History of USM Alger

After several months of administrative procedures and affiliations of the clubs to the various regional bodies governing football in Algeria, football competitions come to life in the country. Given the geographical distribution of the clubs throughout the country, formerly divided into three departments under the French colonial administration, each league took over the organization of the competitions in an autonomous way, encouraged by the Ministry of Sports and Youth. In the early years, the competitions thus restarted in the form of regional criteria at the end of which were sacred the departmental champions who were then to compete in the form of tournaments "play off" to designate the Champion of Algeria. League beginning with the first post-independence the USM Alger administration to bring the former Nice and Monaco player Abdelaziz Ben Tifour to be a coach and a player at the same time, also included one foreign player Freddy Zemmour from Pied-Noir one of the few French players who have decided to stay in Algeria.[1][2] USM Alger took place in Group 5 and took first place with 51 points and strongest offensive line in each league with 75 goal after the piece and in Algiers League in a group with MC Alger, AS Orléansville, NA Hussein Dey and OM Saint-Eugène took first place also with 12 points from 12 to advance to the semi-finals and play against Hamra Annaba previously USM Annaba and won by corners 7–6 qualify for the final of the first tournament in the history of Algeria, and find MC Alger again The Red and Black, led by player-coach Bentifour easily outweigh the score of 3–0 in a match played at the Stade d'El Annasser. From here, Sostara was honored to be the first club to win the championship title in the era of independence.[3] either in Algerian Cup USMA maximum in the semi-final against ES Setif and defeated score 2–4, in the next season USMA finished third, one point behind champion for Algérois group NA Hussein Dey either in the Cup and the team arrived in the semi-final against the same team ES Setif, in the 1964–65 season the team fell to the second division and finished in last place with 54 points either in the Cup stopped the march in the second round against NA Hussein Dey lead to 2–3.

In their first season in the Division Honneur team finished second behind champion MC Alger difference of 7 points to ascend together to Nationale II 1966–67 in the new version, with ten clubs the next season USMA failed to return to the first division and finished fifth by 36 points and the top scorer with 8 goals Meziani, in either competition Cup team reached the semi-finals and was defeated again against ES Setif 1–3 aggregate This is the third time excludes USMA at the hands of ES Setif in the semi-finals, in the 1967–68 season after the USM Alger attempts to climb continued but failed again and finished fifth with 45 points, 4 points for second promoted JS Djijel and again Meziani is the top scorer with 7 goals, and finally in the 1968–69 season the USMA was able to return to Nationale I after four seasons in the lower grades and occupied second place behind champion JS Kabylie and celebrations continued arrival of the team, for the first time Reached the cup final However, were defeated against the champion CR Belcourt by score 3–5 after replay the match.

Saadi Yacef club president from, 1972 to 1975 was one of the leaders of Algeria's National Liberation Front during his country's war of independence.

In the late sixties and seventies USM Alger arrived seven times to the cup final, including five consecutive first final was in 1969 against CR Belcourt and finished 5–3 in the Match returned after the end of the first 1–1, the following year against the same team in the replay Match, also defeated again big score 4–1 later in 1971 against the other neighbor MC Alger once again were defeated 2–0 in their last Cup final game in the El-Anasser Stadium.[4] and the fourth consecutive time the team arrived to this final time against Hamra Annaba in the new Stade du 5 Juillet where he also defeated 2–0 in the last final in 1973 and consecutively against MC Alger again, and in front of 80,000 spectators were defeated 4–2 after extra time the team has to wait until 1978 to reach the final again and this time against CR Belcourt is the third time the two teams meet in the final and once again wins CR Belcourt 3–0 on penalties USM Alger two years later arrived to another final and defeated it this time against EP Sétif 1–0. in the same period, the team participated twice in the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup as the runner-up of the Algerian Cup first in 1969 in Morocco, where he reached the final and lost to the champion of the Coupe du Trône, RS Settat. in the following year, finished in the last place with two defeats against the Club Africain and Wydad Casablanca. also in the same period, the results of the team in the league were not good, where he was the best center is the fourth in the 1975–76 season, which saw the heaviest victory in the history of the Algerian League registered the name of the USM Alger, increasing the lead 11–0 against ASM Oran in Stade du 5 Juillet including five goals by Djamel Zidane, team also fell to the second division for two seasons from 1972 to 1974, towards the end of 1974, a sports reform was carried out as intended by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, in order to give the elite clubs a good financial base allowing them to structure themselves professionally (in ASP Which means Association Sportive de Performances). The aim was therefore that they should have full management autonomy with the creation of their own training center. For this, many clubs had to sacrifice their names and rename them according to the main sponsor. In some club names, the letter P of the oil tankers of Sonatrach was shown to sponsor MC Alger, MC Oran and ES Sétif, renamed MP Alger, MP Oran and EP Sétif. and during the 1977–78 season, the team changed its name, to be named this time Union sportive kahraba d'Alger (Arabic: كهرباء, kahraba‎) meaning electricity who had inherited the Société nationale de l'électricité et du gaz company (Sonelgaz).

