2007–08 USM Alger season

In the 2007–08 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 28th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Arab Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

USM Alger

2007–08 season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Abdelkader Amrani (from August 2007) (until November 2007) Mustapha Aksouh (c) Ali Fergani (from 10 January 2008)[1] (until March 2008) Mustapha Aksouh (from March 2008) (until April 2008)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
National 1	4th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Arab Champions League	Round 8
Top goalscorer	League: Amar Ammour (7 goals) All: Amar Ammour (12 goals)
Home colours Away colours

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	30	12	6	12	32	27	+5	040.00
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	066.67
Arab Champions League	9	4	2	3	11	8	+3	044.44
Total	42	18	8	16	49	38	+11	042.86

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	ASO Chlef	30	13	10	7	29	22	+7	49	Qualification for Champions League
3	ES Sétif	30	12	8	10	32	27	+5	43[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	30	12	6	12	32	27	+5	42	Qualification for Arab Champions League
5	USM Annaba	30	12	6	12	36	37	−1	42
6	MC Saïda	30	11	9	10	32	38	−6	42

Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Notes:

1. ES Sétif were deducted 1 point.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	12	6	12	32	27	+5	42	9	3	3	20	10	+10	3	3	9	12	17	−5

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L
Position	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	6	2	4	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2007 Round 1	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Boucherit  60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Belkacem, Ouadah, Defar

30 August 2007 Round 2	JSM Béjaïa	0–1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report	7' Ammour	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Boubedjar, Debbiche, Djahnine

6 September 2007 Round 3	USM Alger	3–1	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Ammour  37' Dziri  51' Metref  79'	Report	89' (pen.) Messaoud	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djaballah, Omari, Benabou

10 September 2007 Round 4	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	Oran
	Haddou  78' (pen.)	Report	40' Ammour	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Khélifi, Saadi, Boutaguene

21 September 2007 Round 5	USM Alger	4–0	MC Saïda	Bologhine
	Bentayeb  28', 72' Drioueche  83' (o.g.) Ammour  90'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benbaka, Sedrati, Chabane

5 October 2007 Round 6	WA Tlemcen	1–4	USM Alger	Tlemcen
	Tebbal  34'	Live TV: ART Sport 2 Report	11' (pen.) Achiou  26' Bentayeb  50' Ammour  77' Ghazi	Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Referee: Abidcharef, Seghiri, Bougherara

29 October 2007 Round 9	USM Alger	1–0	OMR El Annasser	Bologhine
	Doucoure  9'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bichari, Haci, Azrine

9 November 2007 Round 10	ES Sétif	2–1	USM Alger	Sétif
	Ziaya  21', 59'	Report	12' Bourahli	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Djaballah, Omari, Kerraï

15 November 2007 Round 11	USM Alger	0–1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
		Report	32' Zaoui	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Boukedjar, Chaoui, Remache

19 November 2007 Round 7	USM Alger	0–2	MC Alger	Algiers
		Report	26' Badji  40' Younès	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Bichari

23 November 2007 Round 12	AS Khroub	0–0	USM Alger	El Khroub
		Report		Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Referee: Mansousri, Benaboun, Aïssani

3 December 2007 Round 8	USM Blida	3–2	USM Alger	Blida
	Meftah  22' (o.g.) Chehloul  38', 62'	Report	45' Achiou  79' Bentayeb	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Houasnia, Boulekrinat, Badache

6 December 2007 Round 13	USM Alger	2–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Doucoure  36' Kerrouche  90'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Aouiti, Bitam, Abdouni

17 December 2007 Round 14	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Mehdaoui  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mansouri, Omari, Benaboun

4 January 2008 Round 15	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
	Bourahli  12' Doucoure  20'	Live TV: ART Prime Sport Report	61' Hadiouche	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Hassna, Belkarat, Hassi

14 January 2008 Round 16	JS Kabylie	1–0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	Amaouche  53'	Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Boumaza, Izguer, Fedaoui

18 January 2008 Round 17	USM Alger	0–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
		Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

24 January 2008 Round 18	USM Annaba	2–0	USM Alger	Annaba
	Messaoud  30' Bouguerra  52'	Report		Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Belkacem, Omari, Kerai

