2008–09 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2008–09 season
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Ali Fergani; Mustapha Aksouh; Oscar Fulloné
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
Ligue 1	6th
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Arab Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Rial (7); All: Amar Ammour; Ali Rial (8)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

In the 2008–09 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 29th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Arab Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

Players

Squad No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
27	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27) 27 March 1981 (age 43)	MC Alger
24	GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	(1982-02-10) 10 February 1982 (age 42)	USM El Harrach
1	GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	(1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 (age 39)	Youth system
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	(1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36)	Youth system
Defenders
12	RB	Mohamed Amine Saidoune	(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35)	Youth system
3	RB	Akram Benaoumeur	(1981-07-24) 24 July 1981 (age 43)	OM Arzew
25	RB	Nacerdine Bensaci	(1985-05-13) 13 May 1985 (age 39)	MO Constantine
26	RB	Sofiane Harkat	(1984-01-26) 26 January 1984 (age 40)	JS Kabylie
3	RB	Mohamed Amine Zidane	(1983-10-05) 5 October 1983 (age 41)	MC Oran
2	RB	Larbi Hosni	(1981-02-11) 11 February 1981 (age 43)	MC Alger
4	RB	Ali Rial	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 (age 44)	NARB Réghaïa
14	RB	Zineddine Mekkaoui	(1987-01-10) 10 January 1987 (age 37)	Youth system
20	RB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)	US Biskra
13	RB	Daniel Moncharé	(1982-01-24) 24 January 1982 (age 42)	Cotonsport Garoua
Midfielders
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
28	CM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06) 6 January 1979 (age 45)	Espérance de Tunis
30	CM	Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia	(1987-04-13) 13 April 1987 (age 37)	Youth system
11	CM	Saïd Sayah	(1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 (age 35)	Youth system
15	CM	Mohamed Billel	(1988-08-23) 23 August 1988 (age 36)	Youth system
17	CM	Moké Diarra	(1983-11-12) 12 November 1983 (age 41)	FC Gueugnon
23	CM	Abdessamad Habbache	(1989-02-16) 16 February 1989 (age 35)	Youth system
32	CM	Anderson Fernández Isea	(1982-01-01) 1 January 1982 (age 43)	WA Casablanca
21	CM	Abdelkrim Oudni	(1982-08-11) 11 August 1982 (age 42)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
Forwards
28	RW	Ghiles Benchaàbane	(1989-09-13) 13 September 1989 (age 35)	Youth system
7	RW	Nouri Ouznadji	(1984-12-30) 30 December 1984 (age 40)	JS Kabylie
19	RW	Mouaouia Meklouche	(1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 34)	Youth system
23	RW	Cheikh Hamidi	(1983-04-06) 6 April 1983 (age 41)	USM Annaba
-	RW	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23) 23 March 1974 (age 50)	ES Sétif

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	32	13	9	10	38	31	+7	040.63
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Arab Champions League	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	025.00
Total	37	14	9	14	45	43	+2	037.84

Ligue 1

League table

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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
32	13	9	10	38	31	+7	48	11	4	1	26	10	+16	2	5	9	12	21	−9

Last updated: 28 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Matches

7 August 2008 Round 1	USM Alger	3 – 1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
	Ammour 17' Oudni 45' Deghiche 83'	Report	53' Hachoud	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Benouza, Meknous, Ouadah

11 August 2008 Round 2	USM Alger	0 – 0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
		Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Khélifi, Saadi, Zellagui

25 August 2008 Round 3	CR Belouizdad	1 – 1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Bousehaba 12'	Report	15' Rial	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boumaza, Feddaoui, Saadi

29 August 2008 Round 4	USM Alger	1 – 0	MSP Batna	Bologhine
	Mecheri 62'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Djabballah, Etchialli, Belkhier

11 September 2008 Round 5	ES Sétif	1 – 1	USM Alger	Sétif
	Hemani 13'	Report	27' Rial	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Abed, Guerroudj, Hedia

18 September 2008 Round 6	USM Alger	1 – 0	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Dziri 86'	[ Report]		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

17 October 2008 Round 9	USM Alger	1 – 1	USM El Harrach	Bologhine
	Boussefiane 20'	Report	14' Saïbi	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Benouza, Meknous, Graidi

23 October 2008 Round 10	MC El Eulma	0 – 0	USM Alger	El Eulma
		Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Djabalah, Etchiali, Bechirene

3 November 2008 Round 11	USM Alger	1 – 1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
	Boussefiane 25'	Report	70' Chehloul	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Benaissa, Sedrati, Chaabane

14 November 2008 Round 13	USM Alger	3 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
	Dziri 24' Ammour 77', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Bicahari, Tahir, Talbi