Djamel Keddou, was an USM Alger player and manager, he led USM Alger to the Algerian Cup in 1981 and 1988.

After seven finals, the team was able to achieve first Cup title 1980–81 season against ASM Oran score 2–1 coached by Ali Benfadah in the opening of the Stade 24 Fevrier 1956, becoming the first team to win the cup title from the second division, the following season the team to the second division returned the opening of the season was to Match Super Cup against the champions last season RC Kouba in the first version in the 20 August 1955 Stadium ended with the victory of RC Kouba by score 1–2, The team finished the season in ninth place with 59 points and in monitoring the first post in a continental competition of the African Cup Winners Cup USMA reached the quarter-finals and the maximum in front of the club Accra Hearts of Oak of Ghana 2–3 aggregate, in 1987 the club name was changed again to Union d'Alger until 1989, faced with a major financial and economic crisis, the Algerian government in place in 1989 decides to abandon the 1977 reform. Most clubs thus reconnect with their original names where change of a new name for the last time to Union sportive de la médina d'Alger (Arabic: مدينة, médina‎) meaning city.

After which the team results were fluctuating between going up and down over a decade, and although the piece enables the team to win the Cup for the second time in 1987–88 season to match derby against CR Belouizdad at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 on penalties 5–4 under the leadership of coach and former captain of the team Djamel Keddou, Stretch the cup after winning the team participated in the African Cup Winners Cup and withdrew from the quarter-finals against the Malagasy club Football Club Banky, where score after the defeat 1–2 in Algeria Group decided not to complete the competition, 1989–90 season was falling to the second division, and the USMA finished in last place with 23 points with the weakest line of defense where he received 39 goal.

USM Alger Team Winning the league title season 1995–96.

In 1995, USMA, chaired by Saïd Allik, newly elected head of the club by the General Assembly, began to back away from. This is where the golden age for the team's flagship Soustara started because the club has managed, in the year 1995 to meet the elite, to the delight of all lovers of the club who saw their favorite team reconnect with the accolades, titles and trophies. This is the beginning of an epic that would continue until 2005.

The following season and won the bet after the accession, coach Younis Ifticen leaves the ship. Nour Benzekri arrive and drive USMA during the first half of the 1995–96 season, before leaving. Mustaha Aksouh takes over; he managed to lead the club to its second league title after winning in the final round away from home in Constantine 2–1. At the end of the season, USMA ended with a total of 60 points two points ahead of MC Oran to become the first team to win the league immediately after he came up from the second division.

The following season the team failed to defend his title in favor of CS Constantine finished the third place, seven points behind champion USM Alger was the reason for the win CS Constantine only title where in the last meeting of the tournament at Omar Hamadi Stadium I need CSC to win to achieve Title which is what happened By a single goal. by just a point for MC Oran, after that CS Constantine give presents to USMA at a meeting of the cup in the same season in the round of 16, where withdrew from a match in the biggest scandal at the time of the Algerian League for reach later the final against CA Batna and ended with Tarek Ghoul goal from a direct free kick, in 1997 CAF Champions League USMA participated for the first time a new copy of the competition, in the first round of qualifying at the expense of either Travadores in the second round had to Udoji United account team to qualify for the group stage with clubs Primeiro de Agosto, Orlando Pirates and Raja Casablanca after a major conflict with Moroccan club Raja the team failed to reach the final on goal difference.

