USM Alger in African football


, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on seven occasions, the Confederation Cup on Three separate occasions, the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup five separate occasions, and the now-defunct CAF Cup one occasions.

History

The beginning

USM Alger whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, USM Alger have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. USM Alger have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in both the former African Cup Winners' Cup and the CAF Cup. the first match was against CARA Brazzaville and ended in victory for USM Alger 2–0 As for the biggest win result was in 2004 against ASFA Yennenga 8–1, and biggest loss firstly defeat in 1998 against Primeiro de Agosto club, and the secondly in 2013 away at against US Bitam 3–0, first participation in International competition were in the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1982 and the maximum in the quarter-finals against Ghanaian club Hearts of Oak, in the 1989 version of the same competition and the club withdrew from the same role after the loss in the first leg against Malagasy club BFV at Omar Hamadi Stadium, after that to miss the club's continental competitions for eight years until 1997 in the CAF Champions League for the first time, The beginning was against CD Travadores from the Cape Verde and ended with score 9–2 in total after the second round faced Udoji United Nigerian club and ended with a total of 3–2 to qualify the team for the group stage, where he signed with Raja Casablanca from Morocco, Primeiro de Agosto from Angola and recently Orlando Pirates of South Africa and the team finished second with 11 points, three victories, two draws and a single defeat was against Primeiro de Agosto score 1–2 away from home, and almost USM Alger advance to the final match and goal difference in favor of Raja Casablanca. the following year in the Cup Winners' Cup USMA eliminated in the quarter-final against Angola's Primeiro de Agosto 1–5 on aggregate and before the piece in the second round faced Ghapoha Readers Ghanaian club finished 2–0 on aggregate. then he participated in the CAF Cup for the first and last time the first match was against Horoya AC and ended in favor of the Union by away goals rule. later in the second round and faced Al-Ahli Wad Madani from Sudan, where they won back and forth a total of 7–0, Tarek Hadj Adlane scored the first hat-trick in the history of the club at the continental level, the march of the team stop in the quarter-final against Wydad Casablanca by away goals rule one more time.

Beginning of the millennium and the successive posts

Then he became the team participated in a systematic manner in various competitions such as African Cup Winners' Cup, CAF Cup, CAF Confederation Cup and the CAF Champions League until 2007 except in 2001 where the team disqualified in 2000 of the African Cup Winners Cup to be punished not to participate in any African competition for a whole year because of the participation an ineligible goalkeeper Burkinabé Siaka Coulibaly against JS du Ténéré from Niger in the second leg, at 2002 in the African Cup Winners' Cup USMA he arrived to the semi-finals, faced in the first round Gazelle FC Chadian and won a 6–1 on aggregate in the next round faced Gabonese club Mangasport and won a 3–1 on aggregate later in the quarter-finals and faced Malagasy club US Transfoot won a large total was 11–3 on aggregate and against the same team, after that the team's career stopped in the semi-final against WAC Casablanca 2–2 on aggregate and goal difference away from home. at the CAF Champions League in 2003, the USMA faced Wallidan FC Club from Gambia and ended with the victory of USM Alger 3–2 on aggregate. and then faced Stade Malien and won a 3–1 on aggregate, the second leg in Algeria played outside the capital in Constantine because of the punishment by the CAF due to the violence in the last version of the Cup Winners' Cup in 2002 against Wydad. to advance to the group stage, where he signed in Group B with Tunisia's Espérance, Canon Yaoundé and Atlético Sport Aviação, where he faced in the first Match and were defeated 1–0 in the second round, also lost against Esperance inside the home by the same score then made the team three consecutive victories against Yaounde back and forth. and Aviação 2–0 to ensures that qualification to the semi-final for the first time Wayne faced Enyimba from Nigeria and defeated 2–1 on aggregate,
In 2004 at the Champions League came out of the team in the group stage, beginning was against ASFA Yennenga and win a total of 10–3 and record the international Malian Mamadou Diallo hat-trick in the second leg and also he won the top scorer in the Champions League with 10 goals, then faced Asante Kotoko of Ghana and they won by penalty shootout 3–1 to qualify for the group stage where they signed with Espérance again, Jeanne d'Arc. and Supersport United Where he contented himself with seven points from two wins, one draw and three defeats and went out after finishing third, Then they began the results of the team in the retreat the level of the Continental where in the CAF Champions League in 2005 the team failed to reach the group stage of the beginning it was against the Libyan team Olympic Azzaweya and ended with a total of 7–0 then faced Egyptian champion Al Ahly SC and defeated a total of 2–3. He then moved to the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup, where came out also against AS Marsa Tunisian club 4–5 in a penalty shootout. The following year at the same competition faced in the preliminary round Rail Club du Kadiogo and won a total of 2–1, the team went out in the first round in front of the ASC Port Autonome Senegalese 2–3 on aggregate, and in 2007 was the worst post continental team after he came out of the preliminary round against a team from Niger AS GNN.

