2002–03 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2002–03 season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Azzedine Aït Djoudi
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
Division 1	1st
Algerian Cup	Winners
UAFA Club Cup	Group Stage
African Cup Winners' Cup	Semi-Finals
Champions League	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Moncef Ouichaoui (18 goals); All: ; Moncef Ouichaoui (22 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

In the 2002–03 season, USM Alger is competing in Division 1 for the 23rd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, the UAFA Club Cup and the Algerian Cup. In 2002–03 It was the best season in the history of USM Alger and participated in five competitions, The opening season was in the Arab Unified Club Championship, and was eliminated in the group stage, In the Cup Winners' Cup, the red and black reached the semi-finals, and was eliminated against Wydad Casablanca and fails to achieve the first continental title despite the second leg that took place in Algeria Where did USM Alger need to win to qualify for the final.^[1] In the Division 1, the journey towards achieving the title was not easy, and the struggle was great with USM Blida, NA Hussein Dey and JS Kabylie, and USM Alger waited until the 28 round to celebrate the title after winning against ASM Oran.^[2] To complete the joy in the Algerian Cup by winning the title after the victory against CR Belouizdad after Moncef Ouichaoui scored the golden goal to achieve the double for the first time in its history under the leadership of Azzedine Aït Djoudi.^[3] also achieved Ouichaoui top scorer in the league for the first time a player from USM Alger with 18 goals including two hat-tricks. On February 24, 2003, in the derby meeting against CR Belouizdad and in the last minutes while Hichem Mezaïr was heading to fetch the ball, the ball holder attacked him to respond in kind, so the match stopped and the stands turned into an arena of violence between the managers and supporters of the two clubs and despite that, the match was completed with difficulty.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2002.^[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hichem Mezaïr	(1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 26)	WA Tlemcen
25	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 21)	USM El Harrach
-	GK	Redouane Hamiti	(1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 20)	Youth system
Defenders
2	CB	Salim Aribi	(1974-12-16)16 December 1974 (aged 28)	CA Batna
3	LB	Tarek Ghoul	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 27)	USM El Harrach
4	CB	Mounir Zeghdoud	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 32)	USM Aïn Beïda
5	LB / CB / RB	Mahieddine Meftah	(1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 34)	JS Kabylie
-	RB / CB	Mohamed Hamdoud	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 26)	Youth system
-	CB	Rabah Deghmani	(1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 27)	IB Khémis El Khechna
-	RB	Djamel Bougandoura	(1973-01-25)25 January 1973 (aged 29)	USM Annaba
Midfielders
6	MF	Farid Djahnine	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 26)	Youth system
7	AM	Amar Ammour	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 26)	ASM Oran
8	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 30)	CS Sedan Ardennes
9	DM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 23)	CR Belouizdad
10	AM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 23)	Youth system
-	CM	Yacine Hamadou	(1980-06-14)14 June 1980 (aged 22)	JS Bordj Ménaïel
-	DM	Hocine Metref	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 19)	Youth system
Forwards
11	ST	Moncef Ouichaoui	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 25)	USM Annaba
13	FW	Mohamed Cheraïtia	(1982-02-14)14 February 1982 (aged 20)	Youth system
19	ST	Rabie Benchergui	(1978-03-14)14 March 1978 (aged 24)	ASM Oran
21	RW	Rafik Deghiche	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 19)	Youth system
-	ST	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 28)	ES Sétif
-	RW	Abdelhakim Meziani	(1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 21)	Youth system

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Division 1	30	17	7	6	52	17	+35	056.67	—	Champion	22 August 2002	12 May 2003
Algerian Cup	5	5	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00	Round of 64	Winner	13 March 2003	12 June 2003
Champions League	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	050.00	First round	Second Round	11 April 2003	31 May 2003
Cup Winners' Cup	4	2	2	0	13	5	+8	050.00	Quarter-finals	Semifinals	1 September 2002	20 October 2002
UAFA Club Cup	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	025.00	Group stage		8 July 2003	15 July 2003
Total	47	27	13	7	87	30	+57	057.45

