2016–17 USM Alger season
2016–17 season | ||||
Chairman | Ali Haddad | |||
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Head coach |
Miloud Hamdi (until 5 June 2016) Adel Amrouche (from 27 June 2016) (until 17 August 2016) Jean-Michel Cavalli (from 17 August 2016) (until 30 October 2016) Paul Put (from 30 October 2016) | |||
Stadium | Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine | |||
Ligue 1 | Pre-season | |||
Algerian Cup | Round of 64 | |||
Champions League | First round | |||
Super Cup | Winners | |||
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In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 37th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup. USM Alger will enter the 2016-2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015-2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until his left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June.[1] but before the start of the season three days to resign was replace by French manager Cavalli[2] Then it was sacked because of poor results and replace by Belgian Paul Put.[3]
Non-competitive
Pre-season
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Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will be against CFA training of US Granville, scheduled for July 22 in Granville.[4]
of Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi.
At the level of the players, the club recorded the arrival of several players like Amir Sayoud (DRB Tadjenanet), Raouf Benguit (Paradou AC), Ziri Hammar (JS Saoura), Mohamed Benyahia (MC Oran), Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger), Abel Khaled and Ghislain Guessan (RC Arbaâ). This bloated recruitment is partly fill the departures of Zinedine Ferhat, best assist last season, Brahim Boudebouda, Hocine El Orfi and Mohamed Seguer, The club has also signed several players of the national selection of age 20, recently trained by Mohamed Mekhazni, back to the club. Two of these young people have made the trip to France, he is Ilyes Yaiche and Ibrahim Farhi.
First friendly match was against Stade brestois 29 and ended with a draw 1-1 [5] goal scored by Union new player Bouderbal, three days later the team played the most important meeting against Stade Rennais [6] from Ligue 1 and ended with the victory of the Algerian international guys Zeffane 1-0 Then, in the third meeting against the reserve team of the Stade Rennais achieved the first victory in the preparation matches by 4-0 [7] Recording from Guessan two goals, Beldjilali goal by Penalty and finally the young Bengruina last goal, After the piece ran the team last friendly against US Granville ended with a draw 0-0 back to the team immediately after the end of the games to Algeria, Preparations were good where he discovered supporter several skilful players of the most prominent neo Bellahcene, Benyahia and Hammar in addition to the player the team youth Bengruina.
After the end of the first internship in France successfully USM Alger delegation returned to Algeria and Players he got four days rest before traveling to Tunisia, Sousse to fight a second internship between 27 July and 7 August [8] punctuated by three friendly matches against clubs Tunisian.[9]
13 July 2016 Friendly | Stade brestois 29 ![]() |
1-1 | ![]() |
Ploudalmézeau |
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18:30 UTC+2 | Magnon ![]() |
Report Live TV: None |
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Stadium: Municipal Ploudalmézeau Attendance: 1.500 |
16 July 2016 Friendly | Stade Rennais ![]() |
1-0 | ![]() |
Dinard |
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18:00 UTC+2 | Gnagnon ![]() |
Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade Paul Audrin Attendance: 1.315 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela |
20 July 2016 Friendly | Stade Rennais res ![]() |
0-4 | ![]() |
Brittany |
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18:00 UTC+2 | Report Live TV: None |
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Stadium: Centre Henri Guerin Attendance: 200 Referee: Benoît Millot |
22 July 2016 Friendly | US Granville ![]() |
0-0 | ![]() |
Granville |
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14:00 UTC+2 | Report Live TV: None |
Stadium: Stade Louis Dior Attendance: 50 |
30 July 2016 Friendly | Club Africain ![]() |
0-1 | ![]() |
Mutuelleville |
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17:00 UTC+1 | Report Live TV: None |
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Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten Attendance: 100 |
4 August 2016 Friendly | CS Sfaxien ![]() |
0-2 | ![]() |
Sousse |
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17:00 UTC+1 | Report Live TV: None |
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12 August 2016 Friendly | USM Alger | 0-0 | Paradou AC | |
16:00 UTC+1 | Report Live TV: None |
Overview
Competition | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Ligue 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 53.85 |
Algerian Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
Algerian Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
Champions League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Total | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 60.00 |
Competition | Start round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
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Ligue 1 | N/A | 19 August 2016 | May 2017 | |
Algerian Cup | Round of 64 | 24 November 2016 | 2017 | |
Algerian Super Cup | Final | Winners | 1 November 2016 | |
CAF Champions League | First round | 2017 | 2017 |
Ligue 1
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | MC Oran | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 24 | Qualification to 2018 CAF Champions League |
2 | USM Alger | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 23 | |
3 | Olympique de Médéa | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 23 | Qualification to 2018 CAF Confederation Cup |
4 | MC Alger | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 23 | Qualification to 2017–18 Arab World Cup |
5 | ES Sétif | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 22 |
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 |
13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
Last updated: 30 January 2016.
