2003–04 USM Alger season

Squad list[]

Competitions[]

Algerian Cup[]

Champions League[]

Champions League[]

Squad information[]

Transfers[]

References[]

Overview[]

Ligue 1[]

Group stage[]

Semifinals[]

First round[]

Second Round[]

Playing statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Clean sheets[]

In[]

Out[]

League table[]

Results summary[]

Results by round[]

Matches[]

USM Alger
season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Mourad Abdelouahab; (until April 2004); (c); (from April 2004); (until 31 June 2004)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
National 1	Runners-up
Algerian Cup	Winners
Champions League	2003: Semifinals; 2004: Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rabie Benchergui (12 goals); All: ; Rabie Benchergui (15 goals)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

In the 2003–04 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 24th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They were competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2003.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hichem Mezaïr	(1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 27)	WA Tlemcen
25	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 22)	USM El Harrach
12	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 18)	Reserve team
Defenders
2	RB / CB	Mohamed Hamdoud	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 27)	Reserve team
3	CB		(1984-10-03)3 October 1984 (aged 19)	Reserve team
3	LB	Tarek Ghoul	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 28)	USM El Harrach
4	CB	Salim Aribi	(1974-12-16)16 December 1974 (aged 29)	CA Batna
5	CB	Mounir Zeghdoud	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 33)	USM Aïn Beïda
18	CB	Rabah Deghmani	(1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 28)	IB Khémis El Khechna
20	LB / CB / RB	Mahieddine Meftah	(1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 35)	JS Kabylie
Midfielders
6	MF	Farid Djahnine	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 27)	Reserve team
7	AM	Amar Ammour	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 27)	ASM Oran
8	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 31)	CS Sedan Ardennes
15	DM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 24)	CR Belouizdad
10	AM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 24)	Reserve team
16	MF	Lahcène Nazef	(1974-09-02)2 September 1974 (aged 29)	NA Hussein Dey
22	MF		(1977-01-17)17 January 1977 (aged 26)	EF Ouagadougou
26	DM	Hocine Metref	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 20)	Reserve team
Forwards
14	ST	Moncef Ouichaoui	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 26)	USM Annaba
13	FW		(1982-02-14)14 February 1982 (aged 21)	Reserve team
19	ST	Rabie Benchergui	(1978-03-14)14 March 1978 (aged 25)	ASM Oran
21	FW	Rafik Deghiche	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 20)	Reserve team
11	FW		(1975-05-18)18 May 1975 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad
23	CF	Mamadou Diallo	(1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 21)	JS Centre Salif Keita

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
National	30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	056.67	N/A	Runner-up	14 August 2003	24 May 2004
Algerian Cup	6	4	2	0	12	1	+11	066.67	Round of 64	Winner	5 February 2004	25 June 2004
2003 Champions League	8	3	1	4	9	6	+3	037.50	Group stage	Semifinals	9 August 2003	8 November 2003
2004 Champions League	4	2	1	1	12	5	+7	050.00	First round	Second Round	10 April 2004	30 May 2004
Total	48	26	11	11	82	35	+47	054.17

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JS Kabylie (C)	30	17	10	3	40	21	+19	61	2005 CAF Champions League
2	USM Alger	30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	58	2005 CAF Champions League
3	NA Hussein Dey	30	13	10	7	31	19	+12	49	2004-05 Arab Champions League
4	ES Sétif	30	14	5	11	41	31	+10	47
5	MC Alger	30	14	5	11	35	34	+1	47

Updated to match(es) played on 9 october 2014. Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Overall								Home						Away
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	23	+26	58	13	1	1	29	8	+21	4	6	5	20	15	+5

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W
Position	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

14 August 2003 Round 1	USM Alger	3–0	JSM Bejaïa	showBologhine
	Hamdoud 4' Dziri 64' 77' Ammour 90' Zeghdoud 47'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haïmoudi, Oukil, Kerraï
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

28 August 2003 Round 3	USM Alger	3–2	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	showBologhine
	Ghoul 3' Benchergui 14' Aribi 40' 65' Ghazi 51'	Report^[2]	Derbal 16' Maydi 19' Benchadi 45' Deffaf 69'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djaballah, Meknous, Belfekroun
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Ghoul (Settara, 66’), Aribi, Deghmani, Meftah, Ghazi, Ammour (Deghiche, 77’), Dziri, Achiou (Djahnine, 73’), Ouichaoui, Benchergui - Coach Abdelouahab.

