History of USM Alger (2010–present)

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The history of Union Sportive Médina d'Alger from 2010 to the present day , commonly referred to as USM Alger or simply USMA, is an Algerian professional association football club based in Algiers, whose first team play in the highest tier of Algerian football, the Ligue 1. Established on 5 July 1937. He won the first trophy in 1963 against MC Alger and reached the final of the cup. 17 time, a record, including five consecutive times from 1969 to 1973 and won eight first time in 1981 against ASM Oran and last against MC Alger in 2013 also made the USMA Super Cup twice either on the level of the Continental USM Alger did not achieve any title and the best result is the 2015 CAF Champions League Final The team landed to the second division of several times the first from 1965 to 1969 and, latest of which, the longest from 1990 to 1995 USMA won the UAFA Club Cup in 2013 against the Al-Arabi Club Kuwaiti 3–2 on aggregate as the first international title but is not recognized by FIFA.


Haddad ownership (2010–20)[]

Second professional era and Dream Team[]

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

— Ali Haddad a statement about his ambitions with the team.[1]

It was decided by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and the Algerian Football Federation to professionalize the Algerian football championship, starting from the 2010–11 season Thus all the Algerian football clubs which until then enjoyed the status of semi-professional club, will acquire the professional appointment this season. the president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Raouraoua, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism,[2] promising a new way of management based on rigor and seriousness, especially since football has bottomed out in recent seasons, due to the catastrophic management of the clubs which could not go And were lagging behind clubs in neighboring countries that have made extraordinary progress, becoming full-fledged professional clubs, which will enable them to increase their African continent, On August 4, 2010, USM Alger went public in conjunction with the professionalization of the domestic league.[3] Algerian businessman Ali Haddad became the majority share owner after investing 700 million Algeria dinars to buy an 83% ownership in the club to become the first professional club in Algeria.[1][4] On October 27, 2010, Haddad replaced Saïd Allik as president of the club.[5] Allik had been the club's president for the past 18 years.

USM Alger Dream Team in training 2011–12 season.

The first season of professional football in Algeria it was difficult for USM Alger and is the worst since the 1999–2000 season, and Noureddine Saadi was removed from his post to be replaced by Frenchman Hervé Renard with a clause in his contract allows him to leave if he is solicited by a national selection.[6] Al-Ittihad suffered a lot and did not achieve any victory for nearly 5 months. and waited until the last round to ensure survival after the victory against USM Annaba.[7] In the following season Summer transfer window USMA made big deals that reached fifteen of the best players including four from ES Setif, The club has also dispensed with two of the oldest players in the club Hocine Achiou and Karim Ghazi after the coach refused to stay.[8][9] On July 28, 2011 USM Alger signed a contract with American brand Nike for an indefinite period.[10] which has the effect of greatly change the backbone of the team, USM Alger is then quickly dubbed the Dream Team by the Algerian media, particularly the newspapers.[11][12]

In Ligue Professionnelle 1, USM Alger competed for the title until the last round. on April 14, 2012 in a match against MC Saïda at Stade 13 Avril 1958 Where did they need victory to stay away from relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 and in the last minute Nouri Ouznadji scored the equalizer.[13] after the end of the match, while on their way to the changing rooms USM Alger players were attacked by strangers, the most dangerous of which was the assault that Abdelkader Laïfaoui was subjected with a knife that almost killed him and due to his injuries he had to receive stitches and spend the night in hospital.[14] then decided USM Alger lifting lawsuit against unknown persons also decided not to play in Saïda for five years.[15] On May 12, 2012 in a match against JSM Béjaïa in Bologhine and after a great drama it ended with a 4–3 victory for JSM Béjaïa which was the reason for losing the title. With the end of the season after six years absence USM Alger returned to the continental competitions from the gate of Confederation Cup.[16] USMA was also invited by the Union of Arab Football Associations to compete in the UAFA Club Cup in its new version.

Back to the honors & Champions League final for the first time[]

Team USM Alger Champion Ligue 1 2013–14 and 2013 Algerian Super Cup.

