2014–15 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2014–15 season
Chairman	Ali Haddad
Head coach	Hubert Velud; (until 1 February 2015); Billel Dziri (C); (from 1 February 2015); (until 18 February 2015); Otto Pfister; (from 19 February 2015); (until 18 May 2015); Mounir Zeghdoud (C); Mahieddine Meftah (C); (from 19 May 2015)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
Ligue 1	8th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Super Cup	Runners–up
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Youcef Belaïli (6 goals); All: ; Youcef Belaïli (8 goals)
Lowest home attendance	0 (vs. MC Alger, 25 April 2015) (vs. ASO Chlef, 29 May 2015)

In the 2014–15 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 35th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, the Algerian Super Cup and the Algerian Cup. The club was managed by Hubert Velud, until his sacking on 1 February 2015. He was replaced by Otto Pfister on 19 February. On May 18, Pfister was sacked as coach of USM Alger.^[1]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

12 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	6-0	Şişli Anadolu SK	Istanbul
23:00	Feham 15' (fk.) Nadji 22', 25' Seguer 59', 70' Nsombo 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maltepe

15 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	3-2	Esteghlal F.C.	Istanbul
22:30	Meftah 8' (pen) Nadji 28' Bourdim 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maltepe

18 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	2-1	Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.	Istanbul
23:00	Bourdim 9' Nsombo 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maltepe

20 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	2-1	Al-Wehdat SC	Istanbul
23:00	Nsombo 77', 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maltepe

25 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	2-0	USM Blida	Algiers
23:30	Belaïli 50', 55'			Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

26 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	4-0	ESM Kolea	Algiers
23:00	Nadji 6' Andria 18' Boudebouda 33' Seguer 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

3 August 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	0-1	JSM Béjaïa	Algiers
10:30		Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

3 August 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	2-1	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
18:00	Nadji 57' Ferhat 59'	Report	70' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

Mid-season

Friendlies

10 January 2015 Friendly	Club Africain	0 – 0	USM Alger	Tunis, Tunisia
13:30		Report		Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten

13 January 2015 Friendly	AS Marsa	2 – 6	USM Alger	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00		Report	Manucho Seguer Andria Amrane	Stadium: Stade annexe de Radès

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	7001300000000000000♠30	7001100000000000000♠10	7001110000000000000♠11	7000900000000000000♠9	7001350000000000000♠35	7001270000000000000♠27	+8	07001333300000000000♠33.33
Algerian Cup	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000700000000000000♠7	7000200000000000000♠2	+5	07001666700000000000♠66.67
Champions League	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7001130000000000000♠13	7000700000000000000♠7	+6	07001500000000000000♠50.00
Algerian Super Cup	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	−1	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Total	7001400000000000000♠40	7001150000000000000♠15	7001140000000000000♠14	7001110000000000000♠11	7001550000000000000♠55	7001370000000000000♠37	+18	07001375000000000000♠37.50

Competition	Start round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	N/A	9th	8th	16 August 2014	29 May 2015
Algerian Cup	Round of 64	–	Round of 16	13 December 2014	10 March 2015
Algerian Super Cup	Final	–	Runners–up	9 August 2014
CAF Champions League	Preliminary round	–	Group stage	15 February 2015	3 May 2015

Algerian Super Cup

The 2014 Algerian Super Cup is the 8th edition of Algerian Super Cup, competition with only one match organized by the professional Football League (LFP) and the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) since 2013, which opposes Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 the winner of the Algerian Cup. the competition takes place this season Stade Mustapha Tchaker to Blida For the second time.

The meeting therefore opposed USM Alger 2013-2014 champion of Algeria, the MC Alger, winner of the 2013–14 Algerian Cup. The rules of the game are: the duration of the game is 90 minutes and in case of a tie, a session penalties is performed to separate the teams. Three substitutions are allowed for each team.

9 August 2014	USM Alger	0-1	MC Alger	Blida
17:30 UTC+1	90' Koudri	Report	Aouedj 81' Azzi 69' Karaoui 87'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

Ligue 1

The Ligue 1 2014-2015 is the fifty-first edition of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the fifth under the name Ligue 1. Division opposes sixteen clubs in a series of thirty meetings. The best in the league qualify for the African cups that are the Champions League (the podium) and Confederation Cup (the third and the winner national cup). USM Alger participating in this competition for the thirty-fifth time in its history and the twentieth since the 1995-1996 season.

