2018–19 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2018–19 season
Owner	Ali Haddad; (until 29 April 2019); Boualem Chendri ; (from 29 April 2019)
Chairman	Abdelhakim Serrar
Head coach	Miloud Hamdi; (until 20 May 2018); Thierry Froger; (from 19 June 2018); (until 14 March 2019); Lamine Kebir (C); (from 23 March 2018)
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium; July 5, 1962 Stadium
Ligue 1	1st
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Confederation Cup	Quarter-finals
Club Championship	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Prince Ibara (9 goals); All: ; Prince Ibara (10 goals)
Biggest win	5–1 (vs. MO Béjaïa – 15 October 2018)
Biggest defeat	1–4 (vs. Al-Merrikh – 21 November 2018)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

In the 2018–19 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 41st season, as well as the Confederation Cup, Club Championship, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Season summary[edit]

With the end of the 2017–18 season USM Alger 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.^[5] and striker Oussama Darfalou, who joined Dutch club Vitesse.^[6]^[7] finally, after a month of research, the team contracted with French technical Thierry Froger to be the new coach.^[8] 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.^[9]^[10] Then in the Arab Club Champions Cup was the ambition to win, especially that the value of financial prizes exceed 15 million dollars.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

After the outbreak of protests in Algeria and the arrest of club owner Ali Haddad on corruption charges.^[15] 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.^[16] 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.^[17] 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.^[18] immediately after the end of the game Abdelhakim Serrar announced his resignation from his office.

Squad list[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 26 May 2019.^[19]^[20]
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 from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Lamine Zemmamouche (C)	GK	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 33)	MC Alger	2012	2020	357	1
16	Ismaïl Mansouri	GK	(1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 30)	MO Béjaïa	2008	2019	69	0
30	Mourad Berrefane	GK	(1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 32)	MO Béjaïa	2014	2018	28	0
Defenders
5	Mohamed Benyahia	CB	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 26)	MC Oran	2016	2019	84	8
12	Mohamed Mezghrani	CB	(1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 24)	RKC Waalwijk	2018	2021	2	0
6	Farouk Chafaï	CB	(1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 28)	Reserve team	2010	2019	257	24
3	Abderrahim Hamra	CB	(1997-07-21)21 July 1997 (aged 21)	Reserve team	2016	2021	8	0
4	Mexes Nyeck Bayiha	CB	(1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 22)	AS Otôho	2018	2020	2	0
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa	LB / LM / LW	(1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 32)	ES Sétif	2012	2019	232	16
22	Mohamed Rabie Meftah (VC)	RB	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 33)	JSM Béjaïa	2011	2020	232	41
21	Mehdi Benchikhoune	RB	(1996-04-03)3 April 1996 (aged 22)	Reserve team	2017	2022	7	0
19	Redouane Cherifi	LB	(1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 25)	USM Bel-Abbès	2017	2021	60	2
Midfielders
8	Oualid Ardji	LW / LB	(1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 23)	NA Hussein Dey	2016	2021	42	3
20	Rafik Bouderbal	AM / FW	(1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 31)	AS Lyon-Duchère	2016	2018	54	2
18	Amir Sayoud	AM	(1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 28)	DRB Tadjenanet	2016	2020	57	6
23	Hamza Koudri	DM	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 31)	MC Alger	2012	2020	215	7
8	Kamel Belarbi	DM	(1997-04-11)11 April 1997 (aged 21)	USM El Harrach	2018	2022	10	0
10	Muaid Ellafi	AM / LW	(1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Shabab	2018	2021	15	5
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa	AM / DM	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 25)	Reserve team	2011	2018	134	4
27	Raouf Benguit	CB / DM	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 22)	Paradou AC	2016	2019	102	7
7	Faouzi Yaya	MF	(1989-09-21)21 September 1989 (aged 29)	MO Béjaïa	2017	2020	47	7
2	Oussama Chita	DM	(1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 22)	MC Alger	2017	2021	54	2
Forwards
11	Abderrahmane Meziane	ST	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 24)	RC Arbaâ	2014	2021	110	21
17	Mohamed Amine Hamia	FW	(1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 29)	CR Belouizdad	2018	2021	22	6
13	Prince Ibara	FW	(1996-02-07)7 February 1996 (aged 22)	Al-Wakrah	2018	2021	29	10
29	Aymen Mahious	ST	(1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 21)	CA Batna	2018	2021	16	2
14	Abdelkrim Zouari	RW	(1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 29)	USM Bel Abbès	2018	2021	14	4

