In the 2009–10 season, USM Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 32nd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 May 2010.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Nat. Position Name Date of birth (age) Signed from Apps. Goals Goalkeepers1 GK Merouane Abdouni 2007 MC Alger 96 016 GK Nadjib Ghoul 2009 USM El Harrach 2 018 GK Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi 2007 Youth system 0 0 Defenders3 RB Akram Benaoumeur OM Arzew 28 021 CB Mohamed Amine Aouamri 2009 RC Kouba 33 217 RB Abdelkader Benayada 2009 MC Oran 22 031 CB Mohamed Amine Zidane 2008 MC Oran 71 22 Mohamed Kefaifi ES Berrouaghia 0 04 CB Ali Rial 2007 NARB Réghaïa 93 1013 LB Ammar Layati 2009 WA Tlemcen 14 020 CB Nacereddine Khoualed 2006 US Biskra 90 330 CB Farid Cheklam 2009 ASO Chlef 24 025 RB Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia 2006 Youth system 44 015 RB Mohamed Billel Benaldjia 2007 Youth system 32 1 Midfielders10 AM Hocine Achiou 2009 JS Kabylie 0 08 CM Billel Dziri 2000 CS Sedan Ardennes 0 06 DM Karim Ghazi 2005 Espérance de Tunis 0 011 AM Saïd Sayah 2008 MC Oran 40 222 DM Hamza Aït Ouamar 2009 CR Belouizdad 21 028 Ismaïl Tatem Youth system 9 031 AM Mehdi Benaldjia 2009 Youth system 12 2 Forwards9 ST Aghilès Benchaâbane 2007 Youth system 12 17 ST Nouri Ouznadji 2009 JS Kabylie 33 619 ST Mouaouia Meklouche 2009 Youth system 20 423 ST Cheikh Hamidi 2009 USM Annaba 43 2111 ST Issaad Bourahli 2007 ES Sétif 100 4232 ST Noureddine Daham 2009 TuS Koblenz 25 1014 Karim Ait Tahar Youth system 3 212 ST Alain Nebie 2009 CR Belouizdad 11 1

Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource June 4 2009 DF Mohamed Amine Aouamri RC Kouba Free transfer 9 June 2009 DF Abdelkader Benayada MC Oran Free transfer USMA : Boucherit devrait s’engager avant samedi Benayada signe pour deux ans 16 June 2009 DF Ammar Layati WA Tlemcen Free transfer 26 June 2009 MF Hamza Aït Ouamar CR Belouizdad Free transfer 1 July 2009 FW Noureddine Daham TuS Koblenz Free transfer 12 July 2009 DF Farid Cheklam ASO Chlef Free transfer 25 July 2009 FW Alain Nebie CR Belouizdad Free transfer

Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 13 June 2009 GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche MC Alger Free transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions Overview CompetitionRecordStarted roundFinal position / roundFirst match Last match Division 1 4th 6 August 2009 31 May 2010 Algerian Cup Round of 64 Round of 16 25 December 2009 16 March 2010 Total

Division 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

Squad information Appearances and goals {| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|No. ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Total |- !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!! |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center" |Goalkeepers

|1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Merouane Abdouni |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |32||32||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |35||35||0

|16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Nadjib Ghoul |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||0

|18 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders

|DF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Amine Saidoune |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |7||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |8||7||0

|DF |style="text-align:left"|Billel Benmohamed |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||0 |- |3 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Akram Benaoumeur |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||0 |- |4 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Farid Cheklam |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |24||21||0 |- |5 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Amine Zidane |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||8||0 |- |13 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Ammar Layati |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |14||10||0 |- |17 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Benayada |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||19||0 |- |20 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Nacereddine Khoualed |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||26||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||28||2 |- |21 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Amine Aouamri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |30||29||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |33||32||2 |- |25 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Ali Rial |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |30||30||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |32||32||1 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders |- |8 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Billel Dziri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||21||4 |- |10 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Hocine Achiou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |17||15||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |18||16||1 |- |11 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Saïd Sayah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||14||2 |- |15 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Billel Benaldjia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||15||1 |- |28 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Karim Ghazi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |27||25||2 |- |NA |MF |style="text-align:left"|Ismaïl Tatem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |9||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |9||3||0 |- |NA |MF |style="text-align:left"|Hamza Aït Ouamar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||29||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards

|FW |style="text-align:left"|Tarek Hammoum |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||0||0

|FW |style="text-align:left"|Hamza Annani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |8||2||0 |- |7 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Nouri Ouznadji |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |26||19||5 |- |7 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Aghilès Benchaâbane |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |7||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |7||2||0 |- |9 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Issaad Bourahli |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||1||0 |- |11 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Alain Nebie |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |11||6||1 |- |14 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Karim Ait Tahar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||1||2 |- |19 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Mouaouia Meklouche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |15||13||4 |- |22 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Mehdi Benaldjia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||6||2

|FW |style="text-align:left"|Cheikh Hamidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|14 |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |26||15||15

|FW |style="text-align:left"|Noureddine Daham |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|8 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |25||23||10

|FW |style="text-align:left"|Abdelouadoud Zitouni |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Players transferred out during the season |- |NA |DF |style="text-align:left"|Sofiane Harkat |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||0 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|34||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|47 !colspan=2|3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|7 !colspan=2|37||54

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL23 Cheikh Hamidi FW 14 1 1532 Noureddine Daham FW 8 2 10 7 Nouri Ouznadji FW 5 0 5 8 Billel Dziri MF 4 0 419 Mouaouia Meklouche FW 4 0 420 Nacereddine Khoualed DF 2 0 222 Mehdi Benaldjia MF 2 0 214 Karim Ait Tahar FW 2 0 228 Karim Ghazi MF 1 1 211 Saïd Sayah MF 2 0 221 Mohamed Amine Aouamri DF 1 1 225 Ali Rial DF 1 0 115 Mohamed Billel Benaldjia MF 1 0 110 Hocine Achiou MF 0 1 112 Alain Nebie FW 0 1 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 47 7 54

References