1 September 2003 Round 4	CA Batna	1–1	USM Alger	showBatna
		Report	33' Ouichaoui 61' Achiou	Stadium: Mustapha Sefouhi Stadium Referee: Belkacem, Menfouss, Ouaddah
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

10 September 2003 Round 6	RC Kouba	0–3	USM Alger	showAlgiers
		Report	21', 75' Benchergui 79' Ouichaoui	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Berber, Achrouf, Chouih
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

15 September 2003 Round 2	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	showOran
16:00		Report	48' Benchergui Achiou	Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul Referee: Kaïdi, Saker, Seddik
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

7 November 2003 Round 10	USM Alger	0–1	US Chaouia	showBologhine
		Report^[3]	Touil 51'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benouza, Berrahmoune, Djezzar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud (Settara, 61’), Ghoul (Metref, 61’), Aribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou, Benchergui (Deghiche, 86’) - Coach Abdelouahab.

17 November 2003 Round 13	USM Annaba	1–1	USM Alger	showAnnaba
		Report	28' 65' Dziri 61' Meftah	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Haïmoudi, Kerraï, Haïmoudi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

20 November 2003 Round 14	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	showAlgiers
	Benchergui 8' 47' Meftah 9' Aribi 65' Kabri 90+1' (o.g.)	Report^[4]	Taoual 41' Kabri 46' 61' Bouras 75' Djerradi 88'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Zekrini, Hasnaoui, Hanifi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Aribi, Ammour, Dziri, Achiou, Deghmani, Benchergui, Meftah (Nazef, 85’), Ghazi, Balbone - Coach Abdelouahab and Aksouh.

24 November 2003 Round 5	USM Alger	1–0	USM Blida	showBologhine
	Achiou 72' Deghmani 34' Dziri 90'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati, Chaâbane
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

1 December 2003 Round 7	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	showAlgiers
	Achiou 2' Meftah 7' 61' Zeghdoud 81'	Report^[5]	Billel Harkas ?'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Boubakour, Talbi, Tahir
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah (Nazef), Ammour (Metref), Ghazi, Settara, Achiou, Balbone - Coach Abdelouahab.

5 December 2003 Round 15	WA Tlemcen	1–1	USM Alger	showTlemcen
	Taleb 15' Yadel 16'	Report^[6]	7' Aribi 18'	Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Zerga Referee: Boumaza, Athmania, Odjani
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Deghmani (Nazef, 76’), Benchergui (Ouichaoui, 76’), Balbone (Metref, 86’).

8 December 2003 Round 8	USM Alger	2–1	ES Sétif	showBologhine
	Ghazi 23' Benchergui 85' Dziri 34' Zeghdoud 87' Ghoul 90' Achiou 90+1'	Report	20' Mohamed Reda Abaci	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehidi, Naceri, Bechirène
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

15 December 2003 Round 9	ASO Chlef	1–0	USM Alger	showChlef
	Tahraoui 88'	Report	30' Meftah	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Sahli Referee: Djaballah, Oukil, Bakir
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

18 December 2003 Round 11	MC Alger	1–3	USM Alger	showAlgiers
	2' Larbi Bouamrane 35' Bouacida 43' 78' Ouahid 76'		Achiou 21' 25' Hamdoud 45' (pen.), 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Benaïssa, Sedrati, Kaïd
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezair, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud (cap), Arribi, Meftah, Achiou, Ghazi, Dziri (Cheraitia 83'), Ammour (Nazef 89'), Benchergui, Balbone (Doghmani 80').

22 December 2003 Round 12	USM Alger	1–1	JS Kabylie	showBologhine
	54' Aribi 5' Meftah 23'	Report	74' Belkheir	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Belbecir
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

29 December 2003 Round 16	JSM Bejaïa	0–6	USM Alger	showBejaïa
		Report	11' Ammour 20' Salim Aribi 23' Achiou 37', 88' Benchergui 42', 45'	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Ould Abdellah, Benarous, Kourichi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

8 January 2004 Round 17	USM Alger	2–0	MC Oran	showBologhine
	Kechamli 40' (o.g.) Diallo 84' Dziri 14'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Khelifi, Chaâbani, Hanifi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

