USM Alger Under-23s are the reserve team of USM Alger. The team mainly consists of Under-23 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury.

History USM Alger is one of the clubs that owns a well-known football school in Algeria. In the seventies the club relied on players who graduated from the club most notably Djamel Zidane and Djamel Keddou who spent all his football career with USM Alger. In the eighties, ninety percent of the squad was from the team, especially in the winning season of the Algerian Cup in 1988. Where was the majority of the players from the club, where coach Djamel Keddou put his trust in the colleagues of Farid Bengana, Amirouche Lalili, Farid Mouaci, Salim Boutamine, Athmane Nourine and Tarek Hadj Adlane. On July 4, 2023, USM Alger announced the arrival of five elements for the youth squad Kamil Mohamed Ramzy from JS Djijel, Sid Amhend Ameziane from JS Bordj Ménaïel, Bastani Aymen from Paradou AC, Mihoubi Rabeh from E Sour El Ghozlane and Hemlaoui Ishak from ASO Chlef.

On 20 February 2024, the Russian club CSKA Moscow signed a contract with the under-21 team's player Sid Ahmed Aissaoui for two-year until the end of 2026, with an additional two-year option. The two clubs agreed a transfer fee of $250,000, USM Alger also negotiated a percentage on resale. Aissaoui became the first Algerian player who did not play any minutes with the senior team to join a European club. On August 5, 2024, USM Alger appointed former player Rabie Meftah as coach of the under-21 team. Meftah expressed his happiness to return to a club dear to him and start his new mission with the young players. On August 31, 2024, midfielder Sid mohand Ameziane joined the reserve team of Columbus Crew, a club that plays in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the United States. Ameziane who recently played for the youth teams of USM Alger, is now part of the Columbus Crew squad for a period of one year. A week after defender Riad Belhadj Kacem joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia for three seasons on a free transfer.

Players

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Current squad These players can also play with the senior squad and are all Young Professionals.

Notable graduates Current USM Alger players in bold. Ayoub Abdellaoui Abderrahmane Meziane Mohamed Benkhemassa Azzedine Rahim  Djamel Zidane Hocine Achiou Tarek Hadj Adlane Mohamed Hamdoud  Farid Djahnine Zinedine Ferhat  Djamel Keddou Hocine Metref

USM Alger U21 to Outside Player Club League Transfer fee Source Sid Ahmed Aissaoui MF CSKA Moscow Russian Premier League 250,000 $ Sid mohand Ameziane DF Columbus Crew 2 MLS Next Pro Free transfer Riad Belhadj Kacem DF CSKA Sofia efbet League Free transfer

Honours

Domestic Ligue Ligue Professionnelle 1 U21 Winners: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16. Ligue Professionnelle 1 U19 Winners: 2022–23. Ligue Professionnelle 1 U18 Winners: 2011–12.

Domestic Cup Algerian Cup Junior Winners: 1972, 1973, 1975, 1989, 1998, 2000. Runners Up: 1970. Algerian U21 Cup Winners: 2018 Algerian Cup Under-19s Winners: 2018, 2023. Algerian Cup Under-18s Winners: 2017. Runners Up: 2016. Algerian Cup Under-17s Winners: 2011. Runners Up: 2007, 2015. Algerian Cup Under-15s Runners Up: 2008, 2011, 2015.

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