The era of Ali Haddad and first final

In the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup, the team did not put him as a target and came out in second round against Gabonese team US Bitam 3–0 on aggregate. and after an absence of eight years from the African Champions League USM Alger In the CAF Champions League in 2015 was the beginning of the Preliminary round against the club Chadians Foullah Edifice team Me too much in order to qualify to meet the first leg won 3–1 either in the second leg ended in the defeat USM Alger, 3–1 to advance with great difficulty to the next round where faced an AS Pikine club Senegalese Qualified to the final round before the group stage easily be 6–2 on aggregate, in the second round against Club Guinea AS Kaloum to qualify on aggregate 3–2 to the group stage for the first time in 11 years, With the start of the new season coach Miloud Hamdi led temporarily team against ES Sétif in the first round and ended in victory for USMA 2-1 and then in the second round against Al Merrikh Sudanese win in order to Belaïli and then win on the second Algerian team in the group MC El Eulma back and forth a total of 3–1. for guaranteed to qualify for the semi-final then beat ES Sétif 3-0 and finally in the last round the team lost to Al Merrikh by a single goal, in the semi-finals faced another Sudanese team is Al-Hilal in the first leg in Omdurman won 2–1, opened the scoring gate for the hosts Careca then amended Aoudia the result in 13th minutes in the second half, the young Baïteche scored the winning goal in the 67th minute, in the second leg Keep the team on the outcome Go and finish throwing scoreless to qualify for the USM Alger for the first time to the final. to face the best African club TP Mazembe in the first leg suffered USMA of the absence of rice his stars because of injuries and punishments ended throw victory visitors' lead to 1–2 and scored Seguer only goal in the last minute. in the second leg it appeared difference in the level of the owners of the hosts ends in victory, 2–0.

They failed again

In the CAF Champions League they faced in the first round Rail Club du Kadiogo and won with difficulty in going 2–0 have signed in the last 20 minutes. after that in the second leg were defeated by a single goal was enough to qualify for the group stage but with the end of the game the players, USMA supporters and Algerian journalists were assaulted by RC Kadiogo supporters who stormed pitch to intervene after that the Algerian ambassador in Ouagadougou, who asked local officials to protect the Algerian team until his return to Algeria. two days later, the sports minister of Burkina Faso apologized for what happened to the team.
In the group stage of the CAF Champions League, the team signed in group B with Zamalek, CAPS United from Zimbabwe and Al-Ahli Tripoli of Libya. this is the first time the USMA has played against these clubs in continental competitions and for the first time against a club from Zimbabwe in the same context, the USM Alger Administration decided to receive its competitors in the July 5, 1962 Stadium. The first match was against Al-Ahli Tripoli and ended with the victory of the USM Alger lead to three goals recording by Chafaï, Andria and Darfalou. in the second game against CAPS United at National Sports Stadium in Harare USMA narrowly defeated 2–1 in the final minutes. The start of the matches was difficult because of the great heat and the first half ended 1–0 for the hosts However, in the second half the Union was able to modify the result by defender Abdellaoui, the first in his history as a professional player but despite the control of the Union that a mistake in the defense cost the team the goal of the game for CAPS United. Then in the third round against Zamalek, the team returned with a valuable draw, although he was able to win without the goal he received in the last minute after the error of goalkeeper Zemmamouche star of the game. the coach Put said after the end of the games that his team lost the win but the draw is considered positive and hope is still great to reach the quarter-finals.
In the match against Zamalek, USM Alger won 2-0 in a Ramadan event with 40,000 spectators. Bellahcene scored the first goal at the end of the first half and the first with USMA, in the second half and in the final minutes Meziane scored the second goal, the USMA won in a meritorious way and took the lead of Group B with 7 points. the team then went to Tunisia to face Al-Ahli Tripoli search of a positive result and with 5,000 union supporters who went to the stadium USM Alger achieved a positive result, a 1-1 draw keep them in the lead and in the final round against CAPS United and more than 50,000 spectators, the team needed to win to secure the lead and had a heavy 4-1 lead. then, in the 80th minute, the stadium witnessed a wonderful atmosphere in the stands to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the team in the presence of former stars in the team they are, Bengana, Mansouri, Abdouche, Mouassi, Lalili, Hadj Adlane, Ghoul, Achiou, Dziri, Rahim, and including former coach Noureddine Saadi, former President Saïd Allik and leaders of Algeria's National Liberation Front during Algerian War of Independence, Saadi Yacef who is in the same time former president of the club. the joy was completed by qualifying for the quarter-finals.
In the quarter-finals against Ferroviário Beira of Mozambique, the team performed very poorly, especially in the return match, where they qualified with difficulty after a draw in the total of the two matches 1-1 and squeezing through on away goals. after that semi-final. in the first leg against Morocco's Wydad Casablanca and more than 65,000 supporters, the USM Alger played a very modest performance. although the ground was very bad, it was possible to perform better. In the return match, the USMA lost 3-1. and despite the fact that Wydad playing with 10 players, but the team was unable to modify the result, To fail to achieve his goal of winning the CAF Champions League for the first time also for the third time Wydad to remove the USM Alger in the continental championships after 1999 and 2002.

