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In the 2002–03 season, USM Alger is competing in Division 1 for the 23rd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, the UAFA Club Cup and the Algerian Cup. In 2002–03 It was the best season in the history of USM Alger and participated in five competitions, The opening season was in the Arab Unified Club Championship, and was eliminated in the group stage, In the Cup Winners' Cup, the red and black reached the semi-finals, and was eliminated against Wydad Casablanca and fails to achieve the first continental title despite the second leg that took place in Algeria Where did USM Alger need to win to qualify for the final. In the Division 1, the journey towards achieving the title was not easy, and the struggle was great with USM Blida, NA Hussein Dey and JS Kabylie, and USM Alger waited until the 28 round to celebrate the title after winning against ASM Oran. To complete the joy in the Algerian Cup by winning the title after the victory against CR Belouizdad after Moncef Ouichaoui scored the golden goal to achieve the double for the first time in its history under the leadership of Azzedine Aït Djoudi. also achieved Ouichaoui top scorer in the league for the first time a player from USM Alger with 18 goals including two hat-tricks. On February 24, 2003, in the derby meeting against CR Belouizdad and in the last minutes while Hichem Mezaïr was heading to fetch the ball, the ball holder attacked him to respond in kind, so the match stopped and the stands turned into an arena of violence between the managers and supporters of the two clubs and despite that, the match was completed with difficulty.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 12 May 2003.
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
Goalkeepers
1		Hichem Mezaïr	GK	(1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 26)	WA Tlemcen	90	0
25		Merouane Abdouni	GK	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 21)	USM El Harrach	7	0
-		Redouane Hamiti	GK	(1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 20)	Youth system	1	0
Defenders
2		Salim Aribi	CB	(1974-12-16)16 December 1974 (aged 28)	CA Batna	34	4
3		Tarek Ghoul	LB	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 27)	USM El Harrach	0	0
4		Mounir Zeghdoud	CB	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 32)	USM Aïn Beïda	0	0
5		Mahieddine Meftah	LB / CB / RB	(1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 34)	JS Kabylie	0	0
-		Mohamed Hamdoud	RB / CB	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 26)	Youth system	0	0
-		Rabah Deghmani	CB	(1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 27)	IB Khémis El Khechna	0	0
-		Djamel Bougandoura	LB	(1973-01-25)25 January 1973 (aged 29)	USM Annaba	7	0
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	MF	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 26)	Youth system	0	0
7		Amar Ammour	AM	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 26)	ASM Oran	39	13
8		Billel Dziri	CM	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 30)	CS Sedan Ardennes	0	0
9		Karim Ghazi	DM	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 23)	CR Belouizdad	0	0
10		Hocine Achiou	AM	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 23)	Youth system	0	0
-		Yacine Hamadou	CM	(1980-06-14)14 June 1980 (aged 22)	JS Bordj Ménaïel	12	2
-		Hocine Metref	DM	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 19)	Youth system	4	0
Forwards
11		Moncef Ouichaoui	ST	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 25)	USM Annaba	56	26
13		Mohamed Cheraïtia	FW	(1982-02-14)14 February 1982 (aged 20)	Youth system	11	1
19		Rabie Benchergui	ST	(1978-03-14)14 March 1978 (aged 24)	ASM Oran	28	12
21		Rafik Deghiche	RW	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 19)	Youth system	7	2
-		Issaad Bourahli	ST	(1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 28)	ES Sétif	58	30
-		Abdelhakim Meziani	RW	(1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 21)	Youth system	9	1

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2002	GK	Merouane Abdouni	USM El Harrach	Free transfer
1 July 2002	MF	Amar Ammour	ASM Oran	Free transfer
1 July 2002	DF	Salim Aribi	CA Batna	Free transfer
1 July 2002	DF	Djamel Bougandoura	USM Annaba	Free transfer
1 July 2002	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui	USM Annaba	Free transfer

Competitions

Overview

Division 1

League table

1. 1 point deducted

Results summary

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Matches

22 August 2002 Round 1	USM Alger	3–1	RC Kouba	Bologhine
	Meftah 2' Bourahli 23' Aribi 40' Ghazi  55'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khelifi

