2021–22 USM Alger season

USM Alger
season
Owner	Groupe SERPORT
President	Achour Djelloul
Head coach	Denis Lavagne; (from 25 August 2021); (until 24 December 2021); Azzedine Rahim (c); (from 24 December 2021); (until 9 February 2022); Zlatko Krmpotić; (from 9 February 2022)
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium
Ligue 1	4th
Algerian Cup
Top goalscorer	League: ; Aymen Mahious; (7 goals); All: ; Aymen Mahious; (7 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21

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			Benhammouda 22' Mohamed Ait El Hadj 79'	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	Bekakchi 86'			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	Benhammouda 25' Zouari 81', 87'			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	Belkacemi 32'			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	Belaïd 14' Zouari 42'			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	Belkacemi ?' Benkhelifa ?' Belaïd ?' (pen.)		11' ?'	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
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	21	9	8	4	28	13	+15	042.86	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	042.86

Updated to match played 11 March 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2022. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	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	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D
Position	8	3	8	4	3	4	7	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	7	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2022. Source: Competitive matches
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	Kheiraoui 10' 41' Banouh 70' 77' 90'	[1] LFP report	Belkacemi 12' Hamra 42' Belaïd 75' Baouche 93'	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	Belkacemi 14' Mahious 30' (pen.) Zouari 35' Belaïd 42'	Report	Brahimi 29' 74'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nadjib Meziani

7 November 2021 Round 3	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Alger	Béchar
17:00	69' 70' 88' 88' 90'	Report	Hamra 33'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Said Aouina

20 November 2021 Round 4	USM Alger	3–0	US Biskra	Bologhine
18:00	Benhammouda 15', 21' Radouani 76' Belkacemi 82' (pen.)	Report	7' 73' 76'	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	Belkacemi 22' Benhammouda 37', 58'	Report	Balegh 83'	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	33' 70' 75'	Report	Bouchina 85' Belaïd 90'	Stadium: December 11, 1961 Staduim Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

17 December 2021 Round 8	ASO Chlef	2–1	USM Alger	Chlef
15:00	5' 18' Merili 28' 41'	Report	Mahious 88' (pen.) Baouche 90+4'	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

24 December 2021 Round 9	USM Alger	0–0	MC Oran	Bologhine
18:00	Baouche 21' Belaïd 42' Bouchina 45+1'	Report	55' 64' 90+2'	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	Bouchar 49' Bourdim 80'	Report	Benkhelifa 15' Zouari 48'	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	Belaïd 19' Benzaza 39' Benkhelifa 54' Belkacemi 75' (pen.)	Report	24' 25' Bouguèche 49' 65'	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	36'	Report	Mahious 38' Meziane 42', 57'	Stadium: Colonel Lotfi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Tahar Milia

16 January 2022 Round 13	USM Alger	1–1	MC Alger	Bologhine
16:00	Merbah 31' Meziane 52'	Report	38' Zaidi 65'	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	Belahouel 16' Mebarakou 26' 46' Koukpo 90+4'	Report	Zouari 27' 76' Bouchina 56' Benhammouda 69' Merbah 78' Benbot 90+2'	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi

25 January 2022 Round 15	USM Alger	2–1	Paradou AC	Bologhine
14:30	Belkacemi 24', 33' Merbah 39' 74'	Report	45+1' 78'	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	12' 62'	Report	Mahious 10', 63' Benhammouda 82'	Stadium: Imam Lyes Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

3 February 2022 Round 7	USM Alger	0–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
18:00	Benhammouda 33' Zouari 45+1' Bouchina 64' Belaïd 90+2'	Report	38' 82' Harrag 90'	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	Mahious 16' (pen.) Merbah 18'	Report	Karaoui 27'	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	Mahious 25' (pen.) Meziane 33' Benzaza 69' Chenihi 89' Belkacemi 90+1'	Report	39' 76' 90+3'	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	42' 50'	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	Benzaza 33' Zemmamouche 64' Belaïd 64' Merbah 74'	Report	36' 42' 65' 90+5'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

11 March 2022 Round 21	US Biskra	0–0	USM Alger	Biskra
14:30	45+5' 54'	Report	Merbah 22'	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

^ ^a ^b The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

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
No.	Nat.	Player
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[]

As of 11 March 2022

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

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	TOTAL
18	Aymen Mahious	FW	7	7
7	Ismail Belkacemi	FW	6	6
26	Billel Benhammouda	MF	5	5
10	Abderrahmane Meziane	FW	3	3
4	Zineddine Belaïd	CB	2	2
11	Abdelkrim Zouari	FW	2	2
3	Abderrahim Hamra	CB	1	1
14	Brahim Benzaza	MF	1	1
17	Taher Benkhelifa	MF	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Totals			28	28

