In the 1962–63 season, Algiers football club USM Alger competed in the Championnat National for the 1st season, as well as the Algerian Cup.
Summary season football competitions come to life in the country. Given the geographical distribution of the clubs throughout the country, formerly divided into three departments under the French colonial administration, each league took over the organization of the competitions in an autonomous way, encouraged by the Ministry of Sports and Youth. In the early years, the competitions thus restarted in the form of regional criteria at the end of which were sacred the departmental champions who were then to compete in the form of tournaments "play off" to designate the Champion of Algeria. League beginning with the first post-independence the USM Alger administration to bring the former Nice and Monaco player Abdelaziz Ben Tifour to be a coach and a player at the same time, also included one foreign player Freddy Zemmour from Pied-Noir one of the few French players who have decided to stay in Algeria.
USM Alger took place in Group V and took first place with 51 points and strongest offensive line in each league with 75 goal after the piece and in Algiers League in a group with MC Alger, AS Orléansville, NA Hussein Dey and OM Saint Eugène took first place also with 12 points from 12 to advance to the semi-finals and play against Hamra Annaba previously USM Annaba and won by corners 7–6 qualify for the final of the first tournament in the history of Algeria, and find MC Alger again The Red and Black, led by player-coach Bentifour easily outweigh the score of 3–0 in a match played at the Stade d'El Annasser, in the presence of President Ahmed Ben Bella and Minister of Defense Houari Boumedienne. From here Sostara was honored to be the first club to win the championship title in the era of independence.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1970.Selon le Numero 192 du journal match édité par Le Soir d'Algerie 1992Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Nat. Name Date of birth (age) Moving from Goalkeepers Djamel El Okbi AS Saint Eugène Defenders Mohamed Madani Achour Sallah Mohamed Kerkouche Hacène Chabri Osman Brahim Talbi Midfielders Rachid Aftouche Olympique Tizi Ouzou Hacène Djemaâ Boubekeur Belbekri Ghazi Djermane Gallia d’Alger Freddy Zemmour Gallia d’Alger Hamid Benkanoun Forwards Hamid Bernaoui Youth system Krimo Rebih Union Sportive Tunisienne Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (c) AS Monaco FC Abderrahmane Meziani AS Saint Eugène Rachid Hemmar
Pre-season and friendlies
Non-competitive
Overview CompetitionRecordStarted roundFinal position / roundFirst match Last match Critériums d'Honneur 1st 7 October 1962 7 April 1963 Final Groups 1st 19 May 1963 9 June 1963 Final tournament Champions 15 June 1963 16 June 1963 Algerian Cup 2e tour régional Semi-finals 4 November 1962 31 March 1963 Total
Critériums d'Honneur
League table
Results by round
Matches
Final Groups
Algiers PosTeamPldWDLFAGDPtsNotes1 USM Alger 4400153+12122 MC Alger 430192+8103 AS Orléansville 420257-284 NA Hussein Dey 4103712-565 4004315-124
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Final tournament
Algerian Cup
Squad information
Playing statistics
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
Nat.PlayerPos.Final tournamentTOTAL Abdelaziz Ben Tifour FW ? 5 ? ? Hamid Bernaoui FW ? 4 ? ? Krimo Rebih FW ? 3 ? ? Ghazi Djermane MF ? 2 ? ? Freddy Zemmour MF ? 2 ? ? Abderrahmane Meziani FW ? 1 ? ? Hacène Djemaâ DF ? 1 ? ? Boubekeur Belbekri MF ? 1 ? ? Achour Salah DF ? 1 ? ?Own Goals 0 0 0 0Totals ? 0 ? ?
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