2020–21 USM Alger season explained

Club:	USM Alger
Season:	2020–21
Owner:	Groupe SERPORT
Manager:	François Ciccolini (from 5 August 2020)^[1] (until 22 November 2020)^[2] Benaraibi Bouziane (c) (from 23 November 2020)^[3] (until 12 December 2020) Thierry Froger (from 13 December 2020)^[4] (until 7 March 2021)^[5] Mounir Zeghdoud (from 8 March 2021)^[6]
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Achour Djelloul
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Omar Hamadi Stadium
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Super Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners–up
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Ismail Belkacemi (16 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Ismail Belkacemi (17 goals)
Highest Attendance:	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Lowest Attendance:	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Average Attendance:	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
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Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

In the 2020–21 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 43rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competing in Ligue 1, League Cup and the Super Cup.

Summary season

On 13 May, Achour Djelloul announced that he signed with Antar Yahia to be the new sports director for three years and Abdelghani Haddi as a new general manager.^[7] Yahia said that he had offers from France, but he preferred the Reds and Blacks project, especially the ideas he wanted to implement are the same as Achour Djelloul. On 6 July, USM Alger singe a two-year contract with Aïn Benian École supérieure d'hôtellerie et restauration d'Alger until the completion of the work of the training center, The contract will allow USM Alger to use the stadium, the swimming pool, the weight room, the hotel, the sports hall, the offices and the recovery and massage room.^[8]

On July 20, 2020 FIFA prohibiting USM Alger from any recruitment of Algerian or foreign players during the next three transfer window until the payment of 200,000 euros to the former player Prince Ibara.^[9] The next day General Manager Abdelghani Haddi spoke about this problem, and also the problem of the former player Mohamed Yekhlef and the Derby case, Where did Haddi say that he asked the Algerian Football Federation to pay Ibara's money from 2019–20 CAF Champions League prize money.^[10]

On 25 July, Mohamed Rabie Meftah stated that he is going to leave USM Alger after Sporting director Antar Yahia told him that the new coach of USM Alger does not want him. Meftah, said he spent nine wonderful years with the club and he played with all of his heart. On 31 July, Abdelghani Haddi spoke about some newspapers and responded to them and the fake news about the value of buying USM Alger's shares, where he said that the amount was 2 billion dinars about 13 million euros, for information SERPORT is a holding company which manages the State's holdings in Algerian port services. It generates a turnover of nearly 500 million euros per year, for a net profit which oscillates between 25 and 40 million euros.^[11] On August 5, USM Alger officially announced François Ciccolini as the club's new coach, and his technical staff will be Benaraibi Bouziane as first assistant, the former international Mohamed Benhamou as goalkeepers coach, Nicolas Baup as physical trainer and Sylvain Matrisciano as head of the training center and trainer of the under 21.

On 8 September, USM Alger announced that they had signed a three-year contract with the Italian brand Kappa, they have been the first Algerian club to sign with an original brand company.^[12] On 17 September, USM Alger sent a special plane to France to bring the technical staff and five players Guendouz, Beneddine, Akkal, Soula and Abdeldjelil after obtaining a special license from the Algerian authorities.^[13] On 30 October, Groupe SERPORT decided to merge the position of Sports Director and General Manager give all powers to Antar Yahia. Djelloul said "We want to avoid mixing things up".

On October 4, The Federal Bureau decided to play Algerian Super Cup Final before the kick-off of the 2020–21 season on 21 November.^[14] After a long wait due to the closure of the borders, Zakaria Benchaâ returned to Algeria, Antar Yahia declared that Benchaâ had good abilities and that he would train with the Reserve team, and if his mentality did not align with the team philosophy, he would not be in the club’s squad. After losing the Super Cup final, USM Alger decided to sack François Ciccolini from his post because he did not rise to the podium to receive the medal, which was considered an insult to an official body who was the Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad.

