USM Alger is an Algerian sports club based in Algiers which is best known for its professional association football team. They played their first match in 1937, but only won their first trophy in 1963, to become the first Algerian champions after independent .
Lamine Zemmamouche is USM Alger's record appearance holder.
USM Alger are one of the most successful clubs in Algeria , having domestically won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 7 times, the Algerian Cup 8 times and the Algerian Super Cup 2 times. Internationally, USM Alger has won the UAFA Club Championship once, winning the last edition in 2013 . The club also reached the final match of the 2015 CAF Champions League but he lost to TP Mazembe .
This list includes the major honours won by USM Alger and all-time statistics and records set by the club, its players and its coaches. The players section includes the club's top goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitive matches. It also displays international achievements by players representing USM Alger, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club.
As of the 2023–24 season, USM Alger have won a total of 20 titles (regional competitions not considered), of which 18 were achieved domestically and 2 were obtained in international competitions. The club's most recent honour is the 2023 CAF Super Cup .
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Appearances
Most appearances: Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche – 405 (2004–2009, 2011–2023);
Most appearances in a season: Saâdi Radouani (2023–34 ) – 43;
Oldest title winner: Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche – 38 years, 2 months and 15 days (2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup , 3 June 2023);
Oldest league title winner: Abdelaziz Ben Tifour – 35 years, 11 months and 9 days (1962–63 Algerian Championnat National , 16 June 1963);
Youngest league title winner: Mohamed Madani – 18 years and 23 days (1962–63 Algerian Championnat National , 16 June 1963);
Most league appearances: Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche – 298 (2004–2009, 2011–2023);
Most Algerian Cup appearances: Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche – 33 (2004–2009, 2011–2023);
Most African Cup appearances: Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche – 49 (2004–2009, 2011–2023);
Most league appearances by a non-Algerian player: Carolus Andriamatsinoro – 97 (2012–2017);
Youngest debutant:
Youngest starter in the league: Zineddine Mekkaoui – 18 years, 4 months and 22 days (against NA Hussein Dey , 2004–05 Algerian Championnat National , 2 June 2005);
Youngest league debutant: Hocine Metref – 17 years, 10 months and 1 day (against MO Constantine , 2001–02 Algerian Championnat National , 2 November 2001);
Youngest debutant in the African Cup / CAF Champions League: Michael Eneramo – 19 years, 3 months and 8 days (against Olympic Azzaweya , 2005 CAF Champions League First round , first leg, 6 March 2005);
Youngest captain in the African Cup / CAF Champions League: Billel Dziri – 25 years, 1 months and 16 days (against CD Travadores , 1997 CAF Champions League First round , first leg, 8 March 1997);
Youngest debutant in a CAF competition: Abdessamed Bounacer – 18 years, 3 months and 5 days (against Saint-Éloi Lupopo , 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup Group stage , matchday 5, 19 March 2023);
Goalscorers
Nigerian striker Michael Eneramo is the youngest player to score a hat-trick in USM Alger's first team, at 19 years old.
Most goals: 74 – Billel Dziri ;
Most league goals: 51 – Billel Dziri;
Most seasons as league top scorer : 1 – Moncef Ouichaoui – (2002–03 ), Oussama Darfalou – (2017–18 ) & Ismaïl Belkacemi – (2023–24 );
Most goals in international club competitions: Billel Dziri – 16;
Most goals in international club competitions in a season: 10 – Mamadou Diallo (2004 CAF Champions League ).
Most goals in a match: Boualem Baaziz, 6 goals (against NRB Touggourt , Division 2, (12 December 1986).[1]
Youngest league scorer: Mehdi Benaldjia – 18 years, 6 months and 27 days (1–2 against NA Hussein Dey , 2009–10 Algerian Championnat National , 11 December 2009).
Youngest hat-trick scorer in the league: Michael Eneramo – 19 years, 6 months and 17 days (4–1 against OMR El Annasser , 2004–05 Algerian Championnat National , 13 June 2005).
Oldest goalscorer:
Top goalscorers in international club competitions
Matches played (Matches played) appear in brackets .
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Most players titles
Players with seven titles or more.
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1 Includes the Super Cup , League Cup .
