List of USM Alger managers

Abdelaziz Ben Tifour After independence he led the team to win the first title as a player and coach at the same time.

This is a list of all managers of USM Alger. Current coach Mounir Zeghdoud took over for Billel Dziri on 3 March 2020.

Background[]

During the history, the club has known a successive wave of change coaches in a space of 60 years, USMA 67 coach known to an average of one every year coach, is that the Mustapha Aksouh longer drive the clubs (7 times), followed by the former player of the year 2000, Noureddine Saâdi who leads him both clubs especially in the company of Ali Fergani and Azzedine Aït Djoudi.

Among the coaches went to the club, Rolland Courbis, Didier Olle-Nicolle, René Lobello, Miguel Angel Gamondi and Oscar Fulloné is particularly distinguished for the results they have achieved and the game they proposed. sixty-seven coaches have managed USM Algiers therefore one that led to USMA twice, Abdelghani Zitouni. It's Ali Fergani and Azzedine Aït Djoudi who had the most success with USMA by winning twice on Algerian Championnat National, and once Algerian Cup. These are Aarab Ahmed and Salah Ashour who stayed for the shortest time. It's Abdelaziz Ben Tifour which remained for 3 years at the club who stayed the longest.

Oscar Fulloné the first South American to coaching USM Alger.

When the Algeria gained independence, Ben Tifour unlike Mekloufi and Oudjani who return to Europe becomes Manager and players to USMA. He wins with this club the first Algerian Championnat National in 1963 this is the first victory of the USMA.

Rolland Courbis the first foreigner to win a trophy with USM Alger, the 2013 Algerian Cup.

Over the 70 years, the club lost five finals Algerian Cup, that of 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973. The club has had that time was headed by Algerian coaches following: Belamine Hamid Ahmed Zitoun and finally Abdelghani Zitouni knowing that during 1972, 1973 was in the clubs League 2 following their relegation to 1972 ending before last results at this time there by Ahmed Zitoun, it will have had to 1974 and the club became champion of League 2 and headed by Hamid Belamine Chaib Lamine and the club via the coach found the elite. Unfortunately hell will experience a return to the club during the year as in the 1980 the club finished second last and so is relegated to Ligue 2, leads to that time by the soviet Balacov accompanied Aarab Ahmed and Hamid Madani.

With the arrival of Ali Benfadah becomes the champion clubs of the League 2 in 1981 and also becomes champion of Algerian Cup, which will later in the history of the club USMA first Algerian Cup he will leave the club thereafter (the dice up). Coaches and Algerian Abdelkader Zerar Djilali, are the first coach leads USMA African competition for the 1982 African Cup Winners' Cup, Alas the team is removed by Ghanaian clubs Hearts of Oak in the final quarter.

In 1983 drops League 2. From there the clubs no longer would win any title for some years despite the succession of coaches such as, Lakhder Guitoun Mokhtar Kalem and Mustapha Aksouh which latter make his first appearance during the period 1984 - 1986, In 1987 Djamel Keddou accompanied by Mustapha Aksouh allowed the club to win the Algerian Cup in 1988, the club then driven by both coaches, drops League 2, but later becomes champion in 1987, During 1988 led by Mustapha Aksouh the club wins the cup

Ali Fergani is the head of the USMA team 2001 to 2002. He leads his players to a championship titles in Algeria, and a section of Algeria and a Semi-finals the African Cup Winners' Cup in 2002 in the company of Azzedine Aït Djoudi. Boualem Charef eventually brings a victory in the Cup of Algeria in 2003. As of 2005 the club win more titles than either national or international, with the arrival of President Haddad club professionalized and with the arrival of French coach Rolland Courbis^[1] from the great Swiss club FC Sion, the latter subsequently three times three cuts in Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 in 2014 to 2013 and for the first time for the club a historic international cut (although this last section being canceled on time today) it is the UAFA Cup in 2013 Subsequently, it is another French coach who will take the reins of the club it is Hubert Velud^[2] if the dice its arrival manages to report the under the Algerian Super Cup in 2013.

