Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for USM Alger. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success either at other clubs or at international level, as well as players who are well remembered by the supporters for particular reasons.

Players are listed in alphabetical order according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. Substitute appearances included. Statistics accurate as of 17 June 2022.

List of USM Alger players

NameInter careerAppsGoals FW 1951–52 ? ? GK 2002–05, 2007-11 118 0 MF 1996–06, 2007–08, 2009-11 279 41 MF 1995–98, 2000–10 283 75 FW 2008 6 0 MF 2006–08 15 0 MF 2009–11 52 0 DF 2006 7 0 FW 2004–06 12 0 FW 2013 6 0 MF 1987–88 ? ? MF 2002–09 219 53 DF 2010 5 0 MF 1990–91 ? ? FW 2012–17 132 20 DF 2009–11 57 5 DF 2002–07 128 4 FW 2007 5 1 FW 1969–73 ? ? FW 2015–16 20 5 FW 1967–73 ? ? DF 1969–73 ? ? FW 2003–04 36 7 FW 2014–15 41 13 DF 2005–06 22 3 FW 2001–06 113 44 DF 2011 0 0 GK 1993–94, 1996-00, 2004-07 ? ? DF 2011-14 8 0 FW 1962–63 ? ? MF 2009–10 19 1 MF 2009–14 51 4 MF 2007–10 36 1 DF 2012–14 19 0 MF 1981–19?? ? ? DF 2009–11 36 0 FW 2007–10 12 1 FW 1987–90, 1992-94 ? ? FW 2011 7 0 FW 2006 13 3 GK 1982–92 ? 0 FW 2006 4 0 DF 2004–08 47 1 FW 1980–83 ? ? MF 2011–12 11 0 MF 2011–14 14 2 MF 2011–16 134 6 MF 2006–08 54 3 DF 2012–16 104 12 FW 2011 9 1 MF 2011–12 19 1 FW 2001–03, 2004–05, 2007-08 70 27 FW 2005–09 51 10 DF 2015–16 19 0 DF 2012–13 3 0 MF 1962–72 ? ? MF ?–? ? ? MF 2009–11 43 1 GK 2007–09 27 0 MF 2012–16 21 1 DF 2010–11 3 0 GK 196?–72 ? 0 FW 2009–13 79 32 DF 2006–07 2 0 FW 2002–05, 2008-09 32 4 DF 1999–06 169 2 DF 19??–19?? ? ? FW 2004–05 21 6 MF 2010–13 8 0 MF 2008 8 0 MF 1996–08 ? ? MF 2011–14 64 14 FW 2005–08 114 18 DF 1995–98, 1999, 2000–07, 2008-10 ? ? DF ?–? ? ? MF 1962–63 ? ? MF 1962–64 ? ? FW 2004–06 24 13 GK 1962–63 ? ? MF 2011–15 96 9 MF 2011–16 137 7 FW 2012–14 42 12 MF 1995–04, 2005-11 197 12 GK 2009–10 2 0 DF 1996–05 ? ? MF 2006–07 9 0 FW ?–? ? ? DF ?–? ? ? FW 2016–17 29 6 GK 1972–197? ? ? DF 2004–07 52 14 FW 1985–91, 1996–99, 2000-02 0 0 DF 1996–08 150 12 FW 2009–11 51 21 FW 2011–12 15 1 FW 2013 6 0 FW 2007 10 4 DF 2009–10 2 0 DF 2010–13 7 0 DF 2008–09 15 0 DF 1996–02 ? ? DF 2011 4 0 FW 2003–07 31 3 MF 2016–17 2 0 DF 1971–83 ? ? FW 1951–52 ? ? FW 2007 5 1 FW 2015–17 12 2 DF 198?–198? ? ? DF 2011–15 68 5 MF 2012–13 27 1 MF 2014 1 0 DF 2010–12 41 8 DF 2012–13 3 0 MF 2007–08 7 0 GK 2007–14 1 0 FW 2004 4 2 FW 2008–09 9 1 DF 1996–07 ? ? DF 2007 0 0 DF 2004–10 35 1 MF 2009–13 45 9 MF 2002–08 117 15 GK 2000–04 114 0 FW 2012–13 4 0 DF 2015–16 16 0 DF 2006–09 57 0 DF 1962–69 ? ? FW 1997–98 ? ? FW 2014–16 45 10 MF 2003–04 26 0 FW 2012 5 0 FW 2014 15 2 MF 2012–16 83 0 MF 1963–69 0 0 MF 2008–09 24 1 FW 2000–01, 2002-04 50 22 DF 2007 0 0 FW 2009–12 69 12 MF 2014 3 0 MF 2006 7 1 DF 2007–10 81 9 DF 2006-2011 19 0 GK 2005–06 0 0 MF 2008–13 58 2 MF 2012–16 90 20 GK 2006–07 0 0 MF 2011 3 0 MF 2012–13 16 1 FW 1997–01 ? ? DF 2011–14 20 0 DF 1997–07 107 0 FW 2013–14 25 6 FW 1967–72 ? ? DF 2005–07, 2008-10 71 2 DF 2016–17 1 0 FW 1987–00 ? ? FW 1997–98 ? ? DF 2006–17 290 10 AM 2017–18 17 0 AM 2017–18 15 1 DF 2013–18 90 3 FW 2015–18 80 40 MF 2015–18 82 5 MF 2016–18 23 1 FW 2017–18 16 2 FW 2018 10 2 DF 2018 2 0 MF 2016–18 24 3 MF 2017–18 8 0 FW 2017–19 48 7 DF 2016–19 53 2 MF 2016–18 57 6 DF 2012–19 231 15 DF 2010–19 257 29 DF/MF 2016–19 102 7 FW 2018–19 22 6 DF/MF 2016–19 84 8 FW 2018–19 29 10 MF 2014–19 135 4 GK 2014–19 22 0 FW 2019 9 0 DF 2011–20 258 49 GK 2008–20 79 0 DF 2017–20 89 2 DF 2019–20 22 0 MF 2015–20 77 8 MF 2018–20 40 7 DF 2019–20 6 0 FW 2018–21 44 10 FW 2021 17 5 MF 2020–21 25 2 MF 2018–22 109 12 DF 2020–22 28 0 MF 2018–22 31 0 DF 2012–22 275 15 DF 2019–22 20 1 GK 2020–22 24 0 FW 2021–23 23 1 DF 2020–22 35 1 FW 2021–23 35 6 FW 2013–19, 2021–23 164 32 FW 2019–23 110 22 FW 2018–23 115 37 GK 2004–09, 2011–23 405 1 FW 2023–24 35 2 MF 2019–24 134 3 MF 2022–2024 66 5 DF 2020–2024 137 15 DF 2020–2024 101 2 FW 2023–24 40 13 DF 2022–24 35 1 MF 2017–25 197 4 FW 2020–25 156 55 FW 2022–26 75 7 FW 2021–25 63 4 DF 2019–26 138 8 MF 2022–26 137 8 DF 2024–25 26 2 MF 2024–25 25 0 MF 2024–25 52 3 MF 2021–25 33 1 FW 2024–25 40 2 GK 2021–present 155 0 GK 2023–present 36 0 DF 2020–present 196 11 MF 2021–present 161 11 DF 2021–23, 2024–present 105 3 DF 2024–present 56 1 MF 2024–present 85 6 FW 2024–present 74 17 DF 2025–present 39 1 DF 2024–25, 2026–present 37 1 DF 2023–present 87 2 MF 2025–present 42 6 MF 2025–present 44 2 FW 2024–present 62 16 FW 2024–present 53 5 DF 2024–present 49 4 Nationalities are indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code.

