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Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الحراش), known as USM El Harrach or simply USMH for short, is an Algerian football club based in El Harrach, a suburb of Algiers. The club was founded in 1935 as Union Sportive Musulmane Maison-Carréenne and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 1 November 1954 Stadium, has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue 2.
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Full name | Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach |
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Nickname(s) | Bouzenzel, Kawassir |
Founded | February 7, 1935 as (Union Sportive Musulmane Maison Carrée) |
Ground | 1 November 1954 Stadium |
Capacity | 5,000 |
Head Coach | Boualem Charef |
League | Ligue 2 |
2023–24 | Ligue 2, Group Centre-east, 7th |
In March 1935, the idea of creating a football club for young Muslims in Maison Carrée was born. It took the name of Union sportive musulmane de Maison-Carrée (USMMC) and played friendly games until its affiliation on January 23, 1935.[1] Towards the end of 1977, a sports reform took place because it was wanted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, in order to give elite clubs a good financial basis allowing them to structure themselves professionally (in ASP which means Association sportive de performances). The goal was therefore for them to have total autonomy of management with the creation of their own training center. For this, many clubs had to sacrifice their names and rename them according to the main sponsor. In some club names the letter P of the Sonatrach oil companies sponsoring MC Alger, MC Oran and ES Sétif, renamed MP Alger, MP Oran and EP Sétif. Similarly, Sonelgaz, with the K of Kahraba (gas), sponsored JS Kabylie, which abandoned its name of Jeunesse sportive de Kabylie in Jamiat Sari' Kawkabi, or USM Alger renamed USK Alger. But also the CNAN (Compagnie national algérienne de navigation) with the M of Milaha (meaning navigator) which sponsored the athletic Nasr Hussein Dey which became Milaha Athletic of Hussein Dey and many others. The USMMC will be sponsored by the national mining research and exploitation company (SONAREM) which leads to the change of its name which becomes Union sportive Manadjem El Harrach.
After seven years in the second division since 2001, USMH is making its return to the elite of Algerian football in controversial conditions, particularly due to the RCK-FAF affair. The club, led since 2007 by the returning Mohamed Laïb, has appointed Boualem Charef as head of its technical bar. After that, the team managed to stay in place while producing beautiful play, notably thanks to the stability of the bench and the team's policy which is based on young players trained or recruited from small Algerian clubs. During this period, the club managed to reach the final of the Algerian Cup in the 2010–11 season, lost to JS Kabylie, and to rank second in the championship for the third time in the 2012–13 season, 2 points behind the winner ES Sétif.
Had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for USM El Harrach.
Season | League | Cup | Other | Africa | Top goalscorer(s)[note 1] | Ref. | |||||||||||
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Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Name | Goals | |||||||
1962–63 | Critérium Honneur | 3rd | 42 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 18 | ? | |||||||
1963–64 | Division Honneur | 10th | 59 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 41 | R64 | |||||||
1973–74 | National II | 2nd | W | ||||||||||||||
1974–75 | National II | 1st | R16 | ||||||||||||||
1975–76 | Nationale I | 7th | 63 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 42 | R64 | |||||||
1976–77 | Nationale I | 9th | 50 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 35 | R32 | |||||||
1977–78 | Division 1 | 10th | 51 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 30 | R32 | |||||||
1978–79 | Division 1 | 5th | 53 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 25 | QF | |||||||
1979–80 | Division 1 | 9th | 59 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 26 | R16 | |||||||
1980–81 | Division 1 | 4th | 61 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 22 | QF | |||||||
1981–82 | Division 1 | 4th | 62 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 20 | QF | |||||||
1982–83 | Division 1 | 6th | 59 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 25 | SF | [2] | ||||||
1983–84 | Division 1 | 2nd | 65 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 25 | R32 | |||||||
1984–85 | Division 1 | 11th | 76 | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 38 | 31 | R16 | |||||||
1985–86 | Division 1 | 11th | 75 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 39 | R32 | Mohamed El Djazzar | 13 | |||||
1986–87 | Division 1 | 11th | 38 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 36 | W | Mohamed El Djazzar | 14 | |||||
1987–88 | Division 1 | 5th | 35 | 34 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 31 | 25 | SF | Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | Mohamed El-Djezzar | 10 | |||
