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2022–23 USM Alger season

In the 2022–23 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 45th season. It was their 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Alger participated in the Algerian Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.

USM Alger
2022–23 season
OwnerGroupe SERPORT
PresidentSid Ahmed Arab
(from 26 June 2022)[1]
Head coachJamil Benouahi
(from 6 July 2022)[2]
(until 3 August 2022)[3]
Boualem Charef
(from 4 August 2022)[4]
(until 25 December 2022)[5][6]
Abdelhak Benchikha
(from 25 December 2022)[5][6]
StadiumOmar Benrabah Stadium
Stade du 5 Juillet
Ligue 111th
Algerian CupRound of 64
Confederation CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Aymen Mahious
(6 goals)
All:
Aymen Mahious
(11 goals)
Biggest winUSM Alger 4–1 Al Akhdar
Biggest defeatCS Constantine 3–0 USM Alger

Review edit

Background edit

On 26 June 2022, Sid Ahmed Arab has succeeded Achour Djelloul who has been imprisoned, as the new president of the club. Reda Abdouche has been appointed as the new general director, this was his second time after 2011.[7] On July 6, 2022, Jamil Benouahi extended his contract for another year to remain the head coach for the new season.[2] On July 21, in the first press conference Reda Abdouche spoke about the club's goals and the recruitment file, the first questions were about the departure of some players, Abdouche stated that he did not reach a month in his position. Where stated that during the spare period in the club, some players decided to sign up for other clubs, such as goalkeeper Alexis Guendouz and there are players that the technical staff decided not to enter in their plans, most notably Hamza Koudri who has been in the club for ten years. Abdouche stated that it is an adventure to rely on a player who suffered from an injury in Cruciate ligament that kept him out of the field for a year and at his age especially since he's at the end of his contract. As for contracts, Abdouche stated that they contacted players, including former players in the club, and although they promised to sign, they refused to answer their calls and joined other clubs.

He also said that they will not pay billions to buy player contracts and that this is not the club's policy and the rest of the clubs are free if they want to, Regarding the stadium, Abdouche said that the interests of the municipality APC and the National Authority for Technical Control of Construction CTC said that Omar Hamadi Stadium poses a danger to the supporters and it was decided to close it and they would play either at Salem Mabrouki Stadium or Omar Benrabah Stadium, especially with the closure of Stade du 5 Juillet until January due to CHAN 2022.[8]

Pre-season edit

On August 1, 2022, USM Alger delegation expected to move to Antalya, Turkey, to take a 14-day preparatory training for the start of the season. But on the day of travel coach Jamil Benouahi and some players refused to travel because of their financial dues and also because of the absence of Mustapha Bouchina and the coach's assistant on the travel list, immediately after that USM Alger administration decided to dismiss the coach from his position, In a press conference Reda Abdouche said that traveling to Turkey would have been on a private plane directly to Antalya, and that the place for preparation was very good and that the team would have played five friendly matches, and that the issue of the assistant coach first of all, has not passed his contract yet and he cannot get a ticket. Bouchina the reason is that his passport is removed from the Spanish embassy and immediately after his recovery, he will be transferred to Turkey, and that the matter is not in their hands especially since the diplomatic relations between the two countries are bad, As for the players salaries Abdouche said that the money entered the club's account on 28 July, after the director of Groupe SERPORT signed it.[9][10]

The next day, 14 players, fitness coach Kamel Boudjenane and goalkeeping coach Lounès Gaouaoui signed a document that refused to dismiss Benouahi and demanded the departure of some of those in the administration and the assistant coach Sofiane Benkhelifa who was appointed by the administration, as well as Farid Saffar a person according to the coach and supporters the cause of all the problems and does not have any position in the club.[11][12][13] The leaders of USM Alger have put an end to the functions of the technical staff of Benouahi. The coach and his peers, fitness coach Boudjenane and goalkeeper coach Gaouaoui, were dismissed from their posts after a hearing before the disciplinary board.[3]

 
Boualem Charef was contracted to train USM Alger replacing Jamil Benouahi and after four months Charef was dismissed from his position.

On August 4, 2022, USMA contracted with Boualem Charef to be the new coach with his staff, after canceling Turkey's training, it was replaced by another in Tunisia, where the team moved on August 9 with a delegation of 29 players, with the absence of three players, Brahim Benzaza and Samy Bouali for injury and Hamed Belem due to COVID-19.[14] On August 18, the administration of USM Alger agreed with the authorities of Dar El Beïda to receive the current season at Omar Benrabah Stadium in the presence of the supporters and start against MC El Bayadh.[15]

First-team transfers (summer transfer window) edit

Last season, number of players were loaned and they are Mehdi Beneddine to French club Châteauroux, Anis Khemaissia to USM Annaba, and goalkeeper Abdelmoumen Sifour to RC Arbaâ. The last two after their return from loan were released. The first signing of the season was striker Abdesslem Bouchouareb from NC Magra for two seasons, three days after which the club contracted with the midfield attacker of JS Bordj Ménaïel Abderrahmane Bacha for two seasons.[16] The third contract was the goalkeeper Imad Benchlef also for two seasons, coming from NA Hussein Dey as a substitute for Alexis Guendouz whose contract expired.[17] On August 22, former ES Sétif captain Akram Djahnit has just signed with USM Alger for the next two seasons as the Latest recruits, Djahnit decided to submitting his case to the National Dispute Resolution Chamber which agreed with him, therefore terminating his contract.[18]

After that the club promoted six players from the reserves they are Abdelkader Belharrane, Mohamed Djenidi, Abdessamed Bounacer, Samy Bouali, Aymen Kennan and Mostafa Berkane. USM Alger then signed strikers Khaled Bousseliou from CR Belouizdad and Khalil Darfalou from ES Sétif, After the Ghanaian Kwame Opoku was loaned to Saudi club Najran SC, the foreign player's card became empty, so the club signed a contract with the Libyan Zakaria Alharaish coming from Sutjeska Nikšić from Montenegro for two seasons.[19] As for Taher Benkhelifa who was dismissed by the coach at the time Benouahi, but with the advent of the new coach Boualem Charef he re-contracted him.[20]

