2017–18 USM Alger season

In the 2017–18 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 40th season, as well as the CAF Champions League, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

USM Alger

2017–18 season
Owner	Ali Haddad
Chairman	Rabouh Haddad (until 28 February 2018)[1] Abdelhakim Serrar (from 28 February 2018)[1]
Head coach	Paul Put (until 11 November 2017)[2] Miloud Hamdi (from 12 November 2017)[3]
Stadium	Omar Hamadi Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet
Ligue 1	6th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Semi-finals
Confederation Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Oussama Darfalou (18 goals) All: Oussama Darfalou (26 goals)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

With the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the CAF Champions League after defeating against Morocco's Wydad.^[4] on 11 November 2017 the coach Paul Put announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to CS Constantine.,^[2] A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season.^[3]

Season summary

In preparation for this season, which will start at the end of August 2017, the management of the USMA, in consultation with the technical staff, is planning the summer training course from 04 to 16 August 2017 in Turkey the Usmists will be in Istanbul at 2 pm, a bus will wait for the Algerian delegation to transport it to the station Kartepe in Izmit and will play five friendly matches.^[5] three against local clubs, two against Saudi clubs and one against a Qatari club. USM Alger is transported without six players: Ayoub Abdellaoui, Abderrahmane Meziane, Oussama Darfalou, Okacha Hamzaoui and Raouf Benguit Who joined the Algeria A' national team in preparation for the African Nations Championship qualification against the Libyan national team, as for Soumaila Sidibe did not move with the team because of the visa.^[6] the first friendly against Mersin İdmanyurdu and ended with a 5–1 victory and only Ziri Hammar played 90 minutes, and he was the author of three assists, in the same context the games it was delayed for a day due to heavy fog.^[7] The second match was against Al Kharaitiyat Qatar and ended 4–1 in favor of the Union and saw the match with the young striker Boumechra, who scored two goals The third game against Sultanbeyli Belediyespor canceled because of the fog and to avoid these problems the decision of the management of the USM Alger played the rest of the friendly games in another place to avoid being postponed, then in the fourth game against Al-Hazm Saudi Club won the Union winning two goals to zero, on the final day of training, the team played two friendly matches in the morning against Ataşehir Çamolukspor and ended in favor of USM Alger with a 2–0 victory. In the evening against Al-Orobah from Saudi Arabia, they ended with a 2–2 draw. after a 13-day internship in Turkey in the heights of Izmit, the Red and Black are back home. The plane from Istanbul arrived at the Algiers airport at 18:30.^[8]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 May 2018.^[9][10][11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat.	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Apps.	Goals	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Lamine Zemmamouche (C.)		GK	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 32)	MC Alger	334	1	2012	2020
16	Ismaïl Mansouri		GK	(1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 29)	MO Béjaïa	53	0	2008	2019
30	Mourad Berrefane		GK	(1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 31)	MO Béjaïa	23	0	2014	2018
Defenders
3	Ayoub Abdellaoui		LB / CB	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 24)	Reserve team	94	3	2011	2016
5	Mohamed Benyahia		CB / DM	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 25)	MC Oran	50	5	2016	2019
6	Farouk Chafaï		CB	(1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 27)	Reserve team	227	22	2010	2019
20	Nacereddine Khoualed		CB	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 31)	US Biskra	289	10	2006	2018
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa		LB / LM / LW	(1986-08-01)1 August 1986 (aged 31)	ES Sétif	208	14	2012	2019
22	Mohamed Rabie Meftah (V.C.)		RB	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 32)	JSM Béjaïa	206	38	2011	2020
21	Mehdi Benchikhoune		RB	(1996-04-03)3 April 1996 (aged 21)	Reserve team	6	0	2017	2022
19	Redouane Cherifi		DF	(1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 24)	USM Bel-Abbès	21	0	2017	2021
27	Raouf Benguit		CB / DM	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20)	Paradou AC	62	1	2016	2018
Midfielders
15	Oualid Ardji		MF	(1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 21)	NA Hussein Dey	13	1	2016	2021
20	Rafik Bouderbal		AM / FW	(1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 29)	AS Lyon-Duchère	24	1	2016	2018
4	Soumaila Sidibe		AM / DM	(1992-06-15)15 June 1992 (aged 25)	MO Béjaïa	8	0	2017	2020
8	Kaddour Beldjilali		AM / CM	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 29)	Étoile du Sahel	82	6	2014	2017
18	Amir Sayoud		AM	(1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 27)	DRB Tadjenanet	45	5	2016	2020
10	Ziri Hammar		AM	(1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 25)	JS Saoura	24	3	2016	2020
14	Faouzi Bourenane		AM	(1994-08-24)24 August 1994 (aged 23)	Příbram	15	1	2016	2020
17	Mohamed Benkablia		AM	(1993-02-02)2 February 1993 (aged 24)	JS Kabylie	17	0	2016	2019
23	Hamza Koudri		DM	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 30)	MC Alger	184	5	2012	2020
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa		AM / DM	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 24)	Reserve team	104	4	2011	2018
26	Reda Bellahcene		DM	(1993-01-21)21 January 1993 (aged 24)	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	23	1	2016	2019
31	Ilyes Yaiche		AM / LM	(1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 20)	Reserve team	16	0	2016	2020
7	Faouzi Yaya		MF	(1989-09-21)21 September 1989 (aged 28)	MO Béjaïa	27	4	2017	2020
2	Oussama Chita		MF	(1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 21)	MC Alger	22	0	2017	2021
Forwards
11	Abderrahmane Meziane		ST	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 23)	RC Arbaâ	74	13	2014	2021
13	Oussama Darfalou		ST / FW	(1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 24)	RC Arbaâ	79	40	2015	2018
9	Okacha Hamzaoui		FW	(1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 27)	Nacional	16	2	2017	2018
10	Reda Hajhouj		FW	(1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 23)	Wydad Casablanca	10	2	2018	2019
17	Mohamed Amine Hamia		FW	(1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad	5	0	2018	2021

