2004–05 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2004–05 season
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Noureddine Saâdi
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
National 1	Winner
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
CAF Champions League	Second round
CAF Confederation Cup	Second Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Billel Dziri (11); All: Billel Dziri (11)
Highest home attendance	100,000 vs. MC Alger (23 october 2004)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

In the 2004–05 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 25th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They were competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

Players

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
24	GK	Farid Belmellat	(1970-10-18) 18 October 1970 (age 54)	JSM Béjaïa
25	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27) 27 March 1981 (age 43)	USM El Harrach
27	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	(1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 (age 39)	Youth system
Defenders
4	RB	Salim Aribi	(1974-12-16) 16 December 1974 (age 49)	CA Batna
29	RB	Abdelkader Besseghir	(1978-03-05) 5 March 1978 (age 46)	GC Mascara
-	RB	Zineddine Mekkaoui	(1987-01-10) 10 January 1987 (age 37)	Youth system
17	RB	Moulay Haddou	(1975-06-14) 14 June 1975 (age 49)	MC Oran
5	RB	Mounir Zeghdoud	(1970-11-18) 18 November 1970 (age 54)	USM Aïn Beïda
20	RB	Mahieddine Meftah	(1968-09-25) 25 September 1968 (age 56)	JS Kabylie
2	RB	Mohamed Hamdoud	(1976-06-09) 9 June 1976 (age 48)	Youth system
18	RB	Rabah Deghmani	(1975-10-05) 5 October 1975 (age 49)	IB Khémis El Khechna
12	RB	Youcef Siahi	(1984-10-03) 3 October 1984 (age 40)	Youth system
Midfielders
6	CM	Farid Djahnine	(1976-08-16) 16 August 1976 (age 48)	Youth system
7	CM	Amar Ammour	(1976-09-10) 10 September 1976 (age 48)	ASM Oran
8	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21) 21 January 1972 (age 52)	CS Sedan Ardennes
10	CM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27) 27 April 1979 (age 45)	Youth system
-	CM	Hocine Metref	(1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40)	Youth system
28	CM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06) 6 January 1979 (age 45)	Espérance de Tunis
Forwards
31	RW	Michael Eneramo	(1986-11-26) 26 November 1986 (age 38)	Espérance de Tunis
19	RW	Rabie Benchergui	(1978-03-14) 14 March 1978 (age 46)	ASM Oran
14	RW	Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	(1984-04-15) 15 April 1984 (age 40)	Youth system
-	RW	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23) 23 March 1974 (age 50)	ES Sétif
-	RW	Rafik Deghiche	(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 41)	Youth system
23	RW	Mamadou Diallo	(1982-04-17) 17 April 1982 (age 42)	JS Centre Salif Keita
9	RW	Mintou Doucoure	(1982-07-19) 19 July 1982 (age 42)	JS Centre Salif Keita

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	30	21	4	5	55	27	+28	070.00
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Champions League	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	050.00
Confederation Cup	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total	37	23	7	7	66	33	+33	062.16

Ligue 1

League table

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	21	4	5	54	26	+28	67	12	1	2	31	12	+19	9	3	3	23	14	+9

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Matches

20 August 2004 Round 1	USM Alger	3 – 0	US Chaouia	Algiers
	Balbone 44' Dziri 63', 92'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Mehidi, Ouadah, Deffar

26 August 2004 Round 2	CS Constantine	1 – 3	USM Alger	Constantine
	Chouieb 73'	Report	63', 92' Bourahli 62' Medjoudj	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Benaïssa, Belebsir, Chaker

9 September 2004 Round 3	USM Alger	2 – 0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Algiers
	Diallo 38' Belkheïr 62'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Belkacem, Ighir, Chibane

16 September 2004 Round 4	JS Kabylie	2 – 1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	Endzanga 17' Berguiga 56'	Report	92' Besseghir	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Djabellah, Belkhir, Benchia, Belaïd

20 September 2004 Round 5	USM Alger	2 – 2	USM Annaba	Algiers
	Diallo 50' Heddou 52'	Report	41' Hamadou 51' El Hadi	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Benouza, Kaïd, Mektous

30 September 2004 Round 6	WA Tlemcen	0 – 1	USM Alger	Tlemcen
		Report	32' Diallo	Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Zerga Attendance: 9.000 Referee: Boumaâza, Feddaoui, Salhi