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	17	7	6	52	17	+35	58	2004 CAF Champions League
2	USM Blida	30	14	9	7	32	22	+10	51	2003-04 Arab Champions League
3	NA Hussein Dey	30	13	12	5	32	24	+8	51	2003-04 Arab Champions League
4	JS Kabylie	30	13	10	7	38	24	+14	49
5	CR Belouizdad	30	12	9	9	28	20	+8	44^[a]	2004 CAF Confederation Cup

Updated to match(es) played on May 2014. Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted

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	17	7	6	52	17	+35	58	13	2	0	43	5	+38	4	5	6	9	12	−3

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

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

Matches

22 August 2002 Round 1	USM Alger	3–1	RC Kouba	Bologhine
	Meftah 2' Bourahli 23' Aribi 40' Ghazi 55'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khelifi

9 September 2002 Round 2	USM Alger	4–0	MO Constantine	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi 7' Ouichaoui 17' Meftah 20' Bourahli 44' Ammour 46'	Report^[5]	Belhadef 31'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr - Meftah (Doghmani, 68’), Bougandoura, Aribi, Zeghdoud - Ghazi, Ammour (Djahnine, 55’), Dziri (Hamdoud, 77’) - Ouichaoui, Achiou, Bourahli - Coach Aït Djoudi and Fergani.

19 September 2002 Round 4	USM Alger	3–1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 10' Ammour 36' Meftah 67' Bourahli 78' Yacine Hamadou 90+4'	Report^[6]	Sid Ali Abbou 57' Tahraoui 59'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Ouchène
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Meftah, Bougandoura, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour (Hamdoud, 68’), Ghazi, Ouichaoui (Benchergui, 57’), Achiou, Bourahli (Hamadou, 79’) - Coach Aït Djoudi and Fergani.

27 September 2002 Round 3	CA Batna	0–1	USM Alger	Batna
			Ammour 50' Djahnine 16' Dziri 27' Achiou 82'	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

14 October 2002 Round 6	USM Alger	0–0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Benchergui			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ali Amrane

25 October 2002 Round 8	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Djahnine 8' Mezaïr 26' Ouichaoui 32' (pen.) Ghoul 44' Deghmani 78' Hamdoud 84'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Kamel Berber

31 October 2002 Round 9	USM Blida	1–0	USM Alger	Blida
	Galoul 8' Khazrouni 16' Salim Drali 90+3'	Report^[7]	Ghazi 14' Ammour 75' Ghoul 87' Dziri 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Djezzar Azem
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Zeghdoud (Bourahli, 27'), Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ouichaoui (Ammour, 71'), Achiou, Meftah - Coach Aït Djoudi and Fergani.

4 November 2002 Round 5	WA Tlemcen	2–0	USM Alger	Tlemcen
			Deghmani 28' Hamdoud 62'	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Touati Djaballah

7 November 2002 Round 10	USM Alger	4–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 13' Achiou 30' 58' Ammour 66' Deghiche 65' 78' Aribi 28'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abdi

14 November 2002 Round 11	JS Kabylie	1–0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
14:00	Amaouche 86'	Report^[8]		Stadium: Stade du 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour (Meziani, 73'), Dziri (Deghiche, 62'), Ouichaoui, Achiou, Ghazi - Coach Aït Djoudi and Fergani.

21 November 2002 Round 12	USM Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
	Meftah 23' Deghiche 56'	Report^[9]	Belatrèche 24' Benchikha 58' Habri 61' Boulainceur 87'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Zekrini
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani (Deghiche, 46'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Benchergui (Ouichaoui, 45'), Achiou (Hamdoud , 88'), Ghazi - Coach Aït Djoudi and Fergani.

29 November 2002 Round 7	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	USM Alger	Hussein Dey
	Yacef 23' Zarabi 26' Toufik Kabri 44' Samir Alliche 60' Benzaid 89'	Report^[10]	Ghoul 18' Dziri 26' Deghmani 58'	Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Referee: Mohamed Haddada
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Ghazi, Djahnine, Dziri (Cheraïtia, 75'), Ammour, Achiou, Deghiche (Ouichaoui, 67') - Coach Aït Djoudi and Fergani.

