2019–20 USM Alger season

In the 2019–20 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 42nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Champions League, Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup. This season has witnessed major financial problems after the club owner Ali Haddad was jailed, which has frozen the official account of the club. So, they have not been able to pay the salaries of the players, technical staff and workers. On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[6] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.[7]

USM Alger

2019–20 season
Owner	ETRHB Haddad (until 2 March 2020)[1] Groupe SERPORT (from 2 March 2020)[1][2]
President	Boualem Chendri (until 2 March 2020) Achour Djelloul (from 2 March 2020)
Head coach	Billel Dziri (from 24 June 2019)[3] (until 26 February 2020)[4] Farid Zemiti (c) (from 27 February 2020) (until 2 March 2020) Mounir Zeghdoud (from 3 March 2020)[5]
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium
Ligue 1	9th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Super Cup	Cancelled
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Abdelkrim Zouari (7 goals) All: Aymen Mahious (12 goals)
Biggest win	USM Alger 6–1 USM Khenchela
Biggest defeat	MC Oran 4–0 USM Alger
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Summary season

On June 2, 2019 it is official, the Haddad family is selling its shares in SSPA USMA which it holds 92%, It was the club's communication officer, Amine Tirmane, who announced it on the Echourouk TV.[8] USM Alger has lost many of its main players are Abderrahmane Meziane, who moved to Al Ain.[9] and Raouf Benguit to Espérance ST.[10] also Farouk Chafaï after nine years with them because of financial problems, Mokhtar Benmoussa after seven years with them. and the last Prince Ibara to K Beerschot.[11] On July 26, 2019 USM Alger squad went to Tunisia for a ten-day internship The cost was paid by a friend from Tunisia because of the continued freezing of their financial account.[12]

On August 4, 2019 Al-Hayat Petroleum Company decided to pay the cost of travel to Niger in order to play the Preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, the same company that wants to buy the majority of the shares of the club.[13] On September 4, 2019 The players of USM Alger decided to go on strike to protest difficult financial situation They stressed that this decision has nothing to do with the administration, the fans or the club itself. It is a protest movement against the state of the USM Alger and the delay in resolving the crisis, As a reminder, the USM Alger players have not received their salaries for 6 months, while the new ones have not received any salary since joining the club.[14]

On October 13, 2019 The players decided to boycott the training and official matches because they have not been paid for five months, two days after Amine Tirmane club's communication officer He submitted his resignation on the channel Dzaïr TV, a day later a fan paid the amount of 500,000 dinars per player reward win against Gor Mahia and AS Aïn M'lila, The players then decide to return to training and play CA Bordj Bou Arreridj match on October 23. After a protest in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports against the difficult situation, Minister Raouf Salim Bernaoui said to supporters of the club They have to be patient.[15] On October 19, 2019 Nearly 5,000 supporters of USM Alger went out to The headquarters of the Wilaya of Algiers to protest against the club's difficult financial situation and free it from ETRHB Haddad Company.[16] A day after Mounir D'bichi said to France 24 that Al-Hayat Petroleum is a subsidiary of ETRHB Haddad which also said that the team's debts amount to 1,020,000,000 DA about 8 million euros. D'bichi said ETRHB Haddad had provided 400 billion centimes since its arrival about 23 million euros.[17] On October 22, 2019 Oussama Chita resumed training with his teammates after a long absence due to a serious injury contracted by the Algerian international last season at the knee.[18]

On October 29, 2019 The leaders of USM Algiers have announced in a statement that the sponsorship deal with Kia Al Djazair will be terminated amicably and the club will recover all outstanding debts that are valued at nearly 20 billion centimes (1.4 million €) In addition, the contract with Ifri will not be renewed either by decision of the company.[19] On November 5, the administration of USM Alger signed Sponsor contract with Serport specialized in port services for 16 billion centimes about 1.2 million euros.[20] The administration of USM Alger to regain its right in the Darby case, appealed the arbitration decision issued by the Algerian Court for the settlement of sports disputes in case No. 92/19 between Union sportive de la médina d'Alger against the Algerian Football Federation and the Professional Football Association. This was the receipt of the receipt of the appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on 8 January 2020 and the team paid the costs of registering the case with an amount of one thousand euros (1000 €) on the morning of 9 January 2020.[21]

