In the 2017–18 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 40th season, as well as the CAF Champions League, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.
With the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the CAF Champions League after defeating against Morocco's Wydad. On 11 November 2017 the coach Paul Put announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to CS Constantine. A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season.
Season summary In preparation for this season, which will start at the end of August 2017, the management of the USMA, in consultation with the technical staff, is planning the summer training course from 04 to 16 August 2017 in Turkey the Usmists will be in Istanbul at 2 pm, a bus will wait for the Algerian delegation to transport it to the station Kartepe in Izmit and will play five friendly matches. three against local clubs, two against Saudi clubs and one against a Qatari club. USM Alger is transported without six players: Ayoub Abdellaoui, Abderrahmane Meziane, Oussama Darfalou, Okacha Hamzaoui and Raouf Benguit Who joined the Algeria A' national team in preparation for the African Nations Championship qualification against the Libyan national team, as for Soumaila Sidibe did not move with the team because of the visa. the first friendly against Mersin İdmanyurdu and ended with a 5–1 victory and only Ziri Hammar played 90 minutes, and he was the author of three assists, in the same context the games it was delayed for a day due to heavy fog. The second match was against Al Kharaitiyat Qatar and ended 4–1 in favor of the Union and saw the match with the young striker Boumechra, who scored two goals The third game against Sultanbeyli Belediyespor canceled because of the fog and to avoid these problems the decision of the management of the USM Alger played the rest of the friendly games in another place to avoid being postponed, then in the fourth game against Al-Hazm Saudi Club won the Union winning two goals to zero, on the final day of training, the team played two friendly matches in the morning against Ataşehir Çamolukspor and ended in favor of USM Alger with a 2–0 victory. In the evening against Al-Orobah from Saudi Arabia, they ended with a 2–2 draw. after a 13-day internship in Turkey in the heights of Izmit, the Red and Black are back home. The plane from Istanbul arrived at the Algiers airport at 18:30.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 May 2018.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 (C.) GK MC Alger 334 1 2012 202016 Ismaïl Mansouri GK MO Béjaïa 53 0 2008 201930 Mourad Berrefane GK MO Béjaïa 23 0 2014 2018 Defenders3 Ayoub Abdellaoui LB / CB Reserve team 94 3 2011 20165 Mohamed Benyahia CB / DM MC Oran 50 5 2016 20196 Farouk Chafaï CB Reserve team 227 22 2010 201920 Nacereddine Khoualed CB US Biskra 289 10 2006 201825 Mokhtar Benmoussa LB / LM / LW ES Sétif 208 14 2012 201922 Mohamed Rabie Meftah (V.C.) RB JSM Béjaïa 206 38 2011 202021 Mehdi Benchikhoune RB Reserve team 6 0 2017 202219 Redouane Cherifi DF USM Bel-Abbès 21 0 2017 202127 Raouf Benguit CB / DM Paradou AC 62 1 2016 2018 Midfielders15 Oualid Ardji MF NA Hussein Dey 13 1 2016 202120 Rafik Bouderbal AM / FW AS Lyon-Duchère 24 1 2016 20184 Soumaila Sidibe AM / DM MO Béjaïa 8 0 2017 20208 Kaddour Beldjilali AM / CM Étoile du Sahel 82 6 2014 201718 Amir Sayoud AM DRB Tadjenanet 45 5 2016 202010 Ziri Hammar AM JS Saoura 24 3 2016 202014 Faouzi Bourenane AM Příbram 15 1 2016 202017 Mohamed Benkablia AM JS Kabylie 17 0 2016 201923 Hamza Koudri DM MC Alger 184 5 2012 202024 Mohammed Benkhemassa AM / DM Reserve team 104 4 2011 201826 Reda Bellahcene DM FC Saint-Louis Neuweg 23 1 2016 201931 Ilyes Yaiche AM / LM Reserve team 16 0 2016 20207 Faouzi Yaya MF MO Béjaïa 27 4 2017 20202 Oussama Chita MF MC Alger 22 0 2017 2021 Forwards11 Abderrahmane Meziane ST RC Arbaâ 74 13 2014 202113 Oussama Darfalou ST / FW RC Arbaâ 79 40 2015 20189 Okacha Hamzaoui FW Nacional 16 2 2017 201810 Reda Hajhouj FW Wydad Casablanca 10 2 2018 201917 Mohamed Amine Hamia FW CR Belouizdad 5 0 2018 2021
Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 21 May 2017 CF Okacha Hamzaoui Nacional Loan one year 21 June 2017 AM Faouzi Yaya MO Béjaïa Free transfer 22 June 2017 DF Redouane Cherifi USM Bel-Abbès Free transfer 30 June 2017 FW Manucho CS Constantine Loan Return 30 June 2017 CB Mohamed Amine Madani USM El Harrach Loan Return 4 July 2017 MF Oussama Chita MC Alger Free transfer 4 July 2017 CB / DM Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan one year 11 July 2017 DF Mehdi Benchikhoune Reserve team First Professional Contract 31 July 2017 MF Soumaila Sidibe MO Béjaïa 7,000,000 DA 23 December 2017 MF Oualid Ardji NA Hussein Dey Loan Return 23 December 2017 MF Rafik Bouderbal N/A Return to complete his contract 14 January 2018 FW Reda Hajhouj Wydad Casablanca Free transfer 15 January 2018 FW Mohamed Amine Hamia CR Belouizdad Free transfer (Released)
Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 29 June 2017 RB Toufik Zeghdane Sedan Ardennes Free transfer (Released) 30 June 2017 CB Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Return from loan 30 June 2017 AM / FW Rafik Bouderbal Unattached Undisclosed 30 June 2017 FW Ghislain Guessan RC Arbaâ End of his contract 30 June 2017 FW Manucho Al Ittihad Alexandria End of contract 30 June 2017 CF Carolus Andriamatsinoro Ohod Club End of contract 14 July 2017 AM Abel Khaled DRB Tadjenanet Free transfer (Released) 16 July 2017 DF Abderrahim Hamra DRB Tadjenanet Loan 16 July 2017 FW Kaddour Cherif DRB Tadjenanet Loan 28 July 2017 MF Mustapha Bengrina US Biskra Loan 28 July 2017 MF Ibrahim Farhi US Biskra Loan 30 July 2017 CB Mohamed Amine Madani JS Saoura 20,000,000 DA 11 December 2017 CB Nacereddine Khoualed Ohod Club Free transfer (Released) 28 December 2017 AM Ziri Hammar JS Kabylie Loan for six months 8 January 2018 AM Mohamed Benkablia CR Belouizdad Undisclosed 11 January 2018 AM Faouzi Bourenane CR Belouizdad Free transfer (Released) 15 January 2018 AM/DM Soumaila Sidibe CR Belouizdad Loan for six months
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1
| 6th | 26 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 |- | Algerian Cup
| Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 29 December 2017 | 2 February 2018 |- | Champions League
| Group stage | Semi-finals | 9 July 2017 | 21 October 2017 |- | Confederation Cup
| First round | Group stage | 7 March 2018 | 16 May 2018 |- ! Total
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Algerian Cup
Champions League
knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Confederation Cup
Qualifying rounds
First round
Play-off round
Group stage
Squad information Appearances and goals
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|GK |style="text-align:left"|Abdelmoumen Sifour |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:#000000; color:white; text-align:center"|Defenders |- |3 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Ayoub Abdellaoui |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |36||36||2 |- |5 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Benyahia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |14||12||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |19||17||2 |- |6 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Farouk Chafaï |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |24||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |37||37||4 |- |19 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Redouane Cherifi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |17||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |21||19||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |20 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Nacereddine Khoualed |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||2||0 |- |21 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mehdi Benchikhoune |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |6||6||0 |- |22 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Rabie Meftah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |31||31||2 |- |25 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mokhtar Benmoussa |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |24||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |36||31||3 |- |27 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Raouf Benguit |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |27||26||0 |- |42 |DF