2004–05 USM Alger season

USM Alger

2004–05 season
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Noureddine Saâdi (from 1 July 2004) (until January 2005) Djamel Menad (from January 2005) (until April 2005) Mustapha Aksouh (caretaker) (from April 2005)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
National 1	Winner
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Champions League	Second round
Confederation Cup	Second Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Billel Dziri (11 goals) All: Billel Dziri (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	100,000 vs. MC Alger (23 october 2004)

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

Last updated on 18 November 2016

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

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	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

Main article: 2004–05 Algerian Championnat National

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

Matches

USM Alger v US Chaouia

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

CS Constantine v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

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

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v USM Annaba

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

WA Tlemcen v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

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

MC Alger v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v GC Mascara

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

ES Sétif v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

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

USM Blida v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

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

USM Alger v MC Oran

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

OMR El Annasser v USM Alger

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

US Chaouia v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v CS Constantine

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

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

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

USM Annaba v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v WA Tlemcen

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

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v MC Alger

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

GC Mascara v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v ES Sétif

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

ASO Chlef v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v USM Blida

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

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

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

MC Oran v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v OMR El Annasser

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

Main article: 2004–05 Algerian Cup

MC Oran v USM Alger

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

Main article: 2004 CAF 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

ASC Jeanne d'Arc v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v Supersport United

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

Espérance de Tunis v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v Espérance de Tunis

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: 25.000 Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi

USM Alger v ASC Jeanne d'Arc

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

Supersport United v USM Alger

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

Main article: 2005 CAF Champions League

First round

Olympic Azzaweya v USM Alger

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

USM Alger v Olympic Azzaweya

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

USM Alger v Al Ahly SC

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

Al Ahly SC v USM Alger

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

Main article: 2005 CAF Confederation Cup

Second Round of 16

USM Alger v AS Marsa

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

AS Marsa v USM Alger

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

Playing statistics

As of 31 June 2005

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				CAF Champions League				CAF Confederation Cup				Total
			GS				GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
24		Farid Belmellat	3								1				1				5
25		Merouane Abdouni	23		1		1		1		9				1				33		2
27		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	4		1														4		1
Defenders
2		Mohamed Hamdoud	25	3	5	1	1		1		9	1	1		1				36	4	7	1
3		Tarek Ghoul	1								1								2
4		Salim Aribi	9		3		1				2			1					12		3	1
5		Mounir Zeghdoud	22		4		1				10				2		1		35		5
12		Youcef Siahi	2		1														2		1
17		Moulay Haddou	28	3	1		1				10				2				41	3	1
18		Rabah Deghmani	21		3						6		1		1				28		4
20		Mahieddine Meftah	22		9	1					7		2	1	2				31		11	1
29		Abdelkader Besseghir	19	1			1				4								24	1
		Mohamed Belhadi	2																2
		Hamraoui	1																1
		Karim Achiou	1																1
		Zineddine Mekkaoui	1																1
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	20	2	3		1				9		2		2				32	2	5
7		Amar Ammour	19	1			1				7	2							27	3
8		Billel Dziri	24	11	5		1				8	1	2		2				35	12	7
9		Karim Ghazi	12	2	2						4		1		1		1		17	2	4
10		Hocine Achiou	18	2	6	1	1		1		10	1	1		2	1		1	31	3	8	2
13		Mohamed Samir Khemissa	2	2	1														2	2	1
16		Lahcène Nazef									1								1
22		Hamidou Balbone	7	1	1						3								10	1	1
26		Hocine Metref	26	3	2		1				6				2		1		35	3	3
Forwards
9		Mintou Doucoure	13	1							3	2			2	1			18	4
11		Issaad Bourahli	13	2	1		1				4	2							18	4	1
14		Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	17	3	1		1				3	2			1				24	5	1
15		Karim Ali Hadji	10		1						1								11		1
19		Rabie Benchergui	11	6	3		1				4				1				17	6	3
23		Mamadou Diallo	10	4	3						6	5							16	10	3
31		Michael Eneramo	11	7	5	1					4	1			1			1	16	8	5	2
		Ali Lamine Kab	1																1
		Rafik Deghiche	2								1								3
Own goals				1				0				0				0				1
Totals				54	62	4		0	3	0		17	10	2		2	3	2		73	78	8

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	CAF Champions League	CAF Confederation Cup	TOTAL
8		Billel Dziri	MF	11	0	0	0	11
31		Michael Eneramo	FW	7	0	1	0	8
19		Rabie Benchergui	FW	7	0	0	0	7
2		Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	4	0	1	0	5
23		Mamadou Diallo	FW	4	0	0	0	4
14		Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	FW	2	0	2	0	4
17		Moulay Haddou	DF	3	0	0	0	3
-		Hocine Metref	MF	3	0	0	0	3
10		Hocine Achiou	MF	2	0	0	1	3
9		Mintou Doucoure	FW	1	0	1	1	3
7		Amar Ammour	MF	1	0	2	0	3
6		Farid Djahnine	MF	2	0	0	0	2
-		Mohamed Samir Khemissa	FW	2	0	0	0	2
29		Abdelkader Besseghir	DF	1	0	0	0	1
-		Hamidou Balbone	FW	1	0	0	0	1
-		Karim Ghazi	MF	1	0	0	0	1
-		Nacer M'ed Medjoudj	FW	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0	0	0
Totals				55	0	9	2	66

References

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