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
21 May 2017	CF	Okacha Hamzaoui	Nacional	Loan one year	[12][13]
21 June 2017	AM	Faouzi Yaya	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	[14][15]
22 June 2017	DF	Redouane Cherifi	USM Bel-Abbès	Free transfer	[16][17]
30 June 2017	FW	Manucho	CS Constantine	Loan Return
30 June 2017	CB	Mohamed Amine Madani	USM El Harrach	Loan Return
4 July 2017	MF	Oussama Chita	MC Alger	Free transfer	[18][19]
4 July 2017	CB / DM	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Loan one year
11 July 2017	DF	Mehdi Benchikhoune	Reserve team	First Professional Contract
31 July 2017	MF	Soumaila Sidibe	MO Béjaïa	7,000,000 DA	[20][21]
23 December 2017	MF	Oualid Ardji	NA Hussein Dey	Loan Return	[22]
23 December 2017	MF	Rafik Bouderbal	N/A	Return to complete his contract	[22]
14 January 2018	FW	Reda Hajhouj	Wydad Casablanca	Free transfer	[23]
15 January 2018	FW	Mohamed Amine Hamia	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer (Released)	[24]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
29 June 2017	RB	Toufik Zeghdane	Sedan Ardennes	Free transfer (Released)	[25][26]
30 June 2017	CB	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Return from loan
30 June 2017	AM / FW	Rafik Bouderbal	Unattached	Undisclosed
30 June 2017	FW	Ghislain Guessan	RC Arbaâ	End of his contract
30 June 2017	FW	Manucho	Al Ittihad Alexandria	End of contract	[27]
30 June 2017	CF	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	Ohod Club	End of contract	[28][29]
14 July 2017	AM	Abel Khaled	DRB Tadjenanet	Free transfer (Released)	[30]
16 July 2017	DF	Abderrahim Hamra	DRB Tadjenanet	Loan	[31]
16 July 2017	FW	Kaddour Cherif	DRB Tadjenanet	Loan	[31]
28 July 2017	MF	Mustapha Bengrina	US Biskra	Loan	[32]
28 July 2017	MF	Ibrahim Farhi	US Biskra	Loan	[33]
30 July 2017	CB	Mohamed Amine Madani	JS Saoura	20,000,000 DA	[34]
11 December 2017	CB	Nacereddine Khoualed	Ohod Club	Free transfer (Released)	[35][a]
28 December 2017	AM	Ziri Hammar	JS Kabylie	Loan for six months	[37]
8 January 2018	AM	Mohamed Benkablia	CR Belouizdad	Undisclosed	[38]
11 January 2018	AM	Faouzi Bourenane	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer (Released)	[39]
15 January 2018	AM/DM	Soumaila Sidibe	CR Belouizdad	Loan for six months	[39]

