In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 39th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1 as well as the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup.
USM Alger entered the 2016–2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015–2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until he left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June, but Amrouche resigned 3 days before the season began and was replaced by French manager Cavalli Cavalli was later sacked because of poor results and replaced by Belgian Paul Put.
Season summary Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will be against CFA training of US Granville, scheduled for July 22 in Granville.
of Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi.
The club signed several players including Amir Sayoud (DRB Tadjenanet), Raouf Benguit (Paradou AC), Ziri Hammar (JS Saoura), Mohamed Benyahia (MC Oran), Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger), Abel Khaled and Ghislain Guessan (RC Arbaâ). This significant level of recruitment alleviated the gaps left by the departures of Zinedine Ferhat, the prior season best assist, Brahim Boudebouda, Hocine El Orfi and Mohamed Seguer, The club has also recruited several players from the national under-20 squad. The squad had been coached by Mohamed Mekhazni and two of the players, Ilyes Yaiche and Ibrahim Farhi, had made the trip to France.
The first match was a friendly played against Stade brestois 29 and ended with a draw 1-1 goal scored by Union new player Bouderbal, three days later the team played the most important meeting against Stade Rennais from Ligue 1 and ended with the victory of the Algerian international guys Zeffane 1-0 Then, in the third meeting against the reserve team of the Stade Rennais achieved the first victory in the preparation matches by 4-0 Recording from Guessan two goals, Beldjilali goal by Penalty and finally the young Bengrina last goal, After the piece ran the team last friendly against US Granville ended with a draw 0-0 back to the team immediately after the end of the games to Algeria, Preparations were good where he discovered supporter several skilful players of the most prominent neo Bellahcene, Benyahia and Hammar in addition to the player the team youth Bengrina.
After the end of the first internship in France successfully USM Alger delegation returned to Algeria and Players he got four days rest before traveling to Tunisia, Sousse to fight a second internship between 27 July and 7 August punctuated by three friendly matches against clubs Tunisian.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 June 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Name Nat. Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Apps. Goals Signed in Contract ends Goalkeepers1 Lamine Zemmamouche GK MC Alger 296 0 2012 202016 Ismaïl Mansouri GK MO Béjaïa 50 0 2008 201930 Mourad Berrefane GK MO Béjaïa 20 0 2014 2016 Defenders3 Ayoub Abdellaoui LB / CB Youth system 58 1 2011 20165 Mohamed Benyahia CB / DM MC Oran 31 3 2016 20196 Farouk Chafaï CB Youth system 190 18 2010 201920 Nacereddine Khoualed (V.C.) CB US Biskra 285 10 2006 201821 Toufik Zeghdane RB MC Alger 1 0 2016 201925 Mokhtar Benmoussa LB / LM / LW ES Sétif 172 11 2012 201930 Mohamed Rabie Meftah (C.) RB JSM Béjaïa 175 36 2011 202031 Raouf Benguit RB / RM Paradou AC 35 1 2016 2017 Midfielders7 Rafik Bouderbal AM / FW AS Lyon-Duchère 14 0 2016 20188 Kaddour Beldjilali AM / CM Étoile du Sahel 60 5 2014 201710 Amir Sayoud AM DRB Tadjenanet 25 3 2016 202015 Ziri Hammar AM JS Saoura 10 0 2016 202014 Faouzi Bourenane AM Příbram 12 1 2016 202017 Mohamed Benkablia AM JS Kabylie 12 0 2016 201919 Abel Khaled AM RC Arbaâ 2 0 2016 201823 Hamza Koudri DM MC Alger 154 4 2012 202024 Mohammed Benkhemassa AM / DM Youth system 69 2 2011 201826 Reda Bellahcene DM FC Saint-Louis Neuweg 11 1 2016 201941 Ilyes Yaiche AM / LM Youth system 7 0 2016 2020 Forwards9 Carolus Andriamatsinoro CF Paradou AC 131 20 2012 201711 Abderrahmane Meziane ST RC Arbaâ 46 10 2014 202113 Oussama Darfalou ST / FW RC Arbaâ 40 14 2015 201829 Ghislain Guessan FW RC Arbaâ 29 6 2016 2017