9 September 2002 Round 2	USM Alger	4–0	MO Constantine	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi 7' Ouichaoui 17' Meftah  20' Bourahli 44' Ammour 46' Mezaïr, Meftah  68' (Doghmani,  68'), Bougandoura, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ghazi, Ammour  55' (Djahnine,  55'), Dziri  77' (Hamdoud,  77'), Ouichaoui, Achiou, Bourahli	Report	Belhadef  31' Mekhlouf, Bouaïcha, Babouche  52' (Aouachria,  52'), Izaoui, Hernane, Kebaïli, Belhadef  65' (Bakouche,  65'), Barou, Edgar Loué, Azizane, Griche  81' (Moukaoua,  81')	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi Assistant referees: Dekkar, Ouadah

19 September 2002 Round 4	USM Alger	3–1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 10' Ammour 36' Meftah  67' Bourahli  78' Hamadou 90+4' Mezaïr, Meftah, Bougandoura, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour  68' (Hamdoud,  68'), Ghazi, Ouichaoui  57' (Benchergui,  57'), Achiou, Bourahli  79' (Hamadou,  79')	Report	Sid Ali Abbou  57' Tahraoui 59'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Ouchène

27 September 2002 Round 3	CA Batna	0–1	USM Alger	Batna
			Ammour 50' Djahnine  16' Dziri  27' Achiou  82'	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

14 October 2002 Round 6	USM Alger	0–0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Benchergui			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ali Amrane

25 October 2002 Round 8	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Djahnine  8' Mezaïr  26' Ouichaoui 32' (pen.) Ghoul  44' Deghmani  78' Hamdoud  84'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Kamel Berber

31 October 2002 Round 9	USM Blida	1–0	USM Alger	Blida
	Galoul  8' Khazrouni  16' Salim Drali 90+3' Samadi, Fetahine, Drali, Amrouche, Diss, Galoul, Khazrouni  69' (Mehdaoui,  69'), Rouane  78' (Aït Mokhtar,  78'), Badache  85' (Djeddou,  85'), Maouche, Belouahem	Report	Ghazi  14' Ammour  75' Ghoul  87' Dziri  90+4' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Zeghdoud  27' (Bourahli,  27'), Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ouichaoui  71' (Ammour,  71'), Achiou, Meftah	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Djezzar Azem

4 November 2002 Round 5	WA Tlemcen	2–0	USM Alger	Tlemcen
	Kendouci 11' Hamenad  43' Boutaouaf 53' Kherbouche  67' Hamenad, Kherris, Yadel, Sid El Hadj, Kherbouche, Belgherri, Aissa Aidara, Ali Dahleb  71' (Meziani,  71'), Ilechane  90+1' (Bechlaghem,  90+1'), Boutaouaf  81' (Hamdi,  81'), Kendouci		Deghmani  28' Hamdoud  62' Abdouni, Hamdoud  74' (Abdelhakim Meziani,  74'), Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Meftah, Ammour  85' (Hamadou,  85'), Ghazi, Ouichaoui, Achiou, Bourahli  46' (Deghiche,  46')	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Touati Djaballah

7 November 2002 Round 10	USM Alger	4–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 13' Achiou 30'  58' Ammour 66' Deghiche  65' 78' Aribi  28'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abdi

14 November 2002 Round 11	JS Kabylie	1–0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
14:00	Amaouche 86' Gaouaoui, Djouder, Benhamlat  34' (Besseghir,  34'), Drioueche, Zafour, Douicher, Mounir Dob, Bendahmane, Berguiga  76' (Fodhil Dob,  76'), Dilmi  52' (Maghraoui,  52'), Yacine Amaouche	Report	Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour  73' (Meziani,  73'), Dziri  62' (Deghiche,  62'), Ouichaoui, Achiou, Ghazi	Stadium: Stade du 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

21 November 2002 Round 12	USM Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
	Meftah  23' Deghiche 56' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani  46' (Deghiche,  46'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Benchergui  45' (Ouichaoui,  45'), Achiou  88' (Hamdoud,  88'), Ghazi	Report	Belatrèche  24' Benchikha  58' Habri  61' Boulainceur  87'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Zekrini