13 October 2004 Round 7	USM Alger	0 – 1	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
		Report	71' Rouaighia	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Belahcen, Garoui, Chouih

23 October 2004 Round 8	MC Alger	1 – 2	USM Alger	Algiers
	Daham 7'	Report	11' Diallo 26' Achiou	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 100.000 Referee: Berber, Djezzar, Talbi

28 October 2004 Round 9	USM Alger	1 – 0	GC Mascara	Algiers
	Metref 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Ferradi, Sedrati, Seghiri

4 November 2004 Round 10	ES Sétif	1 – 2	USM Alger	Sétif
	Fellahi 85'	Report	70' Achiou 88' Dziri	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mansouri, Bechirane, Bouanani

14 November 2004 Round 11	USM Alger	1 – 0	ASO Chlef	Algiers
	Belkheir 93'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Khlifi, Sedrate, Belakhal

18 November 2004 Round 12	USM Blida	0 – 2	USM Alger	Blida
		Report	9', 72' Dziri	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Djaballah, Belkheir, Benchaïb

2 December 2004 Round 13	USM Alger	1 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Hamdoud 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Kestali, Bechaïr, Semara

9 December 2004 Round 14	USM Alger	2 – 1	MC Oran	Algiers
	Ammour 7' Metref 44'	Report	19' Daoud	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Boumaâza, Salhi, Bouzini

16 December 2004 Round 15	OMR El Annasser	1 – 3	USM Alger	Boufarik
	Haddouche 62'	Report	Benchergui 17', 24' Dziri 78'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Belkacem, Deffar, Ouadah

13 January 2005 Round 16	US Chaouia	0 – 0	USM Alger	Oum El Bouaghi
		Report		Stadium: Stade Zerdani-Hsouma Referee: Gaïd, Meknous

8 January 2005 Round 17	USM Alger	3 – 0	CS Constantine	Algiers
	Hamdoud 14' (pen.) Belkheir 58' Dziri 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Kestali, Bechari, Samara

31 January 2005 Round 18	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	3 – 0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Derbal 19', 62' Nankop 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boumaaza, Salhi, Bouziane

10 February 2005 Round 19	USM Alger	2 – 1	JS Kabylie	Algiers
	Djahnine 13' Eneramo 42'	Report	74' (pen.) Belkaïd	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Benouza, Meknous, Kaïd

17 February 2005 Round 20	USM Annaba	1 – 1	USM Alger	Annaba
	Bensaïd 45'	Report	52' Djahnine	Stadium: Stade Abdelkader Chabou Referee: Haïmoudi, Kerraï, Omari

24 February 2005 Round 21	USM Alger	2 – 1	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
	Dziri 13' Hamdoud 81' (pen.)	Report	35' Hachemi	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Khelifi, Belbcir, Benkahla

10 March 2005 Round 22	CR Belouizdad	0 – 3	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report	42' Haddou 60' Eneramo 90' Ghazi	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Zekrini, Berrahmoune, Djezzar

31 March 2005 Round 23	USM Alger	1 – 2	MC Alger	Algiers
	Dziri 9'	Report	26', 61' Daham	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Kestali, Bechraïr, Smara

14 April 2005 Round 24	GC Mascara	1 – 1	USM Alger	Mascara
	Saihi 84'	Report	73' Eneramo	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Africaine Referee: Djarbouaâ, Chaoui, Rebaï

18 April 2005 Round 25	USM Alger	3 – 2	ES Sétif	Algiers
	Benchergui 15', 68' Ghazi 45'	Report	46', 90' Sessay	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 Referee: Abed, Ouadeh, Haïmoudi

16 May 2005 Round 26	ASO Chlef	1 – 2	USM Alger	Chlef
	N'diaye 20'	Report	29' Benchergui 90' Metref	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Aouiti, Bouziani, Kaddaoui

26 May 2005 Round 27	USM Alger	4 – 1	USM Blida	Algiers
	Dziri 30', 90' Doucouré 45' Haddou 57'	Report	65' Zmit	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Ferradi, Sedrati, Benlakhal

2 June 2005 Round 28	NA Hussein Dey	1 – 2	USM Alger	Algiers
	Gana 61'	Report	39' Khemissa 77' Benchergui	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Kacemi, Hanifi, Kebaïli

