USM Alger in African football

USM Alger in international football
Lamine Zemmamouche is the USM Alger player with the highest match tally in international competitions, with 49 matches.
ClubUSM Alger
Most appearancesLamine Zemmamouche 49
Top scorerBillel Dziri 16
First entry1982 African Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
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Super Cup
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USM Alger, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on seven occasions, the Confederation Cup on Three separate occasions, the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup five separate occasions, and the now-defunct CAF Cup one occasions. At the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), they participated several times, They have represented Algeria in the Arab Champions League on five occasions, and the now-defunct Maghreb Cup Winners Cup two occasions.

History

Early years

USM Alger 1979–80 with From Left to Right:
Stand Up : Bouaichaoui - Soumatia - Amenouche - Abdouche - Bourad - Rabet.
Sitting Derouaz - Slimani - Bahbouh - Keddou - Guedioura.
This team participated in the African Cup Winners' Cup in the first continental participation for the club in 1982.

USM Alger whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, USM Alger have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. USM Alger have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in both the former African Cup Winners' Cup and the CAF Cup.[1] the first match was against CARA Brazzaville and ended in victory for USM Alger 2–0 As for the biggest win result was in 2004 against ASFA Yennenga 8–1, and biggest loss firstly defeat in 1998 against Primeiro de Agosto club, and the secondly in 2013 away at against US Bitam 3–0, first participation in International competition were in the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1982 and the maximum in the quarter-finals against Ghanaian club Hearts of Oak, in the 1989 version of the same competition and the club withdrew from the same role after the loss in the first leg against Malagasy club BFV at Omar Hamadi Stadium, after that to miss the club's continental competitions for eight years until 1997 in the CAF Champions League for the first time, The beginning was against CD Travadores from the Cape Verde and ended with score 9–2 in total after the second round faced Udoji United Nigerian club and ended with a total of 3–2 to qualify the team for the group stage, where he signed with Raja Casablanca from Morocco, Primeiro de Agosto from Angola and recently Orlando Pirates of South Africa and the team finished second with 11 points, three victories, two draws and a single defeat was against Primeiro de Agosto score 1–2 away from home, and almost USM Alger advance to the final match and goal difference in favor of Raja Casablanca. the following year in the Cup Winners' Cup USMA eliminated in the quarter-final against Angola's Primeiro de Agosto 1–5 on aggregate and before the piece in the second round faced Ghapoha Readers Ghanaian club finished 2–0 on aggregate. then he participated in the CAF Cup for the first and last time the first match was against Horoya AC and ended in favor of the Union by away goals rule. later in the second round and faced Al-Ahli Wad Madani from Sudan, where they won back and forth a total of 7–0, Tarek Hadj Adlane scored the first hat-trick in the history of the club at the continental level, the march of the team stop in the quarter-final against Wydad Casablanca by away goals rule one more time.

Beginning of the millennium and the successive posts

Then he became the team participated in a systematic manner in various competitions such as African Cup Winners' Cup, CAF Cup, CAF Confederation Cup and the CAF Champions League until 2007 except in 2001 where the team disqualified in 2000 of the 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 from Niger in the second leg, at 2002 in the African Cup Winners' Cup USMA he arrived to the semi-finals, faced in the first round Gazelle FC Chadian and won a 6–1 on aggregate in the next round faced Gabonese club Mangasport and won a 3–1 on aggregate later in the quarter-finals and faced Malagasy club US Transfoot won a large total was 11–3 on aggregate and against the same team, after that the team's career stopped in the semi-final against WAC Casablanca 2–2 on aggregate and goal difference away from home.[2] at the CAF Champions League in 2003, the USMA faced Wallidan FC Club from Gambia and ended with the victory of USM Alger 3–2 on aggregate.[3] and then faced Stade Malien and won a 3–1 on aggregate, the second leg in Algeria played outside the capital in Constantine because of the punishment by the CAF due to the violence in the last version of the Cup Winners' Cup in 2002 against Wydad. to advance to the group stage, where he signed in Group B with Tunisia's Espérance, Canon Yaoundé and Atlético Sport Aviação, where he faced in the first Match and were defeated 1–0 in the second round, also lost against Esperance inside the home by the same score then made the team three consecutive victories against Yaounde back and forth.[4] and Aviação 2–0 to ensures that qualification to the semi-final for the first time Wayne faced Enyimba from Nigeria and defeated 2–1 on aggregate,[5]

In 2004 at the Champions League came out of the team in the group stage, beginning was against ASFA Yennenga and win a total of 10–3 and record the international Malian Mamadou Diallo hat-trick in the second leg and also he won the top scorer in the Champions League with 10 goals, then faced Asante Kotoko of Ghana and they won by penalty shootout 3–1 to qualify for the group stage where they signed with Espérance again, Jeanne d'Arc.[6] and Supersport United Where he contented himself with seven points from two wins, one draw and three defeats and went out after finishing third, Then they began the results of the team in the retreat the level of the Continental where in the CAF Champions League in 2005 the team failed to reach the group stage of the beginning it was against the Libyan team Olympic Azzaweya and ended with a total of 7–0 then faced Egyptian champion Al Ahly SC and defeated a total of 2–3. He then moved to the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup, where came out also against AS Marsa Tunisian club 4–5 in a penalty shootout. The following year at the same competition faced in the preliminary round Rail Club du Kadiogo and won a total of 2–1, the team went out in the first round in front of the ASC Port Autonome Senegalese 2–3 on aggregate, and in 2007 was the worst post continental team after he came out of the preliminary round against a team from Niger AS GNN.

