2016–17 USM Alger season explained

Club:	USM Alger
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Miloud Hamdi (until 5 June 2016) Adel Amrouche (from 27 June 2016) (until 17 August 2016) Jean-Michel Cavalli (from 17 August 2016) (until 30 October 2016) Paul Put (from 30 October 2016)
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Ali Haddad
Stadium:	Omar Hamadi Stadium July 5, 1962 Stadium
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Algerian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Group stage
Cup3:	Super Cup
Cup3 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Mohamed Rabie Meftah (9 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Mohamed Rabie Meftah (11 goals)
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 39th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1 as well as the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup.

USM Alger entered the 2016–2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015–2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until he left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June,^[1] but Amrouche resigned 3 days before the season began and was replaced by French manager Cavalli^[2] Cavalli was later sacked because of poor results and replaced by Belgian Paul Put.^[3]

Season summary

Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will be against CFA training of US Granville, scheduled for July 22 in Granville.^[4]

of Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi.

The club recorded the arrival of several players like Amir Sayoud (DRB Tadjenanet), Raouf Benguit (Paradou AC), Ziri Hammar (JS Saoura), Mohamed Benyahia (MC Oran), Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger), Abel Khaled and Ghislain Guessan (RC Arbaâ). This bloated recruitment is partly fill the departures of Zinedine Ferhat, best assist last season, Brahim Boudebouda, Hocine El Orfi and Mohamed Seguer, The club has also signed several players of the national selection of age 20, recently trained by Mohamed Mekhazni, back to the club. Two of these young people have made the trip to France, he is Ilyes Yaiche and Ibrahim Farhi.

First friendly match was against Stade brestois 29 and ended with a draw 1-1 ^[5] goal scored by Union new player Bouderbal, three days later the team played the most important meeting against Stade Rennais^[6] from Ligue 1 and ended with the victory of the Algerian international guys Zeffane 1-0 Then, in the third meeting against the reserve team of the Stade Rennais achieved the first victory in the preparation matches by 4-0 ^[7] Recording from Guessan two goals, Beldjilali goal by Penalty and finally the young Bengrina last goal, After the piece ran the team last friendly against US Granville ended with a draw 0-0 back to the team immediately after the end of the games to Algeria, Preparations were good where he discovered supporter several skilful players of the most prominent neo Bellahcene, Benyahia and Hammar in addition to the player the team youth Bengrina.

After the end of the first internship in France successfully USM Alger delegation returned to Algeria and Players he got four days rest before traveling to Tunisia, Sousse to fight a second internship between 27 July and 7 August ^[8] punctuated by three friendly matches against clubs Tunisian.^[9]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 June 2017.^{[10] [11]}
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat.	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Apps.	Goals	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Lamine Zemmamouche		GK	January 1, 2017	MC Alger	296	0	2012	2020
16	Ismaïl Mansouri		GK	January 1, 2017	MO Béjaïa	50	0	2008	2019
30	Mourad Berrefane		GK	January 1, 2017	MO Béjaïa	20	0	2014	2016
Defenders
3	Ayoub Abdellaoui		LB / CB	January 1, 2017	Youth system	58	1	2011	2016
5	Mohamed Benyahia		CB / DM	January 1, 2017	MC Oran	31	3	2016	2019
6	Farouk Chafaï		CB	January 1, 2017	Youth system	190	18	2010	2019
20	Nacereddine Khoualed (V.C.)		CB	January 1, 2017	US Biskra	285	10	2006	2018
21	Toufik Zeghdane		RB	January 1, 2017	MC Alger	1	0	2016	2019
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa		LB / LM / LW	January 1, 2017	ES Sétif	172	11	2012	2019
30	Mohamed Rabie Meftah (C.)		RB	January 1, 2017	JSM Béjaïa	175	36	2011	2020
31	Raouf Benguit		RB / RM	January 1, 2017	Paradou AC	35	1	2016	2017
Midfielders
7	Rafik Bouderbal		AM / FW	January 1, 2017	AS Lyon-Duchère	14	0	2016	2018
8	Kaddour Beldjilali		AM / CM	January 1, 2017	Étoile du Sahel	60	5	2014	2017
10	Amir Sayoud		AM	January 1, 2017	DRB Tadjenanet	25	3	2016	2020
15	Ziri Hammar		AM	January 1, 2017	JS Saoura	10	0	2016	2020
14	Faouzi Bourenane		AM	January 1, 2017	Příbram	12	1	2016	2020
17	Mohamed Benkablia		AM	January 1, 2017	JS Kabylie	12	0	2016	2019
19	Abel Khaled		AM	January 1, 2017	RC Arbaâ	2	0	2016	2018
23	Hamza Koudri		DM	January 1, 2017	MC Alger	154	4	2012	2020
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa		AM / DM	January 1, 2017	Youth system	69	2	2011	2018
26	Reda Bellahcene		DM	January 1, 2017	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	11	1	2016	2019
41	Ilyes Yaiche		AM / LM	January 1, 2017	Youth system	7	0	2016	2020
Forwards
9	Carolus Andriamatsinoro		CF	January 1, 2017	Paradou AC	131	20	2012	2017
11	Abderrahmane Meziane		ST	January 1, 2017	RC Arbaâ	46	10	2014	2021
13	Oussama Darfalou		ST / FW	January 1, 2017	RC Arbaâ	40	14	2015	2018
29	Ghislain Guessan		FW	January 1, 2017	RC Arbaâ	29	6	2016	2017