In the 2012–13 season, led by Argentine coach Miguel Angel Gamondi.[17] The start was bad three defeats, two wins and a draw, in the sixth round against ES Setif and after the loss Gamondi was sacked from his post and replaced by former Olympique de Marseille coach Rolland Courbis as their new coach.[18] who gave a good start and the end of the first leg with six wins, two draws and one defeat, in the return stage in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 was not a good start, and it was clear that winning the first Algerian professional league was very difficult, the start of the team focusing on the Algerian Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup, where it was initially in the Algerian Cup in the semi-final against MC Oran at Stade Ahmed Zabana. USMA achieved the most important goal through Noureddine Daham.[19] to reach the team's final for the seventeenth time in history. in the Arab Club Champions Cup it was The road easy but in the semi-final against Ismaily SC, it was a difficult meeting that ended with a penalty shootout 3–4 for USMA to reach the final for the first time in their history, but in the Confederation Cup, the club did not set it as an major goal and excluded from the second round against US Bitam 3–0 on aggregate. In the Algerian Cup Final, which was held at Stade 5 Juillet 1962, the clubs of USM Alger and MC Alger will play the final match in the 92nd edition of the Algiers Derby. USM Alger defeated MC Alger with a goal scored by Benmoussa.[20] USMA won its eighth title and awarded the club a place in the Preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup. Two weeks later, USMA won its first Arab Club Champions Cup title after defeating Kuwait’s Al-Arabi club 3-2 in aggregate in the 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup final.[21]

In the 2013–14 season and after winning the Algerian Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup last season, the goal of this season is the missed league title nine years ago. The start was not good in the first eight rounds and only won three matches, and after the victory over CRB Aïn Fakroun in the tenth round, Courbis[22] resigned due to pressure, but one of the reasons for leaving was to return to France to coach his former club Montpellier.[23] and he was replaced by his compatriot Hubert Velud.[24] last season's champion with ES Setif, the start was more than wonderful, as the team did not lose in any match until the end of Season Sixteen victory, including eight consecutive and 4 draws, to win the league easily, Fourteen points behind runners-up JS Kabylie for the first time since the 2004–05 season and the first in the era of professionalism. also returned again to the CAF Champions League and for the first time since 2007, USM Alger in the mid-season won Super Cup[25] title against 2012–13 Ligue 1 champions ES Sétif for the first time at Mustafa Chakar Stadium, en Algerian Cup USM Alger was eliminated in the second round at the hands of JS Kabylie by penalty kicks shootout and lose Title achieved last season, To end the season with two titles as the last season.

This terrible news is saddening for football in our nation and in Cameroon and arrives like a bombshell just hours after the meeting with USM Alger which was played in Tizi Ouzou. In these painful circumstances, USM Alger and its members send their deepest condolences to the family of the deceased and to JS Kabylie. May Albert Ebossé rest in peace.

— USM Alger a statement about Albert Ebossé Death.[26]

The beginning of the 2014–15 season were not good where USM Alger was defeated at the opening of the season against MC Alger in the Super Cup after the piece and in the defense of the league title trip initially were not good On 23 August 2014, It witnessed the top match against JS Kabylie where it ended in a 2–1 victory and Youcef Belaïli's goal in the last minutes, But after the end of the match and while the players went to the changing rooms, JS Kabylie player Albert Ebossé Bodjongo was assaulted, Albert was killed by a projectile thrown from the crowd.[27] in the first eight rounds USM Alger did not win only in two matches put him in 13th place, but after the piece things returned to normal and the team won five consecutive wins to top the league for the first time this season, but the lead did not last only one round to go back again and bad results after five games without a win USM Alger separated from her coach Velud.[28] He was replaced by German manager Otto Pfister.[29] But the results were not good eight meetings without a win with the exclusion of the Algerian Cup against ASO Chlef.[30] last hope to end the season with title at least, less than three months after the appointed Pfister was sacked as coach of USM Alger.[31] to take over all of Zeghdoud and Meftah temporarily to the end of the season the team to ensure survival in the final round after win against ASO Chlef.

Nacereddine Khoualed captain from 2010 to 2016.