On 5 December, USMA agreed with former club coach Thierry Froger to lead the first team for one season after a consultation with Yahia and some lead players. The sports company with shares (SSPA) and the amateur sports club (CSA) signed a partnership agreement on January 31, 2021, this agreement that allows the two parties to comply with Algerian legislative texts, and the amateur club will receive 30 million dinars annually in exchange for carrying the logo and name of the club.^[15] On 7 March, due to the poor results Froger and his assistant Bouziane were sacked and replaced by the former coach last season Mounir Zeghdoud. On April 1, USM Alger gets a makeover, the official website of the Italian equipment manufacturer "Kappa" has unveiled the new jerseys that the Usmists will wear this year 2021, This new Kappa jersey is dressed in a dominant white and black, and uses the graphics of the Casbah of Algiers with shades of gray on the front of the jersey. For reasons of comfort and aesthetics, a semi-open round neck is present, just like the iconic Banda Kappa on the shoulders.^[16] Four rounds before the end of the season SERPORT decided to dismiss Antar Yahia from his position, Yahia said that all powers were removed and they agreed with a new sports director a while ago.^[17] This season witnessed the death of the former player of the sixties Hamid Bernaoui as well as Kamel Tchalabi who played with the club in the seventies and the former coach on four occasions Noureddine Saâdi the last two due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^{[18] [19] [20]}

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 24 August 2021.^[21]
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 in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals	Transfer fees
Goalkeepers
1	Lamine Zemmamouche (C.)		GK	January 1, 2021	2012	2022	MC Alger	400	1	Free transfer
16	Alexis Guendouz		GK	January 1, 2021	2020	2022	AS Saint-Étienne	14	0	15,000 €
27	Abdelmoumen Sifour		GK	January 1, 2021	2019	2023	Reserve team	9	0	Youth system
Defenders
2	Houari Baouche		LB	January 1, 2021	2021	2023	USM Bel Abbès	5	0	Free transfer
3	Abderrahim Hamra		CB	January 1, 2021	2016	2023	Reserve team	67	3	Youth system
4	Zineddine Belaïd		CB	January 1, 2021	2020	2024	NA Hussein Dey	36	1	20,000,000 DA
5	Mustapha Bouchina		CB	January 1, 2021	2020	2022	Paradou AC	35	1	11,000,000 DA
12	Haithem Loucif		RB	January 1, 2021	2021	2023	Paradou AC	6	0	Undisclosed
19	Saâdi Radouani		RB	January 1, 2021	2020	2022	ES Sétif	18	1	Free transfer
20	Mehdi Beneddine		LB	January 1, 2021	2020	2022	Quevilly-Rouen	34	1	Free transfer
21	Adam Alilet		CB	January 1, 2021	2019	2024	Reserve team	24	1	Youth system
22	Fateh Achour		RB	January 1, 2021	2020	2022	USM Bel Abbès	16	0	Free transfer
24	Anis Khemaissia		LB	January 1, 2021	2019	2024	USM Annaba	20	1	Free transfer
NA	Wassim Ouhab		CB	January 1, 2021	2020	2023	Reserve team	0	0	Youth system
Midfielders
6	Oussama Chita		DM	January 1, 2021	2017	2023	MC Alger	85	2	Free transfer
8	Kamel Belarbi		DM	January 1, 2021	2018	2022	USM El Harrach	30	0	Free transfer
10	Mohamed Reda Boumechra		AM	January 1, 2021	2019	2023	USM El Harrach	43	2	Loan return
15	Mazire Soula		AM	January 1, 2021	2020	2022	Angers SCO B	25	2	Free transfer
17	Taher Benkhelifa		DM	January 1, 2021	2020	2023	Paradou AC	63	2	30,000,000 DA
23	Hamza Koudri (V.C.)		DM	January 1, 2021	2012	2022	MC Alger	271	15	Free transfer
26	Billel Benhammouda		AM	January 1, 2021	2016	2023	USMM Hadjout	79	5	Youth system
28	Salim Akkal		AM	January 1, 2021	2020	2022	Angers SCO B	0	0	Free transfer
31	Mohamed Djenidi		DM	January 1, 2021	2020	2023	Reserve team	0	0	Youth system
Forwards
7	Ismail Belkacemi		LW	January 1, 2021	2020	2023	CS Constantine	41	17	Free transfer
9	Zakaria Benchaâ		ST	January 1, 2021	2020	2021	CS Sfaxien	44	10	Loan return
11	Abdelkrim Zouari		RW	January 1, 2021	2018	2021	USM Bel Abbès	72	18	Free transfer
13	Hamed Belem		RW	January 1, 2021	2021	2023	Rahimo FC	8	1	75,000 €
14	Yacine Aliane		RW / LW	January 1, 2021	2020	2024	Reserve team	22	2	Youth system
18	Aymen Mahious		ST	January 1, 2021	2018	2023	AS Aïn M'lila	60	18	Loan return
25	Kwame Opoku		ST	January 1, 2021	2021	2025	Asante Kotoko	17	5	350,000 €
25	Oussama Abdeldjelil		CF	January 1, 2021	2020	2023	SO Cholet	4	0	Free transfer
28	Zakaria Naidji		ST	January 1, 2021	2021	2021	Paradou AC	17	5	Loan
29	Abdelkrim Louanchi		FW	January 1, 2021	2020	2022	Reserve team	3	0	Youth system
71	Abderraouf Othmani		FW	January 1, 2021	2020	2023	Reserve team	5	2	Youth system