Pre-season

USM Alger v Olympique de Médéa

17 July 2019 Friendly	USM Alger	Cancelled[note 1]	Olympique de Médéa	Bologhine
18:00				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

USM Alger v Al-Bukayriyah

28 July 2019 Friendly	USM Alger	1–1	Al-Bukayriyah	Tunis, Tunisia
17:00	Benchaâ  4'	Report	Al-Reemi  18'	Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half - Mansouri - Meftah - Cherifi - Oukal - Kheiraoui - Koudri - Benkhlifa - Zouari - Ardji - Boumechra - Benchaa Second half -

USM Alger v Al-Qadsiah

31 July 2019 Friendly	USM Alger	2–0	Al-Qadsiah	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00	Benchaâ  24', 29'	Report		Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Meftah (Tiboutine 60') Cherifi (Khemaissia 68'), Oukal (Alilet 85'), Kheiraoui (Abdelaziz 85'), Koudri (Ellafi 65'), Benkhelifa, Benkhemassa, Ardji (Boumechra 75'), Zouari (Redjihimi), Benchaa

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	22	9	5	8	25	25	+0	040.91	N/A	9th	15 August 2019	14 March 2020
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	5 January 2020	13 February 2020
Super Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Final	Cancelled
Champions League	10	4	3	3	17	13	+4	040.00	Preliminary round	Group Stage	9 August 2019	1 February 2020
Total	34	14	8	12	48	40	+8	041.18

Updated to match played 14 March 2020
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
7	AS Aïn M'lila	22	8	8	6	26	25	+1	32	1.45
8	MC Oran	22	7	9	6	28	24	+4	30	1.36
9	USM Alger	22	9	5	8	25	25	0	29[lower-alpha 1]	1.32[lower-alpha 1]
10	Paradou AC	20	7	5	8	20	18	+2	26[lower-alpha 2]	1.30[lower-alpha 2]
11	USM Bel Abbès	21	8	2	11	22	31	−9	26[lower-alpha 2]	1.24[lower-alpha 2]

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: dzfoot.com
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.
Notes:

1. USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger.[22] The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[23]
2. Head-to-head points: Paradou 3, Bel-Abbès 0

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
22	9	5	8	25	25	0	32	8	1	2	20	9	+11	1	4	6	5	16	−11

Last updated: 14 March 2020.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	2	6	4	11	4	3	6	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	7	7	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 29 July 2019, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.[26][27]

USM Alger v ES Sétif

15 August 2019 Round 1	USM Alger	2–1	ES Sétif	Bologhine
20:00	Benkhemassa  11' Meftah ?'  45+3' Khemaissia  90+4'  90+5'	Soccerway report LFP report	Laribi  23' Bouguelmouna  34' 45'  83' Saïdi  68' Ghacha  72'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)[28] Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

CS Constantine v USM Alger

19 August 2019 Round 2	CS Constantine	0–0	USM Alger	Constantine
21:00		Soccerway report LFP report	Zemmamouche  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v AS Aïn M'lila

1 September 2019 Round 3	USM Alger	3–2	AS Aïn M'lila	Bologhine
21:00	Koudri  44' Zouari  53' Ellafi 64' Redjehimi  81' Meftah  88' (pen.)  88'	Soccerway report LFP report	Demane  4' Ziad  21' Si Ammar  54' Bitam  58' Bouhakkak  78'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

MC Oran v USM Alger

5 October 2019 Round 7	MC Oran	4–0	USM Alger	Oran
17:45	Fourloul  17' Mansouri  28' Meftah  43' (o.g.) Hamia  64' Mazouzi  72' Mellal  74' Mesmoudi  87' Mekkaoui  90+2' Benhamou  90+5'  90+5'	Soccerway report LFP report	Kheiraoui  37' Cherifi  55' Mahious  87'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

MC Alger v USM Alger

12 October 2019 Round 4	MC Alger	3–0	USM Alger	Algiers
17:45		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Penalty lost to USM Alger and award the win to MC Alger who scores three (03) points and a score of 3/0 and were deducted three points to USM Alger.[29] The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[30]

USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

23 October 2019 Round 8	USM Alger	3–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
17:00	Meftah  82' (pen.) Benchaâ  86'  88' Benkhelifa  56'  90+1'	Soccerway report	Gadacha  51' Arroussi  85'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

NC Magra v USM Alger

30 October 2019 Round 9	NC Magra	1–2	USM Alger	Sétif
15:00	El Orfi  12' Rahal  67' Ziani  90+2'	Soccerway report LFP report	Koudri  36' Zouari  66' Mahious  71' (pen.)  72'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

USM Alger v JS Saoura

4 November 2019 Round 5	USM Alger	4–1	JS Saoura	Bologhine
17:45	Meftah  13' (pen.)  52' Mahious  74' Ellafi  88' (pen.) Zouari  89'	Soccerway report LFP report	Hamidi  18' Zaidi  58' Lahmeri  62'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

9 November 2019 Round 10	USM Alger	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
17:45	Tiboutine  23' Mahious  26' Cherifi 74' Zouari  78'	Soccerway report LFP report	Ouadji  28' Yaya 90+3'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

US Biskra v USM Alger

23 November 2019 Round 11	US Biskra	1–0	USM Alger	Biskra
17:00	Guebli  31' Adouane  70' Dakhia  75' Bouafia  90+3'	Soccerway report LFP report	Kheiraoui  14' Zemmamouche  90+3'	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Gamouh

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

16 December 2019 Round 14	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
18:45	Benchaâ  59' Meftah  77'	Soccerway report LFP report	Gasmi  15'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

USM Bel Abbès v USM Alger

21 December 2019 Round 15	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:45	Aichi  56' Litt  87'	Soccerway report LFP report	Benkhelifa  37'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Redouane Necib

USM Alger v Paradou AC

2 January 2020 Round 6	USM Alger	1–0	Paradou AC	Bologhine
18:45	Boumechra  24' Dziri  31' Hamra  70' Meftah  89'	Soccerway report LFP report	Kadri  26' Guenaoui  83'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

16 January 2020 Round 12	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
18:45	Mahious  30' (pen.) Meftah  66'	Soccerway report LFP report	Bencherifa  53' Ait Abdessalem  89'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

ASO Chlef v USM Alger

20 January 2020 Round 13	ASO Chlef	0–0	USM Alger	Chlef
17:00	Arab 65' Belhaoua  73'	Soccerway report	Tiboutine  37' Koudri  49'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

ES Sétif v USM Alger

4 February 2020 Round 16	ES Sétif	3–1	USM Alger	Sétif
17:00	Laribi  45+1' Ghacha  56' Kendoussi  58'	Soccerway report	Zouari  90+4'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

USM Alger v CS Constantine

8 February 2020 Round 17	USM Alger	1–3	CS Constantine	Bologhine
16:00	Zouari  18' Koudri  32' Ardji  70' Mahious  85' (pen.)	Soccerway report LFP report	Yettou  38' Belkacemi  49', 90' Alharaish  90+1'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

AS Aïn M'lila v USM Alger

17 February 2020 Round 18	AS Aïn M'lila	1–1	USM Alger	Aïn M'lila
15:00	Ibouzidène  64' Ziad  71' Siam  82'	Soccerway report LFP report	Benhammouda  40' Mahious  50' Hamra  53'	Stadium: Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium Referee: Redouane Necib

USM Alger v MC Alger

24 February 2020 Round 19	USM Alger	0–1	MC Alger	Algiers
17:45	Meftah  12'	Soccerway report LFP report	Rebiai  23' Frioui  61'  61'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Youcef Gamouh

JS Saoura v USM Alger

29 February 2020 Round 20	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Alger	Béchar
18:00	Lahmeri  45+1' (pen.) Yadroudj  80'	Soccerway report LFP report	Oukkal  10'  45' Meftah  14' Benkhelifa  45' Benhammouda  46' Belkaroui  89'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

