2016–17 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2016–17 season
	Pre-season match in July 2016 between USM Alger and Stade Rennes
Chairman	Ali Haddad
Head coach	Miloud Hamdi; (until 5 June 2016); Adel Amrouche; (from 27 June 2016); (until 17 August 2016); Jean-Michel Cavalli; (from 17 August 2016); (until 30 October 2016); Paul Put; (from 30 October 2016)
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium; July 5, 1962 Stadium
Ligue 1	3rd
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohamed Rabie Meftah (9 goals); All: ; Mohamed Rabie Meftah (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	60.000 (vs. MC Alger, 4 March)
Lowest home attendance	0 (vs. RC Relizane, 27 August); (spectator ban)
Average home league attendance	13,200
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 39th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1 as well as the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup.

USM Alger entered the 2016–2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015–2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until he left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June,^[1] but Amrouche resigned 3 days before the season began and was replaced by French manager Cavalli^[2] Cavalli was later sacked because of poor results and replaced by Belgian Paul Put.^[3]

Season summary[]

Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will be against CFA training of US Granville, scheduled for July 22 in Granville.^[4]

of Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi.

The club recorded the arrival of several players like Amir Sayoud (DRB Tadjenanet), Raouf Benguit (Paradou AC), Ziri Hammar (JS Saoura), Mohamed Benyahia (MC Oran), Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger), Abel Khaled and Ghislain Guessan (RC Arbaâ). This bloated recruitment is partly fill the departures of Zinedine Ferhat, best assist last season, Brahim Boudebouda, Hocine El Orfi and Mohamed Seguer, The club has also signed several players of the national selection of age 20, recently trained by Mohamed Mekhazni, back to the club. Two of these young people have made the trip to France, he is Ilyes Yaiche and Ibrahim Farhi.

First friendly match was against Stade brestois 29 and ended with a draw 1-1 ^[5] goal scored by Union new player Bouderbal, three days later the team played the most important meeting against Stade Rennais^[6] from Ligue 1 and ended with the victory of the Algerian international guys Zeffane 1-0 Then, in the third meeting against the reserve team of the Stade Rennais achieved the first victory in the preparation matches by 4-0 ^[7] Recording from Guessan two goals, Beldjilali goal by Penalty and finally the young Bengrina last goal, After the piece ran the team last friendly against US Granville ended with a draw 0-0 back to the team immediately after the end of the games to Algeria, Preparations were good where he discovered supporter several skilful players of the most prominent neo Bellahcene, Benyahia and Hammar in addition to the player the team youth Bengrina.

After the end of the first internship in France successfully USM Alger delegation returned to Algeria and Players he got four days rest before traveling to Tunisia, Sousse to fight a second internship between 27 July and 7 August ^[8] punctuated by three friendly matches against clubs Tunisian.^[9]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

13 July 2016 Friendly	Stade brestois 29	1–1	USM Alger	showPloudalmézeau
18:30 UTC+2	Magnon 46'	Report Live TV: None	21' Bouderbal	Stadium: Municipal Ploudalmézeau Attendance: 1.500

16 July 2016 Friendly	Stade Rennais	1–0	USM Alger	showDinard
18:00 UTC+2	Gnagnon 66'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Paul Audrin Attendance: 1.315 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

20 July 2016 Friendly	Stade Rennais res	0–4	USM Alger	showBrittany
18:00 UTC+2		Report Live TV: None	7', 50' Guessan 81' (pen.) Beldjilali 88'	Stadium: Centre Henri Guerin Attendance: 200 Referee: Benoît Millot

22 July 2016 Friendly	US Granville	0–0	USM Alger	showGranville
14:00 UTC+2		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Attendance: 50

30 July 2016 Friendly	Club Africain	0–1	USM Alger	showMutuelleville
17:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None	44' Andria	Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten Attendance: 100

4 August 2016 Friendly	CS Sfaxien	0–2	USM Alger	showSousse
17:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None	25' Chafaï 54' Sayoud

12 August 2016 Friendly	USM Alger	0–0	Paradou AC	show
16:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None

Competitions[]

Overview[]

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
Ligue 1	30	14	8	8	50	31	+19	046.67	N/A	3rd	19 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	24 November 2016	27 December 2016
Algerian Super Cup	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	Final	Winners	1 November 2016
Champions League	5	2	1	2	7	4	+3	040.00	First round	Group stage^{[note 1]}	11 March 2017	2 June 2017^{[note 1]}
Total	39	19	10	10	62	35	+27	048.72

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES Sétif (C)	30	17	6	7	42	23	+19	57	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League
2	MC Alger	30	14	8	8	38	27	+11	50^[a]	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League
3	USM Alger	30	14	8	8	50	31	+19	50^[a]	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Bel-Abbès	30	14	6	10	37	33	+4	48
5	JS Saoura	30	12	9	9	34	30	+4	45

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. 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.
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.

