Algiers Derby

Promoted of the USM Alger and the return derby again

In 1995, the USM Alger returned to the top flight for the first time in five seasons, only to return again derby between the two teams first meeting after the return was a Stade Omar Hammadi throwing stopped because of the violence to be again behind closed doors and the same pitch and it was the last time playing teams at this stadium derby presence The public and in the same season the USMA won the league title after thirty-three years for first title.

In 1999, met with the two teams in the semi-finals of the cup was supposed to play home and away, but since the two clubs from one city decided by the organizers to play one encounter at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 reversed the second semi-final a match were established only when more than 90,000 spectators in a meeting Iatbermn between the best derby meetings ended with the victory of the USMA on penalties and then in the final win the Cup against JS Kabylie.

Derby with the beginning of the twenty-first century

In 2004 Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in a Ramadan evening in a meeting months is the presence of more than 100,000 spectators, it won the USMA lead to 1-2 and scored the winning goal player Hocine Achiou a goal from a heel like « Madjer », in the return leg MCA won by the score 1-2 goals scored Noureddine Daham, the first win in six years Then the two teams met in the final of the cup twice in 2006 and 2007 a row ended with the victory of MCA and simplifies the control of the MCA in the cup in the fourth final between the two teams, In the 2005-2006 season, he met with the two teams in the league in the first leg at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 MC Alger take the lead, by centre-back Ismaël Bouzid in 18 minutes, where he remained advanced the lead, and after that the supporters of USMA looked to leave and celebrate the supporters of MCA winning Nigerian striker Michael Eneramo arises in the final seconds to restore order. Moulay Haddou recovers a touchdown Boudiaf and on a long center will find Eneramo, strangely alone who, with a stitched head, releases his own and will make cry for goalkeeper Merouane Abdouni who certainly did not accept to cash a goal of the kind against his former team in one of the most exciting matches between the two clubs.^[5] and after six years met the two teams again in the cup final, but this time it was a win for the USMA in order to Mokhtar Benmoussa of violation directly ^[6] after the end of the meeting seemed to MCA refused to climb to the podium to get a medal in protest against the referee Djamel Haimoudi and then has to punish the club president Omar Gharib lifelong player Faouzi Chaouchi and Réda Babouche two years and coach Djamel Menad one year.^[7][8]

In 2014, the two teams met in the final of the Super Cup, for the first time, and the game ended with an MCA victory due to a goal scored by Sid Ahmed Aouedj.^[9][10] Moreover, a scandal then mars this competition. Algerian international assistant referee, Amine Bitam, together with the game officer, told the local press that a senior Algerian official ordered for MCA players to deliberately injure their opponents during the match. A worthwhile goal for USM Alger was denied under the pretext of offside. The case is currently in court.^[11] the two clubs met again for the Super cup in first of November 2016, the game was played at the Mustapha Tchaker stadium in Blida and USMA were crowned winners after the game ended with 2 goals scored Farouk Chafai and Rabie Meftah scored by a penalty.

Ouled EL Bahdja

Is the best encourage football clubs in Algeria Group was founded in the nineties and the only one in that period, which was recorded with a sporty character songs, as they always give great pictures in the stands on the way the fans of Milan because of the similarity of the colors red and black made the group Ouled EL Bahdja make a big gap in all stadiums inside and outside the home have made many tifo in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 or in continental competitions as for Music of Ouled EL Bahdja Every masses in Algeria frequency with the change of name of the club only because of her fame that went beyond the border in Tunisia and Morocco.

Derby accident 2013

The drama occurred on 21 September, ten minutes after the end of the match between USM Alger and MC Alger. Part of the platform 13 from the Olympic Stadium collapsed, killing two spectators, and injuring several hundred others in Algiers. The ground was literally stolen from under the feet of the victims as they took the stairs no. 5 to leave the platform and celebrate the victory. "The overload in this part of the stadium, and the large number of supporters eventually provoked this incident," said Youcef Kara, director of the Olympic complex.

The two dead fans were moved back to their home to see the last sight, before the two of them prayed in the adjacent Mosque and were singing in a majestic atmosphere from Garedi to the Ben Omar cemetery, on foot, the atmosphere that revealed everyone was affected. It would have been possible to have the place of Sufian or Saif al-Din, who wanted fate to stand in the same part collapsed in the stands of the Stadium. And the incident always Haddad stressed that it is shocking, and said "Quite frankly I wished loss the Derby and not loss of a spiritual young men in the prime of life, is to spend as much and can not do something now, but to call upon them with compassion and two families with patience and fortitude".

