In the 2018–19 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 41st season, as well as the Confederation Cup, Club Championship, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Season summary With the end of the 2017–18 season USM Alger started looking for a new coach and the squad saw the departure of many players, most notably Ayoub Abdellaoui, who joined the Swiss club FC Sion. and striker Oussama Darfalou, who joined Dutch club Vitesse. finally, after a month of research, the team contracted with French technical Thierry Froger to be the new coach. This season USM Alger is competing on four fronts Ligue 1, Algerian Cup, Confederation Cup and Arab Club Champions Cup, The first goals was to win the Confederation Cup, but they are eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Egyptian club Al-Masry. Then in the Arab Club Champions Cup was the ambition to win, especially that the value of financial prizes exceed 15 million dollars. more than the CAF Champions League, but the march of The Reds and Blacks stopped in the second round against the Sudanese Al-Merrikh 4–3 on aggregate. then moved USM Alger's attention to the Ligue 1 Leader in the standings, the USMA counts 33 units and ensures at the same time to finish first at the end of the first phase of the championship Followed by JS Kabylie.

After the outbreak of protests in Algeria and the arrest of club owner Ali Haddad on corruption charges. affected the results of USM Alger where he was defeated in three consecutive games, all Darby matches against Paradou AC, MC Alger and CR Belouizdad to shrink the difference to one point from the runner-up four games before the end of the season. On April 30, 2019, The board of the SSPA USMA met and noted the vacancy of the post of president of the company since the incarceration of Ali Haddad there is nearly a month. It was Boualem Chendri who was unanimously elected to succeed him while ETRHB Haddad remains the majority shareholder of the club. On May 26, 2019, And after the victory outside the home against CS Constantine 3–1 achieved the eighth Ligue 1 title, one point behind JS Kabylie. immediately after the end of the game Abdelhakim Serrar announced his resignation from his office.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 26 May 2019.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 Signedin Contractends Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Lamine Zemmamouche (C) GK MC Alger 2012 20203571 16 Ismaïl Mansouri GK MO Béjaïa 2008 2019690 30 Mourad Berrefane GK MO Béjaïa 2014 2018280 Defenders 5 Mohamed Benyahia CB MC Oran 2016 2019848 12 Mohamed Mezghrani CB RKC Waalwijk 2018 202120 6 Farouk Chafaï CB Reserve team 2010 201925724 3 Abderrahim Hamra CB Reserve team 2016 202180 4 Mexes Nyeck Bayiha CB AS Otôho 2018 202020 25 Mokhtar Benmoussa LB / LM / LW ES Sétif 2012 201923216 22 Mohamed Rabie Meftah (VC) RB JSM Béjaïa 2011 202023241 21 Mehdi Benchikhoune RB Reserve team 2017 202270 19 Redouane Cherifi LB USM Bel-Abbès 2017 2021602 Midfielders 8 Oualid Ardji LW / LB NA Hussein Dey 2016 2021423 20 Rafik Bouderbal AM / FW AS Lyon-Duchère 2016 2018542 18 Amir Sayoud AM DRB Tadjenanet 2016 2020576 23 Hamza Koudri DM MC Alger 2012 20202157 8 Kamel Belarbi DM USM El Harrach 2018 2022100 10 Muaid Ellafi AM / LW Al-Shabab 2018 2021155 24 Mohammed Benkhemassa AM / DM Reserve team 2011 20181344 27 Raouf Benguit CB / DM Paradou AC 2016 20191027 7 Faouzi Yaya MF MO Béjaïa 2017 2020477 2 Oussama Chita DM MC Alger 2017 2021542 Forwards 11 Abderrahmane Meziane ST RC Arbaâ 2014 202111021 17 Mohamed Amine Hamia FW CR Belouizdad 2018 2021226 13 Prince Ibara FW Al-Wakrah 2018 20212910 29 Aymen Mahious ST CA Batna 2018 2021162 14 Abdelkrim Zouari RW USM Bel Abbès 2018 2021144

