USM Alger in international football

Lamine Zemmamouche is the USM Alger player with the highest match tally in international competitions, with 49 matches.
Club	USM Alger
Most appearances	Lamine Zemmamouche 49
Top scorer	Billel Dziri 16
First entry	1982 African Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry	2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
Titles
Confederation Cup	1 2022–23
Super Cup	1 2023

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 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

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

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]

CAF competitions

USM Alger results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate	Ref.
1982	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	CARA Brazzaville	2–0	0–1	2–1	[51]
		Second round	Bendel Insurance	2–0	1–3	3–3 ( a)
		Quarterfinals	Hearts of Oak	2–1	0–2	2–3
1989	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Liberté FC	4–0	0–1	4–1	[52]
		Second round	Stade Malien	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–3 p)
		Quarterfinals	FC BFV	1–3	Walkover	1–3
1997	Champions League	First round	CD Travadores	6–1	3-1	9–2	[53]
		Second Round	Udoji United	3–0	0–2	3–2
		Group stage	Raja Casablanca	2–2	2–0	2nd place
			Orlando Pirates	2–1	1–1
			Primeiro de Agosto	1–0	1–2
1998	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Hawks	Walkover			[54]
		Second Round	Ghapoha Readers	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Quarter-finals	Primeiro de Agosto	1–2	0–3	1–5
1999	CAF Cup	First round	Horoya AC	2–1	3–2	4–4 ( a)	[55]
		Second round	Al-Ahli SC	5–0	2–0	7–0
		Quarter-finals	Wydad Casablanca	2–1	0–1	2–2 ( a)
2000	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	JS du Ténéré	1–0	1–1	2–1 ( d) [56]	[57]
2002	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Gazelle FC	6–1	0–0	6–1	[58]
		Second Round	AS Mangasport	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals	US Transfoot	8–2	3–1	11–3
		Semi-finals	WAC Casablanca	2-2	0–0	2–2 ( a)
2003	Champions League	First round	Wallidan FC	2–0	1–2	3–2	[59]
		Second Round	Stade Malien	2–0	1-1	3–1
		Group stage	Atlético Sport Aviação	2–0	0–1	2nd place
			Espérance	0–1	0–2
			Canon Yaoundé	3–0	2–0
		Semifinals	Enyimba	1–1	1–2	2–3
2004	Champions League	First round	ASFA Yennenga	8–1	2–2	10–3	[60]
		Second Round	Asante Kotoko	2–0	0–2	2–2 (3–1 p)
		Group stage	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	1–1	1–2	3rd place
			Supersport United	2–1	0–2
			Espérance	3–0	1–2
2005	Champions League	First Round	Olympic Azzaweya	5–0	2–0	7–0	[61]
		Second round	Al Ahly	0–1	2–2	2–3
	Confederation Cup	Second Round of 16	AS Marsa	1–1	1–1	2–2 (4-5 p)	[62]
2006	Champions League	Preliminary Round	RC Kadiogo	1–0	1–1	2–1	[63]
		First round	ASC Port Autonome	3–2	1–2	4–4 ( a)
2007	Champions League	Preliminary round	AS-FNIS	3–1	0–2	3–3 ( a)	[64]
2013	Confederation Cup	First round	Panthère du Ndé	1–0	3–2	4–2	[65]
		Second round	US Bitam	0–0	0–3	0–3
2015	Champions League	Preliminary round	Foullah Edifice	3–0	1–3	4–3	[66]
		First round	AS Pikine	5–1	1–1	6–2
		Second round	AS Kaloum	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Group stage	ES Sétif	3–0	2–1	1st place
			Al-Merrikh SC	1–0	0–1
			MC El Eulma	2–1	1–0
		Semifinals	Al-Hilal	0–0	2–1	2–1
		Final	TP Mazembe	1–2	0–2	1–4
2017	Champions League	First round	RC Kadiogo	2–0	0–1	2–1	[67]
		Group stage	Al-Ahli Tripoli	3–0	1–1	1st place
			CAPS United	4–1	1–2
			Zamalek	2–0	1–1
		Quarter-finals	Ferroviário Beira	0–0	1–1	1–1 ( a)
		Semifinals	Wydad Casablanca	0–0	1–3	1–3
2018	Confederation Cup	First round	AS Maniema Union	1–1	2–2	3–3 ( a)	[68]
		Play-off round	Plateau United	4–0	1–2	5–2
		Group stage	Young Africans	4–0	1–2	1st place
			Gor Mahia	2–1	0–0
			Rayon Sports	1–1	2–1
		Quarter-finals	Al-Masry	0–1	0–1	0–2
2019–20	Champions League	Preliminary round	AS Sonidep	3–1	2–1	5–2	[69]
		First round	Gor Mahia	4–1	2–0	6–1
		Group stage	Wydad Casablanca	1–1	1–3	4th place
			Petro de Luanda	2–2	1–1
			Mamelodi Sundowns	0–1	1–2
2022–23	Confederation Cup	Second round	ASC Kara	2–1	2–0	4–1	[70]
		Play-off round	Cape Town City	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Group stage	Saint-Éloi Lupopo	3–0	1–1	2nd place
			Al Akhdar	4–1	1–1
			Marumo Gallants	2–0	0–2
		Quarter-finals	ASFAR	2–0	2–3	4–3
		Semi-finals	ASEC Mimosas	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Final	Young Africans	0–1	2–1	2–2 ( a)
2023	CAF Super Cup	Final	Al Ahly	1–0 ( N)			[71]
2023–24	Confederation Cup	Second round	FUS Rabat	0–0	1–1	1–1 ( a)	[72]
		Group stage	Al Hilal Benghazi	2–0	1–2	1st place
			SuperSport United	2–1	2–0
			Future	1–0	0–0
		Quarter-finals	Rivers United	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Semi-finals	RS Berkane	–	–	–

