2008–09 USM Alger season

Players[]

Competitions[]

Algerian Cup[]

Champions League[]

Squad information[]

Transfers[]

References[]

Overview[]

Ligue 1[]

Round 32[]

Round 16[]

Playing statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Clean sheets[]

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Out[]

Results summary[]

Results by round[]

Matches[]

USM Alger
season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Oscar Fulloné; (from 14 July 2008); (until 17 January 2009); Kamel Mouassa; (from 19 January 2009)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
National 1	6th
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Arab Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ali Rial (7 goals); All: ; Amar Ammour (8 goals); Ali Rial (8 goals)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

In the 2008–09 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 31st time, as well as the Arab Champions League and the Algerian Cup. It was their 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Last updated on 18 November 2016^[4]

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
27	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 27)	MC Alger
24	GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	(1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 26)	USM El Harrach
1	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 23)	Youth system
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	(1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 20)	Youth system
Defenders
12	RB	Mohamed Amine Saidoune	(1989-02-26)26 February 1989 (aged 19)	Youth system
3	RB		(1981-07-24)24 July 1981 (aged 27)	OM Arzew
25	RB		(1985-05-13)13 May 1985 (aged 23)	MO Constantine
26	RB	Sofiane Harkat	(1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 24)	JS Kabylie
3	RB	Mohamed Amine Zidane	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 25)	MC Oran
2	RB	Larbi Hosni	(1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 27)	MC Alger
4	RB	Ali Rial	(1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 28)	NARB Réghaïa
14	RB	Zineddine Mekkaoui	(1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 21)	Youth system
20	RB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 22)	US Biskra
13	RB	Daniel Moncharé	(1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 26)	Cotonsport Garoua
Midfielders
7	CM	Amar Ammour	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 32)	ASM Oran
8	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 36)	CS Sedan Ardennes
28	CM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 29)	Espérance de Tunis
30	CM	Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 21)	Youth system
11	CM	Saïd Sayah	(1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 19)	Youth system
15	CM		(1988-08-23)23 August 1988 (aged 20)	Youth system
17	CM	Moké Diarra	(1983-11-12)12 November 1983 (aged 25)	FC Gueugnon
23	CM		(1989-02-16)16 February 1989 (aged 19)	Youth system
32	CM	Wuiwel Isea	(1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 27)	WA Casablanca
21	CM	Abdelkrim Oudni	(1982-08-11)11 August 1982 (aged 26)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
Forwards
28	RW		(1989-09-13)13 September 1989 (aged 19)	Youth system
7	RW	Nouri Ouznadji	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 24)	JS Kabylie
19	RW	Mouaouia Meklouche	(1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 18)	Youth system
23	RW	Cheikh Hamidi	(1983-04-06)6 April 1983 (aged 25)	USM Annaba
-	RW	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 34)	ES Sétif

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	32	13	9	10	38	31	+7	040.63
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Arab Champions League	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	025.00
Total	37	14	9	14	45	43	+2	037.84

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	CR Belouizdad (Q)	32	15	5	12	33	27	+6	50	2010 CAF Confederation Cup
5	MC Alger	32	13	10	9	40	38	+2	49
6	USM Alger	32	13	9	10	38	31	+7	48
7	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	32	14	7	11	34	33	+1	48^[a]
8	MC El Eulma	32	13	7	12	37	35	+2	46

Source: DZFoot 1er Division 2008-2009
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

^ CA Bordj Bou Arréridj were docked one point

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	13	9	10	38	31	+7	48	11	4	1	26	10	+16	2	5	9	12	21	−9

Last updated: 28 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	31	32
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	2	4	6	4	5	4	6	5	5	5	6	4	8	3	7	8	10	10	8	8	8	7	5	7	7	9	7	9	7	7	6	6

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

7 August 2008 Round 1	USM Alger	3–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
	Ammour 17' Oudni 45' Deghiche 83'	Report	53' Hachoud	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

11 August 2008 Round 2	USM Alger	0–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
		Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Khélifi, Saadi, Zellagui