Summer 2015, Miloud Hamdi officially USMA coach for three seasons.[32] And led them to glory in the Champions League, where he ended the group stage in first place, to face in the semi-final Al Hilal and win in Sudan with a score 1–2.[33] and a goalless draw in the second leg, to qualify for the first time in its history to the final of a continental competition, where he faced TP Mazembe but was defeated Back and forth, 4–1 in aggregate.[34] On the other hand, in the league, it achieved the title for the seventh time in its history and the second in the professional era. USM Alger achieved a very strong start and was not defeated in seventeen consecutive meetings, including seven consecutive victories, and in the second stage, the club’s level decreased in a limited way, especially with its end and defeat against RC Relizane and JS Saoura then tied him in the Algiers Derby. Where did the players face great criticism, especially as the supporters wanted to celebrate the title against the traditional opponent, in the 27th round and after winning against ASM Oran among the teammates of the captain Khoualed the title, and in the 29th round against DRB Tadjenanet celebrated players, the managers, crew members technical and supporters the shield championship.[35] Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title, Then in the final of the Super Cup, led by interim coach Mustapha Aksouh achieves title after beating city rivals MC Alger.[36]

Paul Put Coach and failure to win the Champions League[]

On November 5 in the first meeting of the new coach Paul Put was defeated in the Match derby against USM El Harrach after which the team did not achieve positive away from home results with the end of the first leg where the team without a win outside Algiers, either in the Algerian Cup journey of the team stopped in the third round in his first Match against win in the first round with two goals.[37] in the next round at the same stadium Omar Hamadi against CA Batna won by a single goal scored by Meftah,[38] ending the march of the team against USM Bel-Abbès on penalties 4–5 after Beldjilali missed the last kick.[39] USM Alger lost the opportunity to defend their title last season and in the 28th round. Despite their big win against USM Bel-Abbès 6–2, they lost the title officially after ES Setif won 3–0 against MO Béjaïa.[40] the last match in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 was against JS Saoura and ended with a big victory for the team 5–2 and Oussama Darfalou scored the first hat-trick of the team since three and a half years, to finish the season in third place with 50 points, the match saw the return of captain Nacereddine Khoualed after an absence of seven months due to injury.

Carolus Andriamatsinoro The most foreign player played with USM Alger with 132 games and achieved with them 6 titles, Leaving the club after five years with them.[41]

In the group stage of the CAF Champions League, in the final round against CAPS United and more than 50,000 spectators, the team needed to win to secure the lead and had a heavy 4–1 lead.[42][43] then, in the 80th minute, the stadium witnessed a wonderful atmosphere in the stands to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the team in the presence of former stars in the team they are, Bengana, Mansouri, Abdouche, Mouassi, Lalili, Hadj Adlane, Ghoul, Achiou, Dziri, Rahim, and including former coach Noureddine Saadi, former President Saïd Allik and leaders of Algeria's National Liberation Front during Algerian War of Independence, Saadi Yacef who is in the same time former president of the club.[44] the joy was completed by qualifying for the quarter-finals. Then USM Alger returns to competition in the Ligue 1 and in the first match against USM El Harrach players and the coach was subjected to verbal abuse and yellowing by fans and in the second half the players refused to return because of scolding their mothers but were persuaded to complete the game despite the win, the players went under the whistle again and then in the derby against CR Belouizdad, the team managed to achieve a great victory 4–0, all scored in the first half,[45] but in the games against the leaders CS Constantine and in the home lost 2–1 after the defeat, the difference becomes 12 points with three games postponed to announce after the end of the match, the coach Paul Put for his resignation put said he took all responsibility for the setbacks and said he had a great honor working with the team as he explained that today's (Means against CS Constantine) players did not put their feet in the ground and other things.[46]

New era with new general manager[]

Just a day after the resignation of Paul Put, USM Alger administration contracted with the Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season and had already coach the team in 2015–16 and led him to win the Ligue 1 and to the final of the CAF Champions League.[47] The start was very good for the new coach where in the last seven games of the first phase he won four, three of them outside the home and drawn in two and was lost in one match but with the start of the second phase returned bad results again, especially inside the home and the number of points lost by the USM Alger in his stadium until round 21, 18 points to lose the opportunity to compete for the title after the difference became ten points from the leader to move the eyes of the team towards the Algerian cup but ended the experience in the Round of 16 to go out for the second season without a title, Immediately after the Algiers Derby and draw 2-2.[48] on 28 February 2018 Ali Haddad he changed his brother Rabouh from a post general manager by former international player and former ES Setif president Abdelhakim Serrar.[49] After the loss of the derby against CR Belouizdad, the new general manager decided, after agreeing with coach Hamdi, to end his work with the team at the end of the season.[50] on April 3, Serrar moved to Morocco and agreed with Baddou Zaki to be the new coach starting next season.[51] However, on April 12, Zaki said he would not coach USM Alger because of disagreement over some of the terms of the contract. At the end of the season Oussama Darfalou was crowned the league's top scorer with 18 goals as the second player of USM Alger achieves this award after the first in 2003.[52]