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
24 January 2018	DF	Ryad Kenniche	Al-Qadsiah	Free transfer (Released)	^[21]
23 March 2018	FW	Zakaria Benchaâ	Unattached	Free transfer	^[22]
31 May 2018	FW	Aymen Mahious	CA Batna	3,000,000 DA	^[23]
2 June 2018	DF	Mohamed Mezghrani	RKC Waalwijk	Free transfer	^[24]
4 June 2018	DF	Emery Bayisenge	JS Massira	Free transfer	^[25]
10 June 2018	FW	Mohamed Bentiba	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[26]
20 June 2018	FW	Charlton Mashumba	Highlands Park	Free transfer	^[27]
23 June 2018	DF	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Loan one year	^[28]
1 July 2018	AM	Ziri Hammar	JS Kabylie	Loan Return
1 July 2018	DF	Abderrahim Hamra	DRB Tadjenanet	Loan Return
1 July 2018	FW	Kaddour Cherif	DRB Tadjenanet	Loan Return
1 July 2018	MF	Mustapha Bengrina	US Biskra	Loan Return
1 July 2018	MF	Ibrahim Farhi	US Biskra	Loan Return
6 July 2018	DF	Mohamed Amine Madani	JS Saoura	Undisclosed	^[29]
11 July 2018	FW	Prince Ibara	Al-Wakrah	Free transfer	^[30]
24 July 2018	DF	Mexes Nyeck Bayiha	AS Otôho	Free transfer	^[31]
4 December 2018	MF	Kamel Belarbi	USM El Harrach	Undisclosed	^[32]
12 December 2018	DF	Vivien Assie Koua	Al-Arabi	Undisclosed	^[33]
15 December 2018	MF	Muaid Ellafi	Al-Shabab	Free transfer	^[34]
30 December 2018	FW	Abdelkrim Zouari	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	^[35]
15 January 2019	DF	Yanis Roumadi	Farul Constanța	Free transfer	^[36]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
3 January 2018^[a]	LB / CB	Ayoub Abdellaoui	FC Sion	Free transfer	^[37]
20 April 2018	DF	Ryad Kenniche	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer (Released)	^[38]^[39]
5 June 2018	AM / CM	Kaddour Beldjilali	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	^[40]
6 June 2018 ^[b]	ST / FW	Oussama Darfalou	Vitesse	Free transfer	^[6]^[41]
14 June 2018	DM	Reda Bellahcene	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer (Released)	^[42]
23 June 2018	MF	Ziri Hammar	MC Oran	Loan for one year	^[43]
29 June 2018	MF	Ilyes Yaiche	NA Hussein Dey	Loan	^[44]
1 July 2018	CF	Okacha Hamzaoui	Nacional	Loan Return
1 July 2018	CB / DM	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Loan Return
1 July 2018	DF	Ibrahim Farhi	JS Saoura	Undisclosed	^[45]
6 July 2018	DF	Mohamed Amine Madani	MC El Eulma	Free transfer (Released)	^[29]
10 July 2018	FW	Reda Hajhouj	Olympique Khouribga	Free transfer (Released)	^[46]
14 July 2018	FW	Charlton Mashumba	Jomo Cosmos	Free transfer (Released)
14 July 2018	DF	Emery Bayisenge	Unattached^[c]	Free transfer (Released)
18 July 2018	FW	Mohamed Bentiba	ASM Oran	Free transfer (Released)	^[48]
12 December 2018	DF	Mexes Nyeck Bayiha	Sur SC^[d]	Free transfer (Released)
12 December 2018	MF	Ziri Hammar	JS Saoura	Free transfer (Released)	^[49]
12 December 2018	DF	Mohamed Mezghrani	Budapest Honvéd^[e]	Free transfer (Released)
26 December 2018	FW	Aymen Mahious	AS Ain M'lila	loan for six months
26 December 2018	DF	Mehdi Benchikhoune	WA Tlemcen	loan for six months	^[51]
26 December 2018	DF	Vivien Assie Koua	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[52]
2 January 2019	MF	Amir Sayoud	CR Belouizdad	150,000,000 DA	^[53]
9 January 2019	MF	Faouzi Yaya	Unattached^[f]	Free transfer (Released)	^[55]