25 August 2008 Round 3	CR Belouizdad	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Bousehaba 12'	Report	15' Rial	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boumaza, Feddaoui, Saadi

29 August 2008 Round 4	USM Alger	1–0	MSP Batna	Bologhine
	Mecheri 62'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djabballah, Etchialli, Belkhier

11 September 2008 Round 5	ES Sétif	1–1	USM Alger	Sétif
	Hemani 13'	Report	27' Rial	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Abed, Guerroudj, Hedia

18 September 2008 Round 6	USM Alger	1–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Dziri 86'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Amalou, Talbi, Belagoun

17 October 2008 Round 9	USM Alger	1–1	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
	Boussefiane 20'	Report	14' Saïbi	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benouza, Meknous, Graidi

23 October 2008 Round 10	MC El Eulma	0–0	USM Alger	El Eulma
		Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Djabalah, Etchiali, Bechirene

3 November 2008 Round 11	USM Alger	1–1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
	Boussefiane 25'	Report	70' Chehloul	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benaissa, Sedrati, Chaabane

14 November 2008 Round 13	USM Alger	3–0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
	Dziri 24' Ammour 77', 90'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bicahari, Tahir, Talbi

1 December 2008 Round 8	MC Alger	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Haïmoudi, Belkheir, Bouhassoun

5 December 2008 Round 7	USM Alger	0–2	RC Kouba	Bologhine
			79', 90' (pen.) Yahia-Chérif	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Belkacem, Deffar, Archaoui

22 December 2008 Round 12	AS Khroub	3–1	USM Alger	El Khroub
		Report	Ammour 42'	Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Referee: Mehidi, Bicharène, Nasri

2 January 2009 Round 14	MC Saïda	1–0	USM Alger	Saïda
	Dampha 10'	Report		Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958 Referee: Abid Charef, Bougherara, Zellagui

29 January 2009 Round 15	USM Alger	2–1	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
	Bourahli 9', 19'	Report	55' N'djeng	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benaissa, Bourouis, Chenoua

2 February 2009 Round 16	USM Annaba	1–0	USM Alger	Annaba
	Frioua 26'	Report		Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Abed, Guerroudj, Hedia

12 February 2009 Round 17	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Issamba 73'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mehidi, Becheriane, Nasri

19 February 2009 Round 18	JS Kabylie	0–0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
		Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre Referee: Benouza, Meknous, Ouadah

26 February 2009 Round 19	USM Alger	2–1	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Hamidi 18' 86'	Report	25' Nébié	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bichari, Tahir, Omari

2 March 2009 Round 20	MSP Batna	2–1	USM Alger	Batna
	Braham Chaouch 65' Reziouak 78'	Report	79' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Benbaka, Chaâbane, Saâdi

6 March 2009 Round 21	USM Alger	1–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Ammour 84'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haïmoudi, Etchiali, Bechirane

12 March 2009 Round 22	RC Kouba	2–4	USM Alger	Kouba
	Amrane 13' Yahia Cherif 45'	Report	30' Bourahli 70' Rial 71' (o.g.) Khellaf 75' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Amalou, Korichi, Boulekrinet

19 March 2009 Round 24	USM Alger	3–0	MC Alger	Bologhine
	Dziri 49' Hamidi 57', 65'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Heddada, Belagoune, Azrine

23 March 2009 Round 23	USM Blida	2–0	USM Alger	Blida
				Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Benouza, Chabane, Tahir

30 March 2009 Round 25	USM El Harrach	3–1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Bourekba 5', 70' 30'	Report	90' Khoualed	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benaïssa, Bourouis, Chnaoua

2 April 2009 Round 26	USM Alger	3–3	MC El Eulma	Bologhine
	Dziri 6' Ouznadji 63' (pen.) Ammour 90'	Report	1' Gasmi 45' Karaoui 85'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benouza, Oumari, Belfekroun

13 April 2009 Round 27	ASO Chlef	2–1	USM Alger	Chlef
	Messaoud 12', 59' (pen.)	Report	84' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Ouhenni, Kerraï, Bechirene