31 January 2008 Round 19	USM Alger	3–2	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Sebbah  23' (o.g.) Achiou  38' Boussefiane  70'	Report	50' Feham  90' El Bahari	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Aouiti, Bitam, Abdouni

7 February 2008 Round 20	MC Saïda	0–2	USM Alger	Saïda
		Report	60' Mekkaoui  67' Ammour	Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958 Referee: Ouchen, Sedrati, Megrah

11 February 2008 Round 21	USM Alger	0–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
		Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Khelifi, Saâd, Boughrara

25 February 2008 Round 22	MC Alger	1–0	USM Alger	Koléa
	Coulibaly  9'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Koléa Referee: Benouza, Tahir, Omari

7 March 2008 Round 23	USM Alger	2–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Rial  39' Achiou  82'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bichari, Tahir, Meziani

13 March 2008 Round 24	OMR El Annasser	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Ali Moussa  13'	Report	30' (pen.) Ghazi	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Fettouha, Benchaia, Haimoudi

31 March 2008 Round 25	USM Alger	1–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Achiou  80'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Abed, Fraïdi, Keddih

17 April 2008 Round 26	ASO Chlef	2–0	USM Alger	Chlef
	Abbou  53' Daoud  71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Boumaza, Feddaoui, Zeghad

21 April 2008 Round 27	USM Alger	1–1	AS Khroub	Bologhine
	Ammour  56'	Report	90' Rouane	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Fettouha, Benchaïa, Haïmoudi

5 May 2008 Round 28	CR Belouizdad	1–0	USM Alger	Algiers
	Henider  5'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Houasnia, Boulekrinet, Badache

12 May 2008 Round 29	USM Alger	0–2	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
		Report	9' Tiaïba  56' (pen.) Mohamed Rabah	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehidi, Bechirène, Nasri

26 May 2008 Round 30	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	USM Alger	Algiers
	Boukria  75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Referee: Bichari, Haci, Azrine

Algerian Cup

10 January 2008 Round of 64	NRB Grarem	1–2	USM Alger	Sétif
14h00		Report	44' Bentayeb  66' Ammour	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Benaouda, Bouhassoun, Hedia

21 February 2008 Round of 32	USM Alger	3–0	ES Béchar	Kouba
14h30	Ould Zmirli  22' Doucouré  52' Ammour  73'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Fredj, Achour, Yahi

27 March 2008 Round of 16	NA Hussein Dey	2–1	USM Alger	Kouba
14h00	Ouznadji  29' Attafen  45'	Report	80' Boussefiane	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Khelifi, Saâdi, Zellagui

Champions League

Round 32

15 September 2007 first leg	Al-Talaba	0–2	USM Alger	Damascus, Syria
		Report[2]	Dziri  64' Ammour  81'	Stadium: Abbasiyyin Stadium Referee: Hassan Al-Marchoud (Syria)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Hamdoud, Djahnine, Rial, Moncharé (Meftah, 90'+2'), Ghazi (Mani, 76'), Doucouré, Dziri, Bentayeb (Achiou, 62'), Ammour, Metref.

30 September 2007 Second leg	USM Alger	2–0	Al-Talaba	Algiers, Algeria
22:00 UTC+1	Hamdoud  39' Bentayeb  86'	Report[3]		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Slimane Brahimi (Morocco)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche - Hamdoud (Besseghir 67'), Monchare, Rial, Mekkaoui - Boucherit, Ghazi, Dziri (Mani 76') - Ammour - Doucouré (Achiou 46'), Bentayeb.

Round 16

23 October 2007 first leg	Al-Arabi SC	3–2	USM Alger	Kuwait City, Kuwait
20:00 UTC+3		Report	63' Doucouré  68' Ammour	Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium Referee: Talaât Nedjm (Libya)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche- Hamdoud, Rial, Monchare, Mekkaoui - Boucherit, Ghazi - Achiou, Ammour, Dziri (Doucouré 57’) - Bentayeb (Bourahli 64’).