Penalties[]

Date	Name	Opponent	Scored?
23 October 2021	Ismail Belkacemi	NA Hussein Dey
30 October 2021	Aymen Mahious	RC Arbaâ	Y
20 November 2021	Ismail Belkacemi	US Biskra	Y
17 December 2021	Aymen Mahious	ASO Chlef	Y
28 December 2021	Abdelkrim Zouari	CR Belouizdad
3 January 2022	Ismail Belkacemi	NC Magra	Y
7 February 2022	Aymen Mahious	ES Sétif	Y
25 February 2022	Aymen Mahious	NA Hussein Dey	Y

Clean sheets[]

As of 11 March 2022

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Name	L 1	Total
1	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	2	2
16	Alexis Guendouz	3	3
25	Oussama Benbot	5	5
	TOTALS	9	10

Squad list[]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 11 October 2021.
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 in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals	Transfer fees	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 36)	2012	2023	MC Alger	400	1	Free transfer	Captain
16	Alexis Guendouz	GK	(1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 25)	2020	2022	AS Saint-Étienne	14	0	15,000 €
25	Oussama Benbot	GK	(1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 27)	2021	2024	JS Kabylie	0	0	Free transfer
Defenders
2	Houari Baouche	LB	(1994-12-24)24 December 1994 (aged 27)	2021	2023	USM Bel Abbès	5	0	Free transfer
3	Abderrahim Hamra	CB	(1997-07-21)21 July 1997 (aged 24)	2016	2023	Reserve team	67	3	Youth system
4	Zineddine Belaïd	CB	(1999-03-20)20 March 1999 (aged 22)	2020	2024	NA Hussein Dey	36	1	Undisclosed
5	Mustapha Bouchina	CB	(1991-08-10)10 August 1991 (aged 30)	2020	2022	Paradou AC	35	1	11,000,000 DA
12	Haithem Loucif	RB	(1996-07-08)8 July 1996 (aged 25)	2021	2023	Paradou AC	6	0	Undisclosed
19	Saâdi Radouani	RB	(1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 26)	2020	2022	ES Sétif	18	1	Free transfer
20	Mehdi Beneddine	LB	(1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 25)	2020	2022	Quevilly-Rouen	34	1	Free transfer
21	Adam Alilet	CB	(1999-01-17)17 January 1999 (aged 22)	2019	2024	Reserve team	24	1	Youth system
22	Fateh Achour	RB	(1994-08-15)15 August 1994 (aged 27)	2020	2022	USM Bel Abbès	16	0	Free transfer
27	Ibrahim Bekakchi	CB	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 29)	2021	2023	ES Sétif	0	0	Free transfer
Midfielders
6	Oussama Chita	DM	(1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 25)	2017	2023	MC Alger	86	2	Free transfer
8	Kamel Belarbi	DM	(1997-04-11)11 April 1997 (aged 24)	2018	2022	USM El Harrach	30	0	Free transfer
14	Brahim Benzaza	DM	(1997-04-08)8 April 1997 (aged 24)	2021	2023	ASO Chlef	0	0	Free transfer
15	Messala Merbah	DM	(1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 27)	2021	2023	ES Sétif	0	0	Free transfer
17	Taher Benkhelifa	DM	(1994-06-10)10 June 1994 (aged 27)	2020	2023	Paradou AC	63	2	Undisclosed
20	Islam Merili	AM	(1998-06-27)27 June 1998 (aged 23)	2022	2024	ASO Chlef	0	0	Free transfer
23	Hamza Koudri	DM	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 34)	2012	2022	MC Alger	271	15	Free transfer	Vice-captain
26	Billel Benhammouda	AM	(1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 24)	2016	2023	USMM Hadjout	79	5	Youth system
Forwards
7	Ismail Belkacemi	LW	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 28)	2020	2023	CS Constantine	41	17	Free transfer
9	Kwame Opoku	ST	(1999-05-08)8 May 1999 (aged 22)	2021	2025	Asante Kotoko	17	5	350,000 €
10	Abderrahmane Meziane	LW	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 27)	2021	2023	Espérance de Tunis	111	21	Free transfer
11	Abdelkrim Zouari	RW	(1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 32)	2018	2023	USM Bel Abbès	72	18	Free transfer
13	Hamed Belem	RW	(1999-09-24)24 September 1999 (aged 22)	2021	2023	Rahimo FC	8	1	75,000 €
18	Aymen Mahious	ST	(1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 24)	2018	2023	AS Aïn M'lila	60	18	Loan return
24	Ibrahim Chenihi	LW / RW	(1990-01-24)24 January 1990 (aged 31)	2021	2023	Unattached	0	0	Free transfer
71	Abderraouf Othmani	FW	(2001-06-14)14 June 2001 (aged 20)	2020	2023	Reserve team	5	2	Youth system
72	Mohamed Ait El Hadj	FW	(2002-03-22)22 March 2002 (aged 19)	2020	2022	Reserve team			Youth system