^ Ayoub Abdellaoui joined FC Sion after the end of his contract on 1 July 2018.
^ Oussama Darfalou joined Vitesse after the end of his contract on 1 July 2018.
^ Emery Bayisenge joined Saif on 30 January 2019.^[47]
^ Mexes joined Sur SC on 20 February 2019.
^ Mezghrani joined Budapest Honvéd on 22 January 2019.^[50]
^ Yaya joined NA Hussein Dey on 14 January 2019.^[54]

New contracts[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	2 years	2020	6 June 2018	^[56]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

27 June 2018 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	USM Alger	Mutuelleville
19:00 UTC+1	Belaïli 71', 85'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten Referee: Wassim Ben Salah (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (Mansouri 46’), Meftah (Benchikhoune 65’), Benyahia (Bayisenge 46’), Hamra (Nyeck 46’), Benmoussa (Cherifi 65’), Benkhemassa(Sayoud 65’), Chita (Koudri 46’), Benguit, Meziane (Mashumba 65’), Bouderbal (Ardji 65'), Yaya (Ntouba 46’)

2 July 2018 Friendly	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	1–0	USM Alger	Sousse
18:30 UTC+1	? 46'	[ Report] Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (Mansouri 59’), Benyahia (Madani 63’), Chafaï (Bayisenge 63’), Meftah (Mezghrani 59’), Benmoussa (Cherifi 59’), Benkhemassa (Mashumba 61’), Koudri, Chita (Sayoud 61’), Yaya (Ardji 56’), Bouderbal (Meziane 54’), Mahious (Hamia 70’).

11 July 2018 Friendly	Sofapaka	1–0	USM Alger	Nairobi
16:00 UTC+3		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Camp Toyoyo
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half - Zemmamouche - Benchikhoune - Chafai - Benyahia - Benmoussa - Chita - Koudri - Benkhemassa - Sayoud - Meziane - Mahious Second half - Sifour- Mezghrani - Mexes - Hamra - Cherifi - Benguit - Benhamouda - Bouderbal - Ardji - Hamia - Benchaa.

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	050.00	—	Winners	14 August 2018	26 May 2019
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	18 December 2018	22 January 2019
Confederation Cup	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	033.33	Group stage	Quarter-final	18 July 2018	23 September 2018
Club Championship	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	075.00	First round	Second round	8 August 2018	10 December 2018
Total	43	22	9	12	66	44	+22	051.16

Updated to match played 22 January 2019
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	53	Qualification for Champions League
2	JS Kabylie	30	15	7	8	38	25	+13	52	Qualification for Champions League
3	Paradou AC	30	14	6	10	38	24	+14	48	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	JS Saoura	30	13	8	9	33	22	+11	47	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
5	ES Sétif	30	13	6	11	34	24	+10	45

Source: DZFoot
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.
(C) Champions

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	53	10	2	3	31	13	+18	5	6	4	18	16	+2

Last updated: 26 May 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[edit]

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W
Position	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

14 August 2018 Round 1	USM Alger	3–1	DRB Tadjenanet	Bologhine
21:00	Chafaï 9' Meziane 48' Ibara 71' Benchaâ 83'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	Demane 9' 11' Aib 62' Ounnas 66' Fourloul 86'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

25 August 2018 Round 2	NA Hussein Dey	0–1	USM Alger	Belouizdad
17:00	Brahimi 19'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	Benyahia 29' Bouderbal 31' Ibara 44' Benkhemassa 72'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

1 September 2018 Round 4	JS Saoura	3–0	USM Alger	Béchar
20:00	Zaidi 25', 45+2' Konaté 45' Aouedj 62'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	33' Hamra	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