With the end of the season the team started looking for a new coach and the squad saw the departure of many players, most notably Ayoub Abdellaoui, who joined the Swiss club FC Sion.[53] and striker Oussama Darfalou, who joined Dutch club Vitesse.[54][55] finally, after a month of research, the team contracted with French technical Thierry Froger to be the new coach.[56] This season USM Alger is competing on four fronts Ligue 1, Algerian Cup, Confederation Cup and Arab Club Champions Cup, The first goals was to win the Confederation Cup, but they are eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Egyptian club Al-Masry.[57][58] Then in the Arab Club Champions Cup was the ambition to win, especially that the value of financial prizes exceed 15 million dollars.[59] more than the CAF Champions League, but the march of The Reds and Blacks stopped in the second round against the Sudanese Al-Merrikh 4–3 on aggregate.[60] then moved USM Alger's attention to the Ligue 1 Leader in the standings, the USMA counts 33 units and ensures at the same time to finish first at the end of the first phase of the championship Followed by JS Kabylie.[61]

The season was tough on all counts and I took my responsibilities to the end. Now it's time for me to pull out and officially announce it: I will not be the CEO of USMA next year.

— Abdelhakim Serrar a statement about his resignation.[62]

After the outbreak of protests in Algeria and the arrest of club owner Ali Haddad on corruption charges.[63] affected the results of USM Alger where he was defeated in three consecutive games, all Darby matches against Paradou AC, MC Alger and CR Belouizdad to shrink the difference to one point from the runner-up four games before the end of the season.[64] On April 30, 2019 The board of the SSPA USMA met and noted the vacancy of the post of president of the company since the incarceration of Ali Haddad there is nearly a month. It was Boualem Chendri who was unanimously elected to succeed him while ETRHB Haddad remains the majority shareholder of the club.[65] On May 26, 2019 And after the victory outside the home against CS Constantine 3–1 achieved the eighth Ligue 1 title, one point behind JS Kabylie.[66] immediately after the end of the game Abdelhakim Serrar announced his resignation from his office.

The end of the Haddad era[]

On June 2, 2019 it is official, the Haddad family is selling its shares in SSPA USMA which it holds 92%, It was the club's communication officer, Amine Tirmane, who announced it on the Echourouk TV.[67] the reasons that made them make this decision is the imprisonment of club owner Ali Haddad and also freeze all financial accounts of the club. On June 10, 2019 Several sports figures and former leaders linked to the USM Alger have set up a rescue committee to provide solutions to the many problems facing the club of Algiers. also Many club elders answered the call, they were more than twenty Tarek Hadj Adlane, Karim Ghazi, Hocine Achiou and Hocine Metref Also, the Haddad family is looking to sell its shares in SSPA.[68] On June 24, 2019 USM Alger signed with Billel Dziri to be the new coach, the former USM Alger star gave him the power to choose the staff to work with them.[69] On August 4, 2019 Al-Hayat Petroleum Company decided to pay the cost of travel to Niger in order to play the Preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, the same company that wants to buy the majority of the shares of the club.[70] On September 4, 2019 The players of USM Alger decided to go on strike to protest difficult financial situation They stressed that this decision has nothing to do with the administration, the fans or the club itself. It is a protest movement against the state of the USM Alger and the delay in resolving the crisis, As a reminder, the USM Alger players have not received their salaries for 6 months, while the new ones have not received any salary since joining the club.[71]

Algerian businessman Ali Haddad owner and president of club USM Alger from 2010 until 2019.

On October 13, 2019 The players decided to boycott the training and official matches because they have not been paid for five months, two days after Amine Tirmane club's communication officer He submitted his resignation on the channel Dzaïr TV, a day later a fan paid the amount of 500,000 dinars per player reward win against Gor Mahia and AS Aïn M'lila, The players then decide to return to training and play CA Bordj Bou Arreridj match on October 23. After a protest in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports against the difficult situation, Minister Raouf Salim Bernaoui said to supporters of the club They have to be patient.[72] On October 19, 2019 Nearly 5,000 supporters of USM Alger went out to The headquarters of the Wilaya of Algiers to protest against the club's difficult financial situation and free it from ETRHB Haddad Company.[73] A day after Mounir D'bichi said to France 24 that Al-Hayat Petroleum is a subsidiary of ETRHB Haddad which also said that the team's debts amount to 1 billion dinar about 8 million euros. D'bichi said ETRHB Haddad had provided 400 billion centimes since its arrival about 23 million euros.[74]

