2009–10 USM Alger season

In the 2009–10 season, USM Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 32nd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

USM Alger

2009–10 season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Kamel Mouassa (until August 2009) Noureddine Saâdi (from 26 August 2009)[1]
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
Division 1	4th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Cheikh Hamidi (14 goals) All: Cheikh Hamidi (15 goals)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 May 2010.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 28)	2007	MC Alger	96	0
16		GK	Nadjib Ghoul	(1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 24)	2009	USM El Harrach	2	0
18		GK	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	(1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 20)	2007	Youth system	0	0
Defenders
3		RB	Akram Benaoumeur	(1981-07-24)24 July 1981 (aged 28)		OM Arzew	28	0
21		CB	Mohamed Amine Aouamri	(1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 26)	2009	RC Kouba	33	2
17		RB	Abdelkader Benayada	(1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 27)	2009	MC Oran	22	0
31		CB	Mohamed Amine Zidane	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 26)	2008	MC Oran	71	2
2			Mohamed Kefaifi	(1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 25)		ES Berrouaghia	0	0
4		CB	Ali Rial	(1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 29)	2007	NARB Réghaïa	93	10
13		LB	Ammar Layati	(1984-08-19)19 August 1984 (aged 25)	2009	WA Tlemcen	14	0
20		CB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 23)	2006	US Biskra	90	3
30		CB	Farid Cheklam	(1984-09-21)21 September 1984 (aged 25)	2009	ASO Chlef	24	0
25		RB	Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 22)	2006	Youth system	44	0
15		RB	Mohamed Billel Benaldjia	(1988-08-23)23 August 1988 (aged 21)	2007	Youth system	32	1
Midfielders
10		AM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 30)	2009	JS Kabylie	0	0
8		CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 37)	2000	CS Sedan Ardennes	0	0
6		DM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 30)	2005	Espérance de Tunis	0	0
11		AM	Saïd Sayah	(1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 20)	2008	MC Oran	40	2
22		DM	Hamza Aït Ouamar	(1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 24)	2009	CR Belouizdad	21	0
28			Ismaïl Tatem	(1991-07-18)18 July 1991 (aged 18)		Youth system	9	0
31		AM	Mehdi Benaldjia	(1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 18)	2009	Youth system	12	2
Forwards
9		ST	Aghilès Benchaâbane	(1989-09-13)13 September 1989 (aged 20)	2007	Youth system	12	1
7		ST	Nouri Ouznadji	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 25)	2009	JS Kabylie	33	6
19		ST	Mouaouia Meklouche	(1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 19)	2009	Youth system	20	4
23		ST	Cheikh Hamidi	(1983-04-06)6 April 1983 (aged 26)	2009	USM Annaba	43	21
11		ST	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 35)	2007	ES Sétif	100	42
32		ST	Noureddine Daham	(1977-11-15)15 November 1977 (aged 32)	2009	TuS Koblenz	25	10
14			Karim Ait Tahar	(1988-12-07)7 December 1988 (aged 21)		Youth system	3	2
12		ST	Alain Nebie	(1984-09-08)8 September 1984 (aged 25)	2009	CR Belouizdad	11	1

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
June 4 2009	DF	Mohamed Amine Aouamri	RC Kouba	Free transfer	[3]
9 June 2009	DF	Abdelkader Benayada	MC Oran	Free transfer	[4]
16 June 2009	DF	Ammar Layati	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	[5]
26 June 2009	MF	Hamza Aït Ouamar	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2009	FW	Noureddine Daham	TuS Koblenz	Free transfer
12 July 2009	DF	Farid Cheklam	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	[7]
25 July 2009	FW	Alain Nebie	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[8]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
13 June 2009	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	MC Alger	Free transfer	[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

Tours FC v USM Alger

15 July 2009 Friendly	Tours FC	6–0	USM Alger	Tours
19:00 UTC+2	Gómez Yenga (pen.) Belaud Saidi Giroud Sopalski, Dujeux, Fabre, Tomas, N'Ganga, Belaud, Englebert, Dimitrijevic, Adjet, Gomez, Yenga.	Report[10]		Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher

Dijon FCO v USM Alger

18 July 2009 Friendly	Dijon FCO	2–1	USM Alger	Dijon
19:00 UTC+2	Ribas 17' Belvito 89'	Report[11]	77' Achiou	Stadium: Parc Municipal Gaston Gérard
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Benayada, Layati, Zidane, Cheklam, Ghazi, Aït Ouamar, Dziri, Achiou, Ouznadji (M. Benaldjia), Benchaâbane (Sayah).