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	14	8	8	50	31	+19	50	12	2	1	39	15	+24	2	6	7	11	16	−5

Last updated: 14 June 2017.
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	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

19 August 2016 Round 1	USM Alger	2–0	MO Béjaïa	showBologhine
19:15	Darfalou 44' Meftah 78' (pen.)	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	60' 77'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Khoualed, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Bouderbal, Beldjilali (Meziane 82’) - Andria (Sayoud 70’), Darfalou (Guessan 71’)

27 August 2016 Round 2	USM Alger	6–0	RC Relizane	showBologhine
19:00	6' (o.g.) Meftah 24' (pen.) Guessan 41' Benkhemassa 45' Andria 71' Benguit 79' Darfalou 88'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	23'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Said Aouina
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Khoualed, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa (Darfalou 70’), Beldjilali - Hammar (Andria 57’), Guessan (Abdelaoui 76’), Bouderbal

9 September 2016 Round 3	DRB Tadjenanet	0–0	USM Alger	showTadjenanet
17:00		Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	37' Khoualed 56' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Benyahia, Abdelaoui, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Guessan 68’), Bouderbal - Darfalou (Sayoud 76’)

17 September 2016 Round 4	USM Alger	1–0	CS Constantine	showBologhine
19:00	Meziane 51' Khoualed 57' Benyahia 61'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	77' Sameur	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Sayoud - Meziane (Koudri 85’), Guessan (Darfalou 65’), Bouderbal

24 September 2016 Round 5	CR Belouizdad	0–1	USM Alger	showAlgiers
17:45	Tarikat 81' Feham 90+2'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3	12' Meziane 62' Benguit 90+4' Bouderbal	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Sayoud (Beldjilali 46’) - Bouderbal, Guessan (Darfalou 70’), Meziane (Chafai 74’)

1 October 2016 Round 6	USM Alger	3–2	Olympique de Médéa	showBologhine
17:00	Meziane 5' Chafaï 9' Meftah 41' (pen.) 66' Benmoussa 49' Benkhemassa 72' Zemmamouche 89' Guessan 93'	Soccerway report DZfoot report usm-alger report Live TV: Canal Algérie	39' 46' Banouh 58' Gharbi 66' 70'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Koudri 60’) - Meziane, Darfalou (Sayoud 28’), Bouderbal (Guessan 71’)

13 October 2016 Round 7	MC Alger	2–1	USM Alger	showBlida
19:00	Zerdab 38', 77' (pen.) Demmou 50'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	17' Koudri 87' Guessan	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Khoualed, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Koudri (Benguit 46’), Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Andria 46’) - Bouderbal (Sayoud 78’), Guessan, Meziane

22 October 2016 Round 8	USM Alger	2–1	JS Kabylie	showBologhine
17:00	Guessan 31' Andria 57' Meftah 81' (pen.)	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	52' 76' Ziaya 90+3' Rial	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Redouane Necib
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafai, Abdelaoui - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Bellahcen 83’) - Meziane (Sayoud 70’), Guessan, Andria (Benmoussa 59’)

27 October 2016 Round 9	CA Batna	2–1	USM Alger	showBatna
15:00	Meftah 20' (o.g.) Selmi 43' Hadj Aïssa 62'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	42' Benkhemassa 71' Chafaï 90' Benyahia	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Sefouhi Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit (Khoualed 46’), Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Sayaoud 46’) - Meziane, Guessan, Benmoussa (Hammar 68’)

5 November 2016 Round 10	USM Alger	0–2	USM El Harrach	showAlgiers
16:00	Bellahcene 45'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3	38' 62' Belarbi 90+5' Younes	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Merzak Halalchi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Meftah, Chafaï, Benyahia, Abdelaoui - Belahcène, Koudri, Meziane (Sayoud 63’) - Bouderbal, Andria (Guessan 58’), Benmoussa (Yaiche 82’)

