2007–08 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2007–08 season
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Abdelkader Amrani; (from August 2007); (until November 2007); Mustapha Aksouh (c); Ali Fergani; (from January 2008); (until March 2008); Mustapha Aksouh; (from March 2008); (until April 2008)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
National 1	4th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Arab Champions League	Round 8
Top goalscorer	League: ; Amar Ammour (7 goals); All: ; Amar Ammour (12 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

In the 2007–08 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 28th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Arab Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

Players

Last updated on 18 November 2016^[1]

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
27	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 26)	MC Alger
24	GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	(1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 25)	USM El Harrach
1	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 22)	Youth system
Defenders
-	RB	Mohamed Amine Saidoune	(1989-02-26)26 February 1989 (aged 18)	Youth system
12	RB	Rahim Meftah	(1980-08-15)15 August 1980 (aged 27)	JS Kabylie
3	RB	Hossam Ould Zmirli	(1984-11-07)7 November 1984 (aged 23)	RC Kouba
4	RB	Ali Rial	(1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 27)	NARB Réghaïa
14	RB	Zineddine Mekkaoui	(1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 20)	Youth system
5	RB	Mohamed Hamdoud	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 31)	Youth system
20	RB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 21)	US Biskra
13	RB	Daniel Moncharé	(1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 25)	Cotonsport Garoua
Midfielders
6	CM	Farid Djahnine	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 31)	Youth system
7	CM	Amar Ammour	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 31)	ASM Oran
8	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 35)	CS Sedan Ardennes
28	CM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 28)	Espérance de Tunis
30	CM	Islam Adel Aït Ali	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 20)	Youth system
10	CM	Hocine Metref	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 24)	Youth system
15	CM	Antar Boucherit	(1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 24)	USM Annaba
26	CM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 28)	FC Aarau
18	CM	Kamel Marek	(1980-02-06)6 February 1980 (aged 27)	JS Kabylie
Forwards
17	RW	Samir Bentayeb	(1977-05-26)26 May 1977 (aged 30)	RC Kouba
22	RW	Mohamed Boussefiane	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 22)	RC Kouba
9	RW	Mintou Doucoure	(1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 25)	JS Centre Salif Keita
23	RW	Jerry Adriano	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 24)	Espérance de Tunis
11	RW	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 33)	ES Sétif

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	7001300000000000000♠30	7001120000000000000♠12	7000600000000000000♠6	7001120000000000000♠12	7001320000000000000♠32	7001270000000000000♠27	+5	07001400000000000000♠40.00
Algerian Cup	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	+3	07001666700000000000♠66.67
Arab Champions League	7000900000000000000♠9	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7001110000000000000♠11	7000800000000000000♠8	+3	07001444400000000000♠44.44
Total	7001420000000000000♠42	7001180000000000000♠18	7000800000000000000♠8	7001160000000000000♠16	7001490000000000000♠49	7001380000000000000♠38	+11	07001428600000000000♠42.86

Ligue 1

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JS Kabylie (C)	30	18	5	7	46	24	+22	59	2009 CAF Champions League
2	ASO Chlef (Q)	30	13	10	7	29	22	+7	49	2009 CAF Champions League
3	ES Sétif (Q)	30	12	8	10	32	27	+5	043²	2009 CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger (Q)	30	12	6	12	32	27	+5	42	2009 CAF Champions League
5	USM Annaba (Q)	30	12	6	12	36	37	−1	42	2009 CAF Champions League
6	MC Saïda	30	11	9	10	32	38	−6	42

Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament. ² ES Sétif were docked one point

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	12	6	12	32	27	+5	42	9	3	3	20	10	+10	3	3	9	12	17	−5

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
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
Ground	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	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L
Position	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	6	2	4	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2007 Round 1	USM Alger	1 – 0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Boucherit 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Belkacem, Ouadah, Defar

30 August 2007 Round 2	JSM Béjaïa	0 – 1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report	7' Ammour	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Boubedjar, Debbiche, Djahnine

6 September 2007 Round 3	USM Alger	3 – 1	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Ammour 37' Dziri 51' Metref 79'	Report	89' (pen.) Messaoud	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Djaballah, Omari, Benabou

10 September 2007 Round 4	MC Oran	1 – 1	USM Alger	Oran
	Haddou 78' (pen.)	Report	40' Ammour	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Khélifi, Saadi, Boutaguene

21 September 2007 Round 5	USM Alger	4 – 0	MC Saïda	Bologhine
	Bentayeb 28', 72' Drioueche 83' (o.g.) Ammour 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Benbaka, Sedrati, Chabane

5 October 2007 Round 6	WA Tlemcen	1 – 4	USM Alger	Tlemcen
	Tebbal 34'	Report Live TV: ART Sport 2	11' (pen.) Achiou 26' Bentayeb 50' Ammour 77' Ghazi	Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Referee: Abidcharef, Seghiri, Bougherara

29 October 2007 Round 9	USM Alger	1 – 0	OMR El Annasser	Bologhine
	Doucoure 9'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Bichari, Haci, Azrine