Fleury Merogis v USM Alger

24 July 2009 Friendly	Fleury Merogis	1–0	USM Alger
		Report Live TV: None

WA Rouiba v USM Alger

5 August 2009 Friendly	WA Rouiba	2–3	USM Alger
		Report[12]	37' Dziri ?' Bourahli 75' Hamidi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half - Abdouni, Benayada, Layati, Cheklam, Zidane, Aït Ouamar, Ghazi, Dziri, Nibié, Bourahli, Ouznadji Second half - Ghoul, Benaoumeur, Aouamri, Rial, Herkat, Keffaïfi, Benaldjia, Sayah, Khoualed, Bourahli, Hamidi

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Division 1	34	14	11	9	47	33	+14	041.18	—	4th	6 August 2009	31 May 2010
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	25 December 2009	16 March 2010
Total	37	16	11	10	54	38	+16	043.24

Division 1

Main article: 2009–10 Algerian Championnat National

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	ES Sétif (Q)	34	17	12	5	51	32	+19	63	2011 CAF Champions League
3	JS Kabylie (Q)	34	15	9	10	39	27	+12	54	2011 CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	34	14	11	9	47	33	+14	53
5	USM El Harrach	34	13	13	8	46	33	+13	52
6	JSM Béjaïa	34	13	13	8	47	35	+12	52

Source: Soccerways FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	11	9	47	33	+14	53	11	4	2	32	12	+20	3	7	7	15	21	−6

Last updated: 5 February 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D
Position	15	18	18	16	16	11	13	7	8	11	9	12	13	14	14	11	12	10	10	9	11	10	11	9	8	9	8	9	7	7	5	4	3	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

CA Batna v USM Alger

6 August 2009 Round 1	CA Batna	2–0	USM Alger	Batna
19:00	Bouraoui 76' Bourahli 84'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Rafik Achouri

USM Alger v WA Tlemcen

15 August 2009 Round 2	USM Alger	1–2	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
17:00	Dziri 26'	Soccerway report	69' (pen.) Belgherri 83' Ghazali	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bouali, Boulekrinet, Yamani

AS Khroub v USM Alger

22 August 2009 Round 3	AS Khroub	1–0	USM Alger	El Khroub
16:30	Hamedi 65'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Referee: Ferrad, Djahnine, Chaoui

USM Alger v JSM Béjaïa

29 August 2009 Round 4	USM Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
16:30	Aït Tahar 41'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

USM Alger v MC El Eulma

18 September 2009 Round 6	USM Alger	2–1	MC El Eulma	Bologhine
16:00	Khoualed 25' Ghazi 52' (pen.)	Soccerway report	90' (pen.) Mongolo	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ladraâ, Bourouba, Salouadji

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

26 September 2009 Round 7	CR Belouizdad	2–2	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Saïbi 2', 90+2'	Soccerway report	Dziri 22', 88'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

ES Sétif v USM Alger

29 September 2009 Round 5	ES Sétif	2–2	USM Alger	Sétif
22:00	Laïfaoui 22' Aksas 80'	Soccerway report	26' Rial 39' Daham	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

USM Alger v MSP Batna

3 October 2009 Round 8	USM Alger	3–1	MSP Batna	Bologhine
16:00	Sayah 29' Ouznadji 45' Aït Tahar 83'	Soccerway report	88' Loman	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benaïssa

MC Alger v USM Alger

16 October 2009 Round 9	MC Alger	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
19:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

USM Annaba v USM Alger

23 October 2009 Round 10	USM Annaba	1–0	USM Alger	Annaba
19:00	Boudar 38'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Benbaka, Tamine, Benmouloud

USM Alger v USM Blida

31 October 2009 Round 11	USM Alger	1–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
14:30	Dziri 33'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haddada, Kentache, Soulache