1. Nacereddine Khoualed joined Ohod Club following his release.^[36]

Pre-season and friendlies

Mersin İdmanyurdu v USM Alger

8 August 2017[note 1] Friendly	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1-5	USM Alger	Izmit
16:00 UTC+3		Report	?' Benkablia ?' Ben Hamouda ?' Cherifi ?' Boumechra ?' Bourenane	Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

Al Kharaitiyat v USM Alger

11 August 2017 Friendly	Al Kharaitiyat	1-4	USM Alger	Izmit
16:30 UTC+3		Report	?' Chafaï ?', ?' Boumechra ?' Benyahia	Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

Sultanbeyli Belediyespor v USM Alger

14 August 2017 Friendly	Sultanbeyli Belediyespor	Canceled	USM Alger	Izmit
16:00 UTC+3		[ Report]		Stadium: ?

USM Alger v Al-Hazm

15 August 2017 Friendly	USM Alger	2-0	Al-Hazm	Izmit
00:00 UTC+3	Sayoud ?' Yaya ?'	Report		Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

Ataşehir Çamolukspor v USM Alger

16 August 2017 Friendly	Ataşehir Çamolukspor	0-2	USM Alger	Izmit
10:00 UTC+3		Report	?' Boukhena ?' (pen.) Benmoussa	Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

USM Alger v Al-Orobah

16 August 2017 Friendly	USM Alger	2-2	Al-Orobah	Izmit
15:30 UTC+3	Benyahia ?' Benkablia ?'	Report		Stadium: ? Attendance: 0 Referee: ?

USM Alger v Olympique de Médéa

20 August 2017 Friendly	USM Alger	3-2	Olympique de Médéa	Bologhine
18:00	Meftah ?' Meziane ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ?

USM Alger v RC Kouba

30 August 2017 Friendly	USM Alger	3-0	RC Kouba	Bologhine
10:00	Hamzaoui ?', ?' Hammar ?'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: ?

USM Alger v Paradou AC

23 March 2018 Friendly	USM Alger	4-3	Paradou AC	Bologhine
18:00	Yaya 27', 32' Hamzaoui 40' Hamia 76'	[ Report] Live TV: Dzaïr TV	13', 37' Loucif 55' ?	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: ?

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	11	9	10	43	32	+11	036.67	—	6th	26 August 2017	19 May 2018
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	29 December 2017	2 February 2018
Champions League	5	1	3	1	6	5	+1	020.00	Group stage	Semi-finals	9 July 2017	21 October 2017
Confederation Cup	6	2	3	1	12	5	+7	033.33	First round	Group stage[note 2]	7 March 2018	16 May 2018[note 2]
Total	44	16	15	13	63	43	+20	036.36

Updated to match played 19 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	MC Oran	30	12	9	9	40	37	+3	45
5	MC Alger	30	12	8	10	41	32	+9	44	Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
6	USM Alger	30	11	9	10	43	35	+8	42[a]
7	Paradou AC	30	12	6	12	35	30	+5	42[a]
8	ES Sétif	30	10	10	10	35	30	+5	40	Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. 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. Ranked on head-to-head results.