Non-CAF competitions

Non-CAF competition record

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate	Ref.
1969	Maghreb Cup Winners Cup	Semifinals	Al-Hilal SC	2–1			[73]
		Final	RS Settat	0–1
1970	Maghreb Cup Winners Cup	Semifinals	Club Africain	0–1			[74]
		third Place	Wydad Casablanca	1–3
2003	Arab Champions League	Group stage	Zamalek SC	1–1		3rd place	[75]
			Al Shorta SC	1–1
			Kuwait SC	1–1
			Al-Jaish SC	4–1
2007–08	Arab Champions League	Round 32	Al-Talaba	2–0	2–0	4–0	[76]
		Round 16	Al-Arabi	Walkover	2–3	Disqualified [note 1]
		Group stage	Wydad Casablanca	2–1	3–2	3rd place
			Tala'ea El-Gaish SC	0–1	0–0
			Taliya SC	0–1	0–0
2008–09	Arab Champions League	Round 32	Al-Wahda Mecca	3–0	1–3	4–3	[77]
		Round 16	Ismaily SC	1–4	1–3	2–7
2012–13	UAFA Club Cup	Second Round	ASC Tevragh-Zeïna	2–1	2–0	4–1	[78]
		Quarter-finals	Al-Baqa'a SC	3–2	6–1	9–3
		Semifinals	Ismaily SC	0–0	0–0	0–0 (4–3 p)
		Final	Al-Arabi	3–2	0–0	3–2
2018–19	UAFA Club Championship	First Round	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	1–0	3–0	[79]
		Second Round	Al-Merrikh	2–0	1–4	3–4

Statistics

By season

Information correct as of 7 April 2024.

Key

In Africa

Non-CAF competitions

Overall record

In Africa

As of 7 April 2024 ^[update]:

Non-CAF competitions

As of 10 December 2018 ^[update]:

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.

Al-Arabi SC v USM Alger

14 April 2013 UAFA Club Cup (1L)	Al-Arabi SC	0–0	USM Alger	Al-Mansouriah, Kuwait
19:00  UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Sabah Al-Salem Stadium Attendance: 23,456 Referee: Mohamed Arafa ( Jordan)

USM Alger v Al-Arabi SC

14 May 2013 UAFA Club Cup (2L)	USM Alger	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	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)

USM Alger v TP Mazembe

31 October 2015 Champions League (1L)	USM Alger	1–2	TP Mazembe	Algiers, Algeria
20:30  UTC+1	Seguer 88'	Report	Kalaba 27' Samatta 79' ( pen.)	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Gehad Grisha ( Egypt)

TP Mazembe v USM Alger

8 November 2015 Champions League (2L)	TP Mazembe	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	USM Alger	Lubumbashi, DR Congo
15:30  UTC+2	Samatta 74' ( pen.) Assalé 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe Referee: Bakary Gassama ( Gambia)

Young Africans v USM Alger

28 May 2023 Confederation Cup (1L)	Young Africans	1–2	USM Alger	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
16:00  UTC+3	Mayele 82'	Report	Mahious 32' Merili 84'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo ( DR Congo)

