2011–12 USM Alger season

USM Alger
	2011–12 season
Chairman	Ali Haddad
Head coach	Hervé Renard; (until 23 October 2011); Didier Ollé-Nicolle; (until 10 February 2012); Meziane Ighil; (from 10 February 2012)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
Ligue 1	3rd
Algerian Cup	Quarte-final
Top goalscorer	Lamouri Djediat (12)
← 2010–11	2012–13 →

In the 2011–12 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 32nd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. USM Alger lost to USM El Harrach 1–4 (P) in the quarterfinals of the Algerian Cup.

Players

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	(1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 (age 39)	MC Alger
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	(1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36)	Formed at club
32	GK	Mohamed Amine Sahnoun	(1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31)	FAF Academy
Defenders
4	RB	Abdelkader Laïfaoui	(1981-07-09) 9 July 1981 (age 43)	ES Sétif
5	RB	Abdoulaye Maïga	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37)	Stade Malien
6	RB	Farouk Chafaï	(1990-06-23) 23 June 1990 (age 34)	MC Alger
20	RB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)	US Biskra
27	RB	Mohamed Yekhlef	(1981-01-12) 12 January 1981 (age 43)	ES Sétif
30	RB	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	(1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 39)	JSM Béjaïa
Midfielders
8	CM	Khaled Lemmouchia	(1981-12-06) 6 December 1981 (age 42)	ES Sétif
10	CM	Mohamed Boualem	(1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 37)	USM El Harrach
13	CM	Nassim Bouchema	(1988-05-05) 5 May 1988 (age 36)	MC Alger (Formed at club)
14	CM	Lamouri Djediat	(1981-01-20) 20 January 1981 (age 43)	ASO Chlef
15	CM	Bouazza Feham	(1986-04-11) 11 April 1986 (age 38)	ES Sétif
22	CM	Mehdi Benaldjia	(1991-05-14) 14 May 1991 (age 33)	Formed at club
47	CM	Zinedine Ferhat	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)	FAF Academy
50	CM	Salim Boumechra	(1983-04-28) 28 April 1983 (age 41)	USM El Harrach
Forwards
7	RW	Serge N'Gal	(1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 (age 38)	UD Leiria
9	RW	Noureddine Daham	(1977-11-15) 15 November 1977 (age 46)	TuS Koblenz
11	RW	Farès Hamiti	(1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 (age 37)	JS Kabylie
17	RW	Nouri Ouznadji	(1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 (age 39)	JS Kabylie
19	RW	Mouaouia Meklouche	(1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 33)	Formed at club

Transfers

In

Out

Loaned out

Pre-season and friendlies

16 August 2011 Friendly	US Créteil	1-2	USM Alger	Créteil (Paris)
15:30	Dabo 38'		60' (pen) Daham 68' Djediat	Stadium: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle

22 August 2011 Friendly	Red Star	1-2	USM Alger	Saint-Ouen (Paris)
17:00	Sabin 15'		51' Daham 86' Djediat	Stadium: Stade Bauer

23 August 2011 Friendly	Sélection CFA	0-9	USM Alger	Paris
18:00			11', 32' Ouznadji 14' Meklouche 18' Taguelmint 20', 33' Djediat Boumechra Hemitti Daham

27 August 2011 Friendly	UNFP	0-0	USM Alger	Paris
18:00

3 September 2011 Friendly	USM Alger	0-0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
19:00				Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES Sétif (C)	30	16	5	9	53	40	+13	53	Qualification to 2013 CAF Champions League
2	JSM Béjaïa (Q)	30	15	8	7	40	26	+14	53	Qualification to 2013 CAF Champions League
3	USM Alger (Q)	30	15	7	8	37	25	+12	52	Qualification to 2013 CAF Confederation Cup
4	CR Belouizdad	30	13	9	8	34	28	+6	48
5	ASO Chlef	30	14	5	11	41	34	+7	47
6	MC Alger	30	11	11	8	35	33	+2	44
7	CA Batna	30	12	8	10	38	25	+13	44
8	WA Tlemcen	30	12	8	10	39	37	+2	44
9	JS Kabylie	30	10	11	9	29	23	+6	41
10	USM El Harrach	30	11	5	14	28	31	−3	38
11	MC El Eulma	30	10	8	12	38	39	−1	38
12	CS Constantine	30	8	12	10	35	42	−7	36
13	MC Oran	30	9	8	13	38	51	−13	35
14	AS Khroub (R)	30	7	10	13	23	46	−23	31	Relegation to 2012–13 Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	NA Hussein Dey (R)	30	5	11	14	29	39	−10	26
16	MC Saïda (R)	30	6	6	18	28	46	−18	24

