2014–15 USM Alger season

In the 2014–15 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 37th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. The club also competed in the CAF Champions League, the Algerian Super Cup and the Algerian Cup. The club was managed by Hubert Velud, until his sacking on 1 February 2015. He was replaced by Otto Pfister on 19 February. On May 18, Pfister was sacked as coach of USM Alger.^[3]

USM Alger

2014–15 season
Chairman	Ali Haddad
Head coach	Hubert Velud (until 5 February 2015)[1] Billel Dziri (c) (from 1 February 2015) (until 18 February 2015) Otto Pfister (from 19 February 2015)[2] (until 18 May 2015)[3] Mounir Zeghdoud (c) Mahieddine Meftah (c) (from 19 May 2015)[4]
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
Ligue 1	8th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Super Cup	Runners–up
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Youcef Belaïli (6 goals) All: Youcef Belaïli (8 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 29 May 2015.^[5]
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	Signed in	Contract ends	Transfer fees
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 29)	MC Alger	246	0	2012	2015	Free transfer
16		GK	Abdenour Merzouki	(1992-02-15)15 February 1992 (aged 22)	MC Mekhadma	0	0	2014	2016	Free transfer
27		GK	Mourad Berrefane	(1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 28)	MO Béjaïa	9	0	2014	2016	Free transfer
Defenders
3		CB / LB	Ayoub Abdellaoui	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 21)	Reserve team	10	0	2011	2016	Youth system
4		CB / RB	Abdelkader Laïfaoui	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 33)	ES Sétif	78	5	2011	2015	Free transfer
6		CB	Farouk Chafaï	(1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 24)	Reserve team	124	8	2010	2016	Youth system
20		CB	Nacereddine Khoualed (C)	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 28)	US Biskra	243	7	2006	2018	Free transfer
25		LB / LM / LW	Mokhtar Benmoussa	(1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 28)	ES Sétif	100	7	2012	2016	Free transfer
26		LB	Brahim Boudebouda	(1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 24)	Le Mans FC	80	8	2012	2016	Free transfer
30		RB	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 29)	JSM Béjaïa	112	16	2012	2017	Free transfer
Midfielders
5		AM	Abderrahmane Bourdim	(1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 20)	Reserve team	3	0	2014	2019	Youth system
7		RW / AM	Zinedine Ferhat	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 21)	Reserve team	109	8	2011	2016	Youth system
10		LW / RW / AM	Youcef Belaïli	(1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 22)	Espérance de Tunis	32	8	2014	2016	Free transfer
11		DM	Hocine El Orfi	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 27)	Paradou AC	63	0	2012	2016	Free transfer
13		CM / DM	Nassim Bouchema	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 26)	MC Alger	124	6	2011	2015	Free transfer
15		AM	Bouazza Feham	(1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 28)	ES Sétif	114	10	2011	2015	Free transfer
23		DM / RM	Hamza Koudri	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 27)	MC Alger	91	3	2012	2017	Free transfer
24		DM	Mohammed Benkhemassa	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 21)	Reserve team	17	1	2011	2016	Youth system
28		AM	Karim Baïteche	(1991-07-10)10 July 1991 (aged 23)	Reserve team	41	3	2010	2017	Youth system
8		AM	Kaddour Beldjilali	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 26)	Étoile du Sahel	10	2	2014	2017	400,000 €
Forwards
19			Ernest Nsombo	(1991-03-06)6 March 1991 (aged 23)	Astres FC	11	2
9		CF	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	(1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 25)	Paradou AC	68	11	2012	2017
14		ST	Rachid Nadji	(1989-04-15)15 April 1989 (aged 25)	ES Sétif	26	5	2014	2016	Free transfer
18		CF / RW / LW	Mohamed Seguer	(1985-01-19)19 January 1985 (aged 29)	ASO Chlef	61	8	2012	2016	Free transfer
21			Rostand Kako	(1990-03-22)22 March 1990 (aged 24)	Coton Sport FC	2	0	2014	2017	50,000 €
33			Abderrahmane Meziane	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 20)	Reserve team	9	1	2014	2019	Youth system
12			Manucho	(1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (aged 24)	FC Infonet	12	2	2014	2017	Free transfer