Transfers
In USM Alger started their transfer business early, acquiring midfielder Amir Sayoud for an undisclosed fee + Arslane Mazari and Djamel Chettal from DRB Tadjenanet on 9 June. USM Alger continued their recruitment in 11 June, signing young defender Raouf Benguit Loan from Paradou AC for a €50,000. 13 June, USM Alger confirmed their third summer signing in Reda Bellahcene, with the midfielder joining from FC Saint-Louis Neuweg for a free transfer. The club would later sign Ivorian prospect Ghislain Guessan, who joined the USM Alger team on a one-year deal from RC Arbaâ and also Abel Khaled from the same club. end of the season also saw the return of six players from the loan they Abderrahmane Meziane, Nazim Aklil, Abderrahmane Bourdim, Mohamed Taïb, Ibrahim Bekakchi and ivorian Manucho. in the month of July joined by four new players to the team they Rafik Bouderbal from AS Lyon-Duchère, Ziri Hammar from JS Saoura, Mohamed Benyahia from MC Oran and Toufik Zeghdane from MC Alger. DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 9 June 2016 AM Amir Sayoud DRB Tadjenanet Undisclosed + Arslane Mazari & Djamel Chettal 11 June 2016 CB Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan end of season + €50,000 13 June 2016 CB / DM Reda Bellahcene FC Saint-Louis Neuweg Free transfer 28 June 2016 FW Ghislain Guessan RC Arbaâ Undisclosed 30 June 2016 ST Abderrahmane Meziane RC Arbaâ Loan Return 30 June 2016 FW Manucho RC Relizane Loan Return 30 June 2016 DF Nazim Aklil JSM Skikda Loan Return 30 June 2016 MF Abderrahmane Bourdim RC Relizane Loan Return 30 June 2016 MF Mohamed Taïb RC Arbaâ Loan Return 30 June 2016 DF Ibrahim Bekakchi CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Loan Return 1 July 2016 AM Abel Khaled RC Arbaâ Undisclosed 1 July 2016 AM / FW Rafik Bouderbal AS Lyon-Duchère Undisclosed 2 July 2016 AM Ziri Hammar JS Saoura Undisclosed 2 July 2016 DM Mohamed Benyahia MC Oran €150,000 4 July 2016 RB Toufik Zeghdane MC Alger Free transfer 20 December 2016 AM Faouzi Bourenane Příbram Undisclosed 25 December 2016 FW Mohamed Benkablia JS Kabylie Free transfer (Released)
Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 8 June 2016 LB Saadi Redouani JS Kabylie Free transfer (Released) 8 June 2016 CB Arslane Mazari DRB Tadjenanet As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer 15 June 2016 AM Djamel Chettal DRB Tadjenanet As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer 18 June 2016 AM Mohamed Taïb CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) 19 June 2016 AM Karim Baïteche CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) 27 June 2016 RB / CB Houcine Benayada CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) 30 June 2016 FW Manucho CS Constantine Loan 1 July 2016 MF Nassim Bouchema CR Belouizdad End of contract 1 July 2016 FW Rachid Nadji ES Sétif End of contract 1 July 2016 LB Brahim Boudebouda MC Alger End of contract 1 July 2016 FW Mohamed Amine Aoudia CS Constantine End of contract 1 July 2016 CM / LM / AM Zinedine Ferhat Le Havre AC End of contract 1 July 2016 DM Hocine El Orfi NA Hussein Dey End of contract 1 July 2016 FW Mohamed Seguer MC Alger End of contract 1 July 2016 DF Ibrahim Bekakchi JS Saoura Free transfer (Released) 2 July 2016 AM / LM / RM Abderrahmane Bourdim JS Saoura Free transfer 4 July 2016 MF Oualid Ardji NA Hussein Dey Loan
New contracts PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource16 33 30 27 25 6 N/A 23
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview CompetitionRecordStarted roundFinal position / roundFirst match Last match Ligue 1 3rd 19 August 2016 14 June 2017 Algerian Cup Round of 64 Round of 16 24 November 2016 27 December 2016 Algerian Super Cup Final Winners 1 November 2016 Champions League First round Group stage 11 March 2017 30 June 2017 Total
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Algerian Super Cup
Algerian Cup
Champions League
Qualifying rounds
First round
Group stage
Squad information Appearances and goals
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