In 1997–98 season change league system to the groups USMA signed in the group B with strong teams such as the ES Setif, JS Kabylie and MC Alger side managed to qualify for the final 3 points for JS Kabylie Then in the final against USM El Harrach at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 He lost the title (2–3) after he advanced (2–0) 20 minutes before the end of a match to receive a full team of three goals, in the final minute USMA to get a Penalty kick Its lost by defender Mounir Zeghdoud, The following season, and the same system USM Alger signed in the group B and finished fourth, 12 points behind champion Group MC Alger.

In the CAF Cup in 1999, USM Alger arrived to the quarter-finals and the maximum against Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca in either National 1 1999–2000 season was the worst season since the rise of the team and finished in last place with 21 points, but in this season, there was no fall to the second division, USM Alger disqualified in 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup to be punished not to participate in any African competition for a whole year because of the participation an ineligible goalkeeper Burkinabé Siaka Coulibaly against JS du Ténéré.[5] in the Algerian League Cup arrived to the semi-final round and lost to CR Belouizdad score (2–1), either in the African Cup Winners Cup in 2002, the team achieved a post good and arrived in the semi-final and once again defeated against Wydad Casablanca and depriving them of their first continental title.

From 1996 to 2001, Les Usmistes did not succeed in the league too. A period of drought had just won, leaving the club just the honorary title of vice-champion in 1998 and 2001. However, the data are different in Algerian Cup because the club has expanded its list with three other Algerian Cup in 1997 against CA Batna (1–0), in 1999 against JS Kabylie, the two teams met for the first time in the final of the Algerian Cup at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 and in the first final to be attended by the new president of the country Abdelaziz Bouteflika and ended with the victory of USM Alger with two goals record by Billel Dziri and the former player in JS Kabylie Tarek Hadj Adlane To be the fourth Cup of USMA, Before that in the Semi-finals against MC Alger, there was a great controversy over the way the game was played, where it was supposed to play from two games, but the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to play the two games in Stade du 5 Juillet, Saïd Allik President of USMA, refused this insisting that each team plays in his stadium and Stade du 5 Juillet, he was the official stadium of MC Alger, after which the Minister of Youth and Sports Mohamed Aziz Derouaz rejected this request and insisted that he play on Stade du 5 Juillet for security reasons. On the day of the match, USM Alger went to Omar Hamadi Stadium and MC Alger and the referees to Stade du 5 Juillet. Minister of the Interior and Local Authorities at that time Abdelmalek Sellal contact Allik to find a solution to this problem, His response was that there were two solutions the first is that each team plays in its court Or hold one game in a neutral stadium, and Allik proposes Stade du 19 Mai 1956 in Annaba, but because of the black decade and since both of them are from the capital, it was decided to hold it in Stade du 5 Juillet.

The third cup in 2001, in the Semi-finals against JSM Skikda at Stade 20 Août 1955, the match is stopped in the 46th minute due to the invasion of the field by JSM Skikda supporters Where was advanced with the goal of Azzedine Rahim,[6] after which the FAF decided to repeat the match in a neutral stadium at Stade des Frères Brakni and ended with a 3–0 victory. in the final facing CRB Mécheria from second division which is up for the first time to the final.[7] the only goal of the game was scored by Hocine Achiou to achieve the fifth title.

In 2002, with the composition of a team that raflait everything in its path, success with the championship title back. Red and Black managed that season to win the third championship title in Division 1 club history. First place with 57 points, 5 units ahead of the JS Kabylie. In 2002–03 season,[8] the team goes into high gear and harvest valuable booty, this is the first double of its history (league and cup), under the leadership of coach Azzedine Aït Djoudi also achieved the player Moncef Ouichaoui top scorer in the league for the first time a player from USM Alger with 18 goals.[9] at the CAF Champions League in 2003, And after six years absence USM Alger has achieved a historic qualification to the semi-finals for the first time Wayne faced Enyimba and defeated 3–2 on aggregate,[10]

After doubles in 2003, the seventh Algerian Cup final was won in 2004 against JS Kabylie where the club won by penalties.[11] In 2004 at the CAF Champions League Mali's Mamadou Diallo won the top scorer with 10 goals for the first time player from an Algerian club. And since everything has an end, 2005 was for Usmistes the end of an era that has long been dreaming all lovers of the club. The fifth league title was won under the leadership of Mustapha Aksouh. During this season, the Red and Black flew over the competition, finishing with a huge 13 point lead on the prosecutor JS Kabylie, The end of the season saw a match against OMR El Annasser where they needed one point to ensure the survival and fall of the neighbor CR Belouizdad to the second division won against MC Oran, although there is no need for the USM Alger to the points of the game and ended with four goals scored all by Nigerian striker Michael Eneramo to fall to the second division and they are not back after that at all, with the explanation that it was the reason why the team did not rise to the first division season 1993–94 after they were lenient in the last round against ASO Chlef then promoted by direct match difference.

