smati ?’) - Coach Younes Ifticène

African Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup

First Round

Ghapoha Readers v USM Alger

26 April 1998 First leg	Ghapoha Readers	0–1	USM Alger	Accra, Ghana
16:00 UTC+1		Report[11]	Hamdoud  70'	Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Referee: ? (Morocco)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

USSM Alger v Ghapoha Readers

8 May 1998 Second leg	USSM Alger	1–0	Ghapoha Readers	Bologhine, Algeria
15:30 UTC+1	Zouani  84'	Report[12]		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Moussa Kayoté (Mali)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Younes Ifticène

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		National		Algerian Cup		League Cup		Cup Winners' Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK		Farid Belmellat	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Belgherbi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
	DF		Tarek Ghoul	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Mounir Zeghdoud	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Fayçal Hamdani	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Mahieddine Meftah	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Mohamed Hamdoud	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Abdelouahab Tizarouine	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Fouad Smati	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Mohamed Briki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
	MF		Farid Djahnine	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Nabil Mehdaoui	6	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Mohamed Abacha	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Samir Sloukia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Billel Dziri	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	MF		Hamid Aït Belkacem	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Rachid Boumrar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Sid Ahmed Marcel	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		Mehdi Khelfouni	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
	FW		Tarek Hadj Adlane	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	FW		Mohamed Manga	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Nasser Zekri	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Réda Zouani	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Abdelmalek Khouni	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Djamel Menad	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: 10 May 2001
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	LC	CL 1	CC 3	TOTAL
		Tarek Hadj Adlane	FW	2	0	?	4	0	6
		Réda Zouani	FW	4	0	?	0	1	5
		Tarek Ghoul	DF	3	0	?	1	0	4
		Abdelmalek Khouni	MF	3	0	?	0	0	3
		Billel Dziri	MF	0	0	?	3	0	3
		Mohamed Manga	FW	1	2	?	0	0	3
		Nasser Zekri	FW	2	0	?	1	0	3
		Hamid Aït Belkacem	MF	2	1	?	0	0	3
		Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	0	2	?	0	1	3
		Mohamed Abacha	MF	1	0	?	0	0	1
		Nabil Mehdaoui	FW	1	0	?	0	0	1
		Mahieddine Meftah	DF	0	1	?	0	0	1
		Farid Djahnine	MF	0	1	?	0	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	?	0	0	0
Totals				18	7	13	9	2	49

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 January 1998.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
-		GK	Farid Belmellat	(1970-10-18)18 October 1970 (aged 27)	RC Kouba
Defenders
		RB / CB	Mohamed Hamdoud	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 21)	Youth system
		CB	Mounir Zeghdoud	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 27)	USM Aïn Beïda
		LB / CB / RB	Mahieddine Meftah	(1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 29)	JS Kabylie
		DF	Fayçal Hamdani (C)	(1970-07-13)13 July 1970 (aged 27)	WA Boufarik
		LB	Tarek Ghoul	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 22)	USM El Harrach
		DF	Abdelouahab Tizarouine	(1971-11-11)11 November 1971 (aged 26)	US Chaouia
Midfielders
		CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 25)	NA Hussein Dey
		MF	Sid Ahmed Marcel
		MF	Farid Djahnine	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 21)	Youth system
		MF	Nabil Mehdaoui		USMM Hadjout
		MF	Hamid Aït Belkacem
Forwards
		FW	Tarek Hadj Adlane	(1965-01-11)11 January 1965 (aged 32)	JS Kabylie
		FW	Nasser Zekri	(1971-08-03)3 August 1971 (aged 26)	NA Hussein Dey
		FW	Fouad Smati	(1975-12-02)2 December 1975 (aged 22)	Youth system
		FW	Abdelmalek Khouni	(1969-12-23)23 December 1969 (aged 28)	AS Aïn M'lila
		FW	Réda Zouani	(1968-05-20)20 May 1968 (aged 29)	USM Blida
		FW	Djamel Menad	(1960-07-22)22 July 1960 (aged 37)	JS Kabylie
		FW	Mohamed Manga	(1977-03-30)30 March 1977 (aged 20)

References

1. Résultat de la 1re journée du Championnat d'Algérie de football 1997-1998, Division 1 (poule B), paru dans "Le Matin", 7e année, no 1800 daté du Saturday 3 January 1997, page 12 et 13.
2. Résultats de la 2e journée du Championnat d'Algérie de football 1997-1998 (poule B), Division 1, parus dans "Le Matin", 7e année, N° 1805 daté du Thursday date 8 January 1997, pages 12 et 13.
3. Résultat de la finale championnat d'Algérie 1997-1998, paru dans "Le Matin", no 1948 daté du mardi 30 juin 1998, page 22; et El Watan daté du mardi 30 juin 1998, page 14.
4. Résultats des 1/32 de finale paru dans le Soir d'Algérie du mercredi 18 mars 1998 page 10 et le quotidien d'Oran n° 978 du mardi 17 mars 1998 page 24.
5. Résultat de la Premier tour (1/32) definale de Coupe de la Ligue d'Algérie de football 1997-1998, Coupe du 1er novembre , paru dans "Le Quotidien d'Oran", 3e année, N° 841 daté du Saturday 4 octobre 1997, page 23 et 24.
6. Résultat de la Huitièmes de finale de Coupe de la Ligue d'Algérie de football 1997-1998, Coupe du 1er novembre , paru dans "El Khabar", 8e année, N° 847 daté du Saturday 11 octobre 1997, page 16 et 17.
7. El Khabar du samedi 6 septembre 1997 page 17. et Le Matin numero 1699 du samedi 6 septembre 1997 page 23.
8. El Khabar du dimanche 21 septembre 1997 page 24.
9. El Khabar numero 2092 du lundi 13 octobre 1997 page 24.
10. El Khabar numero 2103 du dimanche 26 octobre 1997 page 18.
11. El Watan du lundi 27 avril 1998 page 17.
12. Le Matin numero 1903 du samedi 9 mai 1998 page 13

External links

• Djamil Merad (February 7, 2007). "Algeria 1997/98". rsssf.com. Retrieved July 12, 2017.