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
3 June 2014	GK	Abdenour Merzouki	MC Mekhadma	Free transfer	[6]
5 June 2014	MF	Mohammed Benkhemassa	Reserve team	First Professional Contract	[7]
5 June 2014	GK	Mourad Berrefane	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	[8]
5 June 2014	DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui	Reserve team	First Professional Contract	[7]
5 June 2014	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	Reserve team	First Professional Contract	[7]
5 June 2014	MF	Abderrahmane Bourdim	Reserve team	First Professional Contract	[7]
8 June 2014	DF	Salim Laassami	GS Consolat	Free transfer	[9]
9 June 2014	MF	Akim Orinel	Saint-Raphaël	Free transfer	[10]
12 June 2014	MF	Youcef Belaïli	ES Tunis	Free transfer	[11][12]
13 June 2014	FW	Rachid Nadji	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[12]
13 July 2014	MF	Noui Laïfa	Paris FC	Free transfer	[13]
26 December 2014	FW	Rostand Kako	Cotonsport Garoua	50,000 €	[14]
7 January 2015	MF	Kaddour Beldjilali	Étoile du Sahel	400,000 €	[15]
7 January 2015	FW	Manucho	FC Infonet	Free transfer	[16]
15 January 2015	GK	Hossin Lagoun	Terracina	Free transfer	[17]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
30 May 2014	MF	Djamel Rabti	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Free transfer	[18]
24 June 2014	FW	Samy Frioui	USM El Harrach	Loan	[19]
30 June 2014	MF	Lamouri Djediat	CR Belouizdad	End of contract	[20]
28 May 2014	DF	Youcef Benamara	JS Kabylie	End of contract	[21]
1 June 2014	GK	Rafik Mazouzi	RC Arbaâ	Loan	USMA.dz
14 July 2014	FW	Ahmed Gasmi	ES Sétif	End of contract	[22]
14 July 2014	FW	Abdelmalek Ziaya	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[23][22]
12 July 2014	FW	Djamel Eddine Chatal	MO Béjaïa	Loan for two years	[24]
14 July 2014	DF	Ibrahim Bekakchi	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Loan	[25]
1 December 2014	MF	Noui Laïfa	SR Colmar	Free transfer	[26]
31 December 2014	DF	Salim Laassami	GS Consolat	Free transfer
12 January 2015	FW	Ernest Nsombo	AS Marsa	Loan	[27]
16 January 2015	DF	Mohamed Amrane	ESM Koléa	Loan for six months	[28]
18 January 2015	MF	Akim Orinel	Saint-Raphaël	Free transfer	[29]

Pre-season and friendlies

USM Alger v Şişli Anadolu SK

12 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	6–0	Şişli Anadolu SK	Istanbul
23:00	Feham 15' (fk.) Nadji 22', 25' Seguer 59', 70' Nsombo 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maltepe

USM Alger v Esteghlal F.C.

15 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	3–2	Esteghlal F.C.	Istanbul
22:30	Meftah 8' (pen.) Nadji 28' Bourdim 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maltepe

USM Alger v Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.

18 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	2–1	Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C.	Istanbul
23:00	Bourdim 9' Nsombo 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maltepe

USM Alger v Al-Wehdat SC

20 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	2–1	Al-Wehdat SC	Istanbul
23:00	Nsombo 77', 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maltepe

USM Alger v USM Blida

25 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	2–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
23:30	Belaïli 50', 55'			Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

USM Alger v ESM Kolea

26 July 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	4–0	ESM Kolea	Bologhine
23:00	Nadji 6' Andria 18' Boudebouda 33' Seguer 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

USM Alger v JSM Béjaïa

3 August 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	0–1	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
10:30		Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

USM Alger v RC Arbaâ

3 August 2014 Friendly	USM Alger	2–1	RC Arbaâ	Bologhine
18:00	Nadji 57' Ferhat 59'	Report	70' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

Club Africain v USM Alger

10 January 2015 Friendly	Club Africain	0–0	USM Alger	Tunis, Tunisia
13:30		Report		Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten

AS Marsa v USM Alger

13 January 2015 Friendly	AS Marsa	2–6	USM Alger	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00		Report	Manucho Seguer Andria Amrane	Stadium: Stade annexe de Radès

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	10	11	9	35	27	+8	033.33	—	8th	16 August 2014	29 May 2015
Algerian Cup	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	13 December 2014	10 March 2015
Champions League	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	050.00	Preliminary round	Group stage	15 February 2015	3 May 2015
Algerian Super Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	Final	Runners–up	9 August 2014
Total	40	15	14	11	55	37	+18	037.50