In the 2005–06 season, he finished second behind champion JS Kabylie by a single point, with three points deducted in the match against JS Kabylie in Tizi Ouzou and after the end of the first half JS Kabylie advanced with a single goal. USM Alger refused to complete the second half on the pretext of attacking the players of the team, including Billel Dziri, who said he was stabbed with a white weapon. it turned out that what looked like blood was nothing else Merbromin. in the Algerian Cup USM Alger reached the final against the rival MC Alger and lost 2–1, their first final defeat since 1980 and the third final against MC Alger.[12][13] it is the first time since 2000 does not achieve any title. after the team entered the piece in a large vacuum stage, especially after the aging star team and the retirement of others, such as Farid Djahnine (12 years), Mohamed Hamdoud (16 years), Rabah Deghmani (7 years), Salim Aribi (5 years), Amar Ammour (7 years), Karim Ghazi (15 years), Tarek Ghoul (9 years), Mahieddine Meftah (11 years), Mounir Zeghdoud (10 years), Hocine Achiou (13 years) and capitan Billel Dziri (13 years), club president Saïd Allik said he made a mistake when he did not change the team where he continued to rely on almost the same players for a period of at least ten years and did not realize then any title until his departure from the club in 2010.

It was decided by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and the Algerian Football Federation to professionalize the Algerian football championship, starting from the 2010–11 season Thus all the Algerian football clubs which until then enjoyed the status of semi-professional club, will acquire the professional appointment this season. the president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Raouraoua, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism,[15] promising a new way of management based on rigor and seriousness, especially since football has bottomed out in recent seasons, due to the catastrophic management of the clubs which could not go And were lagging behind clubs in neighboring countries that have made extraordinary progress, becoming full-fledged professional clubs, which will enable them to increase their African continent, On August 4, 2010, USM Alger went public in conjunction with the professionalization of the domestic league.[16] Algerian businessman Ali Haddad became the majority share owner after investing 700 million Algeria dinars to buy an 83% ownership in the club to become the first professional club in Algeria.[14][17] On October 27, 2010, Haddad replaced Saïd Allik as president of the club.[18] Allik had been the club's president for the past 18 years.

Algerian businessman Ali Haddad owner and president of club USM Alger from 2010 until 2019.

The first season of professional football in Algeria was a tough season for USM Alger. Indeed, the club finished in ninth in the championship and gets his continued until the last day thanks to a 3–0 win over the USM Annaba.[19] That is, the worst ranking since the club 1999–00 season. As of Algerian Cup, the Usmistes are eliminated in the first round. the 2010–11 season also saw Noureddine Saadi, coach chief since of August 2009, be removed from office on December 11, 2010.[20] The technician French Hervé Renard, will replace him as head of the technical bar in January 2011 for two and a half years. a clause in his contract allows him to leave if he is solicited by a national selection.[21] This season, the second professionalism, is marked by a Summer transfer window lively. Indeed, USMA is recruiting no less than 15 new players The most prominent Abdelkader Laïfaoui,[22] Lamouri Djediat,[23] Yacine Bezzaz, Khaled Lemmouchia[24] and Mohamed Rabie Meftah,[25] considered among the best of the Algerian Ligue 1.[26] This massive recruitment is accompanied by the release of more than half of the elements of the past season, which has the effect of greatly change the backbone of the team, USM Alger is then quickly dubbed the Dream Team by the Algerian media, particularly the newspaper.[27][28]

USM Alger Dream Team in training 2011–12 season.