Transfers

In

USM Alger started their transfer business early, acquiring midfielder Amir Sayoud for an undisclosed fee + Arslane Mazari and Djamel Chettal from DRB Tadjenanet on 9 June. USM Alger continued their recruitment in 11 June, signing young defender Raouf Benguit Loan from Paradou AC for a €50,000. 13 June, USM Alger confirmed their third summer signing in Reda Bellahcene, with the midfielder joining from FC Saint-Louis Neuweg for a free transfer. The club would later sign Ivorian prospect Ghislain Guessan, who joined the USM Alger team on a one-year deal from RC Arbaâ and also Abel Khaled from the same club. end of the season also saw the return of six players from the loan they Abderrahmane Meziane, Nazim Aklil, Abderrahmane Bourdim, Mohamed Taïb, Ibrahim Bekakchi and ivorian Manucho. in the month of July joined by four new players to the team they Rafik Bouderbal from AS Lyon-Duchère, Ziri Hammar from JS Saoura, Mohamed Benyahia from MC Oran and Toufik Zeghdane from MC Alger.

Date		Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
9 June 2016	AM	Amir Sayoud	DRB Tadjenanet	Undisclosed + Arslane Mazari & Djamel Chettal	^[12]
11 June 2016	CB	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Loan end of season + €50,000	^[13]
13 June 2016	CB / DM	Reda Bellahcene	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	Free transfer	^[14]
28 June 2016	FW	Ghislain Guessan	RC Arbaâ	Undisclosed	^[15]
30 June 2016	ST	Abderrahmane Meziane	RC Arbaâ	Loan Return	^[16]
30 June 2016	FW	Manucho	RC Relizane	Loan Return
30 June 2016	DF	Nazim Aklil	JSM Skikda	Loan Return
30 June 2016	MF	Abderrahmane Bourdim	RC Relizane	Loan Return
30 June 2016	MF	Mohamed Taïb	RC Arbaâ	Loan Return
30 June 2016	DF	Ibrahim Bekakchi	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Loan Return
1 July 2016	AM	Abel Khaled	RC Arbaâ	Undisclosed
1 July 2016	AM / FW	Rafik Bouderbal	AS Lyon-Duchère	Undisclosed
2 July 2016	AM	Ziri Hammar	JS Saoura	Undisclosed	^[17]
2 July 2016	DM	Mohamed Benyahia	MC Oran	€150,000	^[18]
4 July 2016	RB	Toufik Zeghdane	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[19]
20 December 2016	AM	Faouzi Bourenane	Příbram	Undisclosed	^[20]
25 December 2016	FW	Mohamed Benkablia	JS Kabylie	Free transfer (Released)	^[21]

