2017–18 USM Alger season explained

Club:	USM Alger
Season:	2017–18
Owner:	Ali Haddad
Manager:	Paul Put (until 11 November 2017)^[1] Miloud Hamdi (from 12 November 2017)^[2]
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Rabouh Haddad (until 28 February 2018)^[3] Abdelhakim Serrar (from 28 February 2018)
Stadium:	Omar Hamadi Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	Algerian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup3:	Confederation Cup
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Oussama Darfalou (18 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Oussama Darfalou (26 goals)
Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

In the 2017–18 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 40th season, as well as the CAF Champions League, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

With the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the CAF Champions League after defeating against Morocco's Wydad.^[4] on 11 November 2017 the coach Paul Put announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to CS Constantine.,^[5] A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season.^[6]

Season summary

In preparation for this season, which will start at the end of August 2017, the management of the USMA, in consultation with the technical staff, is planning the summer training course from 04 to 16 August 2017 in Turkey the Usmists will be in Istanbul at 2 pm, a bus will wait for the Algerian delegation to transport it to the station Kartepe in Izmit and will play five friendly matches.^[7] three against local clubs, two against Saudi clubs and one against a Qatari club. USM Alger is transported without six players: Ayoub Abdellaoui, Abderrahmane Meziane, Oussama Darfalou, Okacha Hamzaoui and Raouf Benguit Who joined the Algeria A' national team in preparation for the African Nations Championship qualification against the Libyan national team, as for Soumaila Sidibe did not move with the team because of the visa.^[8] the first friendly against Mersin İdmanyurdu and ended with a 5–1 victory and only Ziri Hammar played 90 minutes, and he was the author of three assists, in the same context the games it was delayed for a day due to heavy fog.^[9] The second match was against Al Kharaitiyat Qatar and ended 4–1 in favor of the Union and saw the match with the young striker Boumechra, who scored two goals The third game against Sultanbeyli Belediyespor canceled because of the fog and to avoid these problems the decision of the management of the USM Alger played the rest of the friendly games in another place to avoid being postponed, then in the fourth game against Al-Hazm Saudi Club won the Union winning two goals to zero, on the final day of training, the team played two friendly matches in the morning against Ataşehir Çamolukspor and ended in favor of USM Alger with a 2–0 victory. In the evening against Al-Orobah from Saudi Arabia, they ended with a 2–2 draw. after a 13-day internship in Turkey in the heights of Izmit, the Red and Black are back home. The plane from Istanbul arrived at the Algiers airport at 18:30.^[10]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 May 2018.^{[11] [12] [13]}
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 (C.)		GK	January 1, 2018	MC Alger	334	1	2012	2020
16	Ismaïl Mansouri		GK	January 1, 2018	MO Béjaïa	53	0	2008	2019
30	Mourad Berrefane		GK	January 1, 2018	MO Béjaïa	23	0	2014	2018
Defenders
3	Ayoub Abdellaoui		LB / CB	January 1, 2018	Reserve team	94	3	2011	2016
5	Mohamed Benyahia		CB / DM	January 1, 2018	MC Oran	50	5	2016	2019
6	Farouk Chafaï		CB	January 1, 2018	Reserve team	227	22	2010	2019
20	Nacereddine Khoualed		CB	January 1, 2018	US Biskra	289	10	2006	2018
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa		LB / LM / LW	January 1, 2018	ES Sétif	208	14	2012	2019
22	Mohamed Rabie Meftah (V.C.)		RB	January 1, 2018	JSM Béjaïa	206	38	2011	2020
21	Mehdi Benchikhoune		RB	January 1, 2018	Reserve team	6	0	2017	2022
19	Redouane Cherifi		DF	January 1, 2018	USM Bel-Abbès	21	0	2017	2021
27	Raouf Benguit		CB / DM	January 1, 2017	Paradou AC	62	1	2016	2018
Midfielders
15	Oualid Ardji		MF	January 1, 2017	NA Hussein Dey	13	1	2016	2021
20	Rafik Bouderbal		AM / FW	January 1, 2017	AS Lyon-Duchère	24	1	2016	2018
4	Soumaila Sidibe		AM / DM	January 1, 2018	MO Béjaïa	8	0	2017	2020
8	Kaddour Beldjilali		AM / CM	January 1, 2018	Étoile du Sahel	82	6	2014	2017
18	Amir Sayoud		AM	January 1, 2018	DRB Tadjenanet	45	5	2016	2020
10	Ziri Hammar		AM	January 1, 2018	JS Saoura	24	3	2016	2020
14	Faouzi Bourenane		AM	January 1, 2018	Příbram	15	1	2016	2020
17	Mohamed Benkablia		AM	January 1, 2018	JS Kabylie	17	0	2016	2019
23	Hamza Koudri		DM	January 1, 2018	MC Alger	184	5	2012	2020
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa		AM / DM	January 1, 2018	Reserve team	104	4	2011	2018
26	Reda Bellahcene		DM	January 1, 2018	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	23	1	2016	2019
31	Ilyes Yaiche		AM / LM	January 1, 2018	Reserve team	16	0	2016	2020
7	Faouzi Yaya		MF	January 1, 2018	MO Béjaïa	27	4	2017	2020
2	Oussama Chita		MF	January 1, 2018	MC Alger	22	0	2017	2021
Forwards
11	Abderrahmane Meziane		ST	January 1, 2018	RC Arbaâ	74	13	2014	2021
13	Oussama Darfalou		ST / FW	January 1, 2018	RC Arbaâ	79	40	2015	2018
9	Okacha Hamzaoui		FW	January 1, 2018	Nacional	16	2	2017	2018
10	Reda Hajhouj		FW	January 1, 2018	Wydad Casablanca	10	2	2018	2019
17	Mohamed Amine Hamia		FW	January 1, 2018	CR Belouizdad	5	0	2018	2021

