2002–03 USM Alger season

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hichem Mezaïr	(1976-10-16) 16 October 1976	WA Tlemcen
25	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27) 27 March 1981	USM El Harrach
-	GK	Redouane Hamiti	(1982-01-16) 16 January 1982	Youth system
Defenders
2	RB	Salim Aribi	(1974-12-16) 16 December 1974	CA Batna
3	RB	Tarek Ghoul	(1975-01-06) 6 January 1975	USM El Harrach
4	RB	Mounir Zeghdoud	(1970-11-18) 18 November 1970	USM Aïn Beïda
5	RB	Mahieddine Meftah	(1968-09-25) 25 September 1968	JS Kabylie
-	RB	Mohamed Hamdoud	(1976-06-09) 9 June 1976	Youth system
-	RB	Rabah Deghmani	(1975-10-05) 5 October 1975	IB Khémis El Khechna
-	RB	Djamel Bougandoura	(1973-01-25) 25 January 1973	USM Annaba
Midfielders
6	CM	Farid Djahnine	(1976-08-16) 16 August 1976	Youth system
7	CM	Amar Ammour	(1976-09-10) 10 September 1976	ASM Oran
8	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21) 21 January 1972	CS Sedan Ardennes
9	CM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06) 6 January 1979	CR Belouizdad
10	CM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27) 27 April 1979	Youth system
-	CM	Yacine Hamadou	(1980-06-14) 14 June 1980	JS Bordj Ménaïel
-	CM	Hocine Metref	(1984-01-01) 1 January 1984	Youth system
Forwards
11	RW	Moncef Ouichaoui	(1977-04-05) 5 April 1977	USM Annaba
13	RW	Mohamed Cheraïtia	(1982-02-14) 14 February 1982	Youth system
19	RW	Rabie Benchergui	(1978-03-14) 14 March 1978	ASM Oran
21	RW	Rafik Deghiche	(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983	Youth system
-	RW	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23) 23 March 1974	ES Sétif
-	RW	Abdelhakim Meziani	(1981-01-18) 18 January 1981	Youth system

Competition	Record
G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	7001300000000000000♠30	7001170000000000000♠17	7000700000000000000♠7	7000600000000000000♠6	7001520000000000000♠52	7001170000000000000♠17	+35	7001566700000000000♠56.67
Algerian Cup	7000500000000000000♠5	7000500000000000000♠5	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000900000000000000♠9	7000100000000000000♠1	+8	7002100000000000000♠100.000
Champions League	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	+3	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Cup Winners' Cup	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7001130000000000000♠13	7000500000000000000♠5	+8	7001500000000000000♠50.00
UAFA Club Cup	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000700000000000000♠7	7000400000000000000♠4	+3	7001250000000000000♠25.00
Total	7001470000000000000♠47	7001270000000000000♠27	7001130000000000000♠13	7000700000000000000♠7	7001870000000000000♠87	7001300000000000000♠30	+57	7001574500000000000♠57.45


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger !USM Alger (C)	30	17	7	6	52	17	+35	58	2004 CAF Champions League
2	USM Blida !USM Blida (Q)	30	14	9	7	32	22	+10	51	2003-04 Arab Champions League
3	NA Hussein Dey !NA Hussein Dey (Q)	30	13	12	5	32	24	+8	51	2003-04 Arab Champions League
4	JS Kabylie !JS Kabylie	30	13	10	7	38	24	+14	49
5	CR Belouizdad !CR Belouizdad (Q)	30	12	9	9	28	20	+8	044²	2004 CAF Confederation Cup

Updated to games played on May 2014.
Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	17	7	6	52	17	+35	58	13	2	0	43	5	+38	4	5	6	9	12	−3

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

22 August 2002 Round 1	USM Alger	3 - 1	RC Kouba	Algiers
	Meftah 2' Bourahli 23' Aribi 40' Ghazi 55'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Khelifa, Sedrati and Talbi

9 September 2002 Round 2	USM Alger	4 - 0	MO Constantine	Algiers
	Aribi 7' 31' Ouichaoui 17' Bourahli 44' Ammour 46' Meftah 20'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Haïmoudi, Dekkar and Ouadah