29 November 2002 Round 7	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	USM Alger	Hussein Dey
	Yacef  23' Zarabi  26' Toufik Kabri  44' Samir Alliche 60' Benzaid  89'	Report	Ghoul  18' Dziri  26' Deghmani  58' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Ghazi, Djahnine, Dziri  75' (Cheraïtia,  75'), Ammour, Achiou, Deghiche  67' (Ouichaoui,  67')	Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Referee: Mohamed Haddada

9 December 2002 Round 13	ASM Oran	0–0	USM Alger	Oran
			Meftah  14' Hamdoud  42'	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Touati Djaballah

12 December 2002 Round 14	USM Alger	5–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
14:00	Achiou 22' Ouichaoui 49' Bourahli 68', 72', 86' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Hamadou  46' (Bourahli,  46'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Ghazi, Ouichaoui  78' (Deghmani,  78'), Achiou, Cheraïtia  46' (Dziri,  46')	Report	Idel  14' Badar  24'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Kestali

19 December 2002 Round 15	MC Oran	0–1	USM Alger	Oran
14:00	Mazri  82'	Report	Aribi  35' Bourahli 51' Ghoul  57' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine  46' (Bourahli,  46'), Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui, Achiou  86' (Hamdoud,  86'), Ghazi	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Chawki Mouellef

9 January 2003 Round 16	RC Kouba	1–2	USM Alger	Kouba
14:00	Iloul  8' 34' Tarchi  78' Leyadi  90'	Report	Ammour 19', 63' Bourahli  68' Ghoul  82' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Meftah, Ghazi, Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui (Djahnine, ), Achiou, Bourahli	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Touati Djaballah

16 January 2003 Round 17	MO Constantine	0–0	USM Alger	Constantine
14:00	Bouicha  39'	Report	Bourahli  24' Aribi  41' Mezaïr  85' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Meftah, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui  67' (Cheraïtia,  67'), Ghazi, Bourahli	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

20 January 2003 Round 18	USM Alger	3–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
14:00	Ouichaoui 3' (pen.), 42' Ammour 22'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Redouane Mehidi

30 January 2003 Round 19	ASO Chlef	2–1	USM Alger	Chlef
14:00	Sid Ali Abbou 47'  12'  88' Chaoui  51' Zaoui 75' Hdjar  80' Hadjaoui  90'	Report	Meftah  22' Bourahli 23' Ghoul  36'  40' Djahnine  46' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani  85' (Zeghdoud,  85'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou  85' (Ouichaoui,  85'), Bourahli  75' (Benchergui,  75')	Stadium: Stade Maâmar Sahli Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

3 February 2003 Round 20	USM Alger	3–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi 1' Ouichaoui 62' (pen.) Bourahli 78'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa

6 February 2003 Round 21	USM Annaba	1–1	USM Alger	Annaba
14:00	Aït Ali  54' Boutabia 74'	Report	Bourahli 45' Ghazi  45' Ouichaoui  62' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Deghmani, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah  80' (Ghoul,  80'), Ammour, Ghazi, Ouichaoui  63' (Benchergui,  63'), Achiou, Bourahli  80' (Hamadou,  80')	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Said Benamara

17 February 2003 Round 22	USM Alger	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi Djahnine Zeghdoud  88'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Touati Djaballah

24 February 2003 Round 23	CR Belouizdad	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
14:00	Deghmani 69' (o.g.) Amieur Adouane		Dziri 34' Ghazi Bourahli Mezaïr Djahnine	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

6 March 2003 Round 24	USM Alger	3–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Deghmani  26' Ouichaoui 37', 80' Aribi  46' Dziri 67' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ghazi, Deghmani, Dziri, Ouichaoui, Ammour  83' (Benchergui,  83'), Bourahli  88' (Meziani,  88')	Report	Salim Drali  4' Ahmed Amrouche  18' Diss  45' Samadi, Fetahine, Drali, Amrouche, Diss, Galoul, Khazrouni, Aït Mokhtar  72' (Rouane,  72'), Badache, Maouche, Billal Zouani  79' (Masaudu,  79')	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Zaki Lahmar