Ligue 1

Main article: 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	CR Belouizdad	30	11	9	10	27	34	−7	42[a]
7	ASM Oran	30	11	8	11	33	37	−4	41[b]
8	USM Alger	30	10	11	9	35	27	+8	41[b]
9	NA Hussein Dey	30	10	10	10	23	22	+1	40[c]
10	RC Arbaâ	30	12	4	14	28	35	−7	40[c]

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2015. Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff
Notes:

1. CSC 3-1 CRB; CRB 1-1 CSC
2. USMA 1-2 ASMO; ASMO 1-0 USMA
3. NAHD 3-0 RCA; RCA 0-1 NAHD

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
30	10	11	9	35	27	+8	41	6	7	2	23	11	+12	4	4	7	12	16	−4

Last updated: 29 May 2015.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W
Position	8	4	2	4	7	11	11	13	8	5	3	3	1	3	2	4	5	8	4	5	3	3	3	3	4	7	8	8	11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

USM Alger v ES Sétif

16 August 2014 Round 1	USM Alger	1–1	ES Sétif	Bologhine
19:00	Meftah 47' (pen.) Chafaï  34' Belaïli  90+1'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	15' (pen.) Djahnit  28' Demmou  40' Megatli  90+5' Ziaya	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Saïdi, Bechirene, Rezgane

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

23 August 2014 Round 2	JS Kabylie	1–2	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
19:00	Ebossé 27' (pen.) Mekkaoui  5' Benlamari  44'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports	7' (FK.) Benmoussa 83' Belaïli  11' Bouchema  22'  24' Benmoussa	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza, Ayad, Oumari

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

13 September 2014 Round 3	USM Alger	2–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
17:45	Meftah 50' (pen.) Nadji 75' Koudri  57' Boudebouda  66' Khoualed  87'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	25' Djediat  45' Sidhoum  47' Cheurfaoui	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Arab, Boulfelfel, Ait Amar

RC Arbaâ v USM Alger

20 September 2014 Round 4	RC Arbaâ	2–0	USM Alger	Larbaâ
16:00	Mokdad 5' (pen.) Darfalou  44' 90+3' Ali Guechi  13' Ferhani  19' Yettou  34' Zeddam  60' Fellah  66'  90+5'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	3' Meftah  34' Khoualed  55' Bouchema	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Benbrahem, Djabellah, Allaoua

USM Alger v USM El Harrach

27 September 2014 Round 5	USM Alger	0–1	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
17:45	Khoualed  20' Bouchema  30' Koudri  44' Belaïli  80'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / beIN Sports	57' Aït Ouamar  36' Mazari  83' Benachour	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Achouri, Amri, Bougherara

CS Constantine v USM Alger

2 October 2014 Round 6	CS Constantine	2–1	USM Alger	Constantine
19:00	Allag 13' Remache 79' Boulemdaïs  73' Hadji  75'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports	29' 90+5' Seguer	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Ghorbal, Cherchar, Seradj

USM Alger v MC Oran

18 October 2014 Round 7	USM Alger	1–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
19:00	Meftah 17' Seguer  39' Chafaï  89'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	89' (pen.) Bezzaz  41' Merbah  54' Nessakh	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Zouaoui, Bahatte, Benrouane

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

24 October 2014 Round 8	USM Alger	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
17:00	Bouchema  29'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	7' Bendebka  71' Allali  77' Ghalem  46'  79' Benyahia	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Abssiri, Hallem, Bourechou

MC El Eulma v USM Alger

1 November 2014 Round 9	MC El Eulma	1–2	USM Alger	El Eulma
16:00	Hamiti 33' Belkhiter  44' Maïza  57'  70' Namane  90'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	27' Koudri 66' Belaïli  20' Meftah  23' Laïfaoui  73' Khoualed	Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bachir, Etchiali, Hadj Saïd

USM Alger v USM Bel-Abbès

7 November 2014 Round 10	USM Alger	2–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Bologhine
19:00	Boudebouda 13', 71' Benkhemassa  15' Ferhat  90+4'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	35' Abdat  39' Guerriche  57' Yaghni	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Aouina, Benaïssa, Chenaoua, Sekhraoui

