USM Alger

Full name	Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger
Founded	1937
Ground	Omar Hammadi Stadium Algiers, Algeria (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Manager	Oscar Fulloné
League	Algerian Championnat National
2007/08	Algerian Championnat National, 4th
Home colours Away colours

USM Alger (Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ) is a football club in Algiers founded in 1937. It one of the biggest teams in Algeria. The club colours are red and black. Their venue, the Omar Hammadi Stadium, has a capacity of some 10,000.

The club was semi finalist of the CAF Champions League 1997 and 2003.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Performance in CAF competitions 3 Current squad (2009-2010) 4 Notable Players 5 External links

[edit] Honours

• Algerian Championnat National : 1963, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005
  • 2nd : 1998, 2001, 2004

• Algerian Cup : 1981, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004
  • Finalist : 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 2006, 2007

• CAF Champions League :
  • Semi Finalist 1997, 2003

[edit] Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League: 6 Appearances

1997 - Group Stage

2003 - Semi-Final

2004 - Group Stage

2005 - Second Round

2006 - First Round

2007 - Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 Appearances

2005 - Intermediate Round

2007 - First Round

• CAF Cup: 1 Appearance

1999 - Quarter-Final

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 5 Appearances

1982 - Quarter-Final

1989 - Quarter-Final

1998 - Quarter-Final

2000 - Disqualified in First Round

2002 - Semi-Final

[edit] Current squad (2009-2010)

As of October 5, 2009:

No. Position Player 1 GK Merouane Abdouni 2 DF Mohamed Kefaifi 3 DF Akram Benaoumer 4 DF Farid Cheklam 5 DF Mohamed Amine Zidane 6 MF Karim Ghazi 7 FW Nouri Ouznadji 8 MF Billel Dziri 9 FW Ghilès Benchaâbane 10 MF Hocine Achiou 11 FW Isâad Bourahli 12 FW Alain Nebie 13 DF Ammar Layati

No. Position Player 14 FW Karim Ait Tahar 15 MF Mohamed Billel Benaldjia 16 GK Nadjib Ghoul 17 DF Abdelkader Benayada 18 GK Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi 19 DF Sofiane Harkat 20 MF Nacereddine Khoualed 21 DF Mohamed Amine Aouamri 22 MF Hamza Aït Ouamar 23 FW Cheikh Hamidi 24 MF Saïd Sayah 25 DF Ali Rial -- FW Noureddine Daham

[edit] Notable Players

For a complete list of former USM Alger players, see Category:USM Alger players

Algeria Amar Ammour (2002-2009) Abdelaziz Bentifour (1962-1963) Salim Aribi (2002-2007) Moulay Haddou (2004-2006) Mahieddine Meftah (1996-2006) Djamel Menad (1996-1997) Hicham Mezair (2000-2004) Hamza Yacef (1997-2001) Djamel Zidane (1967-1972) Mounir Zeghdoud (1997-2007)

Mali Mamadou Diallo (2003-2004) Mintou Doucoure (2005-2008) Nigeria Michael Eneramo (2004-2006)

[edit] External links

• (French) Official Site

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