The relegated the previous season, JSM Bejaia on CA Bordj Bou Arreridj and CRB Ain Fakroun are replaced by USM Bel-Abbès, Ligue 2 in 2013-2014 after a year's absence, the ASM Oran, 7 years after his last appearance at the highest national level, and NA Hussein Dey relegated to Ligue 2 during the 2010-2011 season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES Sétif (C, Q)	30	13	9	8	37	28	+9	48	2016 CAF Champions League
2	MO Béjaïa (Q)	30	12	11	7	36	23	+13	47	2016 CAF Champions League
3	MC Oran (Q)	30	11	11	8	19	19	0	44	2016 CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM El Harrach	30	13	4	13	30	32	−2	43
5	CS Constantine (Q)	30	11	9	10	32	31	+1	42^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2016 CAF Confederation Cup
6	CR Belouizdad	30	11	9	10	27	34	−7	42^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	ASM Oran	30	11	8	11	33	37	−4	41^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	USM Alger	30	10	11	9	35	27	+8	41^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	NA Hussein Dey	30	10	10	10	23	22	+1	40^{[lower-alpha 3]}
10	RC Arbaâ	30	12	4	14	28	35	−7	40^{[lower-alpha 3]}
11	JS Saoura	30	10	9	11	26	29	−3	39^{[lower-alpha 4]}
12	MC Alger	30	10	9	11	33	31	+2	39^{[lower-alpha 4]}
13	JS Kabylie	30	11	6	13	35	35	0	39^{[lower-alpha 4]}
14	MC El Eulma (R)	30	11	5	14	40	36	+4	38	2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	ASO Chlef (R)	30	8	12	10	24	28	−4	36
16	USM Bel Abbès (R)	30	8	9	13	19	28	−9	33

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2015. 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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1 2 CSC 3-1 CRB; CRB 1-1 CSC
1 2 USMA 1-2 ASMO; ASMO 1-0 USMA
1 2 NAHD 3-0 RCA; RCA 0-1 NAHD
1 2 3 JSS: 9 points; MCA: 6 points; JSK: 3 points

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	10	11	9	35	27	+8	41	6	7	2	23	11	+12	4	4	7	12	16	−4

Last updated: 31 January 2015.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W
Position	8	4	2	4	7	11	11	13	8	5	3	3	1	3	2	4	5	8	4	5	3	3	3	3	4	7	8	8	11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

16 August 2014 Round 1	USM Alger	1 – 1	ES Sétif	Algiers
19:00 UTC+1	Meftah 47' (pen.) Chafaï 34' Belaïli 90+1'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	15' (pen.) Djahnit 28' Demmou 40' Megatli 90+5' Ziaya	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Saïdi, Bechirene, Rezgane

23 August 2014 Round 2	JS Kabylie	1 – 2	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
19:00 UTC+1	Ebossé 27' (pen) Mekkaoui 5' Benlamari 44'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports	7' (FK.) Benmoussa 83' Belaïli 11' Bouchema 22', 24' Benmoussa	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza, Ayad, Oumari

13 September 2014 Round 3	USM Alger	2 – 0	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
17:45 UTC+1	Meftah 50' (pen) Nadji 75' Koudri 57' Boudebouda 66' Khoualed 87'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	25' Djediat 45' Sidhoum 47' Cheurfaoui	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Arab, Boulfelfel, Ait Amar

20 September 2014 Round 4	RC Arbaâ	2 – 0	USM Alger	Larbaâ
16:00 UTC+1	Mokdad 5' (pen) Darfalou 44' 90+3' Ali Guechi 13' Ferhani 19' Yettou 34' Zeddam 60' Fellah 66', 90+5'	Report Live TV: None	3' Meftah 34' Khoualed 55' Bouchema	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Benbrahem, Djabellah, Allaoua

27 September 2014 Round 5	USM Alger	0 – 1	USM El Harrach	Algiers
17:45 UTC+1	Khoualed 20' Bouchema 30' Koudri 44' Belaïli 80'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / beIN Sports	57' Aït Ouamar 36' Mazari 83' Benachour	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Achouri, Amri, Bougherara

