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USM Alger

2024–25 season
Owner	Groupe SERPORT
President	Athmane Sehbane (from 22 June 2024)
Head coach	Nabil Maâloul (from 13 July 2024)
Stadium	Stade du 5 Juillet
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Confederation Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ismaïl Belkacemi (2 goals) All: Ismaïl Belkacemi (6 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season, is USM Alger's 47th season and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Alger are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup and the Confederation Cup. On June 27, 2024, The federal office approved the calendar for the 2024–25 Ligue 1 season with the aim of ending on May 31, 2025. The first round is scheduled for September 14, this delay is motivated both by an extended end of the 2023–24 season but also by the holding of early presidential elections which will take place on September 7, 2024. However, the Ligue de Football Professionnel decided to postpone the start of the Ligue 1 by a week, on September 21.

Review

Background

After great pressure from supporters demanding a radical change within the club's administrative organization. At the management level, the advisor to the chairman of the Board of Directors, Réda Abdouch, submitted his resignation, justifying his decision by "personal and health reasons", indicated the club. Previously USM Alger announced the appointment of Sid Ali Yahiaoui as new general secretary. This is a homecoming for Yahiaoui, who had already held this position in the past with the club in 2021. On June 22, 2024, The Board of Directors of USMA/SSPA met at the headquarters of the Groupe SERPORT, where it was decided to appoint Athmane Sehbane, chairman of the Board of Directors of USM Alger, to succeed Kamel Hassena who resigned from his position. Still in the same vein, SERPORT has chosen the former Rouge et Noir player, Hamza Koudri as sports coordinator while the former captain of L'USMA, Billel Dziri will occupy the position of sports director. The next day, Othmane Sohbane appointed Mustapha Laroussi as secretary of the first team. Laroussi previously held this position in USM Alger. Arriving in the baggage of the new president of the club, Dziri has already thrown in the towel as sports director of USMA.

After the departure of Juan Carlos Garrido, USM Alger studied several avenues to find the successor of the Spanish technician. In an official press release on July 13, USM Alger announced the signing of Tunisian coach Nabil Maâloul a contract of two seasons, Maâloul who has extensive experience in Africa will now have his first experience in Algeria. Following urgent requests from certain clubs, the Algerian Football Federation has decided to increase the number of foreign players in the Ligue 1. After having formally passed through the technical college chaired by Rabah Saâdane, the FAF ratified the increase in the number of foreigners per club from 3 to 5. However, that there is a provision intended to serve as a safeguard for the license of a foreign player or coach to be validated, the club must pay the federation a deposit equivalent to 12 months salary. This is to protect against any financial dispute. On August 5, 2024, USM Alger appointed former player Rabie Meftah as coach of the under-21 team. Meftah expressed his happiness to return to a club dear to him and start his new mission with the young players.

Pre-season

After more than 40 days of rest, on July 26, USM Alger players return to training to begin their off-season preparation. The Tunisian technician have about a month and a half to properly prepare his team with a view to returning to official competition from September. The resumption session is scheduled at the annex of Nelson Mandela Stadium, as revealed by Maâloul this stadium will be the team's new training camp this season. Soustara team will carry out the first cycle of preparation in Baraki for two weeks, where the technical staff will focus on the physical aspect. On August 14, USM Alger set off for Annaba, from where it reach the Tunisian border town of Tabarka. A place chosen by the team's technical staff to hold the second stage of summer preparation, after a successful first training camp in Algiers under the orders of Maâloul. Les Rouge et Noir will play a few friendly matches against Tunisian opponents and those from other countries. USM Alger play five friendly matches as part of its pre-competitive training camp in Tunisia, including four against Algerian teams, who are also there for their pre-season training camps, the Red and Black management announced in a press release.

On August 23, Secretary General Sid Ali Yahiaoui submitted his resignation due to a misunderstanding with the chairman of the Board of Directors Athmane Sehbane, because of his repeated mistakes in filling out new player contracts. The management transferred the former member of the media cell Badreddine Jaafar to administrative duties along with the director of the general administration Mohamed Briki and the secretary Mustapha Laroussi. On August 31, USMA completed a 16-day training camp in Tabarka, Tunisia, as part of its off-season preparation. This gathering, dedicated to the technical-tactical and organizational aspects, saw the team play 6 friendly matches: 3 against Algerian clubs, 2 against Tunisian clubs and one match against a Libyan club.

