2017–18 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2017–18 season
Owner	Ali Haddad
Chairman	; (until 28 February 2018); Abdelhakim Serrar; (from 28 February 2018)
Head coach	Paul Put; (until 11 November 2017); Miloud Hamdi; (from 12 November 2017)
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium; July 5, 1962 Stadium
Ligue 1	6th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Semi-finals
Confederation Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Oussama Darfalou (18 goals); All: ; Oussama Darfalou (26 goals)
Highest home attendance	65,000 (vs. Wydad Casablanca, 29 September)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 (vs. USM Blida, 19 May)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

In the 2017–18 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 40th season, as well as the CAF Champions League, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

With the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the CAF Champions League after defeating against Morocco's Wydad.^[4] on 11 November 2017 the coach Paul Put announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to CS Constantine.,^[2] A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season.^[3]

Season summary[]

In preparation for this season, which will start at the end of August 2017, the management of the USMA, in consultation with the technical staff, is planning the summer training course from 04 to 16 August 2017 in Turkey the Usmists will be in Istanbul at 2 pm, a bus will wait for the Algerian delegation to transport it to the station Kartepe in Izmit and will play five friendly matches.^[5] three against local clubs, two against Saudi clubs and one against a Qatari club. USM Alger is transported without six players: Ayoub Abdellaoui, Abderrahmane Meziane, Oussama Darfalou, Okacha Hamzaoui and Raouf Benguit Who joined the Algeria A' national team in preparation for the African Nations Championship qualification against the Libyan national team, as for Soumaila Sidibe did not move with the team because of the visa.^[6] the first friendly against Mersin İdmanyurdu and ended with a 5–1 victory and only Ziri Hammar played 90 minutes, and he was the author of three assists, in the same context the games it was delayed for a day due to heavy fog.^[7] The second match was against Al Kharaitiyat Qatar and ended 4–1 in favor of the Union and saw the match with the young striker , who scored two goals The third game against canceled because of the fog and to avoid these problems the decision of the management of the USM Alger played the rest of the friendly games in another place to avoid being postponed, then in the fourth game against Al-Hazm Saudi Club won the Union winning two goals to zero, on the final day of training, the team played two friendly matches in the morning against Ataşehir Çamolukspor and ended in favor of USM Alger with a 2–0 victory. In the evening against Al-Orobah from Saudi Arabia, they ended with a 2–2 draw. after a 13-day internship in Turkey in the heights of Izmit, the Red and Black are back home. The plane from Istanbul arrived at the Algiers airport at 18:30.^[8]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

8 August 2017^{[note 1]} Friendly	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1-5	USM Alger	showIzmit
16:00 UTC+3		Report	?' Benkablia ?' ?' Cherifi ?' ?' Bourenane	Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

11 August 2017 Friendly	Al Kharaitiyat	1-4	USM Alger	showIzmit
16:30 UTC+3		Report	?' Chafaï ?', ?' ?' Benyahia	Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

14 August 2017 Friendly		Canceled	USM Alger	showIzmit
16:00 UTC+3		[ Report]		Stadium: ?

15 August 2017 Friendly	USM Alger	2-0	Al-Hazm	showIzmit
00:00 UTC+3	Sayoud ?' Yaya ?'	Report		Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

16 August 2017 Friendly	Ataşehir Çamolukspor	0-2	USM Alger	showIzmit
10:00 UTC+3		Report	?' Boukhena ?' (pen.) Benmoussa	Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

16 August 2017 Friendly	USM Alger	2-2	Al-Orobah	showIzmit
15:30 UTC+3	Benyahia ?' Benkablia ?'	Report		Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

20 August 2017 Friendly	USM Alger	3-2	Olympique de Médéa	showBologhine
18:00	Meftah ?' Meziane ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ?

30 August 2017 Friendly	USM Alger	3-0	RC Kouba	showBologhine
10:00	Hamzaoui ?', ?' Hammar ?'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: ?

23 March 2018 Friendly	USM Alger	4-3	Paradou AC	showBologhine
18:00	Yaya 27', 32' Hamzaoui 40' Hamia 76'	[ Report] Live TV: Dzaïr TV	13', 37' Loucif 55' ?	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: ?

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	11	9	10	43	32	+11	036.67	N/A	6th	26 August 2017	19 May 2018
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	29 December 2017	2 February 2018
Champions League	7	2	4	1	9	6	+3	028.57	Group stage	Semi-finals	21 June 2017	21 October 2017
Confederation Cup	6	2	3	1	12	5	+7	033.33	First round	Group stage^{[note 2]}	7 March 2018	16 May 2018^{[note 2]}
Total	46	17	16	13	66	44	+22	036.96

Updated to match played 19 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	MC Oran	30	12	9	9	40	37	+3	45	Qualification for the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup
5	MC Alger	30	12	8	10	41	32	+9	44
6	USM Alger	30	11	9	10	43	35	+8	42^[a]
7	Paradou AC	30	12	6	12	35	30	+5	42^[a]
8	ES Sétif	30	10	10	10	35	30	+5	40

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 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.
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head results.