On October 19, 2022, former player Tarek Hadj Adlane returned to the club, where he was appointed to head the recruitment and discovery committee, as well as responsible for the club's media cell.[21] On November 7, USM Alger announced to the public opinion that it had settled the case of coach Denis Lavagne by paying the full financial dues he demanded through "FIFA", USMA considered that the case of Lavane is from the "past", and this file was finally closed after transferring the funds to his account within the legal deadlines set by the "FIFA", and also reassured the supporters that the team will continue to prepare for the upcoming challenges in a normal way including the assignment process.[22] On November 26, 2022, USM Alger announced that its request for domiciliation at Stade du 5 Juillet was rejected by the Office of the Olympic Complex Mohamed Boudiaf and argued its refusal by its desire to keep this enclosure closed until the kick-off of the CHAN 2022.[23]

 
Abdelhak Benchikha became the new coach starting from December 25, for a year and a half.

On December 25, 2022, USM Alger terminated the contract with Boualem Charef, with three months compensation, and contracted with Abdelhak Benchikha as a new coach for a year and a half, with Farid Zamiti, assistant, and Farid Belmellat, coach of the goalkeepers.[5][6] On January 3, 2023, Madjid Bougherra unveiled the list of 28 players who will represent Algeria at the 2022 African Nations Championship, including nine players from USMA, Belaïd, Loucif, Radouani, Baouche, Chita, Djahnit, Meziane, Mahious and Ait El Hadj, Two-thirds of Algeria's roster is made up of players from CR Belouizdad and USM Alger.[24][25]

First-team transfers (winter transfer window) edit

In the winter transfers the club released four players, namely defender Mehdi Beneddine who was not included in the options of the coach, and Burkinabe Hamed Belem who did not recover all his capabilities after the serious injury he suffered a year ago.[26] and finally the Ghanaian Kwame Opoku who was released for free despite the great financial value that he received. He brought it at a value of 350,000 euros.[27] As for Abderrahmane Bacha was loaned to USM Khenchela for six months, a last minute transfer which materialized during the last hours of the winter transfer window.[28] In terms of recruitment, USM Alger contracted with one player, the Botswana striker Tumisang Orebonye, coming from the Moroccan club OC Khouribga.[29]

On March 13, 2023, in the late match against HB Chelghoum Laïd in the Ligue 1, USM Alger supporters faced problems entering the stadium, accusing the club administration of being the reason. In the 37th minute of the second half the supporters left the stands in protest against them, especially Sid Ahmed Arab and Reda Abdouche. After the end of the match, Abdelhak Benchikha stated that he did not understand the anger of the supporters and that he Satisfied with the performance of his players, especially since in a month they played eight matches. On March 15, USM Alger announced that Abdessamed Bounacer was invited to trials with Paris FC and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.[30] It was a decision that the supporters did not like, after which Bounacer participated in his first match with the first team in the CAF Confederation Cup, becoming the youngest player to represent USM Alger in Africa at the age of 18. On April 11, the technical staff gave Bounacer the green light to conduct experiments in Europe.[31][32]

CAF Confederation Cup final edit

 
Groupe UNITED 37 against AS FAR in the quarter-finals of the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.

In the quarter-finals of the Confederation Cup and in the first leg match against AS FAR, USMA achieved victory with two goals scored by defenders Radouani and Belaïd.[33] With the elimination from the Algerian Cup and the big difference with the Ligue 1 leaders, winning the Confederation Cup became the only goal this season, as stated by chairman of the Board of Directors Sid Ahmed Arab. In the return match and after a wonderful reception from the Moroccan team, the beginning of the match was not good as it conceded a goal in the first ten minutes, two minutes after that Radouani equalized the score, in the second half and in the first quarter AS FAR scored the second goal, but substitute Khaled Bousseliou equalized the score in the 78th minute which facilitated USM Alger's mission to qualify for the semi-finals.[34][35]

In the semi-finals the club moved to Bouaké to play against ASEC Mimosas where it returned by a draw, a week later in the second leg USMA achieved qualification to the final for the first time after winning with two goals.[36] Benchikha said after the match that it is the time to win the CAF Confederation Cup title for the first time in the history of USM Alger, also said "I am very happy with this meeting and the result. I'm also happy with what our audience did in the stands".[37] USM Alger made a big step towards the title by winning 2–1 in Dar es Salaam in the first leg of the Confederation Cup final against Young Africans. It is on a soggy ground that USMA fought a real fight from start to finish, Mahious opened the score in the 32nd minute after a foul from Brahim Benzaza, despite everything Young Africans tied in the 81st minute with a very beautiful goal scored by Mayele.

We preferred the Stade du 5 Juillet because it's our stadium, we know it and it's big. The Baraki stadium poses a problem especially for the supporters who cannot park there, they have to leave their car at the Sablate then take a bus, that's not okay.

— Sid Ahmed Arab a statement about the stadium.[38]

However less than three minutes later they lead an offensive by Orebonye who finds Bousseliou in the area who without panicking will shift Islam Merili who scores the second goal.[39] Sid Ahmed Arab explained that the club rejected the offer to play the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup at Nelson Mandela Stadium. Arab explained that they prefer Stade du 5 Juillet because it is their stadium and they know it well, but the other one does not help the supporters.[38] On June 3, 2023, USM Alger became the first Algerian winners of the CAF Confederation Cup despite losing 1–0 at home in the second leg of the final. As rain that began early in the second half became increasingly heavy the match became increasingly scrappy, USMA pocketed a record two million dollars for winning.[40] In the match, Groupe UNITED 1937 attended to set up the largest tifo in Algeria that includes the entire stadium, but it was canceled after a group of MC Alger supporters came and spoiled it, so a battle broke out in the stands with them where the Police rescued them. After the match UNITED 1937 announced the suspension of its activities.