4 September 2018 Round 3	USM Alger	3–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
20:45	Bouderbal 8' Meftah 33' Ibara 32' 52' Benguit 40'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	Meftahi 9' El Moudene 61'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

20 September 2018 Round 7	USM Alger	3–0	AS Ain M'lila	Bologhine
19:00	Benmoussa 12' (pen.) Benguit 41' Mahious 45' Chita 69'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	47' Dif	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Redouane Necib

29 September 2018 Round 8	Paradou AC	1–3	USM Alger	Bologhine
17:45	Bouabta 41' Meziani 48'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	Ardji 9' Ibara 19' Cherifi 58' Benguit 59'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

6 October 2018 Round 9	USM Alger	0–0	MC Alger	Algiers
17:45	Koudri 65'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports	Arous 42' Demmou 52' Amada 74' Tebbi 90+2'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

10 October 2018 Round 10	CR Belouizdad	0–1	USM Alger	Belouizdad
16:00	Herida 55' Keddad 56' Djerrar 77' Selmi 79'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	Benguit 11' Yaya 37' Koudri 81' Meziane 56'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

15 October 2018 Round 5	USM Alger	5–1	MO Béjaïa	Bologhine
17:45	Meziane 19', 56' Koudri 46' Yaya 52' (pen.) 58' Zemmamouche 67' Benguit 89'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	Dahar 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

19 October 2018 Round 6	USM Bel-Abbès	2–2	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:45	Mesmoudi 29' Bouda 75' Benayad 77'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	Chita 42' Ibara 70' Meziane 83'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

30 October 2018 Round 12	Olympique de Médéa	1–3	USM Alger	Médéa
15:00	Motrani 68'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	Hamia 15', 90+3' Yaya 45+2' Meftah 65' Ibara 78'	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Rafik Achouri

9 November 2018 Round 13	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:45	Zemmamouche 36' Yaya 49' Cherifi 64' Benkhemassa 74' Meziane 90+1'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

12 November 2018 Round 14	MC Oran	0–0	USM Alger	Oran
17:00	Yettou 37' Bouchar 61' Sebbah 83'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	Ardji 45' Mansouri 90+2' Sayoud 90+3'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

15 November 2018 Round 15	USM Alger	2–1	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:45	Benyahia 69' 70' Hamia 83' 84'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	Belkacemi 39'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

29 November 2018 Round 11	USM Alger	0–1	ES Sétif	Bologhine
17:45	Benmoussa 19' Bouderbal 36' Cherifi 58' Benkhemassa 78'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	Bedrane 15' 58' Ferhani 56' Nemdil 78'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

4 January 2019 Round 16	DRB Tadjenanet	1–0	USM Alger	Tadjenanet
18:00	Aib 24' Aggar 40' Bensaha 56' Demane 70' Maroci 82'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

15 January 2019 Round 17	USM Alger	4–1	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
17:45	Benkhemassa 11' Ibara 34' (pen.) Cherifi 48' Meziane 50' Zouari 52' Koudri 55' Ellafi 70'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	Dib 51' Harrag 78'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

18 January 2019 Round 18	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–1	USM Alger	Magra ^{[note 1]}
15:00	Ziad 4'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	Ellafi 75'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

26 January 2019 Round 19	USM Alger	2–0	JS Saoura	Bologhine
16:00	Chafaï 21' 32' Zouari 42' Ibara 75' 76' Ardji 90+3'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	Boulaouidet 90+3'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

5 February 2019 Round 20	MO Béjaïa	0–0	USM Alger	Béjaïa
17:00	Ouali 17' Herida 90+2'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	Ardji 40' Koudri 61'	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

9 February 2019 Round 21	USM Alger	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Bologhine
18:00	Meziane 23' Benguit 35' Chita 59' Benkhemassa 64'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	Guebli 81' Zerrouki 82'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farid Bahloul

13 February 2019 Round 22	AS Ain M'lila	0–0	USM Alger	Aïn M'lila
15:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