2 October 2014 Round 6	CS Constantine	2 – 1	USM Alger	Constantine
19:00 UTC+1	Allag 13' Remache 79' Boulemdaïs 73' Hadji 75'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports	29' 90+5' Seguer	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Ghorbal, Cherchar, Seradj

18 October 2014 Round 7	USM Alger	1 – 1	MC Oran	Algiers
19:00 UTC+1	Meftah 17' Seguer 39' Chafaï 89'	Report Live TV: None	89' (pen.) Bezzaz 41' Merbah 54' Nessakh	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Zouaoui, Bahatte, Benrouane

24 October 2014 Round 8	USM Alger	0 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
17:00 UTC+1	Bouchema 29'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	7' Bendebka 71' Allali 77' Ghalem 46', 79' Benyahia	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Abssiri, Hallem, Bourechou

1 November 2014 Round 9	MC El Eulma	1 – 2	USM Alger	El Eulma
16:00 UTC+1	Hamiti 33' Belkhiter 44' Maïza 57', 70' Namane 90'	Report Live TV: None	27' Koudri 66' Belaïli 20' Meftah 23' Laïfaoui 73' Khoualed	Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bachir, Etchiali, Hadj Saïd

7 November 2014 Round 10	USM Alger	2 – 0	USM Bel-Abbès	Algiers
19:00 UTC+1	Boudebouda 13', 71' Benkhemassa 15' Ferhat 90+4'	Report Live TV: None	35' Abdat 39' Guerriche 57' Yaghni	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Aouina, Benaïssa, Chenaoua, Sekhraoui

22 November 2014 Round 11	MC Alger	0 – 1	USM Alger	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Azzi 15'	Report Live TV: None	47' Baïteche 76' Meftah	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benouza, Omari, Ayad

29 November 2014 Round 12	USM Alger	3 – 1	JS Saoura	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Baïteche 46' Nadji 48' 67' Meziane 90+3' Koudri 62'	Report Live TV: None	76' Hammia 31' El Amali 74' Aoudou	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Abid Charef, Boulfelfel, Tamen

6 December 2014 Round 13	MO Béjaïa	0 – 1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
16:00 UTC+1	Benali 37' Sidibé 76' Rahal 73' Dehouche 79'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	35' Meftah 6' Benkhemassa 17' Laïfaoui 33' Belaïli 88' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Arab, Bazzine, Bioud

19 December 2014 Round 14	USM Alger	1 – 2	ASM Oran	Algiers
16:00 UTC+1	Andria 63' Feham 21' Benkhemassa 54' Meftah 59'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / ENTV Terrestre	57' 78' Djemaouni 61' Benkablia 45' Boudoumi 79' Bouhadda	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Benbrahem, Allaoua, Cheballah

30 December 2014 Round 15	ASO Chlef	0 – 0	USM Alger	Chlef
15:00 UTC+1	Cherchar 11' Zaoui 17' Boulahia 52'	Report Live TV: None	30' Chafaï 35' Koudri	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Bennacer

20 January 2015 Round 16	ES Sétif	3 – 2	USM Alger	Sétif
18:00 UTC+1	Dagoulou 26', 52' Ziaya 64' 68', 71' Mellouli 31' Djahnit 70'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports	43' Boudebouda 81' Nadji 33' Bouchema 60' Laïfaoui 65' Koudri	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Gherbal, Serradj, Cherchar

24 January 2015 Round 17	USM Alger	1 – 1	JS Kabylie	Algiers
16:00 UTC+1	Boudebouda 45+1' Nadji 20' Bouchema 50' Meftah 81' Belaïli 90+4'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	81' (pen.) Rial 55' Benamara 67' Benlamri	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Aouina, Benaïssa, Chenaoua

30 January 2015 Round 18	CR Belouizdad	2 – 1	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00 UTC+1	Cheurfaoui 21' Djediat 67' Derrag 15' Chebira 37', 56' Nemdil 52'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	87' Belaïli 22' Boudebouda 70' Bouchema 74' Berrefane 77' Ferhat	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Amalou, Salaouadji, Bourouba