1 December 2008 Round 8	MC Alger	0 – 0	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Haïmoudi, Belkheir, Bouhassoun

5 December 2008 Round 7	USM Alger	0 – 2	RC Kouba	Bologhine
		Report	79', 90' (pen.) Yahia-Chérif	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 Referee: Belkacem, Deffar, Archaoui

22 December 2008 Round 12	AS Khroub	3 – 1	USM Alger	El Khroub
		Report	Ammour 42'	Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani

2 January 2009 Round 14	MC Saïda	1 – 0	USM Alger	Saïda
	Dampha 10'	Report		Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958 Referee: Abid Charef, Bougherara, Zellagui

29 January 2009 Round 15	USM Alger	2 – 1	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
	Bourahli 9', 19'	Report	55' N'djeng	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Benaissa, Bourouis, Chenoua

2 February 2009 Round 16	USM Annaba	1 – 0	USM Alger	Annaba
	Frioua 26'	Report		Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Abed, Guerroudj, Hedia

12 February 2009 Round 17	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1 – 0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Issamba 73'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mehidi, Becheriane, Nasri

19 February 2009 Round 18	JS Kabylie	0 – 0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
		Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre Referee: Benouza, Meknous, Ouadah

26 February 2009 Round 19	USM Alger	2 – 1	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Hamidi 18' Anderson Isea 86'	Report	25' Nébié	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Bichari, Tahir, Omari

2 March 2009 Round 20	MSP Batna	2 – 1	USM Alger	Batna
	Braham Chaouch 65' Reziouak 78'	Report	79' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Benbaka, Chaâbane, Saâdi

6 March 2009 Round 21	USM Alger	1 – 0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Ammour 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Haïmoudi, Etchiali, Bechirane

12 March 2009 Round 22	RC Kouba	2 – 4	USM Alger	Kouba
	Amrane 13' Yahia Cherif 45'	Report	30' Bourahli 70' Rial 71' (o.g.) Khellaf 75' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Amalou, Korichi, Boulekrinet

19 March 2009 Round 24	USM Alger	3 – 0	MC Alger	Bologhine
	Dziri 49' Hamidi 57', 65'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 Referee: Heddada, Belagoune, Azrine

23 March 2009 Round 23	USM Blida	2 – 0	USM Alger	Blida
		[ Report]		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker

30 March 2009 Round 25	USM El Harrach	3 – 1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Bourekba 5', 70' Souakir 30'	Report	90' Khoualed	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 0 Referee: Benaïssa, Bourouis, Chnaoua

2 April 2009 Round 26	USM Alger	3 – 3	MC El Eulma	Bologhine
	Dziri 6' Ouznadji 63' (pen.) Ammour 90'	Report	1' Gasmi 45' Karaoui 85' Mongolo	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Benouza, Oumari, Belfekroun

13 April 2009 Round 27	ASO Chlef	2 – 1	USM Alger	Chlef
	Messaoud 12', 59' (pen.)	Report	84' Hamidi	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Ouhenni, Kerraï, Bechirene

23 April 2009 Round 28	USM Alger	3 – 0	AS Khroub	Bologhine
	Bourahli 42', 82' Rial 52'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Ferradi, Djahnine, Chaoui

30 April 2009 Round 29	NA Hussein Dey	2 – 1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Gana 34' (pen.) Hadiouche 45'	Report	51' Rial	Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Referee: Debbichi, Tahir, Azrine

7 May 2009 Round 30	USM Alger	1 – 0	MC Saïda	Bologhine
	Rial 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Djerboua, Djaafar, Amghar

14 May 2009 Round 31	JSM Béjaïa	0 – 1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report	1' Rial	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Achouri, Chabane, Amri

28 May 2009 Round 32	USM Alger	1 – 0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Benchaâbane 17'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Aouiti, Merabet, Zid

Algerian Cup

15 January 2009 Round of 64	USM Alger	1 – 2	Paradou AC	Kouba
14h00	Ammour 90'	Report	9' Maïdi 106' (o.g.) Moncharé	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Haddada, Belagoun, Yahi

Champions League

Round 32

28 October 2008 first leg	USM Alger	3 – 0	Al-Wahda Mecca	Stade Omar Hammadi
16h00	Ammour 62' Rial 65' Machri 77'	Report		Stadium: Algiers

25 November 2008 Second leg	Al-Wahda Mecca	3 – 1	USM Alger	Mecca
18h00		Report	48' Dziri	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

Round 16

16 December 2008 first leg	Ismaily SC	3 – 1	USM Alger	Ismailia
16h00		Report	Dziri 31'	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium

28 December 2008 Second leg	USM Alger	1 – 4	Ismaily SC	Stade Omar Hammadi
16h00	Bourahli 59'	Report		Stadium: Algiers

Squad information

Goalscorers

References

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