2009–10 USM Alger season

USM Alger
season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Kamel Mouassa; (until August 2009); Noureddine Saâdi; (from 26 August 2009)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
National 1	4th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cheikh Hamidi (14 goals); All: ; Cheikh Hamidi (15 goals)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

In the 2009–10 season, USM Alger competed in the National for the 32nd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Squad list[]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2009.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 28)	MC Alger
16	GK	Nadjib Ghoul	(1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 24)	USM El Harrach
18	GK	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	(1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 20)	Youth system
Defenders
3	RB		(1981-07-24)24 July 1981 (aged 28)	OM Arzew
21	RB	Mohamed Amine Aouamri	(1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 26)	RC Kouba
17	RB	Abdelkader Benayada	(1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 27)	MC Oran
5	RB	Mohamed Amine Zidane	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 26)	MC Oran
2	RB		(1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 25)	ES Berrouaghia
25	RB	Ali Rial	(1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 29)	NARB Réghaïa
13	RB		(1984-08-19)19 August 1984 (aged 25)	WA Tlemcen
20	RB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 23)	US Biskra
4	RB	Farid Cheklam	(1984-09-21)21 September 1984 (aged 25)	ASO Chlef
Midfielders
10	CM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 30)	JS Kabylie
8	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 37)	CS Sedan Ardennes
28	CM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 30)	Espérance de Tunis
30	CM	Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 22)	Youth system
11	CM	Saïd Sayah	(1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 20)	MC Oran
15	CM	Mohamed Billel Benaldjia	(1988-08-23)23 August 1988 (aged 21)	Youth system
-	CM		(1991-07-18)18 July 1991 (aged 18)	Youth system
22	CM	Mehdi Benaldjia	(1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 18)	Youth system
Forwards
9	RW		(1989-09-13)13 September 1989 (aged 20)	Youth system
7	RW	Nouri Ouznadji	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 25)	JS Kabylie
19	RW	Mouaouia Meklouche	(1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 19)	Youth system
23	RW	Cheikh Hamidi	(1983-04-06)6 April 1983 (aged 26)	USM Annaba
11	RW	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 35)	ES Sétif
32	RW	Noureddine Daham	(1977-11-15)15 November 1977 (aged 32)	TuS Koblenz
14	RW		(1988-12-07)7 December 1988 (aged 21)	Youth system
12	RW	Alain Nebie	(1984-09-08)8 September 1984 (aged 25)	CR Belouizdad

Pre-season and friendlies[]

15 July 2009 Friendly	Tours FC	6–0	USM Alger	Tours
19:00 UTC+2	Gómez Yenga (pen.) Belaud Saidi Giroud	Report^[3]		Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher

18 July 2009 Friendly	Dijon FCO	2–1	USM Alger	Dijon
19:00 UTC+2	Ribas 17' Belvito 89'	Report^[4]	77' Achiou	Stadium: Parc Municipal Gaston Gérard
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Benayada, Layati, Zidane, Cheklam, Ghazi, Aït Ouamar, Dziri, Achiou, Ouznadji (M. Benaldjia), Benchaâbane (Sayah).

24 July 2009 Friendly		1–0	USM Alger
		Report Live TV: None

5 August 2009 Friendly	2–3	USM Alger
	Report^[5]	37' Dziri ?' Bourahli 75' Hamidi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half - Abdouni, Benayada, Layati, Cheklam, Zidane, Aït Ouamar, Ghazi, Dziri, Nibié, Bourahli, Ouznadji Second half - Ghoul, Benaoumeur, Aouamri, Rial, Herkat, Keffaïfi, Benaldjia, Sayah, Khoualed, Bourahli, Hamidi

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	34	14	11	9	47	33	+14	041.18
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
Total	37	16	11	10	54	38	+16	043.24

National 1[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	ES Sétif (Q)	34	17	12	5	51	32	+19	63	2011 CAF Champions League
3	JS Kabylie (Q)	34	15	9	10	39	27	+12	54	2011 CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	34	14	11	9	47	33	+14	53
5	USM El Harrach	34	13	13	8	46	33	+13	52
6	JSM Béjaïa	34	13	13	8	47	35	+12	52

Source: Soccerways FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

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
34	14	11	9	47	33	+14	53	11	4	2	32	12	+20	3	7	7	15	21	−6

Last updated: 5 February 2016.
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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D
Position	15	18	18	16	16	11	13	7	8	11	9	12	13	14	14	11	12	10	10	9	11	10	11	9	8	9	8	9	7	7	5	4	3	4

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

Matches[]