20 March 2003 Round 25	ES Sétif	0–0	USM Alger	Sétif
	Laamich  84' Douar, Mahfoudhi, Tercha  57' (Khaled,  57'), Bendriss  50' (Makhalfi,  50'), Mesali, Belhamel, Kheïreddine Madoui, Achacha, Fellahi, Laâmeche, Keraghel	Report	Djahnine  75' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour  90' (Deghiche,  90'), Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou  76' (Cheraïtia,  76'), Bourahli	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Houari Belkacem

3 April 2003 Round 26	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Ammour 45' Meftah  14' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour (Ouichaoui, ), Dziri, Karim Ghazi, Achiou, Bourahli	Report	Zafour  26' Bendahmane  52' Gaouaoui, Raho, Boubrit, Drioueche, Zafour, Bendahmane, Mounir Dob, Doudène  76' (Daham,  76'), Farid Ghazi  63' (Maghraoui,  63'), Saïb, Medjoudj	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

1 May 2003 Round 27	JSM Béjaïa	0–1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report	Deghmani  47' Ouichaoui 75' Abdouni, Meftah  63' (Ouichaoui,  63'), Deghmani, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine  46' (Metref,  46'), Ammour, Dziri  79' (Cheraïtia,  79'), Ghazi, Achiou, Benchergui	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Redouane Mehidi

5 May 2003 Round 28	USM Alger	4–1	ASM Oran	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 21', 33' (pen.), 41' Ammour 45' Meftah  46' Ghazi  75'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khelifi

8 May 2003 Round 29	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2–1	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arreridj
	Yontcha 80', 83'	Report	Ouichaoui 84' Deghmani  64' Abdouni  62' (Hamiti,  62'), Achiou, Bougandoura, Deghmani  68' (Amrani,  68'), Hamdoud, Khelalfa, Melouli, Hamadou  55' (Tchekchar,  55'), Ouichaoui, Meziani, Metref	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Ould Abdellah

12 May 2003 Round 30	USM Alger	8–2	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 4', 20', 45' Djahnine 30' Achiou 40' Ammour 51' Dziri 54' Benchergui 88' Mezaïer, Ghazi  59' (Benchergui,  59'), Arribi  54' (Ghoul,  54'), Zeghdoud, Meftah, Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour, Ouichaoui, Bourahli  70' (Hamdoud,  70')		Berradja 39' Bermati 49'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

Algerian Cup

13 March 2003 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bordj Bou Arreridj
16:00	Cheraïtia 77' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Meftah, Zeghdoud  75' (Deghmani,  75'), Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ouichaoui  80' (Berkane,  80'), Achiou, Benchergui  64' (Cheraïtia,  64')	Report	Ait Alhadj  12' Belmellat, Ait El Hadj  89' (Aouameur,  89'), Kessaissi, Habri, Si Hadj Mohand  87' (Keita,  87'), Boukemacha, Dellalou, Boulaïnceur, Belatrèche, Dehouche  48' (Benchikha,  48'), ?	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Chawki Mouellef

24 March 2003 Round of 16	USM Alger	1–0	OMR El Annasser	Blida
16:00	Bourahli 35' Mezaïer, Doghmani, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou, Bourahli  86' (Cheraïtia,  86').	Report	Laïfaoui  7' Ferradj, Messadi  58' (Rahmouni  58'), Boudmagh, Lamri, Brakni, Laïfaoui  75' (Benamriou  75'), Rahali, Mouassi, Hamani, Benkedjoune  72' (Chaker  72')	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mohamed Zekrini

17 April 2003 Quarter-finals	USM Alger	2–0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
15:00	Ouichaoui 21' Djahnine 30' Aribi  55' Meftah  60' Mezaïr, Ghoul, Aribi, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour  90' (Deghmani,  90'), Dziri, Achiou  81' (Benchergui,  81'), Ghazi, Ouichaoui  46' (Bourahli,  46')	Report	Bendebka  61' Yacef  90+2' Hassane Toual, Gana, Zarabi, Nechad, Kabri, Chaabna, Yacef, Alliche, Bendebka  74' (Mohamed Rahem,  74'), Loukili  46' (Bentayeb,  46'), Moussouni  61' (Bouras,  61').	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa

5 June 2003 Semi-finals	USM Alger	3–0	MC Oran	Chlef
15:00	Bourahli 5', 75', 87'			Stadium: Stade Mâamar Sahli

12 June 2003 Final	USM Alger	2–1 (a.e.t.)	CR Belouizdad	Blida
15:00	Aribi  6' Dziri  23' Ghoul 39' (pen.) Ouichaoui 117' Mezaïr, Aribi, Ghoul, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Achiou, Ammour  84' (Ouichaoui,  84'), Bourahli  101' (Cheraïtia,  101')		Rouaïghia 55' Ould Mata, Slatni, Selmi (c), Boudjakdji, Bounekdja, Zazou  97' (Amieur,  97'), Mezouar, Harkas  46' (Rouaïghia,  46'), Talis, Badji  83' (Settara,  83'), Ali Moussa	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Kamel Berber

African Cup Winners' Cup

Quarter-finals

1 September 2002 first leg	US Transfoot	1–3	USM Alger	Toamasina, Madagascar
12:30	Mouze Saâdi 84'		Bourahli 15' Ouichaoui 25' Ammour 50'	Stadium: Stade de Velodrome Referee: Ahmed Aoda (Egypt)

13 September 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	8–2	US Transfoot	Rouïba, Algeria
14:30	Benchergui 16', 39', 60' Ghazi 20', 25' Aribi  14' 41' Zeghdoud  55' Deghmani  61' Bourahli 80' Ammour 83' Abdouni, Doghmani, Bougandoura, Aribi  46' (Ghoul,  46'), Zeghdoud (c), Djahnine, Ghazi  75' (Meziani,  75'), Ammour, Achiou, Bourahli, Benchergui  60' (Hamdoud,  60')	Report	Ramansilo  5' Nayamara 21' Raza Finanamatratra 56' (pen.) Ralison, Rabéa Ritawa  72' (Bena Gerald  72'), Maziondi (c), Ramansilo  39' (Raha Bivelonta  39'), Raja Omarim  47' (Seraela  47'), Rafano Menaou, Raza Finamatratra, Raza Findrakto, Geatan Bryone, Kabemanara, Ma Hongo.	Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Zoubir Nouira (Tunisia)

Semifinals

6 October 2002 first leg	WAC Casablanca	0–0	USM Alger	Casablanca, Morocco
21:00	Elouissi  14' Abrami  53' Djermouni, Talha, Elouissi, Abrami, El Anceri  67' (Touta,  67'), Khama, Aït Laârif, Bahafid  90' (Azza,  90'), Mabrouk  45+5' (Chemseddine,  45e+5'), Boudjemaâ Kessab, Madihi	Report	Ghazi  9' Bourahli  19' Deghmani  45+5' Mezaïr  69' Mezaïer, Doghmani, Bougandoura  69' (Hamdoud,  69'), Aribi, Meftah, Ghazi, Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour  46' (Ouichaoui,  46'), Bourahli	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Parc Lassina (Burkina Faso)

20 October 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	2–2	WAC Casablanca	Rouïba, Algeria
15:30	Ammour  12' Achiou  23' Bourahli 53', 85' Abdouni, Ghoul, Aribi, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Djahnine - Dziri (c), Ammour, Achiou  72' (Ouichaoui,  72'), Bourahli, Benchergui	Report	Khouma 32' Ait Laarif 68' (pen.) Jermouni, Louissi (Bahafidh), Talha, Madihi, Benchikh, Kassab, Lansri (Aït Laarif), Khama, Oumansour, Erradji, Oussia	Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Attendance: 30.000 Referee: M. Dahami (Tunisia)