Late end of season edit

 
Coat of arms of the city of Algiers.

On July 4, 2023, the USMA administration strongly denounced in a statement the statements made by the amateur club official in the media Saïd Allik, in which he accuses Groupe SERPORT officials of not respecting justice decisions. The official of the amateur club sued the société sportive par actions of USM Alger in order to remove the symbol of the city of Algiers from the club's logo. It is the symbol that was the subject of ambitions of several capital clubs earlier. Where did justice decide the case in favor of the club sportif amateur (CSA) with a fine of 2 million dinars to the société sportive par actions (SSPA). On the other hand the USMA administration announced that it is committed to removing Algiers state logo from the new shirt that the players will wear starting next August. Saïd Allik responded to Groupe SERPORT's statements and said that the case is old and dates back to the period of the previous owner ETRHB Haddad, and the justice decision was taken three months ago and that the matter is not related to Algiers's logo, but to the club's logo and colors and paying their dues for using this logo.

Squad list edit

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 July 2023.[41][42]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed
in 		Contract
ends 		Signed from Apps Goals Transfer fees
Goalkeepers
1 Lamine Zemmamouche   GK (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 37) 2012 2023   MC Alger 405 1 Free transfer
16 Imad Benchlef   GK (1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 28) 2022 2024   NA Hussein Dey 6 0 Free transfer
25 Oussama Benbot   GK (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 27) 2021 2024   JS Kabylie 59 0 Free transfer
Defenders
2 Mehdi Beneddine   LB (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 26) 2020 2023   Châteauroux 35 1 Loan Return
3 Abdelkader Belharrane   RB (2000-08-11)11 August 2000 (aged 22) 2021 2023   CR Belouizdad 12 1 Free transfer
4 Zineddine Belaïd (C.)   CB (1999-03-20)20 March 1999 (aged 23) 2020 2024   NA Hussein Dey 105 10 Undisclosed
5 Mustapha Bouchina   CB (1991-08-10)10 August 1991 (aged 31) 2020 2024   Paradou AC 78 1 11,000,000 DA
12 Haithem Loucif   RB (1996-07-08)8 July 1996 (aged 26) 2021 2023   Paradou AC 53 1 Undisclosed
19 Saâdi Radouani   RB (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 27) 2020 2024   ES Sétif 82 5 Free transfer
21 Adam Alilet   CB (1999-01-17)17 January 1999 (aged 23) 2019 2024   Reserve team 69 6 Academy Player
22 Houari Baouche   LB (1994-12-24)24 December 1994 (aged 27) 2021 2023   USM Bel Abbès 48 0 Free transfer
27 Ibrahim Bekakchi   CB (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 30) 2021 2023   ES Sétif 28 0 Free transfer
81 Abdessamed Bounacer   CB (2004-12-11)11 December 2004 (aged 17) 2022 2025   Reserve team 6 0 Academy Player
Midfielders
6 Oussama Chita (V.C.)   DM (1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 25) 2017 2023   MC Alger 138 3 Free transfer
8 Islam Merili   AM (1998-06-27)27 June 1998 (aged 24) 2022 2024   ASO Chlef 37 4 Free transfer
14 Brahim Benzaza   DM (1997-04-08)8 April 1997 (aged 25) 2021 2023   ASO Chlef 52 2 Free transfer
15 Messala Merbah   DM (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 28) 2021 2023   ES Sétif 35 2 Free transfer
24 Taher Benkhelifa   DM (1994-06-10)10 June 1994 (aged 28) 2020 2024 Unattached 124 3 30,000,000 DA
26 Akram Djahnit   AM (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 31) 2022 2024   ES Sétif 34 0 Free transfer
72 Mohamed Ait El Hadj   AM (2002-03-22)22 March 2002 (aged 20) 2020 2024   Reserve team 39 3 Academy Player
Forwards
7 Ismail Belkacemi   LW (1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 29) 2020 2023   CS Constantine 98 28 Free transfer
9 Abderrahmane Bacha   ST (1999-12-21)21 December 1999 (aged 22) 2022 2024   JS Bordj Ménaïel 16 1 Free transfer
10 Abderrahmane Meziane   LW (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 28) 2021 2023   Espérance de Tunis 164 32 Free transfer
11 Abdelkrim Zouari   RW (1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 33) 2018 2023   USM Bel Abbès 117 21 Free transfer
13 Hamed Belem   LW (1999-09-24)24 September 1999 (aged 22) 2021 2023   Rahimo FC 23 1 75,000 €
13 Tumisang Orebonye   ST (1996-03-26)26 March 1996 (aged 26) 2023 2025   OC Khouribga 23 1 Free transfer
17 Abdesslem Bouchouareb   RW (1997-12-10)10 December 1997 (aged 24) 2022 2024   NC Magra 15 1 Free transfer
18 Aymen Mahious   ST (1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 24) 2018 2023   AS Aïn M'lila 117 37 Loan return
20 Zakaria Alharaish   RW (1998-10-23)23 October 1998 (aged 23) 2022 2024   Sutjeska Nikšić 15 1 Free transfer
23 Khaled Bousseliou   LW (1997-10-03)3 October 1997 (aged 24) 2022 2024   CR Belouizdad 22 4 Free transfer
35 Khalil Darfalou   ST (2001-06-21)21 June 2001 (aged 21) 2022 2024   ES Sétif 0 0 Free transfer
71 Abderraouf Othmani   ST (2001-06-14)14 June 2001 (aged 21) 2020 2024   Reserve team 35 6 Academy Player