9 November 2007 Round 10	ES Sétif	2 – 1	USM Alger	Sétif
	Ziaya 21', 59'	Report	12' Bourahli	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Djaballah, Omari, Kerraï

15 November 2007 Round 11	USM Alger	0 – 1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
		Report	32' Zaoui	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Boukedjar, Chaoui, Remache

19 November 2007 Round 7	USM Alger	0 – 2	MC Alger	Algiers
		Report	26' Badji 40' Younès	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Bichari

23 November 2007 Round 12	AS Khroub	0 – 0	USM Alger	El Khroub
		Report		Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Referee: Mansousri, Benaboun, Aïssani

3 December 2007 Round 8	USM Blida	3 – 2	USM Alger	Blida
	Meftah 22' (o.g.) Chehloul 38', 62'	Report	45' Achiou 79' Bentayeb	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Houasnia, Boulekrinat, Badache

6 December 2007 Round 13	USM Alger	2 – 0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Doucoure 36' Kerrouche 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 Referee: Aouiti, Bitam, Abdouni

17 December 2007 Round 14	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1 – 0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Mehdaoui 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mansouri, Omari, Benaboun

4 January 2008 Round 15	USM Alger	2 – 1	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
	Bourahli 12' Doucoure 20'	Report Live TV: ART Prime Sport	61' Hadiouche	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Hassna, Belkarat, Hassi

14 January 2008 Round 16	JS Kabylie	1 – 0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	Amaouche 53'	Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Boumaza, Izguer, Fedaoui

18 January 2008 Round 17	USM Alger	0 – 0	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
		Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

24 January 2008 Round 18	USM Annaba	2 – 0	USM Alger	Annaba
	Messaoud 30' Bouguerra 52'	Report		Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Belkacem, Omari, Kerai

31 January 2008 Round 19	USM Alger	3 – 2	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Sebbah 23' (o.g.) Achiou 38' Boussefiane 70'	Report	50' Feham 90' El Bahari	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Aouiti, Bitam, Abdouni

7 February 2008 Round 20	MC Saïda	0 – 2	USM Alger	Saïda
		Report	60' Mekkaoui 67' Ammour	Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958 Referee: Ouchen, Sedrati, Megrah

11 February 2008 Round 21	USM Alger	0 – 0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
		Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Khelifi, Saâd, Boughrara

25 February 2008 Round 22	MC Alger	1 – 0	USM Alger	Koléa
	Coulibaly 9'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Koléa Referee: Benouza, Tahir, Omari

7 March 2008 Round 23	USM Alger	2 – 0	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Rial 39' Achiou 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Bichari, Tahir, Meziani

13 March 2008 Round 24	OMR El Annasser	1 – 1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Ali Moussa 13'	Report	30' (pen.) Ghazi	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Fettouha, Benchaia, Haimoudi

31 March 2008 Round 25	USM Alger	1 – 0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Achiou 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Abed, Fraïdi, Keddih

17 April 2008 Round 26	ASO Chlef	2 – 0	USM Alger	Chlef
	Abbou 53' Daoud 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Boumaza, Feddaoui, Zeghad

21 April 2008 Round 27	USM Alger	1 – 1	AS Khroub	Bologhine
	Ammour 56'	Report	90' Rouane	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Fettouha, Benchaïa, Haïmoudi

5 May 2008 Round 28	CR Belouizdad	1 – 0	USM Alger	Algiers
	Henider 5'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Houasnia, Boulekrinet, Badache

12 May 2008 Round 29	USM Alger	0 – 2	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
		Report	9' Tiaïba 56' (pen.) Mohamed Rabah	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Mehidi, Bechirène, Nasri

26 May 2008 Round 30	NA Hussein Dey	1 – 0	USM Alger	Algiers
	Boukria 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Referee: Bichari, Haci, Azrine

Algerian Cup

10 January 2008 Round of 64	NRB Grarem	1 – 2	USM Alger	Sétif
14h00		Report	44' Bentayeb 66' Ammour	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Benaouda, Bouhassoun, Hedia

21 February 2008 Round of 32	USM Alger	3 – 0	ES Béchar	Kouba
14h30	Ould Zmirli 22' Doucouré 52' Ammour 73'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Fredj, Achour, Yahi

27 March 2008 Round of 16	NA Hussein Dey	2 – 1	USM Alger	Kouba
14h00	Ouznadji 29' Attafen 45'	Report	80' Boussefiane	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Khelifi, Saâdi, Zellagui

Champions League

Round 32

15 September 2008 first leg	Al-Talaba	0 – 2	USM Alger	Damascus, Syria
		Report	64' Dziri 81' Ammour	Stadium: Abbasiyyin Stadium Referee: Hassan Al-Marchoud (Syria)

30 September 2008 Second leg	USM Alger	2 – 0	Al-Talaba	Algiers, Algeria
	Hamdoud 39' Bentayeb 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 8.000 environ Referee: Slimane Brahimi (Morocco)

Round 32

23 October 2008 first leg	Al-Arabi SC	3 – 2	USM Alger	Kuwait City, Kuwait
		Report	63' Doucouré 68' Ammour	Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium Referee: Talaât Nedjm (Libya)