2 March 2019 Round 23	USM Alger	1–2	Paradou AC	Bologhine
17:00	Ibara 12' Benkhemassa 90'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	Boudaoui 39' Naidji 48' 49' Zorgane 56' Tahri 68' Bouchina 82'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

14 March 2019 Round 24	MC Alger	3–2	USM Alger	Algiers
17:00	Benaldjia 41' Bendebka 56' Lamara 89' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports	Zouari 52' Benyahia 85'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

3 April 2019 Round 25	USM Alger	2–3	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
18:00	Hamia 10' Benguit 20' Meftah 28' Zouari 31' Ardji 38' Meziane 59'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	Bechou 17', 40' 65' Sayoud 29' (pen.) Bouchar 37' Bousseliou 90+2'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

21 April 2019 Round 26	ES Sétif	1–1	USM Alger	Sétif
16:00	Radouani 74'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	Ellafi 42' 43'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

11 May 2019 Round 27	USM Alger	3–1	Olympique de Médéa	Bologhine
22:30	Benguit 51' 69' Ellafi 80' 80' Meziane 90+1'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Al-Kass Sports	Addadi 5' 6'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

16 May 2019 Round 28	JS Kabylie	2–1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
22:30	Belgherbi 5' Chetti 45+1' Salhi 65' Hamroune 68'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports	Cherifi 2' Ellafi 28' Benhammouda 42' Koudri 79'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

21 May 2019 Round 29	USM Alger	1–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
22:30	Benkhemassa 33' Benmoussa 43' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports	Halaïmia 25' Sebbah 33' Assie 58' Nadji 62' Mekkaoui 81' Litim 87' Aouadj 89'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

26 May 2019 Round 30	CS Constantine	1–3	USM Alger	Constantine
22:30	Belkacemi 34'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports	Meziane 32' Ibara 39' 40' Meftah 85' 86'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

Algerian Cup[edit]

18 December 2018 Round of 64	USM Alger	2–0	ASM Oran	Bologhine
18:00	Benyahia 25' Ardji 65' Benguit 88' Cherifi 90'	Live TV: None	Boutiche 30' Baghdaoui 58'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Cherifi, Benyahia, Meftah, Ardji - Chita, Koudri, Benguit - Yaya (Hamia 71’), Bouderbal (Benhamouda 65’), Meziane

31 December 2018 Round of 32	USM Alger	2–1 (a.e.t.)	USM Bel Abbès	Bologhine
17:09	Ardji 45' Bouderbal 65' Koudri 69' Hamia 107' Belarbi 109'	Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	Benayad 49' Bounoua 65' Khedairia 90+5' Zerrouki 99'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Berrefane - Cherifi, Benyahia, Meftah (Benmoussa 56’), Ardji (Belarbi 103’) - Chita, Koudri, Benguit (Hamra 120’) - Ibara , Bouderbal , Meziane (Hamia 91’)

22 January 2018 Round of 16	ES Sétif	3–1	USM Alger	Sétif
17:00	Bedrane 2' 3' Ferhani 42' 51' Djabou 79' Zeghba 89'	Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	Koudri 38' Cherifi 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Redouane Necib
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Cherifi, Chafaï, Chita, Ardji (Bouderbal 74’) - Benkhemassa, Koudri, Benguit - Zouari (Benhamouda 85’), Hamia (Ellafi 52’), Meziane

Confederation Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	USM	RAY	GOR	YAN
1	USM Alger	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Quarter-finals	—	1–1	2–1	4–0
2	Rayon Sports	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9	Quarter-finals	1–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Gor Mahia	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8		0–0	1–2	—	4–0
4	Young Africans	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4		2–1	0–0	2–3	—

Source: CAF

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) Matchday 3	Rayon Sports	1–2	USM Alger	Kigali
18:00 UTC+2	Ange 19' Diarra 38' Muhire 65'	Report	45+2' Chafaï 71' Chita 90+3' Benguit	Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) Matchday 4	USM Alger	1–1	Rayon Sports	Blida ^{[note 2]}
20:00 UTC+1	Chita 29' Hamia 86'	Report	Diarra 28'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) Matchday 5	Young Africans	2–1	USM Alger	Dar es Salaam
19:00 UTC+3	Kaseke 44' Makambo 47' Mahadhi 67'	Report	52' Meziane 82' Koudri	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Matchday 6	USM Alger	2–1	Gor Mahia	Algiers
14:00 UTC+1	Ibara 36' Sayoud 81' Benmoussa 90+3'	Report	27' Wendo 30' Mieno 62' Shakava 83' Tuyisenge	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