23 April 2009 Round 28	USM Alger	3–0	AS Khroub	Bologhine
	Bourahli 42', 82' Rial 52'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ferradi, Djahnine, Chaoui

30 April 2009 Round 29	NA Hussein Dey	2–1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Gana 34' (pen.) Hadiouche 45'	Report	51' Rial	Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Debbichi, Tahir, Azrine

7 May 2009 Round 30	USM Alger	1–0	MC Saïda	Bologhine
	Rial 67'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djerboua, Djaafar, Amghar

14 May 2009 Round 31	JSM Béjaïa	0–1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report	1' Rial	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Achouri, Chabane, Amri

28 May 2009 Round 32	USM Alger	1–0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	17'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Aouiti, Merabet, Zid

15 January 2009 Round of 64	USM Alger	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Paradou AC	Kouba
14:00	Ammour 90'	Report	9' 106' (o.g.) Moncharé	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Haddada, Belagoun, Yahi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

28 October 2008 first leg	USM Alger	3–0	Al-Wahda Mecca	Algiers, Algeria
15:00 UTC+1	Ammour 62' Rial 65' 77'	Report^[5]		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Khalil Errouissi (Morocco)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Benouameur, Sayah (Mekaoui 78'), Moncharé, Rial, Hebbache (Khoualed 61'), Oudni, Ait Ali, Amour, Bousseffiane (Mechri 52'), Dziri.

25 November 2008 Second leg	Al-Wahda Mecca	3–1	USM Alger	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
20:00 UTC+3	Aïssa Al Myahi 4', 7' Ahmed Al Mosa 79'	Report^[6]	48' Dziri	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Al Ghadroufi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Benaoumeur, Zidane, Rial, Moncharé, Ghazi, Oudni (Diarra 57'), Dziri, Ammour (Khoualed 71'), Boussefiane (Mekkaoui 27'), Doucouré

16 December 2008 first leg	Ismaily SC	3–1	USM Alger	Ismailia, Egypt
17:00 UTC+2	Mouhab Saïd 7', 21' Mustapha Karim 73'	Report^[7]	Dziri 31'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Abderahman Al Amri
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

28 December 2008 Second leg	USM Alger	1–4	Ismaily SC	Algiers, Algeria
15:00 UTC+1	Bourahli 59'	Report^[8]	43' Mostapha Karim 45', 87', 90' Abdallah Saïd	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Khalil Errouissi (Morocco)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Khoualed (Sayeh 66'), Zidane, Mekkaoui (Chouih 45'), Belaldjia, Moncharé, Aït Ali, Ghazi (Oudni 64'), Ammour, Boussefiane, Bourahli.

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				Arab Champions League				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	24		2		1				4		1	1	29		3	1
24		Ahmed Walid Chouih	2			1					1				3			1
27		Merouane Abdouni	6												6
Defenders
2		Larbi Hosni	15		3	1							1		16		3	1
3		Mohamed Amine Zidane	15		5						3		1		18		6
4		Ali Rial	28	7	3		1				2	1	1		31	8	4
12		Mohamed Amine Saidoune	5		1						1				6		1
13		Daniel Moncharé	25		3		1		1		4				30		4
14		Zineddine Mekkaoui	11								4		1		15		1
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	20	1	4	2	1		1		4		1		25	1	6	2
25			17		2										17		2
26		Sofiane Harkat	12			1	1								13			1
			23		5						3				26		5
Midfielders
7		Amar Ammour	24	6	3		1	1			4	1	1		29	8	4
8		Billel Dziri	20	4	1						3	2	2		23	6	3
11		Saïd Sayah	15				1				2				18
15		Mohamed Billel Benaldjia	11		1		1				1				13		1
17		Moké Diarra	9		3						1		1		10		4
21		Abdelkrim Oudni	20	1	4						4		1		24	1	5
23			9		1		1				1				11		1
28		Karim Ghazi	19		3	1	1				3				23		2	1
30		Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	21		1		1				2				24		1
32		Wuiwel Isea	13	1			1								14	1
		Zitouni	1												1
Forwards
		Aghilès Benchaâbane	3	1											3	1
		Nouri Ouznadji	7	1	1	2									7	1	1	2
		Mouaouia Meklouche	5				1								6
		Cheikh Hamidi	16	6	1		1								17	6	1
		Mintou Doucoure	9		1						2		1		11		2
		Issaad Bourahli	10	5	1						2	1	1		12	6	2
		Mohamed Boussefiane	11	2	1						3		1		14	2	2
			9	1	1						2	1	1		11	2	2
		Rafik Deghiche	6	1											6	1
Own goals				1				0				0				1
Totals				38	51	8		1	2	0		6	15	1		45	68	9