Champions League

First round

11 April 2003 first leg	USM Alger	2–0	Wallidan FC	Bethioua, Algeria
18:00	Bourahli  26' 78' Aribi  36' Achiou 48' Mezair, Ghoul, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Ghazi, Dziri  85' (Cheraitia,  85'), Djahnine  63' (Ouichaoui,  63'), Achiou, Ammour, Bourahli	Report	Ansouman  25' Samati Ounsoumana, Jonatthan David, Aziz Keïta  63' (Gei Abdoulaye  63'), Ibrahim Sohna, Tarek Bouchamil, Bi Omar Samba  80' (Poudai Soumare,  80'), Moustafa Jarjo, Ousman Jalone, Lamine Konaté, Madi Kounté, Aboubakr Sanko  85' (Charjo Cham,  85')	Stadium: Stade Bethioua Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Mohamed Mustapha (Egypt)

28 April 2003 Second leg	Wallidan FC	2–1	USM Alger	Bakau, Gambia
16:00	Samrati, Dayfes, Souhna, Kagbo  46' (Samba,  46'), Djallalou M., Djardjou, Guey, Djallalou O., Konaté L., Konaté M., Sonko  75' (Cham,  75')	Report	Ammour 18' Mezaïr, Meftah, Zeghdoud  62' (Doghmani,  62'), Aribi, Ghoul  35' (Hamdoud,  35'), Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi Dziri, Ammour, Ouichaoui	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, Mali
18:00	Diakité S., Diallo B.D, Nango G., Bagayoko D., Kouma A., Nientao B.  77' (Cissé B.  77'), Traoré A.C., Coulibaly H., Diallo G.  70' (Kante M.  70'), Coulibaly D.  84' (Sissoko  84'), Kone I	Report	Ghoul 54' (pen.) Mezaïr, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Aribi, Ghoul  90' (Hamdoud,  90'), Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour  84' (Doghmani,  84'), Bourahli  79' (Ouichaoui,  79')	Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

31 May 2003 Second leg	USM Alger	2–0	Stade Malien	Constantine, Algeria
16:00	Bourahli 32' Dziri 53' Mezaïr, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Doghmani, Ghoul  89' (Hamdoud,  89'), Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour  69' (Ouichaoui,  69'), Bourahli  86' (Cheraïtia,  86')	Report	Diakete, Koulibaly Moussa, Kouma  44' (Traoré Brahima,  44'), Mango, Bagayoko, Diallo Boubakeur, Nientao, Cissé  84' (Keita Fako,  84'), Koulibaly  62' (Koné,  62'), Traoré Alain, Kanté	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba (Senegal)

Arab Unified Club Championship

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait SC	4	2	2	0	9	5	+4	8	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Zamalek	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7
3	USM Alger	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	6
4	Al-Jaish	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	3
5	Al-Shorta	4	0	2	2	6	9	−3	2

8 July 2003 Matchday 1	Zamalek	1–1	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+3	El-Said 43' (pen.) Al Sayed, Abdel Hamid, El-Sayed, Wael Abdelfattah, Youssef  63' (Ali,  63'), H.Hassan, I.Hassan, Mahmoud  46' (Emam,  46'), El-Tabei, El-Said (c)  82' (Abdel Wahed,  82'), Salah	Youtube first half Youtube second half	Ouichaoui 15' Ghazi  42' Ammour  48' Mezaïr, Ghoul  90+3' (Meziani,  90+3'), Aribi, Deghmani, Meftah, Djahnine, Achiou  53' (Hamdoud,  53'), Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Ouichaoui  71' (Benchergui,  71')	Stadium: El Sekka El Hadid Stadium Referee: Farid Ali (United Arab Emirates)

10 July 2003 Matchday 2	Al-Shorta	1–1	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 UTC+3	Qassem 82'		Dziri 51'	Stadium: ?

13 July 2003 Matchday 3	USM Alger	1–1	Kuwait SC	Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+3	Achiou 56'		Aqla 53' (pen.)	Stadium: ?

15 July 2003 Matchday 4	USM Alger	4–1	Al-Jaish	Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+3	Ouichaoui 34' (pen.) Ammour 40' Deghiche 84', 90'		Jabban 60'	Stadium: ?