Out

Date		Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
8 June 2016	LB	Saadi Redouani	JS Kabylie	Free transfer (Released)	^[22]
8 June 2016	CB	Arslane Mazari	DRB Tadjenanet	As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer	^[23]
15 June 2016	AM	Djamel Chettal	DRB Tadjenanet	As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer	^[24]
18 June 2016	AM	Mohamed Taïb	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	^[25]
19 June 2016	AM	Karim Baïteche	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	^[26]
27 June 2016	RB / CB	Houcine Benayada	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)
30 June 2016	FW	Manucho	CS Constantine	Loan	^[27]
1 July 2016	MF	Nassim Bouchema	CR Belouizdad	End of contract	^[28]
1 July 2016	FW	Rachid Nadji	ES Sétif	End of contract	^[29]
1 July 2016	LB	Brahim Boudebouda	MC Alger	End of contract	^[30]
1 July 2016	FW	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	CS Constantine	End of contract	^[31]
1 July 2016	CM / LM / AM	Zinedine Ferhat	Le Havre AC	End of contract	^[32]
1 July 2016	DM	Hocine El Orfi	NA Hussein Dey	End of contract	^[33]
1 July 2016	FW	Mohamed Seguer	MC Alger	End of contract	^[34]
1 July 2016	DF	Ibrahim Bekakchi	JS Saoura	Free transfer (Released)
2 July 2016	AM / LM / RM	Abderrahmane Bourdim	JS Saoura	Free transfer	^[35]
4 July 2016	MF	Oualid Ardji	NA Hussein Dey	Loan	^[36]

New contracts

		Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
16
33
30
27						^[37]
25						^[38]
6						^[39]
N/A
23						^[40]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1			19 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup			24 November 2016	27 December 2016
Algerian Super Cup			1 November 2016
Champions League			11 March 2017	30 June 2017
Total

Ligue 1

See main article: 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Matches

Algerian Super Cup

See main article: 2016 Algerian Super Cup.

Algerian Cup

See main article: 2016–17 Algerian Cup.

Champions League

See main article: 2017 CAF Champions League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2017 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds.

