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, 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
OwnerETRHB Haddad
(until 2 March 2020)[1]
Groupe SERPORT
(from 2 March 2020)[1][2]
PresidentBoualem Chendri
(until 2 March 2020)
Achour Djelloul
(from 2 March 2020)
Head coachBillel 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]
StadiumOmar Hamadi Stadium
Ligue 16th
Algerian CupRound of 32
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Abdelkrim Zouari (7 goals)

All:
Aymen Mahious (12 goals)
Biggest winUSM Alger 6–1 USM Khenchela
Biggest defeatMC Oran 4–0 USM Alger

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

17 July 2019 Friendly USM Alger Cancelled[note 1] Olympique de Médéa Bologhine
18:00 Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
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 -
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 21 9 5 7 25 22 +3 042.86 N/A 6th 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
Champions League 10 4 3 3 17 13 +4 040.00 Preliminary round Group Stage 9 August 2019 1 February 2020
Total 33 14 8 11 48 37 +11 042.42

Updated to match played 14 March 2020
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation
4 JS Kabylie 22 10 6 6 27 18 +9 36 1.64 Qualification for Confederation Cup
5 CS Constantine 22 9 7 6 32 23 +9 34 1.55 Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
6 USM Alger 21 9 5 7 25 22 +3 32[lower-alpha 1] 1.52[lower-alpha 1]
7 JS Saoura 22 9 6 7 19 18 +1 33 1.50
8 AS Aïn M'lila 22 8 8 6 26 25 +1 32 1.45
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] On August 28, 2020, after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal, which is to return the three points and repeat the match.[24]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
21 9 5 7 25 22  +3 32 8 1 2 20 9  +11 1 4 5 5 13  −8

Last updated: 14 March 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDWCWWLWWDLWDWLLLDLLDWCCCCCCCC
Position264522333332222333789666666666
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.[28][29]

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)[30]
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
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
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
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
Round 4 MC Alger Cancelled USM Alger Algiers
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
Round 24 USM Alger Cancelled NC Magra Bologhine
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Round 25 NA Hussein Dey Cancelled USM Alger Belouizdad
Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955
Round 26 USM Alger Cancelled US Biskra Bologhine
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Round 27 JS Kabylie Cancelled USM Alger Tizi Ouzou
Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954
Round 28 USM Alger Cancelled ASO Chlef Bologhine
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Round 29 CR Belouizdad Cancelled USM Alger Belouizdad
Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955
Round 30 USM Alger Cancelled USM Bel Abbès Bologhine
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

Algerian Cup

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.
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.

Champions League

Preliminary round

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')
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

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')
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

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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 Champions League Total
Goalkeepers
1Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 15216222
16Ismaïl Mansouri 5141101
30Abdelmoumen Sifour (B) 11
Defenders
3Abderrahime Hamra 1611832414
4Mustapha Kheiraoui 14282224
6Lyes Oukkal 911141411
19Redouane Cherifi 19119291
22Mohamed Rabie Meftah 165619322688
27Mohamed Tiboutine 621292
28Hicham Belkaroui 411161
42Adam Alilet 6129
57Anis Khemaissia 711261511
Midfielders
2Oussama Chita 62210
7Ilyes Yaiche 41151
8Kamel Belarbi 71614
10Muaid Ellafi 18116112521
17Taher Benkhelifa 18131712614
23Hamza Koudri 171422822718
24Mohammed Benkhemassa 1111
25Mohamed Reda Boumechra 9112421513
26Billel Benhammouda 142221182433
Forwards
7Zakaria Haddouche 639
9Zakaria Benchaâ 121217522064
11Abdelkrim Zouari 2073712783
15Oualid Ardji 1412118212433
18Aymen Mahious 20452310532125
20Adem Redjehimi 31112611
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 25392 640 17170 47602

(B)USM Alger B player

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