First-team transfers (summer transfer window)

Before Kamel Hassena's administration left, the contracts of Abdessamed Bounacer and Salim Boukhanchouche were renewed for two seasons, and Abdelkrim Namani's renewed for four seasons. As for Hocine Dehiri whose loan period ended, his contract was bought from Paradou AC, where he signed a contract for three seasons. On June 23, 2024, Zineddine Belaïd met with Athmane Sehbane, where he agreed that he would officially leave. The team's management finally agreed not to put obstacles in the way of the player's ambition and in a way that preserves the rights of the club. The agreement was finally concluded to fulfill the desire of Belaïd to join the Belgian club Sint-Truiden and signed his exit paper.

On July 8, 2024, USM Alger has its first summer recruit the defender Ilyes Chetti, after the termination of his contract with the Wydad AC, Where he signed a contract for three seasons for an astronomical total salary exceeding 6 million DA. In the sights of several Algerian clubs in this transfer window, Houssam Ghacha finally joined USM Alger for three seasons, coming from Espérance de Tunis. On July 23, USM Alger announced the recruitment of two Congolese players from TP Mazembe, Kévin Mondeko and Glody Likonza. Although he was also called up by CS Constantine, Mondeko has signed a two-season contract with the Rouge et Noir, while Likonza has signed for a period of three seasons. The Egyptian Zamalek SC and the Club Africain of Tunis tried to offer the services of the vice-captain of TP Mazembe, but the USMA was quicker in materializing with Likonza, while he was expected in Tunis to finalize his contract with the most popular club in Tunisia.

On July 24, Al Sadd announced its official contract with Abdessamed Bounacer for a period of five years. Although he renewed his contract for two seasons, rumors of Bounacer's departure have increased since the beginning of the transfer market. Where Bounacer moved to Qatar with his agent to negotiate his transfer to Al Sadd. Where Bounacer has a release clause in his contract, which amounts to 500,000 euros. On July 27, USM Alger announced the arrival of the Algerian left winger Ghiles Guenaoui, as the fifth player to join the club during the summer coming from the Al Masry SC. The Egyptian club's management approved the offer submitted to obtain Guenaoui’ services on a permanent transfer, after paying the agreed financial value. On August 6, USM Alger signed a contract with Nigerian Wale Musa Alli for two seasons coming from Zbrojovka Brno. The Ligue de Football Professionnel has demanded proof from USM Alger that Musa Alli has international status with at least five caps for his country, as provided for in the general regulations of the FAF. In the absence of this validation, the player will not be able to be integrated into the Red and Black squad.

With the departures of Belaïd and Bounacer, USM Alger has recruited new central defender Imadeddine Azzi for a season on loan from Kuwaiti club Kazma. On August 13, the management of USM Alger and Simba of Tanzania agreed on the transfer of Cameroonian Leonel Ateba in a deal worth 250 thousand euros. On August 23, Hispanic-Senegalese Sekou Gassama signed a two-year electronic contract, coming from Anorthosis Famagusta. His arrival comes after the departure of three foreigners, Malians Kanou and Konaté as well as Cameroonian Ateba. On the morning of August 27, USM Alger announced the signing of Bolivian international Adalid Terrazas for three seasons as the fifth foreigner. Terrazas became the first player from South America to join the club since 2009. The Soustara club finally managed to find a solution with some of its players that Nabil Maâloul does not see as being able to continue the adventure with the Red and Black. This is the case of the Malian duo Sékou Konaté and Abdoulaye Kanou that USM Alger has definitively removed from the squad. The first was released by signing an amicable agreement while the second was transferred to the Moroccan club Difaâ El Jadidi. In addition to this duo, Sehbane's management has reached an agreement with striker Oussama Bellatreche. Arriving in winter from JS Saoura, Belatreche signed an amicable separation.

Start of season

On September 12, USM Alger headed to Tunisia to play their first match of the season in the CAF Confederation Cup against Stade Tunisien. Having dominated most of the match, the Usmistes were unable to find the back of the opposing net. The Tunisians surprised the Red and Blacks in the 85th minute with a goal scored by Smaali. In second leg match, USM Alger hosted Stade Tunisien at the Miloud Hadefi Stadium in Oran, USM Alger did not open the score due to the defensive way the opponent played, and waited until the last quarter to open the score, through defender Kévin Mondeko with a superb acrobatic return. The deliverance came following a corner taken by Ghiles Guenaoui at the near post, Stade Tunisien striker Bilel Mejri put the ball in his own net in stoppage time. After this goal, the referee of the match will end the debate, allowing USMA to qualify for the group stage for the third time in a row.