The era of Ali Haddad and first CAF Champions League final

The usual starting line-up of the 2015 CAF Champions League Final Second leg Runner-up team [7]

In the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup, the team did not put him as a target and came out in second round against Gabonese team US Bitam 3–0 on aggregate. and after an absence of eight years from the African Champions League USM Alger In the CAF Champions League in 2015 was the beginning of the Preliminary round against the club Chadians Foullah Edifice team Me too much in order to qualify to meet the first leg won 3–1 either in the second leg ended in the defeat USM Alger, 3–1[8] to advance with great difficulty to the next round where faced an AS Pikine club Senegalese Qualified to the final round before the group stage easily be 6–2[9] on aggregate, in the second round against Club Guinea AS Kaloum to qualify on aggregate 3–2[10] to the group stage for the first time in 11 years, With the start of the new season coach Miloud Hamdi led temporarily team against ES Sétif in the first round and ended in victory for USMA 2-1 and then in the second round against Al Merrikh Sudanese win in order to Belaïli and then win on the second Algerian team in the group MC El Eulma back and forth a total of 3–1. for guaranteed to qualify for the semi-final then beat ES Sétif 3-0 and finally in the last round the team lost to Al Merrikh by a single goal, in the semi-finals faced another Sudanese team is Al-Hilal in the first leg in Omdurman won 2–1, opened the scoring gate for the hosts Careca then amended Aoudia the result in 13th minutes in the second half, the young Baïteche scored the winning goal in the 67th minute, in the second leg Keep the team on the outcome Go and finish throwing scoreless to qualify for the USM Alger for the first time to the final.[11] to face the best African club TP Mazembe in the first leg suffered USMA of the absence of rice his stars because of injuries and punishments ended throw victory visitors' lead to 1–2 and scored Seguer only goal in the last minute.[12] in the second leg it appeared difference in the level of the owners of the hosts ends in victory, 2–0.[13][14]

In the CAF Champions League they faced in the first round Rail Club du Kadiogo and won with difficulty in going 2–0 have signed in the last 20 minutes.[15] after that in the second leg were defeated by a single goal was enough to qualify for the group stage but with the end of the game the players, USMA supporters and Algerian journalists were assaulted by RC Kadiogo supporters who stormed pitch to intervene after that the Algerian ambassador in Ouagadougou, who asked local officials to protect the Algerian team until his return to Algeria.[16][17][18] two days later, the sports minister of Burkina Faso apologized for what happened to the team.

In the group stage of the CAF Champions League, the team signed in group B with Zamalek, CAPS United from Zimbabwe and Al-Ahli Tripoli of Libya.[19] this is the first time the USMA has played against these clubs in continental competitions and for the first time against a club from Zimbabwe in the same context, the USM Alger Administration decided to receive its competitors in the Stade du 5 Juillet.[20] The first match was against Al-Ahli Tripoli and ended with the victory of the USM Alger lead to three goals recording by Chafaï, Andria and Darfalou.[21] in the second game against CAPS United at National Sports Stadium in Harare USMA narrowly defeated 2–1 in the final minutes. The start of the matches was difficult because of the great heat and the first half ended 1–0 for the hosts However, in the second half the Union was able to modify the result by defender Abdellaoui, the first in his history as a professional player but despite the control of the Union that a mistake in the defense cost the team the goal of the game for CAPS United.[22] Then in the third round against Zamalek, the team returned with a valuable draw, although he was able to win without the goal he received in the last minute after the error of goalkeeper Zemmamouche star of the game.[23] the coach Put said after the end of the games that his team lost the win but the draw is considered positive and hope is still great to reach the quarter-finals.

In the match against Zamalek, USM Alger won 2–0 in a Ramadan event with 40,000 spectators. Bellahcene scored the first goal at the end of the first half and the first with USMA, in the second half and in the final minutes Meziane scored the second goal, the USMA won in a meritorious way and took the lead of Group B with 7 points.[24][25][26] the team then went to Tunisia to face Al-Ahli Tripoli search of a positive result and with 5,000 Usmiste supporters who went to the stadium USM Alger achieved a positive result, a 1–1 draw keep them in the lead and 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.[27][28] 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.[29] the joy was completed by qualifying for the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals against Ferroviário Beira of Mozambique, the team performed very poorly, especially in the return match, where they qualified with difficulty after a draw in the total of the two matches 1-1 and squeezing through on away goals.[30] after that semi-final.[31] against the neighboring WAC Casablanca, it took place in a brotherly atmosphere especially since both were founded in the same year 1937, and despite the tense diplomatic relations between the two countries but the supporters of the two teams were on time. The supporters of Wydad were received in Algeria free tickets to the stadium and the same was done by WAC Casablanca in the second leg match.[32][33] In the first leg and more than 65,000 supporters, USM Alger played a very modest performance. although the ground was very bad, it was possible to perform better.[34] In the second leg USMA lost 3–1, and despite the fact that Wydad playing with 10 players, but the team was unable to modify the result, To fail to achieve his goal of winning the CAF Champions League for the first time also for the third time Wydad to remove the USM Alger in the continental championships after 1999 and 2002.[35] In the 2019–20 CAF Champions League participation was difficult due to administrative and financial problems, 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.[36] In the group stage meeting against Wydad Casablanca's captain Brahim Nekkach presented a special gift to Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche, which was a document dating back 77 years, which is a letter that Union Sportive Musulmane Algéroise had addressed to Wydad Casablanca in 1943 inviting him to participate in a friendly tournament in Algeria and confronting him.[37]