Following the departure of Hubert Velud and Rolland Courbis^[3] it took the leadership of Montpellier HSC club is a time led by the German Otto Pfister, USMA search for another club following the departure of the German engineer Djamel Belmadi but he who refuses the offer USMA then this will be the second assistant coach USMA Miloud Hamdi which will ls Team reindeer in the context of 2015. In the semi final first leg coach Miloud Hamdi manages to bring for the first time in its history the clubs USM Alger in the final 2015, showing the competence and qualities of the coaching material has a moment or people doubted.

Managerial history[]

Below is a list of USM Alger coaches from 1962 until the present day.

Name Nationality Years 1942–4? Abdelaziz Ben Tifour 1962–65 Amokrane Oualiken 1965–66 Mohamed Maouche 1966 1967 Abdelaziz Ben Tifour 1967–68 1968–70 1970–72 Abdelghani Zitouni 1972–73 1973–74 1974 Ahmed Arab 1975 Abdelghani Zitouni 1975–76 1976–77 1977–79 Balacov Ahmed Arab 1979–80 Ali Benfadah 1980–82

Name Nationality Years Djilali 1982 Djilali 1982–83 Djilali 1983–84 1984–86 Djamel Keddou 1986–89 Djamel Keddou 1990 Ali Benfadah 1990 Acramov 1990–91 1991–92 Ali Benfadah 1992 Saïd Allik Hamoui Hamid Bernaoui 1992–93

Name Nationality Years Younes Ifticène 1993–94 Younes Ifticène 1994–95 Nour Benzekri 1995–96 1996 Noureddine Saâdi 1996–97 Mustapha Heddane 1997 Younes Ifticène 1997–98 Said Hadj Mansour 1998–99 Nour Benzekri 1999

List of managers[]

Information correct as of 24 August 2021. Only competitive matches are counted.