ASO Chlef v USM Alger

6 November 2009 Round 12	ASO Chlef	2–0	USM Alger	Chlef
18:00	Messaoud 24' Mekioui 45'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

24 November 2009 Round 13	USM Alger	1–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
14:30	Hamidi 16'	Soccerway report	87' Aoudia	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v USM Alger

1 December 2009 Round 14	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–1	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
18:00	Touati 61'	Soccerway report	80' Aouamri	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bouali, Tahir, Yamani

USM Alger v USM El Harrach

4 December 2009 Round 15	USM Alger	0–0	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
18:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

11 December 2009 Round 16	NA Hussein Dey	1–2	USM Alger	Rouiba
18:00	Ammoura 68'	Soccerway report	10' M.Benaldjia 90' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

USM Alger v MC Oran

15 December 2009 Round 17	USM Alger	1–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
14:00	B.Benaldjia 33'	Soccerway report	26' Bengoreine	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

USM Alger v CA Batna

16 January 2010 Round 18	USM Alger	6–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
14:30	Hamidi 32', 43', 58', 65' Daham 50' Benaldjia 80'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bouhenni

WA Tlemcen v USM Alger

23 January 2010 Round 19	WA Tlemcen	2–2	USM Alger	Tlemcen
14:30	Bachiri 29' Benmoussa 62'	Soccerway report	16' Daham 58' Sayah	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Hedia, Bouhassoune et Bouanani

USM Alger v AS Khroub

30 January 2010 Round 20	USM Alger	1–1	AS Khroub	Bologhine
14:30	Daham 73'	Soccerway report	55' Mesfar	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Douala, Salaouadji, Rachedi

JSM Béjaïa v USM Alger

6 February 2010 Round 21	JSM Béjaïa	1–0	USM Alger	Béjaïa
14:30	Hamlaoui 90' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Mohamed Benouza

MC El Eulma v USM Alger

27 February 2010 Round 23	MC El Eulma	1–0	USM Alger	El Eulma
14:30	Mellouli 40'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

5 March 2010 Round 24	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Rouïba
14:30	Daham 65'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Referee: Bouali, Tahir, Yamani

MSP Batna v USM Alger

20 March 2010 Round 25	MSP Batna	0–1	USM Alger	Batna
14:30		Soccerway report	33' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Mohamed Bouhenni

USM Alger v MC Alger

23 March 2010 Round 26	USM Alger	1–2	MC Alger	Algiers
18:00	Hamidi 90'	Soccerway report	44' Derrag 73' (o.g.) Saïdoune	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Farouk Houasnia

USM Alger v USM Annaba

6 April 2010 Round 27	USM Alger	2–1	USM Annaba	Bologhine
15:00	Hamidi 1', 20' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

USM Alger v ES Sétif

9 April 2010 Round 22	USM Alger	2–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
16:00	Daham 64' Hamidi 90'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

USM Blida v USM Alger

24 April 2010 Round 28	USM Blida	2–1	USM Alger	Blida
17:00	Ndouassel 10', 40'	Soccerway report	90' Meklouche	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

4 May 2010 Round 29	USM Alger	5–0	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
17:00	Hamidi 30', 46', 51' (pen.) Daham 34' Khoualed 90'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haddada, Khentache, Bounoua

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

13 May 2010 Round 30	JS Kabylie	2–2	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
17:00	Coulibaly 42' Yahia Cherif 55'	Soccerway report	72', 76' Ouznadji	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre Referee: Redouane Necib

USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

22 May 2010 Round 31	USM Alger	2–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
17:00	Meklouche 1' Ouznadji 41'	Soccerway report	90' Bentayeb	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

USM El Harrach v USM Alger

25 May 2010 Round 32	USM El Harrach	0–1	USM Alger	Algiers
17:00		Soccerway report	60' Daham	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

28 May 2010 Round 33	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
17:00	Ouznadji 6' Meklouche 65'	Soccerway report	79' Reggad	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Boumaza, Guedjati, Bahloul

MC Oran v USM Alger

31 May 2010 Round 34	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	Oran
17:00	Balegh 31'	Soccerway report	55' Meklouche	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Algerian Cup