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	13	9	8	43	35	+8	48	6	4	5	24	18	+6	7	5	3	19	17	+2

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	4	4	6	12	7	6	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	5	2	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	5	5	6

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

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

26 August 2017 Round 1	USM Alger	2–1	Paradou AC	showBologhine
19:00 show Starting XI 1 – Zemmamouche 3 – Abdellaoui 6 – Chafaï 22 – Meftah 25 – Benmoussa 8 – Beldjilali 75' 24 – Benkhemassa 27 – Benguit 9 – Hamzaoui 65' 11 – Meziane 13 – Darfelou 87' Substitutes 7 – Yaya 75' 10 – Hammar 65' 4 – Sidibé 87'	Hamzaoui 46' Meftah 80' (pen.)	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None	28' Naidji 79' Moussaoui	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal Man of the Match: Meftah

7 September 2017 Round 2	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	USM Alger	showBelouizdad
17:00 show Starting XI 1 – Zemmamouche 3 – Abdellaoui 6 – Chafaï 22 – Meftah 25 – Benmoussa 8 – Beldjilali 82' 24 – Benkhemassa 23 – Koudri 9 – Hamzaoui 11 – Meziane 90' 13 – Darfelou 71' Substitutes 17 – Benkablia 90' 10 – Hammar 71' 4 – Sidibé 82'	17' Gasmi 49' (pen.) 90+4' Khacef 71'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie	47' Zemmamouche 74' Meziane	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab Man of the Match: Harrag

11 September 2017 Round 3	USM Alger	1–1	DRB Tadjenanet	showBologhine
17:45	Darfalou 79' Benkhemassa 90+2'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	17' 20' 42' Maroci 63' 84' Hadded	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Cherifi - Beldjilali (Hammar 45’), Benkhemassa, Benguit, Benkablia (Darfelou 45’) - Hamzaoui (Benmoussa 71’), Meziane

3 October 2017 Round 4	USM Bel-Abbès	2–0	USM Alger	showSidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Bounoua 21' Lamara 31' 35' 45+1' Toual 45'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	10' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Said Aouina
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane, Abdellaoui, Benyahia, Cherifi (Khoualed 46’), Meftah - Beldjilali (Yaya 63’), Hammar (Yaiche 63’), Sayoud, Koudri, Benkhemassa - Hamzaoui

24 October 2017 Round 5	USM Alger	2–0	USM El Harrach	showBologhine
17:00	Darfalou 2' Benkhemassa 70' Hammar 87'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie	49' Delhoum 53' Mebarki 67' Khelili	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Benguit, Benkhemassa, Yaya, Sayoud (Hammar 66’) - Meziane (Hamzaoui 83’), Darfelou (Sidibe 89’)

28 October 2017 Round 9	USM Alger	4–0	CR Belouizdad	showBologhine
17:00	Benmoussa 7' Hammar 13' (pen.) 34' Darfalou 23' (pen.), 40' Abdellaoui 55' Benkhemassa 61' Chafaï 76'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie / TV Tamazight 4	31' Khoudi 37' Namani	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Koudri, Benkhemassa, Yaya (Ben Hamouda 86’), Hammar (Boumechra 77’) - Meziane, Darfelou (Yaiche 89’)

3 November 2017 Round 10	Olympique de Médéa	1–1	USM Alger	showMédéa
15:00	34' Baouche 55' 83'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None	80' Koudri 89' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Koudri, Sidibe (Boumechra 75’), Yaya, Hammar (Benkablia 70’) - Meziane (Chita 90+2’), Darfelou

11 November 2017 Round 11	USM Alger	1–2	CS Constantine	showBologhine
17:00	Yaya 11' Benyahia 26'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Algérie 3	57' Abid 74' Dahar 90' Belkheir	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Khoualed, Chafaï, Benyahia, Benmoussa - Benkhemassa, Chita (Sayoud 70’,then Bourenane 81’), Yaya, Hammar (Boumechra 90+2’) - Meziane, Darfelou

16 November 2017 Round 12	USM Alger	0–2	JS Saoura	showBologhine
17:00	Meziane 79' Meftah 90'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None	6' Merbah 39' Djallit 45' Bekakchi 64' Bousmaha 77' Boukacem 79' 90+3' Yahia-Chérif 90+3' Bourdim	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Said Aouina
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi (Yaiche 78’), Chafaï, Benyahia, Meftah - Benkhemassa, Koudri (Benguit 63’), Yaya, Hammar (Boumechra 69’) - Meziane, Darfelou

28 November 2017 Round 6	MC Alger	0–2	USM Alger	showAlgiers
17:45	Karaoui 50' Boudebouda 81' El Moudene 90+3'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	40' Koudri 56' (pen.) Benmoussa 58' Benguit 71' Benkhemassa 81' Beldjilali 84' Darfalou	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa Man of the Match: Benguit
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benyahia (Chita 68’), Cherifi (Hammar 76’) - Koudri (Beldjilali 82’), Benkhemassa, Yaya, Benmoussa, Benguit - Darfelou

2 December 2017 Round 13	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	showOran
16:00	Ferrahi 48' 80'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None	51' Benkhemassa 71' Sidibe 75' Darfalou	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi, Chafaï (Sidibé 46’), Abdellaoui, Meftah - Benkhemassa, Boumechra (Bourenane 85’), Chita, Beldjilali - Hamzaoui (Bellahcène 46’), Darfelou

5 December 2017 Round 7	USM Alger	2–0	US Biskra	showBologhine
17:00	Cherifi 12' Darfalou 16' Khoualed 58' 74'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi, Khoualed, Abdellaoui, Meftah - Benkhemassa, Boumechra (Benhamouda 84’), Benmoussa, Beldjilali, Benguit - Darfelou (Yaiche 90’)

8 December 2017 Round 14	USM Alger	0–0	JS Kabylie	showBologhine
17:00	Benkhemassa 28' Meftah 47' Benguit 64' 80'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	68' Yettou 84' 90+3' Ferhani 88' Asselah	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi, Chafaï, Abdellaoui, Meftah - Benkhemassa, Boumechra (Beldjilali 52’), Benmoussa, Koudri (Benhamouda 74’), Benguit - Darfelou

