| 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.
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.
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. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | CB | Redouane Bellemou | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| ? | GK | Moulooud Beltitane | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| ? | LB | Farid Bengana | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| ? | RW | Fawzi Benkhalidi | September 10, 1987 | WA Boufarik | ||
| 1 | GK | Yacine Bentalaa | September 10, 1987 | RC Kouba | ||
| ? | Salah Bougerra | September 10, 1987 | ||||
| ? | CM | Salim Boutamine | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| ? | Rafik Bouchtout | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | |||
| ? | Nacereddine El Aouada | ? | MC Alger | |||
| 11 | RW | Tarek Hadj Adlane | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| ? | Khaled Fodil | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | |||
| ? | Ramdane Hammaz | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | |||
| ? | Samir Keddou | September 10, 1987 | MC Alger (Youth system) | |||
| ? | CB | Rabah Kourifa | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| ? | CM | Amirouche Laalili | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| ? | CM | Farid Mouaci | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| 11 | Athmane Nourine | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | |||
| ? | Samir Osmane | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | |||
| ? | Salim Slimani | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | |||
| ? | Réda Saadedine | September 10, 1987 | ||||
| ? | RB | M'hamed Soumatia | September 10, 1987 | Youth system | ||
| 8 | RW | Boualem Baâziz | September 10, 1987 |
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division 1 | ||||||||
| Algerian Cup | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
See main article: 1987–88 Algerian Championnat National.
See main article: 1987–88 Algerian Cup.
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|-! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| width=10 | No. | width=10 | Nat. | width=140 | Player | width=10 | Pos. | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | FW | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| ? | FW | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| ? | Farid Mouaci | MF | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 8 | Boualem Baâziz | FW | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 11 | Athmane 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 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 29+6 | 5 | 34+6 | ||||||||||