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	13	9	8	43	35	+8	48	6	4	5	24	18	+6	7	5	3	19	17	+2

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	4	4	6	12	7	6	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	5	2	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	5	5	6

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

USM Alger v Paradou AC

26 August 2017 Round 1	USM Alger	2–1	Paradou AC	Bologhine
19:00	Hamzaoui 46' Meftah 80' (pen.)	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None	28' Naidji  79' Moussaoui	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal Man of the Match: Meftah

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

7 September 2017 Round 2	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	USM Alger	Belouizdad
17:00	Laribi  17' Gasmi 49' (pen.)  90+4' Khacef  71'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie	47' Zemmamouche 74' Meziane	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab Man of the Match: Harrag

USM Alger v DRB Tadjenanet

11 September 2017 Round 3	USM Alger	1–1	DRB Tadjenanet	Bologhine
17:45	Darfalou 79' Benkhemassa  90+2'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	17' Attouche  20' Demane  42' Maroci  63' Boufeneche  84' Hadded	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

USM Bel-Abbès v USM Alger

3 October 2017 Round 4	USM Bel-Abbès	2–0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Bounoua 21' Lamara  31' Belhocini  35' 45+1' Toual  45'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	10' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Said Aouina

USM Alger v USM El Harrach

24 October 2017 Round 5	USM Alger	2–0	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
17:00	Darfalou 2' Benkhemassa  70' Hammar 87'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie	49' Delhoum  53' Mebarki  67' Khelili	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

28 October 2017 Round 9	USM Alger	4–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
17:00	Benmoussa 7' Hammar 13' (pen.)  34' Darfalou 23' (pen.), 40' Abdellaoui  55' Benkhemassa  61' Chafaï  76'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie / TV Tamazight 4	31' Khoudi  37' Namani	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

Olympique de Médéa v USM Alger

3 November 2017 Round 10	Olympique de Médéa	1–1	USM Alger	Médéa
15:00	Bouchiba  34' Baouche 55'  83'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None	80' Koudri 89' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v CS Constantine

11 November 2017 Round 11	USM Alger	1–2	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:00	Yaya 11' Benyahia  26'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Algérie 3	57' Abid 74' Dahar  90' Belkheir	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

USM Alger v JS Saoura

16 November 2017 Round 12	USM Alger	0–2	JS Saoura	Bologhine
17:00	Meziane  79' Meftah  90'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None	6' Merbah  39' Djallit 45' Bekakchi  64' Bousmaha  77' Boukacem  79' Benkouider 90+3' Yahia-Chérif  90+3' Bourdim	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Said Aouina

MC Alger v USM Alger

28 November 2017 Round 6	MC Alger	0–2	USM Alger	Algiers
17:45	Karaoui  50' Boudebouda  81' El Moudene  90+3'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	40' Koudri 56' (pen.) Benmoussa  58' Benguit  71' Benkhemassa  81' Beldjilali 84' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa Man of the Match: Benguit

MC Oran v USM Alger

2 December 2017 Round 13	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	Oran
16:00	Ferrahi  48' Toumi 80'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None	51' Benkhemassa  71' Sidibe 75' Darfalou	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

USM Alger v US Biskra

5 December 2017 Round 7	USM Alger	2–0	US Biskra	Bologhine
17:00	Cherifi  12' Darfalou 16' Khoualed  58' Boumechra 74'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

8 December 2017 Round 14	USM Alger	0–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:00	Benkhemassa  28' Meftah  47' Benguit  64'  80'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	68' Yettou  84'  90+3' Ferhani  88' Asselah	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

ES Sétif v USM Alger

12 December 2017 Round 8	ES Sétif	1–2	USM Alger	Sétif
17:00	Obambou  27' Benayad 54'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie / TV Tamazight 4	5' Darfalou  9' Benkhemassa  15'  43' Abdellaoui 75' Chafaï	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

USM Blida v USM Alger

16 December 2017 Round 15	USM Blida	2–3	USM Alger	Blida
15:00	Guattal 47' Ghacha  53' Frioui 55'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None	10' Meziane 58' Darfalou 78' Chafaï	Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