12 February 2004 Round 20	USM Blida	1–0	USM Alger	showBlida
		Report	10' Aribi 30' Hamdoud 34' Meftah 64' Djahnine	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mehidi, Neciri, Bachirane
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

16 February 2004 Round 18	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	0–0	USM Alger	showBordj Bou Arreridj
		Report	Achiou 25' Metref 76'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Hamoudi, Ghanem, Belfekroun
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

19 February 2004 Round 21	USM Alger	4–0	RC Kouba	showAlgiers
	Benchergui 28', 33' 28' Achiou 63' (pen.) Metref 71' Djahnine 85' Ammour 85' Meçabih 90+3'	Report^[7]	Zarabi 59' Tarchi 60' Lyadi 85'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Djaballah, Oukil, Kourdbakir
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Metref, Aribi, Zeghdoud (Deghmani, 80’), Djahnine, Ammour (Ouichaoui, 85’), Nazef, Benchergui, Balbone (Meçabih, 73’), Achiou - Coach Abdelouahab and Aksouh.

23 February 2004 Round 19	USM Alger	3–0	CA Batna	showBologhine
	Hamdoud 18' Benchergui 26' (pen.) 89'	Report^[8]	Dehfal 6' Choualib 22' 87'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ould Abdellah, Korichi, Djezzar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Deghmani, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Nazef, Ammour, Balbone, Meçabih (Diallo, 74’), Achiou (Cheraïtia, 90’), Benchergui (Metref, 86’) - Coach Abdelouahab and Aksouh.

12 March 2004 Round 24	USM Alger	3–1	ASO Chlef	showBologhine
	Achiou 1', 88' Meçabih 40' Hamdoud 19'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Berber
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

18 March 2004 Round 22	CR Belouizdad	0–1	USM Alger	showAlgiers
	Bousaïd 15' Zazou 17' Billel Harkas 21' 87' Slatni 44'	Report^[9]	Hamdoud 10' 49' Zeghdoud 19' Dziri 52' Achiou 90+2'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Talbi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Dziri, Achiou, Benchergui (Nazef, 76’), Meftah, Balbone, Diallo - Coach Abdelouahab and Aksouh.

26 March 2004 Round 23	ES Sétif	3–0	USM Alger	showSétif
	Achacha 26' Fellahi 29' 44' Bourahli 47', 66' Fnifi 63'	Report^[10]	44' Meftah 47' Deghmani 58'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Djaballah, Oukil, Kief
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Ouichaoui (Deghiche, 70’), Nazef (Djahnine, 56’), Deghmani, Benchergui, Meftah, Balbone - Coach Abdelouahab.

1 April 2004 Round 25	US Chaouia	1–1	USM Alger	showEl Khroub
	Boulemdaïs 73' 74' Kasa 89'	Report^[11]	Dziri 36' 62' Zeghdoud 46' Diallo 51' Achiou 89'	Stadium: Abed Hamdani Stadium Referee: Abadallah, Keraï, Haïmoudi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Dziri, Achiou, Benchergui (Deghiche, 82’), Meftah, Diallo - Coach Abdelouahab.

19 April 2004 Round 26	USM Alger	1–0	MC Alger	showAlgiers
	Meftah 20' Ammour 47' Aribi 64' Metref 90'		Bouacida 2' Djabelkheir 32' Larbi Bouamrane 70' Daham 88'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Belkacem, Djezzar, Talbi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Hamdoud, Arribi, Deghmani, Meftah (Metref 84'), Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour, Diallo, Balbone (Benchergui 68') - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

3 May 2004 Round 27	JS Kabylie	2–1	USM Alger	showTizi Ouzou
		Report	Djahnine 35' Diallo 49' Achiou 50'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Belebcir
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

7 May 2004 Round 28	USM Alger	1–0	USM Annaba	showBologhine
	Benchergui 2' Hamdoud 35' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ould Abdellah, Arouche, Telli
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

19 May 2004 Round 29	NA Hussein Dey	2–1	USM Alger	showAlgiers
	Gana 32' Bouras 45+1' (pen.) Kabri 45+2' Yacef 61' Pastour 72'	Report^[12]	Hamdoud 23' (pen.) 80' Abdouni 52' Aribi 79'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati, Chaâbane
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Achiou, Ouichaoui (Belmellat, 53’), Meftah (Nazef, 46’), Diallo (Cheraïtia, 13’), Metref - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