Transfers

In

Date		Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
18 June 2020	CF			Free transfer	^[22]
10 July 2020	LB			Free transfer
10 July 2020	MF	Salim Akkal	Angers SCO B	Free transfer
10 July 2020	FW		Angers SCO B	Free transfer
17 August 2020	RB			Free transfer	^[23]
17 August 2020	RB			Free transfer
5 September 2020	RW / LW	Yacine Aliane		First Professional Contract	^[24]
5 September 2020	RW / LW	Ahmed Bedjaoui		First Professional Contract
5 September 2020	GK	Zinedine Abassi		First Professional Contract
5 September 2020	FW	Abdelkrim Louanchi		First Professional Contract
5 September 2020	DM	Mohamed Djenidi		First Professional Contract
5 September 2020	CB	Wassim Ouhab		First Professional Contract
16 September 2020	FW			Free transfer	^[25] ^[26]
19 September 2020	DM				^[27]
22 September 2020	GK				^[28] ^[29]
29 September 2020	CB				^[30]
1 October 2020	ST			Loan Return	^[31]
11 October 2020	CB			Undisclosed	^[32]
31 January 2021	RB			Undisclosed	^[33] ^[34] ^[35]
31 January 2021	ST			Loan for six months
31 January 2021	RW
15 March 2021	ST				^[36]
3 April 2021	LB			Free transfer	^[37]

Out

Date		Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
30 June 2020	DM			Loan Return
25 July 2020	RB			Free transfer
2 September 2020	AM / LW			Free transfer (Released)	^[38] ^[39]
20 September 2020	GK			Free transfer (Released)	^[40]
20 September 2020	CB			Free transfer (Released)
21 September 2020	AM / LW			Free transfer (Released)	^[41]
23 September 2020	RB			Free transfer (Released)	^[42]
24 September 2020	CB			Free transfer (Released)	^[43]
30 September 2020	LB			Free transfer (Released)
4 October 2020	LW / LB			Free transfer (Released)	^[44] ^[45]
4 October 2020	LW			Free transfer (Released)
18 October 2020	CB			Free transfer (Released)
27 October 2020	FW	Ahmed Bedjaoui		Loan for one year	^[46]
1 November 2020	GK	Zinedine Abassi		Loan for one year	^[47]
28 January 2021	CF			Free transfer (Released)	^[48]