October 8, 2024 The disciplinary jury of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has delivered its verdict in the USM Alger-RS Berkane case. More than five months later, the disciplinary jury has finally delivered its verdict concerning the famous CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals case, it imposed a financial sanction of $40,000 against the Soustara club, for non-compliance with the decisions and regulations of the CAF bodies. On October 31, 2024, USM Alger announced news of its training center under construction, which was relaunched this season. However, after the construction works for the buildings were carried out, the site remained in a state of disrepair again for a little over a year. Cosider is the company responsible for the project, the delivery date of which has not been set. Project director said regular meetings have been held with President Sahebane since he took office. Since July, we have made significant progress, overcoming many obstacles thanks to the efforts of the project's design office.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 September 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals	Transfer fees
Goalkeepers
1		Abdelmoumen Sifour	GK	(1998-03-03)3 March 1998 (aged 26)	2023	2025	RC Arbaâ	10	0	Free transfer
16		Kamel Soufi	GK	(1996-06-05)5 June 1996 (aged 28)	2023	2025	MC Oran	17	0	Free transfer
25		Oussama Benbot	GK	(1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 29)	2021	2026	JS Kabylie	86	0	Free transfer
Defenders
2		Rayane Mahrouz	RB	(2004-11-30)30 November 2004 (aged 19)	2024	2027	Reserve team	0	0	Academy Player
3		Safi Eddine Atamnia	CB	(2005-02-26)26 February 2005 (aged 19)		2025	Reserve team	2	0	Academy Player
4		Kévin Mondeko	CB	(1995-09-10)10 September 1995 (aged 29)	2024	2026	TP Mazembe	0	0	Free transfer
5		Imadeddine Azzi	CB	(1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 26)	2024	2025	Kazma	0	0	Loan
15		Nabil Lamara	LB	(1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 31)	2023	2025	Club Africain	30	0	Free transfer
19		Saâdi Radouani (C.)	RB	(1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 29)	2020	2026	ES Sétif	125	7	Free transfer
20		Hocine Dehiri	CB	(2000-09-16)16 September 2000 (aged 23)	2023	2027	Paradou AC	39	1	20,000,000 DA
21		Adam Alilet	CB	(1999-01-17)17 January 1999 (aged 25)	2019	2026	Reserve team	95	6	Academy Player
23		Ilyes Chetti	LB	(1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 29)	2024	2027	Wydad AC	0	0	Free transfer
Midfielders
6		Oussama Chita (V.C.)	DM	(1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 27)	2017	2025	MC Alger	169	4	Free transfer
8		Islam Merili	AM	(1998-06-27)27 June 1998 (aged 26)	2022	2026	ASO Chlef	71	7	Free transfer
9		Adalid Terrazas	AM	(2000-08-25)25 August 2000 (aged 24)	2024	2027	Always Ready	0	0	Undisclosed
11		Glody Likonza	AM	(1998-05-10)10 May 1998 (aged 26)	2024	2027	TP Mazembe	0	0	Free transfer
13		Omar Embarek	DM	(1998-11-11)11 November 1998 (aged 25)	2023	2026	MC El Bayadh	25	0	Free transfer
14		Brahim Benzaza	DM	(1997-04-08)8 April 1997 (aged 27)	2021	2026	ASO Chlef	81	6	Free transfer
18		Salim Boukhanchouche	DM	(1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 32)	2024	2026	JS Kabylie	18	1	Free transfer
24		Mohamed Ait El Hadj	AM	(2002-03-22)22 March 2002 (aged 22)	2020	2026	Reserve team	56	4	Academy Player
26		Abdelkrim Namani	AM	(2003-05-13)13 May 2003 (aged 21)	2022	2028	Reserve team	25	1	Academy Player
Forwards
7		Ismail Belkacemi	LW	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 31)	2020	2025	CS Constantine	136	45	Free transfer
10		Ghiles Guenaoui	LW	(1998-08-02)2 August 1998 (aged 26)	2024		Al Masry SC	0	0	200,000 €
12		Khaled Bousseliou	LW	(1997-10-03)3 October 1997 (aged 26)	2022	2026	CR Belouizdad	41	5	Free transfer
17		Sekou Gassama	ST	(1995-05-06)6 May 1995 (aged 29)	2024	2025	Anorthosis Famagusta	0	0	Free transfer
22		Wale Musa Alli	LW	(2000-12-31)31 December 2000 (aged 23)	2024	2026	Zbrojovka Brno	0	0	Undisclosed
27		Houssam Ghacha	RW / LW	(1995-10-22)22 October 1995 (aged 28)	2024	2027	Espérance de Tunis	0	0	Free transfer
31		Mohamed Ben Mazouz	ST	(2004-03-22)22 March 2004 (aged 20)		2027	Reserve team	1	0	Academy Player
NA		Ahmed Khaldi	RW	(1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 26)	2024	2027	Al-Arabi SC	0	0	Free transfer