12 December 2017 Round 8	ES Sétif	1–2	USM Alger	showSétif
17:00	Obambou 27' 54'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie / TV Tamazight 4	5' Darfalou 9' Benkhemassa 15' 43' Abdellaoui 75' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Benyahia, Chafaï, Abdellaoui, Meftah - Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Koudri 71’), Yaya (Benmoussa 46’), Chita - Meziane (Bellahcene 50’), Darfelou

16 December 2017 Round 15	USM Blida	2–3	USM Alger	showBlida
15:00	47' Ghacha 53' Frioui 55'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None	10' Meziane 58' Darfalou 78' Chafaï	Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi, Chafaï, Benmoussa, Meftah - Koudri, Beldjilali (Sayoud 46’), Yaya (Chita 62’), Benguit - Meziane (Hamzaoui 57’), Darfelou

6 January 2018 Round 16	Paradou AC	0–0	USM Alger	showBologhine
17:00	Chahrour 31' 47' Naidji 53'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	17' Abdellaoui 44' Benguit 90+3' Meftah ?' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi (Benmoussa 85’), Chafaï, Abdellaoui, Meftah - Benkhemassa, Sayoud (Beldjilali 83’), Yaya (Ardji 60’), Benguit - Meziane, Darfelou

20 January 2018 Round 17	USM Alger	1–2	NA Hussein Dey	showAlgiers
16:00	Benkhemassa 33' Abdellaoui 47' Chafaï 77' Benyahia 90+3' (pen.)	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie	10' Addadi 81' 85' 89'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benyahia, Benguit (Benmoussa 38’) - Koudri, Benkhemassa, Yaya, Sayoud (Beldjilali 46’) - Meziane (Bouderbal 84’), Darfelou

27 January 2018 Round 18	DRB Tadjenanet	0–3	USM Alger	showTadjenanet
15:00	80'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Algérie 3	23', 38' Yaya 26' Darfalou 36' Meftah	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benguit (Bellahcene 56’) - Koudri, Chita, Yaya (Bouderbal 73’), Benmoussa - Hajhouj, Darfelou (Hamia 81’)

9 February 2018 Round 19	USM Alger	1–2	USM Bel-Abbès	showAlgiers
17:00	Hajhouj 14' Zemmamouche 47' Chafaï 72' Benkhemassa 89'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	28' 47' Lagraâ 71' Lamara 75' Seguer 85' Tabti	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Sayoud (Hamia 78’), Chita (Koudri 46’), Yaya (Meziane 44’), Benkhemassa - Hajhouj, Darfelou

16 February 2018 Round 20	USM El Harrach	0–0	USM Alger	showAlgiers
16:00	Daoud 42' 60'	Soccerway report USM Alger report [ LFP report] Live TV: None	42' Koudri	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benguit, Benmoussa - Koudri, Chita (Beldjilali 77’), Bellahcène, Yaiche (Sayoud 70’) - Hajhouj (Bouderbal 59’), Darfelou

24 February 2018 Round 21	USM Alger	2–2	MC Alger	showAlgiers
17:00	Darfalou 1' 43' Abdellaoui 17' Bouderbal 19' Benmoussa 22' Chafaï 68' Bellahcene 79' Meftah 82' Zemmamouche 90+2'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	12' Nekkache 56' Bendebka 71' Hachoud	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Koudri, Benkhemassa, Bellahcène, Bouderbal (Sayoud 29’) - Hajhouj (Benyahia 59’), Darfelou

2 March 2018 Round 22	US Biskra	0–1	USM Alger	showBiskra
16:00	37'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None	64' Benkhemassa	Stadium: El Alia Sports Complex Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benchikhoune, Cherifi - Benmoussa, Benkhemassa (Beldjilali 87’), Bellahcène, Chita (Koudri 65’), Ardji - Hamia (Hamzaoui 80’)

13 March 2018 Round 23	USM Alger	3–2	ES Sétif	showBologhine
17:00	Darfalou 8' (pen.) Benguit 49' 56' Koudri 50' 53' Chafaï 82'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	49' Sidhoum 83', 90+2' Banouh	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benguit, Cherifi - Benmoussa, Benkhemassa, Beldjilali (Benyahia 60’), Koudri (Chita 60’), Ardji (Hajhouj 76’) - Darfalou

30 March 2018 Round 24	CR Belouizdad	1–0	USM Alger	showBelouizdad
15:00	Salhi 26' 35' (pen.) Draoui 72' Lakroum 89'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Algérie 3	80' Chafaï 89' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Cherifi (Bouderbal 46’) - Benmoussa, Benkhemassa, Chita (Yaya 46’), Koudri, Ardji (Meziane 69’) - Darfalou

13 April 2018 Round 25	USM Alger	1–1	Olympique de Médéa	showBologhine
16:00	Abdellaoui 38'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None	12' 60' 83' Morcely	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Missoum Benabdellah
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Benyahia, Benchikhoun, Cherifi - Beldjilali (Sayoud 83’), Benguit, Chita - Yaya, Meziane (Bouderbal 58’), Darfalou (Hamzaoui 74’)

20 April 2018 Round 26	CS Constantine	2–1	USM Alger	showConstantine
16:00	Arroussi 38' Cherifi 53' (o.g.) Belameiri 18' 90+4'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Algérie 3	40' Abdellaoui 38' Chafaï 45+2' Benkhemassa 51' Darfalou 74' Meftah 88' Benguit 90+5' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Meftah, Benmoussa - Beldjilali (Cherifi 45’), Benguit, Benkhemassa - Yaya (Koudri 63’), Ardji (Meziane 67’), Darfalou

