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.
2015–16 season | ||||
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Chairman | Ali Haddad | |||
Head coach | Mounir Zeghdoud (c) Mahieddine Meftah (c) (until 1 July 2015) Miloud Hamdi (from 1 July 2015) | |||
Stadium | Stade Omar Hammadi | |||
Ligue 1 | 1st | |||
Algerian Cup | Round of 64 | |||
Champions League | Runners–up | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Mohamed Seguer (9 goals) All: Mohamed Seguer (12 goals) | |||
Highest home attendance | 65,000 USM Alger 0–0 MC Alger (22 December 2015) | |||
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Non-competitive
Pre-season
3 July 2015 Friendly | USM Alger | 1–1 | USM El Harrach | Algiers |
23:00 | Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi |
Mid-season
8 March 2016 Friendly | WA Tlemcen | 1–2 | USM Alger | Tlemcen |
16:00 | Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 1 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 56.67 | N/A | Winners | 13 August 2015 | 27 May 2015 |
Algerian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 | Round of 64 | 17 December 2015 | ||
Champions League | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 60.00 | Group stage | Runners–up | 27 June 2015 | 8 November 2015 |
Total | 41 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 56.10 |
Ligue 1
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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] |
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:
- JS Kabylie ahead of CR Belouizdad on head-to-head record: JSK–CRB 1–0, CRB–JSK 1–1.
- ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Win Draw Loss
15 August 2015 Round 1 | NA Hussein Dey | 2–1 | USM Alger | Belouizdad |
17:00 | Gasmi Benaldjia Bendebka Boussouf |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Benouza |
25 August 2015 Round 2 | USM Alger | 2–1 | ES Sétif | Bologhine |
18:00 | Benkhemassa Khoualed Belaïli Seguer Koudri |
Soccerway Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4 |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Mohamed Ghorbal |
29 August 2015 Round 3 | JS Kabylie | 0–1 | USM Alger | Tizi Ouzou |
18:00 | Malo |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham |
15 September 2015 Round 4 | USM Alger | 3–2 | MC Oran | Bologhine |
19:00 | Meftah Seguer Belaïli Mazari Nadji |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef |
19 September 2015 Round 5 | CS Constantine | 0–2 | USM Alger | Constantine |
17:00 | Djeghbala Ahmed Aksas Bencherifa |
Soccerway Report Live TV: Algérie 3 |
Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Farouk Mial |
12 October 2015 Round 6 | USM Alger | 3–2 | MO Béjaïa | Bologhine |
18:00 | Nadji Seguer Abdellaoui Meftah Koudri Benmoussa |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab |
17 October 2015 Round 8 | CR Belouizdad | 1–2 | USM Alger | Algiers |
16:00 | Feham Derrag Cheurfaoui |
Soccerway Report | Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui |
20 October 2015 Round 7 | RC Arbaâ | 1–2 | USM Alger | Larbaâ |
16:00 | Guessan Bensalem Yettou |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Marzouk Brahimi |
24 October 2015 Round 9 | USM Alger | 2–2 | RC Relizane | Bologhine |
18:00 | Benmoussa Benkhemassa Meftah Chafaï Koudri |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham |
21 November 2015 Round 12 | ASM Oran | 0–2 | USM Alger | Oran |
15:00 | Sebbah Haddad |
Soccerway Report | Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul Referee: Redouane Necib |
24 November 2015 Round 10 | JS Saoura | 1–1 | USM Alger | Béchar |
18:00 | Sayah Djemili Merbah |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa |
28 November 2015 Round 13 | USM Alger | 2–1 | USM El Harrach | Algiers |
16:00 | Seguer |
Soccerway Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Farouk Houasnia |
12 December 2015 Round 14 | DRB Tadjenanet | 1–2 | USM Alger | Tadjenanet |
15:00 | Aib Achref Sayoud Tembeng |
Soccerway Report Live TV: Canal Algérie |
Stadium: Stade Laghouat Smail Referee: Lahlou Benbraham |
22 December 2015 Round 11 | USM Alger | 0–0 | MC Alger | Algiers |
18:00 | Meftah Benkhemassa Koudri Chafaï |
Soccerway Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza |
26 December 2015 Round 15 | USM Alger | 3–0 | USM Blida | Bologhine |