New owner and first continental title

Abdelhak Benchikha leads USM Alger to win the first continental title by winning the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.

On March 3, 2020, after the end of the era of the previous owner Ali Haddad, it was announced that Groupe SERPORT had bought the majority of the club’s shares.[38][39] Despite the difficult start and the many changes in management and coaches, in the 2022–23 season, With the elimination from the Algerian Cup and the big difference with the Ligue 1 leaders, winning the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup became a goal for the team, as stated by chairman of the Board of Directors Sid Ahmed Arab. Before the start of the group stage, Boualem Charef was sacked and replaced with Abdelhak Benchikha who had great experience in Africa.[40][41] In the quarter-finals in the first leg match against AS FAR, USMA achieved victory with two goals scored by defenders Saâdi Radouani and Zineddine Belaïd.[42] In the return match and after a wonderful reception from the Moroccan team, the beginning of the match was not good as it conceded a goal in the first ten minutes, two minutes after that Radouani equalized the score, in the second half and in the first quarter AS FAR scored the second goal, but substitute Khaled Bousseliou equalized the score in the 78th minute which facilitated USM Alger's mission to qualify for the semi-finals.[43][44]

In the semi-finals the club moved to Bouaké to play against ASEC Mimosas where it returned by a draw, a week later in the second leg USMA achieved qualification to the final for the first time after winning with two goals, the opener came through Bousseliou in the 28th minute, in the last ten minutes goalkeeper Oussama Benbot after a long pass, Ismail Belkacemi scored the second goal.[45] Benchikha said after the match that it is the time to win the CAF Confederation Cup title for the first time in the history of USM Alger.[46] USM Alger made a big step towards the title by winning 2–1 in Dar es Salaam in the first leg of the Confederation Cup final against Young Africans. It is on a soggy ground that USMA fought a real fight from start to finish, Mahious opened the score in the 32nd minute after a foul from Benzaza, despite everything Young Africans tied in the 81st minute with a beautiful goal scored by Mayele. However less than three minutes later they lead an offensive by Tumisang Orebonye who finds Bousseliou in the area who without panicking will shift Islam Merili who scores the second goal.[47] On June 3, 2023, USM Alger became the first Algerian winners of the CAF Confederation Cup despite losing 1–0 at home in the second leg of the final. As rain that began early in the second half became increasingly heavy the match became increasingly scrappy, USMA pocketed a record two million dollars for winning.[48] On 16 July 2023, Benchikha announced that he would remain in the club despite the offers he had received from clubs outside the country.[49] In the first match of the season in the CAF Super Cup, USM Alger won the title after winning against Al Ahly to win its second continental title.[50]

RS Berkane matches crisis

Main article: USM Alger v RS Berkane football matches

During the campaign to defend the CAF Confederation Cup title, USM Alger faced Moroccan club RS Berkane in the semi-final. Three days before the match, RS Berkane club traveled to Algeria. Due to ambiguity regarding the match shirts which show the map of Morocco including Western Sahara. Algeria also broke off diplomatic relations with its Moroccan neighbor because of this issue.[51][52] Algerian customs asked to see these jerseys and did not allow the delegation to take them.[53][54] On the day of the match RS Berkane refused to play the match without his jersey. On April 24, 2024, it was announced that the organizing committee of the competition had sanctioned USM Alger by forfeiting it with a 3–0 defeat for the first leg.[55][56] Despite the lingering crisis due to the first leg, USM Alger traveled to Morocco on April 26.[57] During the technical meeting before the match RS Berkane indicated that she planned to wear the set of jerseys flocked with the map of Morocco with Western Sahara.[58] USM Alger refused to play the match and the officials waited a quarter of an hour before realizing that one of the two teams had not left the locker room.[59][60] On May 2, Confederation of African Football designated RS Berkane as finalist of the CAF Confederation Cup and declared to transmit the file to the disciplinary committee for possible other sanctions against the Algerian Football Federation.[61][62]

