List of USM Alger seasons

USM Alger's team during their first season 1937–38.

Union sportive de la médina d'Alger is an Algerian professional football club based in Algiers, Algiers Province. The club was formed in Casbah in 1937 as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger, and played their first competitive match in 1937, when they entered the 1937–38 Ligue d'Alger Troisième Division. The club was renamed Union sportive de la médina d'Alger in 1989.

The club has won a total of 18 major trophies, including the national championship 7 times also won the Algerian Cup a record 8 times, the Algerian Super Cup 1 time, and the UAFA Club Cup 1 time Al Ittihad reached the CAF Champions League final for the first time in 2015 but was defeated against TP Mazembe. The club has also never been out of the top two divisions of Algerian football since entering the Football League.

This is a list of the seasons played by USM Alger from 1962 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Ligue 1. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Algerian football:

History

The club formed in 1937 as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger after considerable difficulties because of the designation of the Musulmane, where the French administration requested to remove the word however it was the first season in the third division 1937–38 season the results of the team during the colonial period are not in the table and the competitions in which he was then participating are Ligue d'Alger, Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de la Solidarité The USMA has never participated in a continental competition at the time like North African Championship and North African Cup.

After independence, Al Ittihad became the first champion of Algeria after winning the final match against MC Alger 3–0, it also has the record of reaching the final of the Algerian Cup 17 times, won eight of them also considered the most losing team for the final nine times, including five consecutive times from 1969 to 1973 it is the first club to win the Cup of Algeria and play in second division in 1981 also the only one who won the championship immediately after his second division rise in the 1995–96 season, in 2002–03, they won an unprecedented Doubles of Ligue 1, Algerian Cup in 2001–02 and 2002–03, making USM Alger only the fourth club to win two consecutive Algerian league titles knowing there is no Algerian club won the Algerian league three consecutive times or more. The USMA is a party to the first Super Cup final in 1981, which they were defeated against RC Kouba 3–1 this tournament later achieved twice, in 2013 and 2016. In 1982, USM Alger he debuted for the first time in African competition, entering the Cup Winners' Cup also in 1997, became the first Algerian club to enter Champions League in its new version.

Seasons

Season League Cup Other Africa Top goalscorer(s)[1]
Division Pos Pts P W D L GF GA Name Goals
1962–63 Critérium Honneur1st702421219511 Semi-final
1963–64 Division Honneur3rd743019656923 Semi-final Abderrahmane Meziani19
1964–65 National16543088143644 R64 Abderrahmane Meziani11
1965–66 National 22nd733018755322 R16
1966–67 National II536186662620 Semi-final Abderrahmane Meziani8
1967–68 National II545228772923 R16 Abderrahmane Meziani7
1968–69 National II2nd512211744426 Runners–up Mouldi Aissaoui11
1969–70 National I543227783432 Runners–up Kamel Tchalabi10
1970–71 National I545227963732 Runners–up Meziani, Tchalabi10
1971–72 National I15553097143847 Runners–up Abderrahmane Meziani8
1972–73 National II2nd------- Runners–up
1973–74 National II1st------- R32
1974–75 National I56330137104836 R32 Djamel Zidane, Guedioura10
1975–76 National I4663014885229 R32
1976–77 National I11472677123236 Quarter-final
1977–78 Division 15542611694026 Runners–up
1978–79 Division 112482678113040 Quarter-final
1979–80 Division 1155430711123035 Runners–up
1980–81 Division 21st542212824921 Winner
1981–82 Division 195930911102430 Quarter-final Runners–up Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-final
1982–83 Division 1165630810122131 R16 Nacer Guedioura7[2]
1983–84 Division 246830131254523 R2
1984–85 Division 22nd6929131153920 R32
1985–86 Division 22nd6930141154122 R64
1986–87 Division 21st463019834115 R64
1987–88 Division 1735341113103530 Winner Fawzi Benkhalidi9
1988–89 Division 1132830910112734 R16 Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-final Tarek Hadj Adlane7[3]
1989–90 Division 116233087152339 Not played Tarek Hadj Adlane10
1990–91 Division 243430121084025 Quarter-final Tarek Hadj Adlane13[4]
1991–92 Division 23rd343013893423 R64
1992–93 Division 273130101193325 Not played
1993–94 Division 22nd483221655212 R64
1994–95 Division 21st5032201025429 R2 Azzedine Rahim??
1995–96 Division 11st603019383924 R64 Group stage Azzedine Rahim11
1996–97 Division 13rd493014793230 Winner Champions League Group stage[note 1] Tarek Hadj Adlane16
1997–98 Division 12nd25156721813 R16 Quarter-final Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-final Tarek Hadj Adlane6
1998–99 Super Division4442612863217 Winner CAF Cup Quarter-final Tarek Hadj Adlane17
1999–00 Super Division12212263131527 R16 Semi-final Cup Winners' Cup Disqualified Athmane Samir Amirat5
2000–01 Super Division2nd5530151055128 Winner Tarek Hadj Adlane14
2001–02 Super Division1st573017673724 R32 Cup Winners' Cup Semi-final[note 1] Rabie Benchergui12
2002–03 Division 11st583017765217 Winner Champions League Semi-final[note 1] Moncef Ouichaoui22[5]
2003–04 Division 12nd583017764923 Winner Champions League Group stage[note 1] Rabie Benchergui15
2004–05 Division 1 1st 67 30 21 4 5 55 27 R64 Champions League Second round Billel Dziri 11
CAF Confederation Cup 2nd round of 16
2005–06 Division 12nd573018665030 Runners–up Champions League First Round Moulay Haddou12
2006–07 Division 14473013893225 Runners–up Champions League Preliminary round Mintou Doucoure7
2007–08 Division 144230126123227 R16 Amar Ammour12
2008–09 Division 164832139103831 R64 Ali Rial7
2009–10 Division 145334141194733 R16 Cheikh Hamidi15
2010–11 Ligue 193830911103228 R64 Noureddine Daham11
2011–12 Ligue 13rd523015783725 Quarter-final Lamouri Djediat12
2012–13 Ligue 14513015693215 Winner Winner Confederation Cup Second round Noureddine Daham12
2013–14 Ligue 11st683020824921 R32 Winner Ziaya, Andria, Gasmi6
2014–15 Ligue 184130101193527 R16 Runners–up Champions League Runners–up[note 1] Youcef Belaïli8
2015–16 Ligue 11st583017764931 R64 Mohamed Seguer12
2016–17 Ligue 13rd503014885031 R16 Winner Champions League Semi-final[note 1] Mohamed Rabie Meftah11
2017–18 Ligue 16th4230119104335 R16 Confederation Cup Group stage[note 1] Oussama Darfalou26[6]
2018–19 Ligue 1 R64

Key

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Footnotes

  • A Figures include goals in League, Cup, League Cup, African competitions, and the Super Cup.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The competition ended in the following season

References

  1. ↑ Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Cup of Algeria, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
  2. ↑ 6 goals in Championnat National
  3. ↑ 7 goals in Championnat National
  4. ↑ 10 goals in Championnat National
  5. ↑ 18 goals in Championnat National
  6. ↑ 18 goals in Ligue 1
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