2010–11 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2010–11 season
President	Ali Haddad; (from 4 August 2010)
Head coach	Noureddine Saâdi; (until 30 December 2010); Mohamed Mekhazni (c); (from 13 December 2010); (until 21 January 2011); Hervé Renard; (from 21 January 2011)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
Ligue 1	9th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Noureddine Daham (11 goals); All: ; Noureddine Daham (11 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

In the 2010–11 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 33rd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Season summary[]

I want to make this club the best in the country. The USMA is a great team and we will naturally have to play to win titles, that's the least. Personally, I will do my best to ensure that the club does not miss anything on a daily basis. We have many projects and we are very keen to achieve them.

— Ali Haddad a statement about his ambitions with the team.^[3]

It was decided by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and the Algerian Football Federation to professionalize the Algerian football championship, starting from the 2010–11 season Thus all the Algerian football clubs which until then enjoyed the status of semi-professional club, will acquire the professional appointment this season. the president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Raouraoua, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism,^[4] promising a new way of management based on rigor and seriousness, especially since football has bottomed out in recent seasons, due to the catastrophic management of the clubs which could not go And were lagging behind clubs in neighboring countries that have made extraordinary progress, becoming full-fledged professional clubs, which will enable them to increase their African continent, On August 4, 2010, USM Alger went public in conjunction with the professionalization of the domestic league.^[5] Algerian businessman Ali Haddad became the majority share owner after investing 700 million Algeria dinars to buy an 83% ownership in the club to become the first professional club in Algeria.^[3]^[6]

On 27 October, Haddad replaced Saïd Allik as president of the club.^[7] Allik had been the club's president for the past 18 years. The first season of professional football in Algeria it was difficult for USM Alger and is the worst since the 1999–2000 season, and Noureddine Saadi was removed from his post to be replaced by Frenchman Hervé Renard with a clause in his contract allows him to leave if he is solicited by a national selection.^[8] Al-Ittihad suffered a lot and did not achieve any victory for nearly 5 months. and waited until the last round to ensure survival after the victory against USM Annaba.^[9]

Squad list[]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2010.^[10]
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	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 29)	MC Alger
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	(1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 22)	Youth system
18	GK	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	(1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 21)	USM El Harrach
Defenders
3	CB	Farouk Chafaï	(1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 20)	MC Alger
17	RB	Abdelkader Benayada	(1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 28)	MC Oran
20	CB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 24)	US Biskra
21	CB	Mohamed Amine Aouamri	(1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 27)	RC Kouba
30	CB	Farid Cheklam	(1984-09-21)21 September 1984 (aged 26)	ASO Chlef
35	CB	Abdoulaye Maïga	(1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 23)	Stade Malien
36	RB		(1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 23)	Nîmes Olympique
Midfielders
6	DM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 31)	ES Tunis
10	AM	Hocine Achiou (C)	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 31)	JS Kabylie
11	AM	Saïd Sayah	(1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 21)	MC Oran
22	DM	Hamza Aït Ouamar	(1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 24)	CR Belouizdad
24	DM	Hamza Heriat	(1987-09-06)6 September 1987 (aged 23)	US Biskra
32	CM	Amadou Diamouténé	(1985-11-03)3 November 1985 (aged 25)	Stade Malien
Forwards
7	FW	Nouri Ouznadji	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 26)	JS Kabylie
9	CF	Noureddine Daham	(1977-11-15)15 November 1977 (aged 33)	TuS Koblenz
19	FW		(1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 20)	Youth system
23	FW	Cheikh Hamidi	(1983-04-06)6 April 1983 (aged 27)	USM Annaba
28	AM		(1991-07-18)18 July 1991 (aged 19)	Youth system
33	FW	Hichem Benmeghit	(1988-04-17)17 April 1988 (aged 22)	ES Mostaganem
34	RW	Ali Boulebda	(1980-08-21)21 August 1980 (aged 30)	US Créteil

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Competitions[]

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	MC Oran	30	11	8	11	26	27	−1	41
8	AS Khroub	30	10	9	11	30	36	−6	39
9	USM Alger	30	9	11	10	32	28	+4	38
10	MC Alger	30	8	13	9	30	28	+2	37
11	JS Kabylie	30	10	7	13	26	37	−11	37

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2018. Source: DZFoot
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.

