US Biskra

Union Sportive de Biskra (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لبسكرة), known as US Biskra or simply USB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Biskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium, 18 February Stadium, has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

US Biskra

Full name	Union Sportive de Biskra
Nickname(s)	Khadra
Founded	1934
Ground	18 February Stadium
Capacity	35,000
League	Ligue 2
2024–25	Ligue 1, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

Some of its famous players of the 1970s and early-1980s include: Majorie, Chaib Lakhal, Mohamed Jonas, Mirini, Bessaou, Bouzidi, Ben Brahim, and of course Doubba.

L'USB was stock in the third division for most of its history and played major roles but never made it up. The third division used to be called "Division d'Honneur". At that time the most important achievement was defeating the then, and even now, mighty ES Setif 2–1 in Algerian cup. That was a short lived happy time followed by a loss to USM Bel-Abbès in the same competition by 4–1. All the citizens of Biskra still remember the year of Azzaba when l'US Biskra lost at home in one of the final games to Azzaba 3–1 and therefore missing the accession to the second division then known as "Division Regional".

L'US Biskra now is in second division and even played in Division one for one season two years ago. In May 2017, US Biskra returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 11 years of absence.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
  • Champion (1): 2004–05

Players

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024^[update].^[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALG Ahmed Abdelkader 2 DF  ALG Ahmed Redha Houhou 4 DF  ALG Tarek Adouane 6 DF  ALG Hamza Salem 8 MF  ALG Mustapha Zeghnoun 9 FW  ALG Mohamed Larbi Khoualed 10 MF  ALG Hamza Ounnas 11 FW  ALG Chérif Siam 12 MF  ALG Hatem Dakhia 13 GK  ALG Abderrahmane Amri 14 MF  ALG Tayeb Hamoudi 15 DF  ALG Abdelhak Belkacemi

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  ALG Bilal Boukarroum 18 FW  ALG Khalil Darfalou 19 MF  ALG Ayoub Derbal 20 DF  ALG Nacereddine Khoualed (captain) 21 MF  ALG Yacine Medane 22 MF  ALG Abdellah Daouadji 23 DF  ALG Adel Lakhdari (vice-captain) 24 DF  ALG Salaheddine Benlaribi 25 FW  ALG Mohamed El Siddik Baali 26 MF  ALG Nizar Tamer 27 DF  ALG Aymen Chehmat 30 GK  ALG Oussama Mellala

Reserve Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  ALG Riad Rahmoun

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 FW  ALG Aymen Fellahi

Former players

For a list of current and former US Biskra player with a Wikipedia article, see Category:US Biskra players

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Mounir Zeghdoud
Assistant coach	Lotfi Bouderaa
Goalkeeping coach	Hocine Abrous
Fitness coach	Adlène Boukhedna

Statistics

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Other	Africa		Top goalscorer(s)[note 1]		Ref.
	Division	Pos	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA					Name	Goals
2017–18	Ligue 1	14th	34	30	9	7	14	23	30	Round of 16				Yasser Berbache	7	[citation needed]
2018–19	Ligue 2	1st	55	30	16	7	7	39	28	Penultimate regional round				Ibrahim Benachour	14
2019–20	Ligue 1[note 2]	14th	21	22	6	3	13	17	33	Round of 16				Messadia, Mokhtar	3	[citation needed]
2020–21	Ligue 1	14th	46	38	11	13	14	32	46	Not played	Quarter-finals			Youcef Chibane	6	[citation needed]
2021–22	Ligue 1	10th	50	34	13	11	10	36	32	Not played				Hichem Mokhtar	12	[citation needed]
2022–23	Ligue 1	12th	40	30	10	10	10	30	29	Round of 64				Baali, Siam	6	[citation needed]
2023–24	Ligue 1	14th	36	30	9	9	12	25	34	Quarter-final				Mustapha Zeghnoun	4	[citation needed]
2024–25	Ligue 1									Round of 64						[citation needed]

Notes

1. Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
2. On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[3] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.^[4]