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
16 June 2024	MF	Kheireddine Toual	ES Ben Aknoun	Loan return
19 June 2024	CB	Hocine Dehiri	Paradou AC	20,000,000 DA
8 July 2024	LB	Ilyes Chetti	Wydad AC	Free transfer
18 July 2024	LW / RW	Houssam Ghacha	Espérance de Tunis	Transfer
23 July 2024	AM	Glody Likonza	TP Mazembe	Free transfer
23 July 2024	CB	Kévin Mondeko	TP Mazembe	Free transfer
27 July 2024	LW	Ghiles Guenaoui	Al Masry SC	200,000 €
28 July 2024	RB	Rayane Mahrouz	Reserve team	First Professional Contract
28 July 2024	CB	Safi Eddine Atamnia	Reserve team	First Professional Contract
6 August 2024	LW	Wale Musa Alli	Zbrojovka Brno	Free transfer
11 August 2024	CB	Imadeddine Azzi	Kazma	Loan for one season
23 August 2024	ST	Sekou Gassama	Anorthosis Famagusta	Free transfer
27 August 2024	AM	Adalid Terrazas	Always Ready	Undisclosed

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
18 December 2024	RW	Ahmed Khaldi	Al-Arabi SC	Free transfer

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
16 June 2024	DF	Hocine Dehiri	Paradou AC	Loan return
16 June 2024	DF	Mustapha Bouchina	Unattached	Free transfer
16 June 2024	MF	Akram Djahnit	Unattached	Free transfer
15 July 2024	DF	Zineddine Belaïd	Sint-Truidense	500,000 €
24 July 2024	CB	Abdessamed Bounacer	Al Sadd SC	500,000 €
26 July 2024	LB	Juba Chirani	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)
26 July 2024	RB	Oussama Barkat	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)
26 July 2024	RW	Adel Belkacem Bouzida	Paradou AC	Loan return (Released)
26 July 2024	FW	Abderrahmane Bacha	Unattached	Free transfer
11 August 2024	FW	Mohamed Amine Bouziane	US Biskra	Free transfer (Released)
13 August 2024	FW	Leonel Ateba	Simba	250,000 €
31 August 2024	AM	Sékou Konaté	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)
31 August 2024	FW	Abdoulaye Kanou	Difaâ El Jadidi	100,000 €
31 August 2024	RW	Oussama Bellatreche	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)
31 August 2024	MF	Sid mohand Ameziane	Columbus Crew 2	Free transfer
7 September 2024	DF	Riad Belhadj Kacem	CSKA Sofia	Free transfer

1. Bouchina joined RC Kouba on 7 August 2024.
2. Djahnit joined ES Sétif on 23 July 2024.
3. Chirani joined NC Magra on 4 August 2024.
4. Barkat joined US Biskra on 6 August 2024.
5. Bacha joined ES Sétif on 3 September 2024.
6. Bellatreche joined Al-Khaldiya on 11 September 2024.

New contracts

Pre-season and friendlies

15 August 2024 Friendly	AS Gabès	0–0	USM Alger	Tabarka, Tunisia
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: La Cigale Tabarka Sport
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half – Benbot, Radouani, Chetti, Alilet, Mondeko, Boukhanchouche, Likonza, Merili, Belkacemi, Ghacha, Musa Alli. Second half – Soufi, Radouani, Dehiri, Mondeko (Chetti, 68'), Azzi, Chita, Namani, Benzaza, Ait El Hadj, Bousseliou, Belkacemi (Musa Alli, 68').

21 August 2024 Friendly	AS Soliman	0–1	USM Alger	Tabarka, Tunisia
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Mohamed Said Benmaazouz 53'	Stadium: La Cigale Tabarka Sport
Note: Lineup for USM Alger First half – Benbot, Radouani, Dehiri, Mondeko, Azzi, Boukhanchouche, Likonza, Benzaza, Guenaoui, Ghacha, Musa Alli. Second half – Soufi, Kennane, Mahrouz, Atamnia, Mondeko (Dehiri, 76'), Chita, Namani, Merili, Ait El Hadj, Musa Alli, Benmaazouz.