USM Alger v Young Africans

3 June 2023 Confederation Cup (2L)	USM Alger	0–1 (2–2 agg.)	Young Africans	Algiers, Algeria
20:00  UTC+1		Report	Shabani 7'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Dahane Beida ( Mauritania)

Al Ahly v USM Alger

15 September 2023 CAF Super Cup	Al Ahly	0–1	USM Alger	Taif, Saudi Arabia
21:00  UTC+3		Report	Belaïd 43' ( pen.)	Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Pierre Atcho ( Gabon) [80]

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against Rivers United on April 7, 2024

CAF competitions

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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	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	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
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	CD Travadores	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	9	2	+7
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
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
Congo	CARA Brazzaville	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
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	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
Gambia	Wallidan FC	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
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	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	ASEC Mimosas	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Kenya	Gor Mahia	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	8	2	+6
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	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	Stade Malien	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
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	Ferroviário Beira	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	0
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	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	Rayon Sports	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
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
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	12	9	+3
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	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	Young Africans	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	7	4	+3
Togo	ASC Kara	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Tunisia	Espérance	4	1	0	3	4	5	−1
	AS Marsa	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Subtotal		6	1	2	3	6	7	−1
Zimbabwe	CAPS United	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Total		156	75	37	44	245	148	+97

Non-CAF competitions

Result summary by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Egypt	7	0	4	3	3	9	−6
Iraq	5	4	1	0	8	1	+7
Jordan	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6
Kuwait	4	1	2	1	6	6	0
Libya	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Mauritania	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Morocco	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Sudan	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Syria	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
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 Rivers United on April 7, 2024. ^{[note 2]}

List of USM Alger players with 5 or more goals

P	Player	TOTAL	CL	CWC	CAC CCC	SC
1	Billel Dziri	16	14	1	1	–
2	Tarek Hadj Adlane	15	7	2	6	–
3	Mamadou Diallo	10	10	–	–	–
=	Oussama Darfalou	10	5	–	5	–
5	Issaad Bourahli	9	4	5	–	–
=	Aymen Mahious	9	5	–	4	–
7	Farouk Chafaï	7	5	–	2	–
=	Rabie Benchergui	7	3	4	–	–
9	Amar Ammour	6	4	2	–	–
=	Abderrahmane Meziane	6	1	–	5	–
=	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	6	6	–	–	–
12	Zakaria Benchaâ	5	5	–	–	–
=	Moncef Ouichaoui	5	4	1	–	–
=	Mintou Doucoure	5	4	–	1	–
=	Zineddine Belaïd	5	–	–	4	1
=	Hocine Achiou	5	3	1	1	–
Totals		242	129	40	72	1

Hat-tricks

Two goals one match

Non-CAF competitions goals

P Player Goals 1 Amar Ammour 5 2 Billel Dziri 4 = Lamouri Djediat 4 4 Mintou Doucoure 3 = Noureddine Daham 3 6 Salim Hanifi 2 = Mohamed Rabie Meftah 2 = Hocine Achiou 2 = Rafik Deghiche 2 9 Samir Bentayeb 1

P Player Goals = Moncef Ouichaoui 1 = Daniel Moncharé 1 = Mohamed Hamdoud 1 = Mokhtar Benmoussa 1 = Farouk Chafaï 1 = Issaad Bourahli 1 = Aymen Mahious 1 = Mohamed Amine Hamia 1 = Oualid Ardji 1 = Farès Mecheri 1

P Player Goals = Ali Rial 1 = Bouazza Feham 1 = Saad Tedjar 1 = Ahmed Gasmi 1 = Hichem Mokhtari 1 = Lakhdar Guitoun 1 = Kamel Tchalabi 1 = Ahmed Attoui 1 = Oussama Chita 1 = Own Goals 2

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 3]}

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

African and arab opponents by cities

Accra

Brazzaville

Bamako

Antananarivo

Casablanca

Praia

Enugu

Benin City

Johannesburg

Luanda

Tema

Conakry

Wad Madani

Niamey

N'Djaména

Moanda

Toamasina

Banjul

Tunis

Yaoundé

Aba

Ouagadougou

Kumasi

Dakar

Pretoria

Zaouïa

Le Caire

La Marsa

Kadiogo

Bangangté

Bitam

Sétif

Omdurman

El Eulma

Lubumbashi

Ismaïlia

Baghdad

Amman

Kuwait City

Tevragh-Zeina

Mecca

Damascus

Hama

Kindu

Tripoli

Harare

Beira

Jos

Kigali

Dar es Salam

Nairobi

Port Said

Kara

Cape Town

Kinshasa

Benina

Rabat

Abidjan

Benghazi

Uyo

Notes

References