9 June 2005 Round 29	MC Oran	2 – 1	USM Alger	Oran
	Benzerga 30', 42' (pen.)	Report	80' Khemissa	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee: Abdesamed, Mezroua, Ourari

13 June 2005 Round 30	USM Alger	4 – 1	OMR El Annasser	Algiers
	Eneramo 21', 35', 39', 63'	Report	39' Hemani	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Benaissa, Djezzar, Chettih

Algerian Cup

3 January 2005 Round of 64	MC Oran	1 – 0	USM Alger	Chlef
	Benzerga 22' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Benaïssa, Bencheikh, Bourouis

Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Espérance	12	6	4	0	2	12	7	5
Jeanne d'Arc	11	6	3	2	1	8	9	-1
USM Alger	7	6	2	1	3	8	8	0
Supersport United	4	6	1	1	4	5	9	-4

11 July 2004 Round 1	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	2 – 1	USM Alger	Dakar
	Makhete N'Diaye 30' Lamine Diarra 80'	Report	73' Mamadou Diallo 41' Salim Aribi	Stadium: Stade Demba Diop Referee: Evene Divine Raphael

23 July 2004 Round 2	USM Alger	2 – 1	Supersport United	Algiers
	Mamadou Diallo 34', 90+4'	Report	84' Abram Raselemane 45' Tsweu Mokoro	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz

6 August 2004 Round 3	Espérance de Tunis	2 – 1	USM Alger	Tunis
	Ali Zitouni 23', 67'	Report	57' Billel Dziri	Stadium: Stade El Menzah Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf

10 September 2004 Round 4	USM Alger	3 – 0	Espérance de Tunis	Algiers
	Issaad Bourahli 15', 55' Mamadou Diallo 50'	Report	45' Khaled Badra	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi

25 September 2004 Round 5	USM Alger	1 – 1	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	Blida
	Mamadou Diallo 72' Mahieddine Meftah 81'	Report	14' Dame N'Doye 82' Pape Niokhor Fall	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Coffi Codjia

17 October 2004 Round 6	Supersport United	2 – 0	USM Alger	Pretoria
	Tsweu Mokoro 77' Sibusiso Mahlangu 86'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Champions League

First round

March 2005 first leg	Olympic Azzaweya	0 – 2	USM Alger	Zawiya
		Report	54', 60' Ammour	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee:

March 2005 Second leg	USM Alger	5 – 0	Olympic Azzaweya	Algiers
	Doucoure 8', 38' Belkheïr 85', 90' Eneramo 69'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee:

Second Round

April 2005 first leg	USM Alger	0 – 1	Al Ahly SC	Algiers
		Report	6' Barakat	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee:

April 2005 Second leg	Al Ahly SC	2 – 2	USM Alger	Cairo
	El Nahas 45' Meteib 55'	Report	41' Achiou 96' (pen.) Hamdoud	Stadium: Arab Contractors Stadium Referee:

CAF Confederation Cup

Second Round of 16

May 2005 first leg	USM Alger	1 – 1	AS Marsa	Algiers
	Achiou 90'	Report	39' El Hirèch	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee:

May 2005 Second leg	AS Marsa	1 – 1 (5 - 4 p)	USM Alger	La Marsa
	Hireche 70'	Report	45' Doucouré	Stadium: Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui Referee:

Squad information

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	CAF Champions League	CAF Confederation Cup	TOTAL
8	Billel Dziri	MF	11	0	0	11
31	Michael Eneramo	FW	7	1	0	8
19	Rabie Benchergui	FW	7	0	0	7
2	Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	4	1	0	5
23	Mamadou Diallo	FW	4	0	0	4
14	Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	FW	2	2	0	4
17	Moulay Haddou	DF	3	0	0	3
-	Hocine Metref	MF	3	0	0	3
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	2	0	1	3
9	Mintou Doucoure	FW	1	1	1	3
7	Amar Ammour	MF	1	2	0	3
6	Farid Djahnine	MF	2	0	0	2
-	Mohamed Samir Khemissa	FW	2	0	0	2
29	Abdelkader Besseghir	DF	1	0	0	1
-	Hamidou Balbone	FW	1	0	0	1
-	Karim Ghazi	MF	1	0	0	1
-	Nacer M'ed Medjoudj	FW	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			55	9	2	66

References

External links

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