List of USM Alger seasons

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USM Alger's team during their first season 1937–38.

Union sportive de la médina d'Alger is an Algerian professional football club based in Algiers, Algiers Province. The club was formed in Casbah in 1937 as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger, and played their first competitive match in 1937, when they entered the 1937–38 Ligue d'Alger Troisième Division. The club was renamed Union sportive de la médina d'Alger in 1989.

The club has won a total of 18 major trophies, including the national championship 7 times also won the Algerian Cup a record 8 times, the Algerian Super Cup 1 time, and the UAFA Club Cup 1 time Al Ittihad reached the CAF Champions League final for the first time in 2015 but was defeated against TP Mazembe. The club has also never been out of the top two divisions of Algerian football since entering the Football League.

This is a list of the seasons played by USM Alger from 1962 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Ligue 1. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Algerian football:

History[]

The club formed in 1937 as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger after considerable difficulties because of the designation of the Musulmane, where the French administration requested to remove the word however it was the first season in the third division 1937–38 season the results of the team during the colonial period are not in the table and the competitions in which he was then participating are Ligue d'Alger, Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de la Solidarité The USMA has never participated in a continental competition at the time like North African Championship and North African Cup.

After independence, Al Ittihad became the first champion of Algeria after winning the final match against MC Alger 3–0, it also has the record of reaching the final of the Algerian Cup 17 times, won eight of them also considered the most losing team for the final nine times, including five consecutive times from 1969 to 1973 it is the first club to win the Cup of Algeria and play in second division in 1981 also the only one who won the championship immediately after his second division rise in the 1995–96 season, in 2002–03, they won an unprecedented Doubles of Ligue 1, Algerian Cup in 2001–02 and 2002–03, making USM Alger only the fourth club to win two consecutive Algerian league titles knowing there is no Algerian club won the Algerian league three consecutive times or more. The USMA is a party to the first Super Cup final in 1981, which they were defeated against RC Kouba 3–1 this tournament later achieved twice, in 2013 and 2016. In 1982, USM Alger he debuted for the first time in African competition, entering the Cup Winners' Cup also in 1997, became the first Algerian club to enter Champions League in its new version.

Seasons[]