On May 2, 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that it had rejected the request for interim relief to suspend the decision of the CAF appeal jury which validated the use of the RS Berkane jersey, in the absence of a response from of the Confederation of African Football. However, the case remains open on the merits and the court is in the process of collecting the elements of each party.[63][64] On May 10, the Lausanne court once again rejected a request from USM Alger to suspend the Confederation Cup final, pending the conclusion of arbitration proceedings with CAF in the RS Berkane affair.[65][66] On November 13, 2024, the CAS heard the various parties in the so-called jerseys case, namely USM Alger and FAF on one side and RS Berkane, FRMF and CAF on the other. The Spanish judge investigating the case listened to the arguments of the various parties via the Zoom application, the hearing lasted three hours. In the end, the CAS judge left the case under advisement.[67][68]

CAF competitions

USM Alger results in CAF competition
Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate Ref.
1982 Cup Winners' Cup First round Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 2–0 0–1 2–1 [69]
Second round Nigeria Bendel Insurance 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
Quarterfinals Ghana Hearts of Oak 2–1 0–2 2–3
1989 Cup Winners' Cup First round Niger Liberté FC 4–0 0–1 4–1 [70]
Second round Mali Stade Malien 1–0 0–1 1–1 (4–3 p)
Quarterfinals Madagascar FC BFV 1–3 Walkover 1–3
1997 Champions League First round Cape Verde CD Travadores 6–1 3-1 9–2 [71]
Second Round Nigeria Udoji United 3–0 0–2 3–2
Group stage Morocco Raja Casablanca 2–2 2–0 2nd place
South Africa Orlando Pirates 2–1 1–1
Angola Primeiro de Agosto 1–0 1–2
1998 Cup Winners' Cup First round The Gambia Hawks Walkover [72]
Second Round Ghana Ghapoha Readers 1–0 1–0 2–0
Quarter-finals Angola Primeiro de Agosto 1–2 0–3 1–5
1999 CAF Cup First round Guinea Horoya AC 2–1 3–2 4–4 (a) [73]
Second round Sudan Al-Ahli SC 5–0 2–0 7–0
Quarter-finals Morocco Wydad Casablanca 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2000 Cup Winners' Cup First round Niger JS du Ténéré 1–0 1–1 2–1 (d)[74] [75]
2002 Cup Winners' Cup First round Chad Gazelle FC 6–1 0–0 6–1 [76]
Second Round Gabon AS Mangasport 1–0 2–1 3–1
Quarter-finals Madagascar US Transfoot 8–2 3–1 11–3
Semi-finals Morocco WAC Casablanca 2-2 0–0 2–2 (a)
2003 Champions League First round The Gambia Wallidan FC 2–0 1–2 3–2 [77]
Second Round Mali Stade Malien 2–0 1-1 3–1
Group stage Angola Atlético Sport Aviação 2–0 0–1 2nd place
Tunisia Espérance 0–1 0–2
Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 3–0 2–0
Semifinals Nigeria Enyimba 1–1 1–2 2–3
2004 Champions League First round Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga 8–1 2–2 10–3 [78]
Second Round Ghana Asante Kotoko 2–0 0–2 2–2 (3–1 p)
Group stage Senegal ASC Jeanne d'Arc 1–1 1–2 3rd place
South Africa Supersport United 2–1 0–2
Tunisia Espérance 3–0 1–2
2005 Champions League First Round Libya Olympic Azzaweya 5–0 2–0 7–0 [79]
Second round Egypt Al Ahly 0–1 2–2 2–3
Confederation Cup Second Round of 16 Tunisia AS Marsa 1–1 1–1 2–2 (4-5 p) [80]
2006 Champions League Preliminary Round Burkina Faso RC Kadiogo 1–0 1–1 2–1 [81]
First round Senegal ASC Port Autonome 3–2 1–2 4–4 (a)
2007 Champions League Preliminary round Niger AS-FNIS 3–1 0–2 3–3 (a) [82]
2013 Confederation Cup First round Cameroon Panthère du Ndé 1–0 3–2 4–2 [83]
Second round Gabon US Bitam 0–0 0–3 0–3
2015 Champions League Preliminary round Chad Foullah Edifice 3–0 1–3 4–3 [84]
First round Senegal AS Pikine 5–1 1–1 6–2
Second round Guinea AS Kaloum 2–1 1–1 3–2
Group stage Algeria ES Sétif 3–0 2–1 1st place
Sudan Al-Merrikh SC 1–0 0–1
Algeria MC El Eulma 2–1 1–0
Semifinals Sudan Al-Hilal 0–0 2–1 2–1
Final Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1–2 0–2 1–4
2017 Champions League First round Burkina Faso RC Kadiogo 2–0 0–1 2–1 [85]
Group stage Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 3–0 1–1 1st place
Zimbabwe CAPS United 4–1 1–2
Egypt Zamalek 2–0 1–1
Quarter-finals Mozambique Ferroviário Beira 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Semifinals Morocco Wydad Casablanca 0–0 1–3 1–3
2018 Confederation Cup First round Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union 1–1 2–2 3–3 (a) [86]
Play-off round Nigeria Plateau United 4–0 1–2 5–2
Group stage Tanzania Young Africans 4–0 1–2 1st place
Kenya Gor Mahia 2–1 0–0
Rwanda Rayon Sports 1–1 2–1
Quarter-finals Egypt Al-Masry 0–1 0–1 0–2
2019–20 Champions League Preliminary round Niger AS Sonidep 3–1 2–1 5–2 [87]
First round Kenya Gor Mahia 4–1 2–0 6–1
Group stage Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1–1 1–3 4th place
Angola Petro de Luanda 2–2 1–1
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0–1 1–2
2022–23 Confederation Cup Second round Togo ASC Kara 2–1 2–0 4–1 [88]
Play-off round South Africa Cape Town City 1–0 0–0 1–0
Group stage Democratic Republic of the Congo Saint-Éloi Lupopo 3–0 1–1 2nd place
Libya Al Akhdar 4–1 1–1
South Africa Marumo Gallants 2–0 0–2
Quarter-finals Morocco ASFAR 2–0 2–3 4–3
Semi-finals Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–0 0–0 2–0
Final Tanzania Young Africans 0–1 2–1 2–2 (a)
2023 CAF Super Cup Final Egypt Al Ahly 1–0 (N) [89]
2023–24 Confederation Cup Second round Morocco FUS Rabat 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a) [90]
Group stage Libya Al Hilal Benghazi 2–0 1–2 1st place
South Africa SuperSport United 2–1 2–0
Egypt Future 1–0 0–0
Quarter-finals Nigeria Rivers United 2–0 0–1 2–1
Semi-finals Morocco RS Berkane 0–3 (awd.)[note 1] 0–3 (awd.)[note 2] 0–6
2024–25 Confederation Cup Second round Tunisia Stade Tunisien 2–0 0–1 2–1
Group stage Botswana Orapa United 6–0 –
Senegal ASC Jaraaf – 0–0
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 3–0 –