6 November 2007 Second leg	USM Alger	(w/o)[4]	Al-Arabi SC	Algiers, Algeria
				Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: ()

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wydad Casablanca	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10
Tala'ea El-Gaish	6	2	2	2	3	5	−2	8
USM Alger	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Al-Taliya	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7

Source:

28 November 2007 Round 1	USM Alger	2–1	Wydad Casablanca	Algiers, Algeria
15:00 UTC+1	Louissi  58' (o.g.) Doucoure  81'		Madihi  54'	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Referee: Salaem Mahmoud (Jordan)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

10 December 2007 Round 2	Tala'ea El-Gaish	0–0	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 UTC+2		Report[5]		Stadium: Military Academy Stadium Referee: Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Chouih - Khoualed (Djahnine 84'), Moncharé, Hamdoud, Metref - Achiou, Boucherit, Ghazi, Dziri - Doucouré (Bentayeb 90'), Bourahli.

25 December 2007 Round 3	Al-Taliya	0–0	USM Alger	Hama, Syria
15:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Hama Municipal Stadium Referee: Abderrahmane Khaled (Sudan)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

18 February 2008 Round 4	USM Alger	0–1	Tala'ea El-Gaish	Algiers, Algeria
15:00 UTC+1		Report[6]	Mamdouh Abd El-Haee  77'	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Ambia (Libya)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche, Khoualed, Metref (Ould Z'mirli 9'), Rial, Hamdoud (cap), Boucherit, Ghazi, Ammour, Achiou, Doucouré (Boussoufiane 70'), Bentayeb.

3 March 2008 Round 5	USM Alger	0–1	Al-Taliya	Algiers, Algeria
15:00 UTC+1		Report[7]	17' Omeir	Stadium: Omar Hammadi Stadium Referee: Nasser Derouiche (Jordan)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zemmamouche (Chouih 46'), Hamdoud, Mekkaoui (Bentayeb 46'), Rial, Moncharé, Ghazi, Aït Ali (Achiou 65'), Boucherit, Doucouré, Ammour, Dziri.

19 March 2008 Round 6	Wydad Casablanca	2–3	USM Alger	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	Oumansour  25' Sow  88'	Report[8]	Moncharé  12' Ammour  78' Doucoure  81'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: ()
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

Squad information

Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1				Algerian Cup				Arab Champions League				Total
			GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	12		1						6				18		1
24		Ahmed Walid Chouih	17		2		3				4				24		2
27		Ismaïl Mansouri	1												1
Defenders
3		Mohamed Amine Saidoune	3		1										3		1
12		Rahim Meftah	11				2				2				15
3		Hossam Ould Zmirli	3				1	1			1				5	1
4		Ali Rial	21	1	1		2				6				29	1	1
14		Zineddine Mekkaoui	18	1	2						4		1		22	1	3
5		Mohamed Hamdoud	24		6		2				8	1	1		34	1	7
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	16		2		2				4		2		22		4
13		Daniel Moncharé	23		4		2				8	1			33	1	4
29		Abdelkader Besseghir	8								1				9
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	10		1		1				3				14		1
7		Amar Ammour	24	7	2		3	2			8	2	1		35	11	3
8		Billel Dziri	22	1			2				8	1			32	2
		Saïd Sayah	2												2
28		Karim Ghazi	24	2	5		3		1		9		2		36	2	8
15		Antar Boucherit	19	1	5		1				7				27	1	5
10		Hocine Metref	18	1	3	1	2				6		1		26	1	4	1
26		Hocine Achiou	23	5	4		2				8		2		33	5	6
18		Kamel Marek	4				1				2				7
30		Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	7				2				3				12
		Mohamed Billel Benaldjia	3												3
		Mani	8		2	1					2				10		2	1
		Zitouni	2												2
		Kedjour	1												1
		Messaoudi	1												1
		Laouar	2												2
		Hebbache	1												1
Forwards
22		Mohamed Boussefiane	17	1	1		2	1			3				22	2	1
17		Samir Bentayeb	24	4	4		3	1			7	2		1	34	7	4
9		Mintou Doucoure	24	3	3	2	2	1			8	2	1		34	6	4	2
23		Jerry Adriano	6		1		2				1	1			9	1	1
11		Issaad Bourahli	5	2	1						4				9	2	1
		Mehdi Kerrouche	5	1											5	1
		Aghilès Benchaâbane	2												2
Own goals				2				0				1				3
Totals				32	51	4		6	1	0		11	11	1		49	63	5