As for the past season, USMA performs its preparation Lisses in Parisian Region, the Centre Leonardo da Vinci. The internship in France lasts 3 weeks during which Usmistes compete four friendly matches against various opponents. Back in Algiers on August 31, the team continues its preparation and fight one last friendly against NA Hussein Dey. Match that was interrupted by the referee following clashes between supporters of the two camps and a ground invasion.[29] In the same season (2011–12), the club's owner decided to take the bull by the horns by deploying all the human and material resources to build a team that can achieve the objectives set by management, namely the championship title and a qualifying place in the African Champions League. That season, the club had a lot of the Algerian football tenors, recruited early in the season, and things have improved a lot in terms of results. Moreover, at the end of season, Usmistes were close to a sixth league title, was the home defeat against JSM Béjaïa (4–3). A fatal setback that has seen the club slip through his coronation fingers. In the same season and in round 25 against MC Saida occurred more violence after the end of a match in a 1–1 draw, where USM Alger players suffered assault inside the tunnel leading to locker room most serious injury a player Abdelkader Laïfaoui was stabbed by opposing fans who stormed the pitch at the end of the game.[30] Due to his injuries, he had to receive stitches and spend the night in hospital.,[31] where nearly dies then decided to USMA Department lifting lawsuit against unknown persons also I decided not to play in Saïda for five years.[32] in Algerian Cup, the Red and Black reached the quarter finals of Season cup. The elimination occurred during a derby Stade 5 Juillet 1962 against USM El Harrach. Nevertheless, third place.[33] snatched at the end of the same year in the league, consoled the Usmistes and allowed fans to find their club on the international stage after seven years, ensuring a place on the podium, synonymous with participation in CAF Confederation Cup. Some months later, USMA was also invited by the Arab Football League to compete in the Arab competition organized by the latter in its new version. What club officials agreed. Therefore, the Red and Black are engaged currently on four fronts: the Ligue 1, Algerian Cup, the Confederation Cup and the Arab Cup.

Team USM Alger Champion Ligue 1 2013–14 and 2013 Algerian Super Cup.

Rolland Courbis manager of the club (2012–2013).

In the 2012–13 season, led by Argentine manager Miguel Angel Gamondi.[34] beginning was bad three defeats, two wins and a draw, in the sixth round against ES Sétif and after the loss was sacked from office and replace him with the former Olympique de Marseille manager Rolland Courbis as their new manager,[35] who made a good start and the end of the first leg six wins, two draws and a single defeat, in the second leg in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 were not good beginning and it was clear that winning the Ligue 1 is very difficult, The start of the team focuses on the Algerian Cup and the UAFA Club Cup where he was initially in Algeria towards the Cup final against JS Saoura outside the home win over 0–1 after the piece march were not tough against CC Sig 0–5 USM El Harrach 1–0 and NA Hussein Dey 2–1 in the semi-final against MC Oran at Stade Ahmed Zabana USM Alger has achieved the most important goal by Noureddine Daham,[36] to reach the team final to the seventeenth time in history, UAFA Club Cup was the way towards the ultimate easy, but in the semi-final against Ismaily SC had a difficult meeting ended with penalty shoot-out 3–4[37] to the USM Alger to reach the final for the first time in their history, But in the CAF Confederation Cup, the team did not put him as a target and the maximum in Second round against Gabonese team US Bitam 3–0 on aggregate. In the Algerian Cup Final, played at Stade 5 Juillet 1962, the Algerian Ligue 1 clubs USM Alger and MC Alger will contest the final, in what will be the 92nd edition of the Algiers Derby. USM Alger beat MC Alger 1–0,[38] with a goal by Benmoussa scored in injury time, USM Alger win their eighth major trophy also gave the club a place in the Preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup, USM Alger won the cup seven times. Two weeks later, USM Alger won their first international title after beating Kuwaiti club Al-Arabi 3–2 on aggregate in the final of the 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup.[39]

Nacereddine Khoualed captain from 2010 to 2016.

In the 2013–14 season, and after he won the Algerian Cup and UAFA Club Cup last season goal this season league title in nine years absent beginning were not good in the first eight rounds did not wins only in three meetings, and After winning against CRB Aïn Fakroun In the tenth round coach Courbis[40] submit his resignation because of the pressure, but one of the reasons to leave order to return to France for training his former club Montpellier,[41] USM Alger has been compensated coach Hubert Velud[42] champions last season with ES Sétif the beginning it was more than wonderful, where the team did not break in any meeting until the end of the season 16 wins including eight consecutive and 4 draws its league with ease and 14 points behind runner-up JS Kabylie for the first time since the 2004–05 season and the first in the professional era, also returned again to the CAF Champions League for the first time since 2007, USM Alger in the mid-season won Super Cup[43] title against 2012–13 Ligue 1 champions ES Sétif for the first time at Mustafa Chakar Stadium, en Algerian Cup The team was eliminated in the second round at the hands of JS Kabylie by penalty kicks shootout and lose Title achieved last season, To end the season with two titles as the last season.