24 May 2004 Round 30	USM Alger	2–1	WA Tlemcen	showBologhine
	Ouichaoui 50' (pen.) Metref 76' 90'	Report	Deghmani 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Belaïd, Meziane, Yekhlef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zermmouche - Hamdoud, Ghoul, Doghmani, Siahi - Djahnine, Nazef, Metref - Cheraïtia, Deghiche (Kab, 85'), Ouichaoui - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

5 February 2004 Round of 64	US Remchi	0–7	USM Alger	showOran
16:00		Report^[13]	Ammour 14' Meçabih 38', 52', 56', 70' Diallo 45' Hamdoud 90'	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Abdelsamid, Ghoumari, Al Arbi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Meçabih (Cheraïtia, 72'), Deghmani, Meftah, Diallo (Ouichaoui, 79'), Metref (Ghoul, 74') – Coach: Abdelouahab.

22 March 2004 Round of 32	CR Beni Thour	0–3 w/o	USM Alger	showBiskra
16:00		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif d'El Alia

15 April 2004 Round of 16	USM Alger	2–0	WA Boufarik	showRouiba
16:00	Benchergui 72' Achiou 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Referee: Bounaâdja, Athmania, Oudjani
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

6 May 2004 Quarter-finals	USM Alger	3–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	showConstantine
15:00	Diallo 12' Aribi 68' Metref 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mehidi, Belfakroun, Ghanem
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

10 June 2004 Semi-finals	USM Alger	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	MC Oran	showChlef
15:00	Diallo 30' Zeghdoud 42' Rabah Deghmani 61' Meftah 83' Metref 90' Hamdoud 100'	Report^[14]	Bendida 79' Acimi 83'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Mohammed Zekrini
	Penalties
	Mounir Zeghdoud Mohamed Hamdoud Mamadou Diallo Hocine Achiou Tarek Ghoul		Kouider Boukessassa Cheïkh Benzerga Sofiane Daoud Moulay Haddou
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Djahnine (Ghoul, 79'), Achiou, Ouichaoui (Balbone, 60'), Nazef, Deghmani, Meftah (Deghiche, 99'), Diallo, Metref - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

25 June 2004 Final	USM Alger	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	JS Kabylie	showAlgiers
15:00	Hamdoud 23' Meftah 27' Dziri 67' Aribi 119'	Report	Belkaïd 37' Raho 52' Benayen 80' Zafour 81' Habri 108'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet Attendance: 70.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza
	Penalties
	Moncef Ouichaoui Mohamed Hamdoud Mamadou Diallo Hocine Achiou Tarek Ghoul Billel Dziri		Kamel Habri Karim Doudène Nassim Hamlaoui Lounés Bendahmane Farouk Belkaïd Brahim Zafour
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni - Hamdoud, Meftah, Arribi, Ghoul - Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour (Benchergui, 65') - Balbone (Ouichaoui, 120'), Diallo - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ES Tunis	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14
USM Alger	6	3	0	3	7	4	+3	9
Canon Yaoundé	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
ASA	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}

9 August 2003 Matchday 1	Atlético Sport Aviação	1–0	USM Alger	showLuanda, Angola
16:00	Balamba 10'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela Referee: Alex Quarty (Ghana)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab.

22 August 2003 Matchday 2	USM Alger	0–1	Espérance de Tunis	showBlida, Algeria
16:00		Report	Diaky 48'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Abdellah Med Salem (Libya)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab.

5 September 2003 Matchday 3	USM Alger	3–0	Canon Yaoundé	showAlgiers, Algeria
16:00	Benchergui 2' Djahnine 26' Ammour 40' Ouichaoui 41', 59' (pen.)	Report^[15]	Nomwa Mbasa 13' Mbarava 58'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Ndoy Fala (Senegal)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Dziri, Achiou, Benchergui (Settara, 75’), Meftah (Deghmani, 61’), Ghazi, Ouichaoui, Ammour, Aribi (Hamdoud, 82’) - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab.

22 September 2003 Matchday 4	Canon Yaoundé	0–2	USM Alger	showYaoundé, Cameroon
14:30		Report	46' Hamdoud 90+2' Aribi	Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Referee: Sowe Moudou (Gambia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab.