MC Alger v USM Alger

22 November 2014 Round 11	MC Alger	0–1	USM Alger	Bologhine
18:00	Azzi  15'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	47' Baïteche  76' Meftah	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benouza, Omari, Ayad

USM Alger v JS Saoura

29 November 2014 Round 12	USM Alger	3–1	JS Saoura	Bologhine
18:00	Baïteche 46' Nadji 48'  67' Meziane 90+3' Koudri  62'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	76' Hammia  31' El Amali  74' Aoudou	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Abid Charef, Boulfelfel, Tamen

MO Béjaïa v USM Alger

6 December 2014 Round 13	MO Béjaïa	0–1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
16:00	Benali  37' Sidibé  76' Rahal  73' Dehouche  79'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	35' Meftah  6' Benkhemassa  17' Laïfaoui  33' Belaïli  88' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Arab, Bazzine, Bioud

USM Alger v ASM Oran

19 December 2014 Round 14	USM Alger	1–2	ASM Oran	Bologhine
16:00	Andria 63' Feham  21' Benkhemassa  54' Meftah  59'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / ENTV Terrestre	57'  78' Djemaouni 61' Benkablia  45' Boudoumi  79' Bouhadda	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Benbrahem, Allaoua, Cheballah

ASO Chlef v USM Alger

30 December 2014 Round 15	ASO Chlef	0–0	USM Alger	Chlef
15:00	Cherchar  11' Zaoui  17' Boulahia  52'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	30' Chafaï  35' Koudri	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Bennacer

ES Sétif v USM Alger

20 January 2015 Round 16	ES Sétif	3–2	USM Alger	Sétif
18:00	Dagoulou 26', 52' Ziaya 64'  68'  71' Mellouli  31' Djahnit  70'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports	43' Boudebouda 81' Nadji  33' Bouchema  60' Laïfaoui  65' Koudri	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Gherbal, Serradj, Cherchar

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

24 January 2015 Round 17	USM Alger	1–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
16:00	Boudebouda 45+1' Nadji  20' Bouchema  50' Meftah  81' Belaïli  90+4'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	81' (pen.) Rial  55' Benamara  67' Benlamri	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Aouina, Benaïssa, Chenaoua

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

30 January 2015 Round 18	CR Belouizdad	2–1	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Cheurfaoui 21' Djediat 67' Derrag  15' Chebira  37'  56' Nemdil  52'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	87' Belaïli  22' Boudebouda  70' Bouchema  74' Berrefane  77' Ferhat	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Amalou, Salaouadji, Bourouba

USM Alger v RC Arbaâ

6 February 2015 Round 19	USM Alger	5–1	RC Arbaâ	Bologhine
16:00	Belaïli 3' Meftah  18' 23' (pen.) Ferhat 77' (pen.) Benkhemassa  82' 84' Manucho 90+1' El Orfi  90+3'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	51' Harrouche  21' Zaâlani  33' Ferhani  67'  77' Maarif	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Kechidi

USM El Harrach v USM Alger

10 February 2015 Round 20	USM El Harrach	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
15:00	Keniche  13' Kara  90+4'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	58' Belaïli  60' Benkhemassa  90+2' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Houasnia, Bounoua, Boulkrinet

USM Alger v CS Constantine

24 February 2015 Round 21	USM Alger	2–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
18:00	Benmoussa 30' Belaïli 32'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	89' Berthé	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 6.500

MC Oran v USM Alger

6 March 2015 Round 22	MC Oran	0–0	USM Alger	Oran
15:00	Chérif  29' Hamdadou  61' Bellabès  65'	Soccerway report Live TV: beIN Sports	69' Laïfaoui  89' Boudebouda	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

21 March 2015 Round 23	NA Hussein Dey	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Ghalem  45+1'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	43' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Benouza, Bechirene, Ladraâ

USM Alger v MC El Eulma

10 April 2015 Round 24	USM Alger	1–1	MC El Eulma	Bologhine
18:00	Belaïli  5' Bouchema  33' Manucho 90+5' Khoualed  90+9'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	6' Bentayeb 28'  90' Hamiti  69' Ousserir  86' Tembeng	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Ghorbal, Sarradj, Cherchar

USM Bel-Abbès v USM Alger

14 April 2015 Round 25	USM Bel-Abbès	1–0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Ghazali 63' Guerriche  33' Cherifi  64'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	35' El Orfi  58' Benmoussa  67' Abdellaoui	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Beioud