1988–89 | Division 1 | 9th | 29 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 28 | R16 | |||||||
1989–90 | Division 1 | 12th | 28 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 35 | NP | Abdennour Baya | 6 | |||||
1990–91 | Division 1 | 9th | 29 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 28 | R16 | Khaled Lounici | 13 | |||||
1991–92 | Division 1 | 2nd | 35 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 20 | R16 | Cnl | ||||||
1992–93 | Division 1 | 6th | 33 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 20 | NP | Boutaleb, Rahem | 7 | |||||
1993–94 | Division 1 | 10th | 30 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 21 | R16 | |||||||
1994–95 | Division 1 | 12th | 29 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 33 | R32 | Nacer Zekri | 12 | |||||
1995–96 | Division 1 | 7th | 43 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 26 | R64 | Grp | Khaled Lounici | 7 | ||||
1996–97 | Division 1 | 5th | 44 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 24 | R64 | Khaled Lounici | 10 | |||||
1997–98 | Division 1 | 1st | 25 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 9 | R16 | R16 | Dahmani, Benchikha | 4 | ||||
1998–99 | Super Division | 9th | 33 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 25 | R64 | Champions League | R2 | Khaled Lounici | 7 | |||
1999–2000 | National 1 | 3rd | 47 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 22 | R32 | QF | ||||||
2000–01 | Super Division | 15th | 29 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | R64 | Hamid Berguiga | 9 | |||||
2001–02 | Division 1 | 6th | 45 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 27 | R64 | |||||||
2002–03 | Division 2 | 3rd | 60 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 15 | R32 | |||||||
2003–04 | Division 2 | 2nd | 65 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 18 | R64 | |||||||
2004–05 | Division 2 | 4th | 59 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 25 | R32 | |||||||
2005–06 | Division 2 | 6th | 51 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 29 | R32 | |||||||
2006–07 | Division 2 | 10th | 43 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 32 | R4 | Rachid Bentaleb | 9 | |||||
2007–08 | Division 2 | 4th | 68 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 49 | 20 | R4 | |||||||
2008–09 | Division 1 | 11th | 40 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 40 | R64 | Youcef Saïbi | 9 | [3] | ||||
2009–10 | Division 1 | 6th | 52 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 33 | R64 | Sofiane Hanitser | 16 | [4] | ||||
2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 4th | 46 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 31 | RU | Salim Boumechra | 13 | [5] | ||||
2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 10th | 38 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 31 | SF | Baghdad Bounedjah | 7 | [6] | ||||
2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 2nd | 57 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 22 | R16 | Bounedjah, El Amalli | 11 | [7] | ||||
2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 5th | 47 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 27 | R64 | Champions League[note 2] | Withdraw | Lamine Abid | 7 | [10] | ||
2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 4th | 43 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 32 | R32 | Lamine Abid | 9 | [11] | ||||
2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 9th | 41 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 27 | R16 | Hadj Bouguèche | 8 | [12] | ||||
2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 13th | 36 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 21 | R16 | Dahar, Mellel | 4 | [13] | ||||
2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 15th | 28 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 37 | R32 | Hadj Bouguèche | 6 | [14] | ||||
2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 11th | 36 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 24 | R16 | Mohamed Reda Boumechra | 4 | [15] | ||||
2019–20 | Ligue 2[note 3] | 16th | 22 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 31 | R64 | Fayçal Abdat | 5 | [18] | ||||
2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 7th | 31 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 22 | NP | |||||||
2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 6th | 47 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 22 | NP | |||||||
2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 7th | 42 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 33 | R64 | |||||||
2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 7th | 41 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 34 | R4 | |||||||
2024–25 | Ligue 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Key to league record:
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Key to divisions:
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Key to rounds:
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Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.
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