2021–22 USM Alger season
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Owner | Groupe SERPORT | ||
President | Achour Djelloul | ||
Head coach | Denis Lavagne (from 25 August 2021)[1] (until 24 December 2021)[2] Azzedine Rahim (c) (from 24 December 2021)[3] (until 9 February 2022) Zlatko Krmpotić (from 9 February 2022)[4] | ||
Stadium | Omar Hamadi Stadium | ||
Ligue 1 | 4th | ||
Algerian Cup | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Aymen Mahious (7 goals) All: Aymen Mahious (7 goals) | ||
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In the 2021–22 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 44th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competing in Ligue 1, and the .
Season summary[]
Achour Djelloul spoke on Channel 3, made some revelations about recruitment and departures. While affirming that USM Alger will play the leading roles next season, Djelloul reveals that Denis Lavagne will be the new coach of Soustara's.[5] also said that he would like to keep Mounir Zeghdoud with the team as an assistant, while Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche who is at the end of his career, said we will prepare him to be a goalkeeper coach in the future. Returning to Antar Yahia case, it is first and foremost the relationship between an employer and an employee. Add to that Yahia was punished twice by the Disciplinary Committee, and for this we preferred to separate ourselves from this employee.[5] The club's first deals were goalkeeper Oussama Benbot then contracted with ES Sétif duo Messala Merbah and Ibrahim Bekakchi, The fourth deal was the former player Abderrahmane Meziane coming from Espérance de Tunis and after great negotiations about the salary, they agreed for 260 million per month for two seasons.[6]
On 1 September, USM Alger signed with the former player Hocine Achiou to be the new sporting director and Azzedine Rahim was appointed as assistant to Lavagne and Lounès Gaouaoui as goalkeepers coach.[7][8] On 10 September, Saadi Yacef passed away at the age of 93, who was one of the leaders of Algeria's National Liberation Front during his country's war of independence, president of the club in the seventies and honorary president.[9][10] On 14 September, team captain Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche renewed his contract for two seasons and is considered the most player who played in the history of the club, with 400 games in sixteen seasons, and stated that he wanted to retire here.[11] The first preparatory will be in Mostaganem for a ten-day internship like last season from September 19 to 28, is a very important step in the preparation for the offseason and include two friendly matches.[12] On 18 October, Pr. Riyad Mehiaoui, member of the scientific committee monitoring the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, said his organization was in favor of the return of supporters to the stadiums, 19 months after their absence.[13] On 20 October, Hocine Achiou sighed with relief after Mazire Soula finally terminated his contract with USMA. Since the squad has 27 players, management can qualify all new recruits the Franco-Algerian striker refused to leave. After several rounds of negotiation, Achiou and the player failed to agree on an amicable separation. The latter demanded first, compensation that covers the remainder of his lease, which expires on September 28, 2023, in order to sign the termination of his contract.[14]
Denis Lavagne stated that he has 40 years in the world of professionalism, but he has never seen a club start preparations and recruitment with a sports director who does not have a contract (Tewfik Korichi), to leave after one month to appoint another person in his place (Hocine Achiou), who does not have any experience or competence because he does not have any certificate or qualifications He came to revolutionize the team, touching everything, thinking that he knows everything about football.
— Denis Lavagne a statement after leaving the club.