USM Alger v MC Oran

25 December 2009 Round of 64	USM Alger	4–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
14:00	Achiou 12' Aouamri 17' Daham 23' Hamidi 69'		Bengoureïne 53'	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Necib, Zeghoud, Guedjati

US Chaouia v USM Alger

19 February 2010 Round of 32	US Chaouia	1–3	USM Alger	Oum El Bouaghi
14:30	Boughali 72'		Ghazi 19' (pen.) Nebie 45' Daham 65'	Stadium: Stade zerdani hassouna Referee: Achouri, Tamen, Aribi

MC Alger v USM Alger

16 March 2010 Round of 16	MC Alger	3–0	USM Alger	Algiers
14:00	Bedbouda 64' Derrag 69' Zemmamouche 90+2' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Necib, Bahloul, Guedjali

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Division 1			Algerian Cup			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Merouane Abdouni		32	32	0	3	3	0	35	35	0
16	GK	Nadjib Ghoul		2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
18	GK	Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	Mohamed Amine Saidoune		7	6	0	1	1	0	8	7	0
	DF	Billel Benmohamed		2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
3	DF	Akram Benaoumeur		2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
4	DF	Farid Cheklam		22	19	0	2	2	0	24	21	0
5	DF	Mohamed Amine Zidane		10	6	0	2	2	0	12	8	0
13	DF	Ammar Layati		13	10	0	1	0	0	14	10	0
17	DF	Abdelkader Benayada		20	17	0	2	2	0	22	19	0
20	DF	Nacereddine Khoualed		26	26	2	2	2	0	28	28	2
21	DF	Mohamed Amine Aouamri		30	29	1	3	3	1	33	32	2
25	DF	Ali Rial		30	30	1	2	2	0	32	32	1
Midfielders
8	MF	Billel Dziri		19	18	4	3	3	0	22	21	4
10	MF	Hocine Achiou		17	15	0	1	1	1	18	16	1
11	MF	Saïd Sayah		19	13	2	3	1	0	22	14	2
15	MF	Mohamed Billel Benaldjia		19	14	1	1	1	0	20	15	1
28	MF	Karim Ghazi		26	24	1	1	1	1	27	25	2
NA	MF	Ismaïl Tatem		9	3	0	0	0	0	9	3	0
NA	MF	Hamza Aït Ouamar		27	27	0	2	2	0	29	29	0
Forwards
	FW	Tarek Hammoum		4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	FW	Hamza Annani		8	2	0	0	0	0	8	2	0
7	FW	Nouri Ouznadji		25	18	5	1	1	0	26	19	5
7	FW	Aghilès Benchaâbane		7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2	0
9	FW	Issaad Bourahli		3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
11	FW	Alain Nebie		10	5	0	1	1	1	11	6	1
14	FW	Karim Ait Tahar		3	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	2
19	FW	Mouaouia Meklouche		13	13	4	2	0	0	15	13	4
22	FW	Mehdi Benaldjia		10	5	2	2	1	0	12	6	2
	FW	Cheikh Hamidi		23	14	14	3	1	1	26	15	15
	FW	Noureddine Daham		22	20	8	3	3	2	25	23	10
	FW	Abdelouadoud Zitouni		4	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
NA	DF	Sofiane Harkat		2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Total				34		47	3		7	37		54

Last updated: 31 May 2010
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

^{[citation needed]}

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	D1	AC	TOTAL
23		Cheikh Hamidi	FW	14	1	15
32		Noureddine Daham	FW	8	2	10
7		Nouri Ouznadji	FW	5	0	5
8		Billel Dziri	MF	4	0	4
19		Mouaouia Meklouche	FW	4	0	4
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	2	0	2
22		Mehdi Benaldjia	MF	2	0	2
14		Karim Ait Tahar	FW	2	0	2
28		Karim Ghazi	MF	1	1	2
11		Saïd Sayah	MF	2	0	2
21		Mohamed Amine Aouamri	DF	1	1	2
25		Ali Rial	DF	1	0	1
15		Mohamed Billel Benaldjia	MF	1	0	1
10		Hocine Achiou	MF	0	1	1
12		Alain Nebie	FW	0	1	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				47	7	54