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No. Nat. Player Pos. Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Arab Champions League TOTAL 7 Amar Ammour MF 7 2 3 12 9 Mintou Doucoure FW 3 1 3 7 17 Samir Bentayeb FW 4 1 1 6 26 Hocine Achiou MF 5 0 0 5 8 Billel Dziri MF 1 0 1 2 28 Karim Ghazi MF 2 0 0 2 22 Mohamed Boussefiane FW 1 1 0 2 11 Issaad Bourahli FW 2 0 0 2 13 Daniel Moncharé DF 0 0 1 1 4 Ali Rial DF 1 0 0 1 3 Hossam Ould Zmirli DF 0 1 0 1 15 Antar Boucherit MF 1 0 0 1 10 Hocine Metref MF 1 0 0 1 14 Zineddine Mekkaoui DF 1 0 0 1 5 Mohamed Hamdoud DF 0 0 1 1 21 Mehdi Kerrouche FW 1 0 0 1 Own Goals 2 0 1 3 Totals 32 6 11 49 Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. No. Nat Name L 1 AC ACL Total 1 Lamine Zemmamouche 6 0 2 8 24 Ahmed Walid Chouih 5 1 1 7 27 Ismaïl Mansouri 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 11 1 3 15 Squad list Last updated on 18 November 2016[9] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Nat. Position Name Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 27 GK Merouane Abdouni 27 March 1981 (aged 26) MC Alger 24 GK Ahmed Walid Chouih 10 February 1982 (aged 25) USM El Harrach 1 GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 19 March 1985 (aged 22) Youth system Defenders - RB Mohamed Amine Saidoune 26 February 1989 (aged 18) Youth system 12 RB Rahim Meftah 15 August 1980 (aged 27) JS Kabylie 3 RB Hossam Ould Zmirli 7 November 1984 (aged 23) RC Kouba 4 RB Ali Rial 26 March 1980 (aged 27) NARB Réghaïa 14 RB Zineddine Mekkaoui 10 January 1987 (aged 20) Youth system 5 RB Mohamed Hamdoud 9 June 1976 (aged 31) Youth system 20 RB Nacereddine Khoualed 16 April 1986 (aged 21) US Biskra 13 RB Daniel Moncharé 24 January 1982 (aged 25) Cotonsport Garoua Midfielders 6 CM Farid Djahnine 16 August 1976 (aged 31) Youth system 7 CM Amar Ammour 10 September 1976 (aged 31) ASM Oran 8 CM Billel Dziri 21 January 1972 (aged 35) CS Sedan Ardennes 28 CM Karim Ghazi 6 January 1979 (aged 28) Espérance de Tunis 30 CM Islam Adel Aït Ali 13 April 1987 (aged 20) Youth system 10 CM Hocine Metref 1 January 1984 (aged 24) Youth system 15 CM Antar Boucherit 18 December 1983 (aged 24) USM Annaba 26 CM Hocine Achiou 27 April 1979 (aged 28) FC Aarau 18 CM Kamel Marek 6 February 1980 (aged 27) JS Kabylie Forwards 17 RW Samir Bentayeb 26 May 1977 (aged 30) RC Kouba 22 RW Mohamed Boussefiane 18 January 1985 (aged 22) RC Kouba 9 RW Mintou Doucoure 19 July 1982 (aged 25) JS Centre Salif Keita 23 RW Jerry Adriano 1 October 1983 (aged 24) Espérance de Tunis 11 RW Issaad Bourahli 23 March 1974 (aged 33) ES Sétif Transfers In Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source 8 July 2007 FW Samir Bentayeb RC Kouba Undisclosed [10] Out References "USMA : Conférence de presse d'Ali Fergani". djazairess.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020. "La paire Dziri-Ammour sévit encore". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020. "Le tarif du match aller". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020. Al-Arabi Disqualified, Kuwait have been indefinitely suspended from internationalfootball "Mission accomplie pour les Rouge et Noir". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020. "Les Rouge et Noir ratent complètement leur match". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020. "Ligue des Champions Arabe Les Rouge et Noir éliminés". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020. "L'Usma, une victoire et beaucoup de regrets". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020. "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016. "Vie des clubs USM Alger / Bentayeb à InfoSoir". djazairess.com. Retrieved 1 November 2019.