11 November 2016 Round 11	MC Oran	0–0	USM Alger	showOran
16:00	Heriat 21' Sebbah 90+2'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3	21' Guessan 73' Abdellaoui 90' Meftah	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafaï, Benyahia, Abdelaoui - Koudri, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Benmoussa 75’) - Bouderbal (Andria 81’), Guessan, Yaïche (Meziane 64’)

17 November 2016 Round 12	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	showAlgiers
17:00	Benyahia 44' Guessan 54', 70' 54' Benkhemassa 57' Koudri 64' Chafaï 87'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie / beIN Sports	58' 80' El Orfi	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdelaoui - Koudri, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Benmoussa 65') - Andria (Benguit 86'), Guessan, Meziane (Yaïche 90')

1 December 2016 Round 13	USM Bel-Abbès	2–1	USM Alger	showSidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh 7' 33' Zenasni 53' 58' Yaghni 70'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie	36' Abdellaoui 77' Guessan 90' Andria 90+2' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafaï, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa (Bouderbal 72’) - Koudri (Andria 46’), Benkhemassa, Benguit - Sayoud (Beldjilali 46’), Guessan, Meziane

9 December 2016 Round 14	USM Alger	3–1	ES Sétif	showBologhine
16:00	Chafaï 12' Meftah 25' Benyahia 58' Meziane 78'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3	57' (pen.) Amada	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali - Bouderbal (Meziane 76’), Andria (Yaiche 90'), Hammar (Darfalou 83’)

22 December 2016 Round 15	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Alger	showBéchar
19:00	Djallit 66'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	3' 73' Meftah 23' Meziane 49' Sayoud 55' Hammar 74' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Said Aouina
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Hammar - Meziane (Sayoud 46’), Darfalou (Beldjilali 46’), Benmoussa (Khaled 79’)

3 February 2017 Round 18	USM Alger	0–0	DRB Tadjenanet	showBologhine
16:00	Benyahia 25' Benmoussa 28'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	41' 56' Hadded	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia Chafaï, Benmoussa - Khaled (Bengrina 53’), Koudri, Benguit - Andria, Benkablia (Meziane 78’), Darfalou (Guessan 68’)

9 February 2017 Round 19	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Alger	showConstantine
16:00	Sameur 51' Benayada 61' Zerara 63' Aoudia 87'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Canal Algérie	53' Benguit	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 21.000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Meziane (Guessan 78’) - Benkablia (Yaïche 69’), Darfalou, Andria (Bengrina 83’)

14 February 2017 Round 16	MO Béjaïa	0–0	USM Alger	showBéjaïa
16:00 Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the African Cup and World Cup military	10' Boucherit 79' 81' Sidibe 89'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	10' Koudri 15' Yaiche 73' Benyahia	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 22.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Koudri, Bellahcène (Darfalou 74’) - Andria, Benkablia (Bengrina 86’), Yaiche (Meziane 46’)

20 February 2017 Round 20	USM Alger	2–1	CR Belouizdad	showAlgiers
18:00	Benguit 14' Abdellaoui 48' Meziane 72' Zemmamouche 90+3'	Soccerway report DZfoot report	86' Naamani 90+1'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafai, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa - Benguit, Koudri, Bengrina (Guessan 46) - Andria, Benkablia (Bourenane 61), Meziane

25 February 2017 Round 21	Olympique de Médéa	1–3	USM Alger	showMédéa
15:00	27' Banouh 44' 45+2' Addadi 79'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: None	28' (pen.) Meftah 64' Andria 68' 78' Bellahcene 72' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Bellahcène, Benkablia (Bourenane 13’) - Andria (Bengrina 85’), Meziane, Guessan (Darfelou 90’)

4 March 2017 Round 22	USM Alger	2–2	MC Alger	showAlgiers
17:45	Benmoussa 8' Meftah 21' 90+6' Benyahia 25' Chafaï 60'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Al-Kass Sports	4' Seguer 8' Karaoui 10' Bouguèche 90+6' Boudebouda	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Rafik Achouri
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Koudri, Bourenane (Sayoud 85’) - Andria, Meziane, Guessan

25 March 2017 Round 17	RC Relizane	2–0	USM Alger	showRelizane
16:00 Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the African Cup and World Cup military	Guebli 24' 70' 33' 35' 33'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Merzoug Brahimi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Meftah, Benmoussa (Yaiche 46’), Chafaï, Benyahia, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Beldjilali (Sayoud 79’) - Meziane, Guessan (Bourenane 71’)