Non-CAF competitions

Non-CAF competition record
Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate Ref.
1969 Maghreb Cup Winners Cup Semifinals Libya Al-Hilal SC 2–1 [96]
Final Morocco RS Settat 0–1
1970 Maghreb Cup Winners Cup Semifinals Tunisia Club Africain 0–1 [97]
third Place Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1–3
2003 Arab Champions League Group stage Egypt Zamalek SC 1–1 3rd place [98]
Iraq Al Shorta SC 1–1
Kuwait Kuwait SC 1–1
Syria Al-Jaish SC 4–1
2007–08 Arab Champions League Round 32 Iraq Al-Talaba 2–0 2–0 4–0 [99]
Round 16 Kuwait Al-Arabi Walkover 2–3 Disqualified[note 3]
Group stage Morocco Wydad Casablanca 2–1 3–2 3rd place
Egypt Tala'ea El-Gaish SC 0–1 0–0
Syria Taliya SC 0–1 0–0
2008–09 Arab Champions League Round 32 Saudi Arabia Al-Wahda Mecca 3–0 1–3 4–3 [100]
Round 16 Egypt Ismaily SC 1–4 1–3 2–7
2012–13 UAFA Club Cup Second Round Mauritania ASC Tevragh-Zeïna 2–1 2–0 4–1 [101]
Quarter-finals Jordan Al-Baqa'a SC 3–2 6–1 9–3
Semifinals Egypt Ismaily SC 0–0 0–0 0–0 (4–3 p)
Final Kuwait Al-Arabi 3–2 0–0 3–2
2018–19 UAFA Club Championship First Round Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0 1–0 3–0 [102]
Second Round Sudan Al-Merrikh 2–0 1–4 3–4

Statistics

By season

Information correct as of 15 December 2024.
Key

In Africa

USM Alger record in African football by season
Season Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Round
1982 African Cup Winners' Cup 6 3 0 3 7 7 0 QF
1989 African Cup Winners' Cup 5 2 0 3 6 5 +1 QF
1997 CAF Champions League 10 6 2 2 21 10 +11 Grp
1998 African Cup Winners' Cup 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 QF
1999 CAF Cup 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 QF
2000 African Cup Winners' Cup 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 R1
2002 African Cup Winners' Cup 8 5 3 0 22 7 +15 SF
2003 CAF Champions League 12 5 2 5 15 10 +5 SF
2004 CAF Champions League 10 4 2 4 20 13 +7 Grp
2005 CAF Champions League 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 R2
2005 CAF Confederation Cup 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 PR
2006 CAF Champions League 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 R1
2007 CAF Champions League 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 PR
2013 CAF Confederation Cup 4 2 1 1 4 5 −1 R2
2015 CAF Champions League 16 9 3 4 25 15 +10 RU
2017 CAF Champions League 12 4 5 3 16 10 +6 SF
2018 CAF Confederation Cup 12 4 4 4 18 12 +6 QF
2019–20 CAF Champions League 10 4 3 3 17 13 +4 Grp
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup 16 9 4 3 24 11 +13 W
2023 CAF Super Cup 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 W
2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup 10 5 3 2 11 5 +6 SF
2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup 5 3 1 1 11 1 +10
Total 161 78 38 45 256 149 +107