Transfers

In

Date		Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
21 May 2017	CF	Okacha Hamzaoui	Nacional	Loan one year	^[14] ^[15]
21 June 2017	AM	Faouzi Yaya	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	^[16] ^[17]
22 June 2017	DF	Redouane Cherifi	USM Bel-Abbès	Free transfer	^[18] ^[19]
30 June 2017	FW	Manucho	CS Constantine	Loan Return
30 June 2017	CB	Mohamed Amine Madani	USM El Harrach	Loan Return
4 July 2017	MF	Oussama Chita	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[20] ^[21]
4 July 2017	CB / DM	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Loan one year
11 July 2017	DF	Mehdi Benchikhoune	Reserve team	First Professional Contract
31 July 2017	MF	Soumaila Sidibe	MO Béjaïa	7,000,000 DA	^[22] ^[23]
23 December 2017	MF	Oualid Ardji	NA Hussein Dey	Loan Return	^[24]
23 December 2017	MF	Rafik Bouderbal	N/A	Return to complete his contract
14 January 2018	FW	Reda Hajhouj	Wydad Casablanca	Free transfer	^[25]
15 January 2018	FW	Mohamed Amine Hamia	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer (Released)	^[26]

Out

Date		Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
29 June 2017	RB	Toufik Zeghdane	Sedan Ardennes	Free transfer (Released)	^[27] ^[28]
30 June 2017	CB	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Return from loan
30 June 2017	AM / FW	Rafik Bouderbal	Unattached	Undisclosed
30 June 2017	FW	Ghislain Guessan	RC Arbaâ	End of his contract
30 June 2017	FW	Manucho	Al Ittihad Alexandria	End of contract	^[29]
30 June 2017	CF	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	Ohod Club	End of contract	^[30] ^[31]
14 July 2017	AM	Abel Khaled	DRB Tadjenanet	Free transfer (Released)	^[32]
16 July 2017	DF	Abderrahim Hamra	DRB Tadjenanet	Loan	^[33]
16 July 2017	FW	Kaddour Cherif	DRB Tadjenanet	Loan
28 July 2017	MF	Mustapha Bengrina	US Biskra	Loan	^[34]
28 July 2017	MF	Ibrahim Farhi	US Biskra	Loan	^[35]
30 July 2017	CB	Mohamed Amine Madani	JS Saoura	20,000,000 DA	^[36]
11 December 2017	CB	Nacereddine Khoualed	Ohod Club	Free transfer (Released)	^[37]
28 December 2017	AM	Ziri Hammar	JS Kabylie	Loan for six months	^[38]
8 January 2018	AM	Mohamed Benkablia	CR Belouizdad	Undisclosed	^[39]
11 January 2018	AM	Faouzi Bourenane	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer (Released)	^[40]
15 January 2018	AM/DM	Soumaila Sidibe	CR Belouizdad	Loan for six months