25 April 2017 Round 23	JS Kabylie	1–1	USM Alger	showTizi Ouzou
18:00	Djerrar 11' 35' 35'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / TV Tamazight 4	15' Benguit 43' Benyahia 64' Abdellaoui 85' Mansouri	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Abdellaoui, Benyahia, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Sayoud (Benkhemassa 78’), Koudri, Benguit (Benkablia 85’) - Andria, Darfelou (Guessan 89’)

29 April 2017 Round 24	USM Alger	3–0	CA Batna	showBologhine
17:00	Koudri 35' Bitam 60' (o.g.) Darfalou 72', 87'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah (Benkablia 85), Benmoussa - Sayoud (Benkhemassa 46’), Koudri, Benguit, Andria - Darfelou, Guessan (Bengrina 46’)

7 May 2017 Round 25	USM El Harrach	1–1	USM Alger	showAlgiers
17:45	Younes 3' 20' Zeghba 90+2'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports	57' Meftah 71' Chafaï 87' Beldjilali	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah (Benkablia 85’), Benmoussa - Sayoud (Bengrina 46’), Koudri, Benguit - Andria, Darfelou, Guessan (Benkhemassa 46’)

16 May 2017 Round 26	USM Alger	2–1	MC Oran	showBologhine
17:45	Andria 48' Benguit 81' Meziane 88'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	86' Sebbah 90+3' Hamidi	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafaï, Benyahia, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Sayoud (Benkablia 76’), Bourenane (Andria 46’) - Meziane, Darfalou (Benmoussa 90’)

29 May 2017 Round 27	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	USM Alger	showAlgiers
22:30	Coumbassa 5' 47' Ouertani 64' 88'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports	7' Meziane 35' Abdellaoui	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Ahmed Bouzerar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Beldjilali, Koudri, Benguit - Andria (Benkablia 46’), Meziane, Darfelou (Guessan 46’)

7 June 2017 Round 28	USM Alger	6–2	USM Bel-Abbès	showBologhine
22:30	Darfalou 9' Chafaï 20' Meftah 29' Sayoud 44' Meziane 45+1' Bourenane 58' Koudri 65' Beldjilali 77'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports	22' Zouari 50' Khali 50' Balegh 51' 90+2' (pen.) Bounoua 62' Bouguelmouna	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 9.000 Referee: Rafik Achouri
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Beldjilali, Koudri (Bellahcène 80’), Sayoud (Benyahia 54’), Bourenane (Hammar 67’) - Meziane, Darfelou

10 June 2017 Round 29	ES Sétif	2–1	USM Alger	showSétif
22:30	Djahnit 5' Djabou 52' Khedairia 84'	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports / Al-Kass Sports	19' Benyahia 33' Meziane 55' Beldjilali 75' Sayoud	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa, Benyahia (Hammar 45’) - Beldjilali, Koudri, Bourenane (Sayoud 63’) - Meziane (Guessan 81’), Darfelou

14 June 2017 Round 30	USM Alger	5–2	JS Saoura	showBologhine
22:30	Darfalou 23', 77', 83' Andria 44' Benmoussa 60' (pen.) Benguit 63' Khoualed 90+3' (pen.)	Soccerway report usm-alger report Live TV: None	43' Bourdim 68' Tiboutine 86' Bekakchi	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Sayoud (Bourenane 84’), Koudri (Khoualed 80’), Bellahcène, Benguit - Andria (Benkhemassa 72’), Meziane, Darfelou

Algerian Super Cup[]

1 November 2016	USM Alger	2–0	MC Alger	showBlida^{[note 2]}
17:45 Match rescheduled due to share some of their players in the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics	Benkhemassa 38' Abdellaoui 43' Chafaï 61' Meftah 77' (pen.)	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / beIN Sports / Al-Kass Sports	40' Mebarakou 44' 64' Boudebouda 75' Chaâl 80' Hachoud	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

Algerian Cup[]

24 November 2016 Round of 64	USM Alger	2–0		showBologhine
17:00	Sayoud 43' 71' Guessan 78'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	52' Bitel	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Azzaz, Benaceur, Djafi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Meftah (c), Benyahia, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Koudri (Beldjillali 80’), Sayoud (Meziane 89’) - Bouderbal (Andria 46’), Guessan