First round

Group stage

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.		Player		Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Champions League			Super Cup			Total
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche		26	26	0	2	2	0	7	7	0	1	1	0	36	36	0
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
30	GK	Mourad Berrefane		2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
Defenders
3	DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui		20	19	0	2	2	0	6	6	1	1	1	0	29	28	1
5	DF	Mohamed Benyahia		24	23	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	31	30	3
6	DF	Farouk Chafaï		25	24	3	2	2	0	7	7	3	1	1	1	35	34	7
20	DF	Nacereddine Khoualed		9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	8	1
21	DF	Toufik Zeghdane		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	DF	Mokhtar Benmoussa		28	24	1	3	2	0	7	6	0	1	0	0	39	32	1
30	DF	Mohamed Rabie Meftah		29	29	9	2	2	1	5	5	0	1	1	1	37	37	11
31	DF	Raouf Benguit		26	24	1	3	3	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	35	33	1
Midfielders
7	MF	Rafik Bouderbal		11	10	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14	13	0
8	MF	Kaddour Beldjilali		18	14	1	2	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	25	20	1
10	MF	Amir Sayoud		19	8	1	2	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	25	12	3
14	MF	Faouzi Bourenane		8	4	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	6	1
15	MF	Ziri Hammar		6	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	0
17	MF	Mohamed Benkablia		10	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	7	0
19	MF	Abel Khaled		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
23	MF	Hamza Koudri		22	19	1	2	2	0	5	5	0	1	1	0	30	27	1
24	MF	Mohammed Benkhemassa		17	14	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	23	18	1
26	MF	Reda Bellahcene		6	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	12	5	1
37	MF	Mustapha Bengrina		6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
38	MF	Mohamed Reda Boumechra		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
41	MF	Ilyes Yaiche		7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0
Forwards
9	FW	Carolus Andriamatsinoro		21	16	4	3	1	0	7	7	1	1	0	0	32	24	5
	FW	Okacha Hamzaoui		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane		26	21	8	3	0	0	7	7	1	1	1	0	37	29	9
13	FW	Oussama Darfalou		19	14	8	2	0	0	6	5	2	0	0	0	27	19	10
29	FW	Ghislain Guessan		23	13	5	2	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	29	18	6
Total	30		50	3		3	7		10	1		2	41		65 Disciplinary record Player Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Champions League Super Cup Total width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 1 GK Lamine Zemmamouche 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 GK Ismaïl Mansouri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 DF Ayoub Abdellaoui 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 DF Mohamed Benyahia 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 DF Farouk Chafaï 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 20 DF Nacereddine Khoualed 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 DF Mokhtar Benmoussa 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 30 DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 31 DF Raouf Benguit 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 MF Rafik Bouderbal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 MF Kaddour Beldjilali 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 MF Amir Sayoud 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 15 MF Ziri Hammar 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23 MF Hamza Koudri 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 24 MF Mohammed Benkhemassa 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 26 MF Reda Bellahcene 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 41 MF Ilyes Yaiche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 FW Carolus Andriamatsinoro 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 FW Abderrahmane Meziane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 FW Ghislain Guessan 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Total 59 1 1 4 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 70 2 2 Suspensions width=120 Date Incurred width=60 Nation width=150 Name width=60 Games Missed width=190 Reason 1 November 2016 Mohammed Benkhemassa 1 5 November 2016 Ziri Hammar 3 (vs. USM El Harrach)^[41] 17 November 2016 Farouk Chafaï 1 1 December 2016 Ghislain Guessan 1 1 December 2016 Ayoub Abdellaoui 1 22 December 2016 Mohamed Meftah 1 (vs. JS Saoura) 