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1		6th	26 August 2017	19 May 2018
Algerian Cup	Round of 64	Round of 16	29 December 2017	2 February 2018
Champions League	Group stage	Semi-finals	9 July 2017	21 October 2017
Confederation Cup	First round	Group stage	7 March 2018	16 May 2018
Total Ligue 1 See main article: 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Matches Algerian Cup See main article: 2017–18 Algerian Cup. Champions League See main article: 2017 CAF Champions League. knockout stage See main article: 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage. Semi-finals Confederation Cup See main article: 2018 CAF Confederation Cup. Qualifying rounds See main article: 2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds. Play-off round Group stage Squad information Appearances and goals No. Player Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Champions League Confederation Cup Total Goalkeepers 1 GK Lamine Zemmamouche 25 25 0 2 2 0 5 5 0 6 6 1 38 38 1 16 GK Ismaïl Mansouri 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 30 GK Mourad Berrefane 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 GK Abdelmoumen Sifour 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Defenders 3 DF Ayoub Abdellaoui 23 23 1 2 2 0 5 5 1 6 6 0 36 36 2 5 DF Mohamed Benyahia 14 12 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 19 17 2 6 DF Farouk Chafaï 24 24 3 2 2 0 5 5 0 6 6 1 37 37 4 19 DF Redouane Cherifi 17 16 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 21 19 0 20 DF Nacereddine Khoualed 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 21 DF Mehdi Benchikhoune 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 6 0 22 DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah 19 19 1 2 2 1 5 5 0 5 5 0 31 31 2 25 DF Mokhtar Benmoussa 24 20 3 2 2 0 5 5 0 5 4 0 36 31 3 27 DF Raouf Benguit 15 14 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 6 6 0 27 26 0 42 DF Abdeldjalil Semmane 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Midfielders 2 MF Oussama Chita 18 13 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 15 0 4 MF Soumaila Sidibe 5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 7 MF Faouzi Yaya 19 16 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 3 8 MF Kaddour Beldjilali 18 12 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 22 14 1 10 MF Ziri Hammar 10 5 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 14 7 3 14 MF Faouzi Bourenane 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 MF Mohamed Benkablia 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 18 MF Amir Sayoud 13 7 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 20 10 1 23 MF Hamza Koudri 18 14 1 2 2 0 4 4 0 6 5 0 30 25 1 24 MF Mohammed Benkhemassa 22 22 1 2 2 0 5 4 0 6 4 1 35 32 2 26 MF Reda Bellahcene 10 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 8 0 20 MF Rafik Bouderbal 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 3 1 15 MF Oualid Ardji 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 13 9 1 31 MF Ilyes Yaiche 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 3 0 84 MF Mohamed Reda Boumechra 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 54 MF Billel Benhammouda 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 MF Zinedine Asli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Forwards 9 FW Okacha Hamzaoui 9 5 1 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 14 8 2 11 FW Abderrahmane Meziane 18 15 2 2 1 0 5 5 1 3 3 1 28 24 4 13 FW Oussama Darfalou 27 26 18 2 2 0 5 5 3 5 5 5 39 38 26 10 FW Reda Hajhouj 8 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 6 2 17 FW Mohamed Amine Hamia 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 Total 30 43 3 2 5 6 6 12 44 63 Disciplinary record