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Algerian Cup	Arab Champions League	TOTAL
7	Amar Ammour	MF	6	1	1	8
4	Ali Rial	DF	7	0	1	8
8	Billel Dziri	MF	4	0	2	6
	Issaad Bourahli	FW	5	0	1	6
	Cheikh Hamidi	FW	6	0	0	6
		FW	1	0	1	2
13	Mohamed Boussefiane	FW	2	0	0	2
	Aghilès Benchaâbane	FW	1	0	0	1
	Abdelkrim Oudni	MF	1	0	0	1
	Rafik Deghiche	FW	1	0	0	1
	Nouri Ouznadji	FW	1	0	0	1
20	Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	1	0	0	1
32	Wuiwel Isea	MF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	0	1
Totals			38	1	6	45

Includes all competitive matches.

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
31 July 2008	MF	Moké Diarra	Gueugnon	Free transfer	^[9]
15 January 2009	FW	Nouri Ouznadji	JS Kabylie	Undisclosed	^[10]
18 January 2009	MF	Wuiwel Isea	WA Casablanca	Free transfer	^[11]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
30 July 2008	DF / MF	Hocine Metref	Dijon FCO	Free transfer	^[12]
18 January 2009	MF	Moké Diarra	Bizertin	End of contract	^[13]

Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche

Ahmed Walid Chouih

Merouane Abdouni

TOTALS

^ "Fullone signe un contrat de deux ans". djazairess.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "USMA : Fullone démis de ses fonctions". djazairess.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Allik : "Mouassa est le nouvel entraîneur de l'USMA"". djazairess.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ "Mecheri métamorphose les Rouge et Noir". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "El wihda 3 usma 1 : La Baraka de "Hadj" Dziri". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "Heureusement qu'il y avait encore Dziri". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "USMA 1 - Al Ismaïli 4 : La raclée !". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "Diarra s'engage pour six mois". djazairess.com. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
^ "Ouznadji nous rend visite juste après avoir signé à l'USMA". djazairess.com. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
^ "USMA : Anderson signe pour 2 ans". djazairess.com. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
^ "Hocine Metref s'engage pour une saison avec Dijon". djazairess.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ "USMA : Diarra s'engage officiellement avec le CA Bizertin". djazairess.com. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

[table_hth_CBA0.26125389861933-5] CA Bordj Bou Arréridj were docked one point

[1] "Fullone signe un contrat de deux ans". djazairess.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[2] "USMA : Fullone démis de ses fonctions". djazairess.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[3] "Allik : "Mouassa est le nouvel entraîneur de l'USMA"". djazairess.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

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

[6] "Mecheri métamorphose les Rouge et Noir". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[7] "El wihda 3 usma 1 : La Baraka de "Hadj" Dziri". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[8] "Heureusement qu'il y avait encore Dziri". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[9] "USMA 1 - Al Ismaïli 4 : La raclée !". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[10] "Diarra s'engage pour six mois". djazairess.com. Retrieved 31 July 2008.

[11] "Ouznadji nous rend visite juste après avoir signé à l'USMA". djazairess.com. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

[12] "USMA : Anderson signe pour 2 ans". djazairess.com. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

[13] "Hocine Metref s'engage pour une saison avec Dijon". djazairess.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

[14] "USMA : Diarra s'engage officiellement avec le CA Bizertin". djazairess.com. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

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