2015–16 USM Alger season

In the 2015–16 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 38th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, and the Algerian Cup.

USM Alger
2015–16 season
ChairmanAli Haddad
Head coachMounir Zeghdoud (c)
Mahieddine Meftah (c)
(until 1 July 2015)
Miloud Hamdi
(from 1 July 2015)
StadiumStade Omar Hammadi
Ligue 11st
Algerian CupRound of 64
Champions LeagueRunners–up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mohamed Seguer (9 goals)
All:
Mohamed Seguer (12 goals)
Highest home attendance65,000
USM Alger 0–0 MC Alger
(22 December 2015)

Non-competitive

Pre-season
3 July 2015 FriendlyUSM Alger1–1USM El HarrachAlgiers
23:00 Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi
15 July 2015 FriendlyUSM Alger3–4JS SaouraAlgiers
23:00 Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

Mid-season
8 March 2016 FriendlyWA Tlemcen1–2USM AlgerTlemcen
16:00 Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi

Competitions

Overview
Competition Record Started round Final position / round First match Last match
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 30 17 7 6 49 31 +18 056.67 N/AWinners13 August 201527 May 2015
Algerian Cup 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00 Round of 6417 December 2015
Champions League 10 6 1 3 12 8 +4 060.00 Group stageRunners–up27 June 20158 November 2015
Total 41 23 8 10 62 42 +20 056.10

Ligue 1
Main article: 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 USM Alger (C) 30 17 7 6 49 31 +18 58 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 JS Saoura 30 12 12 6 39 25 +14 48 Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
3 JS Kabylie 30 12 9 9 27 27 0 45[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
4 CR Belouizdad 30 11 12 7 40 29 +11 45[lower-alpha 1]
5 ES Sétif 30 11 11 8 31 19 +12 44[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. 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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. JS Kabylie ahead of CR Belouizdad on head-to-head record: JSK–CRB 1–0, CRB–JSK 1–1.
  2. ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 17 7 6 49 31  +18 58 11 4 1 31 13  +18 6 3 5 18 18  0