Key

*	Caretaker manager

Name	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Younes Ifticène	August 1997	July 1998	30	15	10	5	49	24	+25	50
Rabah Saâdane	October 1999	April 2000	28	9	7	12	28	32	-4	32.14
Mustapha Heddane	April 2000	14 September 2000	12	3	4	5	6	10	-4	25
Noureddine Saâdi	21 September 2000	24 March 2002	56	34	14	8	96	48	+48	60.71
Ali Fergani	28 March 2002	December 2002	19	11	4	4	36	12	+24	57.89
Azzedine Aït Djoudi	January 2003	August 2003	26	15	6	5	44	16	+28	57.69
Mourad Abdelouahab	August 2003	April 2004	34	20	7	7	70	24	+46	58.82
Mustapha Aksouh*	April 2004	31 June 2004	12	6	3	3	22	10	+12	50
Noureddine Saâdi	15 July 2004	31 January 2005	25	16	3	6	36	19	+17	64
Djamel Menad	January 2005	16 May 2005[4]	10	6	2	2	20	9	+11	60
Mustapha Aksouh*	April 2005	23 October 2005	14	7	3	4	25	20	+5	50
Mustapha Biskri	24 October 2005[5]	June 2006	34	22	6	6	60	28	+32	64.71
René Lobello	29 July 2006[6]	24 February 2007[7]	27	13	5	9	30	23	+7	48.15
Rachid Belhout	24 February 2007[7]	June 2007	12	6	4	2	15	9	+6	50
Abdelkader Amrani	August 2007	November 2007	10	7	1	2	20	8	+12	70
Mustapha Aksouh*	November 2007	November 2007	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ali Fergani	10 January 2008[8]	March 2008	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mustapha Aksouh*	March 2008	April 2008	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	60
Oscar Fulloné	14 July 2008[9]	17 January 2009[10]	36	13	9	14	44	43	+1	36.11
Kamel Mouassa	19 January 2009[11]	August 2009	4	1	0	3	2	5	-3	25
Noureddine Saâdi	26 August 2009[12]	13 December 2010[13]	45	20	14	11	67	45	+22	44.44
Mohamed Mekhazni*	13 December 2010[13]	21 January 2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hervé Renard	21 January 2011[14]	23 October 2011[15]	23	9	8	6	26	18	+8	39.13
Billel Dziri*	24 October 2011	9 November 2011	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50
Didier Ollé-Nicolle	7 November 2011[16]	10 February 2012	12	6	0	6	12	11	+1	50
Meziane Ighil	10 February 2012[17]	31 May 2012	14	6	6	2	17	11	+6	42.86
Miguel Angel Gamondi	9 July 2012[18]	17 October 2012	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	33.33
Rolland Courbis	22 October 2012[19]	25 October 2013[20]	48	28	12	8	66	28	+38	58.33
Hubert Velud	2 November 2013[21]	5 February 2015[22]	43	25	11	7	64	33	+31	58.14
Billel Dziri*	5 February 2015	19 February 2015	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	66.67
Otto Pfister	19 February 2015[23]	18 May 2015[24]	14	3	8	3	17	14	+3	21.43
Mounir Zeghdoud* Mahieddine Meftah*	19 May 2015[25]	1 July 2015	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	66.67
Miloud Hamdi	1 July 2015	5 June 2016	41	23	8	10	62	42	+20	56.1
Adel Amrouche	27 June 2016[26]	17 August 2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean-Michel Cavalli	17 August 2016[27]	30 October 2016	9	6	1	2	17	7	+10	66.67
Mustapha Aksouh*	30 October 2016	5 November 2016	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50
Paul Put	6 November 2016[28]	11 November 2017[29]	37	14	14	9	44	31	+13	37.84
Miloud Hamdi	12 November 2017[30]	19 May 2018	21	9	7	5	26	19	+7	42.86
Thierry Froger	19 June 2018[31]	14 March 2019[32]	36	19	7	10	55	35	+20	52.78
Lamine Kebir*	23 March 2019[33]	26 May 2019	6	2	2	2	11	9	+2	33.33
Billel Dziri	24 June 2019[34]	26 February 2020[35]	31	13	7	11	43	37	+6	41.94
Farid Zemiti *	27 February 2020	2 March 2020	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
Mounir Zeghdoud	3 March 2020[36]	5 August 2020	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50
François Ciccolini	5 August 2020[37]	22 November 2020[38]	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
Benaraibi Bouziane *	23 November 2020[39]	12 December 2020	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	0
Thierry Froger	13 December 2020[40]	7 March 2021[41]	12	6	1	5	18	12	+6	50
Mounir Zeghdoud	8 March 2021[42]	24 August 2021	26	15	5	6	46	25	+21	57.69
Denis Lavagne	25 August 2021	Present							+

Trophies[]

#	Name	L1	AC	SC	CCL	CCC	CSC	UCC	Total
1	Mustapha Aksouh	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	5
2	Noureddine Saâdi	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Rolland Courbis	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	2
	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Hubert Velud	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
	Ahmed Aït El Hocine	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
7	Miloud Hamdi	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Ali Fergani	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Lamine Kebir	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Nour Benzekri	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Ali Benfadah	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Djamel Keddou	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Mustapha Heddane	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1

Bold = current manager

Managers[]

List of USM Alger managers by games

#	Manager	Period	G	W	D	L	Win %	Honours
1	Noureddine Saâdi	1996 – 1997, 2000 – 2002 2004 – 2005, 2009 – 2010	133	75	33	25	56.39	1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 Algerian Cup
2	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour	1962 – 1965, 1967 – 1968	121	67	23	31	55.37	1 Ligue Professionnelle 1
3	Djamel Keddou	1986 – 1989, 1990	108	47	33	28	43.52	1 Algerian Cup
4	Miloud Hamdi	2015 – 2016, 2017 – 2018	62	32	15	15	51.61	1 Ligue Professionnelle 1
5	Rolland Courbis	2012 – 2013	48	28	12	8	58.33	1 Algerian Cup 1 UAFA Club Championship
6	Thierry Froger	2018 – 2019, 2020 – 2021	48	25	8	15	54.55
7	Hubert Velud	2013 – 2015	43	25	11	7	58.14	1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 Algerian Super Cup
8		2004, 2005, 2007 2008, 2016	41	20	10	11	48.78	2 Ligue Professionnelle 1 2 Algerian Cup 1 Algerian Super Cup

See also[]

• USM Alger
• List of USM Alger players

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