CAF competitions

Non-CAF competitions

SeasonCompetitionRoundOppositionScore
1969Maghreb Cup Winners CupSemifinals Al-Hilal SC2–1
1969Maghreb Cup Winners CupFinal RS Settat1–0
1970Maghreb Cup Winners CupSemifinals Club Africain1–0
1970Maghreb Cup Winners Cupthird Place Wydad Casablanca1–3
2003Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Zamalek SC1–1
2003Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Al Shorta SC1–1
2003Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Kuwait SC1–1
2003Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Al-Jaish SC4–1
2007–08Arab Champions LeagueRound 32 Al-Talaba0–2
2–0
2007–08Arab Champions LeagueRound 16 Al-Arabi3–2
Sus3
2007–08Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Wydad Casablanca2–1
2007–08Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Tala'ea El-Gaish SC0–0
2007–08Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Taliya SC0–0
2007–08Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Tala'ea El-Gaish SC0–1
2007–08Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Taliya SC0–1
2007–08Arab Champions LeagueGroup stage Wydad Casablanca2–3
2008–09Arab Champions LeagueRound 32 Al-Wahda Mecca3–0
3–1
2008–09Arab Champions LeagueRound 16 Ismaily SC3–1
1–4
2012–13UAFA Club CupSecond Round ASC Tevragh-Zeïna0–2
2–1
2012–13UAFA Club CupQuarter-finals Al-Baqa'a SC1–6
3–2
2012–13UAFA Club CupSemifinals Ismaily SC0–0
0–0
2012–13UAFA Club CupFinal Al-Arabi0–0
3–2
2018–19UAFA Club ChampionshipFirst Round Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya0–1
2–0
2018–19UAFA Club ChampionshipSecond Round Al-Merrikh4–1
2–0

Statistics

By season

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WWinners
RURunners-up

Overall record

In Africa

Non-CAF competitions

Finals

Matches won after regular time, extra-time or a penalty shootout are highlighted in green, while losses are highlighted in red.

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against Petro de Luanda on February 1, 2020

CAF competitions

Non-CAF competitions

CountryPldWDLGFGAGD
Egypt704339-6
Iraq541081+7
Jordan220093+6
Kuwait4121660
Libya110021+1
Mauritania220041+3
Morocco420267-1
Saudi Arabia210143+1
Sudan210134-1
Syria311142+2
Tunisia100101-1
Total33158104938+11

African competitions goals

Statistics correct as of game against Petro de Luanda on February 1, 2020
PositionPlayerTOTALCAF Champions League|African Cup Winners' Cup|CAF Cup| CAF Confederation Cup|CAF Super Cup|
1 Billel Dziri161411
2 Tarek Hadj Adlane15726
3 Mamadou Diallo1010
= Oussama Darfalou1055
5 Issaad Bourahli945
6 Farouk Chafaï752
= Rabie Benchergui734
8 Amar Ammour642
= Mohamed Rabie Meftah66
10 Zakaria Benchaâ55
= Aymen Mahious55
= Moncef Ouichaoui541
= Mintou Doucoure541
= Hocine Achiou5311
15 Youcef Belaïli44
= Nacer Zekri44
= Mohamed Seguer431
= Kaddour Beldjilali431
= Mohamed Hamdoud431
19 Mohamed Belkheïr33
= Carolus Andriamatsinoro33
= Oualid Ardji321
= Abderrahmane Meziane312
22 Mohamed Amine Aoudia22
= Ayoub Abdellaoui22
= Tarek Ghoul22
= Mahieddine Meftah211
= Salim Aribi211
= Amir Sayoud211
= Fawzi Benkhalidi22
= Amar kabrane22
= Karim Ghazi22
= Bedjaoui22
= Nacer Guedioura22
= Hamza Yacef22
= Farid Djahnine22
36 Hamidou Balbone11
= Abdelkader Laïfaoui11