31 August 2024 Friendly	USM Alger	1–0	Olympic Azzaweya	Tabarka, Tunisia
17:30 UTC+1	Musa Alli 33'			Stadium: La Cigale Tabarka Sport
Note: Lineup for USM Alger – Benbot (Soufi, 67'), Radouani, Azzi, Alilet (Benzaza, 76'), Mahrouz, Boukhanchouche (Chita, 63'), Likonza (Namani, 76'), Merili, Musa Alli (Bousseliou, 63'), Ghacha (Ait El Hadj, 82'), Guenaoui.

Competitions

Overview

Updated to match played 21 December 2024
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

1. ^ Head-to-head points: USM Khenchela 4; ASO Chlef 3; USM Alger 1; Olympique Akbou 1.

Results summary

Last updated: 21 December 2024.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 July 2024.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Algerian Cup

Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14). The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024, 12:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Second round

14 September 2024 First leg	Stade Tunisien	1–0	USM Alger	Radès
19:00 UTC+1	Smaali 86'  87' Helal  90' Oumarou  90'	Report	Terrazas  68' Boukhanchouche  82'	Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium Referee: Jean-Pierre Nguiene (Republic of the Congo) Assistant referees: Jean Prislas Malanda, Vital Dictin Mapangoulou (Republic of the Congo) Fourth official: Jean Pierre Kabangu (DR Congo)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger – Benbot, Radouani (c), Chetti, Mondeko, Alilet, Boukhanchouche, Likonza, Terrazas  71' (Musa Alli,  71'), Guenaoui, Ghacha, Belkacemi.

22 September 2024 Second leg	USM Alger	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Stade Tunisien	Oran
18:00 UTC+1	Mondeko 75' Mejri 90+3' (o.g.) Gassama  90+5'	Report	Saafi  26' Mejri  33' Khalfa  42' Hlel  60' Ndaw  70'	Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan) Assistant referees: Abdelgabar Mohamed Abdelgabar, Haitham Ahmed (Sudan) Fourth official: Alamin Alhadi Alamin Mohamed (Sudan)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger – Benbot, Radouani (c), Chetti  76' (Dehiri,  76'), Mondeko, Alilet, Boukhanchouche  46' (Musa Alli,  46'), Likonza, Terrazas  77' (Merili,  77'), Guenaoui  90+5' (Azzi,  90+5'), Ghacha  68' (Belkacemi,  68'), Gassama.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 7 October 2024, 10:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+3), in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds will be drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown next to every team). Each group will contain one team from each of Pot 1 and Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3, and each team will be allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USMA	ASEC	JAR	ORA
1	USM Alger	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9	7	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	18 Jan	6–0
2	ASEC Mimosas	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4			5 Jan	—	2–0	19 Jan
3	ASC Jaraaf	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2			0–0	12 Jan	—	5 Jan
4	Orapa United	3	0	2	1	0	6	−6	2			12 Jan	0–0	0–0	—

1. The match between ES Mostaganem and USM Alger is postponed from October 12, to October 22, 2024, due to the presence of three players from USM Alger with their national teams, Benbot and Radouani with Algeria and Terrazas with Bolivia.
2. The match between USM Alger and MC Alger is postponed from November 2 to November 5, 2024, due to preparations for the festivities of November 1 and the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the revolution. Then on October 27, it was postponed to a later date.
3. ^ Ranked on goal difference: ASC Jaraaf –2, Orapa United –6.

27 November 2024 1	USM Alger	6–0	Orapa United	Algiers
20:00 UTC+1	Belkacemi 4', 15' Radouani 34' Alli 45+1' Lamara 48' Merili 71'	Report	Ratlhogo  54'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia) Assistant referees: Mustapha Bojang, Abass Bah (Gambia) Fourth official: Omar Sallah (Gambia)

8 December 2024 2	ASC Jaraaf	0–0	USM Alger	Dakar
17:00 UTC+1	Bocandé  35' Ben Ahmed Ba  49'	Report	Ghacha  47' Chita  90+6'	Stadium: Stade Abdoulaye Wade Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda) Assistant referees: Justin Karangwa, Didier Ishimwe (Rwanda) Fourth official: Nsoro Ruzindana (Rwanda)