16 December 2016 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	CA Batna	showBologhine
16:00	Guessan 81' Meftah 83' Hammar 87'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	45+1' 70' 46' 87' Daoud	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Benyahia, Chafaï, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Hammar - Bouderbal, Guessan (Darfalou 81’), Meziane (Andria 88’)

27 December 2016 Round of 16	USM Bel-Abbès	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	USM Alger	showSidi Bel Abbes
17:00	Khali 26' Balegh 100' Toual 103'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	100' Abdellaoui	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Brahimi, Semsoum, Chaballah
	Penalties
	Sidhoum Benabderahmane Cherifi Balegh Bounoua		Benyahia Sayoud Benguit Benmoussa Meziane Abdellaoui Beldjilali
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (c) - Benguit, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Koudri (Benmoussa 112’), Benkhemassa, Beldjilali - Andria (Sayoud 75’), Darfalou, Hammar (Meziane 66’)

Champions League[]

First round[]

11 March 2017 first leg	USM Alger	2–0	Rail Club du Kadiogo	showBologhine
20:30 UTC+1	Koudri 31' Darfalou 72' Sayoud 87'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / EPTV Terrestre	30' S.Sylla 32' 34' 81' 85' 88' Asamoah 90'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Benguit, Chafaï, Abdellaoui (Bellahcène 60e), Benmoussa - Koudri, Benyahia, Bourenane (Sayoud 56e) - Andria, Guessan (Darfalou 67e), Meziane

18 March 2017 Second leg	Rail Club du Kadiogo	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	USM Alger	showOuagadougou
15:30 UTC±0	Asamoah 44' 54' 68' 83'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: None	26' 27' Sayoud 48' Abdellaoui	Stadium: Stade du 4 Août^{[note 3]} Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Benguit, Benyahia (Bourenane, 74e), Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Meziane (Zeghdane, 85e), Koudri, Benmoussa, Sayoud - Andria, Guessan (Belahcène, 63e)

Group stage[]

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	USM	AHT	ZAM	CAP
1	USM Alger	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11	Quarter-finals	—	3–0	2–0	4–1
2	Al-Ahli Tripoli	6	2	3	1	11	10	+1	9	Quarter-finals	1–1	—	0–0	4–2
3	Zamalek	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6^[a]		1–1	2–2	—	2–0
4	CAPS United	6	2	0	4	10	16	−6	6^[a]		2–1	2–4	3–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).

12 May 2017 Matchday 1	USM Alger	3–0	Al-Ahli Tripoli	showAlgeirs
18:00 UTC+1	Chafaï 31' Andria 45+1' Darfalou 83'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / beIN Sports	30'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Benyahia, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benguit, Beldjilali (Bellahcene 87’), Koudri, Bourenane (Meziane 70’) - Benkablia (Darfalou 76’), Andria

24 May 2017 Matchday 2	CAPS United	2–1	USM Alger	showHarare
15:00 UTC+2	Chitiyo 16', 81' Dauda 90+4'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: beIN Sports	67' Abdellaoui	Stadium: National Sports Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Abdellaoui, Chafai, Zeghdane (Benmoussa 60’) - Benguit, Beldjilali, Koudri, Meziane (Guessan 85’) - Darfalou (Benkablia 57’), Andria

2 June 2017 Matchday 3	Zamalek	1–1	USM Alger	showAlexandria^{[note 4]}
22:00 UTC+2	77' Mayuka 90+4'	CAF Report usm-alger report Live TV: beIN Sports	30' Chafaï 73' Koudri 84' Benmoussa	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Attendance: 5.000^{[note 5]} Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Benmoussa, Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Beldjilali - Andria (Bourenane 85’), Meziane (Hammar 90’), Darfalou.