The beginning of the 2014–15 season were not good where he was defeated in a meeting season opening against MC Alger in the Super Cup after the piece and in the defense of the league title trip initially were not good in the first eight rounds did not win only in two matches put him in 13th place, but after the piece things returned to normal and the team won five consecutive wins to top the league for the first time this season, but the lead did not last only one round to go back again and bad results after five games without a win USM Alger Administration separated from her coach Velud,[44] He was replaced by German manager Otto Pfister,[45] But the results were not good eight meetings without a win with the exclusion of the Algerian Cup against ASO Chlef[46] last hope to end the season title at least, less than three months after the appointed Pfister was sacked as coach of USM Alger.[47] to take over all of Mounir Zeghdoud and Mahieddine Meftah temporarily to the end of the season the team to ensure survival in the final round against ASO Chlef score 3–1.

Summer 2015, Miloud Hamdi[49] officially USMA coach for three seasons. The summer transfer window is again responsible for the Algiers club: they make a very large purchase in summer 2015 by recruiting the player Mohamed Amine Aoudia,[50] former player Zamalek SC, from FSV Frankfurt. On June 11, the Algerian Goalkeeper Ismail Mansouri[51] joined the team, who was ready from the time MO Bejaia and joined USMA after his good performance. The young Oussama Darfalou,[52] former player of the RC Arbaâ. And, finally, in September 2015, Arslane Mazari[53] from USM El Harrach. In all, USMA will have spent a little meadows 200-300 000 euros. These purchases prove to be paid for the club since Hamdi, supported the president Ali Haddad, comes with USMA reached the Final of the 2015 CAF Champions League finished 1st in their group Five consecutive victories and a single defeat against Al-Merrikh Sudanese, Advance to the semi-finals and find Al Hilal of Sudan 2–1 win in total.[54] In the final, USMA loses against the TP Mazembe[55] 4–1 after confrontation. This is the first time in the history of the club USMA reached the final.

Carolus Andriamatsinoro The most foreign player played with USM Alger with 132 games and achieved with them 6 titles, Leaving the club after five years with them.[56]

In season 2015–16 under the leadership of coach Hamdi achieved a historic achievement by reaching the final team African Champions League for the first time and also won the league title for the seventh time in the Date is the second in the professional era the team has achieved the beginning of a very strong and did not defeated in seventeen meeting consecutive[57] including seven consecutive victory, in the second half of the season dropped the team's performance is limited, especially with the end of the season and defeat against RC Relizane away from home and JS Saoura inside the home and then draw against MC Alger in the Algiers Derby meeting, exposed players to a large Criticisms after the end of the shed where he wanted fans to celebrate the title against rivals MC Alger, in twenty seventh round against ASM Oran within Teammates captain Khoualed title after winning score 3–0, in the twenty-nine round against DRB Tadjenanet celebrated players, the managers, crew members technical and supporters the shield championship.[58]

Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi but before the start of the season three days to resign was replace by French manager Cavalli[59] But the experiment did not last long Cavalli with the team because of bad performance, even though the team made the tournament but the defeat by CA Batna wheel of his departure to be compensated by the coach Belgian Paul Put.[60] former coach of The Gambia and Jordan, was finalist of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations with Burkina Faso, and was crowned Africa Under-17 champion with The Gambia. Then in the final of the Super Cup, led by interim coach Mustapha Aksouh achieves title after beating city rivals MC Alger score 2–0 by Chafaï and Meftah this is the second time USMA have won the annual one-off match which heralds the new Algerian season after 2013.[61]

On November 5 in the first meeting of the new coach he was defeated in the Match derby against USM El Harrach after which the team did not achieve positive away from home results with the end of the first leg where the team without a win outside Algiers, either in the Algerian Cup journey of the team stopped in the third round in his first Match against NT Souf win in the first round with two goals.[62] in the next round at the same stadium Omar Hamadi against CA Batna won by a single goal scored by Meftah,[63] ending the march of the team against USM Bel-Abbès on penalties 4–5 after a missed Beldjilali the last kick.[64] USM Alger lost the opportunity to defend their title last season and in the 28th round. Despite their big win against USM Bel-Abbès 6–2, they lost the title officially after ES Setif won 3–0 against MO Béjaïa.[65] the last match in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 was against JS Saoura and ended with a big victory for the team 5–2 and Oussama Darfalou scored the first hat-trick of the team since three and a half years, to finish the season in third place with 50 points, the match saw the return of captain Nacereddine Khoualed after an absence of seven months due to injury.