15 December 2024 3	USM Alger	3–0	ASEC Mimosas	Algiers
20:00 UTC+1	Ali Yabré 16' (o.g.) Belkacemi 41' (pen.), 54' Chita  50'	Report	Coulibaly  32'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abdoulaye Manet (Guinea) Assistant referees: Sidiki Sidibé, Mamady Tere (Guinea) Fourth official: Younoussa Camara (Guinea)

5 January 2025 4	ASEC Mimosas	–	USM Alger	Abidjan
16:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium

12 January 2025 5	Orapa United	–	USM Alger	Francistown
: UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Obed Itani Chilume Stadium

19 January 2025 6	USM Alger	–	ASC Jaraaf	Algiers
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 21 December 2024

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Confederation Cup			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Abdelmoumen Sifour		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Kamel Soufi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Oussama Benbot		10	10	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	15	15	0
Defenders
2	RB	Rayane Mahrouz		4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	0
3	CB	Safi Eddine Atamnia		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	CB	Kévin Mondeko		4	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	7	7	1
5	CB	Imadeddine Azzi		7	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	10	8	0
15	LB	Nabil Lamara		3	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	6	5	1
19	RB	Saâdi Radouani		9	9	0	0	0	0	5	5	1	14	14	1
20	CB	Hocine Dehiri		5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	1	0
21	CB	Adam Alilet		9	9	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	14	14	0
23	LB	Ilyes Chetti		6	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	8	7	0
Midfielders
6	DM	Oussama Chita		7	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	10	7	0
8	DM	Islam Merili		4	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	7	1	1
9	AM	Adalid Terrazas		3	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	7	3	0
11	AM	Glody Likonza		9	9	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	14	14	0
13	DM	Omar Embarek		6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
14	DM	Brahim Benzaza		8	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	11	7	0
18	DM	Salim Boukhanchouche		9	7	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	12	9	1
24	AM	Mohamed Ait El Hadj		5	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	2	0
26	DM	Abdelkrim Namani		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	LW	Ismail Belkacemi		6	5	2	0	0	0	5	4	4	11	9	6
10	LW	Ghiles Guenaoui		2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	4	0
12	LW	Khaled Bousseliou		7	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	4	0
17	ST	Sekou Gassama		8	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	11	7	1
22	LW	Wale Musa Alli		10	7	1	0	0	0	5	3	1	15	10	2
27	RW / LW	Houssam Ghacha		8	7	2	0	0	0	5	5	0	13	12	2
31	ST	Mohamed Ben Mazouz		3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
Total				10		7	0		0	5		11	15		18

Last updated: 21 December 2024
Source: soccerway.com

Disciplinary record

As of 15 December 2024

No.	Pos.	Player	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Confederation Cup			Total
25	GK	Oussama Benbot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	CB	Kévin Mondeko	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
21	CB	Adam Alilet	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	RB	Saâdi Radouani	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	DM	Oussama Chita	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
9	AM	Adalid Terrazas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
18	DM	Salim Boukhanchouche	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
13	DM	Omar Embarek	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	AM	Glody Likonza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	AM	Mohamed Ait El Hadj	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	LW	Wale Musa Alli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	ST	Sekou Gassama	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
7	LW	Ismail Belkacemi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	RW	Houssam Ghacha	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total			15	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	21	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 21 December 2024

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	CCC	TOTAL
7		Ismail Belkacemi	LW	2	0	4	6
22		Wale Musa Alli	LW	1	0	1	2
27		Houssam Ghacha	RW	2	0	0	2
18		Salim Boukhanchouche	DM	1	0	0	1
17		Sekou Gassama	ST	1	0	0	1
4		Kévin Mondeko	CB	0	0	1	1
8		Islam Merili	DM	0	0	1	1
15		Nabil Lamara	LB	0	0	1	1
19		Saâdi Radouani	RB	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				0	0	2	2
Totals				7	0	11	18

Assists

As of 15 December 2024

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	CCC	TOTAL
14		Brahim Benzaza	DM	2	0	1	3
7		Ismail Belkacemi	LW	0	0	2	2
22		Wale Musa Alli	LW	1	0	0	1
19		Saâdi Radouani	RB	0	0	1	1
27		Houssam Ghacha	RW	0	0	1	1
Totals				3	0	5	8

Clean sheets

As of 21 December 2024

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	L 1	AC	CCC	Total
1		Abdelmoumen Sifour	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		Kamel Soufi	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		Oussama Benbot	15	4	7	0	4	11
		TOTALS		4	7	0	4	11

Notes

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