Last updated: 27 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultLWWWWWWWDDDWWWWDDWLDWWWLLDWLWW
Position13105212311111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 August 2015 Round 1NA Hussein Dey2–1USM AlgerBelouizdad
17:00 Gasmi  32' (pen.)
Benaldjia  33'
Bendebka  67'
Boussouf  35'  90+3'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  48' Seguer
 65' Zemmamouche
 75' Khoualed
 90+3' Chafaï		 Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955
Referee: Mohamed Benouza
25 August 2015 Round 2USM Alger2–1ES SétifBologhine
18:00 Benkhemassa  23'
Khoualed  26'
Belaïli  39'
Seguer  43'
Koudri  90'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4		  45+1' Benlamri
 61' Ziaya
 90+4' (pen.) Benyettou		 Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi
Referee: Mohamed Ghorbal
29 August 2015 Round 3JS Kabylie0–1USM AlgerTizi Ouzou
18:00 Malo  49' Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  35' Mazari
 37' Meftah
 82' Belaïli		 Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
15 September 2015 Round 4USM Alger3–2MC OranBologhine
19:00 Meftah  20' (pen.)
Seguer  55'
Belaïli  80' (pen.)
Mazari  84'
Nadji  90'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  45' Moussi
 48' Benyahia
 73' Bellabès
 90+3' Za'abia		 Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
19 September 2015 Round 5CS Constantine0–2USM AlgerConstantine
17:00 Djeghbala  8'
Ahmed  54'
Aksas  79'
Bencherifa  80'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
Algérie 3		  6' Benkhemassa
 29' Beldjilali
 60'  61' Andria
 75' Khoualed
 80' (pen.) Aoudia		 Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Referee: Farouk Mial
12 October 2015 Round 6USM Alger3–2MO BéjaïaBologhine
18:00 Nadji  25'  48'
Seguer  53'
Abdellaoui  55'
Meftah  67' (pen.)
Koudri  81'
Benmoussa  85'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  38' Salhi
 59' Ndoye
 66' Sidibe		 Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
17 October 2015 Round 8CR Belouizdad1–2USM AlgerAlgiers
16:00 Feham  18' (pen.)
Derrag  27'
Cheurfaoui  77'		 Soccerway Report  18' Zemmamouche
 45' Seguer
 47' Nadji		 Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui
20 October 2015 Round 7RC Arbaâ1–2USM AlgerLarbaâ
16:00 Guessan  30'  65'
Bensalem  71'
Yettou  79'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  8' Andria
 89' Boudebouda		 Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf
Referee: Marzouk Brahimi
24 October 2015 Round 9USM Alger2–2RC RelizaneBologhine
18:00 Benmoussa  14'  65'
Benkhemassa  36'
Meftah  70'
Chafaï  85'
Koudri  90+3'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  10' Zakaria
 48' Tiaiba
 51' Bitam
 66' Benabderahmane
 80' Megherbi		 Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
21 November 2015 Round 12ASM Oran0–2USM AlgerOran
15:00 Sebbah  2'
Haddad  18'		 Soccerway Report  4' Chafaï
 63' Benkhemassa
 75' (pen.) Meftah
 82' Andria		 Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul
Referee: Redouane Necib
24 November 2015 Round 10JS Saoura1–1USM AlgerBéchar
18:00 Sayah  52'
Djemili  68'
Merbah  70'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  81' Andria
 83'  84' Baïteche		 Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955
Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
28 November 2015 Round 13USM Alger2–1USM El HarrachAlgiers
16:00 Seguer  13', 42'  90' Soccerway Report
Live TV:
beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports		  45+3' Younes Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Referee: Farouk Houasnia
12 December 2015 Round 14DRB Tadjenanet1–2USM AlgerTadjenanet
15:00 Aib Achref  23'  59'
Sayoud  44' (pen.)
Tembeng  57'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
Canal Algérie		  9' Chafaï
 30' Boudebouda
 33' Benmoussa
 41' Benayada
 65' El Orfi
 79' (pen.) Meftah
 80' Koudri		 Stadium: Stade Laghouat Smail
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
22 December 2015 Round 11USM Alger0–0MC AlgerAlgiers
18:00 Meftah  45'
Benkhemassa  45'
Koudri  74'
Chafaï  90'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports		  31' Karaoui
 73' Bouhenna		 Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Attendance: 60.000
Referee: Mohamed Benouza
26 December 2015 Round 15USM Alger3–0USM BlidaBologhine
16:00 Andria  22'
Nadji  36'
Chafaï  45+1'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  45' Laïfaoui Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Farouk Mial
14 January 2016 Round 16USM Alger1–1NA Hussein DeyAlgiers
18:00 Khoualed  14'
Nadji  16'
Beldjilali  30'
Koudri  86'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports / Canal Algérie		  15' (pen.)  90' Gasmi Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Referee: Mohamed Ghorbal
23 January 2016 Round 17ES Sétif1–1USM AlgerSétif
16:00 Arroussi  43' Soccerway Report
Live TV:
Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports		  26' Chafaï Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945
Referee: Farouk Mial
30 January 2016 Round 18USM Alger2–0JS KabylieBologhine
16:00 Benkhemassa  13'
Nadji  75'
Boudebouda  90'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports		  29' Ferhani Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
6 February 2016 Round 19MC Oran2–1USM AlgerOran
16:00 Zubya  75'
Benyahia  77'
Natèche  90'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
Canal Algérie		  47' Benkhemassa
 71' Aoudia		 Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
12 February 2016 Round 20USM Alger1–1CS ConstantineBologhine
18:00 Boudebouda  82' Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  15'  48' Voavy
 13'  90' Guerabis		 Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Merzoug Brahimi
23 February 2016 Round 21MO Béjaïa0–1USM AlgerBéjaïa
16:00 Ndoye  15'
Lakhdari  22'
Messaoudi  64'
Benali  82'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  83' (pen.) Meftah
 86' Boudebouda
 90' Mansouri		 Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Mohamed Benouza
12 March 2016 Round 22USM Alger4–0RC ArbaâBologhine
18:00 Darfalou  29'
Seguer  42'
Nadji  76'
Benmoussa  86'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4		  89' Achiou Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Bachir
18 March 2016 Round 23USM Alger2–0CR BelouizdadAlgiers
18:00 Seguer  40'
Abdellaoui  81'
Meftah  84'  90+2'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
TV Tamazight 4		  38'  77' Bencherifa Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Referee: Farouk Houasnia
1 April 2016 Round 24RC Relizane3–0USM AlgerRelizane
15:00 Tiaïba  40', 79' (pen.)
Manucho  62'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  60' Beldjilali
 71' Berrefane		 Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar
9 April 2016 Round 25USM Alger1–2JS SaouraBologhine
17:00 Koudri  61'
Meftah  70' (pen.)		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  65' Zaidi
 90' Hamia		 Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
22 April 2016 Round 26MC Alger2–2USM AlgerAlgiers
17:00 Hachoud  79', 87'
Demmou  34'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports		  26' Nadji
 67'  75' Darfalou
 81' Seguer		 Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Attendance: 80.000
Referee: Farouk Mial
30 April 2016 Round 27USM Alger3–0ASM OranBologhine
16:00 Darfalou  46'
Benmoussa  57'
Seguer  65'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  62' Djemaouni
 86' Benkablia		 Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Hansal
13 May 2016 Round 28USM El Harrach3–0USM AlgerAlgiers
17:30 Bouguèche  14'
Younes  85'
Mellal  90+3'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		  80' Mazari Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Referee: Abderrazek Hallalchi
20 May 2016 Round 29USM Alger2–1DRB TadjenanetBologhine
17:30 Khoualed  20'
Benkhemassa  34'
Andria  41'
Koudri  45'
Aradji  64'
Darfalou  83'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
beIN Sports / TV Tamazight 4		  24' Daoud
 29'  69' Guitoune
 39' Hadded
 90+1' Chibane		 Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Benouza
27 May 2016 Round 30USM Blida1–0USM AlgerBlida
17:30 Melika  55' Soccerway Report
Live TV: None		 Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium
Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

