1963–64 USM Alger season

USM Alger
1963–64 season
Chairman	Saïd Meddad
Head coach	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
Stadium	Stade de Saint-Eugène
Division d'Honneur	3rd
Algerian Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Abderrahmane Meziani (14 goals); All: ; Abderrahmane Meziani (19 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

In the 1963–64 season, USM Alger is competing in the Championnat National for the 2nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Championnat National, and the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1964.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
GK	Djamel El Okbi	(1939-10-15)15 October 1939 (aged 24)	AS Saint Eugène
GK	Abderrahmane Boubekeur	(1932-03-09)9 March 1932 (aged 31)	MC Alger
DF	Achour Salah
DF	Brahim Talbi
MF	Freddy Zemmour	(1942-02-21)21 February 1942 (aged 21)	Gallia d’Alger
MF	Hacène Djemaâ	(1942-01-06)6 January 1942 (aged 21)	Youth system
MF	Ghazi Djermane	(1942-01-21)21 January 1942 (aged 21)	Gallia d’Alger
MF	Boubekeur Belbekri	(1942-01-07)7 January 1942 (aged 21)	Gallia d’Alger
MF	Lakhdar Guittoun	(1939-12-17)17 December 1939 (aged 24)
MF	Abdelkader Belhaou	(1938-12-21)21 December 1938 (aged 25)
FW	Krimo Rebih	(1932-05-01)1 May 1932 (aged 31)	Union sportive tunisienne
FW	Abderrahmane Meziani	(1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 21)	AS Saint Eugène
FW	Hamid Bernaoui	(1937-12-03)3 December 1937 (aged 26)	Youth system
LW	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour	(1927-07-25)25 July 1927 (aged 36)	Monaco
FW	Amokrane Oualiken	(1933-04-06)6 April 1933 (aged 30)	MC Alger

Pre-season

At the end of the 1963–64 season, USM Alger takes part in a friendly tournament organized by the LOFA at the Oran municipal stadium at the end of June 1964. In addition to the USMA, the clubs invited to this event are the FC Mellila, Raja Casablanca and a mixed team made up of players from the two local clubs, ASM Oran and MC Oran. The Algerians win the tournament by first beating FC Mellila 5–0 in the semi-final, then Raja Casablanca 2–1 in the final.

June 1964 Friendly	USM Alger	5–0	FC Mellila	Oran
		Report^[1]		Stadium: stade municipal d'oran

June 1964 Friendly	USM Alger	2–1	Raja Casablanca	Oran
		Report^[2]		Stadium: stade municipal d'oran

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 d'Honneur	30	19	6	5	69	23	+46	063.33	—	3rd	22 September 1963	7 June 1964
Algerian Cup	6	5	0	1	19	4	+15	083.33	4e tour régional	Semi-finals	10 November 1963	28 March 1964
Total	36	24	6	6	88	27	+61	066.67

Division d'Honneur

League table

Algérois

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	NA Hussein Dey	30	19	7	4	72	29	+43	75	Promoted for 1964–65 Championnat National
2	CR Belcourt	30	19	7	4	72	24	+48	75
3	USM Alger	30	19	6	5	69	23	+46	74
4	USM Blida	30	18	6	6	46	28	+18	72
5	MC Alger	30	18	5	7	52	28	+24	71	Qualification to Championnat National play-offs

Source: rsssf.com

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

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

15 September Round 1	USM Alger	3–0	OM Ruisseau	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

22 September Round 2	USM Alger	4–1	USM Maison-Carrée	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

29 September Round 3	WA Boufarik	1–1	USM Alger	Boufarik
				Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz

6 October Round 4	USM Alger	6–0	USM Marengo	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

13 October Round 5	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	USM Alger	Hussein Dey
				Stadium: Zioui Brothers Stadium

20 October Round 6	USM Blida	0–4	USM Alger	Blida
				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium

27 October Round 7	USM Alger	3–2	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Merrad 51' (o.g.) Ben Tifour 69' Zemmour 90'		60' (pen.) Merrad 66' Moussa	Stadium: Stade communal

10 November Round 8	MC Alger	3–0	USM Alger	Bologhine
	Aouadj 50' Lemoui 62' (pen.) Oucif 70'			Stadium: Stade communal Referee: Chekaimi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Boubekeur, Aftouche, Talbi, Zemmour, Salah, Belbekri, Meziani, Benaoui, Rebih Krimo, Oualiken, Bentifour - Coach Abdelaziz Ben Tifour.