Transfers edit

In edit

Summer edit

Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source
27 June 2022 FW   Abdesslem Bouchouareb NC Magra Free transfer [43][44]
30 June 2022 AM   Abderrahmane Bacha JS Bordj Ménaïel Free transfer [16]
1 July 2022 LB   Mehdi Beneddine   Châteauroux Loan return [45]
1 July 2022 LB   Anis Khemaissia USM Annaba Loan return
1 July 2022 GK   Abdelmoumen Sifour RC Arbaâ Loan return
2 July 2022 DF   Abdelkader Belharrane Reserve team First Professional Contract
2 July 2022 MF   Mohamed Djenidi Reserve team First Professional Contract
2 July 2022 GK   Imad Benchlef NA Hussein Dey Free transfer [46][17]
17 July 2022 CB   Abdessamed Bounacer Reserve team First Professional Contract
18 July 2022 FW   Samy Bouali Reserve team First Professional Contract
18 July 2022 LB   Aymen Kennan Reserve team First Professional Contract
18 July 2022 MF   Mostafa Bekane Reserve team First Professional Contract
20 July 2022 FW   Khaled Bousseliou CR Belouizdad Free transfer [47]
27 July 2022 FW   Khalil Darfalou ES Sétif Free transfer [48]
11 August 2022 FW   Zakaria Alharaish   Sutjeska Nikšić Free transfer [19]
22 August 2022 MF   Akram Djahnit ES Sétif Free transfer [18]

Winter edit

Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source
1 February 2023 FW   Tumisang Orebonye   OC Khouribga Free transfer [29]

Out edit

Summer edit

Date Pos Player To club Transfer fee Source
23 June 2022 GK   Alexis Guendouz Unattached[a] Free transfer [50]
2 July 2022 MF   Taher Benkhelifa Unattached Free transfer (Released) [51]
3 July 2022 RB   Fateh Achour Unattached[b] Free transfer [53]
5 July 2022 CB   Abderrahim Hamra Unattached Free transfer [54]
5 July 2022 RW   Ibrahim Chenihi Unattached Free transfer (Released) [54]
5 July 2022 GK   Abdelmoumen Sifour RC Arbaâ Released
14 July 2022 MF   Hamza Koudri Unattached Free transfer [55]
30 July 2022 MF   Kamel Belarbi ASO Chlef Free transfer (Released) [56]
6 August 2022 FW   Kwame Opoku   Najran SC Loan for one year [57][58]
23 August 2022 LB   Anis Khemaissia HB Chelghoum Laïd Free transfer

Winter edit

Date Pos Player To club Transfer fee Source
29 January 2022 FW   Hamed Belem Unattached Free transfer (Released) [26]
1 February 2023 LB   Mehdi Beneddine Unattached Free transfer (Released) [59]
1 February 2023 FW   Kwame Opoku   Olympique Khouribga Free transfer (Released) [27]
5 February 2023 FW   Abderrahmane Bacha USM Khenchela Loan for six months [28]

New contracts edit

No. Pos Player Contract length Contract end Date Source
5 CB   Mustapha Bouchina 2 years 2024 30 June 2022 [60]
19 RB   Saâdi Radouani 2 years 2024 30 June 2022 [60]
24 MF   Taher Benkhelifa 2 years 2024 11 August 2022 [61]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

30 July 2022 Friendly USM Alger 2–0 Algeria U23 Bologhine
18:00
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger
First half - Benbot, Loucif, Beneddine, Alilet, Belaïd, Chita, Merbah, Bouchouareb, Belkacemi, Meziane, Mahious.
Second half - Benchlef, Radouani, Baouche, Bouchina, Alilet, Merbah (Bekane ?'), Chita (Djenidi ?'), Zouari, Meziane (Belharrane ?'), Belkacemi (Bacha ?'), Bousseliou.
6 August 2022 Friendly USM Alger 2–2 JS Saoura Bologhine
18:30
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger
First half - Benbot, Radouani, Baouche, Bouchina, Alilet, Chita, Merbah, Belkacemi, Bacha, Bousseliou, Zouari.
Second half - Benchlef, Loucif, Beneddine, Bekakchi, Belaïd, Belharrane (Darfalou 73'), Merili, Djenidi (Bekane 70'), Mahious, Meziane, Bouchouareb.
10 August 2022 Friendly USM Alger   8–0   Foot Africa Inter Tunis, Tunisia
17:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade annexe Hammadi Agrebi
13 August 2022 Friendly Club Africain   0–3   USM Alger Tunis, Tunisia
17:30 UTC+1 Report[62]
Stadium: Parc Mounir Kebaili
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Benbot (Benchlef 58'), Radouani (Loucif 70'), Bouchina, Belaïd, Baouche (Bekakchi 70'), Merbah (Chita 46'), Chita (Merili 30'), (Merbah 70'), Bousseliou (Bouchouareb 30'), Zouari (Meziane 80'), Meziane (Bacha 70'), Bacha (Mahious 47').
14 August 2022 Friendly ES Hammam-Sousse   2–2   USM Alger Hammam Sousse, Tunisia
17:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade Bou-Ali Lahouar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -
First half - Benchlef, Loucif, Beneddine, Bekakchi, Alilet, Djenidi (Chita ?'), Bekane (Meziane ?'), Bouchouareb, Mahious, Belkacemi, Benkhelifa.
Second half - Zemmamouche, Belharrane, Baouche, Alilet (Belaïd 70'), Belhadj Qasim, Chita (Merili 70'), Merbah, Meziane (Bekane 70'), Bacha, Alharaish, Darfalou.
17 August 2022 Friendly AS Marsa   1–3   USM Alger La Marsa, Tunisia
17:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -
First half - Benbot, Radouani, Baouche, Alilet, Belaïd, Chita, Benkhelifa, Meziane, Zouari, Belkacemi, Bacha.
Second half - Zemmamouche (Azri 67'), Loucif, Bekakchi, Bouchina, Belhadj Qasim, Merbah, Merili, Bouchouareb, Mahious (Bacha 85'), Belkacemi (Zouari 65'), Meziane (Alharaish 65').
13 September 2022 Friendly USM Blida 1–2 USM Alger Blida
17:00 Ayoub Belmiloud  
Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -
First half - Benchlef (Zemmamouche 30'), Radouani (Loucif 30'), Baouche (Belharrane 30'), Belaïd (Bekakchi 30'), Alilet (Bouchina 30'), Merbah (Benkhelifa 30'), Chita (Merili 30'), Djahnit (Belkacemi 30'), Alharaish (Ait El Hadj 30'), Mahious (Bacha 30'), Meziane (Bousseliou 40').
Second half - Zemmamouche (Benbot 60'), Radouani, Bekakchi, Alilet (Bouchina 70'), Belaïd (Belem 70'), Benkhelifa, Merbah (Chita 70'), Djahnit (Ait El Hadj 62'), Alharaish, Belkacemi (Belhadj Qasim 70'), Bacha.
20 September 2022 Friendly USM Alger 2–1 ESM Koléa Dar El Beïda
16:30
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -
First half - ?.
Second half - Benchlef, Belharrane, Baouche, Bekakchi, Bouchina, Benzaza, Bekane, Neamani, Bouali, Bouchouareb, Othmani.
27 October 2022 Friendly USM Alger 0–2 NA Hussein Dey Bologhine
17:00 Report[63] Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -
First half - Zemmamouche, Beneddine, Belharrane, Alilet, Bekakchi, Loucif, Merili, Benzaza, Bacha, Bouchouareb, Bousseliou.
Second half - Benchlef, Belharrane, Beneddine, Bekakchi, Alilet, Merili, Bouali, Loucif, Alharaish, Bouchouareb, Mekhbat.