9 December 2002 Round 13	ASM Oran	0–0	USM Alger	Oran
			Meftah 14' Hamdoud 42'	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Touati Djaballah

12 December 2002 Round 14	USM Alger	5–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
14:00	Achiou 22' Ouichaoui 49' Bourahli 68', 72', 86'	Report^[11]	Idel 14' Badar 24'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Kestali
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Hamadou (Bourahli, 46'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Ghazi, Ouichaoui (Deghmani, 78'), Achiou, Cheraïtia (Dziri, 46') - Coach Aït Djoudi and Fergani.

19 December 2002 Round 15	MC Oran	0–1	USM Alger	Oran
14:00	Mazri 82'	Report^[12]	Aribi 35' Bourahli 51' Ghoul 57'	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Chawki Mouellef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine (Bourahli, 46'), Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui, Achiou (Hamdoud, 86'), Ghazi - Coach Aït Djoudi and Fergani.

9 January 2003 Round 16	RC Kouba	1–2	USM Alger	Kouba
14:00	Iloul 8' 34' Tarchi 78' Leyadi 90'	Report^[13]	Ammour 19', 63' Bourahli 68' Ghoul 82'	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Touati Djaballah
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Meftah, Ghazi, Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui (Djahnine, ?'), Achiou, Bourahli.

16 January 2003 Round 17	MO Constantine	0–0	USM Alger	Constantine
14:00	Bouicha 39'	Report^[14]	Bourahli 24' Aribi 41' Mezaïr 85'	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Meftah, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui (Cheraïtia, 67'), Ghazi, Bourahli - Coach Aït Djoudi.

20 January 2003 Round 18	USM Alger	3–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
14:00	Ouichaoui 3' (pen.), 42' Ammour 22'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Redouane Mehidi

30 January 2003 Round 19	ASO Chlef	2–1	USM Alger	Chlef
14:00	Sid Ali Abbou 47' 12' 88' Chaoui 51' Zaoui 75' Hdjar 80' Hadjaoui 90'	Report^[15]	Meftah 22' Bourahli 23' Ghoul 36' 40' Djahnine 46'	Stadium: Stade Maâmar Sahli Referee: Djamel Haimoudi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani (Zeghdoud, 85'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou (Ouichaoui, 85'), Bourahli (Benchergui, 75') - Coach Aït Djoudi.

3 February 2003 Round 20	USM Alger	3–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi 1' Ouichaoui 62' (pen.) Bourahli 78'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa

6 February 2003 Round 21	USM Annaba	1–1	USM Alger	Annaba
14:00	Aït Ali 54' Boutabia 74'	Report^[16]	Bourahli 45' Ghazi 45' Ouichaoui 62'	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Said Benamara
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Deghmani, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah (Ghoul, 80'), Ammour, Ghazi, Ouichaoui (Benchergui, 63'), Achiou, Bourahli (Hamadou, 80') - Coach Aït Djoudi.

17 February 2003 Round 22	USM Alger	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi Djahnine Zeghdoud 88'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Touati Djaballah

24 February 2003 Round 23	CR Belouizdad	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
14:00	Deghmani 69' (o.g.) Amieur Adouane		Dziri 34' Ghazi Bourahli Mezaïr Djahnine	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

6 March 2003 Round 24	USM Alger	3–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Deghmani 26' Ouichaoui 37', 80' Aribi 46' Dziri 67'	Report^[17]	Salim Drali 4' Ahmed Amrouche 18' Diss 45'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Zaki Lahmar
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ghazi, Deghmani, Dziri, Ouichaoui, Ammour (Benchergui, 83'), Bourahli (Meziani, 88') - Coach Aït Djoudi and Charef.

20 March 2003 Round 25	ES Sétif	0–0	USM Alger	Sétif
	Laamich 84'	Report^[18]	Djahnine 75'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Houari Belkacem
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour (Deghiche, 90'), Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou (Cheraïtia, 76'), Bourahli - Coach Aït Djoudi and Charef.

3 April 2003 Round 26	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Ammour 45' Meftah 14'	Report^[19]	Zafour 26' Bendahmane 52'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour (Ouichaoui, ?'), Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou, Bourahli - Coach Aït Djoudi and Charef.