Updated to games played on 19 May 2012.
Source: DZFoot

Rules for classification:

1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	15	7	8	37	25	+12	52	12	1	2	26	10	+16	3	6	6	11	15	−4

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W
Position	5	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	3	3

Last updated: 28 September 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

September

10 September 2011 1	USM Alger	1-0	CA Batna	Algiers
19:00	Djediat 42' Daham 30' Yekhlef 60' Lemmouchia 76'	Report	59' Benamara	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Sofiane Bousseter

17 September 2011 2	USM El Harrach	0-1	USM Alger	Algiers
20:30	Charef 27' Demmou 40' Aïssaoui 80' Messaoudi 85'	Report	6' Boualem 55' Khoualed 68' Laïfaoui	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Djamel Haïmoudi

24 September 2011 3	USM Alger	2-0	AS Khroub	Algiers
18:00	Laïfaoui 22' Djediat 45'	Report	87' Zouak	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Mohamed Babou

October

1 October 2011 4	MC El Eulma	2-1	USM Alger	El Eulma
16:00	Belakhdar 46' Renane 90+3' Berchiche 41' Belakhdar 46' Berrefane 73' Mahfoudhi 77' Renane 90+3'	Report	72' (pen) Djediat 25' Zemamouche 38' Yekhlef 56' Bouchema 90+2' Bezzaz	Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Mohamed Benouza

15 October 2011 5	USM Alger	2-0	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
18:00	Djediat 43' Daham 64' Yekhlef 26' Laïfaoui 28' Lemmouchia 85'	Report	29' Aksas 58' Slimani	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Abid Charef

22 October 2011 6	WA Tlemcen	1-1	USM Alger	Tlemcen
18:00	Benmeghit 21' Benmeghit 21' Boudjakdji 32' Mebarki 62'	Report	25' Meftah 50' Laïfaoui 61' Bezzaz	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Redouane Necib

29 October 2011 7	USM Alger	2-0	MC Oran	Algiers
18:00	Meftah 9' Daham 41'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Saïd Aouina

November

5 November 2011 8	USM Alger	1-1	CS Constantine	Algiers
18:00	Bouchema 63' Djediat 85'	Report	Ngomo 76'	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Ghodbane

19 November 2011 9	JS Kabylie	0-0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
15:00	Nessakh 21' Hemani 39' El Orfi 65'	Report	20' Boualem 39' Meftah 65' Lemmouchia 86' Bezzaz	Stadium: Stade du 1er-Novembre-1954 Referee: Farouk Houasnia

22 November 2011 10	USM Alger	3-2	MC Saïda	Algiers
18:00	Boumechra 49' Hemitti 59' Laïfaoui 90' 65'	Report	11', 78' Hadiouche 6' Atek 81' Guenifi	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Rafik Achouri

26 November 2011 11	MC Alger	1-0	USM Alger	Algiers
18:00	Zeddam 72' Ghazi 37' Attafen 47' Babouche 59' Koudri 70'	Report	6', 36' Bouchema	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mial

December

3 December 2011 12	USM Alger	2-0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
14:30	Daham 73', 83' (pen) Ferhat 17' Djediat 45' Hemitti 90+3'	Report	5' Mellouli 42' Khedis 83' Merbah	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

10 December 2011 13	JSM Béjaïa	2-0	USM Alger	Béjaïa
15:00	Djallit 84' Yabeun 85' Bachiri 32' Gasmi 50' Maïza 62'	Report	30', 81' Lemmouchia 32', 82' Khoualed 48' Ferhat 55' Bezzaz	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Sofiane Bousseter

17 December 2011 14	USM Alger	1-0	ASO Chlef	Algiers
18:00	Djediat 35' (pen) Laïfaoui 45+5' Chafaï 52' Feham 88' Boumechra 90'	Report	20' Zazou	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