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				CAF Champions League				Algerian Super Cup				Total
No.	Nat.	Player
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	26		3		2				5				1				34		3
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	2		1														2		1
30		Mourad Berrefane	2				1												3
Defenders
3		Ayoub Abdellaoui	20		4		2		1		4	1	1		1		1		27	1	7
5		Mohamed Benyahia	24	3	6		3				3				1				31	3	6
6		Farouk Chafaï	25	3	5		2				5	2			1	1			33	6	5
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	9	1	2										1				10	1	2
21		Toufik Zeghdane									1								1
25		Mokhtar Benmoussa	28	1	3		3				5		1		1				37	1	4
30		Mohamed Meftah	29	9	4	1	2	1			3				1	1			35	11	4	1
31		Raouf Benguit	26	1	6		3				5								34	1	6
Midfielders
7		Rafik Bouderbal	11		1		2								1				14		1
8		Kaddour Beldjilali	18	1	2		2				3								23	1	2
10		Amir Sayoud	19	1	2		2	1	1		2	1	1	1					23	3	4	1
14		Faouzi Bourenane	8	1							4								12	1
15		Ziri Hammar	6		1		2		1		1								9		2
17		Mohamed Benkablia	10								2								12
19		Abel Khaled	2																2
23		Hamza Koudri	22	1	4		2				5		2		1				30	1	6
24		Mohammed Benkhemassa	17	1	5		3								1		1		21	1	6
26		Reda Bellahcene	6		2	1					2				1				9		2	1
37		Mustapha Bengrina (B)	7																7
38		Mohamed Reda Boumechra (B)	1																1
41		Ilyes Yaiche (B)	7		1														7		1
Forwards
9		Carolus Andriamatsinoro	21	4	2		3				5	1			1				30	5	2
11		Abderrahmane Meziane	26	8	2		3				5				1				35	8	2
13		Oussama Darfalou	20	8			2				4	2							26	10
29		Ghislain Guessan	23	5	4		2	1	1		3				1				29	6	5
Own goals				2				0				0				0				2
Totals				50	60	2		3	4	0		7	5	1		2	2	0		62	71	3

(B) – USM Alger B player

Goalscorers[]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Cup	Champions League	Super Cup	TOTAL
30	Mohamed Meftah	DF	9	1	0	1	11
13	Oussama Darfalou	FW	8	0	2	0	10
11	Abderrahmane Meziane	FW	8	0	0	0	8
29	Ghislain Guessan	FW	5	1	0	0	6
6	Farouk Chafaï	DF	3	0	2	1	6
9	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	FW	4	0	1	0	5
5	Mohamed Benyahia	DF	3	0	0	0	3
10	Amir Sayoud	MF	1	1	1	0	3
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa	MF	1	0	0	0	1
31	Raouf Benguit	MF	1	0	0	0	1
3	Ayoub Abdellaoui	DF	0	0	1	0	1
8	Kaddour Beldjilali	MF	1	0	0	0	1
14	Faouzi Bourenane	MF	1	0	0	0	1
23	Hamza Koudri	MF	1	0	0	0	1
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa	DF	1	0	0	0	1
20	Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals			2	0	0	0	2
Totals			50	3	7	2	62

Suspensions[]

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
1 November 2016	Mohammed Benkhemassa	1
5 November 2016	Ziri Hammar	3	(vs. USM El Harrach)^[12]
17 November 2016	Farouk Chafaï	1
1 December 2016	Ghislain Guessan	1
1 December 2016	Ayoub Abdellaoui	1
22 December 2016	Mohamed Meftah	1	(vs. JS Saoura)
3 February 2017	Mokhtar Benmoussa	1
14 February 2017	Mohamed Benyahia	1
25 February 2017	Reda Bellahcene	1	(vs. Olympique de Médéa)
18 March 2017	Amir Sayoud	1	(vs. Rail Club du Kadiogo)
25 April 2017	Ismaïl Mansouri	1	^[13]
2 June 2017	Hamza Koudri	1
2 June 2017	Raouf Benguit	1	Unknown

Clean sheets[]

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Name	L 1	AC	ASC	CL 1	Total
1	Lamine Zemmamouche	8	2	1	2	13
16	Ismaïl Mansouri	–	–	–	–	–
30	Mourad Berrefane	1	1	–	–	2
	TOTALS	9	3	1	2	15

Hat-tricks[]