Statistics List of all-time appearances This list of all-time appearances for USM Alger contains football players who have played for USM Alger and have managed to accrue 100 or more appearances.

Bold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger. #NamePositionLeagueCupOthers1Africa2Arab3TOTAL1 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 298 33 6 49 19 4052 Karim Ghazi 240 27 0 25 13 3053 Nacereddine Khoualed / 236 24 3 14 12 2894 Hocine Achiou 206 29 0 36 13 2845 Billel Dziri 211 27 0 34 12 2846 Hamza Koudri 206 19 3 38 9 2757 Mohamed Hamdoud / 194 28 0 32 9 2638 Mohamed Rabie Meftah 188 18 3 41 8 2589 Farouk Chafaï 188 21 3 37 8 25710 Mokhtar Benmoussa / / 168 16 3 36 8 23111 Amar Ammour 158 23 0 29 13 22312 Farid Djahnine 163 24 0 34 4 22213 Oussama Chita 138 15 3 38 3 19714 Saâdi Radouani 138 13 3 42 0 19615 Rabah Deghmani 132 17 0 28 1 17816 Mounir Zeghdoud 121 20 0 35 0 17617 Mahieddine Meftah / / 129 15 0 25 1 17018 Abderrahmane Meziane 117 10 1 33 3 16419 Brahim Benzaza 104 15 1 41 0 16120 Hocine Metref 114 15 0 24 6 15921 Oussama Benbot 96 11 1 49 0 15722 Ismail Belkacemi 117 6 4 29 0 15623 Zinedine Ferhat / 106 11 2 13 6 13824 Adam Alilet 88 14 2 34 0 13825 Islam Merili 82 13 1 41 0 13726 Zineddine Belaïd 104 4 3 26 0 13727 Mohamed Benkhemassa 95 8 1 27 4 13528 Taher Benkhelifa 102 2 4 26 0 13429 Nassim Bouchema / / 105 12 2 10 5 13430 Carolus Andriamatsinoro 97 10 3 20 2 13231 Salim Aribi 88 18 0 25 1 13132 Hichem Mezaïr 95 12 0 17 1 12233 Merouane Abdouni 93 10 0 16 0 11934 Rabie Benchergui 85 11 0 20 1 11735 Abdelkrim Zouari 99 2 2 14 0 11736 Aymen Mahious 80 3 1 28 3 11537 Bouazza Feham 89 11 2 7 6 11538 Mintou Doucoure 84 11 0 9 10 11439 Billel Benhammouda 93 4 4 8 0 10940 Haithem Loucif / 68 9 2 26 0 10541 Brahim Boudebouda / 75 10 1 12 6 10442 Raouf Benguit / 69 8 0 22 3 10243 Mustapha Bouchina 80 5 4 12 0 10144 Issaad Bourahli 74 7 0 14 6 10143 Tarek Ghoul 70 13 0 13 1 9744 Moncef Ouichaoui 71 10 0 17 1 99

1 Includes the Super Cup and League Cup. 2 Includes the Cup Winners' Cup, CAF Cup, Confederation Cup and Champions League. 3 Includes the Arab Champions League and UAFA Club Cup.