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
30	9	11	10	32	28	+4	38	7	5	3	22	12	+10	2	6	7	10	16	−6

Last updated: 19 September 2014.
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
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Position	11	14	10	10	12	8	10	7	10	9	9	8	10	9	10	13	12	13	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	10	11	9	12	9

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

Matches[]

25 September 2010 Round 1	USM Alger	1–2	ES Sétif	Bologhine
16:00	Daham 4' Meklouche 46' Heriat 65'	Soccerway report	44' Hemani 48' Metref 20' Hachoud 72' Laïfaoui 74' Lemmouchia	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

2 October 2010 Round 2	USM Alger	2–2	MC Saïda	Bologhine
16:00	Daham 38' Ghazi 66' (pen.) Cheklam 35' Ghazi 67' Ouznadji 53' 89'	Soccerway report	18' 40' 9' 50' 63' 90'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Sofiane Bousseter

15 October 2010 Round 3	WA Tlemcen	1–2	USM Alger	Tlemcen
19:00	Boudjakdji 72' Habri 39' Hadjaoui 68'	Soccerway report	65' Achiou 68' Daham 9' Aït Ouamar 43' Ghazi 54' 74' Abdouni	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Farid Bahloul

23 October 2010 Round 4	USM Alger	2–3	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
16:00	Ghazi 17' Daham 56'	Soccerway report	54' Gasmi 66' (pen.), 90+1' Meftah	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

26 October 2010 Round 5	USM El Harrach	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Djeghbala 25'	Soccerway report	37' Daham 80' Khoualed	Stadium: Stade du 1er-Novembre-1954 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

30 October 2010 Round 6	USM Alger	3–1	USM Blida	Bologhine
16:00	37' Daham 45' Ouznadji 80' 86'	Soccerway report	83' Djemaouni 35' Yaghni	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Kadda Babrahim

30 November 2010 Round 7	MC Alger	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
18:00	Zeddam 48'	Soccerway report	28' Khoualed 37' Achiou 45' Cheklam	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Bichari

13 November 2010 Round 8	USM Alger	2–0	MC El Eulma	Bologhine
14:30	Aouamri 70', 80' Hamidi 25' Meklouche 75'	Soccerway report	75' Hammami 71' 78' Benhadj Djillali	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouhenni

27 November 2010 Round 9	MC Oran	1–0	USM Alger	Oran
14:30	Belaïli 48' 87'	Soccerway report	22' Sayah 58' Ammoura	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

3 December 2010 Round 10	USM Alger	1–0	AS Khroub	Bologhine
15:00	Hamidi 32' 27' Aouamri 45'	Soccerway report	Ziad Mesfar	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Sofiane Bousseter

10 December 2010 Round 11	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2–1	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
18:00	Bensaïd 53' 68' 69' Oudni 15' Dehouche 21'	Soccerway report	9' Ouznadji	Stadium: Stade du 20-Août-1955 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

25 December 2010 Round 13	JS Kabylie	1–0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
14:30	Rial 5' Ziti 23' 38' Naïli 45' El Orfi 90'	Soccerway report	20' Aït Ouamar 80' Aouamri	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Kadda Babrahim

4 January 2011 Round 12	USM Alger	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
18:00	Ghazi 45' Ammoura 47' Ouznadji 73'	Soccerway report	21' Aksas 37' 45' Benaldjia 47' 60' 84' Boukedjane 80' Ousserir	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

26 February 2011 Round 15	USM Annaba	1–0	USM Alger	Annaba
14:30	Mekkaoui 69' Boukhlouf 83'	Soccerway report	50' Achiou	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

8 March 2011 Round 14	USM Alger	0–0	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
18:00	Aït Ouamar 17' Chafaï 19' Aouamri 65'	Soccerway report	28' Zazou 80' Senouci	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Houasnia

29 March 2011 Round 17	MC Saïda	1–1	USM Alger	Saïda
14:30	73' 64' 20' 42'	Soccerway report	84' Boulebda 12' 85' Daham 38' Maïga 64' Benmeghit	Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958 Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

30 April 2011 Round 16	ES Sétif	2–0	USM Alger	Sétif
18:00	Hemani 33', 66' 80' Yekhlef 72' 88' Benhamou 74'	Soccerway report	10' Boulebda	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Farouk Mial

1 April 2011 Round 18	USM Alger	0–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
18:00	Meklouche 34'	Soccerway report	11'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

15 April 2011 Round 19	JSM Béjaïa	3–2	USM Alger	Béjaïa
18:00	Gasmi 11', 21' 37' Meftah 27' Maroci 65' 67' Boucherit 86'	Soccerway report	59', 77' Daham 84' Aouamri	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Rafik Achouri

25 April 2011 Round 20	USM Alger	0–0	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
18:00	Khoualed 10' Benaldjia 15'	Soccerway report	63'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouhenni

7 May 2011 Round 21	USM Blida	0–1	USM Alger	Chlef
16:00	Bennemra 46'	Soccerway report	49' Daham 16' Ghazi 58' Maïga	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

14 May 2011 Round 22	USM Alger	1–2	MC Alger	Bologhine
16:00	Meklouche 59' Benaldjia 79' Khoualed 90'	Soccerway report	6' Zeddam 57' Sofiane 21' Zemmamouche 49' Zeddam	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

21 May 2011 Round 23	MC El Eulma	1–1	USM Alger	El Eulma
16:00	Boulemdaïs 27' 38' Camara 67'	Soccerway report	11' Aouamri 26' Daham 36' Heriat	Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Mohamed Benouza

27 May 2011 Round 24	USM Alger	2–0	MC Oran	Bologhine
19:00	Ouznadji 33' Aouamri 44'	Soccerway report	16' 45'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