6 February 2015 Round 19	USM Alger	5 – 1	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
16:00 UTC+1	Belaïli 3' Meftah 18' 23' (pen.) Ferhat 77' (pen.) Benkhemassa 82' 84' Manucho 90+1' El Orfi 90+3'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	51' Harrouche 21' Zaâlani 33' Ferhani 67', 77' Maarif	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Kechidi

10 February 2015 Round 20	USM El Harrach	0 – 0	USM Alger	Algiers
15:00 UTC+1	Keniche 13' Kara 90+4'	Report Live TV: None	58' Belaïli 60' Benkhemassa 90+2' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Houasnia, Bounoua, Boulkrinet

24 February 2015 Round 21	USM Alger	2 – 0	CS Constantine	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Benmoussa 30' Belaïli 32'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	89' Berthé	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 6.500

6 March 2015 Round 22	MC Oran	0 – 0	USM Alger	Oran
15:00 UTC+1	Chérif 29' Hamdadou 61' Bellabès 65'	Report Live TV: beIN Sports	69' Laïfaoui 89' Boudebouda	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

21 March 2015 Round 23	NA Hussein Dey	0 – 0	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00 UTC+1	Ghalem 45+1'	Report Live TV: None	43' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Benouza, Bechirene, Ladraâ

10 April 2015 Round 24	USM Alger	1 – 1	MC El Eulma	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Belaïli 5' Bouchema 33' Manucho 90+5' Khoualed 90+9'	Report Live TV: None	6' Bentayeb 28' 90' Hamiti 69' Ousserir 86' Tembeng	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Ghorbal, Sarradj, Cherchar

14 April 2015 Round 25	USM Bel-Abbès	1 – 0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00 UTC+1	Ghazali 63' Guerriche 33' Cherifi 64'	Report Live TV: None	35' El Orfi 58' Benmoussa 67' Abdellaoui	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Beioud

25 April 2015 Round 26	USM Alger	0 – 0	MC Alger	Algiers
17:00 UTC+1	Bouchema 4' Andria 32' Meftah 49' Belaïli 84'	Report Live TV: None	18' Djallit 27' Hendou 55' Zeghdane	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mial, Idir, Semsoum

9 May 2015 Round 27	JS Saoura	3 – 2	USM Alger	Béchar
17:00 UTC+1	Tiouli 5' El Amali 63' Sebie 73' (pen.) 25', 90+2'	Report Live TV: None	9' Bouchema 70' (o.g.) Bapidi Fils 45', 72' Khoualed	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benouza, Amari, Ayad

16 May 2015 Round 28	USM Alger	1 – 1	MO Béjaïa	Algiers
17:00 UTC+1	Beldjilali 28' Meftah 31'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / beIN Sports / Al Kass Sports	71' Zerdab 50' Mebarakou 80' Yaya 85' Rahmani	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Amalou, Bounoua, Azerine

23 May 2015 Round 29	ASM Oran	1 – 0	USM Alger	Oran
17:00 UTC+1	Herbache 53' Benkabila 73' Boudoumi 39', 87' Bentiba 90'	Report Live TV: None	68' Abdellaoui 82' Belaïli 90+2' Koudri 69', 90' Ferhat	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Necib, Meghlout, Benaceur

29 May 2015 Round 30	USM Alger	3 – 1	ASO Chlef	Algiers
17:00 UTC+1	Belaïli 9' Feham 22' (pen.) Koudri 45'	Report Live TV: None	72' Madouni	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bichari, Gourari, Salaouadji

Algerian Cup

13 December 2014 Round of 64	CRB Ouled Abdelkader	1 – 4	USM Alger	Chlef
14:00 UTC+1	Roudouane 89' Roudouane 85'	Report Live TV: None	11' Boudebouda 49' Andria 74', 84' Nadji 90+2' Seguer	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Sekhraoui, Hammou,Saïdani

26 December 2014 Round of 32	USM Alger	2 – 0	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
16:00 UTC+1	Chafaï 40' Andria 74' Khoualed 18' Bouchema 82' Koudri 86'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	31' Mazari 32' Mebarki 66' Kara 83' Boumechra 86' Harrag 90+1' Ziane Cherif	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