New contracts

		Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
3						^[49] ^[50]
23						^[51]
18						^[52] ^[53]
1						^[54] ^[55]
6						^[56] ^[57]
21
10						^[58]
14						^[59] ^[60]
27						^[61]
26						^[62]
24						^[63]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1		4th	28 November 2020	24 August 2021
Super Cup	Final	Runners–up	21 November 2020
League Cup	Round of 16	Semi-finals	8 May 2021	8 June 2021
Total Ligue 1 See main article: 2020–21 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Matches On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.^[64] Algerian Super Cup See main article: 2019 Algerian Super Cup. Algerian League Cup See main article: 2020–21 Algerian League Cup. Squad information Appearances and goals No. Player Total Goalkeepers 1 GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 18 18 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 21 21 0 16 GK Alexis Guendouz 13 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 13 0 27 GK Abdelmoumen Sifour 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 NA GK Abdellah Zakaria Saouchi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Defenders 2 DF Houari Baouche 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 DF Abderrahim Hamra 31 25 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 35 26 2 4 DF Zineddine Belaïd 33 29 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 36 32 1 5 DF Mustapha Bouchina 31 30 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 35 34 1 12 DF Haithem Loucif 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 0 19 DF Saâdi Radouani 17 12 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 13 1 20 DF Mehdi Beneddine 30 30 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 34 34 0 21 DF Adam Alilet 13 9 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 15 10 1 22 DF Fateh Achour 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 15 0 24 DF Anis Khemaissia 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 NA DF Mohamed Bensaid 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Midfielders 6 MF Oussama Chita 18 14 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 21 17 0 8 MF Kamel Belarbi 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 10 MF Mohamed Reda Boumechra 19 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 7 0 15 MF Mazire Soula 25 15 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 15 2 17 MF Taher Benkhelifa 33 24 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 37 27 1 23 MF Hamza Koudri 28 27 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 29 28 7 26 MF Billel Benhammouda 32 22 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 36 26 2 31 MF Mohamed Djenidi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forwards 7 FW Ismail Belkacemi 37 36 16 1 1 0 3 3 1 41 40 17 9 FW Zakaria Benchaâ 15 7 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 17 9 3 11 FW Abdelkrim Zouari 28 26 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 31 27 7 13 FW Hamed Belem 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 1 14 FW Yacine Aliane 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 1 2 18 FW Aymen Mahious 11 10 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 11 4 25 FW Oussama Abdeldjelil 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 25 FW Kwame Opoku 16 15 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 17 16 5 28 FW Zakaria Naidji 14 6 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 17 7 5 29 FW Abdelkrim Louanchi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 71 FW Abderraouf Othmani 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 Total 38 62 1 1 3 4 42 67 Disciplinary record Player Ligue 1 Super Cup League 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 1 GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 GK Alexis Guendouz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 DF Abderrahim Hamra 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 DF Zineddine Belaïd 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 DF Mustapha Bouchina 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 19 DF Saâdi Radouani 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 DF Mehdi Beneddine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 DF Adam Alilet 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 DF Fateh Achour 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 MF Oussama Chita 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 MF Kamel Belarbi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 MF Mohamed Reda Boumechra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 MF Mazire Soula 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 MF Taher Benkhelifa 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 23 MF Hamza Koudri 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 26 MF Billel Benhammouda 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 FW Ismail Belkacemi 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 FW Zakaria Benchaâ 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 FW Abdelkrim Zouari 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 13 FW Hamed Belem 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 FW Aymen Mahious 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 25 FW Oussama Abdeldjelil 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 FW Kwame Opoku 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 76 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 83 0 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=40 width=40 width=40 width=10 TOTAL 7 FW 16 0 1 17 23 DM 7 0 0 7 11 RW 7 0 0 7 25 ST 4 0 1 5 28 ST 4 0 1 5 18 ST 3 1 0 4 9 ST 3 0 0 3 26 AM 2 0 0 2 15 FW 2 0 0 2 14 RW / LW 2 0 0 2 3 CB 2 0 0 2 71 Abderraouf Othmani FW 2 0 0 2 19 RB 1 0 0 1 5 CB 1 0 0 1 21 CB 1 0 0 1 13 RW 1 0 0 1 17 DM 1 0 0 1 4 CB 1 0 0 1 20 LB 0 0 1 1 Own Goals 2 0 0 2 Totals 62 1 4 67 Penalties width=120 Date width=60 Nation width=150 Name width=150 Opposition width=50 Scored? 6 March 2021 Zakaria Benchaâ Paradou AC 13 March 2021 Ismail Belkacemi ASO Chlef 20 March 2021 JSM Skikda 16 May 2021 JS Saoura 22 May 2021 WA Tlemcen 8 June 2021 Mehdi Beneddine NC Magra 27 June 2021 Abdelkrim Zouari RC Relizane Kwame Opoku 4 July 2021 Ismail Belkacemi MC Oran 13 July 2021 MC Alger 3 August 2021 JS Kabylie 9 August 2021 Abdelkrim Zouari Paradou AC Kwame Opoku Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. width=15 width=15 width=210 Name width=40 width=40 width=40 width=40 Total 1 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 6 0 2 8 16 Alexis Guendouz 4 0 0 4 27 Abdelmoumen Sifour 2 0 0 2 TOTALS 12 0 2 14 References

