Union Sportive Musulmane Madinet Hadjout (), known as USMM Hadjout or simply USMMH for short, is an Algerian football club based in Hadjout. The club was founded on 5 March 1947 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Ligue Régional I.
History Early years
At the end of the meeting of two great football clubs of Mitidja, the Union Sportive Musulmane of Blida and Olympique de Marengo won hands down by the blidéens by the score of 3–2, USM Marengo (Union Sportive Musulmane Marengo) was born on 5 March 1947. Since its creation, a group of leaders then chaired by Sid Ali Embarek and a team of players have succeeded in registering the USMM in gold in the annals of the history of Algiers football alongside two other Muslim clubs MC Alger and USM Blida against clubs yet helped by an administration in place such as Groupement Sportif Alger, the Olympic of Hussein Dey, AS Saint Eugène (currently Bologhine), RU Alger, Groupe Sportif Orléansville (currently Chlef), FC Blida, Sporting club d'El Biar, RC Maison-carée (currently El Harrach), the Stade Guyotvillois, Olympique de Marengo. In the 1950–51 season, USM Marengo achieved a historic rise to the highest degree of Division Honneur a point ahead of the ASPTT Alger and Abbas was the club's top scorer, But USM Marengo did not last long and was betrayed by the experience, where he played with more experienced teams such as AS Saint Eugène, MC Alger and RU Alger and occupied the last place.
In 1956, the central management of the FLN decided to cease all sporting activities of Muslim clubs. and in the 1955–56 season, USM Marengo participated in the Promotion Honneur, the last season before the independence of Algeria, where on March 4, 1956, in the 16th round and two games before the end of the season USM Marengo withdrew from the tournament, the League of Algiers office registered the packages of many Muslim clubs following the events that occurred at the match between the MC Alger and AS Saint Eugène. In Promotion Honneur, RC Kouba, USM Alger, WR Belcourt, JS Kabylie, JS El Biar and OM Saint Eugène declared general forfeiture on 11 March 1956. Given the exceptional circumstances and circumstances The league still decided to put them in the final standings in order not to penalize them (because normally the rule stipulates it is a downgrading in lower division for any general package), with a view to of a possible resumption of their activities for the next season. this withdrawal i come at the request of the National Liberation Front (FLN) in support of the revolution against French colonialism and the delivery of voice to the world after the withdrawal, he joined a number of the squad to the front in the mountains.
After independence In the aftermath of independence, the Algerian Football Federation launched the national championship with the establishment of Critériums d'Honneur with several pools in the center, east and west, the USMM appeared in the same group as the USM Alger, USM Blida, SO Berrouaghia, Stade Guyotvillois. In 1963–64 the favorable results recorded are in the Division d'Honneur composed of major clubs such as USM Alger, USM Blida, WA Boufarik, JS Kabylie, MC Alger, S. Guyotville, AS Orléansville, CR Belcourt. Unfortunately during this sports season against WA Boufarik, USM Marengo will know purgatory, he only had one game left to play against MC Alger in the first leg, the USMM will be suspended for a firm year of any competition in addition to the return phase not played, his best scores made before its "displacement" the USMM will resist. Given the capital points recorded before its suspension, the USMM will not be relegated. The USMM was composed by excellent days such as Messaoudi Mohamed selected in the Algeria national football team alongside Rachid Mekhloufi, Mustapha Zitouni, Boubekeur Belbekri. he confirmed his position as a defender notably against Germany national football team won by Algeria, the Morocco brothers (M'hamed and Larbi) with these two the show was assured, Hamadouche Ali who later ended his career at the great RC Kouba, Saidi Zoubir a former pro of Red Star to name a few.
Following new sports policy orientations, the USMM changed its acronym to IR Hadjout, and later IRB Hadjout. Under the direct supervision of the communal popular assembly of Hadjout, the club spent six years in the lower division (then called the first division). During this period, the club lost its headquarters, archives, and trophies, including the bouloumanes. Despite local efforts to develop sports in Hadjout, the club experienced fluctuations. After returning to the name USMM Hadjout, the basketball section reached the national division, while the football section stabilized after a period of decline.
In the 2009–10 season, after only one season, USMM Hadjout fell to the newly created LNF Amateur, despite occupying 13th place, which allows it to remain in the National 2, but it was decided by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and the Algerian Football Federation to professionalize the Algerian football championship, starting from the 2010–11 season Thus all the Algerian football clubs which until then enjoyed the status of semi-professional club, will acquire the professional appointment this season. the president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Raouraoua, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism,Professional Championship: The project on on DZFoot.com
Notable players Had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for USMM Hadjout.