USM Alger v MC Alger

25 April 2015 Round 26	USM Alger	0–0	MC Alger	Bologhine
17:00	Bouchema  4' Andria  32' Meftah  49' Belaïli  84'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	18' Djallit  27' Hendou  55' Zeghdane	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mial, Idir, Semsoum

JS Saoura v USM Alger

9 May 2015 Round 27	JS Saoura	3–2	USM Alger	Béchar
17:00	Tiouli 5' El Amali 63' Sebie 73' (pen.)  25'  90+2'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	9' Bouchema 70' (o.g.) Bapidi Fils  45'  72' Khoualed	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benouza, Amari, Ayad

USM Alger v MO Béjaïa

16 May 2015 Round 28	USM Alger	1–1	MO Béjaïa	Bologhine
17:00	Beldjilali 28' Meftah  31'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / beIN Sports / Al Kass Sports	71' Zerdab  50' Mebarakou  80' Yaya  85' Rahmani	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Amalou, Bounoua, Azerine

ASM Oran v USM Alger

23 May 2015 Round 29	ASM Oran	1–0	USM Alger	Oran
17:00	Herbache 53' Benkabila  73' Boudoumi  39'  87' Bentiba  90'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	68' Abdellaoui  82' Belaïli  90+2' Koudri  69'  90' Ferhat	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Necib, Meghlout, Benaceur

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

29 May 2015 Round 30	USM Alger	3–1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
17:00	Belaïli 9' Feham 22' (pen.) Koudri 45'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	72' Madouni	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bichari, Gourari, Salaouadji

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Algerian Cup

CRB Ouled Abdelkader v USM Alger

13 December 2014 Round of 64	CRB Ouled Abdelkader	1–4	USM Alger	Chlef
14:00	Roudouane 89' Roudouane  85'	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] Report] Live TV: None	11' Boudebouda 49' Andria 74', 84' Nadji  90+2' Seguer	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Sekhraoui, Hammou, Saïdani

USM Alger v USM El Harrach

26 December 2014 Round of 32	USM Alger	2–0	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
16:00	Chafaï 40' Andria 74' Khoualed  18' Bouchema  82' Koudri  86'	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] Report] Live TV: Canal Algérie	31' Mazari  32' Mebarki  66' Kara  83' Boumechra  86' Harrag  90+1' Ziane Cherif	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

10 March 2015 Round of 16	USM Alger	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
14:30	Boudebouda 32' Bouchema  58' Koudri  101' Khoualed  113'	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] Report] Live TV: Canal Algérie	61' Tedjar  45' Zaoui  58' Haddouche  63'  96' Badarou	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Arab, Bazzine, Biyoud
	Penalties
	Meftah Belaïli Boudebouda Beldjilali Andria Benkhemassa		Tedjar Daham Haddouche Naamani Boulahia Hadiouche

Algerian Super Cup

Main article: 2014 Algerian Super Cup

USM Alger v MC Alger

9 August 2014	USM Alger	0–1	MC Alger	Blida
17:30	90' Koudri	Report	Aouedj 81' Azzi  69' Karaoui  87'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

Champions League

Main article: 2015 CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

USM Alger v Foullah Edifice FC

15 February 2015 first leg	USM Alger	3–0	Foullah Edifice FC	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Chafaï 3' Belaïli 56' (pen.) Andria 90+6'	Report	26' Lossou  23'  52' Dillah	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Wahid Tamuni Salah (Libya)

Foullah Edifice FC v USM Alger

1 March 2015 Second leg	Foullah Edifice FC	3–1 (3–4 agg.)	USM Alger	N'Djamena
14:00 UTC+1	Hilaire 11', 17' (pen.) Boudina 60' Ngarbe  41' Tchoumi  58'	Report	7' Laïfaoui  8'  38' Koudri  23' Manucho  90+3' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya Attendance: 300 Referee: Ibrahim Mamane (Niger)

First round

USM Alger v AS Pikine

15 March 2015 first leg	USM Alger	5–1	AS Pikine	Algiers, Algeria
18:00 UTC+1	Bouchema 12'  28' Beldjilali 21' Meftah 52' (pen.), 81'  83' Belaïli 69' Nadji  55'	Report	9'  26' Niang  10' Papa Amadou  33' Mame Bakary  50' Alassane	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Mahmoud Zakria El Banna (Egypt)