Notes and References

1. Web site: USMA : Ciccolini officiellement entraineur . . 5 August 2020 . 5 August 2020.
2. Web site: USMA : Ciccolini limogé après son premier match . . 22 November 2020 . 23 November 2020.
3. Web site: Benaraibi Bouziane à la tête de l'équipe . usma.dz . 23 November 2020 . 24 November 2020 . 20 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120030414/https://usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/benaraibi-bouziane-a-la-tete-de-l-equipe . dead .
4. Web site: USMA : Thierry Froger fait son retour à la maison . . 5 December 2020 . 5 December 2020.
5. Web site: USMA : Froger limogé, Neghiz ou Zeghdoud pour le remplacer? . . 7 March 2021 . 9 March 2021 .
6. Web site: USMA : Mounir Zaghdoud nouvel entraîneur . . 8 March 2021 . 9 March 2021.
7. Web site: Officiel : Anthar Yahia directeur sportif à l'USMA . . 14 May 2020 . 21 May 2020.
8. Web site: USMA : Conttrat avec l'école d'hôtellerie de Ain Benian . . 7 July 2020.
9. Web site: USMA : La FIFA interdit le club de mercato . . 21 July 2020.
10. Web site: USMA : Après Ibara, l'affaire Yekhlef, en attendant le TAS . . 22 July 2020.
11. Web site: USMA : Haddi, « Serport a mis 20 millions d'€ » . . 1 August 2020 . 3 August 2020.
12. Web site: USMA : Kappa nouvel équipementier du club . . 8 September 2020 . 13 September 2020.
13. Web site: USMA : Vol spécial pour François Ciccolini . . 19 September 2020 . 20 September 2020.
14. Web site: FAF : La Super-Coupe d'Algérie pour débuter la saison . . 4 October 2020 . 4 October 2020.
15. Web site: La cour d’appel d’Alger tranche en faveur du CSA . liberte-algerie.com . 28 January 2021 . 31 January 2021.
16. Web site: En images : « Kappa » dévoile les nouveaux maillots de l’USM Alger . ennaharonline.com . 1 April 2021 . 17 September 2021.
17. Web site: USMA : Anthar Yahia mis à la porte . . 6 August 2021 . 7 August 2021.
18. Web site: Football: l'ancien international algérien Kamel Tchalabi n'est plus . aps.dz . 4 May 2021 . 4 May 2021.
19. Web site: وفاة لاعب إتحاد العاصمة السابق برناوي . elbilad.net . 6 May 2020 . 7 May 2020.
20. Web site: Victime de complications liées au coronavirus : l’entraîneur Noureddine Saâdi est décédé . lapatrienews.dz . 21 July 2021 . 24 August 2021.
21. Web site: Joueurs du USM Alger Ligue 1 . lfp.dz . 24 June 2021 .
22. Web site: Mercato : L'USM Alger tient sa première recrue . . 18 June 2020 . 19 June 2020.
23. Web site: USMA : Redouani et Achour signent . . 17 August 2020 . 17 August 2020.
24. Web site: 6 espoirs promus en PRO . usma.dz . 5 September 2020 . 5 September 2020 . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924110818/https://usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/6-espoirs-promus-en-pro . dead .
25. Web site: Ismail Belkacemi est usmiste . . 16 September 2020 . 16 September 2020 . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924103037/https://usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/ismail-belkacemi-est-usmiste . dead .
26. Web site: USMA : Signature de Belkacemi pour trois ans . . 17 September 2020 . 17 September 2020.
27. Web site: Benkhelifa et Belkacemi à l'USMA pour 3 ans . usma.dz . 21 September 2020 . 21 September 2020 . 1 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201001225617/https://www.usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/benkhelifa-et-belkacemi-a-l-usma-pour-3-ans . dead .
28. Web site: USMA : Alexis Guendouz s'engage en provenance de Saint-Etienne . . 22 September 2020 . 22 September 2020.