16 September 2018 First leg	Al-Masry	1–0	USM Alger	Port Said
21:00 UTC+2	Wadi 54' Shoukry 73' Gomaa 81'	Report	31' Meftah 56' Benyahia	Stadium: Al-Masry Club Stadium Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

23 September 2018 Second leg	USM Alger	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Al-Masry	Sétif ^{[note 3]}
20:00 UTC+1	Benkhemassa 75' Mahious 88'	Report	Wadi 6' 34' Shawki 22' Koffi 70'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Club Championship Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

8 August 2018 First leg	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–1	USM Alger	Karbala
20:00 UTC+3		DZfoot report Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports	72' Mahious	Stadium: Karbala International Stadium Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Benyahia, Chafaï, Cherifi, Meftah, Chita, Yaya, Koudri, Benkhemassa, Ardji (Mahious, 63’), Hamia (Benchaâ, 29’, Hamra, 80’)

9 September 2018 Second leg	USM Alger	3–0^{[note 4]} (3–0 agg.)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Bologhine
19:00 UTC+1	Meftah 39' 49' Natiq 45' (o.g.) Benkhemassa 67'	DZfoot report Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Benyahia, Chafaï, Cherifi, Meftah (Koudri, 50’), Chita, Benguit, Benkhemassa, Bouderbal, Meziane (Yaya, 64’), Ibara (Benchaâ, 55’)

Second round[edit]

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20) First leg	Al-Merrikh	4–1	USM Alger	Omdurman
19:30 UTC+2	Yousif 1', 9', 34' Al-Nasaan 39'	DZfoot report Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports	62' Hamia 86' Benmoussa	Stadium: Al-Merrikh Stadium Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (Saudi Arabia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Cherifi (Benmoussa, 50’), Benyahia, Chafai, Meftah, Koudri, Benkhemassa, Benguit, Yaya (Mahious, 75’), Hamia, Ardji (Meziane, 64’)

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) Second leg	USM Alger	2–0 (3–4 agg.)	Al-Merrikh	Algiers
19:00 UTC+1	Hamia 23' Benyahia 23' Chita 40' Ardji 60'	DZfoot report Live TV: Abu Dhabi Sports		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Sultan Al Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri, Cherifi, Benyahia, Meftah, Ardji (Bouderbal, 85'), Chita (Benkhemassa, 57'), Koudri, Benguit, Yaya (Mahious, 77'), Hamia, Meziane

