1987–88 USM Alger season explained

Club:USM Alger
Season:1987–88
Manager:Djamel Keddou & Mustapha Aksouh
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Chairman:Abdesslem Bensahli
Chrtitle:President
Stadium:Omar Hamadi Stadium
League:Division 1
League Result:7th
Cup1:Algerian Cup
Cup1 Result:Winners
League Topscorer:
Fawzi Benkhalidi (8 goals)
Season Topscorer:
Tarek Hadj Adlane
Fawzi Benkhalidi (8 goals)
Prevseason:1982–83
Nextseason:1988–89

In the 1987–88 season, USM Alger is competing in the Division 1 for the 17th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Division 1 and the Algerian Cup.

Summary season

On July 5, 1987, USK Alger celebrated its 50th anniversary and the opportunity to bring everyone together has not been seized. Many of these people did not participate in this celebration. From the founding father Sid Ahmed Kemmat to the sympathetic son like Boualem Rahma the Chaabi singer, However they forgot many faces that presented to the club that the reasons the party was not complete.[1] After that the USM Alger's results fluctuated between ups and downs for a decade and in spite of that and in the 1987–88 season the club returned to the first division with a young squad, mostly from Reserve team under the leadership of coach and former captain of the team Djamel Keddou, and despite the lack of experience, USM Alger managed to win the Algerian Cup for the second time after winning against CR Belouizdad with penalties at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 which is the fourth final between the two teams and the first victory for USMA after three defeats, after the match Amar Kabrane was subjected to great criticism and was accused of deliberately wasting the penalty shootout, especially since he then moved to them, USM Alger guarantee the qualification card for the African Cup Winners Cup for the second time.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1987.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Nat.PositionNameDate of Birth (Age)Signed from
?CBRedouane BellemouSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?GKMoulooud BeltitaneSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?LBFarid BenganaSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?RWFawzi BenkhalidiSeptember 10, 1987 WA Boufarik
1GKYacine BentalaaSeptember 10, 1987 RC Kouba
?Salah BougerraSeptember 10, 1987
?CMSalim BoutamineSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?Rafik BouchtoutSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?Nacereddine El Aouada? MC Alger
11RWTarek Hadj AdlaneSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?Khaled FodilSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?Ramdane HammazSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?Samir KeddouSeptember 10, 1987 MC Alger (Youth system)
?CBRabah KourifaSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?CMAmirouche LaaliliSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?CMFarid MouaciSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
11Athmane NourineSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?Samir OsmaneSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?Salim SlimaniSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
?Réda SaadedineSeptember 10, 1987
?RBM'hamed SoumatiaSeptember 10, 1987Youth system
8RWBoualem BaâzizSeptember 10, 1987

Competitions

Overview

CompetitionRecord
Division 1
Algerian Cup
Total

Division 1

See main article: 1987–88 Algerian Championnat National.

League table

Algerian Cup

See main article: 1987–88 Algerian Cup.

Squad information

Playing statistics

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|-! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

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

width=10No.width=10Nat.width=140Playerwidth=10Pos.width=40width=40width=40TOTAL
7 FW 6 2 8
? FW 8 0 8
? Farid Mouaci MF 5 0 5
8 Boualem Baâziz FW 4 1 5
11Athmane Nourine MF 3 1 4
? Amirouche Laalili MF 1 0 1
? Farid Bengana DF 1 0 1
? Réda Saadedine 1 0 1
Own Goals 0 1 1
Totals29+6 5 34+6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Merci M. Kemmat, l'humilité n'est pas qu'un simple mot dans votre bouche. . usm-alger.com . 18 January 2009 . 24 November 2021.
  2. Web site: First Team. just picture from the Facebook page Chouaib Kahoul Archives. 20 April 2017.