Non-CAF competitions

USM Alger record in Arab football by season
Season Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Round
1969 Maghreb Cup Winners Cup 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 RU
1970 Maghreb Cup Winners Cup 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 SF
2003 Arab Unified Club Championship 4 1 3 0 7 4 +3 Grp
2007–08 Arab Champions League 9 4 2 3 11 8 +3 Grp
2008–09 Arab Champions League 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 R16
2012–13 UAFA Club Cup 8 5 3 0 16 6 +10 W
2018–19 UAFA Club Championship 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 R2
Total 33 15 8 10 49 38 +11

Overall record

In Africa

As of 15 December 2024:

CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Champions League 9 80 37 19 24 132 82 2019–20
CAF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) 5 25 13 4 8 40 25 2002
CAF Confederation Cup 6 49 23 14 12 70 36 2024–25
CAF Cup (defunct) 1 6 4 0 2 13 6 1999
CAF Super Cup 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2023
Total 22 161 78 38 45 256 149

Non-CAF competitions

As of 10 December 2018:

Non-CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Arab Champions League 5 29 14 8 7 46 34 2018–19
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup (defunct) 2 4 1 0 3 3 6 1970
Total 7 33 15 8 10 49 38

Finals

Matches won after regular time (90 minutes of play), extra-time (aet) or a penalty shootout (p) are highlighted in green, while losses are highlighted in red.

14 April 2013 UAFA Club Cup (1L) Al-Arabi SC Kuwait 0–0 Algeria USM Alger Al-Mansouriah, Kuwait
19:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
Attendance: 23,456
Referee: Mohamed Arafa (Jordan)
14 May 2013 UAFA Club Cup (2L) USM Alger Algeria 3–2
(3–2 agg.)		 Kuwait Al-Arabi SC Algiers, Algeria
16:00 UTC+1 Daham 13'
Djediat 37'
Meftah 76' (pen.)		 Report K.Fall 58'
Al-Moussawi 61'		 Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
31 October 2015 Champions League (1L) USM Alger Algeria 1–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe Algiers, Algeria
20:30 UTC+1 Seguer 88' Report Kalaba 27'
Samatta 79' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
8 November 2015 Champions League (2L) TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Algeria USM Alger Lubumbashi, DR Congo
15:30 UTC+2 Samatta 74' (pen.)
Assalé 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
28 May 2023 Confederation Cup (1L) Young Africans Tanzania 1–2 Algeria USM Alger Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
16:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
3 June 2023 Confederation Cup (2L) USM Alger Algeria 0–1
(2–2 agg.)		 Tanzania Young Africans Algiers, Algeria
20:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
15 September 2023 CAF Super Cup Al Ahly Egypt 0–1 Algeria USM Alger Taif, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: King Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)[103]

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against ASEC Mimosas on December 15, 2024

CAF competitions

Country Club P W D L GF GA GD
Algeria Algeria ES Sétif 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
MC El Eulma 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2
Subtotal 4 4 0 0 8 2 +6
Angola Angola Primeiro de Agosto 4 1 0 3 3 7 −4
Atlético Sport Aviação 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Petro de Luanda 2 0 2 0 3 3 0
Subtotal 8 2 2 4 8 11 −3
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga 2 1 1 0 10 3 +7
RC Kadiogo 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2
Subtotal 6 3 2 1 14 5 +9
Botswana Botswana Orapa United 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
Subtotal 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
Cameroon Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
Panthère du Ndé 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
Subtotal 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7
Cape Verde Cape Verde CD Travadores 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7
Chad Chad Gazelle FC 2 1 1 0 6 1 +5
Foullah Edifice 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
Subtotal 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo TP Mazembe 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3
AS Maniema Union 2 0 2 0 3 3 +0
Saint-Éloi Lupopo 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
Subtotal 6 1 3 2 8 8 +0
Republic of the Congo Congo CARA Brazzaville 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Egypt Egypt Al Ahly 3 1 1 1 3 3 +0
Al-Masry 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2
Zamalek 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
Future 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1
Subtotal 9 3 3 3 7 6 +1
Gabon Gabon AS Mangasport 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2
US Bitam 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3
Subtotal 4 2 1 1 3 4 −1
The Gambia Gambia Wallidan FC 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Ghana Ghana Asante Kotoko 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
Ghapoha Readers 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
Hearts of Oak 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1
Subtotal 6 4 0 2 6 5 +1
Guinea Guinea Horoya AC 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
AS Kaloum 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Subtotal 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5
Subtotal 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5
Kenya Kenya Gor Mahia 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6
Subtotal 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6
Libya Libya Olympic Azzaweya 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
Al-Ahli Tripoli 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
Al Akhdar 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3
Al Hilal Benghazi 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Subtotal 8 5 2 1 19 5 +14
Madagascar Madagascar US Transfoot 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8
FC BFV 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2
Subtotal 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6
Mali Mali Stade Malien 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2
Subtotal 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2
Morocco Morocco Raja Casablanca 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2
Wydad Casablanca 8 1 4 3 7 11 −4
ASFAR 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
FUS Rabat 2 0 2 0 1 1 +0
RS Berkane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal 14 3 7 4 16 17 −1
Mozambique Mozambique Ferroviário Beira 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Subtotal 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Niger Niger JS du Ténéré 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
AS-FNIS 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
Liberté FC 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3
AS Sonidep 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
Subtotal 8 5 1 2 14 7 +7
Nigeria Nigeria Enyimba 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1
Udoji United 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Bendel Insurance 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
Plateau United 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3
Rivers United 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Subtotal 10 4 1 5 15 11 +4
Rwanda Rwanda Rayon Sports 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Senegal Senegal ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1
AS Pikine 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4
ASC Port Autonome 2 1 0 1 4 4 +0
ASC Jaraaf 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
Subtotal 7 2 3 2 12 9 +3
South Africa South Africa Orlando Pirates 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Supersport United 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2
Mamelodi Sundowns 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
Cape Town City 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1
Marumo Gallants 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0
Subtotal 12 6 2 4 13 11 +2
Sudan Sudan Al-Ahli SC 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
Al-Merrikh SC 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
Al-Hilal 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
Subtotal 6 4 1 1 10 2 +8
Tanzania Tanzania Young Africans 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3
Subtotal 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3
Togo Togo ASC Kara 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
Tunisia Tunisia Espérance 4 1 0 3 4 5 −1
AS Marsa 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
Stade Tunisien 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Subtotal 8 2 2 4 8 8 +0
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe CAPS United 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
Total 161 78 38 45 256 149 +107