24 April 2018 Round 27	JS Saoura	3–2	USM Alger	showBéchar
16:00	Bourdim 21', 81' (pen.) Cherifi 53' (o.g.)	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: None	58' (o.g.) 90+1' (pen.) Benmoussa	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri, Benmoussa, Chafaï, Benchikhoune, Cherifi - Beldjilali (Sayoud 65’), Bellahcène (Benhamouda 83’), Chita - Yaya, Ardji, Meziane (Hajhouj 60’)

28 April 2018 Round 28	USM Alger	3–1	MC Oran	showBologhine
16:00	Darfalou 65' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Benyahia 83'	Soccerway report USM Alger report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie	6' Chibane 38' Mekkaoui 63'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri, Benmoussa, Chafaï, Benchikhoune, Benyahia - Sayoud (Bouderbal 56’), Benkhemassa, Chita (Bellahcène 77’) - Yaya (Hajhouj 82’), Darfelou, Meziane

11 May 2018 Round 29	JS Kabylie	3–2	USM Alger	showTizi Ouzou
16:00	Yettou 20' Benyahia 64' (o.g.) Radouani 73'	Soccerway report USM Alger report [ LFP report] Live TV: None	80', 89' Darfalou	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane, Semmane, Meftah, Cherifi, Benyahia - Sayoud, Bellahcène, Chita - Ardji (Benhamouda 74'), Darfelou, Yaiche

19 May 2018 Round 30	USM Alger	1–2	USM Blida	showBologhine
16:00	Hajhouj 64'	Soccerway report USM Alger report [ LFP report] Live TV: None	53' 83' Frioui	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ali Nader
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Sifour, Semmane, Benchikhoune, Cherifi, Benyahia - Ardji (Asli 51'), Bellahcène, Chita - Hajhouj, Darfelou, Yaiche

Algerian Cup[]

29 December 2017 Round of 64	USM Alger	1–0	showBologhine
16:00	Meftah 45+2' Sidibe 77'	USM Alger report Live TV: None	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Benyahia (Bourenane 84’), Cherifi, Meftah, Sidibe - Chita, Sayoud, Koudri, Bellahcene - Yaya (Yaiche 46’), Meziane

16 January 2018 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	CS Constantine	showBologhine
16:00	Benguit 32' Sayoud 60' Mansouri 90+2'	dzFoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri - Benyahia, Chafai, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa - Koudri, Benkhemassa, Benguit, Sayoud (Chita 70’) - Darfalou (Berrefane 90+2’), Yaya (Ardji 76’)

2 February 2018 Round of 16	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Alger	showBéchar
17:00	Madani 79' Yahia-Chérif 81' 82' Boukacem 90'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	59' Meftah 67' Benguit 75' Yaya	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah, Chafai, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa (Hamia 88') - Chita, Benguit (Sayoud 86'), Benkhemassa, Hajhouj (Meziane 80') - Derfalou, Yaya

Champions League[]

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
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).

21 June 2017 Matchday 4	USM Alger	2–0	Zamalek	showAlgeirs
23:00 UTC+1	Bellahcene 44' Sayoud 61' Meziane 87'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / beIN Sports	17' 61' Hamed 90+5'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Abdellaoui, Chafai, Benmoussa - Bellahcene, Beldjilali (Benkhemassa 86’), Sayoud, Meziane (Hammar 90+1’) - Darfalou, Andria (Hamzaoui 79’)

30 June 2017 Matchday 5	Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–1	USM Alger	showSfax (Tunisia)^{[note 3]}
19:00 UTC+1	38'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: beIN Sports	16' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Abdellaoui, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benguit, Beldjilali (Benkhemassa 87’), Sayoud, Meziane - Darfalou (Hamzaoui 71’), Andria (Bellahcene 55’)

9 July 2017 Matchday 6	USM Alger	4–1	CAPS United	showAlgeirs
20:00 UTC+1	Hammar 36' Hamzaoui 42' Darfalou 78', 88'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / beIN Sports	81'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Meftah (c), Benmoussa (Khoualed 84’), Chafaï, Abdellaoui - Benguit, Koudri, Hammar (Benkhemassa 58’) - Hamzaoui (Benkablia 72’), Meziane, Darfalou

knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals[]

16 September 2017 First leg	Ferroviário Beira	1–1	USM Alger	showBeira
15:00 UTC+2	19' 89'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: beIN Sports	4' Abdellaoui 63' Darfalou 84' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Estádio do Chiveve Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (c) - Meftah, Abdellaoui, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benkhemassa, Koudri, Benguit - Meziane (Cherifi 90+3’), Darfalou (Sidibe 80’), Hamzaoui (Hammar 40’)

23 September 2017 Second leg	USM Alger	0–0 (1 (a) –1 agg.)	Ferroviário Beira	showAlgeirs
18:30 UTC+1		CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / beIN Sports	29' Nyirenda 81' Maninho	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (c) - Meftah, Abdellaoui, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benkhemassa, Koudri, Beldjilali (Sayoud 74’) - Meziane (Sidibé 90+2’), Darfalou, Hammar (Hamzaoui 78’)

Semi-finals[]

29 September 2017 First leg	USM Alger	0–0	Wydad Casablanca	showAlgeirs
18:00 UTC+1	Meftah 38' Benmoussa 47' Chafaï 89'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / beIN Sports	14' Gaddarine 89' Khadrouf	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (c) - Meftah, Abdellaoui, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benkhemassa, Sayoud, Benguit - Meziane (Benkablia 85’), Darfalou, Hamzaoui (Hammar 68’)