1 May 2003 Round 27	JSM Béjaïa	0–1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report^[20]	Deghmani 47' Ouichaoui 75'	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Redouane Mehidi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Meftah (Ouichaoui, 63'), Deghmani, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine (Metref, 46'), Ammour, Dziri (Cheraïtia, 79'), Ghazi, Achiou, Benchergui - Coach Aït Djoudi.

5 May 2003 Round 28	USM Alger	4–1	ASM Oran	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 21', 33' (pen.), 41' Ammour 45' Meftah 46' Ghazi 75'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khelifi

8 May 2003 Round 29	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2–1	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arreridj
	Yontcha 80', 83'	Report^[21]	Ouichaoui 84' Deghmani 64'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Ould Abdellah
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni (Hamiti, 62'), Achiou, Bougandoura, Deghmani (Amrani, 68'), Hamdoud, Khelalfa, Melouli, Hamadou (Tchekchar, 55'), Ouichaoui, Meziani, Metref - Coach Aït Djoudi and Charef.

12 May 2003 Round 30	USM Alger	8–2	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 4', 20', 45' Djahnine 30' Achiou 40' Ammour 51' Dziri 54' Benchergui 88'		Berradja 39' Bermati 49'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïer - Ghazi K.(Benchergui, 59’), Arribi (Ghoul, 54’), Zeghdoud, Meftah - Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour - Ouichaoui, Bourahli (Hamdoud, 70’).

Algerian Cup

13 March 2003 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bordj Bou Arreridj
16:00	Cheraïtia 77'	Report^[22]	Ait Alhadj 12'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Chawki Mouellef
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Meftah, Zeghdoud (Deghmani, 75’), Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ouichaoui (Berkane, 80’), Achiou, Benchergui (Cheraïtia, 64’).

24 March 2003 Round of 16	USM Alger	1–0	OMR El Annasser	Blida
16:00	Bourahli 35'	Report^[23]	Laïfaoui 7'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mohamed Zekrini
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïer, Doghmani, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou, Bourahli (Cheraïtia, 86’).

17 April 2003 Quarter-finals	USM Alger	2–0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
15:00	Ouichaoui 21' Djahnine 30' Aribi 55' Meftah 60'	Report^[24]	Bendebka 61' Yacef 90+2'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr - Ghoul, Aribi, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour (Deghmani, 90'), Dziri, Achiou (Benchergui, 81'), Ghazi, Ouichaoui (Bourahli, 46')

5 June 2003 Semi-finals	USM Alger	3–0	MC Oran	Chlef
15:00	Bourahli 5', 75', 87'			Stadium: Stade Mâamar Sahli
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

12 June 2003 Final	USM Alger	2–1 (a.e.t.)	CR Belouizdad	Blida
15:00	Aribi 6' Dziri 23' Ghoul 39' (pen.) Ouichaoui 117'		Rouaïghia 55'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Kamel Berber
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Aribi, Ghoul, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Achiou, Ammour (Ouichaoui 84’), Bourahli (Cheraïtia 101’)

African Cup Winners' Cup

Quarter-finals

1 September 2002 first leg	US Transfoot	1–3	USM Alger	Toamasina, Madagascar
12:30	Mouze Saâdi 84'		Bourahli 15' Ouichaoui 25' Ammour 50'	Stadium: Stade de Velodrome Referee: Ahmed Aoda (Egypt)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

13 September 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	8–2	US Transfoot	Rouïba, Algeria
14:30	Benchergui 16', 39', 60' Ghazi 20', 25' Aribi 14' 41' Zeghdoud 55' Deghmani 61' Bourahli 80' Ammour 83'	Report^[25]	Ramansilo 5' Nayamara 21' Raza Finanamatratra 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Zoubir Nouira (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni - Doghmani, Bougandoura , Aribi (Ghoul, 46e), Zeghdoud (cap.) - Djahnine, Ghazi K. (Meziani, 75e),, Ammour - Achiou, Bourahli, Benchergui (Hamdoud, 60e)

Semifinals

6 October 2002 first leg	WAC Casablanca	0–0	USM Alger	Casablanca, Morocco
21:00	Elouissi 14' Abrami 53'	Report^[26]	Ghazi 9' Bourahli 19' Deghmani 45+5' Mezaïr 69'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Parc Lassina (Burkina Faso)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïer - Doghmani, Bougandoura (Hamdoud, 69’), Aribi, Meftah - Ghazi K., Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour (Ouichaoui M., 46’) - Bourahli.