Cup results

#	Season	Competition	Round	Stadium	Home team	Away team	Score	Goals (home)	Goals (away)
1	1940–41	Communale cup	Round of 32	Marcel Cerdan	MC Alger	USM Alger	4–1 (2–0)	Hahad  12', 53', Kaci  18', Abdoun  71'	Djaknoun  62'
2	1947–48	Forconi cup	Quarter-final	Stade municipal	MC Alger	USM Alger	2–0 (0–0)	Hahad  49', El Mahdaoui  64'	–
3	1949–50	Forconi cup	Round of 16	Stade municipal	MC Alger	USM Alger	5–1 (3–0)	Khelil  15', Bennour  35', Azzef  40', 55', Derriche  87'	Zouaoui  90+1'
4	1970–71	Algerian Cup	Final	Stade d'El Anasser	USM Alger	MC Alger	0–2 (0–2)	–	Betrouni  5', Bachi  36'
5	1972–73	Algerian Cup	Final	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	USM Alger	MC Alger	2–4 (1–1)	Attoui  18', 120'	Bachi  36', Kaoua  96', Bousri  106', Betrouni  116'
6	1974–75	Algerian Cup	Round of 32	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	MC Alger	USM Alger	1–0 (0–0)	Bousri  87'	–
7	1976–77	Algerian Cup	Round of 16	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	USM Alger	MC Alger	1–0 (a.e.t. (0–0))	Deraoui  93'	–
8	1981–82	Algerian Cup	Quarter-final	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	MP Alger	USK Alger	4–4 (a.e.t. p. 3–0)	Bousri  29', 77', Bellemou  30', Mahiouz  104'	Boutamine  9', 82', Guedioura  79', Ali Messaoud  91'
9	1985–86	Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	MP Alger	USK Alger	1–0 (0–0)	Sebbar  84' (pen.)	–
10	1986–87	Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	MP Alger	USK Alger	1–0 (0–0)	Mekhloufi  64'	–
11	1998–99	Algerian Cup	Semi-final	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	USM Alger	MC Alger	2–2 (a.e.t. p. 5–4)	Hamdani  21' (pen.), Yacef  113'	Saïfi  14', Rahmouni  119'
12	1999–00	League Cup	Centre Group	Omar Hammadi	USM Alger	MC Alger	0–1 (0–0)	–	M.Dob  ?'
13	2005–06	Algerian Cup	Final	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	MC Alger	USM Alger	2–1 (1–0)	Daham  42', 50' (pen.)	Doucouré  85'
14	2006–07	Algerian Cup	Final	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	MC Alger	USM Alger	1–0 (0–0)	Hadjadj  70'	–
15	2009–10	Algerian Cup	Round of 16	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	USM Alger	MC Alger	0–3 (0–0)	–	Bedbouda  64', Derrag  69', Zemmamouche  90+2' (pen.)
16	2012–13	Algerian Cup	Final	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	USM Alger	MC Alger	1–0 (1–0)	Benmoussa  18'	–
17	2014	Super Cup	Final	Mustapha Tchaker	USM Alger	MC Alger	0–1 (0–0)	–	Aouedj  82'
18	2016	Super Cup	Final	Mustapha Tchaker	USM Alger	MC Alger	2–0 (0–0)	Chafaï  61', Meftah  77' (pen.)	–

Players who have played for both clubs

Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche played for both clubs.

Hamza Koudri played for both clubs.

Player	USM Alger career			MC Alger career
	Span	Ligue apps	Ligue goals	Span	Ligue apps	Ligue goals
Merouane Abdouni	2002–2005 2007–2011	85 59	0 0	2005–2007	45	0
Amar Ammour	2002–2009	214	48	1996–1998 2010–2011	? 9	? 0
Farouk Belkaïd	2005–2006	22	3	2006–2008	42	1
Abdelkader Besseghir	2004–2008	47	1	2008–2014	?	?
Nassim Bouchema	2011–2016	134	6	2007–2011	81	5
Antar Boucherit	2006–2008	54	3	2014 2016	12 18	1 1
Brahim Boudebouda	2011–2016	104	12	2008–2011 2016–present	68	11
Ismaël Bouzid	2012–2013	3	0	2005–2006	22	1
Omar Betrouni	1980–1983	?	?	1967–1980	363	94
Noureddine Daham	2003–2006	82	38	2009–2013	99	41
Larbi Hosni	2008–2009	15	0	2006–2008	42	0
Karim Ghazi	1995–2004 2005–2011	104 93	5 7	2011–2014	78	3
Hocine Metref	2002–2008	116	15	2012–2014	27	3
Mouaouia Meklouche	2008–2013	49	9	2012–2013	11	0
Lahcène Nazef	2003–2005	19	0	1992–1997	?	?
Amir Sayoud	2016–present	0	0	2012	5	1
Mohamed Seguer	2012–2016	71	16	2016–present	0	0
Amokrane Oualiken	1963–1969	?	?	1962–1963	?	?
Hamza Koudri	2012–present	28	0	2006–2012	124	5
Hamza Yacef	1997–2001	?	?	2008–2009	14	1
Mohamed Zemmamouche	2004–2009 2011–present	120 81	0 0	2009–2011	62	1
Toufik Zeghdane	2016–2017	0	0	2013–2016	70	2

Managed both clubs

Manager	USM Alger career						MC Alger career
	Span	G	W	D	L	Win %	Span	G	W	D	L	Win %
Mustapha Heddane	1997 2000	?	?	?	?		20??–20??	?	?	?	?
Djamel Menad	2005	12	6	4	2	50.00	2012–2013 2016	36 9	20 4	8 2	8 3	55.56 44.44
Noureddine Saâdi	1996–1997 2000–2002 2004 2009–2010	? 70 18 34	? 42 12 16	? 17 2 11	? 11 4 7	? 60 66.67 47.06	2002–2003 2006	43 ?	27 ?	8 ?	8 ?	62.79
Amokrane Oualiken	1967–1969	?	?	?	?		1989–1990	18	8	6	4	44.44
Meziane Ighil	2012	14	6	6	2	42.86	2015–2016	13	6	4	3	46.15