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record Started round Final position / round First match Last match
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 30 11 7 12 31 30 +1 036.67 — 11th 27 August 2022 15 July 2023
Algerian Cup 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00 Round of 64 15 February 2023
Confederation Cup 16 9 4 3 24 11 +13 056.25 Second round Winners 9 October 2022 3 June 2023
Total 47 20 12 15 57 43 +14 042.55

Updated to match played 15 July 2023
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1 edit

Main article: 2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Paradou AC 30 11 8 11 35 33 +2 41
10 MC Oran 30 11 8 11 27 34 −7 41
11 USM Alger 30 11 7 12 31 30 +1 40 Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup[c]
12 US Biskra 30 10 10 10 30 29 +1 40
13 NC Magra 30 11 7 12 35 36 −1 40
Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: the-sports.org
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ Guendouz joined CR Belouizdad on 14 July 2022.[49]
  2. ^ Achour joined ASO Chlef on 29 July 2022.[52]
  3. ^ USMA Alger qualified for the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup as the title holders.

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 11 7 12 31 30  +1 40 9 5 1 22 9  +13 2 2 11 9 21  −12

Last updated: 15 July 2023.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWWWLDLDLWDDLWDWLWLDLWLWLDLLL
Position7332111224454634364445344557911
Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.[64]

27 August 2022 Round 1 USM Alger 1–0 MC El Bayadh Dar El Beïda
17:00
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Youcef Gamouh
Assistant referees: Rachid Tamrabet, Bilal Belout
Fourth official: Amine Hansal
2 September 2022 Round 2 USM Khenchela 0–1 USM Alger Khenchela
16:30
Report
Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
Assistant referees: Abdelhak Etchiali, Akram Sohbi
Fourth official: Ahmed Daas
6 September 2022 Round 3 USM Alger 1–0 JS Kabylie Dar El Beïda
16:30
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa
Assistant referees: Akram Zerhouni, Yacine Ouerd Benslama
Fourth official: Anes Azrine
17 September 2022 Round 4 HB Chelghoum Laïd 1–3 USM Alger Chelghoum Laïd
16:30
Report
Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium
Referee: Lahlou Benbrahem
Assistant referees: Amirouche Boufassa, Azzedine Rahmoune
Fourth official: Mohamed Boussadia
2 October 2022 Round 6 MC Oran 1–0 USM Alger Oran
20:00
Report
Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
Assistant referees: Antar Boulfelfel, Walid Saâdi
Fourth official: Mohamed Sahouadj
21 October 2022 Round 9 USM Alger 1–1 JS Saoura Dar El Beïda
15:00
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
Assistant referees: Abdelhak Etchiali, Mokrane Gourari
Fourth official: Bilel Soltani
25 October 2022 Round 5 USM Alger 2–1 Paradou AC Dar El Beïda
15:00
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Hamza Bouslimani
Assistant referees: El Habib Belbachir, Nacereddine Ouazza
Fourth official: Amine Hansal
29 November 2022 Round 12 NC Magra 1–1 USM Alger Magra
15:00
Report
Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium
Referee: Houssam Benyahia
Assistant referees: Samir Bioud, Mohamed Hamaidi
Fourth official: Abdenour Khalfallah
3 December 2022 Round 7 USM Alger 1–1 ES Sétif Dar El Beïda
15:00
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Bilel Soltani
Assistant referees: Soufiane Cherif Zaatri, Ahmed Benterzi
Fourth official: Amine Sekhraoui
7 December 2022 Round 13 USM Alger 2–2 CR Belouizdad Dar El Beïda
15:00
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Assistant referees: Brahim Hamlaoui, Adel Abane
Fourth official: Massinissa Serdjane
11 December 2022 Round 14 ASO Chlef 2–1 USM Alger Relizane
15:00
Report
Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium
Referee: Akram Mecharia
Assistant referees: Fayçal Djemaa, Abdelhafid Madi
Fourth official: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbali
20 December 2022 Round 8 MC Alger 1–0 USM Alger Algiers
15:00
Report
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa
Assistant referees: Mohamed Serradj, Adel Abane
Fourth official: Lahlou Benbraham
24 December 2022 Round 15 USM Alger 2–1 CS Constantine Dar El Beïda
14:30
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbali
Assistant referees: Mehdi Walid Benali, Youcef Sohbi
Fourth official: Hamlaoui Brahim
28 December 2022 Round 10 US Biskra 1–0 USM Alger Biskra
17:00
Report
Stadium: 18 February Stadium
Referee: Abdellah Benchehida
Assistant referees: Mourad Berrahma, Amine Belaroussi
Fourth official: Adel Facih
8 February 2023 Round 11 USM Alger 3–0 RC Arbaâ Dar El Beïda
15:00