20 October 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	2–2	WAC Casablanca	Rouïba, Algeria
15:30	Ammour 12' Achiou 23' Bourahli 53', 85'	Report^[27]	Khouma 32' Ait Laarif 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Attendance: 30.000 Referee: M. Dahami (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni - Ghoul, Aribi, Meftah, Zeghdoud - Djahnine - Dziri (cap.), Ammour, Achiou (Ouichaoui M. 72e) - Bourahli, Benchergui

Champions League

First round

11 April 2003 first leg	USM Alger	2–0	Wallidan FC	Bethioua, Algeria^{[note 1]}
18:00	Bourahli 26' 78' Aribi 36' Achiou 48'	Report^[28]	Ansouman 25'	Stadium: Stade Bethioua Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Mohamed Mustapha (Egypt)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezair - Ghoul, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah - Ghazi K., Dziri (Cheraitia, 85e), Djahnine (Ouichaoui M., 63e), Achiou, Ammour - Bourahli.

28 April 2003 Second leg	Wallidan FC	2–1	USM Alger	Bakau, Gambia
16:00		Report	18' Ammour	Stadium: Independence Stadium Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Hadj M'Bami (Nigeria)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr - Meftah, Zeghdoud (Doghmani 62'), Aribi, Ghoul (Hamdoud 35') - Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi Dziri - Ammour, Ouichaoui.

Second Round

17 May 2003 first leg	Stade Malien	1–1	USM Alger	Bamako, Mali
18:00		Report	54' (pen.) Ghoul	Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr - Meftah, Zeghdoud, Aribi, Ghoul (Hamdoud 90') - Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour (Doghmani 84') - Bourahli (Ouichaoui 79').

31 May 2003 Second leg	USM Alger	2–0	Stade Malien	Constantine, Algeria^{[note 1]}
16:00	Bourahli 32' Dziri 53'	Report		Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba (Senegal)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr - Meftah, Zeghdoud, Doghmani, Ghoul (Hamdoud 89') - Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi K., Dziri - Ammour (Ouichaoui 69'), Bourahli (Cheraïtia 86').

Arab Unified Club Championship

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait SC	4	2	2	0	9	5	+4	8	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Zamalek	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7	Advance to Semi-finals
3	USM Alger	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	6
4	Al-Jaish	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	3
5	Al-Shorta	4	0	2	2	6	9	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

8 July 2003 Matchday 1	Zamalek	1–1	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+2	El-Said 43' (pen.)		Ouichaoui 15' Ghazi 42' Ammour 48'	Stadium: El Sekka El Hadid Stadium Referee: Farid Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Mezaïr, Ghoul (Meziani 90+3'), Aribi, Deghmani, Meftah, Djahnine, Achiou (Hamdoud 53'), Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Ouichaoui (Benchergui 71').

10 July 2003 Matchday 2	Al-Shorta	1–1	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 UTC+2	Qassem 82'		Dziri 51'	Stadium: ?
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

13 July 2003 Matchday 3	USM Alger	1–1	Kuwait SC	Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+2	Achiou 56'		Aqla 53' (pen.)	Stadium: ?
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

15 July 2003 Matchday 4	USM Alger	4–1	Al-Jaish	Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+2	Ouichaoui 34' (pen.) Ammour 40' Deghiche 84', 90'		Jabban 60'	Stadium: ?
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.
Statistics all except one meeting in the African Cup Winners' Cup and three in the Arab Unified Club Championship.