Paradou AC v USM Alger

7 March 2020 Round 21	Paradou AC	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Douar  60' Zorgane  78' Bouchina  86' Ghorab  90' Bouzok  90+5'	Soccerway report LFP report	Zouari  45+3'  82' Mahious  90+2'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v MC Oran

14 March 2020 Round 22	USM Alger	4–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
16:00	Zouari  22', 48' Koudri  25' Boumechra  41' Benhammouda  53', 61'	Soccerway report [ LFP report]	Lagraâ  20' Benhamou  45+1' Feghloul  90+1'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: due to coronavirus pandemic, Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.[31]

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v USM Alger

Round 23	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Cancelled	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
				Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

USM Alger v NC Magra

Round 24	USM Alger	Cancelled	NC Magra	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

Round 25	NA Hussein Dey	Cancelled	USM Alger	Belouizdad
				Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

USM Alger v US Biskra

Round 26	USM Alger	Cancelled	US Biskra	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

Round 27	JS Kabylie	Cancelled	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
				Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

Round 28	USM Alger	Cancelled	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

Round 29	CR Belouizdad	Cancelled	USM Alger	Belouizdad
				Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

USM Alger v USM Bel Abbès

Round 30	USM Alger	Cancelled	USM Bel Abbès	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Algerian Cup

USM Alger v USM Khenchela

5 January 2020 Round of 64	USM Alger	6–1	USM Khenchela	Bologhine
16:00	Mahious  8' (pen.), 43', 67' Ardji  17'  54' Benhammouda  22' Koudri  65' Redjehimi  90+2'	Report	Krioui  26' Hoggas  65'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri, Belkaroui, Tiboutine, Oukkal, Khemaissia, Benhammouda (Chita, 66'), Koudri, Boumechra (Redjehimi, 55'), Mahious (Benchaâ, 73'), Belarbi, Ardji.

ASM Oran v USM Alger

13 February 2020 Round of 32	ASM Oran	1–0	USM Alger	Oran
14:00	Belaribi  52'  52' Ali Larbi  89'	Report[32]	Koudri  33' Benhammouda  86'	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi, Khemaissia, Alilet, Meftah, Chita (Benhammouda, 63'), Koudri, Benkhelifa, Ellafi (Ardji, 63'), Yaiche (Boumechra, 75'), Mahious.

Algerian Super Cup

Main article: 2019 Algerian Super Cup

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

	USM Alger	Cancelled	CR Belouizdad	Algeirs
		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet

Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League

Preliminary round

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

AS Sonidep v USM Alger

9 August 2019 First leg	AS Sonidep	1–2	USM Alger	Niamey, Niger
16:30 UTC+1	Sabo  14' (pen.)	Report	Benchaâ  51', 69'	Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Oukkal, Cherifi, Kheiraoui, Meftah - Koudri, Belarbi, Ellafi - Adji, Zouari, Benchaa (Mahious 75')

USM Alger v AS Sonidep

25 August 2019 Second leg	USM Alger	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	AS Sonidep	Algeirs, Algeria
20:45 UTC+1	Mahious  27' Ellafi  35' (pen.) Hamra  48' Ardji  64'	Report	Boubacar  32' Kheiraoui  59' (o.g.) Lawali  67'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Khemaissia, Hamra, Kheiraoui, Tiboutine - Koudri (Boumechra, 75'), Belarbi, Ellafi - Adji (Cherifi, 83'), Mahious (Benchaa, 63'), Benhamouda

First round

USM Alger v Gor Mahia

15 September 2019 First leg	USM Alger	4–1	Gor Mahia	Blida, Algeria[note 2]
20:45 UTC+1	Meftah  16', 45+1' (pen.) Benchaâ  45+2', 75' Koudri  47'	Report	Wellington  10' Muguna  56' (pen.) Ambundo  64' Onyango  74'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Meftah, Kheiraoui, Hamra, Cherifi - Benkhelifa, Koudri, Ellafi - Zouari (Haddouche 66'), Benchaa (Mahious 80'), Ardji (Benhammouda 76')