21 October 2017 Second leg	Wydad Casablanca	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	USM Alger	showCasablanca
20:00 UTC+1	El Karti 26' Bencharki 54', 90+3' Nekkach 57' Atouchi 47' 56'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: beIN Sports	53' 67' Abdellaoui 58' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (c) - Meftah, Abdellaoui, Chafai, Benmoussa - Benkhemassa, Sayoud, Benguit (Hamzaoui 69’) - Meziane, Darfalou, Yaya (Beldjilali 75’)

Confederation Cup[]

First round[]

7 March 2018 first leg	AS Maniema Union	2–2	USM Alger	showKindu
14:00 UTC+2	45' 51'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: RTNC	18' Ardji 29' Darfalou	Stadium: Attendance: 5,000 Referee: (Sudan)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Cherifi, Benchikhoun (Benkhemassa 78’) - Benguit, Koudri, Bellahcene (Beldjilali 62’) - Benmoussa, Ardji (Hajhouj 60’), Darfalou

18 March 2018 Second leg	USM Alger	1–1 (3 (a) –3 agg.)	AS Maniema Union	showAlgeirs
18:00 UTC+1	Abdellaoui 59' Darfalou 36' 82'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	39' 89' Manzoki	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: (Liberia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Cherifi, Meftah - Benguit (Sayoud 65’), Koudri, Benkhemassa - Benmoussa, Ardji, Darfalou

Play-off round[]

7 April 2018 first leg	Plateau United	2–1	USM Alger	showLagos
16:00 UTC+1	Osanga 20' 76'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: None	12' Benguit 56' Yaya 75' Benyahia 89' Chafaï	Stadium: Agege Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benyahia, Meftah - Benguit, Koudri, Benkhemassa (Hamia 33’), Benmoussa - Yaya, Darfalou

17 April 2018 Second leg	USM Alger	4–0 (5–2 agg.)	Plateau United	showAlgeirs
18:00 UTC+1	Darfalou 29', 49' Beldjilali 44' Benkhemassa 82'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	2' 8'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: (Senegal)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benmoussa, Meftah - Benguit, Koudri (Chita 77’), Beldjilali (Benkhemassa 64’) - Meziane (Ardji 70’), Yaya, Darfalou

Group stage[]

Group D[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	USM	RAY	GOR	YAN
1	USM Alger	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Quarter-finals	—	1–1	2–1	4–0
2	Rayon Sports	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9	Quarter-finals	1–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Gor Mahia	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8		0–0	1–2	—	4–0
4	Young Africans	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4		2–1	0–0	2–3	—

Source: CAF

6 May 2018 Matchday 1	USM Alger	4–0	Young Africans	showAlgeirs
20:00 UTC+1	Darfalou 4' 70' Chafaï 33' Meziane 54' Zemmamouche 90+4' (pen.)	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / beIN Sports		Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: (Ghana)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui (Benmoussa 59’), Chafaï, Benyahia, Meftah - Benguit (Koudri 80’), Bouderbal, Benkhemassa - Meziane, Yaya (Sayoud 73’), Darfalou

16 May 2018 Matchday 2	Gor Mahia	0–0	USM Alger	showNairobi
19:00 UTC+3	Onyango 33' 55'	CAF Report USM Alger report Live TV: beIN Sports	44' Bouderbal	Stadium: Moi International Sports Centre Attendance: 7,000 Referee: (Mali)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benyahia, Meftah - Benguit, Koudri, Bouderbal (Ardji 61’), Benkhemassa - Meziane (Yaiche 82’), Yaya

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				CAF Confederation Cup				Total
No.	Nat.	Player
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	25		5		2				7		1		6	1			40	1	6
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	2				1			1									3
30		Mourad Berrefane	2				1												3
		Abdelmoumen Sifour (B)	1																1
Defenders
3		Ayoub Abdellaoui	23	1	5	2	2				7	1	2		6		1		38	2	8	2
5		Mohamed Benyahia	14	2	1		2								3		1		19	2	2
6		Farouk Chafaï	24	3	6		2				7	1	1		6	1	1		39	5	8
19		Redouane Cherifi	17		1		1				1				2				21		1
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	3		1						1								4		1
21			5												1				6
22		Mohamed Meftah	19	1	6		2	1	1		7		1		5				33	2	8
25		Mokhtar Benmoussa	24	3	1		2				7		1		5				38	3	2
27		Raouf Benguit	15		4	3	2		2		5				6		1		28		7
42		(B)	2																2
Midfielders
2		Oussama Chita	18				3								1				22
4		Soumaila Sidibe	5		1		1		1		2								8		2
7		Faouzi Yaya	20	3			3		1		1				4	1			28	4	1
8		Kaddour Beldjilali	18		1						4				2	1			24	1	1
10		Ziri Hammar	10	2	1						5	1							15	3	1
14		Faouzi Bourenane	2				1												3
17		Mohamed Benkablia	3								2								5
18		Amir Sayoud	13				3	1			4			2	1				22	2
23		Hamza Koudri	18	1	4		2				4				6				30	1	4
24		Mohammed Benkhemassa	22	1	11		2				7				6	1			37	2	11
26		Reda Bellahcene	10		1		1				2	1			1				14	1	1
20		Rafik Bouderbal	7	1											2		1		9	1	1
15		Oualid Ardji	8				1								4	1			13	1
31		Ilyes Yaiche (B)	7				1								1				9
84		Mohamed Reda Boumechra (B)	7	1															7	1
54		Billel Benhammouda (B)	5																5
		(B)	1																1
Forwards
9		Okacha Hamzaoui	9	1							7	1							16	2
9		Carolus Andriamatsinoro									2								2
11		Abderrahmane Meziane	18	2	1		2				7	1			3	1			30	4	1
13		Oussama Darfalou	27	18	1		2				7	3	1		5	5	2		41	26	4
10		Reda Hajhouj	8	2			1								1				10	2
17		Mohamed Amine Hamia	3				1								1				5
Own goals				1				0				0				0				1
Totals				43	50	5		2	5	1		9	7	1		12	8	0		66	70	7

