1948–49 USM Blida season

USM Blida
1948–49 season
Chairman	Hamid Kassoul
Head coach	Ahmed Khelifa
Stadium	FCB Stadium (actual Zoubir Zouraghi Stadium)
Division Honneur	8th
Forconi Cup	Sixth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Sid Ali Mahieddine (16); All: Sid Ali Mahieddine (17)
	Home colours
	Home colours

In the 1948–49 season, USM Blida is competing in the Division Honneur for the 16th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They will be competing in Division Honneur, and the North African Cup.

Friendly

Win Draw Loss

12 September 1948	FC Blida	2–2	USM Blida	Blida
		Report		Stadium: FCB
Note: Friendly

12 October 1948	USM Blida	4–3	Olympique de Médéa	Blida
		(2–1) Report		Stadium: FCB
Note: Semi-Final of Tournament Aid el-Kebir, (USMB 4-3 OM and FC Blida 1-1 (corner) WR Belcourt)

12 October 1948	USM Blida	5–1	FC Blida	Blida
		Report		Stadium: FCB
Note: Final of Tournament Aid el-Kebir

24 December 1948	US Tunisienne	4–1	USM Blida	Tunis
		Report
Note: Friendly

25 December 1948	CS Hammam Lif	3–0	USM Blida	Tunis
		Report
Note: Friendly

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Division Honneur	22	7	6	9	36	33	+3	031.82
Forconi Cup	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	066.67
Total	25	9	6	10	43	39	+4	036.00

Division Honneur

League table

1948–49 League Algiers Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Gallia SA	22	13	6	3	0	0	0	54
2	Olympique Hussein Dey	22	14	4	4	0	0	0	54
3	MC Alger	22	9	8	5	0	0	0	48
4	AS Saint Eugène	22	9	6	7	0	0	0	46
5	RS Alger	22	7	9	6	0	0	0	45
6	AS Boufarik	22	8	6	8	0	0	0	44
7	RU Alger	22	6	9	7	0	0	0	43
8	USM Blida	22	7	6	9	36	33	+2	42
9	US Ouest Mitdja	22	5	9	8	0	0	0	41
10	RC Maison Carré	22	5	9	8	0	0	0	41
11	FC Blida	22	5	5	12	0	0	0	37
12	GS Orléansville	22	2	7	13	0	0	0	33

Matches

Win Draw Loss

26 September 1948 1	AS Saint Eugène	2–1	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
	Benet Bendinelli Fortin, Vidal, Aboulker, Stepanoff, Castaldi, de Villeneuve, Rivas, Bendinelli, Benet, Mazella, Bénéjean	(0–0) Report	Bensamet 46' Menacer, Mansouri, Bob, Hadji, Bensamet ...	Referee: Graziani

3 October 1948 2	USM Blida	1–1	RC Maison-Carrée	Blida
	Mahieddine 48' Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Boualem, Bensamet, Zouraghi, Mahieddine, Benelfoul, Hadji, Khelifa, Soum	(0–1) Report	? Escallès, Maziz, Roux, Poumaroux, Séguy, Picot, Sellal, Bon, Roig, Marcellin, Kreuger	Stadium: FCB

10 October 1948 3	O Hussein Dey	0–1	USM Blida	Hussein Dey
	Ehrard, Fiol, Cantino, Mascaro, Ouzifi, Belamine, Sinès, Bacadja, Gomez, Scriba, Fez	(0–1) Report	Khelifa Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zouakou, Benelfoul, Ferjeid, Bensamet, Mahieddine, Samer, Zouraghi, Khelifa	Stadium: OHD Referee: Baroni

24 October 1948 4	USM Blida	4–1	GS Alger	Blida
	Mahieddine Khelifa Bensamet Belmonte 90' (o.g.) Menacer, Zerrouki, Zouakou, Yahia, Mansouri, Bob, Bensamet, Khelifa, Mahieddine, Benelfoul, Laidi	(2–0) Report	Déleo 88' Messina, Daverio, Belmonte, Vitiello, Calmus, Torrès, Biton, Fortune, Calmus Robert, Bagur, Déléo	Stadium: FCB Referee: Rivieccio