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Oussama Darfalou	JS Saoura	5–2 (H)	14 June 2017	Ligue Professionnelle 1	^[14]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Squad list[]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 29 July 2016.^[15]^[16]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 31)	MC Alger	2012	2020	Originally from youth system
16	Ismaïl Mansouri	GK	(1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 28)	MO Béjaïa Loan Return	2008	2019
30	Mourad Berrefane	GK	(1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 30)	MO Béjaïa	2014	2016
Defenders
3	Ayoub Abdellaoui	LB / CB	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 23)	Youth system	2011	2016
5	Mohamed Benyahia	CB / DM	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 24)	MC Oran	2016	2019	Second nationality: France
6	Farouk Chafaï	CB	(1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 26)	Youth system	2010	2019
20	Nacereddine Khoualed	CB	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 30)	US Biskra	2006	2018	Vice-captain
21	Toufik Zeghdane	RB	(1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 24)	MC Alger	2016	2019	Second nationality: France
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa	LB / LM / LW	(1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 30)	ES Sétif	2012	2019
30	Mohamed Meftah (C)	RB	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 31)	JSM Béjaïa	2011	2020	Captain
31	Raouf Benguit	RB / RM	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20)	Paradou AC Loan	2016	2017
Midfielders
7	Rafik Bouderbal	AM / FW	(1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 29)	AS Lyon-Duchère	2016	2018	Second nationality: France
8	Kaddour Beldjilali	AM / CM	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 28)	Étoile du Sahel	2014	2017
10	Amir Sayoud	AM	(1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 26)	DRB Tadjenanet	2016	2020
15	Ziri Hammar	AM	(1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 24)	JS Saoura	2016	2020	Second nationality: France
14	Faouzi Bourenane	AM	(1994-08-24)24 August 1994 (aged 22)	Příbram	2016	2020	Second nationality: France
17	Mohamed Benkablia	AM	(1993-02-02)2 February 1993 (aged 23)	JS Kabylie	2016	2019
19	Abel Khaled	AM	(1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 24)	RC Arbaâ	2016	2018	Second nationality: France
23	Hamza Koudri	DM	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 29)	MC Alger	2012	2020
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa	AM / DM	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 23)	Youth system	2011	2018
26	Reda Bellahcene	DM	(1993-01-21)21 January 1993 (aged 23)	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	2016	2019	Second nationality: France
41	Ilyes Yaiche	AM / LM	(1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 19)	Youth system	2016	2020
Forwards
9	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	CF	(1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 27)	Paradou AC	2012	2017	Second nationality: Algeria
11	Abderrahmane Meziane	ST	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 22)	RC Arbaâ Loan Return	2014	2021	Originally from youth system
13	Oussama Darfalou	ST / FW	(1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 23)	RC Arbaâ	2015	2018
29	Ghislain Guessan	FW	(1992-09-15)15 September 1992 (aged 24)	RC Arbaâ Loan	2016	2017	Second nationality: France

Transfers[]

In[]

USM Alger started their transfer business early, acquiring midfielder Amir Sayoud for an undisclosed fee + Arslane Mazari and Djamel Chettal from DRB Tadjenanet on 9 June. USM Alger continued their recruitment in 11 June, signing young defender Raouf Benguit Loan from Paradou AC for a €50,000. 13 June, USM Alger confirmed their third summer signing in Reda Bellahcene, with the midfielder joining from FC Saint-Louis Neuweg for a free transfer. The club would later sign Ivorian prospect Ghislain Guessan, who joined the USM Alger team on a one-year deal from RC Arbaâ and also Abel Khaled from the same club. end of the season also saw the return of six players from the loan they Abderrahmane Meziane, Nazim Aklil, Abderrahmane Bourdim, , Ibrahim Bekakchi and ivorian Manucho. in the month of July joined by four new players to the team they Rafik Bouderbal from AS Lyon-Duchère, Ziri Hammar from JS Saoura, Mohamed Benyahia from MC Oran and Toufik Zeghdane from MC Alger.

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
9 June 2016	AM	Amir Sayoud	DRB Tadjenanet	Undisclosed + Arslane Mazari & Djamel Chettal	^[17]
11 June 2016	CB	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Loan end of season + €50,000	^[18]
13 June 2016	CB / DM	Reda Bellahcene	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	Free transfer	^[19]
28 June 2016	FW	Ghislain Guessan	RC Arbaâ	Undisclosed	^[20]
30 June 2016	ST	Abderrahmane Meziane	RC Arbaâ	Loan Return	^[21]
30 June 2016	FW	Manucho	RC Relizane	Loan Return
30 June 2016	DF	Nazim Aklil	JSM Skikda	Loan Return
30 June 2016	MF	Abderrahmane Bourdim	RC Relizane	Loan Return
30 June 2016	MF		RC Arbaâ	Loan Return
30 June 2016	DF	Ibrahim Bekakchi	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Loan Return
1 July 2016	AM	Abel Khaled	RC Arbaâ	Undisclosed
1 July 2016	AM / FW	Rafik Bouderbal	AS Lyon-Duchère	Undisclosed
2 July 2016	AM	Ziri Hammar	JS Saoura	Undisclosed	^[22]
2 July 2016	DM	Mohamed Benyahia	MC Oran	€150,000	^[23]
4 July 2016	RB	Toufik Zeghdane	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[24]
20 December 2016	AM	Faouzi Bourenane	Příbram	Undisclosed	^[25]
25 December 2016	FW	Mohamed Benkablia	JS Kabylie	Free transfer (Released)	^[26]