19 September 2002 Round 4	USM Alger	3 - 1	ASO Chlef	Algiers
	Ouichaoui 10' Ammour 36' Yacine Hamadou 90+4' Meftah 15' Bourahli 48'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ouchen, Maouni and Chaoui

27 September 2002 Round 3	CA Batna	0 - 1	USM Alger	Batna
		Report	50' Ammour 16' Djahnine 27' Dziri 82' Achiou	Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Benouza, Belfekroun, Kourdbakir and Drid

14 October 2002 Round 6	USM Alger	0 - 0	USM Annaba	Algiers
	Benchergui	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Amrane, Tahir and Hamani

25 October 2002 Round 8	USM Alger	1 - 0	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
	Ouichaoui 32' (pen.) Djahnine 8' Mezaïr 26' Ghoul 44' Deghmani 78' Hamdoud 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Berber, Achouf and Chouiha

31 October 2002 Round 9	USM Blida	1 - 0	USM Alger	Blida
		Report	14' Ghazi 75' Ammour 87' Ghoul 90+4' Dziri	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Azem, Tahir and Hamani

4 November 2002 Round 5	WA Tlemcen	2 - 0	USM Alger	Tlemcen
		Report	28' Deghmani 62' Hamdoud	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Djaballah, Ghanem and Oukil

7 November 2002 Round 10	USM Alger	4 - 0	ES Sétif	Algiers
	Ouichaoui 13' Achiou 30' 58' Ammour 66' Deghiche 65' 78' Aribi 28'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Abdi, Mezaour and Lelouchi

14 November 2002 Round 11	JS Kabylie	1 - 0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
		Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Haimoudi, Djezar and Masnaoui

21 November 2002 Round 12	USM Alger	1 - 0	JSM Béjaïa	Algiers
	Deghiche 56' Meftah 23'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Zekrini, Menana and Mezali

29 November 2002 Round 7	NA Hussein Dey	1 - 0	USM Alger	Hussein Dey
		Report	26' Dziri 33' Ghoul 59' Deghmani 75' Ghazi	Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Haddada, Tahir and Bendjellid

9 December 2002 Round 13	ASM Oran	0 - 0	USM Alger	Oran
		Report	14' Meftah 42' Hamdoud	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Djaballah, Kourdbakir and Haïmoudi

12 December 2002 Round 14	USM Alger	5 - 0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Algiers
	Achiou 22' Ouichaoui 49' Bourahli 68', 72', 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Kestali, Berrahmoune and Hanifi

19 December 2002 Round 15	MC Oran	0 - 1	USM Alger	Oran
		Report	51' Bourahli Ghoul Aribi	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Mouellef, Sedrati and Oudjani

9 January 2003 Round 16	RC Kouba	1 - 2	USM Alger	Kouba
		Report	19', 63' Ammour Bourahli ?', 75' Ghoul	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Attendance: 15.000 Referee: jabala, Oukil and Kaïd

16 January 2003 Round 17	MO Constantine	0 - 0	USM Alger	Constantine
		Report	24' Bourahli 44' Aribi 85' Mezaïr	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Benouza, Meknous and Deffar

20 January 2003 Round 18	USM Alger	3 - 0	CA Batna	Algiers
	Ouichaoui 3' (pen.), 42' Ammour 22'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Mahidi, Naceri and Becharine

30 January 2003 Round 19	ASO Chlef	2 - 1	USM Alger	Chlef
		Report	23' Bourahli 22' Meftah 36', 39' Ghoul 45' Djahnine	Stadium: Stade Maâmar Sahli Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Haïmoudi, Ghanem and Belfekroun

3 February 2003 Round 20	USM Alger	3 - 0	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
	Aribi 1' Ouichaoui 62' (pen.) Bourahli 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

6 February 2003 Round 21	USM Annaba	1 - 1	USM Alger	Annaba
		Report	45' Bourahli 45' Ghazi Ouichaoui	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Benamara, Deffar and Meknous

17 February 2003 Round 22	USM Alger	0 - 0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Aribi Djahnine Zeghdoud 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Djaballah, Kaïd and Oukil

24 February 2003 Round 23	CR Belouizdad	1 - 1	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report	34' Dziri Ghazi Bourahli Mezaïr Djahnine	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Benouza, Djezzar and Berrahmane