AS Pikine v USM Alger

3 April 2015 Second leg	AS Pikine	1–1 (2–6 agg.)	USM Alger	Dakar
15:30 UTC±0	El Hadi Saw 27'	Report	2' Bouchema  35' Chafaï 78' Koudri	Stadium: Stade Demba Diop Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Cecil Amatey Fleischer (Ghana)

Second round

USM Alger v AS Kaloum

19 April 2015 first leg	USM Alger	2–1	AS Kaloum	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Chafaï 45+5' Benmoussa 59' Belaïli  37' Abdellaoui  45+2' Feham  52' Meftah  88'	Report	55' Kassongo	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

AS Kaloum v USM Alger

3 May 2015 Second leg	AS Kaloum	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	USM Alger	Bamako
16:30 UTC±0	Kassongo 74'	Report	41' Ferhat 51'  52' Andria  73' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Note: The second leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak.

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Super Cup			Champions League			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche		24	24	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	6	0	33	33	0
16	GK	Abdenour Merzouki		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK	Mourad Berrefane		7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	7	0
Defenders
3	DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui		5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	9	8	0
4	DF	Abdelkader Laïfaoui		14	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	20	18	1
6	DF	Farouk Chafaï		22	22	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	4	4	2	30	30	3
20	DF	Nacereddine Khoualed		24	23	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	5	5	0	32	31	0
25	DF	Mokhtar Benmoussa		23	20	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	6	5	1	33	27	3
26	DF	Brahim Boudebouda		21	19	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	27	25	5
29	DF	Salim Laassami[a]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Mohamed Rabie Meftah		27	27	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	4	2	35	35	7
Midfielders
5	MF	Abderrahmane Bourdim		2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
7	MF	Zinedine Ferhat		19	16	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	24	21	1
8	MF	Akim Orinel[a]		2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
8	MF	Kaddour Beldjilali		7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	10	5	2
10	MF	Youcef Belaïli		25	20	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	32	25	8
11	MF	Hocine El Orfi		14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	18	13	0
13	MF	Nassim Bouchema		23	21	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	5	1	32	30	2
15	MF	Bouazza Feham		16	8	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	22	13	1
21	MF	Noui Laïfa[a]		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
23	MF	Hamza Koudri		25	25	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	33	32	3
24	MF	Mohammed Benkhemassa		12	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	10	1
28	MF	Karim Baïteche		18	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	23	16	2
Forwards
9	FW	Carolus Andriamatsinoro		28	20	1	3	3	2	1	1	0	6	2	2	38	26	5
12	FW	Manucho		9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	12	7	2
14	FW	Rachid Nadji		20	11	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	26	16	5
18	FW	Mohamed Seguer		14	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	6	1
19	FW	Ernest Nsombo[a]		4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
20	FW	Mohamed Taib		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	FW	Rostand Kako		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
33	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane		5	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1
Total				30		35	3		7	1		0	6		13	40		55

Last updated: 17 June 2022
Source: soccerway.com

1. Player transferred out during the season

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Super Cup			Champions League			Total
1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
27	GK	Mourad Berrefane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	DF	Abdelkader Laïfaoui	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	DF	Farouk Chafaï	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
20	DF	Nacereddine Khoualed	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2
25	DF	Mokhtar Benmoussa	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
26	DF	Brahim Boudebouda	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
30	DF	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0
7	MF	Zinedine Ferhat	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
10	MF	Youcef Belaïli	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1
11	MF	Hocine El Orfi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	MF	Nassim Bouchema	9	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	0	0
15	MF	Bouazza Feham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF	Hamza Koudri	6	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	1
24	MF	Mohammed Benkhemassa	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
28	MF	Karim Baïteche	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
12	FW	Manucho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
14	FW	Rachid Nadji	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1
18	FW	Mohamed Seguer	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Total			70	1	4	7	0	0	1	0	0	13	0	2	91	1	6