11 November 1948 5	FC Blida	0–2	USM Blida	Blida
	Picot, Pellegrini, Pignol, Arnau, Antoine, Foissac, Hasni, Fuster, Ruiz, Camaud Rollet	(0–2) Report	Khelifa Benelfoul Menacer, Zerrouki, Zouakou, Mansouri, Zouraghi, Bensamet, Bob, Benelfoul, Khelifa, Mahieddine, Soum	Stadium: FCB

14 November 1948 6	USM Blida	6–2	US Ouest Mitidja	Blida
	Bensamet as Mellal Mahieddine Khelifa Bob pen.' Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zouakou, Yahia, Zouraghi, Bob, Benelfoul, Bensamet, Mahieddine, Khelifa	(4–0) Report	Trials Schmitt Manchon, Delfent, Rouquier, Saes, Garcia,, Hubert, Trias, Bottaro, Schmitt, Berkaoui, Ramon	Stadium: FCB Referee: Roméro

21 November 1948 7	MC Alger	0–0	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
	Abtouche, Hamoutène, Tadjet, Khabatou, Abdelaoui, Benhamou Hamid, Ait Saâda Mohamed, Bennour, Hahad, Kouar Sid Ahmed, Azef	Report	Menacer, Soum, Meradi, Zerrouki, Benelfoul, Zouraghi, Bensamet, Khelifa, Mahieddine, Bob, Ferfera	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Graziani

28 November 1948 8	USM Blida	3–0	GS Orléansville	Blida
	Khelifa Mahieddine Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Yahia, Benelfoul, Zouraghi, Bensamet, Bob, Mahieddine, Khelifa, Ferfera	(2–0) Report	Merle, Mellet, Moussaoui, Tida, Auber, Canto, Maeza, Mokrane, Couvret, Nassri, Daoud	Stadium: FCB Referee: Belkessa

12 December 1948 9	AS Boufarik	3–3	USM Blida	Boufarik
	Massip II 4' Defrance 30', 90' (pen.) Gervais, Massip II, Cortès, Vicédo, Chazot, Gottvallès, Massip I, Reichert, Defrance, Pérez, Navarro	(2–1) Report	Benelfoul 35' Imecaoudène as Bob Mahieddine Menacer, Zerrouki, Zouakou, Mansouri, Yahia, Zouraghi, Bensamet, Bob, Benelfoul, Khelifa, Mahieddine

19 December 1948 10	RU Alger	2–1	USM Blida	Algiers
	Faglin Trappe Trouillas, Brouillet, Gilles, Bouvier, Vidal, Jasseron, Trappe, Faglin, Bayle, Lorenzo, Daube	Report	Meradi, Zerrouki, Zouakou, Zidoun, Mansouri, Yahia, Benelfoul, Khelifa, Mahieddine, Branci, Bob

9 January 1949 11	USM Blida	2–4	RS Alger	Blida
	Mahieddine Meradi, Mansouri, Zerrouki, Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Yahia, Hadji, X, Mahieddine, Bob, Khelifa	(2–1) Report	Buffard Magliozi Pénalva Guth, Giuganti, Caillat, Senane, Magliozi, Ganem, Buffard, Ponsetti, Falandry, Impérato, Caillat	Stadium: FCB

16 January 1949 12	USM Blida	1–1	AS Saint Eugène	Blida
	Mahieddine Meradi, Zouraghi, Mansouri, Hadji, Zahzah, Zouakou, Mahieddine, Khelifa, Benelfoul, Reguieg, Lekhal	(0–1) Report	Bendinelli 20' Fortin, Vidal, Aboulker, Stépanof, de Villeneuve, Oliver, Bendinelli, Castaldi, Paone, Rivas, Mazella	Stadium: FCB Referee: Pellegrineschi

23 January 1949 13	RC Maison-Carrée	0–2	USM Blida	Maison-Carrée
	Escallès, Roux, Poumaroux, Lastenet, Maziz, Pico, Sellal I, Segui, Lucet, Marcelin, Kreugel	(0–2) Report	Khelifa 22' Mahieddine Menacer, Reguieg, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Khelifa, Benelfoul, Bensamet, Hadji, Mahieddine, Lekhal, Zouraghi