Clean sheets Bold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger. Statistics correct as of game against MC Oran on June 6, 2026. NameTotal1 Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche119202211–3–91662 Oussama Benbot387––––271–733 Hichem Mezaïr4110––52–––584 Merouane Abdouni355––3––––435 Ismaïl Mansouri23–––1–2–1276 Kamel Soufi104–––––––147 Alexis Guendouz11––––––––118 Ahmed Walid Chouih52––––––189 Mourad Berrefane52–––––––710 Mohamed Seghir Ferradji6––––1–––711 Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi2––––––––212 Farid Belmellat2––––––––213 Abdelmoumen Sifour2––––––––214 Imad Benchlef1––––––––1TOTALS299502220332111419

From USM Alger to Europe Player Club League Transfer fee Source Abdelhamid Kermali FW FC Mulhouse National Free transfer Djamel Amani MF Royal Antwerp Division 1 Free transfer Billel Dziri MF Sedan Ligue 1 Free transfer Mamadou Diallo FW Nantes Ligue 1 700,000 € Hocine Achiou FW FC Aarau Swiss Super League Free transfer Hocine Metref MF Dijon FCO Ligue 2 Free transfer Zinedine Ferhat MF Le Havre AC Ligue 2 Free transfer Ayoub Abdellaoui DF FC Sion Swiss Super League Free transfer Oussama Darfalou FW Vitesse Eredivisie Free transfer Prince Ibara FW K Beerschot Belgian First Division B Free transfer Mohammed Benkhemassa MF Málaga CF Segunda División 50,000 € Aymen Mahious FW Yverdon-Sport Swiss Super League Free transfer Haithem Loucif DF Yverdon-Sport Swiss Super League Free transfer Sid Ahmed Aissaoui MF CSKA Moscow Russian Premier League 250,000 $ Zineddine Belaïd DF Sint-Truidense Belgian Pro League 500,000 € Riad Belhadj Kacem DF CSKA Sofia efbet League Free transfer Diaa Eddine Mechid FW Dynamo Makhachkala Russian Premier League 210,000 €

Award winners (Whilst playing for USM Alger)

Algerian Footballer of the Year Amar Ammour – 2003 Billel Dziri – 2005

Top goalscorers in CAF Champions League Tarek Hadj Adlane (8 goals) – 1997 Mamadou Diallo (10 goals) – 2004

Top goalscorers in Algerian Ligue 1 Moncef Ouichaoui (18 goals) – 2002–03 Oussama Darfalou (18 goals) – 2017–18 Ismaïl Belkacemi (14 goals) – 2023–24

Algerian professional football awards Goalkeeper of the Year Lamine Zemmamouche – 2012–13, 2013–14

Algerian professional football awards Young Player of the Year Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia – 2008–09 Farouk Chafaï – 2011–12 Zinedine Ferhat – 2012–13 Mohammed Benkhemassa – 2015–16

Algerian professional football awards Manager of the Year Hubert Velud – 2013–14

List of foreign USM Alger football players

This is a list of all foreign players of USM Alger, including statistics. Freddy Zemmour's from Pied-Noir one of the few French players who have decided to stay in Algeria first foreign to play with USM Alger immediately after Independence for 6 seasons in which he won one title in 1963. On 1998 USM Alger signed with the first foreigner after 30 years, the Nigerian Mohamed Manga, 5 years after that joined to USM Alger international Malian Mamadou Diallo, who became one of the most important players in the Algerian league and in one year scored 18 goals, including 10 goals in the 2004 CAF Champions League Was behind his victory over the top scorer. immediately after that, he went to the Ligue 1 club FC Nantes for 700,000 euros. On 18 January 2009, USM Alger signed the first South American player Wuiwel Isea from Venezuela. And it's considered a failed deal, he scored only one goal from 14 matches.

On 28 May 2012, Malagasy international Carolus Andriamatsinoro joined USM Alger from Paradou AC and spent five seasons with them, during which he won six titles to be the most foreigner to achieve titles with USM Alger and in Algeria, also played 132 games and scored 20 goals to be the most appearances and the most goalscorer. He left USMA in 2017 after the end of his contract. In the 2020–21 season, USM Alger contracted with Burkinabe international Hamed Belem from Rahimo FC and Ghanaian Kwame Opoku from Asante Kotoko in a historic deal amounting to 350 thousand euros. Opoku in the first season did not present much and was then loaned to Najran SC from Saudi Arabia. The latter declined because of his poor level, to be released after that.