(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.	L 1	AC	CL 1	CC 3	TOTAL
13	Oussama Darfalou	FW	18	0	3	5	26
6	Farouk Chafaï	DF	3	0	1	1	5
7	Faouzi Yaya	MF	3	0	0	1	4
11	Abderrahmane Meziane	FW	2	0	1	1	4
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa	DF	3	0	0	0	3
15	Ziri Hammar	MF	2	0	1	0	3
5	Mohamed Benyahia	DF	2	0	0	0	2
9	Okacha Hamzaoui	FW	1	0	1	0	2
10	Reda Hajhouj	FW	2	0	0	0	2
22	Mohamed Meftah	DF	1	1	0	0	2
3	Ayoub Abdellaoui	DF	1	0	1	0	2
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa	MF	1	0	0	1	2
84	Mohamed Reda Boumechra	MF	1	0	0	0	1
26	Reda Bellahcene	MF	0	0	1	0	1
18	Amir Sayoud	MF	0	1	0	0	1
20	Rafik Bouderbal	MF	1	0	0	0	1
15	Oualid Ardji	MF	0	0	0	1	1
23	Hamza Koudri	MF	1	0	0	0	1
8	Kaddour Beldjilali	MF	0	0	0	1	1
1	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals			1	0	0	0	1
Totals			43	2	9	12	66

Suspensions[]

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
21 June 2017	Amir Sayoud	3	(vs. Zamalek)
28 October 2017	Mohammed Benkhemassa	1
16 November 2017	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	1	^{[note 4]}
28 November 2017	Raouf Benguit	1	^{[note 5]}
5 December 2017	Nacereddine Khoualed	1	^{[note 5]}
8 December 2017	Raouf Benguit	1	(vs. JS Kabylie)
12 December 2017	Ayoub Abdellaoui	2	(vs. ES Sétif)
12 December 2017	Mohammed Benkhemassa	1
6 January 2018	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	1	^{[note 6]}
6 January 2018	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	1	^{[note 4]}
16 January 2018	Ismaïl Mansouri	?	(vs. CS Constantine)
20 January 2018	Mohammed Benkhemassa	1
9 February 2018	Mohammed Benkhemassa	1	^{[note 5]}
13 March 2018	Raouf Benguit	1	(vs. ES Sétif)
30 March 2018	Farouk Chafaï	1
20 April 2018	Raouf Benguit	4	(vs. CS Constantine)^[9]
20 April 2018	Ayoub Abdellaoui	3	(vs. CS Constantine)^[9]
20 April 2018	Mohamed Meftah	1	^{[note 4]}
20 April 2018	Hamza Koudri	8	^[10]
6 May 2018	Oussama Darfalou	1

Clean sheets[]

Includes all competitive matches.

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

Squad list[]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 11 December 2017.^[11]^[12]^[13]
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 (C)	GK	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 32)	MC Alger	2012	2020	Captain
16	Ismaïl Mansouri	GK	(1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 29)	MO Béjaïa Loan Return	2008	2019
30	Mourad Berrefane	GK	(1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 31)	MO Béjaïa	2014	2018
Defenders
3	Ayoub Abdellaoui	LB / CB	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 24)	Youth system	2011	2016
5	Mohamed Benyahia	CB / DM	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 25)	MC Oran	2016	2019	Second nationality: France
6	Farouk Chafaï	CB	(1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 27)	Reserve team	2010	2019
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa	LB / LM / LW	(1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 31)	ES Sétif	2012	2019
22	Mohamed Meftah	RB	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 32)	JSM Béjaïa	2011	2020	Vice-captain
21	Mehdi Benchikhoune	RB	(1996-04-03)3 April 1996 (aged 21)	Reserve team	2017	2022
19	Redouane Cherifi	DF	(1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 24)	USM Bel-Abbès	2017	2021
27	Raouf Benguit	CB / DM	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20)	Paradou AC Loan	2016	2018
Midfielders
8	Oualid Ardji	MF	(1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 21)	NA Hussein Dey Loan Return	2016	2021	Originally from youth system
20	Rafik Bouderbal	AM / FW	(1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 29)	AS Lyon-Duchère	2016	2018	Second nationality: France
4	Soumaila Sidibe	AM / DM	(1992-06-15)15 June 1992 (aged 25)	MO Béjaïa	2017	2020
8	Kaddour Beldjilali	AM / CM	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 29)	Étoile du Sahel	2014	2017
18	Amir Sayoud	AM	(1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 27)	DRB Tadjenanet	2016	2020
10	Ziri Hammar	AM	(1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 25)	JS Saoura	2016	2020	Second nationality: France
14	Faouzi Bourenane	AM	(1994-08-24)24 August 1994 (aged 23)	Příbram	2016	2020	Second nationality: France
17	Mohamed Benkablia	AM	(1993-02-02)2 February 1993 (aged 24)	JS Kabylie	2016	2019
23	Hamza Koudri	DM	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 30)	MC Alger	2012	2020
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa	AM / DM	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 24)	Reserve team	2011	2018
26	Reda Bellahcene	DM	(1993-01-21)21 January 1993 (aged 24)	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	2016	2019	Second nationality: France
31	Ilyes Yaiche	AM / LM	(1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 20)	Reserve team	2016	2020
7	Faouzi Yaya	MF	(1989-09-21)21 September 1989 (aged 28)	MO Béjaïa	2017	2020
2	Oussama Chita	MF	(1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 21)	MC Alger	2017	2021
Forwards
11	Abderrahmane Meziane	ST	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 23)	RC Arbaâ Loan Return	2014	2021	Originally from youth system
13	Oussama Darfalou	ST / FW	(1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 24)	RC Arbaâ	2015	2018
9	Okacha Hamzaoui	FW	(1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 27)	Nacional	2017	2018	Loan one year
10	Reda Hajhouj	FW	(1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 23)	Wydad Casablanca	2018	2019
17	Mohamed Amine Hamia	FW	(1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad	2018	2021