Hat-tricks

Two goals one match

DatePlayerMatchScore
18 March 1997Nacer ZekriUSM Alger – CD Travadores6–1
28 March 1997Billel DziriUSM Alger – CD Travadores6–1
38 March 1997Tarek Hadj AdlaneUSM Alger – CD Travadores6–1
427 August 1997Tarek Hadj AdlaneUSM Alger – Raja Casablanca2–2
512 October 1997Billel DziriRaja Casablanca – USM Alger0–2
614 March 1999Tarek Hadj AdlaneUSM Alger – Horoya AC2–1
715 September 2002Karim GhaziUSM Alger – US Transfoot8–2
820 October 2002Issaad BourahliUSM Alger – WAC Casablanca2–2
95 September 2003Moncef OuichaouiUSM Alger – Canon Yaoundé3–0
1010 April 2004Billel DziriUSM Alger – ASFA Yennenga8–1
1124 April 2004Mamadou DialloASFA Yennenga – USM Alger2–2
1223 July 2004Mamadou DialloUSM Alger – Supersport United2–1
1310 September 2004Issaad BourahliUSM Alger – Espérance de Tunis3–0
146 March 2005Amar AmmourOlympic Azzaweya – USM Alger0–2

DatePlayerMatchScore
1518 March 2005Mintou DoucoureUSM Alger – Olympic Azzaweya5–0
1618 March 2005Mohamed BelkheïrUSM Alger – Olympic Azzaweya5–0
1726 January 2007Mintou DoucoureUSM Alger – AS GNN3–1
1815 March 2015Mohamed MeftahUSM Alger – AS Pikine5–1
199 July 2017Oussama DarfalouUSM Alger – CAPS United4–1
2017 April 2018Oussama DarfalouUSM Alger – Plateau United4–0
219 August 2019Zakaria BenchaâAS Sonidep – USM Alger1–2
2215 September 2019Mohamed MeftahUSM Alger – Gor Mahia4–1
2315 September 2019Zakaria BenchaâUSM Alger – Gor Mahia4–1
2429 September 2019Aymen MahiousGor Mahia – USM Alger0–2

Non-CAF competitions goals

PlayerGoals
1 Amar Ammour5
2 Billel Dziri4
= Lamouri Djediat4
4 Mintou Doucoure3
= Noureddine Daham3
6 Salim Hanifi2
= Mohamed Rabie Meftah2
= Hocine Achiou2

PlayerGoals
= Rafik Deghiche2
9 Samir Bentayeb1
= Moncef Ouichaoui1
= Daniel Moncharé1
= Mohamed Hamdoud1
= Mokhtar Benmoussa1
= Farouk Chafaï1
= Issaad Bourahli1

PlayerGoals
= Aymen Mahious1
= Mohamed Amine Hamia1
= Oualid Ardji1
= Faris Machri1
= Ali Rial1
= Bouazza Feham1
= Saad Tedjar1
= Ahmed Gasmi1

PlayerGoals
= Hichem Mokhtari1
= Lakhdar Guitoun1
= Kamel Tchalabi1
= Ahmed Attoui1
= Oussama Chita1
=Own Goals2

List of All-time appearances

This List of All-time appearances for USM Alger in African competitions contains football players who have played for USM Alger in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 20 or more appearances. As well as participating in UAFA Club Championship for those who have exceeded the limit of 20 African matches only.
Gold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger.
#NamePositionCAF Champions League|African Cup Winners' Cup|CAF Cup| CAF Confederation Cup|CAF Super Cup|TOTALUAFA Club Championship|TOTALDate of first capDebut againstDate of last capFinal match against
1 Lamine Zemmamouche3712491968RC Kadiogo
2 Mohamed Rabie Meftah291241849US Bitam
3 Hamza Koudri281038947Foullah Edifice
4 Farouk Chafaï231437845Foullah EdificeAl-Masry
5 Hocine Achiou277236844TénéréPort Autonome
6 Mokhtar Benmoussa / / 261036844US BitamAl-Masry
7 Farid Djahnine258235338TénéréPort Autonome
8 Mounir Zeghdoud26623434GazelleRC Kadiogo
9 Billel Dziri2562331144GazelleAS GNN
10 Mohamed Hamdoud275133841TénéréAS GNN
11 Amar Ammour253281240TransfootAS GNN
12 Rabah Deghmani21612828GazellePort Autonome
13 Mohammed Benkhemassa18927431Foullah EdificeAl-Masry
14 Mahieddine Meftah17622525TénéréAS Marsa
15 Karim Ghazi1861251237TénéréAS GNN
16 Ayoub Abdellaoui / 1862424Foullah EdificeGor Mahia
17 Hocine Metref22224630AC AviaçãoAS GNN
18 Salim Aribi2032323TransfootPort Autonome
19 Abderrahmane Meziane131023326PikineAl-Masry
20 Raouf Benguit / 101222325RC KadiogoAl-Masry
21 Carolus Andriamatsinoro2020222Foullah EdificeAl-Ahli Tripoli
22 Rabie Benchergui15412020GazellePort Autonome

African and arab opponents by cities