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
14 August 2021	GK	Oussama Benbot	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[20]^[21]^[22]
16 August 2021	DM	Messala Merbah	ES Sétif	Free transfer	^[23]^[22]
18 August 2021	CB	Ibrahim Bekakchi	ES Sétif	Free transfer	^[24]^[22]
21 August 2021	LW	Abderrahmane Meziane	Espérance de Tunis	Free transfer	^[6]^[22]
12 September 2021	MF	Brahim Benzaza	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[25]^[26]^[27]
16 September 2021	RW	Ibrahim Chenihi	Unattached	Free transfer	^[28]^[29]^[30]
8 February 2022	MF	Islam Merili	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[31]^[32]

Out[]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
25 August 2021	ST	Zakaria Naidji	Paradou AC	Loan Return	^[33]
18 September 2021	LB	Anis Khemaissia	USM Annaba	Loan for one year	^[34]
18 September 2021	FW	Abdelkrim Louanchi	USM El Harrach	Free transfer	^[35]
20 September 2021	FW	Zakaria Benchaâ	Unattached	Free transfer	^[36]
23 September 2021	GK	Abdelmoumen Sifour	RC Arbaâ	Loan for one year	^[37]
24 September 2021	AM	Mohamed Reda Boumechra	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[38]
15 October 2021	FW	Yacine Aliane	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[39]^[40]
19 October 2021	FW	Mazire Soula	Unattached	Free transfer	^[14]
26 December 2021	LB	Mehdi Beneddine	LB Châteauroux	Loan for six months	^[41]
24 February 2022	MF	Kamel Belarbi	NA Hussein Dey	Loan

New contracts[]

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
11	RW	Abdelkrim Zouari	2 years	2023	12 August 2021	^[42]
1	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	2 years	2023	14 September 2021	^[11]

Notes[]

References[]

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^ ^a ^b "USMA : Denis Lavagne démit de ses fonctions". dzfoot.com. 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Rahim assurera l'intérim lors du match CRB-USMA". djazairess.com. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "USM Alger : Zlatko Krmpotić désigné nouvel entraîneur". dzfoot.com. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "USMA: Achour Djelloul : "Avec Lavagne on visera le titre, Meziane ne viendra pas et Naïdji retournera au PAC"". competition.dz. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "USMA : Meziane signe finalement". competition.dz. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "USMA : Achiou nouveau directeur sportif". competition.dz. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "USMA : Hocine Achiou nouveau directeur sportif". dzfoot.com. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "yacef saâdi est mort : un grand nom de le révolution s'éteint". algerie360.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Décès de Yacef Saadi, l'un des symboles et architectes de la Bataille d'Alger". aps.dz. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "USM Alger : Zemmamouche prolonge finalement". dzfoot.com. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ "USMA : Les Rouge et Noir dès aujourd'hui à Mosta". competition.dz. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ "Algérie : Le comité scientifique favorable au retour du public". dzfoot.com. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "USMA: Soula résilie enfin son contrat". competition.dz. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 (J1) : Le NAHD et l'USMA se partagent les points". dzfoot.com. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ "USMA: (Touché aux ligaments) Koudri : fin de saison". competition.dz. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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^ "USMA/Bekakchi Signe Pour 2 Ans". africasport.dz. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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^ "USMA : Chenihi signe pour 2ans". competition.dz. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^ "ميركاتو: شنيحي يمضي موسمين في اتحاد العاصمة". alemelahdaf.com. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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^ "USMA: Il a signé un contrat de 2 ans et demi : Merili, 1re recrue". competition.dz. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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^ "Libéré par l'USMA , Karim Louanchi s'engage avec l USMH".
^ "USMA : Recrutement clos ?". competition.dz. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "ياسين عليان و عبد المومن سيفور الى أمل الأربعاء لموسم واحد على شكل اعارة".
^ "JSK : La nouvelle direction présente ses 4 recrues". competition.dz. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ "مهاجم الإتحاد عليان يمضي في الشلف". alemelahdaf.com. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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[Covid-20] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