Paradou AC v USM Alger

6 January 2018 Round 16	Paradou AC	0–0	USM Alger	Bologhine
17:00	Chahrour  31' Cheraitia  47' Naidji  53'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	1' Zemmamouche  17' Abdellaoui  44' Benguit  90+3' Meftah	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

20 January 2018 Round 17	USM Alger	1–2	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
16:00	Benkhemassa  33' Abdellaoui  47' Chafaï  77' Benyahia 90+3' (pen.)	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie	10' Addadi  81' Laribi  85' Khiat 89' Ouadji	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

DRB Tadjenanet v USM Alger

27 January 2018 Round 18	DRB Tadjenanet	0–3	USM Alger	Tadjenanet
15:00	Fourloul  80'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Algérie 3	23', 38' Yaya 26' Darfalou  36' Meftah	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v USM Bel-Abbès

9 February 2018 Round 19	USM Alger	1–2	USM Bel-Abbès	Algiers
17:00	Hajhouj 14' Zemmamouche  47' Chafaï  72' Benkhemassa  89'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	28' Salah  47' Lagraâ  71' Lamara 75' Seguer 85' Tabti	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

USM El Harrach v USM Alger

16 February 2018 Round 20	USM El Harrach	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Daoud  42'  60'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	42' Koudri	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

USM Alger v MC Alger

24 February 2018 Round 21	USM Alger	2–2	MC Alger	Algiers
17:00	Darfalou 1'  43' Abdellaoui  17' Bouderbal 19' Benmoussa  22' Chafaï  68' Bellahcene  79' Meftah  82' Zemmamouche  90+2'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	12' Nekkache 56' Bendebka 71' Hachoud	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

US Biskra v USM Alger

2 March 2018 Round 22	US Biskra	0–1	USM Alger	Biskra
16:00	Maanser  37'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None	64' Benkhemassa	Stadium: El Alia Sports Complex Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v ES Sétif

13 March 2018 Round 23	USM Alger	3–2	ES Sétif	Bologhine
17:00	Darfalou 8' (pen.) Benguit  49'  56' Koudri 50'  53' Chafaï 82'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	49' Sidhoum 83', 90+2' Banouh	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

30 March 2018 Round 24	CR Belouizdad	1–0	USM Alger	Belouizdad
15:00	Salhi  26' Bellaili 35' (pen.) Draoui  72' Lakroum  89'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Algérie 3	80' Chafaï  89' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Farouk Mial

USM Alger v Olympique de Médéa

13 April 2018 Round 25	USM Alger	1–1	Olympique de Médéa	Bologhine
16:00	Abdellaoui 38'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None	12' Benamar  60' Boucherit  83' Morcely	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

CS Constantine v USM Alger

20 April 2018 Round 26	CS Constantine	2–1	USM Alger	Constantine
16:00	Arroussi  38' Cherifi 53' (o.g.) Belameiri  18' 90+4'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Algérie 3	40' Abdellaoui  38' Chafaï  45+2' Benkhemassa 51' Darfalou  74' Meftah  88' Benguit  90+5' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

JS Saoura v USM Alger

24 April 2018 Round 27	JS Saoura	3–2	USM Alger	Béchar
16:00	Bourdim 21', 81' (pen.) Cherifi 53' (o.g.)	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: None	58' (o.g.) Konaté 90+1' (pen.) Benmoussa	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM Alger v MC Oran

28 April 2018 Round 28	USM Alger	3–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
16:00	Darfalou 65' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Benyahia 83'	Soccerway report LFP report Live TV: Canal Algérie	6' Chibane  38' Mekkaoui  63' Abdat	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

11 May 2018 Round 29	JS Kabylie	3–2	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Yettou 20' Benyahia 64' (o.g.) Radouani 73'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	80', 89' Darfalou	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

USM Alger v USM Blida

19 May 2018 Round 30	USM Alger	1–2	USM Blida	Bologhine
16:00	Hajhouj 64'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	53' Dadsi 83' Frioui	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ali Nader