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 |
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Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | |||||||||||||||||
Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Last updated: 30 January 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Matches
Win Draw Loss
19 August 2016 Round 1 | USM Alger | 2–0 | MO Béjaïa | Bologhine |
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19:15 | Darfalou ![]() Meftah ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None |
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Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza |
27 August 2016 Round 2 | USM Alger | 6–0 | RC Relizane | Bologhine |
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19:00 | Bentoucha ![]() Meftah ![]() Guessan ![]() Benkhemassa ![]() Andria ![]() Benguit ![]() Darfalou ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None |
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Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Said Aouina |
9 September 2016 Round 3 | DRB Tadjenanet | 0–0 | USM Alger | Tadjenanet |
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17:00 | Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4 |
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Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham |
17 September 2016 Round 4 | USM Alger | 1–0 | CS Constantine | Bologhine |
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19:00 | Meziane ![]() Khoualed ![]() Benyahia ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None |
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Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa |
24 September 2016 Round 5 | CR Belouizdad | 0–1 | USM Alger | Algiers |
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17:45 | Tarikat ![]() Feham ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3 |
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Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa |
1 October 2016 Round 6 | USM Alger | 3–2 | Olympique de Médéa | Bologhine |
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17:00 | Meziane ![]() Chafaï ![]() Meftah ![]() ![]() Benmoussa ![]() Benkhemassa ![]() Zemmamouche ![]() Guessan ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Canal Algérie |
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Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Farouk Mial |
13 October 2016 Round 7 | MC Alger | 2–1 | USM Alger | Blida |
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19:00 | Zerdab ![]() Demmou ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None |
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Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa |
22 October 2016 Round 8 | USM Alger | 2–1 | JS Kabylie | Bologhine |
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17:00 | Guessan ![]() Andria ![]() Meftah ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4 |
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Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Redouane Necib |
27 October 2016 Round 9 | CA Batna | 2–1 | USM Alger | Batna |
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15:00 | Meftah ![]() Selmi ![]() Hadj Aïssa ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None |
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Stadium: Stade Mustapha Sefouhi Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef |
5 November 2016 Round 10 | USM Alger | 0–2 | USM El Harrach | Algiers |
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16:00 | Bellahcene ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3 |
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Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Merzak Halalchi |
11 November 2016 Round 11 | MC Oran | 0–0 | USM Alger | Oran |
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16:00 | Heriat ![]() Sebbah ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3 |
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Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab |
17 November 2016 Round 12 | USM Alger | 2–1 | NA Hussein Dey | Algiers |
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17:00 | Benyahia ![]() Guessan ![]() ![]() Benkhemassa ![]() Koudri ![]() Chafaï ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie / beIN Sports |
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Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham |
1 December 2016 Round 13 | USM Bel-Abbès | 2–1 | USM Alger | Sidi Bel Abbès |
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16:00 | Balegh ![]() Kourbia ![]() Zenasni ![]() ![]() ![]() Yaghni ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie |
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Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar |
2016 Round 14 | USM Alger | – | ES Sétif | Bologhine |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi |
2016 Round 15 | JS Saoura | – | USM Alger | Béchar |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 |
2017 Round 16 | MO Béjaïa | – | USM Alger | Béjaïa |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine |
2017 Round 17 | RC Relizane | – | USM Alger | Relizane |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari |
2017 Round 18 | USM Alger | – | DRB Tadjenanet | Bologhine |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi |
2017 Round 19 | CS Constantine | – | USM Alger | Constantine |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui |
2017 Round 20 | USM Alger | – | CR Belouizdad | Algiers |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 |
2017 Round 21 | Olympique de Médéa | – | USM Alger | Médéa |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa |
2017 Round 22 | USM Alger | – | MC Alger | Algiers |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 |