Transfers
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Coaches
Most seasons: 4 – Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1962–1965, 1967–1968);
Most consecutive seasons: 3 – Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1962–1965) and Djamel Keddou (1986–1989);
Most matches: 126 – Noureddine Saâdi ;
Most matches in international club competitions: 15 – Abdelhak Benchikha ;
Most titles in a season: 2 – Rolland Courbis (2012–13 );
Most Ligue 1 titles: 2 – Mustapha Aksouh (1995–96 , 2004–05 );
Most consecutive Ligue 1 titles: None
Most Algerian Cup titles: 2 – Mustapha Aksouh (1998–99 , 2003–04 );
Most titles in international club competitions: 2 – Abdelhak Benchikha (2022–23 , 2023 );
Youngest coach: Abdelaziz Ben Tifour – 35 years, 2 months and 11 days (against RC Arbaâ , 1962–63 Algerian Championnat National , 7 October 1962);
Youngest coach to win an official competition: Abdelaziz Ben Tifour – 35 years, 10 months and 19 days (1962–63 , 16 June 1963);
Youngest coach to win the Ligue 1: Abdelaziz Ben Tifour – 35 years, 10 months and 19 days (1962–63 , 16 June 1963);
Youngest coach to win an international club competition: Abdelhak Benchikha – 59 years, 6 months and 12 days (2022–23 , 3 June 2023);
Presidents
Longest-serving president: Saïd Allik – 16 years (since 1994 until August 6, 2010);
Most titles: Saïd Allik – 9:
Most Ligue 1 titles: Saïd Allik – 4:
Most Algerian Cup titles: Saïd Allik – 5:
Most Super Cup titles: Ali Haddad – 2:
Most titles in international club competitions: Abdelkarim Harkati – 2:
Matches
Firsts
First match: USM Alger 2-2 JSO Hussein Dey (1937–38 Championnat F.S.G.T, 17 October 1937);.[24]
First Ligue 1 match: RC Arbaâ 0–6 USM Alger (1962–63 Critérium d'Honneur, 7 October 1962);
First Algerian Cup match: USM Alger ?–? ? (1962-1963 Algerian Cup , 4 November 1962);
First Super Cup match: RS Kouba 3–1 USM Alger (1981 Algerian Super Cup , 20 August 1981);
First League Cup match: USM Alger 0–0 WA Boufarik (1995-1996 Algerian League Cup, 30 November 1995);
First match in international club competitions: CARA Brazzaville 1-0 USM Alger (1982 African Cup Winners' Cup First round, 4 April 1982);
Wins
Biggest win: 13–0 (against SO Berrouaghia, 1962–63 Critérium d'Honneur, 23 December 1962);
Biggest Algerian Cup win: 7–0 (against US Remchi , 2003–04 Algerian Cup Round of 64, 5 February 2004);
Biggest Super Cup win: 2–0 (against ES Sétif , 2013 Algerian Super Cup , 11 January 2014);
Biggest Ligue 1 win: 11–0 (against ASM Oran , 1975–76 Algerian Championnat National matchday 12, 30 November 1975);
Biggest win in international club competitions: 8–1 (against ASFA Yennenga , 2004 CAF Champions League first round, 10 avril 2004);
Most wins in a season: 28 (2012–13);
Most consecutive league wins in a season: 11 in 18 matches (1962–63);
Fewest wins in the league in a season: 6 (1999–00 Algerian Championnat National );
Most consecutive away league wins in a season: 4 (1962–63 Algerian Championnat National);
Most international club competition wins in a season: 9 in 16 matches (2015 CAF Champions League );
Most consecutive international club competition wins in a season: 5 (2002 African Cup Winners' Cup );
Defeats
Biggest defeat: 1–7 (against JS Kabylie , 1988–89 Championnat National matchday 29, 11 May 1989);
Biggest Algerian Cup defeat: 0–3 (against MC Alger , 2009–10 Algerian Cup Round of 16, 16 March 2010);
Biggest Super Cup defeat: 0–1 (against MC Alger, 2014 Super Cup , 9 August 2014);
Biggest Ligue 1 defeat: 1–7 (against JS Kabylie, 1988–89 Championnat National matchday 29, 11 May 1989);
Biggest defeat in international club competitions: 0–3 (against Primeiro de Agosto , 1998 Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals, 20 September 1998) and (against US Bitam , 2013 CAF Confederation Cup Second round, 4 May 2013);
Most defeats in the league in a season: 15 (1989–90 Algerian Championnat National );
Fewest defeats in the league in a season: 11 (1962–63 Algerian Championnat National);
Most consecutive home matches without defeats: 32 (from 18 April 2005 to 1 February 2007);
Most consecutive home matches without defeats in the league: 28 (from 18 April 2005 to 1 February 2007);
Most consecutive matches without defeats in the league: 25 (from 26 October 2013 to 13 September 2014).
Goals
First goal in international club competitions: (against CARA Brazzaville , 1982 African Cup Winners' Cup first round, April 1982);
Most league goals scored in a season: 95 (in 24 matches, 1962–63 Algerian Championnat National );
Fewest league goals scored in a season: 15 (in 22 matches, 1999–00 Algerian Championnat National );
Most league goals conceded in a season: 44 (in 30 matches, 1964–65 Algerian Championnat National );
Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 11 (in 24 matches, 1962–63 Algerian Championnat National);
Most international club competition goals scored in a season: 21 (in 10 matches, 1997 CAF Champions League);
Most league minutes without conceding goals: 665 (2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 , from matchday 8 to matchday 15);
Most consecutive league matches scoring goals: 13 (3 April –8 December 2003);
Points
Most points in a season:
Fewest points in a season:
Biggest distance in points to runners-up:
Stadiums
Stade Omar Hammadi (1962–2022):
First match: USM Alger 6–3 USM Blida (Critérium d'Honneur, 14 October 1962);
First goal: Krimo Rebih (against USM Blida, Critérium d'Honneur, 14 October 1962);
Highest attendance in an official match: 25,000 (against JS Kabylie, 2004–05 Algerian Championnat National, 10 February 2005).
Stade 5 Juillet 1962 (1972–present Derbies Only and international matches):
First match: USM Alger 0–2 Hamra Annaba (1971-72 Algerian Cup, 17 Juin 1972);
First goal: Ahmed Attoui 18' (against MC Alger , 1973 Algerian Cup Final , 19 Juin 1973);
Highest attendance in an official match: 90,000 (against MC Alger, 2004–05 Algerian Championnat National, 23 October 2004).
This List of USM Alger games per stadium inside home.[note 3]
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Since 2000–01 season statistics of all the games except for four of them which are, one in the 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup US Transfoot vs USM Alger 1 September 2002. and three in the 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Al-Shorta vs USM Alger 10 July 2003, USM Alger vs Kuwait SC 13 July 2003, USM Alger vs Al-Jaish 15 July 2003. Statistics correct as of game against NC Magra on June 14, 2024.
Résultats de la 13e journée du championnat régional centre parus dans El-Hadef numéro 724 du dimanche 14 décembre 1986 pages 5.