3 February 2017 Mokhtar Benmoussa 1 14 February 2017 Mohamed Benyahia 1 25 February 2017 Reda Bellahcene 1 (vs. Olympique de Médéa) 18 March 2017 Amir Sayoud 1 (vs. Rail Club du Kadiogo) 25 April 2017 Ismaïl Mansouri 1 ^[42] 2 June 2017 Hamza Koudri 1 2 June 2017 Raouf Benguit 1 Unknown 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 width=40 width=10 TOTAL 30 DF 9 1 0 1 11 13 FW 8 0 2 0 10 11 FW 8 0 1 0 9 6 DF 3 0 3 1 7 29 FW 5 1 0 0 6 9 FW 4 0 1 0 5 5 DF 3 0 0 0 3 10 MF 1 1 1 0 3 24 MF 1 0 0 0 1 31 MF 1 0 0 0 1 3 DF 0 0 1 0 1 8 MF 1 0 0 0 1 14 MF 1 0 0 0 1 23 MF 1 0 0 0 1 25 DF 1 0 0 0 1 20 DF 1 0 0 0 1 26 MF 0 0 1 0 1 Own Goals 2 0 0 0 2 Totals 50 3 10 2 65 Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. width=15 width=15 width=210 Name width=40 width=40 width=40 width=40 width=80 Total 1 Lamine Zemmamouche 8 2 2 2 14 16 Ismaïl Mansouri – – – – – 30 Mourad Berrefane 1 1 – – 2 TOTALS 9 3 2 2 16 Hat-tricks Player Against Result Date Competition Ref 5–2 (H) ^[43] (H) – Home ; (A) – Away Kit Supplier: Adidas after that Joma, the beginning of the year 2017.^[44] Sponsor: Djezzy References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ligue 1 Mobilis: Adel Amrouche nouvel entraîneur de l'USM Alger . aps.dz . 27 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160627111729/http://www.aps.dz/sport/43982-ligue-1-mobilis-adel-amrouche-nouvel-entra%C3%AEneur-de-l-usm-alger . 27 June 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: Jean-Michel CAVALLI nouvel entraineur de l’USMA . usma.dz . 17 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820094020/http://usma.dz/actualites/a-la-une/3004-jean-michel-cavalli-nouvel-entraineur-de-l%E2%80%99usma . 2016-08-20 . dead .
3. Web site: Paul Put nouvel entraineur de l’USM Alger . usma.dz . 30 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161031024400/http://usma.dz/actualites/a-la-une/3178-paul-put-nouvel-entraineur-de-l%E2%80%99usm-alger . 2016-10-31 . dead .
4. News: USM Alger to play in france during pre-season tour. 14 May 2016. usma.dz. 27 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610132956/http://usma.dz/actualites/a-la-une/2858-programme-de-pr%C3%A9paration-pour-la-saison-2016-2017. 2016-06-10. dead.
5. Web site: Amical : USM Alger 1-1 Stade Brestois (Ligue 2) . dzfoot.com . 22 July 2016.
6. Web site: Rennes domine l'USM Alger . lequipe.fr . 22 July 2016.
7. Web site: CFA, amical : Rennes 0 - 4 USM Alger . stade-rennais-online.com . 22 July 2016.
8. Web site: L’USM Alger en stage à Sousse à partir du 27 juillet . footalgerien.com . 22 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815004245/http://www.footalgerien.com/lusm-alger-en-stage-a-sousse-a-partir-du-27-juillet/ . 15 August 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
9. Web site: USM Alger : Trois matchs amicaux en Tunisie . dzfoot.com . 29 July 2016.
10. Web site: First Team. www.dzfoot.com. 18 November 2016.
11. Web site: First Team. fr.soccerway.com. 18 November 2016.
12. Web site: Transferts : Sayoud signe à l'USM Alger . dzfoot.com . 9 June 2016.
13. Web site: Transferts : Benguit prêté à l'USM Alger . dzfoot.com . 11 June 2016.
14. Web site: Il a signé un contrat de 3 ans: Réda Bellahcène, 1re recrue de l’USMA . letempsdz.com . 13 June 2016 .
15. Web site: Ghislain Guessan signe à l'USMA . usma.dz . 28 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813214416/http://www.usma.dz/actualites/derniere-minute/2926-ghislain-guessan-signe-%C3%A0-l-usma . 13 August 2016 .
16. Web site: USM Alger Abderrahmane Meziane Prolonge Son Contrat . footalgerien.com . 31 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625052348/http://www.footalgerien.com/usm-alger-abderrahmane-meziane-prolonge-son-contrat/ . 2016-06-25 . dead .
17. Web site: Ziri Hammar signe un contrat de 4 ans avec le l'USM Alger . usma.dz . 2 July 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815091640/http://www.usma.dz/actualites/derniere-minute/2932-ziri-hammar-signe-%C3%A0-l-usma . 15 August 2016 .
18. Web site: Ligue 1/Transfert: signature imminente de Benyahia à l'USM Alger . aps.dz . 3 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160702115127/http://www.aps.dz/sport/44203-ligue-1-transfert-signature-imminente-de-benyahia-%C3%A0-l-usm-alger . 2 July 2016 . dead .
19. Web site: Toufik Zeghdane signe à l'USMA . usma.dz . 4 July 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815064541/http://www.usma.dz/actualites/derniere-minute/2933-zeghdane-toufik-signe-%C3%A0-l-usma . 15 August 2016 .
