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Union Sportive de Biskra (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لبسكرة), known as US Biskra or simply USB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Biskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium, 18 February Stadium, has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
| Full name | Union Sportive de Biskra | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Khadra | |||
| Founded | 1934 | |||
| Ground | 18 February Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 35,000 | |||
| President | Abdelkader Triaa | |||
| Head Coach | Mounir Zeghdoud[1] | |||
| League | Ligue 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1, 14th of 16 | |||
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Some of its famous players of the 1970s and early-1980s include: Majorie, Chaib Lakhal, Mohamed Jonas, Mirini, Bessaou, Bouzidi, Ben Brahim, and of course Doubba.
L'USB was stock in the third division for most of its history and played major roles but never made it up. The third division used to be called "Division d'Honneur". At that time the most important achievement was defeating the then, and even now, mighty ES Setif 2–1 in Algerian cup. That was a short lived happy time followed by a loss to USM Bel-Abbès in the same competition by 4–1. All the citizens of Biskra still remember the year of Azzaba when l'US Biskra lost at home in one of the final games to Azzaba 3–1 and therefore missing the accession to the second division then known as "Division Regional".
L'US Biskra now is in second division and even played in Division one for one season two years ago. In May 2017, US Biskra returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 11 years of absence.
Domestic competitions
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
- Champion (1): 2004–05
Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
As of 31 January 2024[update].[2][3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
For a list of current and former US Biskra player with a Wikipedia article, see Category:US Biskra players
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Mounir Zeghdoud |
| Assistant coach | Lotfi Bouderaa |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hocine Abrous |
| Fitness coach | Adlène Boukhedna |
Recent seasons
| 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 | |||||||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 34 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 30 | Round of 16 | Yasser Berbache | 7 | [4] | ||||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 1st | 55 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 28 | Penultimate regional round |
Ibrahim Benachour | 14 | |||||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1[note 2] | 14th | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 33 | Round of 16 | Messadia, Mokhtar | 3 | [7] | ||||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 46 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 46 | Not played | Quarter-finals | Youcef Chibane | 6 | [8] | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 10th | 50 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 32 | Not played | Hichem Mokhtar | 12 | [9] | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 12th | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 29 | Round of 64 | Baali, Siam | 6 | [10] | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 36 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 34 | Quarter-final | Mustapha Zeghnoun | 4 | [11] | ||||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | Round of 64 | [12] | ||||||||||||||
- Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
- On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[5] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.[6]
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