Gor Mahia v USM Alger

29 September 2019 Second leg	Gor Mahia	0–2 (1–6 agg.)	USM Alger	Nairobi, Kenya
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Mahious  4', 16' Benkhelifa  31'	Stadium: Moi International Sports Centre Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Meftah, Kheiraoui, Hamra, Cherifi - Benkhelifa (Khemaissia, 87'), Belarbi, Ellafi - Zouari, Mahious (Haddouche, 63'), Ardji (Alilet, 76')

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League group stage § Group C

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MSD	WAC	PET	USM
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	3–0	2–1
2	Wydad Casablanca	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	9			0–0	—	4–1	3–1
3	Petro de Luanda	6	0	4	2	8	14	−6	4			2–2	2–2	—	1–1
4	USM Alger	6	0	3	3	6	10	−4	3			0–1	1–1	2–2	—

Source: CAF

USM Alger v Wydad Casablanca

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Matchday 1	USM Alger	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	Blida, Algeria[note 3]
17:00 UTC+1	Zouari  5' Ellafi  61'	Soccerway Report	Jabrane  78' El Amloud  80' Aouk  89'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Petro de Luanda v USM Alger

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) Matchday 2	Petro de Luanda	1–1	USM Alger	Luanda, Angola
14:00 UTC+1	Toni  64'	Soccerway Report	Mansouri  49' Benchaâ  54'  90+1' Kheiraoui  59' Meftah  76'	Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

USM Alger v Mamelodi Sundowns

28 December 2019 Matchday 3	USM Alger	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns	Blida, Algeria[note 3]
17:00 UTC+1	Hamra  42' Koudri  45+1'	Soccerway Report	Kekana  23'  59' Lakay  77'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

Mamelodi Sundowns v USM Alger

11 January 2020 Matchday 4	Mamelodi Sundowns	2–1	USM Alger	Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Morena  36' Vilakazi  45+1'	Soccerway Report	Mahious  44' Ardji  66' Boumechra  70' Meftah  79' 86'	Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Wydad Casablanca v USM Alger

24 January 2020 Matchday 5	Wydad Casablanca	3–1	USM Alger	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	El Karti  7' Aouk  24' Kasengu  45+1' Tagnaouti  75'	Soccerway Report	Hamra  44' Meftah  79'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

USM Alger v Petro de Luanda

1 February 2020 Matchday 6	USM Alger	2–2	Petro de Luanda	Belouizdad, Algeria[note 3]
14:00 UTC+1	Mahious  33' Boumechra  53' Ardji  70'	Soccerway Report	Wilson  68' Picas  80' Toni  81'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

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				Super Cup				Champions League				Total
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	15		2		1								6				22		2
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	5				1								4		1		10		1
30		Abdelmoumen Sifour (B)	1																1
Defenders
3		Abderrahime Hamra	16	1		1									8		3		24	1	4
4		Mustapha Kheiraoui	14		2										8		2		22		4
6		Lyes Oukkal	9		1	1	1								4				14		1	1
19		Redouane Cherifi	19		1		1								9				29		1
22		Mohamed Rabie Meftah	16	5	6		1								9	3	2		26	8	8
27		Mohamed Tiboutine	6		2		1								2				9		2
28		Hicham Belkaroui	4		1		1								1				6		1
42		Adam Alilet	6				1								2				9
57		Anis Khemaissia	7	1	1		2								6				15	1	1
Midfielders
2		Oussama Chita	6				2								2				10
7		Ilyes Yaiche	4		1		1												5		1
8		Kamel Belarbi	7				1								6				14
10		Muaid Ellafi	18	1			1								6	1	1		25	2	1
17		Taher Benkhelifa	18	1	3		1								7		1		26	1	4
23		Hamza Koudri	17	1	4		2		2						8		2		27	1	8
24		Mohammed Benkhemassa	1		1														1		1
25		Mohamed Reda Boumechra	9	1	1		2								4		2		15	1	3
26		Billel Benhammouda	14	2	2		2	1	1						8				24	3	3
Forwards
7		Zakaria Haddouche	6												3				9
9		Zakaria Benchaâ	12	1	2		1								7	5	2		20	6	4
11		Abdelkrim Zouari	20	7	3										7	1			27	8	3
15		Oualid Ardji	14		1		2	1	1						8	2	1		24	3	3
18		Aymen Mahious	20	4	5		2	3							10	5			32	12	5
20		Adem Redjehimi	3		1		1	1							2				6	1	1
Own goals				0				0				0				0				0
Totals				25	39	2		6	4	0		0	0	0		17	17	0		47	60	2