Non-CAF competitions

Result summary by country
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
Egypt Egypt 7 0 4 3 3 9 −6
Iraq Iraq 5 4 1 0 8 1 +7
Jordan Jordan 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6
Kuwait Kuwait 4 1 2 1 6 6 0
Libya Libya 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
Mauritania Mauritania 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
Morocco Morocco 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
Sudan Sudan 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1
Syria Syria 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2
Tunisia Tunisia 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Total 33 15 8 10 49 38 +11

International competitions goals

Statistics correct as of game against ASEC Mimosas on December 15, 2024.[note 4]

List of USM Alger players with 4 or more goals
P Player TOTAL CL CWC CAC CCC SC
1 Algeria Billel Dziri 16 14 1 1 –
2 Algeria Tarek Hadj Adlane 15 7 2 6 –
3 Mali Mamadou Diallo 10 10 – – –
= Algeria Oussama Darfalou 10 5 – 5 –
5 Algeria Issaad Bourahli 9 4 5 – –
= Algeria Aymen Mahious 9 5 – 4 –
7 Algeria Farouk Chafaï 7 5 – 2 –
= Algeria Rabie Benchergui 7 3 4 – –
9 Algeria Amar Ammour 6 4 2 – –
= Algeria Abderrahmane Meziane 6 1 – 5 –
= Algeria Mohamed Rabie Meftah 6 6 – – –
12 Algeria Zakaria Benchaâ 5 5 – – –
= Algeria Moncef Ouichaoui 5 4 1 – –
= Mali Mintou Doucoure 5 4 – 1 –
= Algeria Zineddine Belaïd 5 – – 4 1
= Algeria Hocine Achiou 5 3 1 1 –
= Algeria Ismail Belkacemi 5 – – 5 –
18 Algeria Youcef Belaïli 4 4 – – –
= Mali Abdoulaye Kanou 4 – – 4 –
= Algeria Nacer Zekri 4 4 – – –
= Algeria Khaled Bousseliou 4 – – 4 –
= Algeria Mohamed Seguer 4 3 – 1 –
= Algeria Kaddour Beldjilali 4 3 – 1 –
= Algeria Mohamed Hamdoud 4 3 1 – –
= Algeria Saâdi Radouani 4 – – 4 –
= Algeria Islam Merili 4 – – 4 –
Totals 253 129 40 83 1

Hat-tricks

N Date Player Match Score Time of goals
1 16 May 1999 Tarek Hadj Adlane USM Alger – Al-Ahli Wad Madani 5–0 10', 20', 46'
2 15 September 2002 Rabie Benchergui USM Alger – US Transfoot 8–2 16', 39', 60'
3 10 April 2004 Mamadou Diallo USM Alger – ASFA Yennenga 8–1 31', 62', 88'

Two goals one match

Non-CAF competitions goals

List of All-time appearances

This List of All-time appearances for USM Alger in African competitions contains football players who have played for USM Alger in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 20 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger.[note 5]