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Algerian Cup

USM Alger v US Firme

29 December 2017 Round of 64	USM Alger	1–0	US Firme	Bologhine
16:00	Meftah 45+2' Sidibe  77'	USM Alger report Live TV: None		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Benyahia (Bourenane 84’), Cherifi, Meftah, Sidibe, Chita, Sayoud, Koudri, Bellahcene, Yaya (Yaiche 46’), Meziane

USM Alger v CS Constantine

16 January 2018 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
16:00	Benguit  32' Sayoud 60' Mansouri  90+2'	dzFoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mansouri, Benyahia, Chafai, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa, Koudri, Benkhemassa, Benguit, Sayoud (Chita 70’), Darfalou (Berrefane 90+2’), Yaya (Ardji 76’)

JS Saoura v USM Alger

2 February 2018 Round of 16	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Alger	Béchar
17:00	Madani  79' Yahia-Chérif 81' 82' Boukacem  90'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	59' Meftah  67' Benguit  75' Yaya	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Farouk Mial
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Meftah, Chafai, Abdellaoui, Benmoussa (Hamia 88'), Chita, Benguit (Sayoud 86'), Benkhemassa, Hajhouj (Meziane 80'), Derfalou, Yaya

Champions League

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League

knockout stage

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Ferroviário Beira v USM Alger

16 September 2017 First leg	Ferroviário Beira	1–1	USM Alger	Beira
15:00 UTC+2	Agy  19' Kanda 89'	Report	4' Abdellaoui 63' Darfalou  84' Zemmamouche	Stadium: Estádio do Chiveve Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

USM Alger v Ferroviário Beira

23 September 2017 Second leg	USM Alger	0–0 (1 (a) –1 agg.)	Ferroviário Beira	Algiers
18:30 UTC+1		Report	29' Nyirenda  81' Maninho	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Semi-finals

USM Alger v Wydad Casablanca

29 September 2017 First leg	USM Alger	0–0	Wydad Casablanca	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Meftah  38' Benmoussa  47' Chafaï  89'	Report	14' Gaddarine  89' Khadrouf	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Wydad Casablanca v USM Alger

21 October 2017 Second leg	Wydad Casablanca	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	USM Alger	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	El Karti 26' Bencharki 54', 90+3' Nekkach  57' Atouchi  47'  56'	Report	53' 67' Abdellaoui  58' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Confederation Cup

Main article: 2018 CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

First round

AS Maniema Union v USM Alger

7 March 2018 first leg	AS Maniema Union	2–2	USM Alger	Kindu
14:00 UTC+2	Mbuka 45' Mozinzi 51'	Report	18' Ardji 29' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Joseph Kabila Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Cherifi, Benchikhoun (Benkhemassa 78’) - Benguit, Koudri, Bellahcene (Beldjilali 62’) - Benmoussa, Ardji (Hajhouj 60’), Darfalou

USM Alger v AS Maniema Union

18 March 2018 Second leg	USM Alger	1–1 (3 (a) –3 agg.)	AS Maniema Union	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Abdellaoui  59' Darfalou  36' 82'	Report	39' Mbuka 89' Manzoki	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Cherifi, Meftah - Benguit (Sayoud 65’), Koudri, Benkhemassa - Benmoussa, Ardji, Darfalou

Play-off round

Plateau United v USM Alger

7 April 2018 first leg	Plateau United	2–1	USM Alger	Lagos
16:00 UTC+1	Osanga 20' James 76'	Report	12' Benguit 56' Yaya  75' Benyahia  89' Chafaï	Stadium: Agege Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benyahia, Meftah - Benguit, Koudri, Benkhemassa (Hamia 33’), Benmoussa - Yaya, Darfalou

USM Alger v Plateau United

17 April 2018 Second leg	USM Alger	4–0 (5–2 agg.)	Plateau United	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1	Darfalou 29', 49' Beldjilali 44' Benkhemassa 82'	Report	2' Ambrose  8' Saleh	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Abdellaoui, Chafaï, Benmoussa, Meftah - Benguit, Koudri (Chita 77’), Beldjilali (Benkhemassa 64’) - Meziane (Ardji 70’), Yaya, Darfalou