(B) – USM Alger B player

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No. Nat. Player Pos. L 1 AC SC CL 1 TOTAL 18 Aymen Mahious FW 4 3 0 5 12 11 Abdelkrim Zouari FW 7 0 0 1 8 22 Mohamed Rabie Meftah DF 5 0 0 3 8 9 Zakaria Benchaâ FW 1 0 0 5 6 26 Billel Benhammouda MF 2 1 0 0 3 15 Oualid Ardji MF 0 1 0 2 3 10 Muaid Ellafi MF 1 0 0 1 2 25 Mohamed Reda Boumechra MF 1 0 0 0 1 3 Abderrahime Hamra DF 1 0 0 0 1 23 Hamza Koudri MF 1 0 0 0 1 57 Anis Khemaissia DF 1 0 0 0 1 17 Taher Benkhelifa MF 1 0 0 0 1 20 Adem Redjehimi FW 0 1 0 0 1 Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 25 6 0 17 47 Penalties Date Nation Name Opposition Scored? 15 August 2019 Mohamed Rabie Meftah ES Sétif 25 August 2019 Muaid Ellafi AS Sonidep Y 1 September 2019 AS Aïn M'lila Mohamed Rabie Meftah Y 15 September 2019 Gor Mahia Y 23 October 2019 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj Y 30 October 2019 Aymen Mahious NC Magra Y 4 November 2019 Mohamed Rabie Meftah JS Saoura Y Muaid Ellafi Y 9 November 2019 Redouane Cherifi NA Hussein Dey 5 January 2020 Aymen Mahious USM Khenchela Y 11 January 2020 Mohamed Rabie Meftah Mamelodi Sundowns 16 January 2020 Aymen Mahious JS Kabylie Y 8 February 2020 CS Constantine Y Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. No. Nat Name L 1 AC SC CL 1 Total 1 Lamine Zemmamouche 7 0 0 0 7 16 Ismaïl Mansouri 0 0 0 1 1 30 Abdelmoumen Sifour 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 7 0 0 1 8 Hat-tricks Player Against Result Date Competition Ref Aymen Mahious USM Khenchela 6–1 (H) 5 January 2020 Algerian Cup [34] (H) – Home ; (A) – Away Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 May 2020.[35] 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 Signed in Contract ends Notes Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche GK (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 34) MC Alger 2012 2020 Captain 379 1 16 Ismaïl Mansouri GK (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 31) MO Béjaïa 2008 2020 Loan return 79 0 30 Abdelmoumen Sifour GK (1998-03-03)3 March 1998 (aged 21) Reserve team 2019 2022 1 0 Defenders 3 Abderrahim Hamra CB (1997-07-21)21 July 1997 (aged 22) Reserve team 2016 2020 32 1 4 Mustapha Kheiraoui CB (1995-10-07)7 October 1995 (aged 24) A Bou Saada 2019 2022 22 0 6 Lyes Oukkal CB (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 28) NA Hussein Dey 2019 2021 14 0 19 Redouane Cherifi LB (1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 26) USM Bel-Abbès 2017 2021 89 2 22 Mohamed Rabie Meftah RB (1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 34) JSM Béjaïa 2011 2020 3rd captain 258 49 27 Mohamed Tiboutine RB (1991-02-28)28 February 1991 (aged 28) JS Saoura 2019 2021 9 0 28 Hicham Belkaroui CB (1990-08-24)24 August 1990 (aged 29) Al-Raed 2019 2021 6 0 42 Adam Alilet CB (1999-01-17)17 January 1999 (aged 20) Reserve team 2019 2023 9 0 57 Anis Khemaissia LB (1999-01-27)27 January 1999 (aged 20) USM Annaba 2019 2022 15 1 Midfielders 2 Oussama Chita DM (1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 23) MC Alger 2017 2021 64 2 7 Ilyes Yaiche AM / LW (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 22) NA Hussein Dey 2016 2022 Loan return 21 0 8 Kamel Belarbi DM (1997-04-11)11 April 1997 (aged 22) USM El Harrach 2018 2022 23 0 