In the group stage of the CAF Champions League, in the final round against CAPS United and more than 50,000 spectators, the team needed to win to secure the lead and had a heavy 4–1 lead.[66][67] then, in the 80th minute, the stadium witnessed a wonderful atmosphere in the stands to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the team in the presence of former stars in the team they are, Bengana, Mansouri, Abdouche, Mouassi, Lalili, Hadj Adlane, Ghoul, Achiou, Dziri, Rahim, and including former coach Noureddine Saadi, former President Saïd Allik and leaders of Algeria's National Liberation Front during Algerian War of Independence, Saadi Yacef who is in the same time former president of the club.[68] the joy was completed by qualifying for the quarter-finals. Then USM Alger returns to competition in the Ligue 1 and in the first match against USM El Harrach players and the coach was subjected to verbal abuse and yellowing by fans and in the second half the players refused to return because of scolding their mothers but were persuaded to complete the game despite the win, the players went under the whistle again and then in the derby against CR Belouizdad, the team managed to achieve a great victory 4–0, all scored in the first half,[69] but in the games against the leaders CS Constantine and in the home lost 2-1 after the defeat, the difference becomes 12 points with three games postponed to announce after the end of the match, the coach Paul Put for his resignation put said he took all responsibility for the setbacks and said he had a great honor working with the team as he explained that today's (Means against CS Constantine) players did not put their feet in the ground and other things.[70]

Just a day after the resignation of Paul Put, USM Alger administration contracted with the Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season and had already coach the team in 2015–16 and led him to win the Ligue 1 and to the final of the CAF Champions League.[71] The start was very good for the new coach where in the last seven games of the first phase he won four, three of them outside the home and drawn in two and was lost in one match but with the start of the second phase returned bad results again, especially inside the home and the number of points lost by the USM Alger in his stadium until round 21, 18 points to lose the opportunity to compete for the title after the difference became ten points from the leader to move the eyes of the team towards the Algerian cup but ended the experience in the Round of 16 to go out for the second season without a title, Immediately after the Algiers Derby and draw 2-2.[72] after the team was advanced in the first half 2-0 things began to worsen between supporters and administration, especially after the statement of goalkeeper Zemmamouche that the team was threatened between the two halves.[73] also supporters protested the presence of some players in the team and they The reason for the poor results they are Abdellaoui, Meftah, Beldjilali and Koudri And also some members of the administration, headed by the brother of President Rabouh Haddad, the former player Mahieddine Meftah and Rashid Malik known as a fan of rival MC Alger. on 28 February 2018 Ali Haddad he changed his brother Rabouh from a post general manager by former international player and former ES Setif president Abdelhakim Serrar.[74] After the loss of the derby against CR Belouizdad, the new general manager decided, after agreeing with coach Hamdi, to end his work with the team at the end of the season.[75] on April 3, Serrar moved to Morocco and agreed with Baddou Zaki to be the new coach starting next season.[76] However, on April 12, Zaki said he would not coach the team because of disagreement over some of the terms of the contract. At the end of the season Oussama Darfalou was crowned the league's top scorer with 18 goals as the second player of USM Alger achieves this award after the first in 2003.[77]

With the end of the season the team started looking for a new coach and the squad saw the departure of many players, most notably Ayoub Abdellaoui, who joined the Swiss club FC Sion.[78] and striker Oussama Darfalou, who joined Dutch club Vitesse.[79][80] finally, after a month of research, the team contracted with French technical Thierry Froger to be the new coach.[81] This season USM Alger is competing on four fronts Ligue 1, Algerian Cup, Confederation Cup and Arab Club Champions Cup, The first goals was to win the Confederation Cup, but they are eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Egyptian club Al-Masry.[82][83] Then in the Arab Club Champions Cup was the ambition to win, especially that the value of financial prizes exceed 15 million dollars.[84] more than the CAF Champions League, but the march of The Reds and Blacks stopped in the second round against the Sudanese Al-Merrikh 4–3 on aggregate.[85] then moved USM Alger's attention to the Ligue 1 Leader in the standings, the USMA counts 33 units and ensures at the same time to finish first at the end of the first phase of the championship Followed by JS Kabylie.[86]