10 March 2015 Round of 16	USM Alger	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
14:30 UTC+1	Boudebouda 32' Bouchema 58' Koudri 101' Khoualed 113'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	61' Tedjar 45' Zaoui 58' Haddouche 63', 96' Badarou	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Arab, Bazzine, Biyoud
		Penalties
	Meftah Belaïli Boudebouda Beldjilali Andria Benkhemassa		Tedjar Daham Haddouche Naamani Boulahia Hadiouche

Champions League

Preliminary round

15 February 2015 first leg	USM Alger	3 – 0	Foullah Edifice FC	Algiers, Algeria
18:00 UTC+1	Chafaï 3' Belaïli 56' (pen.) Andria 90+6'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	26' Lossou 23', 52' Dillah	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Wahid Tamuni Salah (Libya)

1 March 2015 Second leg	Foullah Edifice FC	3 – 1	USM Alger	N'Djamena, Chad
14:00 UTC+1	Hilaire 11', 17' (pen.) Boudina 60' Ngarbe 41' Tchoumi 58'	Report	7' Laïfaoui 8', 38' Koudri 23' Manucho 90+3' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya Attendance: 300 Referee: Ibrahim Mamane (Niger)

First round

15 March 2015 first leg	USM Alger	5 – 1	AS Pikine	Algiers, Algeria
18:00 UTC+1	Bouchema 12' 28' Beldjilali 21' Meftah 52' (pen.), 81' 83' Belaïli 69' Nadji 55'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	9' 26' Niang 10' Papa Amadou 33' Mame Bakary 50' Alassane	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Mahmoud Zakria El Banna (Egypt)

3 April 2015 Second leg	AS Pikine	1 – 1	USM Alger	Dakar, Senegal
15:30 UTC±0	El Hadi Saw 27'	Report Live TV: TFM Senegal	2' Bouchema 35' Chafaï 78' Koudri	Stadium: Stade Demba Diop Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Cecil Amatey Fleischer (Ghana)

Second round

19 April 2015 first leg	USM Alger	2 – 1	AS Kaloum	Algiers, Algeria
18:00 UTC+1	Chafaï 45+5' Benmoussa 59' Belaïli 37' Abdellaoui 45+2' Feham 52' Meftah 88'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	55' Kassongo	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

3 May 2015 Second leg	AS Kaloum	1 – 1	USM Alger	Bamako, Mali
16:30 UTC±0	Kassongo 74'	Report	41' Ferhat 51' 52' Andria 73' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Note: The second leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak.

Group stage

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 7 June 2015

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	Pos.	Ligue 1				Algerian Super Cup				Algerian Cup				CAF Champions League				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	24				1				2				6		2		33		2
16		Abdenour Merzouki	GK
27		Mourad Berrefane	GK	6 (1)		1						1								7 (1)		1
3		Ayoub Abdellaoui	DF	5		2										3 (1)		1		8 (1)		3
4		Abdelkader Laïfaoui	DF	13 (1)		4						1				4 (1)	1			18 (2)	1	4
6		Farouk Chafaï	DF	22		6		1				3	1			4	2	1		30	3	7
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	24 (1)		5	2	1				2		2		5				32 (1)		7	2
25		Mokhtar Benmoussa	DF	19 (3)	2	2	1	0 (1)				2 (1)				5 (1)	1			26 (6)	3	2	1
26		Brahim Boudebouda	DF	19 (2)	5	3		1				3	1			2				25 (2)	6	3
29		Salim Laassami	DF
30		Mohamed Meftah	DF	27	5	9		1				3				4	2	2		35	7	11
5		Abderrahmane Bourdim	MF	0 (2)								0 (1)								0 (3)
7		Zinedine Ferhat	MF	16 (3)	1	1	1	1				2				2		1		21 (3)	1	2	1
8		Akim Orinel	MF	2				0 (1)												2 (1)
8		Kaddour Beldjilali	MF	4 (3)	1							0 (1)				1 (1)	1			5 (5)	2
10		Youcef Belaïli	MF	20 (5)	6	7	1					1 (1)				5	2	1		26 (6)	8	8	1
11		Hocine El Orfi	MF	9 (5)		3										4				13 (5)		3
13		Nassim Bouchema	MF	21 (2)	1	9		1				3		2		5	1	2		30 (2)	2	13
15		Bouazza Feham	MF	8 (8)	1	1		1				1				2 (2)		1		12 (10)	1	2
21		Noui Laïfa	MF	1																1
23		Hamza Koudri	MF	25	2	6		1		1		3		2		4	1		1	33	3	9	1
24		Mohammed Benkhemassa	MF	10 (3)	1	5						1 (1)				0 (3)				11 (7)	1	5
28		Karim Baïteche	MF	11 (7)	2	1										5				16 (7)	2	1
9		Carolus Andriamatsinoro	FW	20 (8)	1	1		1				3	2			2 (4)	2	1		26 (12)	5	2
12		Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou	FW	5 (4)	2											2 (1)		1		7 (5)	2	1
14		Rachid Nadji	FW	11 (9)	3	2		1				2 (1)	2			2			1	16 (10)	5	2	1
18		Mohamed Seguer	FW	6 (8)	1	2						0 (1)		1						6 (9)	1	3
19		Ernest Nsombo	FW	1 (3)				0 (1)												1 (4)
20		Mohamed Taib	FW	0 (1)																0 (1)
21		Rostand Kako	FW	2																2
33		Abderrahmane Meziane	FW	0 (5)	1							0 (2)				0 (1)				0 (8)	1
Own goals					0				0				0				0				0
Totals					34	72	6		0	1	0		7	7	0		13	13	2		54	93	8