Player Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Champions League Confederation 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 16 GK Ismaïl Mansouri 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 DF Ayoub Abdellaoui 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 1 5 DF Mohamed Benyahia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 DF Farouk Chafaï 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 19 DF Redouane Cherifi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 DF Nacereddine Khoualed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 25 DF Mokhtar Benmoussa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 DF Raouf Benguit 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 2 4 MF Soumaila Sidibe 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 MF Faouzi Yaya 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 MF Kaddour Beldjilali 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 MF Ziri Hammar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 MF Hamza Koudri 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 24 MF Mohammed Benkhemassa 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 26 MF Reda Bellahcene 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 MF Rafik Bouderbal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 FW Abderrahmane Meziane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 FW Oussama Darfalou 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 Total 51 2 3 5 0 1 7 0 0 7 0 0 70 2 4 Suspensions width=120 Date Incurred width=60 Nation width=150 Name width=60 Games Missed width=190 Reason 21 June 2017 Amir Sayoud 3 (vs. Zamalek) 28 October 2017 Mohammed Benkhemassa 1 16 November 2017 Mohamed Rabie Meftah 1 28 November 2017 Raouf Benguit 1 5 December 2017 Nacereddine Khoualed 1 8 December 2017 Raouf Benguit 1 (vs. JS Kabylie) 12 December 2017 Ayoub Abdellaoui 2 (vs. ES Sétif) 12 December 2017 Mohammed Benkhemassa 1 6 January 2018 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 1 6 January 2018 Mohamed Rabie Meftah 1 16 January 2018 Ismaïl Mansouri ? (vs. CS Constantine) 20 January 2018 Mohammed Benkhemassa 1 9 February 2018 Mohammed Benkhemassa 1 13 March 2018 Raouf Benguit 1 (vs. ES Sétif) 30 March 2018 Farouk Chafaï 1 20 April 2018 Raouf Benguit 4 (vs. CS Constantine)^[41] 20 April 2018 Ayoub Abdellaoui 3 (vs. CS Constantine) 20 April 2018 Mohamed Meftah 1 20 April 2018 Hamza Koudri 8 ^[42] 6 May 2018 Oussama Darfalou 1 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=10 width=10 width=10 width=10 width=10 TOTAL 13 FW 18 0 3 5 26 6 DF 3 0 1 1 5 7 MF 3 0 0 1 4 11 FW 2 0 1 1 4 25 DF 3 0 0 0 3 15 MF 2 0 1 0 3 5 DF 2 0 0 0 2 9 FW 1 0 1 0 2 10 FW 2 0 0 0 2 22 DF 1 1 0 0 2 3 DF 1 0 1 0 2 24 MF 1 0 0 1 2 84 MF 1 0 0 0 1 26 MF 0 0 1 0 1 18 MF 0 1 0 0 1 20 MF 1 0 0 0 1 15 MF 0 0 0 1 1 23 MF 1 0 0 0 1 8 MF 0 0 0 1 1 1 GK 0 0 0 1 1 Own Goals 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 43 2 9 12 66 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 9 1 3 3 16 16 Ismaïl Mansouri – – – – – 30 Mourad Berrefane – – – – – TOTALS 9 1 3 3 16 Kit Supplier: Joma, the beginning of the year 2017.^[43] Sponsor: Djezzy References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paul Put démissionne . liberte-algerie.com . 12 November 2017.
2. Web site: USMA : Paul Put remplacé par Miloud Hamdi . dzfoot.com . 12 November 2017.
3. Web site: USM Alger : Ali Haddad limoge son frère et nomme Serrar nouveau DG . alg24.net . 28 February 2018.
4. Web site: Wydad Casablanca beat USMA to reach Champions League final . bbc.com . 12 November 2017.
5. Web site: Paul Put démissionne . liberte-algerie.com . 12 November 2017.
6. Web site: USMA : Paul Put remplacé par Miloud Hamdi . dzfoot.com . 12 November 2017.