After the outbreak of protests in Algeria and the arrest of club owner Ali Haddad on corruption charges.[88] affected the results of USM Alger where he was defeated in three consecutive games, all Darby matches against Paradou AC, MC Alger and CR Belouizdad to shrink the difference to one point from the runner-up four games before the end of the season.[89] On April 30, 2019 The board of the SSPA USMA met and noted the vacancy of the post of president of the company since the incarceration of Ali Haddad there is nearly a month. It was Boualem Chendri who was unanimously elected to succeed him while ETRHB Haddad remains the majority shareholder of the club.[90] On May 26, 2019 And after the victory outside the home against CS Constantine 3–1 achieved the eighth Ligue 1 title, one point behind JS Kabylie.[91] immediately after the end of the game Abdelhakim Serrar announced his resignation from his office.

On June 2, 2019 it is official, the Haddad family is selling its shares in SSPA USMA which it holds 92%, It was the club's communication officer, Amine Tirmane, who announced it on the Echourouk TV.[92] the reasons that made them make this decision is the imprisonment of club owner Ali Haddad and also freeze all financial accounts of the club. On June 10, 2019 Several sports figures and former leaders linked to the USM Alger have set up a rescue committee to provide solutions to the many problems facing the club of Algiers. also Many club elders answered the call, they were more than twenty Tarek Hadj Adlane, Karim Ghazi, Hocine Achiou and Hocine Metref Also, the Haddad family is now looking to sell its shares in SSPA.[93] On June 24, 2019 USM Alger signed with Billel Dziri to be the new coach, the former USM Alger star gave him the power to choose the staff to work with them.[94] On August 4, 2019 Al-Hayat Petroleum Company decided to pay the cost of travel to Niger in order to play the Preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, the same company that wants to buy the majority of the shares of the club.[95] On September 4, 2019 The players of USM Alger decided to go on strike to protest difficult financial situation They stressed that this decision has nothing to do with the administration, the fans or the club itself. It is a protest movement against the state of the USM Alger and the delay in resolving the crisis, As a reminder, the USM Alger players have not received their salaries for 6 months, while the new ones have not received any salary since joining the club.[96]

On October 13, 2019 The players decided to boycott the training and official matches because they have not been paid for five months, two days after Amine Tirmane club's communication officer He submitted his resignation on the channel Dzaïr TV, a day later a fan paid the amount of 500,000 dinars per player reward win against Gor Mahia and AS Aïn M'lila, The players then decide to return to training and play CA Bordj Bou Arreridj match on October 23. After a protest in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports against the difficult situation, Minister Raouf Salim Bernaoui said to supporters of the club They have to be patient.[97] On October 19, 2019 Nearly 5,000 supporters of USM Alger went out to The headquarters of the Wilaya of Algiers to protest against the club's difficult financial situation and free it from ETRHB Haddad Company.[98] A day after Mounir D'bichi said to France 24 that Al-Hayat Petroleum is a subsidiary of ETRHB Haddad which also said that the team's debts amount to 1 billion dinar about 8 million euros. D'bichi said ETRHB Haddad had provided 400 billion centimes since its arrival about 23 million euros.[99] On October 22, 2019 Oussama Chita resumed training with his teammates after a long absence due to a serious injury contracted by the Algerian international last season at the knee.[100] On October 29, 2019 The leaders of USM Alger have announced in a statement that the sponsorship deal with Kia Al Djazair will be terminated amicably and the club will recover all outstanding debts that are valued at nearly 20 billion centimes (1.4 million €) In addition, the contract with Ifri will not be renewed either by decision of the company.[101] On November 5, the administration of USM Alger signed Sponsor contract with Serport specialized in port services for 16 billion centimes about 1.2 million euros.[102]

The administration of USM Alger to regain its right in the Darby case, appealed the arbitration decision issued by the Algerian Court for the settlement of sports disputes in case No. 92/19 between Union sportive de la médina d'Alger against the Algerian Football Federation and the Professional Football Association. This was the receipt of the receipt of the appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on 8 January 2020 and the team paid the costs of registering the case with an amount of one thousand euros (1000 €) on the morning of 9 January 2020.[103]