Algerian Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Algerian Cup
17 December 2015 Round of 64USM Alger1–3Paradou ACBologhine
17:00 Aradji  37'
Khoualed  75'		 Soccerway Report  23' Kherifi
 68' Attal
 81' Mansouri		 Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi
Referee: Helalchi, Brahim, Doulache

Champions League
Main articles: 2015 CAF Champions League and 2014–15 USM Alger season

Group stage
Main article: 2015 CAF Champions League group stage

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USM MER ESS MCE
1 USM Alger 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 3–0 2–1
2 Al-Merrikh 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 1–0 — 2–0 2–0
3 ES Sétif 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 1–2 1–1 — 2–2
4 MC El Eulma 6 0 1 5 5 11 −6 1 0–1 2–3 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
27 June 2015 Matchday 1ES Sétif 1–2 USM AlgerSétif, Algeria
22:30 UTC+1 Djahnit  13'
Korbiaa  84'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
EN TV / beIN Sports		  22' Koudri
 32' Ferhat
 57'  60' Seguer
 72' Khoualed
 78' Mansouri		 Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945
Attendance: 22.000
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
10 July 2015 Matchday 2USM Alger 1–0 Al-Merrikh SCAlgiers, Algeria
22:30 UTC+1 Koudri  32'
Meftah  36'
Belaïli  53'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
EN TV / beIN Sports		  32' Saied
 35' Lebri
 77' Al-Madina		 Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi
Attendance: 18.000
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
24 July 2015 Matchday 3USM Alger 2–1 MC El EulmaAlgiers, Algeria
20:30 UTC+1 Beldjilali  16'
Seguer  22'
Khoualed  35'
El Orfi  86'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
EN TV / beIN Sports		  13' Hammami
 40' Korichi
 80' Maïza		 Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi
Attendance: 17.000
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
7 August 2015 Matchday 4MC El Eulma 0–1 USM AlgerEl Eulma, Algeria
21:15 UTC+1 Bouzama  49'
Belkhiter  57'
Bentayeb  65'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
EN TV / beIN Sports		  29' Benkhemassa
 49'  79' Meftah
 69' El Orfi		 Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar
Attendance: 5.000
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
21 August 2015 Matchday 5USM Alger 3–0 ES SétifAlgiers, Algeria
20:30 UTC+1 Belaïli  34'
Beldjilali  37'
Benkhemassa  55'
Aoudia  74'
Ferhat  90+2'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
EN TV / beIN Sports		  48' Bouchar Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
11 September 2015 Matchday 6Al-Merrikh SC 1–0 USM AlgerOmdurman, Sudan
20:30 UTC+3 Lebri  13'
Saied  34'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
beIN Sports		  57' Abdellaoui Stadium: Al-Merrikh Stadium
Attendance: 50.000
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Semi-finals
25 September 2015 first legAl-Hilal 1–2 USM AlgerOmdurman, Sudan
20:00 UTC+3 Careca  2' Soccerway Report
Live TV:
beIN Sports		  13' Aoudia
 23' Andria
 50' Meftah
 67'  67' Baïteche		 Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
3 October 2015 Second legUSM Alger 0–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Al-HilalAlgiers, Algeria
21:30 UTC+1 Meftah  11'
Andria  84'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
EN TV / beIN Sports		  9' El Shighail
 23' Andrezinho
 35' Boya
 90+2' Hamid		 Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Final
Main article: 2015 CAF Champions League Final
31 October 2015 first legUSM Alger 1–2 TP MazembeAlgiers, Algeria
20:30 UTC+1 Seguer  88' Soccerway Report
Live TV:
EN TV / beIN Sports		  27' Kalaba
 79' (pen.) Samatta		 Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
8 November 2015 Second legTP Mazembe 2–0
(4–1 agg.)		 USM AlgerLubumbashi, DR Congo
15:30 UTC+2 Samatta  74' (pen.)
Assalé  90+3'		 Soccerway Report
Live TV:
beIN Sports		 Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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 CAF Champions League Total
Apps Apps Apps Apps
Goalkeepers
1Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche727142
16Ismaïl Mansouri17131202
27Mourad Berrefane71181
33Hossin Lagoun11
Defenders
3Ayoub Abdellaoui17221193
6Farouk Chafaï233311731331
30Mohamed Meftah198316142697
26Brahim Boudebouda1632182532
5Arslane Mazari1036163
19Houcine Benayada141141192
20Nacereddine Khoualed2414117123227
25Mokhtar Benmoussa253383333
45Saadi Redouani33
Midfielders
7Zinedine Ferhat209312931
10Youcef Belaïli435295
13Nassim Bouchema8210
23Hamza Koudri268723310
28Karim Baïteche8115111322
8Kaddour Beldjilali1731722523
24Mohammed Benkhemassa208822810
11Hocine El Orfi14116212131
Djamel Chettal99
Mohamed Dilmi11
Ramdane Bouguerra11
Riad Mokaddem11
Forwards
88Oualid Ardji10111112
21Mohamed Amine Aoudia132162204
22Oussama Darfalou114121341
18Mohamed Seguer2293173130124
14Rachid Nadji1972152572
9Carolus Andriamatsinoro24431723245
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 49581 110 12222 62793
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