29. Web site: USM Alger : Serport et ses milliards, transit financier ultra-dépensier ! . lagazettedufennec.com . 1 October 2020 . 1 October 2020.
30. Web site: USMA : Bouchina nouveau renfort défensif . . 29 September 2020 . 29 September 2020.
31. Web site: Mercato : Benchâa de retour à l’USM Alger . . 25 September 2020 . 25 September 2020.
32. Web site: USMA : Zineddine Belaid va signer . . 11 October 2020 . 11 October 2020.
33. Web site: USM Alger un mercato royal avec loucif naidji et un Burkinabe en renfort . agazettedufennec.com . 31 January 2021 . 1 February 2021.
34. Web site: Haïthem Loucif est usmiste ! . usma.dz . 31 January 2021 . 1 February 2021 . 8 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210208070208/https://www.usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/haithem-loucif-est-usmiste . dead .
35. Web site: USMA : Naidji, Loucif et un attaquant burkinabé débarquent . . 1 February 2021 . 1 February 2021.
36. Web site: USMA : Opoku s’engagera pour quatre ans et demi . . 16 March 2021 . 16 March 2021.
37. Web site: USMA : Houari Baouche signe jusqu'en 2023 . . 4 April 2021 . 4 April 2021.
38. Web site: Mercato : L’USM Alger libère 8 joueurs . . 29 August 2020 . 29 August 2020.
39. Web site: Résiliation de contrat à l'amiable avec Lyes Yaiche . usma.dz . 2 September 2020 . 2 September 2020 . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924101307/https://usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/resiliation-de-contrat-a-l-amiable-avec-lyes-yaiche . dead .
40. Web site: Résiliation de contrat à l'amiable avec Belkaroui et Mansouri . usma.dz . 20 September 2020 . 20 September 2020 . 23 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201023030539/https://usma.dz/index.php/derniere-minute/resiliation-de-contrat-a-l-amiable-avec-belkaroui-et-mansouri . dead .
41. Web site: Résiliation de contrat à l'amiable entre l'USMA et Ellafi . usma.dz . 22 September 2020 . 22 September 2020 . 2 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201002021720/https://www.usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/resiliation-de-contrat-a-l-amiable-entre-l-usma-et-ellafi . dead .
42. Web site: Résiliation de contrat à l'amiable entre l'USMA et Tiboutine . usma.dz . 24 September 2020 . 25 September 2020 . 7 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201007054757/https://www.usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/resiliation-de-contrat-a-l-amiable-entre-l-usma-et-tiboutine . dead .
43. Web site: Résiliation de contrat entre L'USMA et Kheraoui . usma.dz . 24 September 2020 . 25 September 2020 . 23 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201023032522/https://usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/resiliation-de-contrat-entre-l-usma-et-kheraoui . dead .
44. Web site: Résiliation de contrat de Cherifi, Redjehimi et Ardji . usma.dz . 4 October 2020 . 5 October 2020 . 9 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009130352/https://www.usma.dz/index.php/a-la-une/resiliation-de-contrat-de-cherifi-redjehimi-et-ardji . dead .
45. Web site: USMA : Résiliation de contrat pour trois joueurs . . 5 October 2020 . 5 October 2020.
46. Web site: اللاعب الشاب احمد بجاوي يمضي في رائد القبة على شكل اعارة لموسم واحد.
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48. Web site: USMA : Le contrat d'Abdeldjelil résilié . . 28 January 2021. 28 January 2021.
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