No.	Nat.	Player	Division 1				Algerian Cup				CAF Champions League				African Cup Winners' Cup				Unified Club Championship				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Hichem Mezaïr	25		3		5				4				1		1		1				32		4
25		Merouane Abdouni	5												2								7
		Redouane Hamiti	1																				1
Defenders
2		Salim Aribi	24	3	5		4		3		3		2		3	1	1		1				34	4	11
3		Tarek Ghoul	21		6	2	5	1			4	1			2				1				32	2	6	2
4		Mounir Zeghdoud	17			1	5				4				2			1					28			2
5		Mahieddine Meftah	27	1	7		4		1		4		1		2				1				37	1	9
		Mohamed Hamdoud	23		3		2				3				2				0+1				30		3
		Rabah Deghmani	21		6		3				3				2		2		1				29		8
		Djamel Bougandoura	5												2								7
		Karim Achiou	1																				1
		Amrani	1																				1
		Khelalfa	1																				1
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	25	1	6		5	1			4				3				1				37	1	6
7		Amar Ammour	28	10	1		4				4	1			3	2	1		1		1		39	13	2
8		Billel Dziri	24	3	3		5		2		4	1			2				1				39	4	5
9		Karim Ghazi	28	1	5		5				4		1		2	2	1		1		1		38	3	7
10		Hocine Achiou	27	3	2		5				4	1			3		1		1				39	4	3
		Yacine Hamadou	7	1																			7	1
		Hocine Metref	4																				4
		Mellouli	1																				1
		Tchekchar	1																				1
Forwards
11		Moncef Ouichaoui	27	18	1		4	2			4		1		2	1			1	1			37	21	2
13		Mohamed Cheraïtia	6				3	1			2												11	1
19		Rabie Benchergui	14	1	1		2								2	3			0+1				18	4	1
21		Rafik Deghiche	7	2	1																		7	2	1
		Issaad Bourahli	22	9	6		4	4			3	2	2		3	4	1						32	19	9
		Abdelhakim Meziani	7												1				0+1				8
		Berkan	3				1																4
Own goals				0				0				0				0				0				0
Totals				52	56	3		9	6	0		6	7	0		13	8	1		1	2	0		88	79	4

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	CL 1	CL 3	ACL 4	TOTAL
11	Moncef Ouichaoui	FW	18	2	0	1	2	23
-	Issaad Bourahli	FW	9	4	2	4	0	19
7	Amar Ammour	MF	10	0	0	2	1	13
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	3	0	1	0	1	7
8	Billel Dziri	MF	3	0	1	0	1	5
2	Salim Aribi	DF	3	0	0	1	0	4
19	Rabie Benchergui	FW	1	0	0	3	0	4
21	Rafik Deghiche	FW	2	0	0	0	2	4
6	Farid Djahnine	MF	1	1	0	0	0	2
3	Tarek Ghoul	DF	0	1	1	0	0	2
9	Karim Ghazi	MF	0	0	0	2	0	2
5	Mahieddine Meftah	DF	1	0	0	0	0	1
-	Yacine Hamadou	MF	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	Mohamed Cheraïtia	FW	0	1	0	0	0	1
-	Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	0	0	0	0	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			52	9	6	13	7	87

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Name	L 1	AC	CWC 3	CL 1	Total
1	Hichem Mezaïr	15	4	1	2	22
25	Merouane Abdouni	2	0	0	0	2
	Redouane Hamiti	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	17	4	1	2	24

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Rabie Benchergui	US Transfoot	8–2 (H)	13 September 2002	African Cup Winners' Cup	^[25]
Moncef Ouichaoui	ASM Oran	4–1 (H)	5 May 2003	Division 1
Moncef Ouichaoui	MC Oran	8–2 (H)	12 May 2003	Division 1
Issaad Bourahli	MC Oran	3–0 (N)	5 June 2003	Algerian Cup

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away ; (N) – Neutral

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 July 2002	GK	Merouane Abdouni	USM El Harrach	Free transfer
1 July 2002	MF	Amar Ammour	ASM Oran	Free transfer
1 July 2002	DF	Salim Aribi	CA Batna	Free transfer
1 July 2002	DF	Djamel Bougandoura	USM Annaba	Free transfer
1 July 2002	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui	USM Annaba	Free transfer

Notes

^ ^a ^b USM Alger played two matches in 2003 CAF Champions League instead of their regular stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium, Bologhine, due to sanctions.

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[table_hth_CRB0.73698124742926-5] 1 point deducted

[USM_Alger-30] USM Alger played two matches in 2003 CAF Champions League instead of their regular stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium, Bologhine, due to sanctions.

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