Goalscorers

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

Correct as of game played on As of 17 May 2015

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Cup	CAF Champions League	TOTAL
10	Belaïli	MF	6	0	2	8
30	Meftah	DF	5	0	2	7
26	Boudebouda	DF	4	2	0	6
14	Nadji	FW	3	2	0	5
9	Andria	FW	1	2	2	5
6	Chafaï	DF	0	1	2	3
25	Benmoussa	DF	2	0	1	3
23	Koudri	MF	2	0	1	3
12	Manucho	FW	2	0	0	2
28	Baïteche	MF	2	0	0	2
13	Bouchema	MF	1	0	1	2
8	Beldjilali	MF	1	0	1	2
15	Feham	MF	1	0	0	1
18	Seguer	FW	1	0	0	1
33	Meziane	FW	1	0	0	1
25	Benkhemassa	MF	1	0	0	1
7	Ferhat	MF	1	0	0	1
4	Laïfaoui	DF	0	0	1	1
Own Goals			1	0	0	1
Totals			35	7	13	55

Assists table

Rank	Player	Assists
1	Mokhtar Benmoussa	8
2	Zinedine Ferhat	5
3	Mohamed Meftah	4
4	Brahim Boudebouda	2
5	Hamza Koudri	2
6	Youcef Belaïli	2
7	Rachid Nadji	2
8	Bouazza Feham	2
9	Nassim Bouchema	1
10	Manucho	1
11	Andria	1
12	Karim Baïteche	1

Last updated: 3 April 2015

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
23 August 2014	Mokhtar Benmoussa	2	(vs. JS Kabylie)
27 September 2014	Youcef Belaïli	2	(vs. USM El Harrach)
24 October 2014	Nassim Bouchema	1
1 November 2014	Nacereddine Khoualed	1
29 November 2014	Hamza Koudri	1
30 December 2014	Farouk Chafaï	1
6 February 2015	Nassim Bouchema	1
1 March 2015	Hamza Koudri	1	(vs. Foullah Edifice FC)
15 March 2015	Rachid Nadji	2	(vs. AS Pikine)
3 April 2015	Nassim Bouchema	1
11 April 2015	Nacereddine Khoualed	2	(vs. MC El Eulma)
19 April 2015	Mohamed Meftah	1
25 April 2015	Youcef Belaïli	1
3 May 2015	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	1
9 May 2015	Nacereddine Khoualed	1	(vs. JS Saoura)
23 May 2015	Zinedine Ferhat	2	(vs. ASM Oran)

