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Algerian football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Union Sportive Madinat Blida (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة), known as USM Blida or simply USMB, is a football club based in Blida, Algeria. They play in the Inter-Régions Division, the third tier of Algerian football. Founded in 1932, they have played their home games at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 1936. The club has spent all of its history playing between the first or second tiers.
Full name | Union Sportive Madinat Blida | ||
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Nickname(s) | Salvador | ||
Founded | 16 June 1932 as Union Sportive Musulmane de Blida | ||
Ground | Brakni Brothers Stadium Mustapha Tchaker Stadium | ||
Capacity | 10,000 | ||
League | Inter-Régions Division | ||
2023–24 | Inter-Régions Division, Group Centre-west, 13th | ||
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The club's highest-ever league finish was second in the top flight in 2002–03. They were Algerian Cup runners-up in 1996. The club have also won the second tier title four times.
The club's home colours are green and white, and their nickname is The Salvador.
On 16 June 1932 the club was officially founded with the name Union Sportive Musulmane Blidéenne, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 24 September 1933 in the first round of the North African Cup.[1]
On 5 August 2020, USM Blida were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2.[2]
Since the establishment of the club, the colours are green and white.[citation needed]
Historical evolution of the club's crest.
USM Blida play their home matches at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 2011.
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Season | Round | Club | Home | Away |
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1946–1947 | ||||
Round of 16 | ![]() |
/ | 0–1 | |
Quarter-finals | ![]() |
0–1 | / | |
1952–1953 | ||||
Round of 32 | ![]() |
/ | 4–0 | |
1953–1954 | ||||
Round of 32 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–2 | |
Round of 16 | ![]() |
1–0 | / | |
Quarter-finals | ![]() |
1–0 | / | |
Semi-finals | ![]() |
/ | 1–0 | |
1954–1955 | ||||
Round of 32 | ![]() |
2–3 | / | |
1955–1956 | ||||
Round of 32 | ![]() |
/ | 4–0 |
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1996 | |||||
Group stage (A) | ![]() |
/ | 5–1 | 3rd place | |
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/ | 1–0 | |||
2003–04 | First Round | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
Group stage (C) | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–0 | 4th place | |
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0–5 | 2–1 | |||
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0–2 | 1–1 |
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The first manager of USM Blida was Abdelkader Hadef, who joined the club in 1932 as a player-manager. The current manager is Djilali Madjour, who took over the club in February 2022.
Season | League | Cup | Top goalscorer(s)[3] | |||||||||||
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Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Name | Goals | Ref. | ||
2010-2011 | Division 1 | 16th | 29 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 30 | -14 | Round of 32 | Abdelkader Harizi | 5 | [4] |
2011-2012 | Division 2 | 5th | 45 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | +4 | Round of 64 | Brahim Ledraâ | 10 | [5] |
2012-2013 | Division 2 | 5th | 48 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 27 | +17 | Round of 16 | Mustapha Melika | 11 | [6] |
2013-2014 | Division 2 | 6th | 47 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 25 | +9 | Regional Tour | Mohamed Amine Hammia | 8 | [7] |
2014-2015 | Division 2 | 1st | 53 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 22 | +13 | Round of 64 | Fethi Noubli | 14 | [8] |
2015-2016 | Division 1 | 14th | 36 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -9 | Round of 32 | Bedrane, Amiri, Hichem Cherif, Sylla | 3 | [9] |
2016-2017 | Division 2 | 2nd | 51 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 19 | +12 | Round of 32 | Youcef Zerguine | 8 | [10] |
2017-2018 | Division 1 | 16th | 23 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 50 | -22 | Quarter-finals | Samy Frioui | 17 | [11] |
2018-2019 | Division 2 | 16th | 17 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 44 | -29 | Round of 64 | Abdelmalik Hadef | 5 | [12] |
2019-2020 | Division 3 | 8th | 31 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | Regional Tour | Bilel Herbache | 6 | [13] |
2020-2021 | Division 2 | 12th | 10 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 35 | -22 | Karim Rachedi | 4 | ||
2021-2022 | Division 3 | 12th | 43 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 30 | -2 | Ilyes Bouhenniche | 6 | ||
2022-2023 | Division 3 | - | - |
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