24 December 2011 15	ES Sétif	3-2	USM Alger	Sétif
18:00	Laïfaoui (o.g.) Aoudia 59' Benmoussa 90+7' (pen) Diss 90+6'	Report	44' (pen), 69' 77' Djediat 7' Maïga 55' Laïfaoui 56' Chafaï 73' Bouchema 90+4' Hemitti	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

January

21 January 2012 16	CA Batna	0-1	USM Alger	Batna
17:45	Daïra 18' Heriat 35' Bella 43' Ghodbane 44'	Report	58' Lemmouchia 32' Bouchema 58' Lemmouchia 66' Meftah	Stadium: Stade du 1er-Novembre-1954 Referee: Sahraoui

27 January 2012 17	USM Alger	0-1	USM El Harrach	Algiers
15:00	Farès Hemitti 83'	Report	40' Aïssaoui 34' Saha	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Bichari

31 January 2012 18	AS Khroub	1-0	USM Alger	El Khroub
15:00	Bounab 65' 65' Mehaia 74' Sebie 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Referee: Zouaoui

February

4 February 2012 19	USM Alger	1-0	MC El Eulma	Algiers
17:45	Meftah 45' Djediat 90' Benaldjia 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Saïd Aouina

18 February 2012 20	CR Belouizdad	0-0	USM Alger	Algiers
15:00	Ammour 53' Abdat 89'	Report	52' Lemmouchia	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

March

3 March 2012 21	USM Alger	2-1	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
17:45	Ouznadji 53' 67' Boualem 76' Laïfaoui 43' Zemamouche 66'	Report	67' (pen) Belgherri	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Redouane Necib

17 March 2012 22	MC Oran	1-1	USM Alger	Oran
15:00	Bourzama 15' Aouedj 45' Cherif 60' Dagoulou 66' Harizi 71'	Report	32' Daham 85' Ouznadji	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Rafik Achouri

24 March 2012 23	CS Constantine	1-1	USM Alger	Constantine
15:00	Behloul 90+5' Bezzaz 43' Ziti 74' Messali 90'	Report	90+4' (pen) Meklouche 16' Khoualed 71' Feham	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Benouza

April

7 April 2012 24	USM Alger	1-0	JS Kabylie	Algiers
17:45	Djediat 22' Yekhlef 32' Djediat 74' El Orfi 65'	Report	46' Boulemdaïs 59' Khelili 70' El Orfi 90+2' Tedjar	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

14 April 2012 25	MC Saïda	1-1	USM Alger	Saïda
15:00	Madouni 63' Nehari 29' Hadiouche 58' Cheraïtia 59'	Report	85' 90+6' Ouznadji 8' Lemmouchia 81' Feham	Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958 Referee: Zouaoui

May

2 May 2012 26	USM Alger	3-1	MC Alger	Algiers
17:45	Feham 25' Djediat 46', 81' (pen) 47' Daham 20' Yekhlef 36' Khoualed 44'	Report	90+2' Yalaoui 77' Sayah 80' Ghazi 89' Mobitang	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mehdi Abid-Charef

8 May 2012 27	NA Hussein Dey	1-2	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Derrardja 11' Allag 42' Kheiter 90'	Report	38' Djediat 90+5' 90+6' Bouchema 47' Daham 90+2' Meklouche	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Redouane Necib

12 May 2012 28	USM Alger	3-4	JSM Béjaïa	Algiers
17:45	Daham 31' (pen), 42' (pen), 64' (pen) Lemmouchia 24' Khoualed 44' Djediat 56' Meftah 71'	Report	10' Derrag 20' Bachiri 45' Gasmi 40' 86' Megateli Belakhdar 18' Zafour 42' Bachiri 62'	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Farouk Houasnia

15 May 2012 29	ASO Chlef	1-0	USM Alger	Chlef
15:00	Seguer 63' Saïdoune 29' Bentoucha 33'	Report	70' Yekhlef 89' Meftah	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Rafik Achouri

19 May 2012 30	USM Alger	2-0	ES Sétif	Algiers
15:00	Benaldjia 8', 73' 74' Yekhlef 18' Khoualed 26' Meklouche 75'	Report	15' Karaoui 60' Belkaïd	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