7. Web site: Stage de préparation estivale du 04 au 16 août . usma.dz . 4 July 2017.
8. Web site: USM Alger : Stage de préparation en Turquie . dzfoot.com . 7 August 2017.
9. Web site: Stage d'Izmit : Le match amical reporté en raison du brouillard . usma.dz . 8 August 2017.
10. Web site: Les Usmistes de retour au pays . usma.dz . 24 August 2017.
11. Web site: First Team. www.dzfoot.com. 18 November 2016.
12. Web site: First Team. fr.soccerway.com. 18 November 2016.
13. Web site: Joueurs du USM Alger. lfp.dz. 20 May 2018.
14. Web site: USMA : Okacha Hamzaoui engagé pour une année . elitepresse . 21 May 2017.
15. Web site: USM Alger : Hamzaoui ambitieux pour son retour . dzfoot.com . 10 July 2017.
16. Web site: Ligue 1 Mobilis: Yaya rejoint l'USMA pour trois ans . aps.dz . 21 June 2017.
17. Web site: Transferts : Yaya rejoint l'USMA pour trois ans . dzfoot.com . 10 July 2017.
18. Web site: Cherifi usmiste pour 4 ans . usma.dz . 22 June 2017.
19. Web site: USM Alger : Redouane Chérifi signe pour 4 saisons . lagazettedufennec.com . 10 July 2017.
20. Web site: Oussama Chita usmiste pour 4 ans . usma.dz . 4 July 2017.
21. Web site: Transferts : Chita quitte le MC Alger pour l'USM Alger . dzfoot.com . 10 July 2017.
22. Web site: Soumaila Sidibé officiellement Usmiste pour les trois prochaines années . usma.dz . 31 July 2017.
23. Web site: Transferts : Sidibé finalement Usmiste . dzfoot.com . 31 July 2017.
24. Web site: Ardji et Bouderbal officiellement de retour . usma.dz . 23 December 2017.
25. Web site: Le Marocain Reda Hajhouj usmiste pour 18 mois . usma.dz . 14 January 2018.
26. Web site: Transfert : L'USMA boucle le mercato avec Hamia . dzfoot.com . 15 January 2018.
27. Web site: Toufik Zeghdane, un Ardennais de retour à Sedan . lunion.fr . 25 August 2017.
28. Web site: Transferts : Zeghdane se relance à Sedan . dzfoot.com . 25 August 2017.
29. Web site: Ittihad of Alexandria sign Ivorian striker Manucho . kingfut.com . 5 August 2017.
30. Web site: أحد يتعاقد مع مهاجم منتخب مدغشقر . al-khaleeg.com . 7 July 2017.
31. Web site: Transferts : Carolus Andria rejoint le Ohod Club . dzfoot.com . 10 July 2017.
32. Web site: خالد عابل يمضي لموسمين في صفوف "الديارتي" . sport.echoroukonline.com . 15 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170716003630/http://sport.echoroukonline.com/articles/216573.html . 16 July 2017 . dead .
33. Web site: Hamra et Cherif ont officialisé hier leur arrivée au DRBT . lebuteur.com . 18 July 2017.
34. Web site: USMA: بن قرينة يعار الى اتحاد بسكرة . elheddaf.com . 18 July 2017.
35. Web site: USM Alger : Farhi et Bengrina prêtés pour une saison à l’US Biskra . footalgerien.com . 30 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730070503/https://www.footalgerien.com/index.php/2017/07/28/usm-alger-farhi-et-benrina-pretes-pour-une-saison-a-lus-biskra/ . 30 July 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
36. Web site: JS Saoura : Mohamed Amine Madani s’engage pour trois saisons . footalgerien.com . 31 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170731151841/https://www.footalgerien.com/index.php/2017/07/30/js-saoura-mohamed-amine-madani-sengage-pour-trois-saisons/ . 31 July 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
37. Web site: Khoualed, merci et au revoir . usma.dz . 11 December 2017.
38. Web site: Transfert : Ziri Hammar prêté à la JS Kabylie . dzfoot.com . 28 December 2017.
39. Web site: CRB : Benkablia première recrue du Chabab . lebuteur.com . 9 January 2018.
40. Web site: CR Belouizdad : Les nouvelles recrues qualifiées . footalgerien.com . 24 January 2018.
41. Web site: USMA : Benguit et Abdellaoui sanctionnés . dzfoot.com . 26 April 2018.
42. Web site: USMA : Deux ans de suspension pour Koudri ! . dzfoot.com . 26 April 2018.
43. 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.