On October 23, USM Alger opened the season against NA Hussein Dey outside the home and tied 1–1. USMA opened the scoring through Abderrahim Hamra in the 42nd minute, and before that Ismail Belkacemi missed a penalty kick.[15] On the 30th of the same month, in the first match at Omar Hamadi Stadium, the fans of Ouled EL Bahdja raised a banner to honor Saadi Yacef, who died about two months ago. USM Alger achieved a great victory against RC Arbaâ by four goals scored by Belkacemi, Mahious, Zouari and Belaïd. The visiting team played with a squad of reserve players, which Hocine Achiou did not like it. On November 20, against the leader US Biskra they won by three including a brace from Benhammouda, US Biskra was forced to play with the reserve team due to the Players protested for not receiving their dues. On November 16, Soolking feat Rim'K released a song Her name is Lela, some of which were filmed at Omar Hamadi Stadium with the supporters of USM Alger, Soolking is known as a big fan of The Reds and Blacks. On November 28, the medical staff announced the end of the season for Hamza Koudri, after the injury he received against US Biskra with a twisting of the left knee and a rupture of the cruciate ligament.[16] Before the MC Oran match, Ouled EL Bahdja decided to raise a banner in support of Koudri, but the club’s management prevented them and according to the group it was Achiou who refused, and after stumbling against them, USM Alger decided to terminate the contract with Denis Lavagne due to poor results.[2] Achiou stated that they will not rush to sign a new coach, who should be worthy of the club's philosophy, Lavagne asked for 198,000 euros after unilateral termination of the contract or to go to FIFA. On December 26, left-back Mehdi Beneddine moved to LB Châteauroux on a six months loan. After winning against Paradou AC, interim coach Azzedine Rahim stated that he does not want to burn the stages and in order to be a head coach you must go through several stages.
On February 6, 2022, the former player in the seventies and eighties Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud died at the age of 66 due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, and in his career with USM Alger, Ali Messaoud won the Algerian Cup title in 1981 and with the national team two gold medals for the Mediterranean Games in 1975 and the African Games in 1978.[17][18] After the end of the first stage led by a temporary coach for more than a month, USM Alger contracted with Serbian Zlatko Krmpotić with Moroccan assistant Djamil Ben Ouahi, Krmpotić who has coached several clubs in Africa, will sign a 6-month contract and could be renewed in the event of a place in the league standings at the end of the season.[4] On March 5, in a match against JS Saoura, USM Alger stumbled in a goalless draw and the match witnessed the cancellation of a goal for Al-Ittihad due to the offside situation, and with the replay it was found that the goal was correct, the sports director stated that he will not turn his back on the team and will play for the title, and that there are people within the team as if we were playing for the fall and not in third place, Mustapha Ghorbal who managed a fateful match in Saudi Arabia is not the same as the one who managed our match.
Pre-season and friendlies[]
26 September 2021 Friendly | USM Alger | 0–0 | WA Mostaganem | Mostaganem |
16:30 | ||||
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half - Zemmamouche, Radouani, Beneddine, Hamra, Belaïd, Benkhelifa, Koudri, Benhammouda, Belkacemi, Zouari, Othmani. Second half - Benbot, Alilet, Baouche, Bekakchi, Bouchina, Chita, Merbah, Benzaza, Meziane, Chenihi, Ait El Hadj. |
29 September 2021 Friendly | ASO Chlef | 2–2 | USM Alger | Chlef |
18:00 |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag | ||
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (Benbot 49'), Radouani (Alilet 71'), Baouche (Beneddine 49'), Bekakchi (Bouchina 49'), Belaïd (Hamra 49'), Merbah (Chita 71'), Koudri (Benkhelifa 49'), Benhammouda (Benzaza 49'), Zouari (Belkacemi 49'), Meziane (Ait El Hadj 71'), Chenihi (Othmani 49'), (Mahious 71'). |
4 October 2021 Friendly | USM Alger | 0–2 | JS Saoura | Bologhine |
18:30 | Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium | |||
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - . |
10 October 2021 Friendly | USM Alger | 1–0 | MC Oran | Chlef |
16:00 |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag | ||
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Bekakchi, Hamra (Beneddine 65'), Radouani, Belaïd, Benkhelifa (Merbah 65'), Koudri (Chita 75'), Benzaza, Meziane, Zouari (Ait El Hadj 65'), Belkacemi. |
13 October 2021 Friendly | USM Alger | 2–1 | Paradou AC | Bologhine |
18:00 |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium | ||