Algerian Cup

Round of 64

30 December 2011 2011–12 Algerian Cup	USM Alger	2 – 1	USM Blida	Algiers
14h30	Chafaï Template:But Djediat Template:But Yekhlef 74'	Report	Template:But Ledraâ 32' Defnoun	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

Round of 32

23 February 2012 2011–12 Algerian Cup	USM Alger	0 – 0 (5 – 4 p)	JS Djijel	Algiers
17h00	Nassim Bouchema 69' Khoualed 70'	Report	41' Amira	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi
		Penalties
	Noureddine Daham Farès Hemitti Nacereddine Khoualed Mohamed Boualem Lamouri Djediat Mouaouya Meklouche		Chekkati Derri Reda Bouzar Boutria Laouissi

Round of 16

31 December 2011 2011–12 Algerian Cup	USM Alger	1 – 0 (a.e.t)	JS Kabylie	Algiers
17h00	Laïfaoui Template:But 111' Lemmouchia 106'	Report	35' Remache 41' Zarabi 55' Hanifi	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

Quarter-finals

10 March 2010 2011–12 Algerian Cup	USM El Harrach	0 – 0 (4 – 1 p)	USM Alger	Algiers
20h30	Ziane Cherif 69', 116' Legraâ 119', 120'	Report	5' Feham 15', 115' Laïfaoui	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962
		Penalties
	Mohamed Lamine Abid Abbas Aïssaoui Baghdad Bounedjah Karim Hendou		Farès Hemitti Khaled Lemmouchia Nacereddine Khoualed

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 6 November 2015^[update]

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	Pos.	Ligue 1				Algerian Cup				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	28		2		4				32		2
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	GK	3								3
4		Abdelkader Laïfaoui	DF	23	2	7		2	1	2	1	25	3	9	1
5		Abdoulaye Maïga	DF	9		1		2				11		1
6		Farouk Chafaï	DF	14		2		4	1			18	1	2
12		Amadou Diamouténé	DF	1								1
18		Farid Bellabes	DF
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	DF	26		6	1	4		1		30		7	1
27		Mohamed Yekhlef	DF	28		7		4		2		32		9
30		Mohamed Rabie Meftah	DF	23	3	7		2				25	3	7
8		Khaled Lemmouchia	MF	27	1	7	1	3		1		30	1	8	1
10		Mohamed Boualem	MF	15	2	1		3				18	2	1
13		Nassim Bouchema	MF	28	2	3	1	4		1		32	2	4	1
14		Lamouri Djediat	MF	25	11	7		4	1			29	12	7
15		Bouazza Feham	MF	25	1	3		3		1		28	1	4
21		Elias Taguelmint	MF	3								3
22		Mehdi Benaldjia	MF	18	2	3		2				20	2	3
47		Zinedine Ferhat	MF	16		3		3				19		3
50		Salim Boumechra	MF	19	1	1		1				20	1	1
7		Yacine Bezzaz	MF	11		4		1				12		4
7		Serge N'Gal	FW	5								5
9		Noureddine Daham	FW	22	8	2		3				25	8	2
11		Farès Hamiti	FW	15	1	3	1	4				19	1	3	1
17		Nouri Ouznadji	FW	16	2	3						16	2	3
19		Mouaouia Meklouche	FW	13	1	2		3				16	1	2
Own goals					0				0				0
Totals					37	74	4		3	8	1		40	82	5

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Algerian Cup	TOTAL
14	Lamouri Djediat	MF	12	1	13
9	Noureddine Daham	FW	8	0	8
4	Abdelkader Laïfaoui	DF	3	1	4
30	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	DF	3	0	3
7	Nouri Ouznadji	FW	2	0	2
10	Mohamed Boualem	MF	2	0	2
22	Mehdi Benaldjia	FW	2	0	2
13	Nassim Bouchema	MF	2	0	2
6	Farouk Chafaï	DF	1	1	2
19	Mouaouia Meklouche	FW	1	0	1
50	Salim Boumechra	MF	1	0	1
11	Farès Hamiti	FW	1	0	1
15	Bouazza Feham	MF	1	0	1
8	Khaled Lemmouchia	MF	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			37	3	40

References

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