6 November 2008 Second leg	USM Alger	(w/o)^[2]	Al-Arabi SC	Algiers, Algeria
				Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: ()

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wydad Casablanca	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10
Tala'ea El-Gaish	6	2	2	2	3	5	-2	8
USM Alger	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Al-Taliya	6	2	1	3	4	7	-3	7

28 November 2007 Round 1	USM Alger	2 – 1	Wydad Casablanca	Algiers, Algeria
	Louissi 58' (o.g.) Doucoure 81'	Report	Madihi 54'	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Referee: Salaem Mahmoud (Jordan)

10 December 2007 Round 2	Tala'ea El-Gaish	0 – 0	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
		Report		Stadium: Military Academy Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)

25 December 2007 Round 3	Al-Taliya	0 – 0	USM Alger	Hama, Syria
		Report		Stadium: Hama Municipal Stadium Referee: Abderrahmane Khaled (Sudan)

18 February 2008 Round 4	USM Alger	0 – 1	Tala'ea El-Gaish	Algiers, Algeria
		Report	Mamdouh Abd El-Haee 77'	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Ambia (Libya)

3 March 2008 Round 5	USM Alger	0 – 1	Al-Taliya	Algiers, Algeria
		Report	17' Omeir	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Referee: Nasser Derouiche (Jordan)

19 March 2008 Round 6	Wydad Casablanca	2 – 3	USM Alger	Casablanca, Morocco
	Oumansour 25' Sow 88'	Report	Moncharé 12' Ammour 78' Doucoure 81'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: ()

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 31 June 2007

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.

No.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1				Algerian Cup				Arab Champions League				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	12		1						6				18		1
24		Ahmed Walid Chouih	17		2		3				4				24		2
27		Ismaïl Mansouri	1												1
Defenders
3		Mohamed Amine Saidoune	3		1										3		1
12		Rahim Meftah	11				2				2				15
3		Hossam Ould Zmirli	3				1	1			1				5	1
4		Ali Rial	21	1	1		2				6				29	1	1
14		Zineddine Mekkaoui	18	1	2						4		1		22	1	3
5		Mohamed Hamdoud	24		6		2				8	1	1		34	1	7
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	16		2		2				4		2		22		4
13		Daniel Moncharé	23		4		2				8	1			33	1	4
29		Abdelkader Besseghir	8								1				9
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	10		1		1				3				14		1
7		Amar Ammour	24	7	2		3	2			8	2	1		35	11	3
8		Billel Dziri	22	1			2				8	1			32	2
		Saïd Sayah	2												2
28		Karim Ghazi	24	2	5		3		1		9		2		36	2	8
15		Antar Boucherit	19	1	5		1				7				27	1	5
10		Hocine Metref	18	1	3	1	2				6		1		26	1	4	1
26		Hocine Achiou	23	5	4		2				8		2		33	5	6
18		Kamel Marek	4				1				2				7
30		Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	7				2				3				12
		Mohamed Billel Benaldjia	3												3
		Mani	8		2	1					2				10		2	1
		Zitouni	2												2
		Kedjour	1												1
		Messaoudi	1												1
		Laouar	2												2
		Hebbache	1												1
Forwards
22		Mohamed Boussefiane	17	1	1		2	1			3				22	2	1
17		Samir Bentayeb	24	4	4		3	1			7	2		1	34	7	4
9		Mintou Doucoure	24	3	3	2	2	1			8	2	1		34	6	4	2
23		Jerry Adriano	6		1		2				1	1			9	1	1
11		Issaad Bourahli	5	2	1						4				9	2	1
		Mehdi Kerrouche	5	1											5	1
		Aghilès Benchaâbane	2												2
Own goals				2				0				1				3
Totals				32	51	4		6	1	0		11	11	1		49	63	5

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Algerian Cup	Arab Champions League	TOTAL
7	Amar Ammour	MF	7	2	3	12
9	Mintou Doucoure	FW	3	1	3	7
17	Samir Bentayeb	FW	4	1	1	6
26	Hocine Achiou	MF	5	0	0	5
8	Billel Dziri	MF	1	0	1	2
28	Karim Ghazi	MF	2	0	0	2
22	Mohamed Boussefiane	FW	1	1	0	2
-	Issaad Bourahli	FW	2	0	0	2
13	Daniel Moncharé	DF	0	0	1	1
4	Ali Rial	DF	1	0	0	1
3	Hossam Ould Zmirli	DF	0	1	0	1
15	Antar Boucherit	MF	1	0	0	1
10	Hocine Metref	MF	1	0	0	1
14	Zineddine Mekkaoui	DF	1	0	0	1
5	Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	0	0	1	1
-	Mehdi Kerrouche	FW	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			2	0	1	3
Totals			32	6	11	49

References

↑ "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
↑ Al-Arabi Disqualified, Kuwait have been indefinitely suspended from internationalfootball

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[1] "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[2] Al-Arabi Disqualified, Kuwait have been indefinitely suspended from internationalfootball