Squad information[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Confederation Cup			Club Champions Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche		13	13	0	1	1	0	6	6	0	3	3	0	23	23	0
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri		15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	15	0
30	GK	Mourad Berrefane		3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0
Defenders
5	CB	Mohamed Benyahia		25	25	2	2	2	1	3	3	0	4	4	0	34	34	3
6	CB	Farouk Chafaï		20	20	1	1	1	0	6	6	1	3	3	0	30	0	2
19	LB	Redouane Cherifi		28	27	1	3	3	1	4	4	0	4	4	0	39	38	2
3	CB	Abderrahime Hamra		3	3	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	8	6	0
22	RB	Mohamed Rabie Meftah		14	13	2	2	2	0	6	6	0	4	4	1	26	25	3
25	LB / LW	Mokhtar Benmoussa		19	12	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	24	14	2
12	CB	Mohamed Mezghrani^[a]		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
4	CB	Mexes Nyeck Bayiha^[a]		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
21	RB	Mehdi Benchikhoune^[a]		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Midfielders
2	DM	Oussama Chita		21	20	1	3	3	0	5	5	0	3	3	1	32	31	2
10	AM / LW	Muaid Ellafi		14	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	8	5
8	DM	Kamel Belarbi		9	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	0
23	DM	Hamza Koudri		20	16	2	3	3	0	4	4	0	4	3	0	31	26	2
24	AM / DM	Mohammed Benkhemassa		22	21	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	4	3	0	30	28	0
27	CB / DM	Raouf Benguit		28	26	4	3	3	1	6	5	1	3	3	0	40	37	6
20	AM	Rafik Bouderbal		21	12	1	3	2	0	4	4	0	2	1	0	30	19	1
15	LW / LB	Oualid Ardji		20	17	0	3	3	1	3	0	0	3	3	1	29	23	2
26	AM	Billel Benhammouda		12	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	3	0
7	MF	Faouzi Yaya^[a]		10	7	3	1	1	0	5	4	0	4	3	0	20	15	3
18	AM	Amir Sayoud^[a]		8	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	12	4	1
Forwards
11	ST	Abderrahmane Meziane		24	23	7	3	3	0	6	6	1	3	2	0	36	34	8
9	ST	Zakaria Benchaâ		5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	1	1
13	ST	Prince Ibara		23	16	9	1	1	0	4	4	1	1	1	0	29	22	10
14	RW	Abdelkrim Zouari		13	10	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11	4
17	ST	Mohamed Amine Hamia		10	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	17	10	6
29	ST	Aymen Mahious^[a]		9	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	1	16	3	2
Total				30		49	3		5	6		6	4		6	43		66

Last updated: 17 June 2022
Source: soccerway.com

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Player transferred out during the season

Disciplinary record[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Confederation Cup			Club Championship			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Mohamed Benyahia	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
6	DF	Farouk Chafaï	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	DF	Redouane Cherifi	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
3	DF	Abderrahime Hamra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	DF	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
25	DF	Mokhtar Benmoussa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
2	MF	Oussama Chita	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	MF	Muaid Ellafi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF	Kamel Belarbi	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Hamza Koudri	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
24	MF	Mohammed Benkhemassa	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	1
27	MF	Raouf Benguit	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
20	MF	Rafik Bouderbal	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
15	MF	Oualid Ardji	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
26	MF	Billel Benhammouda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	MF	Faouzi Yaya	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	MF	Amir Sayoud	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	FW	Prince Ibara	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
17	FW	Mohamed Amine Hamia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
Total			52	0	2	5	0	1	8	0	0	5	0	0	70	0	3

Suspensions[edit]

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
29 July 2018	Oussama Chita	1
29 July 2018	Mohammed Benkhemassa	3	Disciplinary reasons^[60]
29 July 2018	Rafik Bouderbal	2	Disciplinary reasons^[60]
29 July 2018	Mohamed Benyahia	2	Disciplinary reasons^[60]
29 July 2018	Ismaïl Mansouri	2	Disciplinary reasons^[60]
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[37] Ayoub Abdellaoui joined FC Sion after the end of his contract on 1 July 2018.

[42] Oussama Darfalou joined Vitesse after the end of his contract on 1 July 2018.

[50] Emery Bayisenge joined Saif on 30 January 2019.^[47]

[52] Mexes joined Sur SC on 20 February 2019.

[55] Mezghrani joined Budapest Honvéd on 22 January 2019.^[50]

[60] Yaya joined NA Hussein Dey on 14 January 2019.^[54]

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2018–19 season
Owner	Ali Haddad (until 29 April 2019)^[1] Boualem Chendri (from 29 April 2019)^[1]
Chairman	Abdelhakim Serrar
Head coach	Miloud Hamdi (until 20 May 2018) Thierry Froger (from 19 June 2018)^[2] (until 14 March 2019)^[3] Lamine Kebir (C) (from 23 March 2018)^[4]
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium July 5, 1962 Stadium
Ligue 1	1st
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Confederation Cup	Quarter-finals
Club Championship	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Prince Ibara (9 goals) All: Prince Ibara (10 goals)
Biggest win	5–1 (vs. MO Béjaïa – 15 October 2018)
Biggest defeat	1–4 (vs. Al-Merrikh – 21 November 2018)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	53	10	2	3	31	13	+18	5	6	4	18	16	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	53	10	2	3	31	13	+18	5	6	4	18	16	+2