6 August 2009 Round 1	CA Batna	2–0	USM Alger	Batna
19:00	Bouraoui 76' Bourahli 84'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Rafik Achouri

15 August 2009 Round 2	USM Alger	1–2	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
17:00	Dziri 26'	Soccerway report	69' (pen.) Belgherri 83' Ghazali	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bouali, Boulekrinet, Yamani

22 August 2009 Round 3	AS Khroub	1–0	USM Alger	El Khroub
16:30	Hamedi 65'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Referee: Ferrad, Djahnine, Chaoui

29 August 2009 Round 4	USM Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
16:30	41'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

18 September 2009 Round 6	USM Alger	2–1	MC El Eulma	Bologhine
16:00	Khoualed 25' Ghazi 52' (pen.)	Soccerway report	90' (pen.)	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ladraâ, Bourouba, Salouadji

26 September 2009 Round 7	CR Belouizdad	2–2	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Saïbi 2', 90+2'	Soccerway report	Dziri 22', 88'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

29 September 2009 Round 5	ES Sétif	2–2	USM Alger	Sétif
22:00	Laïfaoui 22' Aksas 80'	Soccerway report	26' Rial 39' Daham	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

3 October 2009 Round 8	USM Alger	3–1	MSP Batna	Bologhine
16:00	Sayah 29' Ouznadji 45' 83'	Soccerway report	88' Loman	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benaïssa

16 October 2009 Round 9	MC Alger	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
19:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

23 October 2009 Round 10	USM Annaba	1–0	USM Alger	Annaba
19:00	Boudar 38'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Benbaka, Tamine, Benmouloud

31 October 2009 Round 11	USM Alger	1–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
14:30	Dziri 33'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haddada, Kentache, Soulache

6 November 2009 Round 12	ASO Chlef	2–0	USM Alger	Chlef
18:00	Messaoud 24' Mekioui 45'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

24 November 2009 Round 13	USM Alger	1–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
14:30	Hamidi 16'	Soccerway report	87' Aoudia	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

1 December 2009 Round 14	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–1	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
18:00	Touati 61'	Soccerway report	80' Aouamri	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bouali, Tahir, Yamani

4 December 2009 Round 15	USM Alger	0–0	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
18:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

11 December 2009 Round 16	NA Hussein Dey	1–2	USM Alger	Rouiba
18:00	Ammoura 68'	Soccerway report	10' M.Benaldjia 90' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

15 December 2009 Round 17	USM Alger	1–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
14:00	B.Benaldjia 33'	Soccerway report	26' Bengoreine	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

16 January 2010 Round 18	USM Alger	6–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
14:30	Hamidi 32', 43', 58', 65' Daham 50' Benaldjia 80'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouhenni

23 January 2010 Round 19	WA Tlemcen	2–2	USM Alger	Tlemcen
14:30	Bachiri 29' Benmoussa 62'	Soccerway report	16' Daham 58' Sayah	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Hedia, Bouhassoune et Bouanani

30 January 2010 Round 20	USM Alger	1–1	AS Khroub	Bologhine
14:30	Daham 73'	Soccerway report	55' Mesfar	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Douala, Salaouadji, Rachedi

6 February 2010 Round 21	JSM Béjaïa	1–0	USM Alger	Béjaïa
14:30	Hamlaoui 90' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Mohamed Benouza

27 February 2010 Round 23	MC El Eulma	1–0	USM Alger	El Eulma
14:30	Mellouli 40'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

5 March 2010 Round 24	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Rouïba
14:30	Daham 65'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Referee: Bouali, Tahir, Yamani

20 March 2010 Round 25	MSP Batna	0–1	USM Alger	Batna
14:30		Soccerway report	33' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Mohamed Bouhenni

23 March 2010 Round 26	USM Alger	1–2	MC Alger	Algiers
18:00	Hamidi 90'	Soccerway report	44' Derrag 73' (o.g.) Saïdoune	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Farouk Houasnia

6 April 2010 Round 27	USM Alger	2–1	USM Annaba	Bologhine
15:00	Hamidi 1', 20' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

9 April 2010 Round 22	USM Alger	2–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
16:00	Daham 64' Hamidi 90'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

24 April 2010 Round 28	USM Blida	2–1	USM Alger	Blida
17:00	Ndouassel 10', 40'	Soccerway report	90' Meklouche	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

4 May 2010 Round 29	USM Alger	5–0	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
17:00	Hamidi 30', 46', 51' (pen.) Daham 34' Khoualed 90'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haddada, Khentache, Bounoua

