2000–01 USM Alger season explained

Club:	USM Alger
Season:	2000–01
Manager:	Mustapha Heddane (until 14 September 2000) Noureddine Saâdi (from 21 September 2000)
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Saïd Allik
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Stade Omar Hammadi
League:	Super Division
League Result:	Runners-up
Cup1:	Algerian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Tarek Hadj Adlane (13 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Tarek Hadj Adlane (14 goals)
Prevseason:	1999–2000
Nextseason:	2001–02

In the 2000–01 season, USM Alger is competing in the Super Division for the 21st time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 June 2001.^[1]
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		GK	Hichem Mezaïr	January 1, 2001	WA Tlemcen	33	0
-		GK	Brahim Salah Eddine	January 1, 2003	Youth system	0	0
-		GK	Redouane Hamiti	January 1, 2003	Youth system	0	0
Defenders
3			Tarek Ghoul	January 1, 2001	USM El Harrach	0	0
-			Mounir Zeghdoud	January 1, 2001	USM Aïn Beïda	0	0
4			Fayçal Hamdani (C)	January 1, 2001	MC Alger	0	0
6			Mahieddine Meftah	January 1, 2001	JS Kabylie	0	0
2			Mohamed Hamdoud	January 1, 2001	Youth system	0	0
5			Rabah Deghmani	January 1, 2001	IB Khémis El Khechna	0	0
-			Farid Ould Rabah	January 1, 2001	JSM Béjaïa	2	0
		LB	Rachid Boumrar			0	0
Midfielders
-			Farid Djahnine	January 1, 2001	Youth system	0	0
-			Karim Ghazi	January 1, 2001	CR Belouizdad	0	0
10			Hocine Achiou	January 1, 2001	Youth system	0	0
-			Saïd Baâzouz	January 1, 2001	MC Alger	15	1
8			Billel Dziri	January 1, 2001	CS Sedan Ardennes	0	0
-			Kamel Maouche	January 1, 2001	HB Chelghoum Laid	32	5
-			Mohamed Abacha	January 1, 2001		0	0
-			Faycal Rahim	January 1, 2001		3	0
-			Hakim Boubrit	January 1, 2001		0	0
Forwards
-			Athmane Samir Amirat	January 1, 2001	USM El Harrach	0	0
7			Tarek Hadj Adlane	January 1, 2001	Al Wehda	0	0
-			Hamza Yacef	January 1, 2001	Youth system	0	0
9			Moncef Ouichaoui	January 1, 2001	USM Annaba	19	5
-			Fares El Aouni	January 1, 2001	WA Tlemcen	0	0
-			Ammar Galoul	January 1, 2001	CR Belouizdad	17	4
-			Fouad Smati	January 1, 2001	Youth system	0	0

Transfers

In

Date		Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
2000	GK	Hichem Mezaïr	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer
2000	MF	Billel Dziri	Sedan	Free transfer
2000	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui	USM Annaba	Free transfer
2000	MF	Saïd Baâzouz	MC Alger	Free transfer
2000	MF	Kamel Maouche	HB Chelghoum Laid	Free transfer
2000	MF	Faycal Rahim	USM El Harrach	Free transfer
2000	FW	Ammar Galoul	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer
2000	FW	Farid Ould Rabah	JSM Béjaïa	Free transfer

Out

Date		Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
2000	MF	Mohamed Khazrouni	USM Blida	Free transfer
2000	FW	Mohamed Manga	USM Blida	Free transfer
2000	GK	Siaka Coulibaly	US Forces Armées	Free transfer
2000	FW	Azzedine Rahim	CS Constantine	Free transfer
2000	FW	Khaled Lounici	MC Alger	Free transfer

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super Division		Runners-up	7 September 2000	25 June 2001
Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Winners	5 February 2001	10 July 2001
Total

Super Division

See main article: 2000–01 Algerian Championnat National.

Matches

Algerian Cup

See main article: 2000–01 Algerian Cup.

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.		Player		Super Division			Algerian Cup			Total
Goalkeepers
	GK	Hichem Mezaïr		27	27	0	6	6	0	33	33	0
	GK	Brahim Salah Eddine		2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
	GK	Redouane Hamiti		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	Tarek Ghoul		16	13	0	5	5	0	21	18	0
	DF	Mounir Zeghdoud		18	17	0	5	5	0	23	22	0
	DF	Fayçal Hamdani		19	18	0	5	5	0	24	23	0
	DF	Mahieddine Meftah		18	18	0	3	1	0	21	19	0
	DF	Mohamed Hamdoud		25	24	0	5	4	0	30	28	0
	DF	Rabah Deghmani		26	25	1	5	5	0	31	30	1
	DF	Boumakhlouf		2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Midfielders
	MF	Farid Djahnine		21	21	3	6	5	1	27	26	4
	MF	Billel Dziri		21	18	4	2	2	1	23	20	5
	MF	Karim Ghazi		23	20	1	6	5	0	29	25	0
	MF	Hocine Achiou		16	15	1	6	6	5	22	21	6
	MF	Djoudir		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	MF	Saïd Baâzouz		13	7	1	2	1	0	15	8	1
	MF	Kamel Maouche		26	24	2	6	6	1	32	30	3
	MF	Mohamed Abacha		16	3	3	2	0	0	18	3	3
	MF	Amira		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	MF	Rachid Boumrar		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	MF	Hamid Aït Belkacem		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	Faycal Rahim		3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
Forwards
	FW	Tarek Hadj Adlane		19	11	12	5	5	1	24	16	13
	FW	Ammar Galoul		15	7	4	2	0	0	17	7	4
	FW	Athmane Samir Amirat		22	16	6	3	0	0	25	16	6
	FW	Fares El Aouni		8	7	0	0	0	0	8	7	0
	FW	Azzedine Rahim		12	6	0	5	3	1	17	9	1
	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui		17	14	4	2	2	1	19	16	5
	FW	Fouad Smati		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Farid Ould Rabah		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	Hamza Yacef		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Total	30		51	6		11	36		62 Goalscorers 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 17 FW 13 1 14 - Athmane Samir Amirat MF 6 0 6 - MF 1 5 6 - Kamel Maouche MF 4 1 5 9 FW 4 1 5 8 MF 4 1 5 - MF 3 1 4 - Ammar Galoul FW 4 0 4 - Mohamed Abacha MF 3 0 3 - Farès El Aouni FW 1 0 1 2 DF 1 0 1 - MF 1 0 1 - Saïd Baâzouz MF 1 0 1 5 DF 1 0 1 7 FW 0 1 1 Own Goals 1 0 1 Totals 48 11 59 Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. width=15 width=15 width=210 Name width=40 width=40 width=40 Total 1 Hichem Mezaïr 8 5 13 Brahim Salah Eddine 0 0 0 TOTALS 8 5 13 Hat-tricks Player Against Result Date Competition Ref Ammar Galoul 6–1 (A) ^[2] (H) – Home ; (A) – Away References

Notes and References

1. Web site: First Team. just picture from the Facebook page Chouaib Kahoul Archives. 20 April 2017.
2. Web site: L'USMA deroule le tapis vert . https://web.archive.org/web/20030223062455/http://www.dzfoot.com/00-01/Division1_30e_csc-usma.html . 10 February 2020. 2003-02-23 .