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Abdelali Ibrir
Assistant referees: Lamine Chellali, Mehdi Belkacem
Fourth official: Lamia Athmane
3 March 2023 Round 16 MC El Bayadh 0–0 USM Alger El Bayadh
15:00
Report
Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium
Referee: Youcef Gamouh
Assistant referees: Mohamed Benamira, Haytem Bouima
Fourth official: Mohamed Kralifa
13 March 2023 Round 19 USM Alger 3–0 HB Chelghoum Laïd Dar El Beïda
15:00
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Benhamou
Assistant referees: Oussama Arafa, Mourad Benhamou
Fourth official: Lamia Athmane
8 April 2023 Round 22 ES Sétif 1–0 USM Alger Sétif
22:00
Report
Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium
Referee: Houssam Benyahia
Assistant referees: Samir Bioud, Mohamed Hamaidi
Fourth official: Haithem Ghouti
12 April 2023 Round 17 USM Alger 2–0 USM Khenchela Algiers
22:30
Report Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Attendance: 0 (close doors)[65]
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa
Assistant referees: Akram Sohbi, Djilali Hallem
Fourth official: Abderahmane Belkebir
5 May 2023 Round 18 JS Kabylie 1–0 USM Alger Tizi Ouzou
18:00
Report
Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium
Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti
Assistant referees: Hamza Bouzit, Badreddine Bellaghema
Fourth official: Anes Azrine
21 May 2023 Round 20 Paradou AC 2–1 USM Alger Dar El Beïda
16:00
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Redouane Allou
Assistant referees: Mokrane Gourari, Djafar Bentarzi
Fourth official: Rachid Kebaili
7 June 2023 Round 25 USM Alger 1–0 US Biskra Dar El Beïda
16:30
Report
Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Saidi
Assistant referees: Yassine Tadji, Ahmed Islem Raja
Fourth official: Lamia Athmane
10 June 2023 Round 21 USM Alger 0–0 MC Oran Baraki
17:00 Report
Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium
Referee: Akram Mechairia
Assistant referees: Fayçal Djemaa, Anouar Ghazli
Fourth official: Malek Aït Ameur
23 June 2023 Round 23 USM Alger 2–0 MC Alger Baraki
18:00
Report Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium
Referee: Houssem Benyahia
Assistant referees: Samir Bioud, Mohamed Hamaidi
Fourth official: Anes Azrine
27 June 2023 Round 24 JS Saoura 2–0 USM Alger Béchar
19:00
Report
Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium
Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti
Assistant referees: Hamza Bouzit, Badreddine Bellaghema
Fourth official: Oussama Boumesjed
1 July 2023 Round 26 RC Arbaâ 2–1 USM Alger Larbaâ
17:00
Report
Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium
Referee: Abdelali Ibrir
Assistant referees: Lamine Chellali, Mehdi Belkacem
Fourth official: Oussama Makfoudji
4 July 2023 Round 27 USM Alger 0–0 NC Magra Rouïba
17:00
Report
Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium
Referee: Bilal Bendjahene
Assistant referees: Yacine Ouerd Benslama, Djilali Hallam
Fourth official: Mohamed Belkebir
7 July 2023 Round 28 CR Belouizdad 3–1 USM Alger Belouizdad
17:15
Report
Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra
Assistant referees: Sofiane Cherif Zaatri, Salim Chamby
Fourth official: Amine Hansal
10 July 2023 Round 29 USM Alger 1–3 ASO Chlef Rouïba
17:15
Report
Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium
Referee: Mehadji Tayeb Bouderbali
Assistant referees: Houari Laribi, Mustapha Kessar
Fourth official: Mohamed Benkhalef
15 July 2023 Round 30 CS Constantine 3–0 USM Alger Constantine
17:15
Report Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium
Referee: Abdellah Benchehida
Assistant referees: Mourad Berrahma, Lahcen Mesbah
Fourth official: Mohamed Amine Ayad

Algerian Cup edit

Main article: 2022–23 Algerian Cup
15 February 2023 Round of 64 IRB Maghnia 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 USM Alger Maghnia
14:00
  • Benbakhti   15'
  • Megataâ   2', 32'
  • Fliti   39'
  • Benkamla   59'
  • Nasri   72'
  • Faroui   82'

    Ferroui, Baghdadi, Belmir   67' (Nemiche,   67'), Benbakhti, Harrigui, Khireddine   92' (Makantar,   92'), Chafai   77' (Malou,   77'), Benkamla, Nasri   72' (Hamsas,   72'), Fliti, Megataâ
 Report
  • Benzaza   58'
  • Mahious   68'
  • Othmani   85'




    Zemmamouche, Loucif, Baouche, Bekakchi   46' (Bouchina,   46'), Alilet, Chita   46' (Bousseliou,   46'), Merili   46' (Benkhelifa,   46'), Benzaza, Ait El Hadj   80' (Bouchouareb,   80'), Belkacemi   69' (Othmani,   69'), Mahious   110' (Belharrane,   110').
 Stadium: Nouali Brothers Stadium
Referee: Walid Lahreche
Assistant referees: Beskri, Assasi
Penalties
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?  		   Alilet
  Othmani
  Belharrane
  Bousseliou
  Bouchina
  Benkhelifa