[1] "USM Alger : Denis Lavagne nouvel entraineur". lagazettedufennec.com. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

[usma-denis-lavagne-demit-de-ses-fonctions-2] "USMA : Denis Lavagne démit de ses fonctions". dzfoot.com. 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

[3] "Rahim assurera l'intérim lors du match CRB-USMA". djazairess.com. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

[usm-alger-zlatko-krmpotic-arrive-a-alger-pour-signer-son-contrat-4] "USM Alger : Zlatko Krmpotić désigné nouvel entraîneur". dzfoot.com. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

[usma-achour-djelloul-avec-lavagne-on-visera-le-titre-meziane-ne-viendra-pas-et-naidji-retournera-au-pac-5] "USMA: Achour Djelloul : "Avec Lavagne on visera le titre, Meziane ne viendra pas et Naïdji retournera au PAC"". competition.dz. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[usma-meziane-signe-finalement-6] "USMA : Meziane signe finalement". competition.dz. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[7] "USMA : Achiou nouveau directeur sportif". competition.dz. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[8] "USMA : Hocine Achiou nouveau directeur sportif". dzfoot.com. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[9] "yacef saâdi est mort : un grand nom de le révolution s'éteint". algerie360.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[10] "Décès de Yacef Saadi, l'un des symboles et architectes de la Bataille d'Alger". aps.dz. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[usm-alger-zemmamouche-prolonge-finalement-11] "USM Alger : Zemmamouche prolonge finalement". dzfoot.com. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[12] "USMA : Les Rouge et Noir dès aujourd'hui à Mosta". competition.dz. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

[13] "Algérie : Le comité scientifique favorable au retour du public". dzfoot.com. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[usma-soula-resilie-enfin-son-contrat-14] "USMA: Soula résilie enfin son contrat". competition.dz. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[15] "Ligue 1 (J1) : Le NAHD et l'USMA se partagent les points". dzfoot.com. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[16] "USMA: (Touché aux ligaments) Koudri : fin de saison". competition.dz. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

[17] "وفاة اللاعب الدولي السابق لكرة القدم عبد المالك علي مسعود". aps.dz. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

[18] "Carnet : Décès de l'ancien joueur international Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud". dzfoot.com. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

[19] "Ligue 1 : Calendrier 2021/2022". dzfoot.com. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

[21] "JSK/Benbot Signe À L'USMA". africasport.dz. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[22] "USMA : Oussama Benbot signe pour deux ans". elmoudjahid.dz. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[usma-le-club-officialise-larrivee-de-quatre-nouveaux-joueurs-23] "USMA : Le club officialise l'arrivée de quatre nouveaux joueurs". DZFoot.com. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[24] "USMA/Messala Merbah Usmiste Pour 2 Ans". africasport.dz. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[25] "USMA/Bekakchi Signe Pour 2 Ans". africasport.dz. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[26] "Benzaza Signe A L'USMA". africasport.dz. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[27] "Football: Brahim Benzaza signe à l'USMA". rivalite-dz.com. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[28] "ميركاتو: بن زازة يمضي موسمين في اتحاد العاصمة". alemelahdaf.com. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[29] "Mercato : Chenihi signe à l'USM Alger". DZFoot.com. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

[30] "USMA : Chenihi signe pour 2ans". competition.dz. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

[31] "ميركاتو: شنيحي يمضي موسمين في اتحاد العاصمة". alemelahdaf.com. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[32] "USMA : Islam Merili s'engage pour deux saisons et demi". dzfoot.com. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

[33] "USMA: Il a signé un contrat de 2 ans et demi : Merili, 1re recrue". competition.dz. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

[34] "USMA/Naidji Libéré". africasport.dz. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[35] "اتحاد العاصمة خمايسية يعار الي عنابة لموسم واحد". alemelahdaf.com. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[36] "Libéré par l'USMA , Karim Louanchi s'engage avec l USMH".

[37] "USMA : Recrutement clos ?". competition.dz. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[38] "ياسين عليان و عبد المومن سيفور الى أمل الأربعاء لموسم واحد على شكل اعارة".

[39] "JSK : La nouvelle direction présente ses 4 recrues". competition.dz. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

[40] "مهاجم الإتحاد عليان يمضي في الشلف". alemelahdaf.com. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

[41] "لجناح الأيسر " يـاسـيـن عــلــيـان " ثامن المـستقدميـن في صفوف النادي".

[42] "La Berrichonne de Châteauroux officialise l'arrivée du défenseur Mehdi Beneddine". lanouvellerepublique.fr. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[43] "USMA : Zouari prolonge de deux saisons". competition.dz. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

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