2 October 2003 Matchday 5	USM Alger	2–0	Atlético Sport Aviação	showAlgiers, Algeria
16:00	Benchergui 31' Dziri 43' Ghazi 80' Achiou 90+2'	Report^[16]	António Alvas 7' Mateusimwa 80' 90+3'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ardjoun (Morocco)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine (Settara 78'), Ghazi, Dziri, Amour (Nazef 90'), Achiou, Benchergui, Deghiche (Metref 66') - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab

18 October 2003 Matchday 6	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	USM Alger	showTunis, Tunisia
16:00	Ben Younes 2' Azaïez 17' Mnari 39'	Report	Benchergui 59'	Stadium: Stade El Menzah Referee: Mébilit (Seychelles)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Nazef (Metref, 77’), Ammour, Dziri(c), Djahnine, Benchergui (Deghiche, 85’), Ouichaoui (Settara, 72’) - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab.

31 October 2003 first leg	USM Alger	1–1	Enyimba	showAlgiers, Algeria
20:30	Ouichaoui 38' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Codjia Coffi (Benin)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab.

8 November 2003 Second leg	Enyimba	2–1	USM Alger	showAba, Nigeria
16:00	Ghoul 43' (o.g.) Michael Orchei 90+3'	Report	Dziri 3' Nazef 48' Achiou 74' Aribi 80' Mezaïr 82'	Stadium: Enyimba International Stadium Referee: Alex Quarty (Ghana)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezair, Hamdoud, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Ghoul (Doghmani 76e), Ghazi, Djahnine (Metref 54e), Dziri, Nazef, Ouichaoui (Settara 86e), Achiou - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab.

10 April 2004 first leg	USM Alger	8–1	ASFA Yennenga	showBologhine, Algeria
15:00	Dziri 20', 47' Ammour 21' Diallo 31', 62', 88' Metref 79' 87'	Report	Konte 64'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Atef Yagoubi (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

24 April 2004 Second leg	ASFA Yennenga	2–2	USM Alger	showOuagadougou, Burkina Faso
	Konte 36', 85' (pen.)	Report	Diallo 44', 75'	Stadium: Stade du 4-Août Referee: Aguidissou, Aderodjou, Louis Joël (Benin)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni - Meftah, Zeghdoud, Aribi, Hamdoud (Metref) - Ammour, Djahnine (Ouichaoui), Doghmani, Achiou, Balbone (Nazef) - Diallo.

15 May 2004 first leg	USM Alger	2–0	Asante Kotoko	showBologhine, Algeria
16:00	Meftah 16' Ouichaoui 77'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Aboubaker (Ivory Coast)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

30 May 2004 Second leg	Asante Kotoko	2–0 (1–3 p)	USM Alger	showKumasi, Ghana
	Duah 5' Chibsah 81'	Report		Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Evene Divine (Cameroon)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

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
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Hichem Mezaïr	23								8		1		31		1
25		Merouane Abdouni	6			1	5				4		1		15		1	1
12		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	1												1
1		Farid Belmellat	1												1
Defenders
4		Salim Aribi	25	1	8		3	1	2		11	1	3		39	3	13
3		Tarek Ghoul	15	1	1		3				6		2		24	1	3
5		Mounir Zeghdoud	22		4		3				11		1		36		5
20		Mahieddine Meftah	23		8		5		2		6	1	1		34	1	11
2		Mohamed Hamdoud	28	7	4		5	1	2		9	1			42	9	6
18		Rabah Deghmani	21		2		4		1		8		1		33		4
3			1												1
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	16		3		4				9		1		29		4
7		Amar Ammour	25	2	2		3	1			9	1	1		37	4	3
8		Billel Dziri	22	3	5		4		1		9	4			35	7	6
15		Karim Ghazi	15	1	1						6				21	1	1
10		Hocine Achiou	26	7	7		4	1			11		2		41	8	9
16		Lahcène Nazef	19				2		1		4		1		25		2
22			18	5	3		4		1		4	1	1		26	6	5
26		Hocine Metref	15	2	2		4	1	1		10	1			29	4	3
Forwards
14		Moncef Ouichaoui	18	3			4				10	4	1		32	7	1
13			8		1		1				2				11		1
19		Rabie Benchergui	24	11	1	1	3	1			8	2	2		35	14	3	1
21		Rafik Deghiche	8				2				4				14
11			6								4				10
			1								1				2
		Ali Lamine Kab	1												1
9		Ali Meçabih	4	2			1	4							5	6
23		Mamadou Diallo	10	2	1		5	2	1		4	5			19	9	2
Own goals				2				0				0				0
Totals				49	53	2		12	12	0		21	19	0		82	84	2