2017 Round 23 | JS Kabylie | – | USM Alger | Tizi Ouzou |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: [[]] |
2017 Round 24 | USM Alger | – | CA Batna | Bologhine |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi |
2017 Round 25 | USM El Harrach | – | USM Alger | Algiers |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 |
2017 Round 26 | USM Alger | – | MC Oran | Bologhine |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi |
2017 Round 27 | NA Hussein Dey | – | USM Alger | Algiers |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 |
2017 Round 28 | USM Alger | – | USM Bel-Abbès | Bologhine |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi |
2017 Round 29 | ES Sétif | – | USM Alger | Sétif |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 |
2017 Round 30 | USM Alger | – | JS Saoura | Bologhine |
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16:00 | Soccerway report [ DZfoot report] |
Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi |
Algerian Super Cup
Win Draw Loss
1 November 2016 | USM Alger | 2–0 | MC Alger | Blida |
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17:45 | Benkhemassa ![]() Abdellaoui ![]() Chafaï ![]() Meftah ![]() |
Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / beIN Sports / Al-Kass Sports |
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Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza |
Algerian Cup
Win Draw Loss
24 November 2016 Round of 64 | USM Alger | 2–0 | NT Souf | Bologhine |
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17:00 | Sayoud ![]() ![]() Guessan ![]() |
Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 |
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Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Azzaz, Benaceur, Djafi |
Champions League
Win Draw Loss
First round
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00:00 UTC+1 | [ Report] | Referee: () |
Squad information
Playing statistics
- As of 1 December 2016
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.
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | Zemmamouche, Mohamed LamineMohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | 12 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | ![]() | Mansouri, IsmaïlIsmaïl Mansouri | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | ![]() | Berrefane, MouradMourad Berrefane | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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3 | ![]() | Abdellaoui, AyoubAyoub Abdellaoui | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | Benyahia, MohamedMohamed Benyahia | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | Chafaï, FaroukFarouk Chafaï | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
20 | ![]() | Khoualed, NacereddineNacereddine Khoualed | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
21 | ![]() | Zeghdane, ToufikToufik Zeghdane | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | ![]() | Benmoussa, MokhtarMokhtar Benmoussa | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
30 | ![]() | Meftah, MohamedMohamed Meftah | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
31 | ![]() | Benguit, RaoufRaouf Benguit | 11 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Midfielders | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | Bouderbal, RafikRafik Bouderbal | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | Beldjilali, KaddourKaddour Beldjilali | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | ![]() | Sayoud, AmirAmir Sayoud | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | Hammar, ZiriZiri Hammar | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | ![]() | Khaled, AbelAbel Khaled | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | ![]() | Koudri, HamzaHamza Koudri | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
24 | ![]() | Benkhemassa, MohammedMohammed Benkhemassa | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
26 | ![]() | Bellahcene, RedaReda Bellahcene | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
41 | ![]() | Yaiche, IlyesIlyes Yaiche | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Forwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | ![]() | Andriamatsinoro, CarolusCarolus Andriamatsinoro | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | Meziane, AbderrahmaneAbderrahmane Meziane | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | Darfalou, OussamaOussama Darfalou | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | ![]() | Guessan, GhislainGhislain Guessan | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 20 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 0 |
GoalscorersIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
Assists
Suspensions
Clean sheetsIncludes all competitive matches.
Squad listPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 29 July 2016.[11][12]
TransfersInUSM Alger started their transfer business early, acquiring midfielder Amir Sayoud for a an undisclosed fee + Arslane Mazari and Djamel Chettal from DRB Tadjenanet on 9 June. USM Alger continued their recruitment in 11 June, signing young defender Raouf Benguit Loan from Paradou AC for a €50,000. 13 June, USM Alger confirmed their third summer signing in Reda Bellahcene, with the midfielder joining from FC Saint-Louis Neuweg for a free transfer. The club would later sign Ivorian prospect Ghislain Guessan, who joined the USM Alger team on a one-year deal from RC Arbaâ and also Abel Khaled from the same club. end of the season also saw the return of six players from the loan they Abderrahmane Meziane, Nazim Aklil, Abderrahmane Bourdim, Mohamed Taïb, Ibrahim Bekakchi and ivorian Manucho. in the month of July joined by four new players to the team they Rafik Bouderbal from AS Lyon-Duchère, Ziri Hammar from JS Saoura, Mohamed Benyahia from MC Oran and Toufik Zeghdane from MC Alger. Summer
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