6 March 2003 Round 24	USM Alger	3 - 0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Ouichaoui 37', 80' Dziri 67' Aribi Deghmani Bourahli	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Lahmar, Rani and Talbi

20 March 2003 Round 25	ES Sétif	0 - 0	USM Alger	Sétif
		Report	Djahnine	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Belkacem, Kaïd and Oukil

3 April 2003 Round 26	USM Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Algiers
	Ammour 45' Meftah 14'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Benouza, Berahmoune and Djezzar

1 May 2003 Round 27	JSM Béjaïa	0 - 1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report	75' Ouichaoui Deghmani	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Mehidi, Nasri and Bechirène

5 May 2003 Round 28	USM Alger	4 - 1	ASM Oran	Algiers
	Ouichaoui 21', 33' (pen.), 41' Ammour 45' Meftah 46' Ghazi 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati and Talbi

8 May 2003 Round 29	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2 - 1	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arreridj
		Report	84' Ouichaoui 64' Deghmani	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Ould Abdallah, Kelli and Benmarouf

12 May 2003 Round 30	USM Alger	8 - 2	MC Oran	Algiers
	Ouichaoui 4', 20', 45' Djahnine 30' Achiou 40' Ammour 51' Dziri 54' Benchergui 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Algerian Cup

13 March 2003 Round of 32	USM Alger	1 – 0	JSM Béjaïa	Bordj Bou Arreridj
16:00 UTC+1	Mohamed Cheraïtia 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Moualef-Rebia-Chaâbni

24 March 2003 Round of 16	USM Alger	1 – 0	OMR El Annasser	Blida
16:00 UTC+1	Issaad Bourahli 35'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker

17 April 2003 Quarter-finals	USM Alger	2 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
15:00 UTC+1	Moncef Ouichaoui 21' Farid Djahnine 30'			Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

5 June 2003 Semi-finals	USM Alger	3 – 0	MC Oran	Chlef
15:00 UTC+1	Issaad Bourahli 5', 75', 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mâamar Sahli Attendance: 5.000

12 June 2003 Final	USM Alger	2 – 1 (a.e.t)	CR Belouizdad	Blida
15:00 UTC+1	Tarek Ghoul 39' (pen.) Moncef Ouichaoui 117'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Berber, Gaïd and Berrahmoun

African Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup

Quarter-finals

1 September 2002 first leg	US Transfoot	1 – 3	USM Alger	Toamasina
00:00			15' Bourahli 25' Ouichaoui 50' Ammour	Stadium: Stade de Velodrome

13 September 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	8 – 2	US Transfoot	Rouïba
00:00	Benchergui 16', 39', 60' Ghazi 20', 25' Aribi 41' Bourahli 80' Ammour 83'	Report		Stadium: Rouiba Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Zoubir Nouira (Tunisia)

Semifinals

6 October 2002 first leg	WAC Casablanca	0 – 0	USM Alger	Casablanca
00:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Lassina (Burkina Faso)

20 October 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	2 – 2	WAC Casablanca	Rouïba
14:30	Bourahli 53', 85' Ammour 12' Achiou 23'	Report	32' Khouma 68' (pen.) Ait Laarif	Stadium: Rouiba Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30.000 Referee: M. Dahami (Tunisia)

Champions League

Main article: 2003 CAF Champions League

First round

11 April 2003 first leg	USM Alger	2 – 0	Wallidan FC	Bethioua
18:00	Hocine Achiou 48' Issaad Bourahli 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade Bethioua Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Mohamed Mustapha (Egypt)

28 April 2003 Second leg	Wallidan FC	2 – 1	USM Alger	Bakau
16:00		Report	18' Amar Ammour	Stadium: Independence Stadium Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Hadj M'Bami (Nigeria)

Second Round

17 May 2003 first leg	Stade Malien	1 – 1	USM Alger	Bamako
18:00		Report	54' (pen.) Tarek Ghoul	Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

31 May 2003 Second leg	USM Alger	2 – 0	Stade Malien	Constantine
16:00	Issaad Bourahli 32' Billel Dziri 53'	Report		Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba (Senegal)

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 7 November 2002

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

Statistics all except three meetings two in the algerian cup and one in the african Cup Winners' Cup.

