1965–66 USM Alger season explained

In the 1965–66 season, USM Alger is competing in the Division d'Honneur for the 1st season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They competing in Division d'Honneur, and the Algerian Cup.

Review

USM Alger is playing its first season in Division d'Honneur under new coach Amokrane Oualiken and at the same time a player, in place of Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, USM Alger and MC Alger in a united team have played several friendly matches with foreign clubs, namely Brazilian São Cristóvão, Spartak Hradec twice and Olympique de Marseille. In the Division d'Honneur, the start was strong with six consecutive victories and only one defeat in the first leg, during the derby against OMR El Annasser and finished in the lead two points behind WA Boufarik, in the Algerian Cup the course was not great, after the victory in the Round of 64 against OM Saint Eugène with a goal by Hamid Bernaoui, then NA Hussein Dey, the march stopped in the Round of 16 against MC Saida.

The last match of the season, USM Alger guarantees its presence in the second division with the new name. Promotion to Nationale I was canceled, and it was only possible to fall from Nationale I to Nationale II and from Nationale II to Division d'Honneur, so that the Nationale I would be with 12 teams only and the Nationale II with 10. USM Alger won a match late in the 24th round against RC Arbaâ, with a double from Lakhdar Guittoun and Bouali. USM Alger finished the season with 72 points behind MC Alger.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 September 1965.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
	GK	Djamel El Okbi	September 19, 1965	AS Saint Eugène
	DF	Fodil Oulkhiar	September 19, 1965	Youth system
	DF	Achour Salah	September 19, 1965	Youth system
	DF	Brahim Talbi	1940	JU Alger
	DF	Mohamed Madani	September 19, 1965
	MF	Freddy Zemmour	September 19, 1965	Gallia d’Alger
	MF	Ghazi Djermane	September 19, 1965	Gallia d’Alger
	MF	Boubekeur Belbekri	September 19, 1965	Gallia d’Alger
	MF	Lakhdar Guittoun	September 19, 1965
	MF	Abdelkader Belhaou	September 19, 1965
	MF	Abdelkader Saâdi	September 19, 1965
	MF	Hamid Benkanoun
	FW	Krimo Rebih	September 19, 1965	Union sportive tunisienne
	FW	Abderrahmane Meziani	September 19, 1965	AS Saint Eugène
	FW	Hamid Bernaoui	September 19, 1965	Youth system
	FW	Amokrane Oualiken	September 19, 1965	MC Alger
	FW	Boualem Rekkal

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Division d'Honneur		Runner-up	19 September 1965	26 June 1966
Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Round of 16	14 November 1965	6 February 1966
Total

Division d'Honneur

League table (Algérois)

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

See main article: 1965–66 Algerian Cup.

Squad information

Appearances and goals

|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

Goalscorers

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

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width=10	Nat.	width=140	Player	width=10	Pos.	width=40		width=40		width=10	TOTAL
		FW	11	0	11
		FW	7	0	7
	Lakhdar Guittoun	MF	5	2	7
	Abdelkader Ait Bouali	?	6	0	6
		FW	4	1	5
	Rachid Hemmar	FW	3	0	3
		MF	2	0	2
	Abdelkader Belhaou	MF	1	0	1
		FW	0	0	0
		FW	0	0	0
Own Goals			2	0	2
Totals			41	3	44