17 November Round 9

JS El Biar

0–0

USM Alger

1 December Round 10	USM Alger	0–0	AS Orléansville	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

22 December Round 11	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belcourt	Bologhine
	Krimo 80'			Stadium: Stade communal

29 December Round 12

ASPTT Alger

2–4

USM Alger

12 January Round 13	OM Saint-Eugène	0–0	USM Alger	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

19 January Round 14	USM Alger	2–0	S. Guyotville	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

26 January Round 15

RC Arbaâ

0–5

USM Alger

2 February Round 16	OM Ruisseau	3–2	USM Alger	Hamma Annassers
				Stadium: Stade municipal

9 February Round 17	USM Maison-Carrée	1–1	USM Alger	Maison-Carrée
				Stadium: Stade Lavigerie

16 February Round 18	USM Alger	2–0	WA Boufarik	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

1 March Round 19	USM Marengo	X–X	USM Alger	Marengo
		^[3]		Stadium: Stade communal Marengo

8 March Round 20	USM Alger	3–0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

15 March Round 21	USM Alger	2–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

22 March Round 22	JS Kabylie	3–1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	El Kolli 51', 89' Karamani 88'		16' Oualiken	Stadium: Stade Oukil Ramdane

5 April Round 23	USM Alger	0–0^[4]	MC Alger	Bologhine
	Meziani 37'		Maârouf 37'	Stadium: Stade communal Referee: Dubourg
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Boubekeur, Nadji, Talbi, Salah, Zemmour, Belbekri, Hammar, Meziani, Bouchache, Bentifour Abdelaziz, Mekaou - Coach Abdelaziz Ben Tifour.

12 April Round 24	USM Alger	2–0	JS El Biar	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

19 April Round 25

AS Orléansville

0–2

USM Alger

Orléansville

3 May Round 26	CR Belcourt	1–3	USM Alger	Hamma Annassers
09:00	Lalmas 30'		48' Mekkaoui 50', ?' Bernaoui	Stadium: Stade municipal Attendance: 0 (close doors)

10 May Round 27	USM Alger	5–0	ASPTT Alger	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

17 May Round 28	USM Alger	4–0	OM Saint-Eugène	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

24 May Round 29

S. Guyotville

1–5

USM Alger

31 May Round 30	USM Alger	3–1	RC Arbaâ	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal

Algerian Cup

10 November 4 tour régional	USM Alger	7–1	ESM Koléa	Aïn Benian
				Stadium: Stade de Aïn Benian

30 November 5 tour régional	USM Alger	4–0	RC Arbaâ	Hamma Annassers
				Stadium: Stade municipal

22 December 6 tour régional	USM Alger	2–0	AS Orléansville	Saint Eugène
				Stadium: Stade Saint Eugène

12 January Round of 16	USM Alger	2–0	EM Oran	Hamma Annassers
	Bernaoui 32', 50'			Stadium: Stade municipal

22 February Quarter-finals	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	0–2	USM Alger	Constantine
		Report^[5]		Stadium: Stade Turpin

28 March Semi-finals	USM Alger	2–3	ES Sétif	Hamma Annassers
	Krimo 56' Meziani 59'	Report^[6]	Messaoudi II 50' Khemicha 75' Mattem II 79'	Stadium: Stade municipal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Benzellar, Ghanem, Mokhtari

Squad information

Playing statistics

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Division d'Honneur	Cup	TOTAL
?	Abderrahmane Meziani	FW	14	5	19
10	Hamid Bernaoui	FW	8	?	?
9	Krimo Rebih	FW	8	?	?
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			0	0	0

References

^ la voix de l'oranie numero 206 du mardi 1er aout 2000 page 21 .
^ la voix de l'oranie numero 206 du mardi 1er aout 2000 page 21 .
^ The USMM was suspended by the League until the end of the season from 14th day. The USMA thus recorded a victory without counting goals.
^ Part stopped at 38th minute following a flood. The League declares the match lost for both teams.
^ Les résultats des 1/4 de finale parus dans la voix de l'oranie numéro 200 du mardi 25 juillet 2000 page 21.
^ Quotidien francophone "Le peuple" n° 479 du lundi 30 mars 1964, p 9

[1] voix de l'oranie numero 206 du mardi 1er aout 2000 page 21 .

[2] voix de l'oranie numero 206 du mardi 1er aout 2000 page 21 .

[3] The USMM was suspended by the League until the end of the season from 14th day. The USMA thus recorded a victory without counting goals.

[4] Part stopped at 38th minute following a flood. The League declares the match lost for both teams.

[5] Les résultats des 1/4 de finale parus dans la voix de l'oranie numéro 200 du mardi 25 juillet 2000 page 21.

[6] Quotidien francophone "Le peuple" n° 479 du lundi 30 mars 1964, p 9

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