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
21 May 2017	CF	Okacha Hamzaoui	Nacional	Loan one year	^[14]^[15]
21 June 2017	AM	Faouzi Yaya	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	^[16]^[17]
22 June 2017	DF	Redouane Cherifi	USM Bel-Abbès	Free transfer	^[18]^[19]
30 June 2017	FW	Manucho	CS Constantine	Loan Return
30 June 2017	CB	Mohamed Amine Madani	USM El Harrach	Loan Return
4 July 2017	MF	Oussama Chita	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[20]^[21]
4 July 2017	CB / DM	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Loan one year
11 July 2017	DF	Mehdi Benchikhoune	Reserve team	First Professional Contract
31 July 2017	MF	Soumaila Sidibe	MO Béjaïa	7,000,000 DA	^[22]^[23]
23 December 2017	MF	Oualid Ardji	NA Hussein Dey	Loan Return	^[24]
23 December 2017	MF	Rafik Bouderbal	N/A	Return to complete his contract	^[24]
14 January 2018	FW	Reda Hajhouj	Wydad Casablanca	Free transfer	^[25]
15 January 2018	FW	Mohamed Amine Hamia	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer (Released)	^[26]

Out[]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
29 June 2017	RB	Toufik Zeghdane	Sedan Ardennes	Free transfer (Released)	^[27]^[28]
30 June 2017	CB	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Return from loan
30 June 2017	AM / FW	Rafik Bouderbal	Unattached	Undisclosed
30 June 2017	FW	Ghislain Guessan	RC Arbaâ	End of his contract
30 June 2017	FW	Manucho	Al Ittihad Alexandria	End of contract	^[29]
30 June 2017	CF	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	Ohod Club	End of contract	^[30]^[31]
14 July 2017	AM	Abel Khaled	DRB Tadjenanet	Free transfer (Released)	^[32]
16 July 2017	DF	Abderrahim Hamra	DRB Tadjenanet	Loan	^[33]
16 July 2017	FW		DRB Tadjenanet	Loan	^[33]
28 July 2017	MF	Mustapha Bengrina	US Biskra	Loan	^[34]
28 July 2017	MF		US Biskra	Loan	^[35]
30 July 2017	CB	Mohamed Amine Madani	JS Saoura	20,000,000 DA	^[36]
11 December 2017	CB	Nacereddine Khoualed	Ohod Club	Free transfer (Released)	^[37]^[a]
28 December 2017	AM	Ziri Hammar	JS Kabylie	Loan for six months	^[39]
8 January 2018	AM	Mohamed Benkablia	CR Belouizdad	Undisclosed	^[40]
11 January 2018	AM	Faouzi Bourenane	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer (Released)	^[41]
15 January 2018	AM/DM	Soumaila Sidibe	CR Belouizdad	Loan for six months	^[41]

^ Nacereddine Khoualed joined Ohod Club following his release.^[38]

Kit[]

Supplier: Joma, the beginning of the year 2017.^[42] Sponsor: Djezzy

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Notes[]

^ The match was abandoned due to heavy fog after 10 minutes from the start of the match, and was resumed on 9 August 2017, 11:00, from the point of abandonment.^[7]
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b The competition will be completed in the new season 2018–19 starting from the third round.
^ Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee because of the protest.
^ A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "USM Alger : Ali Haddad limoge son frère et nomme Serrar nouveau DG". alg24.net. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Paul Put démissionne". liberte-algerie.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "USMA : Paul Put remplacé par Miloud Hamdi". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ "Wydad Casablanca beat USMA to reach Champions League final". bbc.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ "Stage de préparation estivale du 04 au 16 août". usma.dz. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "USM Alger : Stage de préparation en Turquie". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Stage d'Izmit : Le match amical reporté en raison du brouillard". usma.dz. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "Les Usmistes de retour au pays". usma.dz. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "USMA : Benguit et Abdellaoui sanctionnés". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "USMA : Deux ans de suspension pour Koudri !". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ "First Team". fr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ "Joueurs du USM Alger". lfp.dz. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "USMA : Okacha Hamzaoui engagé pour une année". elitepresse. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ "USM Alger : Hamzaoui ambitieux pour son retour". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
^ "Ligue 1 Mobilis: Yaya rejoint l'USMA pour trois ans". aps.dz. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
^ "Transferts : Yaya rejoint l'USMA pour trois ans". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
^ "Cherifi usmiste pour 4 ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "USM Alger : Redouane Chérifi signe pour 4 saisons". lagazettedufennec.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
^ "Oussama Chita usmiste pour 4 ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "Transferts : Chita quitte le MC Alger pour l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
^ "Soumaila Sidibé officiellement Usmiste pour les trois prochaines années". usma.dz. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "Transferts : Sidibé finalement Usmiste". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ardji et Bouderbal officiellement de retour". usma.dz. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ "Le Marocain Reda Hajhouj usmiste pour 18 mois". usma.dz. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^ "Transfert : L'USMA boucle le mercato avec Hamia". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Toufik Zeghdane, un Ardennais de retour à Sedan". lunion.fr. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ "Transferts : Zeghdane se relance à Sedan". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ "Ittihad of Alexandria sign Ivorian striker Manucho". kingfut.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
^ "أحد يتعاقد مع مهاجم منتخب مدغشقر". al-khaleeg.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
^ "Transferts : Carolus Andria rejoint le Ohod Club". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
^ "خالد عابل يمضي لموسمين في صفوف "الديارتي"". sport.echoroukonline.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Hamra et Cherif ont officialisé hier leur arrivée au DRBT". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ "USMA: بن قرينة يعار الى اتحاد بسكرة". elheddaf.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ "USM Alger : Farhi et Bengrina prêtés pour une saison à l'US Biskra". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "JS Saoura : Mohamed Amine Madani s'engage pour trois saisons". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "Khoualed, merci et au revoir". usma.dz. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "Transferts : Khoualed et Boulaouidet au Ohod SC". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ "Transfert : Ziri Hammar prêté à la JS Kabylie". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ "CRB : Benkablia première recrue du Chabab". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "CR Belouizdad : Les nouvelles recrues qualifiées". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ "JOMA nouvel équipementier de l'USMA" (in French). usma.dz. December 28, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-30. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