Out[]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
8 June 2016	LB		JS Kabylie	Free transfer (Released)	^[27]
8 June 2016	CB	Arslane Mazari	DRB Tadjenanet	As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer	^[28]
15 June 2016	AM	Djamel Chettal	DRB Tadjenanet	As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer	^[29]
18 June 2016	AM		CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	^[30]
19 June 2016	AM	Karim Baïteche	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	^[31]
27 June 2016	RB / CB	Houcine Benayada	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)
30 June 2016	FW	Manucho	CS Constantine	Loan	^[32]
1 July 2016	MF	Nassim Bouchema	CR Belouizdad	End of contract	^[33]
1 July 2016	FW	Rachid Nadji	ES Sétif	End of contract	^[34]
1 July 2016	LB	Brahim Boudebouda	MC Alger	End of contract	^[35]
1 July 2016	FW	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	CS Constantine	End of contract	^[36]
1 July 2016	CM / LM / AM	Zinedine Ferhat	Le Havre AC	End of contract	^[37]
1 July 2016	DM	Hocine El Orfi	NA Hussein Dey	End of contract	^[38]
1 July 2016	FW	Mohamed Seguer	MC Alger	End of contract	^[39]
1 July 2016	DF	Ibrahim Bekakchi	JS Saoura	Free transfer (Released)
2 July 2016	AM / LM / RM	Abderrahmane Bourdim	JS Saoura	Free transfer	^[40]
4 July 2016	MF	Oualid Ardji	NA Hussein Dey	Loan	^[41]

New contracts[]

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	2 years	2019	4 May 2016
33	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	2 years	2019	31 May 2016	^[21]
30	RB	Mohamed Meftah	3 years	2020	7 June 2016
27	GK	Mourad Berrefane	2 years	2018	8 June 2016	^[42]
25	LB / LM / LW	Mokhtar Benmoussa	3 years	2019	16 June 2016	^[43]
6	CB	Farouk Chafaï	3 years	2019	19 June 2016	^[44]
N/A	AM / LM / RM	Abderrahmane Bourdim	5 years	2021	19 June 2016	^[44]
23	DM	Hamza Koudri	3 years	2020	8 November 2016

Kit[]

Supplier: Adidas after that Joma, the beginning of the year 2017.^[45] Sponsor: Djezzy

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Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b The competition will be completed in the new season 2017–18 starting from the fourth round.
^ The final of the Algerian Super Cup in 2016 between USM Alger and MC Alger will be relocated to the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida instead of July 5, 1962 Stadium.^[10]
^ Rail Club du Kadiogo played their home match at Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, instead of their regular stadium Stade de Kadiogo, Kadiogo.
^ Zamalek played their home matches at Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria instead of their regular stadium, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo.^[11]
^ 5,000 spectators in the match between Zamalek and USM Alger for security reasons .

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[table_hth_UAL0.45289607274015-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.

[table_hth_ZAM0.29482034560983-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).

[CAF_Champions_League-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b The competition will be completed in the new season 2017–18 starting from the fourth round.

[Algerian_Super_Cup-13] The final of the Algerian Super Cup in 2016 between USM Alger and MC Alger will be relocated to the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida instead of July 5, 1962 Stadium.^[10]

[Kadiogo-14] Rail Club du Kadiogo played their home match at Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, instead of their regular stadium Stade de Kadiogo, Kadiogo.

[Zamalek-17] Zamalek played their home matches at Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria instead of their regular stadium, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo.^[11]

[attendance-18] 5,000 spectators in the match between Zamalek and USM Alger for security reasons .

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[19] Red card with the reserve team

[20] Although he received only one yellow card but was punished with one meeting because of the protest

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