Group stage

Main article: 2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage § Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USM	RAY	GOR	YAN
1	USM Alger	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Quarter-finals		—	1–1	2–1	4–0
2	Rayon Sports	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9			1–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Gor Mahia	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8			0–0	1–2	—	4–0
4	Young Africans	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4			2–1	0–0	2–3	—

Source: CAF

USM Alger v Young Africans

6 May 2018 (2018-05-06) Matchday 1	USM Alger	4–0	Young Africans	Algiers
20:00 UTC+1	Darfalou 4'  70' Chafaï 32' Meziane 53' Zemmamouche 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Mahadhi  64' Juma Ali  83'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

Gor Mahia v USM Alger

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16) Matchday 2	Gor Mahia	0–0	USM Alger	Nairobi
19:00 UTC+3	Mahadhi  33'  55'	Report	Bouderbal  44'	Stadium: Moi International Sports Centre Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Champions League			Confederation Cup			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche		25	25	0	2	2	0	5	5	0	6	6	1	38	38	1
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri		2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
30	GK	Mourad Berrefane		2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
	GK	Abdelmoumen Sifour[a]		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui		23	23	1	2	2	0	5	5	1	6	6	0	36	36	2
5	DF	Mohamed Benyahia		14	12	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	19	17	2
6	DF	Farouk Chafaï		24	24	3	2	2	0	5	5	0	6	6	1	37	37	4
19	DF	Redouane Cherifi		17	16	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	21	19	0
20	DF	Nacereddine Khoualed[b]		3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0
21	DF	Mehdi Benchikhoune		5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	6	0
22	DF	Mohamed Rabie Meftah		19	19	1	2	2	1	5	5	0	5	5	0	31	31	2
25	DF	Mokhtar Benmoussa		24	20	3	2	2	0	5	5	0	5	4	0	36	31	3
27	DF	Raouf Benguit		15	14	0	2	2	0	4	4	0	6	6	0	27	26	0
42	DF	Abdeldjalil Semmane[a]		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Midfielders
2	MF	Oussama Chita		18	13	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	15	0
4	MF	Soumaila Sidibe[b]		5	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0
7	MF	Faouzi Yaya		19	16	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	17	3
8	MF	Kaddour Beldjilali		18	12	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	22	14	1
10	MF	Ziri Hammar[b]		10	5	2	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	14	7	3
14	MF	Faouzi Bourenane[b]		2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	MF	Mohamed Benkablia[b]		3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
18	MF	Amir Sayoud		13	7	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	20	10	1
23	MF	Hamza Koudri		18	14	1	2	2	0	4	4	0	6	5	0	30	25	1
24	MF	Mohammed Benkhemassa		22	22	1	2	2	0	5	4	0	6	4	1	35	32	2
26	MF	Reda Bellahcene		10	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12	8	0
20	MF	Rafik Bouderbal		8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	10	3	1
15	MF	Oualid Ardji		8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	13	9	1
31	MF	Ilyes Yaiche[a]		7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	3	0
84	MF	Mohamed Reda Boumechra[a]		7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	1
54	MF	Billel Benhammouda[a]		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	MF	Zinedine Asli[a]		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	Okacha Hamzaoui		9	5	1	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	0	0	14	8	2
11	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane		18	15	2	2	1	0	5	5	1	3	3	1	28	24	4
13	FW	Oussama Darfalou		27	26	18	2	2	0	5	5	3	5	5	5	39	38	26
10	FW	Reda Hajhouj		8	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	6	2
17	FW	Mohamed Amine Hamia		3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0
Total				30		43	3		2	5		6	6		12	44		63