Confederation Cup edit

Main article: 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds edit

Main article: 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

Second round edit
9 October 2022 First leg ASC Kara   0–2   USM Alger Lomé
16:00 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Stade de Kégué
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Assistant referees: Seydou Tiama, Habib Oumar Sanou (Burkina Faso)
Fourth official: Vincent Kabore (Burkina Faso)
16 October 2022 Second leg USM Alger   2–1
(4–1 agg.)		   ASC Kara Sétif
19:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium
Referee: Muhammad Elmabrouk (Libya)
Assistant referees: Basm Saef Elnaser, Ibrahim Bukouz (Libya)
Fourth official: Abdulbasit Shuhoub (Libya)
Play-off round edit
2 November 2022 First leg Cape Town City   0–0   USM Alger Cape Town
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Cape Town Stadium
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
Assistant referees: Dieudonne Mutuyimana, Justin Karangwa (Rwanda)
Fourth official: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
9 November 2022 Second leg USM Alger   1–0
(1–0 agg.)		   Cape Town City Sétif
18:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium
Referee: Aklesso Gnama (Togo)
Assistant referees: Komlan Adiwotso, Koffi Ahonto (Togo)
Fourth official: Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe (Togo)

Group stage edit

Main article: 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup group stage § Group A

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 winners of the play-off round of qualifying were drawn into four groups of four.

The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4 and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG USM LUP AKH
1   Marumo Gallants 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 3–2 4–1
2   USM Alger 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–0 — 3–0 4–1
3   Saint-Éloi Lupopo 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5[a] 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
4   Al Akhdar 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5[a] 4–1 1–1 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Saint-Éloi Lupopo 4, Al Akhdar 1
12 February 2023 Matchday 1 USM Alger   3–0   Saint-Éloi Lupopo Algiers
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Assistant referees: Seydou Tiama, Habib Oumar Sanou (Burkina Faso)
Fourth official: Benoit Bado (Burkina Faso)
19 February 2023 Matchday 2 Al Akhdar   1–1   USM Alger Benina
18:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Martyrs of February Stadium
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
Assistant referees: Yamen Malloulchi, Wael Hannachi (Tunisia)
Fourth official: Amir Lousif (Tunisia)
26 February 2023 Matchday 3 USM Alger   2–0   Marumo Gallants Algiers
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Assistant referees: Issa Yaya, Bogola Issa (Chad)
Fourth official: Pousri Armi Alfred (Chad)
8 March 2023 Matchday 4 Marumo Gallants   2–0   USM Alger Johannesburg
15:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Dobsonville Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)[a]
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
Assistant referees: Dieudonne Mutuyimana, Justin Karangwa (Rwanda)
Fourth official: Nsoro Ruzindana (Rwanda)
19 March 2023 Matchday 5 Saint-Éloi Lupopo   1–1   USM Alger Ndola (Zambia)
15:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Levy Mwanawasa Stadium
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
Assistant referees: Hensley Danny Petrousse (Seychelles), Aswet Teeluck (Mauritius)
Fourth official: Dharamveer Hurbungs (Mauritius)
2 April 2023 Matchday 6 USM Alger   4–1   Al Akhdar Algiers
21:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Assistant referees: Youssef Elbosaty, Samy Halhal (Egypt)
Fourth official: Ahmed Ghandour (Egypt)

knockout stage edit

Main article: 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals), which was held on 5 April 2023, 18:30 GMT (20:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[67]

Quarter-finals edit
23 April 2023 First leg USM Alger   2–0   AS FAR Algiers
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)
Assistant referees: Hensley Petrousse (Seychelles), Soulaimane Amaldine (Comoros)
Fourth official: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
30 April 2023 Second leg AS FAR   3–2
(3–4 agg.)		   USM Alger Rabat
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Marouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
Assistant referees: Youssef Elbosaty, Samy Halhal (Egypt)
Fourth official: Ahmed Naji (Egypt)
Semi-finals edit
10 May 2023 First leg ASEC Mimosas   0–0   USM Alger Bouaké
16:00 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Stade Bouaké[b]
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Assistant referees: Issa Yaya (Chad), Elvis Nguegoue (Cameroon)
Fourth official: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
17 May 2023 Second leg USM Alger   2–0
(2–0 agg.)		   ASEC Mimosas Algiers
20:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho (Gabon)
Assistant referees: Jerson Emiliano Dos (Angola), Boris Martaise Ditsoga (Gabon)
Fourth official: Tanguy Patrice Mebiame (Gabon)
Final edit
Main article: 2023 CAF Confederation Cup final
28 May 2023 First leg Young Africans   1–2   USM Alger Dar es Salaam
16:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Assistant referees: Zakhele Thusi Granville Siwela (South Africa), Olivier Safari Kabene (DR Congo)
Fourth official: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
3 June 2023 Second leg USM Alger   0–1
(2–2 agg.)		   Young Africans Algiers
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Assistant referees: Jerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola), Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique)
Fourth official: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Squad information edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Player Nat Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Confederation Cup Total
App St G App St G App St G App St G
Goalkeepers
1 GK Lamine Zemmamouche   0 0 0 1 1 −2 0 0 0 1 1 −2
16 GK Imad Benchlef   6 6 −11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 −11
25 GK Oussama Benbot   24 24 −19 0 0 0 16 16 −11 40 40 −30
Defenders
2 LB Mehdi Beneddine[c]   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 RB Abdelkader Belharrane   10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0
4 CB Zineddine Belaïd   23 23 3 0 0 0 16 16 3 39 39 6
5 CB Mustapha Bouchina   15 9 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 24 10 0
12 RB Haithem Loucif   11 9 1 1 1 0 12 10 0 24 19 1
19 RB Saâdi Radouani   24 22 2 0 0 0 12 12 2 36 34 4
21 CB Adam Alilet   18 18 2 1 1 0 15 15 2 34 34 4
22 LB Houari Baouche   18 17 0 1 1 0 7 5 0 26 23 0
27 CB Ibrahim Bekakchi   9 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 7 0
37 DF Mohamed Riad Belhadj Kacem[d]   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
44 DF Wassim Ouahab[d]   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
81 CB Abdessamed Bounacer   2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 3 0
82 DF Aymen Kennan[d]   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Midfielders
6 DM Oussama Chita   22 20 1 1 1 0 16 15 0 39 36 1
8 AM Islam Merili   19 15 2 1 1 0 12 5 2 32 21 4
14 DM Brahim Benzaza   16 11 1 1 1 0 11 9 0 28 21 1
15 DM Messala Merbah   8 7 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 12 8 1
24 DM Taher Benkhelifa   24 10 0 1 0 0 13 9 0 38 19 0
26 AM Akram Djahnit   24 16 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 34 22 0
31 MF Mohamed Djenidi[d]   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
36 MF Mostafa Bekane[d]   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
38 MF Abdelkrim Namani[d]   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
72 AM Mohamed Ait El Hadj   20 11 1 1 1 0 6 0 0 27 12 1
Forwards
7 LW Ismail Belkacemi   18 10 2 1 1 0 14 5 1 33 16 3
9 ST Abderrahmane Bacha[c]   12 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 16 3 1
10 LW Abderrahmane Meziane   22 20 3 0 0 0 11 8 3 33 28 6
11 RW Abdelkrim Zouari   17 10 1 0 0 0 7 6 0 24 16 1
13 LW Hamed Belem[c]   4 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 8 3 0
13 ST Tumisang Orebonye   11 9 0 0 0 0 12 11 1 23 20 1
17 RW Abdesslem Bouchouareb   10 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 15 5 1
18 ST Aymen Mahious   17 14 6 1 1 1 15 15 4 33 30 11
20 RW Zakaria Alharaish   11 8 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 15 10 1
23 LW Khaled Bousseliou   10 6 0 1 0 0 11 7 4 22 13 4
32 FW Ismail Ghanemi[d]   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
35 ST Khalil Darfalou   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW Toufik Belmadi[d]   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
71 ST Abderraouf Othmani   14 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 4 2
87 FW Samy Bouali[d]   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Total 30 31 1 2 16 24 47 57