No.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1				Algerian Cup				CAF Champions League				African Cup Winners' Cup				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Mezaïr, HichemHichem Mezaïr	25		3		3				4				1		1		30		4
25		Abdouni, MerouaneMerouane Abdouni	5												2				7
		Hamiti, RedouaneRedouane Hamiti	1																1
Defenders
2		Aribi, SalimSalim Aribi	24	3	6		2		2		3		2		3	1	1		32	4	11
3		Ghoul, TarekTarek Ghoul	21		6	2	3	1			4	1			2				30	2	6	2
4		Zeghdoud, MounirMounir Zeghdoud	17			1	3				4				2			1	26			2
5		Meftah, MahieddineMahieddine Meftah	27	1	7		3				4		1		2				36	1	8
		Hamdoud, MohamedMohamed Hamdoud	23		3		2				3				2				30		3
		Deghmani, RabahRabah Deghmani	21		6		2				3				2		2		28		8
		Bougandoura, DjamelDjamel Bougandoura	5												2				7
		Achiou, KarimKarim Achiou	1																1
		Amrani	1																1
		Khelalfa	1																1
Midfielders
6		Djahnine, FaridFarid Djahnine	25	1	6		3				4				3				35	1	6
7		Ammour, AmarAmar Ammour	28	10	1		2				4	1			3	1	1		37	12	2
8		Dziri, BillelBillel Dziri	24	3	3		3		2		4	1			2				33	4	5
9		Ghazi, KarimKarim Ghazi	28	1	5		3				4		1		2	2	1		37	3	7
10		Achiou, HocineHocine Achiou	27	3	2		3				4	1			3		1		37	4	3
		Hamadou, YacineYacine Hamadou	7	1															7	1
		Metref, HocineHocine Metref	4																4
		Melouli	1																1
		Tchekchar	1																1
Forwards
11		Ouichaoui, MoncefMoncef Ouichaoui	27	18	1		3	1			4		1		2				36	19	2
13		Cheraïtia, MohamedMohamed Cheraïtia	6				2	1			2								10	1
19		Benchergui, RabieRabie Benchergui	14	1	1		1								2	3			17	4	1
21		Deghiche, RafikRafik Deghiche	7	2	1														7	2	1
		Bourahli, IssaadIssaad Bourahli	22	9	6		2	3			3	2	2		3	3	1		30	17	9
		Meziani, AbdelhakimAbdelhakim Meziani	7												1				8
		Berkane	3				1												4
Own goals				0				0				0				0				0
Totals				52	57	3		6	4	0		6	7	0		10	8	1		74	76	4

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Algerian Cup	CAF Champions League	Cup Winners' Cup	Arab Champions League	TOTAL
11	Moncef Ouichaoui	FW	18	2	0	1	1	22
-	Issaad Bourahli	FW	9	4	2	4	0	19
7	Amar Ammour	MF	10	0	0	2	1	13
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	3	0	1	0	2	6
8	Billel Dziri	MF	3	0	1	0	1	5
2	Salim Aribi	DF	3	0	0	1	0	4
19	Rabie Benchergui	FW	1	0	0	3	0	4
21	Rafik Deghiche	FW	2	0	0	0	2	4
6	Farid Djahnine	MF	1	1	0	0	0	2
3	Tarek Ghoul	DF	0	1	1	0	0	2
9	Karim Ghazi	MF	0	0	0	2	0	2
5	Mahieddine Meftah	DF	1	0	0	0	0	1
-	Yacine Hamadou	MF	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	Mohamed Cheraïtia	FW	0	1	0	0	0	1
-	Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	0	0	0	0	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			52	9	6	13	7	87

References

↑ "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

External links

USM Alger

Reserves and Academy Players Managers presidents Statistics Seasons Current season

Home stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi (1962–present) Stade 5 Juillet 1962 (Derbies Only)

History	History Africa honors

Rivalries	league record by opponent Algiers Derby CR Belouizdad USM El Harrach NA Hussein Dey JS Kabylie

Other teams	Basketball Boxing Swimming Cycling

Related articles	USM Alger International Players All-time goalscorers All-time appearances

Honours (18)

Ligue Professionnelle 1 (7)	1963 1996 2002 2003 2005 2014 2016

Algerian Cup (8)	1981 1988 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2013

Super Cup (2)	2013 2016

UAFA Club Cup (1)	2013

Website: www.usma.dz

List of USM Alger seasons

1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19