Transfers

In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 24 January 2018 DF Ryad Kenniche Al-Qadsiah Free transfer (Released) 23 March 2018 FW Zakaria Benchaâ Unattached Free transfer 31 May 2018 FW Aymen Mahious CA Batna 3,000,000 DA 2 June 2018 DF Mohamed Mezghrani RKC Waalwijk Free transfer 4 June 2018 DF Emery Bayisenge JS Massira Free transfer 10 June 2018 FW Mohamed Bentiba MC Oran Free transfer 20 June 2018 FW Charlton Mashumba Highlands Park Free transfer 23 June 2018 DF Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan one year 1 July 2018 AM Ziri Hammar JS Kabylie Loan Return 1 July 2018 DF Abderrahim Hamra DRB Tadjenanet Loan Return 1 July 2018 FW Kaddour Cherif DRB Tadjenanet Loan Return 1 July 2018 MF Mustapha Bengrina US Biskra Loan Return 1 July 2018 MF Ibrahim Farhi US Biskra Loan Return 6 July 2018 DF Mohamed Amine Madani JS Saoura Undisclosed 11 July 2018 FW Prince Ibara Al-Wakrah Free transfer 24 July 2018 DF Mexes Nyeck Bayiha AS Otôho Free transfer 4 December 2018 MF Kamel Belarbi USM El Harrach Undisclosed 12 December 2018 DF Vivien Assie Koua Al-Arabi Undisclosed 15 December 2018 MF Muaid Ellafi Al-Shabab Free transfer 30 December 2018 FW Abdelkrim Zouari USM Bel Abbès Free transfer 15 January 2019 DF Yanis Roumadi Farul Constanța Free transfer

Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 3 January 2018 LB / CB Ayoub Abdellaoui FC Sion Free transfer 20 April 2018 DF Ryad Kenniche CR Belouizdad Free transfer (Released) 5 June 2018 AM / CM Kaddour Beldjilali CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) 6 June 2018 ST / FW Oussama Darfalou Vitesse Free transfer 14 June 2018 DM Reda Bellahcene MO Béjaïa Free transfer (Released) 23 June 2018 MF Ziri Hammar MC Oran Loan for one year 29 June 2018 MF Ilyes Yaiche NA Hussein Dey Loan 1 July 2018 CF Okacha Hamzaoui Nacional Loan Return 1 July 2018 CB / DM Raouf Benguit Paradou AC Loan Return 1 July 2018 DF Ibrahim Farhi JS Saoura Undisclosed 6 July 2018 DF Mohamed Amine Madani MC El Eulma Free transfer (Released) 10 July 2018 FW Reda Hajhouj Olympique Khouribga Free transfer (Released) 14 July 2018 FW Charlton Mashumba Jomo Cosmos Free transfer (Released) 14 July 2018 DF Emery Bayisenge Unattached Free transfer (Released) 18 July 2018 FW Mohamed Bentiba ASM Oran Free transfer (Released) 12 December 2018 DF Mexes Nyeck Bayiha Sur SC Free transfer (Released) 12 December 2018 MF Ziri Hammar JS Saoura Free transfer (Released) 12 December 2018 DF Mohamed Mezghrani Budapest Honvéd Free transfer (Released) 26 December 2018 FW Aymen Mahious AS Ain M'lila loan for six months 26 December 2018 DF Mehdi Benchikhoune WA Tlemcen loan for six months 26 December 2018 DF Vivien Assie Koua MC Oran Free transfer 2 January 2019 MF Amir Sayoud CR Belouizdad 150,000,000 DA 9 January 2019 MF Faouzi Yaya Unattached Free transfer (Released)

New contracts PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource16

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

| style="background:gold;"| Winners | 14 August 2018 | 26 May 2019 |- | Algerian Cup

| Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 18 December 2018 | 22 January 2019 |- | Confederation Cup

| Group stage | Quarter-final | 18 July 2018 | 23 September 2018 |- | Club Championship

| First round | Second round | 8 August 2018 | 10 December 2018 |- ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

Confederation Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Club Championship Cup

First round

Second round

Squad information Appearances and goals

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