16:00 | Andria Nadji Chafaï |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial |
14 January 2016 Round 16 | USM Alger | 1–1 | NA Hussein Dey | Algiers |
18:00 | Khoualed Nadji Beldjilali Koudri |
Soccerway Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports / Canal Algérie |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Ghorbal |
23 January 2016 Round 17 | ES Sétif | 1–1 | USM Alger | Sétif |
16:00 | Arroussi |
Soccerway Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports |
Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Farouk Mial |
30 January 2016 Round 18 | USM Alger | 2–0 | JS Kabylie | Bologhine |
16:00 | Benkhemassa Nadji Boudebouda |
Soccerway Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa |
6 February 2016 Round 19 | MC Oran | 2–1 | USM Alger | Oran |
16:00 | Zubya Benyahia Natèche |
Soccerway Report Live TV: Canal Algérie |
Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Lahlou Benbraham |
12 February 2016 Round 20 | USM Alger | 1–1 | CS Constantine | Bologhine |
18:00 | Boudebouda |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Merzoug Brahimi |
23 February 2016 Round 21 | MO Béjaïa | 0–1 | USM Alger | Béjaïa |
16:00 | Ndoye Lakhdari Messaoudi Benali |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Benouza |
12 March 2016 Round 22 | USM Alger | 4–0 | RC Arbaâ | Bologhine |
18:00 | Darfalou Seguer Nadji Benmoussa |
Soccerway Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bachir |
18 March 2016 Round 23 | USM Alger | 2–0 | CR Belouizdad | Algiers |
18:00 | Seguer Abdellaoui Meftah |
Soccerway Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Farouk Houasnia |
1 April 2016 Round 24 | RC Relizane | 3–0 | USM Alger | Relizane |
15:00 | Tiaïba Manucho |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar |
9 April 2016 Round 25 | USM Alger | 1–2 | JS Saoura | Bologhine |
17:00 | Koudri Meftah |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham |
22 April 2016 Round 26 | MC Alger | 2–2 | USM Alger | Algiers |
17:00 | Hachoud Demmou |
Soccerway Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 80.000 Referee: Farouk Mial |
30 April 2016 Round 27 | USM Alger | 3–0 | ASM Oran | Bologhine |
16:00 | Darfalou Benmoussa Seguer |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohammed Hansal |
13 May 2016 Round 28 | USM El Harrach | 3–0 | USM Alger | Algiers |
17:30 | Bouguèche Younes Mellal |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Abderrazek Hallalchi |
20 May 2016 Round 29 | USM Alger | 2–1 | DRB Tadjenanet | Bologhine |
17:30 | Khoualed Benkhemassa Andria Koudri Aradji Darfalou |
Soccerway Report Live TV: beIN Sports / TV Tamazight 4 |
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza |
27 May 2016 Round 30 | USM Blida | 1–0 | USM Alger | Blida |
17:30 | Melika |
Soccerway Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab |
Algerian Cup
17 December 2015 Round of 64 | USM Alger | 1–3 | Paradou AC | Bologhine |
17:00 | Aradji Khoualed |
Soccerway Report | Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Helalchi, Brahim, Doulache |
Champions League
Group stage
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USM | MER | ESS | MCE | |
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1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||
2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | |||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |
27 June 2015 Matchday 1 | ES Sétif | 1–2 | Sétif, Algeria | |
22:30 UTC+1 | Djahnit Korbiaa |
Soccerway Report Live TV: EN TV / beIN Sports |
Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 22.000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) |
10 July 2015 Matchday 2 | USM Alger | 1–0 | Algiers, Algeria | |
22:30 UTC+1 | Koudri Meftah Belaïli |
Soccerway Report Live TV: EN TV / beIN Sports |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali) |
24 July 2015 Matchday 3 | USM Alger | 2–1 | Algiers, Algeria | |
20:30 UTC+1 | Beldjilali Seguer Khoualed El Orfi |
Soccerway Report Live TV: EN TV / beIN Sports |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles) |
7 August 2015 Matchday 4 | MC El Eulma | 0–1 | El Eulma, Algeria | |
21:15 UTC+1 | Bouzama Belkhiter Bentayeb |
Soccerway Report Live TV: EN TV / beIN Sports |
Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) |
21 August 2015 Matchday 5 | USM Alger | 3–0 | Algiers, Algeria | |
20:30 UTC+1 | Belaïli Beldjilali Benkhemassa Aoudia Ferhat |
Soccerway Report Live TV: EN TV / beIN Sports |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) |
11 September 2015 Matchday 6 | Al-Merrikh SC | 1–0 | Omdurman, Sudan | |
20:30 UTC+3 | Lebri Saied |
Soccerway Report Live TV: beIN Sports |
Stadium: Al-Merrikh Stadium Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) |
Semi-finals
25 September 2015 first leg | Al-Hilal | 1–2 | Omdurman, Sudan | |
20:00 UTC+3 | Careca |
Soccerway Report Live TV: beIN Sports |
Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) |
3 October 2015 Second leg | USM Alger | 0–0 (2–1 agg.) | Algiers, Algeria | |
21:30 UTC+1 | Meftah Andria |
Soccerway Report Live TV: EN TV / beIN Sports |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa) |
Final
31 October 2015 first leg | USM Alger | 1–2 | Algiers, Algeria | |
20:30 UTC+1 | Seguer |
Soccerway Report Live TV: EN TV / beIN Sports |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) |
8 November 2015 Second leg | TP Mazembe | 2–0 (4–1 agg.) | Lubumbashi, DR Congo | |
15:30 UTC+2 | Samatta Assalé |
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 | ||||||||||||
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Apps | Apps | Apps | Apps | |||||||||||||||
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||||
16 | Ismaïl Mansouri | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 2 | |||||||||||
27 | Mourad Berrefane | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
33 | Hossin Lagoun | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Defenders | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ayoub Abdellaoui | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | |||||||||||
6 | Farouk Chafaï | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
30 | Mohamed Meftah | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 9 | 7 | |||||||
26 | Brahim Boudebouda | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Arslane Mazari | 10 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 3 | ||||||||||||
19 | Houcine Benayada | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 2 | ||||||||||
20 | Nacereddine Khoualed | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
25 | Mokhtar Benmoussa | 25 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
45 | Saadi Redouani | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Midfielders | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Zinedine Ferhat | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
10 | Youcef Belaïli | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||
13 | Nassim Bouchema | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
23 | Hamza Koudri | 26 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 10 | |||||||||||
28 | Karim Baïteche | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
8 | Kaddour Beldjilali | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
24 | Mohammed Benkhemassa | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 10 | |||||||||||
11 | Hocine El Orfi | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Djamel Chettal | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Mohamed Dilmi | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Ramdane Bouguerra | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Riad Mokaddem | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Forwards | ||||||||||||||||||
88 | Oualid Ardji | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||
21 | Mohamed Amine Aoudia | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 4 | ||||||||||
22 | Oussama Darfalou | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
18 | Mohamed Seguer | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 4 | |||||||
14 | Rachid Nadji | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
9 | Carolus Andriamatsinoro | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 49 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 62 | 79 | 3 |
GoalscorersIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
Assists
Suspensions
Clean sheetsIncludes all competitive matches.
Overall seasonal record
Squad list
TransfersIn
Out
References
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