Penalties

Date	Name	Opposition	Scored?
16 August 2014	Mohamed Meftah	ES Sétif	Y
13 September 2014	Mohamed Meftah	CR Belouizdad	Y
6 February 2015	Mohamed Meftah	RC Arbaâ	Y
6 February 2015	Zinedine Ferhat	RC Arbaâ	Y
15 February 2015	Youcef Belaïli	Foullah Edifice FC	Y
15 March 2015	Mohamed Meftah	AS Pikine	Y
29 May 2015	Bouazza Feham	ASO Chlef	Y

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

R	No.	Pos	Name	League 1	Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche	8	1	–	1	10
2	27	GK	Mourad Berrefane	2	–	–	–	2
			TOTALS	10	1	–	1	12

As of 17 May 2015

Overall seasonal record

Note: Games which are level after extra-time and are decided by a penalty shoot-out are listed as draws.

Games played	40 (30 Ligue 1, 1 Super Cup, 3 Algerian Cup, 6 Champions League)
Games won	15 (10 Ligue 1, 0 Super Cup, 2 Algerian Cup, 3 Champions League)
Games drawn	14 (11 Ligue 1, 0 Super Cup, 1 Algerian Cup, 2 Champions League)
Games lost	11 (9 Ligue 1, 1 Super Cup, 0 Algerian Cup, 1 Champions League)
Win %	37.50%
Goals scored	55 (35 Ligue 1, 0 Super Cup, 7 Algerian Cup, 13 Champions League)
Goals conceded	37 (27 Ligue 1, 1 Super Cup, 2 Algerian Cup, 7 Champions League)
Goal difference	+18 (+8 Ligue 1, -1 Super Cup, +5 Algerian Cup, +6 Champions League)
Yellow cards	93 (72 Ligue 1, 1 Super Cup, 7 Algerian Cup, 13 Champions League)
Red cards	7 (5 Ligue 1, 0 Super Cup, 0 Algerian Cup, 2 Champions League)
Worst discipline
Biggest win	5-1 (vs. RC Arbaâ, Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, 6.02.2015) 5-1 (vs. AS Pikine, 2015 CAF Champions League, 15.03.2015)
Heaviest defeat	1-3 (on 1 occasions) 0-2 (on 1 occasions)
Highest scoring match	5-1 (vs. RC Arbaâ, Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, 6.02.2015) 5-1 (vs. AS Pikine, 2015 CAF Champions League, 15.03.2015)
Most appearances	38 (Carolus Andriamatsinoro)
Top scorer	8 (Youcef Belaïli)
Most assists	8 (Mokhtar Benmoussa)

Squad list

Last updated on 18 November 2016^[2]

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Signed In	Signing Fee	Contract Ends
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 29)	201	0	2012	Free	2015
16	GK	Abdenour Merzouki	(1992-02-15)15 February 1992 (aged 22)	0	0	2014	Free	2016
27	GK	Mourad Berrefane	(1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 28)	0	0	2014	Free	2016
Defenders
3	RB	Ayoub Abdellaoui	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 21)	0	0	2011	Youth system	2016
4	RB	Abdelkader Laïfaoui	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 33)	34	4	2011	Free	2015
6	RB	Farouk Chafaï	(1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 24)	95	10	2010	Youth system	2016
20	RB	Nacereddine Khoualed (C)	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 28)	203	6	2006		2018
25	RB	Mokhtar Benmoussa	(1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 28)	18	4	2012	Free	2016
26	RB	Brahim Boudebouda	(1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 24)	13	1	2012	Free	2016
30	RB	Mohamed Meftah	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 29)	35	4	2012	Free	2017
Midfielders
5	CM	Abderrahmane Bourdim	(1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 20)	0	0	2014	Youth system	2019
7	CM	Zinedine Ferhat	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 21)	79	5	2011	Youth system	2016
10	CM	Youcef Belaïli	(1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 22)	0	0	2014	Free	2016
11	CM	Hocine El Orfi	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 27)	22	0	2012	Free	2016
13	CM	Nassim Bouchema	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 26)	68	4	2011	Free	2015
15	CM	Bouazza Feham	(1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 28)	74	8	2011	Free	2015
23	CM	Hamza Koudri	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 27)	56	0	2012	Free	2017
24	CM	Mohammed Benkhemassa	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 21)	0	0	2011	Youth system	2016
28	CM	Karim Baïteche	(1991-07-10)10 July 1991 (aged 23)	18	1	2010	Youth system	2017
8	CM	Kaddour Beldjilali	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 26)	0	0	2014	Free	2017
Forwards
9	RW	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	(1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 25)	27	5	2012	Free	2017
14	RW	Rachid Nadji	(1989-04-15)15 April 1989 (aged 25)	0	0	2014	Free	2016
18	RW	Mohamed Seguer	(1985-01-19)19 January 1985 (aged 29)	35	6	2012	Free	2016
21	RW	Rostand Kako	(1990-03-22)22 March 1990 (aged 24)	0	0	2014	50.000 €	2017
33	RW	Abderrahmane Meziane	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 20)	0	0	2014	Youth system	2019
12	RW	Manucho	(1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (aged 24)	0	0	2014	Free	2017