On October 22, 2019 Oussama Chita resumed training with his teammates after a long absence due to a serious injury contracted by the Algerian international last season at the knee.[75] On October 29, 2019 The leaders of USM Alger have announced in a statement that the sponsorship deal with Kia Al Djazair will be terminated amicably and the club will recover all outstanding debts that are valued at nearly 20 billion centimes (1.4 million €) In addition, the contract with Ifri will not be renewed either by decision of the company.[76] On November 5, the administration of USM Alger signed Sponsor contract with Serport specialized in port services for 16 billion centimes about 1.2 million euros.[77] The administration of USM Alger to regain its right in the Darby case, appealed the arbitration decision issued by the Algerian Court for the settlement of sports disputes in case No. 92/19 between Union sportive de la médina d'Alger against the Algerian Football Federation and the Professional Football Association. This was the receipt of the receipt of the appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on 8 January 2020 and the team paid the costs of registering the case with an amount of one thousand euros (1000 €) on the morning of 9 January 2020.[78]

Groupe SERPORT New Owner (2020–)[]

New era and new management[]

After it was expected that the general assembly of shareholders will be on March 12, 2020 it was submitted to March 2, especially after the imprisonment of the former club president, Rabouh Haddad. The meeting witnessed the attendance of ETRHB Haddad representative and the absence of the amateur club president Saïd Allik, and after two and a half hours, it was announced that Groupe SERPORT had bought the shares of ETRHB Haddad which amounted to 94.34%.[79][80] in a press conference Halim Hammoudi, Secretary General of SERPORT announced that Aïn Benian project and the club headquarters will be launched soon. He also said that the goal is to achieve continental titles, not only local ones. Previously Achour Djelloul general manager of SERPORT, said they would invest between 1,2 and 1,3 billion dinar per year, while the training center project will cost 1,4 billion dinar. On May 13, 2020 Achour Djelloul announced that he signed with Antar Yahia to be the new Sporting director for three years and Abdelghani Haddi as a new general manager.[81] Yahia said that he had offers from France, but he preferred the Reds and Blacks project, especially the ideas he wanted to implement are the same as Achour Djelloul. On July 31, 2020 Abdelghani Haddi spoke about some newspapers and responded to them and the fake news about the value of buying USM Alger's shares, where he said that the amount was 2 billion dinars about 13 million euros, for information SERPORT is a holding company which manages the State's holdings in Algerian port services. It generates a turnover of nearly 500 million euros per year, for a net profit which oscillates between 25 and 40 million euros.[82] On August 28, 2020, USM Alger would have won their Darby case against the Algerian Football Federation and the Ligue de Football Professionnel after postponing several times the final decision was return of the three points and replay the match, and makes the LFP and FAF bear all the costs incurred by the arbitration procedure.[83][84]

On October 30, Groupe SERPORT decided to merge the position of Sports Director and General Manager and Achour Djelloul give all powers to Antar Yahia he said "We want to avoid mixing things up", due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, the Algerian Super Cup has become threatened with cancellation On October 4, The Federal Bureau decided that the final play before the start of the 2020–21 season.[85] After losing the Super Cup final, USM Alger decided to dismiss François Ciccolini from his post because he did not rise to the podium to receive the medal, which was considered an insult to an official body Where was the Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad present.[86] société sportive par actions (SSPA) and club sportif amateur (CSA) signed a partnership agreement on January 31, 2021, this agreement that allows the two parties to comply with Algerian legislative texts, and the amateur club will receive 30 million dinars annually in exchange for carrying the logo and name of the club.[87] four rounds before the end of the season SERPORT decided to dismiss Antar Yahia from his position, Yahia said that all powers were removed and they agreed with a new sports director a while ago.[88] Achour Djelloul spoke on Channel 3 and made revelations about it, that was 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.[89] and On September 1, 2021 USM Alger signed with the former player Hocine Achiou to be the new sporting director.[90] In 2020–21 season witnessed the death of the former player of the sixties Hamid Bernaoui as well as Kamel Tchalabi who played with the club in the seventies and the former coach on four occasions Noureddine Saâdi and led them to win two titles, the last two due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[91][92][93] On September 10, 2021 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.[94][95]

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