20. Web site: Faouzi Bourenane première recrue hivernale . usma.dz . 20 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221091245/http://usma.dz/actualites/a-la-une/3339-faouzi-bournane-premi%C3%A8re-recrue-hivernale . 2016-12-21 . dead .
21. Web site: Mohamed Benkablia usmiste pour 3 années . usma.dz . 25 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161226055828/http://usma.dz/actualites/a-la-une/3354-mohamed-benkablia-usmiste-pour-3-ann%C3%A9es . 2016-12-26 . dead .
22. Web site: Redouani signera ce soir à la JSK . kabylie-sport.com . 9 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160612201931/http://www.kabylie-sport.com/2016/06/redouani-signera-ce-soir-la-jsk.html . 12 June 2016 .
23. Web site: Arslan Mazari signe 2 ans au DRB Tadjennanet . kabylie-sport.com . 8 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625104341/http://www.kabylie-sport.com/2016/06/arslan-mazari-signe-2-ans-au.html . 25 June 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
24. Web site: Transfert : Chettal quitte l'USM Alger pour le DRB Tadjenanet . radioalgerie.dz . 16 June 2016.
25. Web site: CSC : Mohamed Tayeb (USMA) rejoint les Sanafir . elmoudjahid.com . 18 June 2016.
26. Web site: CSC : Baïteche : "J’ai choisi le CSC pour marquer des buts et gagner des titres" . lebuteur.com . 19 June 2016.
27. Web site: USM Alger : Manucho prêté au CS Constantine . footalgerien.com . 22 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815031313/http://www.footalgerien.com/usm-alger-manucho-prete-au-cs-constantine/ . 2016-08-15 . dead .
28. Web site: CR Belouizdad : Nassim Bouchema signe pour deux ans . footalgerien.com . 9 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160630075131/http://www.footalgerien.com/cr-belouizdad-nassim-bouchema-signe-pour-deux-ans/ . 2016-06-30 . dead .
29. Web site: ES Sétif : Rachid Nadji cinquième recrue . lecourrier-dalgerie.com . 14 June 2016 . 8 September 2023.
30. Web site: Transfert : Brahim Boudebouda revient au Mouloudia d’Alger . radioalgerie.dz . 8 June 2016.
31. Web site: Transferts : Aoudia et Zaalani arrivent au CS Constantine . dzfoot.com . 13 June 2016.
32. Web site: Transferts : Ferhat signe 3 ans au Havre ! . dzfoot.com . 13 June 2016.
33. Web site: Mercato : Hocine El-Orfi s’engage avec le NA Hussein Dey . footalgerien.com . 16 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806103244/http://www.footalgerien.com/mercato-hocine-el-orfi-sengage-avec-le-na-hussein-dey/ . 2016-08-06 . dead .
34. Web site: Mercato : Mohamed Seguer file à l’USM Alger . footalgerien.com . 27 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813041227/http://www.footalgerien.com/mercato-mohamed-seguer-file-a-lusm-alger/ . 2016-08-13 . dead .
35. Web site: un échange avec Abderrahmane Bourdim plus une somme d’argent pour conclure la transaction. . competition.dz . 2 July 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160703033546/http://www.competition.dz/article/56646/usma-ziri-hammar-usmiste-jusquen-2020.html . 3 July 2016 .
36. Web site: NA Hussein Dey : Walid Ardji s’engage pour trois ans . footalgerien.com . 5 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815002101/http://www.footalgerien.com/na-hussein-dey-walid-ardji-sengage-pour-trois-ans/ . 2016-08-15 . dead .
37. Web site: Berrefane renouvelle pour deux ans . usma.dz . 8 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160617085444/http://www.usma.dz/actualites/derniere-minute/2911-berrefane-renouvelle-pour-deux-ans . 2016-06-17 . dead .
38. Web site: Benmoussa renouvelle pour trois ans . usma.dz . 16 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160810042205/http://www.usma.dz/actualites/derniere-minute/2915-benmoussa-renouvelle-pour-trois-ans . 2016-08-10 . dead .
39. Web site: Chafaï et Bourdim renouvellent leur contrat . usma.dz . 19 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160810174450/http://www.usma.dz/actualites/derniere-minute/2917-chafai-et-bourdim-renouvellent-leur-contrat . 2016-08-10 . dead .
40. Web site: كودري يجدد عقده مع إتحاد العاصمة لغاية 2020 . sport.ennaharonline.com . 8 November 2016 . 28 July 2022.
41. Red card with the reserve team
42. Although he received only one yellow card but was punished with one meeting because of the protest
43. Web site: USM Alger 5 JS Saoura 2. 14 June 2017. soccerway.com. 15 June 2017.
44. Web site: JOMA nouvel équipementier de l'USMA. December 28, 2016. December 30, 2016. French. usma.dz. https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230344/http://usma.dz/actualites/a-la-une/3361-joma-nouvel-%C3%A9quipementier-de-l-usma. 2016-12-30. dead.