10 Muaid Ellafi AM / LW (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 23) Al-Shabab 2018 2021 40 7 17 Taher Benkhelifa DM (1994-06-10)10 June 1994 (aged 25) Paradou AC 2019 2020 Loan 26 1 23 Hamza Koudri DM (1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 32) MC Alger 2012 2020 Vice-captain 242 8 25 Mohamed Reda Boumechra DM (1997-06-03)3 June 1997 (aged 22) USM El Harrach 2019 2020 Loan return 23 2 26 Billel Benhammouda AM (1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 22) USMM Hadjout 2016 2023 43 3 Forwards 7 Zakaria Haddouche LW (1993-08-19)19 August 1993 (aged 26) MC Alger 2019 2021 9 0 9 Zakaria Benchaâ ST (1997-01-11)11 January 1997 (aged 22) MC Oran 2018 2021 27 7 11 Abdelkrim Zouari RW (1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 30) USM Bel Abbès 2018 2021 41 12 15 Oualid Ardji LW / LB (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 24) NA Hussein Dey 2016 2021 Loan return 77 6 18 Aymen Mahious ST (1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 22) AS Aïn M'lila 2018 2021 Loan return 48 14 20 Adem Redjehimi LW (1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (aged 24) Afro Napoli United 2019 2021 6 1 Transfers In Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source 9 June 2019 LB Anis Khemaissia USM Annaba Free transfer [36] 22 June 2019 CB Lyes Oukkal NA Hussein Dey Free transfer [37] 30 June 2019 RB Mehdi Benchikhoune WA Tlemcen Loan Return 30 June 2019 ST Aymen Mahious AS Aïn M'lila Loan Return 1 July 2019 DM Taher Benkhelifa Paradou AC Loan for one year [38][39] 2 July 2019 LW Zakaria Haddouche MC Alger Free transfer [40] 6 July 2019 FW Karim Louanchi Reserve team Free transfer [41] 8 July 2019 CB Mustapha Kheiraoui Amal Bou Saâda Free transfer [42] 13 July 2019 RB Mohamed Tiboutine JS Saoura Free transfer [43] 30 July 2019 CB Adam Alilet Reserve team Free transfer [44] 31 July 2019 CB Hicham Belkaroui Al-Raed Free transfer [45] 31 July 2019 LW Adem Redjehimi Afro Napoli United Free transfer [46] 12 January 2020 AM / LW Ilyes Yaiche NA Hussein Dey Loan Return [47] Out Date Pos Player To club Transfer fee Source 7 June 2019 AM / FW Rafik Bouderbal AS Lyon-Duchère Free transfer [48][49] 13 June 2019 ST Abderrahmane Meziane Al Ain Free transfer [9] 18 June 2019 MF Ammar El Orfi JS Kabylie Free transfer [50] 30 June 2019 CB Mohamed Benyahia Unattached[lower-alpha 1] Free transfer (Released) 30 June 2019 CB / DM Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan Return 15 July 2019 CB Farouk Chafaï MC Alger Free transfer [52] 22 July 2019 FW Mohamed Amine Hamia MC Oran Free transfer (Released) [53][54] 24 July 2019 FW Prince Ibara K Beerschot Free transfer (Released) [11] 1 August 2019 CB Mokhtar Benmoussa USM Bel Abbès Free transfer [55] 6 August 2019 GK Mourad Berrefane RC Relizane Free transfer 2 September 2019 MF Mohammed Benkhemassa Málaga CF 50,000 € [56] 31 December 2019 FW Zakaria Haddouche Unattached[lower-alpha 2] Free transfer (Released) [58] 30 January 2020 FW Zakaria Benchaâ CS Sfaxien Loan for six months [59] Benyahia joined ES Sétif on 26 December 2019.[51] Haddouche joined Khaleej FC on 31 January 2020.[57] Notes USM Alger against Olympique de Médéa stopped after 15 minutes after fans stormed the stadium. 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