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

No.	Player	Pos.	N 1	AC	CL 1	TOTAL
19	Rabie Benchergui	FW	12	1	2	15
23	Mamadou Diallo	FW	2	2	5	9
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	7	1	0	8
-	Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	6	1	1	8
8	Billel Dziri	MF	3	0	4	7
11	Moncef Ouichaoui	FW	3	0	4	7
22		MF	5	0	1	6
-	Ali Meçabih	FW	2	4	0	6
-	Hocine Metref	MF	2	1	1	4
7	Amar Ammour	MF	2	1	1	4
2	Salim Aribi	DF	1	1	1	3
5	Mahieddine Meftah	DF	0	0	1	1
9	Karim Ghazi	MF	1	0	0	1
3	Tarek Ghoul	DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			2	0	0	2
Totals			49	12	21	82

Includes all competitive matches.

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
31 August 2003	AM		EF Ouagadougou	Undisclosed	^[17]
13 December 2003	CF	Mamadou Diallo	JS Centre Salif Keita	700 millions DA	^[18]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
12 January 2004	DM	Karim Ghazi	Espérance de Tunis	Loan for six months	^[19]

Hichem Mezaïr

Merouane Abdouni

Lamine Zemmamouche

Farid Belmellat

TOTALS

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^ ""البرايجية مايستاهلوش الخسارة"". Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "طويل "يغرق سوسطارة" ويكشف عيوبها". Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "كابري "كحّلها وعماها"". Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "(mise à jour 7e journée) : USMA 1 - CRB 0". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "الاتحاد يقضي على عقدة الشبح الأسود". Archived from the original on 14 April 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "USMA TROP FORT". Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""سوسطارة ربحت بالسّينما"". Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""شكون يحبّس USMA"". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""سوسطارة" تتجرّع مرارة الخسارة". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""l Usma نحّاولها الشمبيونا"". Archived from the original on 12 October 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "النصرية نحو الثالثة··"وقالو مخدوم"". Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""سوسطارة بسبعة وتدير في الخلعة"". Archived from the original on 10 February 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "تأهل الاتحاد بضربات الترجيح (5 - 4) "ضرك نشوفو JSK"". Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""سوسطارة" تطرد النّحس وتنعش حظوظها". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "إ· العاصمة 2 ـ أتليتيكو أفياكو 0 "أرفدو لعلامات لياسما تكاليفات"". Archived from the original on 28 October 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "Transfert : Un Burkinabé à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ "Conclure vite le transfert de Diallo". djazairess.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "Karim Ghazi à l'Esperance de Tunis". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[1] "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[2] ""البرايجية مايستاهلوش الخسارة"". Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[3] "طويل "يغرق سوسطارة" ويكشف عيوبها". Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[4] "كابري "كحّلها وعماها"". Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[5] "(mise à jour 7e journée) : USMA 1 - CRB 0". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[6] "الاتحاد يقضي على عقدة الشبح الأسود". Archived from the original on 14 April 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[7] "USMA TROP FORT". Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[8] ""سوسطارة ربحت بالسّينما"". Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[9] ""شكون يحبّس USMA"". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[10] ""سوسطارة" تتجرّع مرارة الخسارة". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[11] ""l Usma نحّاولها الشمبيونا"". Archived from the original on 12 October 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[12] "النصرية نحو الثالثة··"وقالو مخدوم"". Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[13] ""سوسطارة بسبعة وتدير في الخلعة"". Archived from the original on 10 February 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[14] "تأهل الاتحاد بضربات الترجيح (5 - 4) "ضرك نشوفو JSK"". Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[15] ""سوسطارة" تطرد النّحس وتنعش حظوظها". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[16] "إ· العاصمة 2 ـ أتليتيكو أفياكو 0 "أرفدو لعلامات لياسما تكاليفات"". Archived from the original on 28 October 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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Overall								Home						Away
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	23	+26	58	13	1	1	29	8	+21	4	6	5	20	15	+5

Overall								Home						Away
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	23	+26	58	13	1	1	29	8	+21	4	6	5	20	15	+5

Overall								Home						Away
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	23	+26	58	13	1	1	29	8	+21	4	6	5	20	15	+5