Last updated: 17 June 2022
Source: soccerway.com

1. Player from USM Alger Reserve
2. Player transferred out during the season

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Champions League			Confederation Cup			Total
1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	1
5	DF	Mohamed Benyahia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF	Farouk Chafaï	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
19	DF	Redouane Cherifi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF	Nacereddine Khoualed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	DF	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
25	DF	Mokhtar Benmoussa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	DF	Raouf Benguit	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	2
4	MF	Soumaila Sidibe	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	MF	Faouzi Yaya	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Kaddour Beldjilali	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF	Ziri Hammar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Hamza Koudri	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
24	MF	Mohammed Benkhemassa	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
26	MF	Reda Bellahcene	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Rafik Bouderbal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	FW	Oussama Darfalou	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
Total			51	2	3	5	0	1	7	0	0	7	0	0	70	2	4

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Nation	Name	Games Missed	Reason
21 June 2017		Amir Sayoud	3	(vs. Zamalek)
28 October 2017		Mohammed Benkhemassa	1
16 November 2017		Mohamed Rabie Meftah	1	[note 3]
28 November 2017		Raouf Benguit	1	[note 4]
5 December 2017		Nacereddine Khoualed	1	[note 4]
8 December 2017		Raouf Benguit	1	(vs. JS Kabylie)
12 December 2017		Ayoub Abdellaoui	2	(vs. ES Sétif)
12 December 2017		Mohammed Benkhemassa	1
6 January 2018		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	1	[note 5]
6 January 2018		Mohamed Rabie Meftah	1	[note 3]
16 January 2018		Ismaïl Mansouri	?	(vs. CS Constantine)
20 January 2018		Mohammed Benkhemassa	1
9 February 2018		Mohammed Benkhemassa	1	[note 4]
13 March 2018		Raouf Benguit	1	(vs. ES Sétif)
30 March 2018		Farouk Chafaï	1
20 April 2018		Raouf Benguit	4	(vs. CS Constantine)[40]
20 April 2018		Ayoub Abdellaoui	3	(vs. CS Constantine)[40]
20 April 2018		Mohamed Meftah	1	[note 3]
20 April 2018		Hamza Koudri	8	[41]
6 May 2018		Oussama Darfalou	1

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	CL1	CC3	TOTAL
13		Oussama Darfalou	FW	18	0	3	5	26
6		Farouk Chafaï	DF	3	0	1	1	5
7		Faouzi Yaya	MF	3	0	0	1	4
11		Abderrahmane Meziane	FW	2	0	1	1	4
25		Mokhtar Benmoussa	DF	3	0	0	0	3
15		Ziri Hammar	MF	2	0	1	0	3
5		Mohamed Benyahia	DF	2	0	0	0	2
9		Okacha Hamzaoui	FW	1	0	1	0	2
10		Reda Hajhouj	FW	2	0	0	0	2
22		Mohamed Meftah	DF	1	1	0	0	2
3		Ayoub Abdellaoui	DF	1	0	1	0	2
24		Mohammed Benkhemassa	MF	1	0	0	1	2
84		Mohamed Reda Boumechra	MF	1	0	0	0	1
26		Reda Bellahcene	MF	0	0	1	0	1
18		Amir Sayoud	MF	0	1	0	0	1
20		Rafik Bouderbal	MF	1	0	0	0	1
15		Oualid Ardji	MF	0	0	0	1	1
23		Hamza Koudri	MF	1	0	0	0	1
8		Kaddour Beldjilali	MF	0	0	0	1	1
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	0	1
Totals				43	2	9	12	66

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat	Name	L 1	AC	CL 1	CL 3	Total
1		Lamine Zemmamouche	9	1	3	3	16
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	–	–	–	–	–
30		Mourad Berrefane	–	–	–	–	–
		TOTALS	9	1	3	3	16

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Notes

1. The match was abandoned due to heavy fog after 10 minutes from the start of the match, and was resumed on 9 August 2017, 11:00, from the point of abandonment.^[7]
2. The competition will be completed in the new season 2018–19 starting from the third round.
3. A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee.
4. A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee because of the protest.
5. A penalty of one match by the Disciplinary Committee.