Billel Benhammouda Mohamed Messaoudi Ishak Ali Moussa Abdelkader Harizi Mohamed Walid Tiboutine Ismail Belkacemi Rachid Aftouche Fateh Talah
Recent seasons Before independence + FFF - season-by-season record of Union Sportive Musulmane Madinet HadjoutSeasonLeague AlgiersForconi CupTop goalscorer(s)DivisionPosPtsPWDLGFGANameGoals1947-48Troisième Division 00000000---1948-49 00000000 Third round --1949-50Deuxième Division 00000000 Fourth round --1950-51Première Division 1st 47 18 13 3 2 45 17 Fifth round --1951-52Division Honneur 12nd 33 22 4 3 15 24 56 Fifth round --1952-53Première Division 2nd 0 18 00000---1953-54Première Division 00000000---1954-55Promotion Honneur 9th 41 22 4 11 7 0 0 ---1955-56Promotion Honneur 9th 33 22 7 3 12 0 0 --- No competition is played by the muslim clubs between 1956 and 1962 by order of the FLN (Algerian War)
After independence + FAF - season-by-season record of Union Sportive Musulmane Madinet HadjoutSeasonLeagueCupOtherAfricaTop goalscorer(s)DivisionPosPtsPWDLGFGANameGoals1962–63Critérium Honneur 2nd 43 18 10 5 3 40 18Round of 32 1963–64Division Honneur14th 45 30 6 3 21 Round of 64 1964–65Division d'Honneur14th 40 26 3 8 15 22 50Preliminary round 1965–66? Preliminary round 1966–67? Preliminary round 1967–68? Preliminary round 1968–69? Preliminary round 1969–70? Preliminary round 1970–71? Preliminary round 1971–72? Preliminary round 1972–73? Preliminary round 1973–74? Preliminary round 1974–75? Preliminary round 1975–76Division 2 12th 46 26 7 6 13 25 31Preliminary round 1976–77Division 213th 33 21 3 7 11 18 29Preliminary round 1977–78Division 3 Preliminary round 1978–79? Preliminary round 1979–80? Preliminary round 1980–81? Preliminary round 1981–82? Preliminary round 1982–83? Preliminary round 1983–84? Preliminary round 1984–85? Preliminary round 1985–86? Preliminary round 1986–87Division 5 Round of 64 1987–88Division 4 Round of 64 1988–89Division 3 Round of 64 1989–90Division 3 6th 32 30 12 8 10 30 30Not played 1990–91Division 3 Round of 64 1991–92Division 2 6th 33 30 12 9 9 34 33Round of 16Abdelkader Kouadri 141992–93Division 2 9th 26 30 10 6 14 27 32Not played 1993–94Division 2 3rd 40 32 17 6 9 40 274th Regional Round 1994–95Division 2 5th 36 32 14 8 10 37 24Round of 64 1995–96Division 2 7th 41 30 11 8 11 23 23Sixty-fourth finals 1996–97Division 2 8th 38 30 10 8 12 32 28Preliminary round 1997–98Division 23rd 44 30 10 14 6 28 26Preliminary roundRound of 64 1998–99Super Division14th 12 26 1 9 16 14 44Round of 32Rachid Abdessamia 41999–2000Division 33rd 45 26 13 6 7 21 17Preliminary round 2000–01National 2 5th 44 30 10 14 6 31 19Round of 64 2001–02National 2 8th 40 30 11 7 12 43 42Preliminary round 2002–03National 2 11th 29 28 6 11 11 18 34Preliminary round 2003–04National 29th 38 30 10 8 12 23 39Round of 64 2004–05Inter-Régions 8th 40 30 9 13 8 23 24Preliminary round 2005–06Inter-Régions14th 30 30 7 9 14 26 38Preliminary round 2006–07Inter-Régions Round of 64 2007–08Régional I1st Round of 64 2008–09Inter-Régions1st 61 30 18 7 5 41 15Round of 32 2009–10National 213th 41 34 9 14 11 28 34Round of 64 2010–11LNF Amateur 8th 29 24 7 8 9 26 29Preliminary round 2011–12LNF Amateur 5th 40 26 13 1 12 36 29Preliminary round 2012–13LNF Amateur1st 53 26 15 8 3 42 19Preliminary round 2013–14Ligue 2 12nd 39 30 11 6 13 26 31Quarter-finalsAbdeslam Selloum 42014–15Ligue 2 13rd 35 30 9 8 13 29 35Preliminary roundIsmail Belkacemi 122015–16Ligue 216th 19 30 4 7 19 22 45Preliminary roundAbdelouadoud Zitouni 52016–17LNF Amateur 8th 39 30 10 9 11 28 44Preliminary round 2017–18LNF Amateur 15th 36 30 9 9 12 26 42Round of 64 2018–19LNF Amateur 11th 36 30 9 9 12 33 40Round of 64 2019–20LNF Amateur 9th 31 24 9 4 11 20 27Round of 64 2020–21Inter-Régions1st 26 14 7 5 2 19 5Not played 2021–22Ligue 214th 32 30 10 2 18 25 46Not played
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