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Benbot, Loucif (Radouani ?'), Beneddine, Alilet, Bekakchi (Belaïd ?'), Hamra (Baouche ?'), Koudri (Benkhelifa ?'), Benzaza (Chita ?'), Benhammouda (Merbah ?'), Othmani (Zouari ?'), Belkacemi (Meziane ?'). |
15 October 2021 Friendly | USM Alger | 1–0 | ES Ben Aknoun | Bologhine |
18:00 |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium | ||
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Radouani (Alilet 64'), Hamra (Beneddine 64'), Belaïd (Loucif 75'), Bekakchi, Baouche (Benkhelifa 46'), Merbah (Chita 75'), Koudri (Othmani 84'), Zouari (Benhammouda 64'), Meziane (Ait El Hadj 75'), Belkacemi. |
13 November 2021 Friendly | USM Alger | 2–1 | RC Arbaâ | Bologhine |
18:00 |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium | ||
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Belaïd, Bekakchi, Achour, Baouche, Hamra, Chita, Benkhelifa, Zouari, Chenihi, Belkacemi. |
20 February 2022 Friendly | USM Alger | 3–2 | Olympique de Médéa | Bologhine |
17:00 |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium | |
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half - Benbot, Radouani, Hamra, Alilet, Bouchina, Benzaza, Merbah, Meziane, Benhammouda, Belkacemi, Mahious. Second half - Zemmamouche, Loucif, Hamra, Alilet, Bouchina, Benkhelifa, Merili, Zouari, Benhammouda, Belkacemi, Chenihi. Third half - Guendouz, Loucif, Alilet (Belarbi ?'), Achour, Belaïd, Benkhelifa, Chita, Ait El Hadj, Belkacemi (Belem ?'), Chenihi, Othmani. |
Competitions[]
Overview[]
Competition | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 42.86 | N/A | To be confirmed | 23 October 2021 | In Progress |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | To be confirmed | In Progress | In Progress | ||
Total | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 42.86 |
Updated to match played 11 March 2022
Source: Competitions
Ligue 1[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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2 | JS Saoura | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 36 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
3 | MC Alger | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 36 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
4 | USM Alger | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 35 | |
5 | JS Kabylie | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 35 | |
6 | ES Sétif | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 34 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 |
Last updated: 11 March 2022.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round[]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches[]
The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.[19]
23 October 2021 Round 1 | NA Hussein Dey | 1–1 | USM Alger | Belouizdad |
16:00 | [1] LFP report |
Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Abdelali Ibrir |
30 October 2021 Round 2 | USM Alger | 4–0 | RC Arbaâ | Bologhine |
15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Nadjib Meziani |
7 November 2021 Round 3 | JS Saoura | 1–0 | USM Alger | Béchar |
17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Said Aouina |
20 November 2021 Round 4 | USM Alger | 3–0 | US Biskra | Bologhine |
18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef |
25 November 2021 Round 5 | USM Alger | 3–1 | RC Relizane | Bologhine |
18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abderrezzak Arab |
4 December 2021 Round 6 | HB Chelghoum Laïd | 0–0 | USM Alger | Chelghoum Laïd |
14:30 |
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Report | Stadium: December 11, 1961 Staduim Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal |
17 December 2021 Round 8 | ASO Chlef | 2–1 | USM Alger | Chlef |
15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir |
24 December 2021 Round 9 | USM Alger | 0–0 | MC Oran | Bologhine |
18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef |
28 December 2021 Round 10 | CR Belouizdad | 1–0 | USM Alger | Belouizdad |
14:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Gamouh |
3 January 2022 Round 11 | USM Alger | 4–1 | NC Magra | Bologhine |
18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houssam Benyahia |
8 January 2022 Round 12 | WA Tlemcen | 0–3 | USM Alger | Tlemcen |
14:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Tahar Milia |
16 January 2022 Round 13 | USM Alger | 1–1 | MC Alger | Bologhine |
16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelali Ibrir |
21 January 2022 Round 14 | CS Constantine | 1–1 | USM Alger | Constantine |
14:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi |
25 January 2022 Round 15 | USM Alger | 2–1 | Paradou AC | Bologhine |
14:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa |
29 January 2022 Round 16 | Olympique de Médéa | 1–3 | USM Alger | Médéa |
14:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Imam Lyes Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa |
3 February 2022 Round 7 | USM Alger | 0–0 | JS Kabylie | Bologhine |
18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa |
7 February 2022 Round 17 | USM Alger | 1–0 | ES Sétif | Bologhine |
18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Gamouh |
25 February 2022 Round 18 | USM Alger | 1–0 | NA Hussein Dey | Bologhine |
18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani |
1 March 2022 Round 19 | RC Arbaâ | 2–0 | USM Alger | Larbaâ |
15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houssam Benyahia |
5 March 2022 Round 20 | USM Alger | 0–0 | JS Saoura | Bologhine |
18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal |
11 March 2022 Round 21 | US Biskra | 0–0 | USM Alger | Biskra |
14:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Ali Nader |
18 March 2022 Round 22 | RC Relizane | – | USM Alger | Relizane |
14:30 | Report | Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium |
25 March 2022 Round 23 | USM Alger | – | HB Chelghoum Laïd | Bologhine |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium |
2022 Round 24 | JS Kabylie | – | USM Alger | Tizi Ouzou |
18:00 | Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 |
2022 Round 25 | USM Alger | – | ASO Chlef | Bologhine |
18:00 | Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium |
2022 Round 26 | MC Oran | – | USM Alger | Oran |
18:00 | Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium |
2022 Round 27 | USM Alger | – | CR Belouizdad | Bologhine |
18:00 | Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium |
2022 Round 28 | NC Magra | – | USM Alger | Magra |
18:00 | Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium |
2022 Round 29 | USM Alger | – | WA Tlemcen | Bologhine |
18:00 | Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium |
2022 Round 30 | MC Alger | – | USM Alger | Algiers |
18:00 | Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet |
2022 Round 31 | USM Alger | – | CS Constantine | Bologhine |
18:00 | Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium |
2022 Round 32 | Paradou AC | – | USM Alger | Dar El Beïda |
18:00 | Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium |
2022 Round 33 | USM Alger | – | Olympique de Médéa | Bologhine |
18:00 | Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium |
2022 Round 34 | ES Sétif | – | USM Alger | Sétif |
18:00 | Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 |
Algerian Cup[]
Squad information[]
Playing statistics[]
- As of 11 March 2022
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 | |||||||||
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||
1 | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
16 | Alexis Guendouz | 6 | ||||||||||||
25 | Oussama Benbot | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||
Defenders | ||||||||||||||
2 | Houari Baouche | 13 | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Abderrahim Hamra | 11 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
4 | Zineddine Belaïd | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Mustapha Bouchina | 15 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
12 | Haithem Loucif | 15 | ||||||||||||
19 | Saâdi Radouani | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||
20 | Mehdi Beneddine | 1 | ||||||||||||
21 | Adam Alilet | 4 | ||||||||||||
22 | Fateh Achour | 9 | ||||||||||||
27 | Ibrahim Bekakchi | 12 | ||||||||||||
Midfielders | ||||||||||||||
6 | Oussama Chita | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | Kamel Belarbi | 1 | ||||||||||||
14 | Brahim Benzaza | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
15 | Messala Merbah | 15 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
17 | Taher Benkhelifa | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
20 | Islam Merili | 2 | ||||||||||||
23 | Hamza Koudri | 4 | ||||||||||||
26 | Billel Benhammouda | 20 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
Forwards | ||||||||||||||
7 | Ismail Belkacemi | 17 | 6 | |||||||||||
9 | Kwame Opoku | 8 | ||||||||||||
10 | Abderrahmane Meziane | 11 | 3 | |||||||||||
11 | Abdelkrim Zouari | 16 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
13 | Hamed Belem | |||||||||||||
18 | Aymen Mahious | 18 | 7 | |||||||||||
24 | Ibrahim Chenihi | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||
71 | Abderraouf Othmani | 3 | ||||||||||||
72 | Mohamed Ait El Hadj | 2 | ||||||||||||
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 28 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalscorers[]
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
Penalties[]
Clean sheets[]
Includes all competitive matches.
Squad list[]Players and squad numbers last updated on 11 October 2021.
Transfers[]In[]
Out[]
New contracts[]
Notes[]References[]
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- USM Alger seasons
- Algerian football clubs 2021–22 season