Squad information

Appearances and goals

• Statistics all except one in the 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup US Transfoot vs USM Alger 1 September 2002. and three in the 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Al-Shorta vs USM Alger 10 July 2003, USM Alger vs Kuwait SC 13 July 2003, USM Alger vs Al-Jaish 15 July 2003.

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Division 1			Algerian Cup			Champions League			Cup Winners' Cup			Arab Unified			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hichem Mezaïr		25	25	0	5	0	0	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	36	0	0
25	GK	Merouane Abdouni		5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	GK	Redouane Hamiti		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Defenders
	CB	Salim Aribi		24	24	3	4	0	0	3	3	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	35	0	4
	LB	Tarek Ghoul		21	18	0	5	0	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	33	0	2
	CB	Mounir Zeghdoud		17	16	0	5	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	28	0	0
	LB / CB / RB	Mahieddine Meftah		27	27	1	4	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	38	0	1
	RB / CB	Mohamed Hamdoud		23	14	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	31	0	0
	CB	Rabah Deghmani		21	17	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	30	0	0
	LB	Djamel Bougandoura		5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	6	0
	DF	Karim Achiou		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	DF	Amrani		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	DF	Mohamed Khelalfa		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Midfielders
	MF	Farid Djahnine		25	23	1	5	0	1	4	4	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	38	0	2
	MF	Amar Ammour		28	27	10	4	0	0	4	4	1	3	3	2	1	1	0	40	0	13
	MF	Billel Dziri		24	23	3	5	0	0	4	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	36	0	4
	MF	Karim Ghazi		28	26	1	5	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	40	0	3
	MF	Hocine Achiou		27	27	3	5	0	0	4	4	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	40	0	4
	MF	Yacine Hamadou		7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	1
	MF	Hocine Metref		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
	MF	Mohamed Ramzi Mellouli		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	MF	Tchekchar		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Forwards
	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui		27	20	18	4	0	2	4	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	37	0	22
	FW	Mohamed Cheraïtia		6	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1
	FW	Rabie Benchergui		14	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	19	0	4
	FW	Rafik Deghiche		7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	2
	FW	Issaad Bourahli		22	17	9	4	0	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	32	0	19
	FW	Abdelhakim Meziani		7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	3	0
	FW	Berkane		3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Total				30		52	5		9	4		6	4		13	4		7	47		87

Last updated: 17 June 2022
Source: soccerway.com

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	Division 1			Algerian Cup			Champions League			Cup Winners' Cup			Arab Unified			Total
	GK	Hichem Mezaïr	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	DF	Salim Aribi	5	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
	DF	Tarek Ghoul	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1
	DF	Mounir Zeghdoud	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
	DF	Mahieddine Meftah	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
	DF	Mohamed Hamdoud	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DF	Rabah Deghmani	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
	MF	Farid Djahnine	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	MF	Amar Ammour	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	MF	Billel Dziri	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	MF	Karim Ghazi	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
	MF	Hocine Achiou	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	Rabie Benchergui	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Rafik Deghiche	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Issaad Bourahli	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
Total			56	1	2	6	0	0	7	0	0	8	0	1	2	0	0	79	1	3

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	D 1	AC	CL 1	C 2	ACL	TOTAL
11		Moncef Ouichaoui	FW	18	2	0	1	2	23
-		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	1	7
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

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat	Name	L 1	AC	CWC 3	CL 1	Total
1		Hichem Mezaïr	15	4	1	2	22
25		Merouane Abdouni	2	0	0	0	2
		Redouane Hamiti	0	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	17	4	1	2	24

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Rabie Benchergui	US Transfoot	8–2 (H)	13 September 2002	African Cup Winners' Cup
Moncef Ouichaoui	ASM Oran	4–1 (H)	5 May 2003	Division 1
Moncef Ouichaoui	MC Oran	8–2 (H)	12 May 2003	Division 1
Issaad Bourahli	MC Oran	3–0 (N)	5 June 2003	Algerian Cup

(H) – Home; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral

Notes

1. ^ USM Alger played two matches in 2003 CAF Champions League instead of their regular stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium, Bologhine, due to sanctions.

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