# Name Position CL1 CWC CAC CCC SC TOTAL Date of first cap Debut against Date of last cap Final match against
1 Algeria Lamine Zemmamouche GK 37 – 12 – 49 19 Feb 2006 RC Kadiogo 24 Jan 2020 Wydad Casablanca
2 Algeria Mohamed Rabie Meftah RB 29 – 12 – 41 19 Apr 2013 US Bitam 1 Feb 2020 Petro de Luanda
3 Algeria Hamza Koudri DM 28 – 10 – 38 1 Mar 2015 Foullah Edifice 1 Feb 2020 Petro de Luanda
4 Algeria Farouk Chafaï CB 23 – 14 – 37 15 Feb 2015 Foullah Edifice 23 Sep 2018 Al-Masry
5 Algeria Hocine Achiou AM 27 7 2 – 36 1 Apr 2000 Ténéré 2 Apr 2006 Port Autonome
6 Algeria Mokhtar Benmoussa LW / LB 26 – 10 – 36 19 Apr 2013 US Bitam 23 Sep 2018 Al-Masry
7 Algeria Farid Djahnine MF 25 8 2 – 35 1 Apr 2000 Ténéré 2 Apr 2006 Port Autonome
8 Algeria Oussama Chita DM 2 – 32 1 35 17 Apr 2018 Plateau United — —
9 Algeria Mounir Zeghdoud CB 26 6 2 – 34 10 Mar 2002 Gazelle 3 Mar 2006 RC Kadiogo
10 Algeria Billel Dziri CM 25 6 2 – 33 10 Mar 2002 Gazelle 10 Feb 2007 AS GNN
11 Algeria Mohamed Hamdoud RB 27 5 1 – 33 1 Apr 2000 Ténéré 10 Feb 2007 AS GNN
12 Algeria Abderrahmane Meziane ST 13 – 20 – 33 3 Apr 2015 Pikine 3 Jun 2023 Young Africans
13 Algeria Oussama Benbot GK – – 31 1 32 9 Oct 2022 ASC Kara — —
14 Algeria Adam Alilet CB 2 – 27 1 30 29 Sep 2019 Gor Mahia — —
15 Algeria Aymen Mahious ST 10 – 19 – 29 18 Jul 2018 Rayon Sports 3 Jun 2023 Young Africans
16 Algeria Amar Ammour AM 25 3 – – 28 1 Sep 2002 Transfoot 10 Feb 2007 AS GNN
17 Algeria Rabah Deghmani CB 21 6 1 – 28 10 Mar 2002 Gazelle 2 Apr 2006 Port Autonome
18 Algeria Ismaïl Belkacemi ST – – 27 1 28 9 Oct 2022 ASC Kara — —
19 Algeria Saâdi Radouani RB – – 27 1 28 9 Oct 2022 ASC Kara — —
20 Algeria Mohammed Benkhemassa DM 18 – 9 – 27 1 Mar 2015 Foullah Edifice 23 Sep 2018 Al-Masry
21 Algeria Zineddine Belaïd CB – – 25 1 26 9 Oct 2022 ASC Kara 7 Apr 2024 Rivers United
22 Algeria Taher Benkhelifa DM 7 – 18 1 26 15 Sep 2019 Gor Mahia 20 Dec 2023 Future
23 Algeria Islam Merili AM – – 24 1 25 16 Oct 2022 ASC Kara — —
24 Algeria Mahieddine Meftah LB 17 6 2 – 25 1 Apr 2000 Ténéré 21 May 2005 AS Marsa
25 Algeria Karim Ghazi DM 18 6 1 – 25 1 Apr 2000 Ténéré 10 Feb 2007 AS GNN
26 Algeria Ayoub Abdellaoui LB / CB 18 – 6 – 24 1 Mar 2015 Foullah Edifice 16 May 2018 Gor Mahia
27 Algeria Hocine Metref DM 22 – 2 – 24 9 Aug 2003 AC Aviação 10 Feb 2007 AS GNN
28 Algeria Brahim Benzaza DM – – 22 1 23 16 Oct 2022 ASC Kara — —
29 Algeria Salim Aribi CB 20 3 – – 23 13 Sep 2002 Transfoot 2 Apr 2006 Port Autonome
30 Algeria Raouf Benguit RB / RM 10 – 12 – 22 11 Mar 2017 RC Kadiogo 23 Sep 2018 Al-Masry
31 Madagascar Carolus Andriamatsinoro CF 20 – – – 20 15 Feb 2015 Foullah Edifice 30 Jun 2017 Al-Ahli Tripoli
32 Algeria Rabie Benchergui ST 15 4 1 – 20 10 Mar 2002 Gazelle 18 Mar 2006 Port Autonome

African opponents by cities

Notes

  1. ^ Upon arriving to Algeria, RS Berkane official kits were seized by Algerian authorities, who refused to allow them to wear it in the match against USM Alger, due to the shirts featuring a map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara, which is a disputed territory that Morocco claims to be part of their land, while Algeria recognize it as part of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.[91] The match was cancelled as a result, and RS Berkane were awarded a 3–0 walkover win on 24 April 2024.[92][93]
  2. ^ RS Berkane won on walkover after USM Alger withdrew from the match, despite arriving to the stadium.[94] The match was cancelled as a result, and RS Berkane were awarded a 3–0 win on 1 May 2024.[95]
  3. ^ Al-Arabi Disqualified, Kuwait have been indefinitely suspended from international football competitions.
  4. ^ All goals except one match USM Alger vs CD Travadores second leg CAF Champions League 1997 on March 24, 1997.
  5. ^ Since 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup as of game against JS du Ténéré on April 1, 2000 Except one match 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup US Transfoot vs USM Alger 1 September 2002, Statistics correct as of game against ASEC Mimosas on December 15, 2024.

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