30 January 1949 14	USM Blida	3–3	O Hussein Dey	Blida
	Mahieddine 15', ?' Lekhal Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Hadji, Reguieg, Zouraghi, Bensamet, Benelfoul, Mahieddine, Khelifa, Lekhal	(3–0) Report	Mascaro Sintès Ouzifi Erhard, Montovani, Cantino, Mascaro, Sintès, Ouzifi, Gomez, Molina, Belhamine, Sriba, Fez	Stadium: FCB Referee: Todori

20 February 1949 15	GS Alger	2–0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Calmus Robert Deléo Testa, Principato, Fortune, Torrès, Ferrasse, Calmus Robert, Déléo, Bagur, Vitiello, Calmus, Roger, Biton	(0–0) Report	Meradi, Zerrouki, Zouakou, Reguieg, Mansouri, Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Hadji, Mahieddine, Khelifa, Lekhal	Referee: Boccheciampe

27 February 1949 16	USM Blida	2–1	FC Blida	Blida
	Mahieddine Khelifa Meradi, Mansouri, Zouakou, Zouraghi, Yahia, Zerrouki, Lekhal, Khelifa, Mahieddine, Benelfoul	(1–1) Report	Antoine Rosès, Bachelut, Foissac, Pons, Hasni, Haddad, Arnoult, Cama, Riéra, Antoine, Fuster	Stadium: FCB

13 March 1949 17	US Ouest Mitidja	3–2	USM Blida	El Affroun
	Batuat Cervera Manchon, Rouguier, Defnet, Hubert, Andrada, Gaillard, Batuat, Schmitt, Ratto, Saes, Cervera	(1–1) Report	Mahieddine Lekhal 89' Meradi, Adli, Soum, Zouakou, Zouraghi, Khelifa, Mansouri, Zerrouki, Mahieddine, Benelfoul, Lekhal	Referee: Derradji

20 March 1949 18	USM Blida	0–1	MC Alger	Blida
	Khelifa, Reguieg, Lekhal ...	(0–1) Report	Hahad 31' Belahcène, Hamoutène,.....Khabatou, Ait Saâda, Hahad	Stadium: FCB Referee: Garofalo

27 March 1949 19	GS Orléansville	3–0	USM Blida	Orléansville
	Ben Bouali 63' (pen.) Mokrane 68' ? (o.g.) Merle, Ben Bouali, Alberti, Tida, Aubert, Melet, Couvret, Houari, Albentoza, Maiza, Mokrane	(0–0) Report	Meradi, Zouakou, Reguieg, Bob, Mansouri, Zouraghi, Bensamet, Hadji, Mahieddine, Khelifa, Lekhal	Referee: Leguevacque

3 April 1949 20	USM Blida	0–1	AS Boufarik	Blida
	Meradi, Zouakou, Mansouri, Zouraghi, Yahia, Benelfoul, Khelifa, Bensamet, Mahieddine, Hadji, Lekhal	(0–0) Report	Gotvallès Hernandez, Massip M, Chazot, Reichert, Vicedo, Gotvallès, Radegonde, Navarro I, Defrance, Pérez, Navarro II	Stadium: FCB Referee: Attanasio

17 April 1949 21	USM Blida	2–2	RU Alger	Blida
	Mahieddine Menacer, Zouakou, Yahia, Manzouri, Benelfoul, Zouraghi, Youerem, Khelifa, Mahieddine, Hadji, Lekhal	(0–1) Report	Daube Vidal Trouillas, Brouillet, Bouvier, Lavonnier, Gemyf, Jasseron, Poizat, Daube, Vivès, Vidal	Stadium: FCB Referee: Lebeuvant

24 April 1949 22	RS Alger	1–0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Ponseti Guth, Guiganti, Magliozzi, Clément, Senane, Ghanem, Maouch, Saâdi, Ponseti, Zérapha, Garcia	(0–0) Report	Menacer, Reguieg, Mansouri, Zouakou, Yahia, Zouraghi, Hadji, Khelifa, Benelfoul, Mahieddine, Lekhal	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Caratino

Forconi Cup

17 October 1948 4th Round	Olympic Littoral	0–2	USM Blida	Guyotville
14:30	Gilles, Begli, Frachal, Bourvil, Pas, Salvano, Garcia, Tortoza, Huertas, Mercurio, Moll	Report[1]	Mohamed Imecaoudène as Bob Bensamet 89' Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zouakou, Yahia, Zouraghi, Bensamet, Khelifa, Mahieddine, Benelfoul, Ferfera	Referee: Caratina