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	SC	AC	CL 1	TOTAL
10		Youcef Belaïli	MF	6	0	0	2	8
30		Mohamed Rabie Meftah	DF	5	0	0	2	7
26		Brahim Boudebouda	DF	4	0	2	0	6
14		Rachid Nadji	FW	3	0	2	0	5
9		Carolus Andriamatsinoro	FW	1	0	2	2	5
6		Farouk Chafaï	DF	0	0	1	2	3
25		Mokhtar Benmoussa	DF	2	0	0	1	3
23		Hamza Koudri	MF	2	0	0	1	3
12		Manucho	FW	2	0	0	0	2
28		Karim Baïteche	MF	2	0	0	0	2
13		Nassim Bouchema	MF	1	0	0	1	2
8		Kaddour Beldjilali	MF	1	0	0	1	2
15		Bouazza Feham	MF	1	0	0	0	1
18		Mohamed Seguer	FW	1	0	0	0	1
33		Abderrahmane Meziane	FW	1	0	0	0	1
25		Mohammed Benkhemassa	MF	1	0	0	0	1
7		Zinedine Ferhat	MF	1	0	0	0	1
4		Abdelkader Laïfaoui	DF	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	0	1
Totals				35	0	7	13	55

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Nation	Name	Games Missed	Reason
23 August 2014		Mokhtar Benmoussa	2	(vs. JS Kabylie)
27 September 2014		Youcef Belaïli	2	(vs. USM El Harrach)
24 October 2014		Nassim Bouchema	1
1 November 2014		Nacereddine Khoualed	1
29 November 2014		Hamza Koudri	1
30 December 2014		Farouk Chafaï	1
6 February 2015		Nassim Bouchema	1
1 March 2015		Hamza Koudri	1	(vs. Foullah Edifice FC)
15 March 2015		Rachid Nadji	2	(vs. AS Pikine)
3 April 2015		Nassim Bouchema	1
11 April 2015		Nacereddine Khoualed	2	(vs. MC El Eulma)
19 April 2015		Mohamed Meftah	1
25 April 2015		Youcef Belaïli	1
3 May 2015		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	1
9 May 2015		Nacereddine Khoualed	1	(vs. JS Saoura)
23 May 2015		Zinedine Ferhat	2	(vs. ASM Oran)

Penalties

Date	Nation	Name	Opposition	Scored?
16 August 2014		Mohamed Meftah	ES Sétif	Y
13 September 2014		Mohamed Meftah	CR Belouizdad	Y
6 February 2015		Mohamed Meftah	RC Arbaâ	Y
		Zinedine Ferhat		Y
15 February 2015		Youcef Belaïli	Foullah Edifice FC	Y
15 March 2015		Mohamed Meftah	AS Pikine	Y
29 May 2015		Bouazza Feham	ASO Chlef	Y

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat	Name	L 1	AC	SC	CL 1	Total
1		Lamine Zemmamouche	8	1	–	1	10
27		Mourad Berrefane	2	–	–	–	2
		TOTALS	10	1	–	1	12

Overall seasonal record

Note: Games which are level after extra-time and are decided by a penalty shoot-out are listed as draws.

Games played	40 (30 Ligue 1, 1 Super Cup, 3 Algerian Cup, 6 Champions League)
Games won	15 (10 Ligue 1, 0 Super Cup, 2 Algerian Cup, 3 Champions League)
Games drawn	14 (11 Ligue 1, 0 Super Cup, 1 Algerian Cup, 2 Champions League)
Games lost	11 (9 Ligue 1, 1 Super Cup, 0 Algerian Cup, 1 Champions League)
Win %	37.50%
Goals scored	55 (35 Ligue 1, 0 Super Cup, 7 Algerian Cup, 13 Champions League)
Goals conceded	37 (27 Ligue 1, 1 Super Cup, 2 Algerian Cup, 7 Champions League)
Goal difference	+18 (+8 Ligue 1, -1 Super Cup, +5 Algerian Cup, +6 Champions League)
Yellow cards	93 (72 Ligue 1, 1 Super Cup, 7 Algerian Cup, 13 Champions League)
Red cards	7 (5 Ligue 1, 0 Super Cup, 0 Algerian Cup, 2 Champions League)
Worst discipline
Biggest win	5-1 (vs. RC Arbaâ, Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, 6.02.2015) 5-1 (vs. AS Pikine, 2015 CAF Champions League, 15.03.2015)
Heaviest defeat	1-3 (on 1 occasions) 0-2 (on 1 occasions)
Highest scoring match	5-1 (vs. RC Arbaâ, Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, 6.02.2015) 5-1 (vs. AS Pikine, 2015 CAF Champions League, 15.03.2015)
Most appearances	38 (Carolus Andriamatsinoro)
Top scorer	8 (Youcef Belaïli)
Most assists	8 (Mokhtar Benmoussa)