Last updated: 15 July 2023
Source: soccerway.com

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Player Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Confederation Cup Total
                               
25 GK   Oussama Benbot 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
3 DF   Abdelkader Belharrane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF   Zineddine Belaïd 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
5 DF   Mustapha Bouchina 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
12 DF   Haithem Loucif 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
19 DF   Saâdi Radouani 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
21 DF   Adam Alilet 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 11 0 1
22 DF   Houari Baouche 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
27 DF   Ibrahim Bekakchi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
81 DF   Abdessamed Bounacer 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 MF   Oussama Chita 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
8 MF   Islam Merili 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
14 MF   Brahim Benzaza 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 8 0 0
24 MF   Taher Benkhelifa 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 1 0
26 MF   Akram Djahnit 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
72 MF   Mohamed Ait El Hadj 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
7 FW   Ismail Belkacemi 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
10 FW   Abderrahmane Meziane 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 FW   Abdelkrim Zouari 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
13 FW   Tumisang Orebonye 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
17 FW   Abdesslem Bouchouareb 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
18 FW   Aymen Mahious 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
20 FW   Zakaria Alharaish 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
23 FW   Khaled Bousseliou 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0
71 FW   Abderraouf Othmani 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Total 51 1 2 1 0 0 37 0 0 89 1 2

Goalscorers edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No. Nat. Player Pos. L 1 AC C 3 TOTAL
18   Aymen Mahious FW 6 1 4 11
10   Abderrahmane Meziane FW 3 0 3 6
4   Zineddine Belaïd DF 3 0 3 6
21   Adam Alilet DF 2 0 2 4
19   Saâdi Radouani DF 2 0 2 4
23   Khaled Bousseliou FW 0 0 4 4
8   Islam Merili MF 2 0 2 4
7   Ismail Belkacemi FW 2 0 1 3
71   Abderraouf Othmani FW 1 1 0 2
15   Messala Merbah MF 1 0 0 1
9   Abderrahmane Bacha FW 1 0 0 1
11   Abdelkrim Zouari FW 1 0 0 1
6   Oussama Chita MF 1 0 0 1
17   Abdesslem Bouchouareb FW 1 0 0 1
72   Mohamed Ait El Hadj FW 1 0 0 1
13   Tumisang Orebonye FW 0 0 1 1
14   Brahim Benzaza MF 1 0 0 1
20   Zakaria Alharaish FW 1 0 0 1
12   Haithem Loucif DF 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 2 3
Totals 31 2 24 57

Penalties edit

Date Nation Name Opponent Scored?
9 October 2022   Aymen Mahious ASC Kara  Y
7 December 2022   Abderrahmane Meziane CR Belouizdad  
24 December 2022   Aymen Mahious CS Constantine  Y
8 February 2023   Ismail Belkacemi RC Arbaâ  
8 February 2023   Aymen Mahious RC Arbaâ  Y
2 April 2023   Zineddine Belaïd Al Akhdar  Y
2 April 2023   Adam Alilet Al Akhdar  Y
3 June 2023   Zineddine Belaïd Young Africans  
1 July 2023   Zineddine Belaïd RC Arbaâ  Y

Clean sheets edit

As of 15 July 2023

Includes all competitive matches.

Clean sheets
No. Nat Name GP GA L 1 AC CC 3 Total
1   Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 1 2 0 0 0 0
16   Imad Benchlef 6 11 1 0 0 1
25   Oussama Benbot 40 30 10 0 8 18
TOTALS 43 11 0 8 19

Notes edit

  1. ^ Marumo Gallants vs USM Alger for the Matchday 4 of the CAF Confederation Cup will take place behind closed doors for security reasons.[66]
  2. ^ ASEC Mimosas play their knockout stage home matches at Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, which is in the process of renovations in preparation for Ivory Coast hosting 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
  3. ^ a b c Player transferred out during the season
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Player from USM Alger Reserve

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