Transfers

In

Transfers in
Date	Player Name	Nationality	Positions	Moving From	Type	Transfer Fee	Source
5 June 2014	Mohammed Benkhemassa		Midfielder	Youth system	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
5 June 2014	Mourad Berrefane		Goalkeeper	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
3 June 2014	Abdenour Merzouki		Goalkeeper	MC Mekhadma	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
5 June 2014	Ayoub Abdellaoui		Defender	Youth system	Free transfer	-	-
5 June 2014	Abderrahmane Meziane		Forward	Youth system	Free transfer	-	-
5 June 2014	Abderrahmane Bourdim		Midfielder	Youth system	Free transfer	-	-
8 June 2014	Salim Laassami		Defender	GS Consolat	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
9 June 2014	Akim Orinel		Midfielder	Saint-Raphaël	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
12 June 2014	Youcef Belaïli		Midfielder	ES Tunis	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
13 June 2014	Rachid Nadji		Forward	ES Sétif	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
13 July 2014	Noui Laïfa		Midfielder	Paris FC	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
26 December 2014	Rostand Kako		Forward	Cotonsport Garoua	Transfer	50.000 €	liberte-algerie.com
7 January 2015	Kaddour Beldjilali		Midfielder	Étoile du Sahel	Transfer	-	usma.dz
7 January 2015	Manucho		Defender	FC Infonet	Free transfer	-	competition.dz
15 January 2015	Hossin Lagoun		Goalkeeper	Terracina	Free transfer	-	usma.dz

Out

Transfers out
Date	Player Name	Nationality	Positions	Moving to	Type	Transfer Fee	Source
30 May 2014	Djamel Rabti		Midfielder	-	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
24 June 2014	Samy Frioui		Forward	USM El Harrach	Loan Out	-	usma.dz
30 June 2014	Lamouri Djediat		Midfielder	CR Belouizdad	End of contract	-	le buteur.com
30 June 2014	Youcef Benamara		Defender	JS Kabylie	End of contract	-	-
1 June 2014	Rafik Mazouzi		Goalkeeper	RC Arbaâ	Loan Out	-	USMA.dz
9 July 2014	Ahmed Gasmi		Forward	ES Sétif	End of contract	-	DZinfos.com
9 July 2014	Abdelmalek Ziaya		Forward	ES Sétif	Free transfer	-	usma.dz
14 July 2014	Djamel Eddine Chatal		Forward	MO Béjaïa	Loan Out	-	usma.dz
14 July 2014	Ibrahim Bekakchi		Defender	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Loan Out	-	usma.dz
1 December 2014	Noui Laïfa		Midfielder	SR Colmar	Free transfer	-	lalsace.fr
31 December 2014	Salim Laassami		Defender	GS Consolat	Free transfer	-	-
31 December 2014	Ernest Nsombo		Forward	AS Marsa	Loan Out	-	lebuteur.com
16 January 2015	Mohamed Amrane		Defender	ESM Koléa	Loan Out	-	usma.dz
18 January 2015	Akim Orinel		Midfielder	Saint-Raphaël	Free transfer	-	letempsdz.com

References

↑ HMF (May 18, 2015). "USM Alger : Otto Pfister limogé !" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
↑ "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

External links

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[1] HMF (May 18, 2015). "USM Alger : Otto Pfister limogé !" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

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

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