13 May 2010 Round 30	JS Kabylie	2–2	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
17:00	Coulibaly 42' Yahia Cherif 55'	Soccerway report	72', 76' Ouznadji	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre Referee: Redouane Necib

22 May 2010 Round 31	USM Alger	2–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
17:00	Meklouche 1' Ouznadji 41'	Soccerway report	90'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

25 May 2010 Round 32	USM El Harrach	0–1	USM Alger	Algiers
17:00		Soccerway report	60' Daham	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

28 May 2010 Round 33	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
17:00	Ouznadji 6' Meklouche 65'	Soccerway report	79' Reggad	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Boumaza, Guedjati, Bahloul

31 May 2010 Round 34	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	Oran
17:00	Balegh 31'	Soccerway report	55' Meklouche	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

Algerian Cup[]

25 December 2009 Round of 64	USM Alger	4–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
14:00	Achiou 12' Aouamri 17' Daham 23' Hamidi 69'	Report	Bengoureïne 53'	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Necib, Zeghoud, Guedjati

19 February 2010 Round of 32	US Chaouia	1–3	USM Alger	Oum El Bouaghi
14:30	Boughali 72'	Report	Ghazi 19' (pen.) Nebie 45' Daham 65'	Stadium: Referee: Achouri, Tamen, Aribi

16 March 2010 Round of 16	MC Alger	3–0	USM Alger	Algiers
14:00	Bedbouda 64' Derrag 69' Zemmamouche 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Necib, Bahloul, Guedjali

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				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Merouane Abdouni	32				3				35
16		Nadjib Ghoul	2								2
18		Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi
Defenders
		Sofiane Harkat	2								2
		Mohamed Amine Saidoune	7		1		1				8		1
			2		1						2		1
3			2		1						2		1
4		Farid Cheklam	22		3		2				24		3
5		Mohamed Amine Zidane	10		4	1	2				12		4	1
13			13		2		1				14		2
17		Abdelkader Benayada	20		3		2				22		3
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	26	2	7		2				28	2	7
21		Mohamed Amine Aouamri	30	1	3		3	1	2		33	2	5
25		Ali Rial	30	1	7		2				32	1	7
Midfielders
8		Billel Dziri	19	4	2		3			1	22	4	2	1
10		Hocine Achiou	17		2		1	1			18	1	2
11		Saïd Sayah	19	2	3		3				22	2	3
15		Mohamed Billel Benaldjia	19	1	1		1				20	1	1
28		Karim Ghazi	26	1	5	1	1	1			27	2	5	1
			9		1						9		1
		Hamza Aït Ouamar	27		3		2				29		3
Forwards
			4		1						4		1
			8								8
7		Nouri Ouznadji	25	5	4		1		1		26	5	5
9		Aghilès Benchaâbane	7								7
11		Issaad Bourahli	3								3
12		Alain Nebie	10				1	1			11	1
14			3	2							3	2
19		Mouaouia Meklouche	13	4	2		2				15	4	2
22		Mehdi Benaldjia	10	2	1		2		1		12	2	2
23		Cheikh Hamidi	23	14	1		3	1	1		26	15	2
32		Noureddine Daham	22	8	3	1	3	2			25	10	3	1
			4				1				5
Own goals				0				0				0
Totals				47	61	3		7	5	1		54	66	4

Goalscorers[]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Algerian Cup	TOTAL
23	Cheikh Hamidi	FW	14	1	15
32	Noureddine Daham	FW	8	2	10
7	Nouri Ouznadji	FW	5	0	5
8	Billel Dziri	MF	4	0	4
19	Mouaouia Meklouche	FW	4	0	4
20	Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	2	0	2
22	Mehdi Benaldjia	MF	2	0	2
14		FW	2	0	2
28	Karim Ghazi	MF	1	1	2
11	Saïd Sayah	MF	2	0	2
21	Mohamed Amine Aouamri	DF	1	1	2
25	Ali Rial	DF	1	0	1
15	Mohamed Billel Benaldjia	MF	1	0	1
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	0	1	1
12	Alain Nebie	FW	0	1	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			47	7	54

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
16 June 2009	DF		WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	^[6]
26 June 2009	MF	Hamza Aït Ouamar	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2009	FW	Noureddine Daham	TuS Koblenz	Free transfer
12 July 2009	DF	Farid Cheklam	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[8]
25 July 2009	FW	Alain Nebie	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[9]

Out[]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
13 June 2009	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[10]

References[]

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^ "Nébié officiellement à l'USMA". djazairess.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Zemmamouche : pour un an au Mouloudia". djazairess.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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[6] "Layati signe pour deux saisons à l'USMA". djazairess.com. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

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