31 May 2011 Round 25	AS Khroub	0–0	USM Alger	El Khroub
16:00	20'	Soccerway report	51' Meklouche 63' Diamouténé	Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Referee: Mohamed Sahraoui

11 June 2011 Round 26	USM Alger	2–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
19:00	Khoualed 23' Daham 28'	Soccerway report	63' 52' 90' Mansour	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

25 June 2011 Round 27	CR Belouizdad	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
17:00	Aksas 85'	Soccerway report	17' Ichalalène 75' Achiou	Stadium: Stade du 20-Août-1955 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

28 June 2011 Round 28	USM Alger	3–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:00	Ouznadji 11', 12' Meklouche 84'	Soccerway report	10' 66' El Orfi	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bahloul, Zid, Boughrara

1 July 2011 Round 29	ASO Chlef	3–2	USM Alger	Chlef
20:30	Messaoud 3' Soudani 28' Djediat 57'	Soccerway report	39', 90' 45' Daham 73' Aouamri	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Rafik Achouri

8 July 2011 Round 30	USM Alger	3–0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
17:00	Cheklam 30' 14' Meklouche 38', 57' Khoualed 33'	Soccerway report	4' 45' Herbache 33' Boukhlouf	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

Algerian Cup[]

31 December 2010 Round of 64	MC Saïda	0–0 (4–2 p)	USM Alger	Saïda
14:15		Report		Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958 Referee: Achouri, Tamen, Benlekehal
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni - Benayada, Chafaï, Khoualed, Ammoura - Achiou, Ghazi, Aït Ouamar, Tatem (Sayah 61’) - M. Benaldjia (Heriat 80’), Ouznadji (Hamidi 113’).

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	Apps				Apps				Apps
Goalkeepers
1		Merouane Abdouni	21		1		1				22		1
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	8								8
18		Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	1								1
Defenders
3		Farouk Chafaï	18		1		1				19		1
17		Abdelkader Benayada	16				1				17
21		Mohamed Amine Aouamri	27	4	5						27	4	5
21		Sid Ali Ammoura	5		2		1		1		6		3
30		Farid Cheklam	19	1	4						19	1	4
32		Amadou Diamouténé	6		1						6		1
35		Abdoulaye Maïga	9		1						9		1
36			4		1						4		1
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	26	1	4	1	1				27	1	4	1
		Iles Ziane Cherif	3								3
		Mohamed Amine Saïdoune	1								1
			9		1						9		1
Midfielders
6		Karim Ghazi	29	2	4		1				30	2	4
10		Hocine Achiou	28	1	2		1		1		29	1	3
11		Saïd Sayah	19		1		1				20		1
22		Hamza Aït Ouamar	20		3		1				21		3
24		Hamza Heriat	15		3		1				16		3
		Mehdi Benaldjia	19		2		1		1		20		3
			1		1						1		1
			1								1
		Samy Frioui	4								4

Forwards
7		Nouri Ouznadji	21	5	3	1	1				22	5	3	1
9		Noureddine Daham	21	11	3						21	11	3
19		Mouaouia Meklouche	19	4	3	1					19	4	3	1
23		Cheikh Hamidi	12	1	2		1				13	1	2
28			8	1			1				9	1
33		Hichem Benmeghit	7		1						7		1
34		Ali Boulebda	9	1	1						9	1	1
			1								1
			6								6
Own goals				0				0				0
Totals				32	50	3		0	3	0		32	53	3

Goalscorers[]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	TOTAL
9	Noureddine Daham	FW	11	11
7	Nouri Ouznadji	FW	5	5
19		FW	4	4
21		DF	4	4
6	Karim Ghazi	MF	2	2
28		FW	1	1
34	Ali Boulebda	FW	1	1
23	Cheikh Hamidi	FW	1	1
30	Farid Cheklam	MF	1	1
20	Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	1	1
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Totals			32	32

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
13 June 2010	DF	Abdelmalek Merbah	NARB Réghaïa	Free transfer	^[11]
17 June 2010	MF	Hamza Heriat	US Biskra	Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2010	DF	Farouk Chafaï	MC Alger U21	Free transfer
1 July 2010	DF	Iles Ziane Cherif	ASO Chlef	Free transfer
28 December 2010	MF	Amadou Diamouténé	Stade Malien	Free transfer	^[13]
28 December 2010	DF	Abdoulaye Maïga	Stade Malien	Free transfer	^[13]
12 January 2011	FW	Hichem Benmeghit	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer	^[14]
20 January 2011	FW	Ali Boulebda	Créteil	Free transfer	^[15]
20 January 2011	FW		Nîmes Olympique	Free transfer	^[15]

Out[]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
8 June 2010	DF	Mohamed Amine Zidane	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[16]
8 June 2010	GK	Nadjib Ghoul	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[16]
8 June 2010	MF		USM El Harrach	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2010	DF	Ali Rial	JS Kabylie	Free transfer
1 July 2010	MF	Billel Dziri	Retired	N/A

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