7 November 1948 5th Round	USM Blida	2–1	FC Blida	Blida
14:30	Khelifa Mohamed Imecaoudène as Bob Menacer, Zouakou, Mansouri, Zouraghi, Zerrouki, Yahia, Bob, Khelifa, Mahieddine, Benelfoul, Bensamet dit Melal	Report[2]	Riéra Picot, Pellegrini, Pignol, Antoine, Arnau, Foissac, Riéra, Camaud, Armand Ruiz, Fuster, Nicolas	Stadium: FCB Stadium Attendance: 2,233 Referee: Boccechiampe

5 December 1948 Quarter-final	Red Star Alger	5–3 (a.e.t.)	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
14:30	Falandry ?' Buffard ?' (pen.) Ponseti ?', ?' Guth, Giganti, Caillat, Senane, Penalva, Magliozi, Falandry, Ponseti, Imperato, Ganem, Buffard	Report[3]	Yahia Mahieddine 50' Benelfoul Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zouakou, Yahia, Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Bensamet, Mahieddine, Khelifa, Bob	Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène Attendance: 5,978 Referee: M. Riveccio

Players statistics

Statistics for 23 games only and 2 (1 and 18) games does Its figures.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Honneur		Forconi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK		Abderrahmane Menacer	21	0	18	0	3	0
	GK		Abdelaziz Meradi	3	0	3	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF		Ali Mansouri	25	0	22	0	3	0
	DF		Zerrouki	19	0	16	0	3	0
	DF		Zouakou	17	0	14	0	3	0
	DF		Yahia	13	1	10	0	3	1
	DF		Bachir Reguieg	7	0	7	0	0	0
	DF		Benyoucef Soum	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF		Ahmed Zahzah	1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF		Mahmoud Zouraghi	21	0	18	0	3	0
	MF		Kaddour Bensamet as Mellal	16	4	13	3	3	1
	MF		Mohamed Imecaoudène as Bob	13	4	11	3	2	1
	MF		Rachid Hadji	11	0	11	0	0	0
	MF		Boualem Zidoun	1	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW		Sid Ali Mahieddine	25	17	22	16	3	1
	FW		Ahmed Khelifa	25	9	22	8	3	1
	FW		Ahmed Benelfoul (c)	23	3	20	2	3	1
	FW		Lekhal	11	2	11	2	0	0
	FW		Ferfera	4	0	3	0	1	0
			Laidi	2	0	2	0	0	0
			Branci	1	0	1	0	0	0
			Adli	1	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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

Nat.	Player	Pos.	DH	FC	TOTAL
	Sid Ali Mahieddine	FW	16	1	17
	Ahmed Khelifa	FW	8	1	9
	Kaddour Bensamet	MF	3	1	4
	Mohamed Imecaoudène	MF	3	1	4
	Ahmed Benelfoul	FW	2	1	3
	Lekhal	FW	2	0	2
	Yahia	DF	0	1	1
Unknown			1	1	1
Own Goals			1	0	1
Totals			36	7	43

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From club
F	Ferfera	US Blida
D	Zouakou	US Blida
F	Mahieddine	US Blida
D	Yahia	US Blida
F	Lakehal	US Ouest Mitidja

Out

Pos	Player	From club
FW	Ahmed Bernou	FRA SO Montpellier
FW	Abderrahmane Hatem	WA Boufarik
FW	Bouguerra II

References

Forconi Cup 1948-1949, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 37th year, N° 13703 dated Monday 17 October 1948, page 6.
Forconi Cup 1948-1949, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 37th year, N° 13721 dated Monday 8 November 1948, page 6.
Forconi Cup 1948-1949, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 37th year, N° 13745 dated Monday 6 December 1948, page 6.

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[1] Forconi Cup 1948-1949, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 37th year, N° 13703 dated Monday 17 October 1948, page 6.

[2] Forconi Cup 1948-1949, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 37th year, N° 13721 dated Monday 8 November 1948, page 6.

[3] Forconi Cup 1948-1949, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 37th year, N° 13745 dated Monday 6 December 1948, page 6.