[table_hth_UAL0.24322939675452-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head results.

[table_hth_ZAM0.12129445612491-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).

[47] Nacereddine Khoualed joined Ohod Club following his release.^[38]

[9] The match was abandoned due to heavy fog after 10 minutes from the start of the match, and was resumed on 9 August 2017, 11:00, from the point of abandonment.^[7]

[CAF_Confederation_Cup-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b The competition will be completed in the new season 2018–19 starting from the third round.

[Libya-13] Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

[Meftah-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee.

[penalty-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee because of the protest.

[Zemmamouche-16] A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee.

[rebouh-haddad-limoge-serrar-nomme-nouveau-dg-de-lusma-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "USM Alger : Ali Haddad limoge son frère et nomme Serrar nouveau DG". alg24.net. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[Paul_Put_démissionne-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Paul Put démissionne". liberte-algerie.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

[dzfoot.com-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "USMA : Paul Put remplacé par Miloud Hamdi". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

[4] "Wydad Casablanca beat USMA to reach Champions League final". bbc.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

[5] "Stage de préparation estivale du 04 au 16 août". usma.dz. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[6] "USM Alger : Stage de préparation en Turquie". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[abandoned-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Stage d'Izmit : Le match amical reporté en raison du brouillard". usma.dz. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

[8] "Les Usmistes de retour au pays". usma.dz. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[usma-benguit-et-abdellaoui-sanctionnes-17] Jump up to: ^a ^b "USMA : Benguit et Abdellaoui sanctionnés". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[18] "USMA : Deux ans de suspension pour Koudri !". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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

[20] "First Team". fr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[21] "Joueurs du USM Alger". lfp.dz. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[22] "USMA : Okacha Hamzaoui engagé pour une année". elitepresse. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

[23] "USM Alger : Hamzaoui ambitieux pour son retour". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[24] "Ligue 1 Mobilis: Yaya rejoint l'USMA pour trois ans". aps.dz. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[25] "Transferts : Yaya rejoint l'USMA pour trois ans". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[26] "Cherifi usmiste pour 4 ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[27] "USM Alger : Redouane Chérifi signe pour 4 saisons". lagazettedufennec.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[28] "Oussama Chita usmiste pour 4 ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[29] "Transferts : Chita quitte le MC Alger pour l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[30] "Soumaila Sidibé officiellement Usmiste pour les trois prochaines années". usma.dz. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[31] "Transferts : Sidibé finalement Usmiste". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[ardji-et-bouderbal-officiellement-de-retour-32] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ardji et Bouderbal officiellement de retour". usma.dz. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[33] "Le Marocain Reda Hajhouj usmiste pour 18 mois". usma.dz. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[34] "Transfert : L'USMA boucle le mercato avec Hamia". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[35] "Toufik Zeghdane, un Ardennais de retour à Sedan". lunion.fr. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[36] "Transferts : Zeghdane se relance à Sedan". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[37] "Ittihad of Alexandria sign Ivorian striker Manucho". kingfut.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[38] "أحد يتعاقد مع مهاجم منتخب مدغشقر". al-khaleeg.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[39] "Transferts : Carolus Andria rejoint le Ohod Club". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[40] "خالد عابل يمضي لموسمين في صفوف "الديارتي"". sport.echoroukonline.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[renouvellent-41] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Hamra et Cherif ont officialisé hier leur arrivée au DRBT". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[42] "USMA: بن قرينة يعار الى اتحاد بسكرة". elheddaf.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[43] "USM Alger : Farhi et Bengrina prêtés pour une saison à l'US Biskra". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[44] "JS Saoura : Mohamed Amine Madani s'engage pour trois saisons". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[45] "Khoualed, merci et au revoir". usma.dz. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[46] "Transferts : Khoualed et Boulaouidet au Ohod SC". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[48] "Transfert : Ziri Hammar prêté à la JS Kabylie". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[49] "CRB : Benkablia première recrue du Chabab". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[cr-belouizdad-nouvelles-recrues-qualifiees-50] Jump up to: ^a ^b "CR Belouizdad : Les nouvelles recrues qualifiées". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[51] "JOMA nouvel équipementier de l'USMA" (in French). usma.dz. December 28, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-30. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

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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	13	9	8	43	35	+8	48	6	4	5	24	18	+6	7	5	3	19	17	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	9	8	43	35	+8	48	6	4	5	24	18	+6	7	5	3	19	17	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	9	8	43	35	+8	48	6	4	5	24	18	+6	7	5	3	19	17	+2