Season League Cup Other Africa Top goalscorer(s)[note 1] Ref.
Division Pos Pts P W D L GF GA Name Goals
1962–63 Critérium Honneur 1st 70 24 21 2 1 95 11 Semi-final
1963–64 Division Honneur 3rd 74 30 19 6 5 69 23 Semi-final Abderrahmane Meziani 19
1964–65 National 16th 54 30 8 8 14 36 44 Round of 64 Abderrahmane Meziani 11
1965–66 National 2 2nd 73 30 18 7 5 53 22 Round of 16
1966–67 National II 5th 36 18 6 6 6 26 20 Semi-final Abderrahmane Meziani 8
1967–68 National II 5th 45 22 8 7 7 29 23 Round of 16 Abderrahmane Meziani 7
1968–69 National II 2nd 51 22 11 7 4 44 26 Runners–up Mouldi Aissaoui 11
1969–70 National I 5th 43 22 7 7 8 34 32 Runners–up Kamel Tchalabi 10
1970–71 National I 5th 45 22 7 9 6 37 32 Runners–up Meziani, Tchalabi 10
1971–72 National I 15th 55 30 9 7 14 38 47 Runners–up Abderrahmane Meziani 8
1972–73 National II 2nd - - - - - - - Runners–up
1973–74 National II 1st - - - - - - - Round of 32
1974–75 National I 5th 63 30 13 7 10 48 36 Round of 32 Zidane, Guedioura 10
1975–76 National I 4th 66 30 14 8 8 52 29 Round of 32
1976–77 National I 11th 47 26 7 7 12 32 36 Quarter-final
1977–78 Division 1 5th 54 26 11 6 9 40 26 Runners–up
1978–79 Division 1 12th 48 26 7 8 11 30 40 Quarter-final
1979–80 Division 1 15th 54 30 7 11 12 30 35 Runners–up
1980–81 Division 2 1st 54 22 12 8 2 49 21 Winners
1981–82 Division 1 9th 59 30 9 11 10 24 30 Quarter-final Runners–up Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-final
1982–83 Division 1 16th 56 30 8 10 12 21 31 Round of 16 Nacer Guedioura 7 [1]
1983–84 Division 2 4th 68 30 13 12 5 45 23 Second Round
1984–85 Division 2 2nd 69 29 13 11 5 39 20 Round of 32
1985–86 Division 2 2nd 69 30 14 11 5 41 22 Round of 32
1986–87 Division 2 1st 46 30 19 8 3 41 15 Round of 64
1987–88 Division 1 7th 35 34 11 13 10 35 30 Winners Fawzi Benkhalidi 9
1988–89 Division 1 13th 28 30 9 10 11 27 34 Round of 16 Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-final Tarek Hadj Adlane 7
1989–90 Division 1 16th 23 30 8 7 15 23 39 Not played Tarek Hadj Adlane 10
1990–91 Division 2 4th 34 30 12 10 8 40 25 Quarter-final Tarek Hadj Adlane 13
1991–92 Division 2 3rd 34 30 13 8 9 34 23 Round of 64
1992–93 Division 2 7th 31 30 10 11 9 33 25 Not played
1993–94 Division 2 2nd 48 32 21 6 5 52 12 Round of 64
1994–95 Division 2 1st 50 32 20 10 2 54 29 Second Round Azzedine Rahim ??
1995–96 Division 1 1st 60 30 19 3 8 39 24 Round of 64 Group stage Azzedine Rahim 11
1996–97 Division 1 3rd 49 30 14 7 9 32 30 Winners Champions League Group stage[note 2] Tarek Hadj Adlane 16
1997–98 Division 1 2nd 25 15 6 7 2 18 13 Round of 16 Quarter-final Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-final Tarek Hadj Adlane 6
1998–99 Super Division 4th 44 26 12 8 6 32 17 Winners CAF Cup Quarter-final Tarek Hadj Adlane 17
1999–00 Super Division 12th 21 22 6 3 13 15 27 Round of 16 Semi-final Cup Winners' Cup Disqualified 5
2000–01 Super Division 2nd 55 30 15 10 5 51 28 Winners Tarek Hadj Adlane 14
2001–02 Super Division 1st 57 30 17 6 7 37 24 Round of 32 Cup Winners' Cup Semi-final[note 2] Rabie Benchergui 12
2002–03 Division 1 1st 58 30 17 7 6 52 17 Winners Champions League Semi-final[note 2] Moncef Ouichaoui 22
2003–04 Division 1 2nd 58 30 17 7 6 49 23 Winners Champions League Group stage[note 2] Rabie Benchergui 15
2004–05 Division 1 1st 67 30 21 4 5 55 27 Round of 64 Champions League Second round Billel Dziri 11
CAF Confederation Cup 2nd round of 16
2005–06 Division 1 2nd 57 30 18 6 6 50 30 Runners–up Champions League First Round Moulay Haddou 12 [2]
2006–07 Division 1 4th 47 30 13 8 9 32 25 Runners–up Champions League Preliminary round Mintou Doucoure 7 [3]
2007–08 Division 1 4th 42 30 12 6 12 32 27 Round of 16 Arab Champions League Group stage Amar Ammour 12 [4]
2008–09 Division 1 6th 48 32 13 9 10 38 31 Round of 64 Arab Champions League Round of 16 Ali Rial 7 [5]
2009–10 Division 1 4th 53 34 14 11 9 47 33 Round of 16 Cheikh Hamidi 15 [6]
2010–11 Ligue 1 9th 38 30 9 11 10 32 28 Round of 64 Noureddine Daham 11 [7]
2011–12 Ligue 1 3rd 52 30 15 7 8 37 25 Quarter-final Lamouri Djediat 12 [8]
2012–13 Ligue 1 4th 51 30 15 6 9 32 15 Winners Confederation Cup Second round Noureddine Daham 12 [9]
UAFA Club Cup Winners
2013–14 Ligue 1 1st 68 30 20 8 2 49 21 Round of 32 Winners Ziaya, Andria, Gasmi 6 [10]
2014–15 Ligue 1 8th 41 30 10 11 9 35 27 Round of 16 Runners–up Champions League Runners–up[note 2] Youcef Belaïli 8 [11]
2015–16 Ligue 1 1st 58 30 17 7 6 49 31 Round of 64 Mohamed Seguer 12 [12]
2016–17 Ligue 1 3rd 50 30 14 8 8 50 31 Round of 16 Winners Champions League Semi-final[note 2] Mohamed Rabie Meftah 11 [13]
2017–18 Ligue 1 6th 42 30 11 9 10 43 35 Round of 16 Confederation Cup Quarter-final[note 2] Oussama Darfalou 26[14] [15]
2018–19 Ligue 1 1st 53 30 15 8 7 49 29 Round of 16 Arab Club Champions Cup Second round Prince Ibara 10 [16]
2019–20 Ligue 1[note 3] 6th[note 4] 32 22 9 5 7 25 22 Round of 32 Champions League Group stage Aymen Mahious 12 [22]
2020–21 Ligue 1 4th 65 38 19 8 11 62 39 Not played Runners–up Ismail Belkacemi 17 [23]
Semi-final
2021–22 Ligue 1

Key[]

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g The competition ended in the following season
  3. ^ On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[17] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.[18]
  4. ^ USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger.[19] The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[20] On August 28, 2020, after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal, which is to return the three points and repeat the match.[21]

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistics 1982–83 USM Alger season". footballvintage.net.
  2. ^ "Statistics 2005–06 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  3. ^ "Statistics 2006–07 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  4. ^ "Statistics 2007–08 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  5. ^ "Statistics 2008–09 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  6. ^ "Statistics 2009–10 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  7. ^ "Statistics 2010–11 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  8. ^ "Statistics 2011–12 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  9. ^ "Statistics 2012–13 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  10. ^ "Statistics 2013–14 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  11. ^ "Statistics 2014–15 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  12. ^ "Statistics 2015–16 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  13. ^ "Statistics 2016–17 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  14. ^ "L1 : Darfalou meilleur buteur, Benaldjia meilleur passeur" (in French). dzfoot.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Statistics 2017–18 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  16. ^ "Statistics 2018–19 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  17. ^ "بسبب كورونا.. الدوري الجزائري مهدد بالسيناريو الفرنسي". al-ain.com (in Arabic). 12 July 2020.
  18. ^ "شباب بلوزداد بطلا لموسم استثنائي". elkhabar.com (in Arabic). 29 July 2020.
  19. ^ "LFP : MCA-USMA et Casoni, décisions de la commission de discipline". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  20. ^ "MCA-USMA : Recours au TAS de Lausanne déposé". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  21. ^ "TAS : L'USM Alger aurait obtenu gain de cause". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  22. ^ "Statistics 2019–20 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
  23. ^ "Statistics 2020–21 USM Alger season". footballdatabase.eu.
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