2016–17 USM Alger season

USM Alger
2016–17 season
Chairman	Ali Haddad
Head coach	Miloud Hamdi; (until 5 June 2016); Adel Amrouche; (from 27 June 2016); (until 17 August 2016); Jean-Michel Cavalli; (from 17 August 2016); (until 30 October 2016); Paul Put; (from 30 October 2016)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Champions League	First round
Super Cup	Winners
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 37th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup. USM Alger will enter the 2016-2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015-2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until his left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June.^[1] but before the start of the season three days to resign was replace by French manager Cavalli^[2] Then it was sacked because of poor results and replace by Belgian Paul Put.^[3]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will be against CFA training of US Granville, scheduled for July 22 in Granville.^[4]

of Algerian Champion for the seventh time last season, it's a USM Alger "new look" who will defend his title. If frameworks like Khoualed, Meftah, Koudri, Zemmamouche, Benmoussa and Chafaï are still at the club, the club management decided to overhaul the team, starting with the coaching staff. Indeed, the Belgian-Algerian Adel Amrouche, former coach of Kenya, Burundi and Equatorial Guinea, replaced Hamdi.

At the level of the players, the club recorded the arrival of several players like Amir Sayoud (DRB Tadjenanet), Raouf Benguit (Paradou AC), Ziri Hammar (JS Saoura), Mohamed Benyahia (MC Oran), Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger), Abel Khaled and Ghislain Guessan (RC Arbaâ). This bloated recruitment is partly fill the departures of Zinedine Ferhat, best assist last season, Brahim Boudebouda, Hocine El Orfi and Mohamed Seguer, The club has also signed several players of the national selection of age 20, recently trained by Mohamed Mekhazni, back to the club. Two of these young people have made the trip to France, he is Ilyes Yaiche and Ibrahim Farhi.

First friendly match was against Stade brestois 29 and ended with a draw 1-1 ^[5] goal scored by Union new player Bouderbal, three days later the team played the most important meeting against Stade Rennais ^[6] from Ligue 1 and ended with the victory of the Algerian international guys Zeffane 1-0 Then, in the third meeting against the reserve team of the Stade Rennais achieved the first victory in the preparation matches by 4-0 ^[7] Recording from Guessan two goals, Beldjilali goal by Penalty and finally the young Bengruina last goal, After the piece ran the team last friendly against US Granville ended with a draw 0-0 back to the team immediately after the end of the games to Algeria, Preparations were good where he discovered supporter several skilful players of the most prominent neo Bellahcene, Benyahia and Hammar in addition to the player the team youth Bengruina.

After the end of the first internship in France successfully USM Alger delegation returned to Algeria and Players he got four days rest before traveling to Tunisia, Sousse to fight a second internship between 27 July and 7 August ^[8] punctuated by three friendly matches against clubs Tunisian.^[9]

13 July 2016 Friendly	Stade brestois 29	1-1	USM Alger	Ploudalmézeau
18:30 UTC+2	Magnon 46'	Report Live TV: None	21' Bouderbal	Stadium: Municipal Ploudalmézeau Attendance: 1.500

16 July 2016 Friendly	Stade Rennais	1-0	USM Alger	Dinard
18:00 UTC+2	Gnagnon 66'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Paul Audrin Attendance: 1.315 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

20 July 2016 Friendly	Stade Rennais res	0-4	USM Alger	Brittany
18:00 UTC+2		Report Live TV: None	7', 50' Guessan 81' (pen.) Beldjilali 88' Bengruina	Stadium: Centre Henri Guerin Attendance: 200 Referee: Benoît Millot

22 July 2016 Friendly	US Granville	0-0	USM Alger	Granville
14:00 UTC+2		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Louis Dior Attendance: 50

30 July 2016 Friendly	Club Africain	0-1	USM Alger	Mutuelleville
17:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None	44' Andria	Stadium: Stade Chedli Zouiten Attendance: 100

4 August 2016 Friendly	CS Sfaxien	0-2	USM Alger	Sousse
17:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None	25' Chafaï 54' Sayoud

12 August 2016 Friendly	USM Alger	0-0	Paradou AC
16:00 UTC+1		Report Live TV: None

Mid-season

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	13	7	2	4	20	12	+8	053.85
Algerian Cup	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Algerian Super Cup	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	15	9	2	4	24	12	+12	060.00

Competition	Start round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	—		19 August 2016	May 2017
Algerian Cup	Round of 64		24 November 2016	2017
Algerian Super Cup	Final	Winners	1 November 2016
CAF Champions League	First round		2017	2017

Ligue 1

League table

Template:2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 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
13	7	2	4	20	12	+8	23	6	0	1	16	6	+10	1	2	3	4	6	−2

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Matches

Win Draw Loss

19 August 2016 Round 1	USM Alger	2–0	MO Béjaïa	Bologhine
19:15	Darfalou 44' Meftah 78' (pen.)	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	60' Yesli 77' Baouali	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

27 August 2016 Round 2	USM Alger	6–0	RC Relizane	Bologhine
19:00	Bentoucha 6' (o.g.) Meftah 24' (pen.) Guessan 41' Benkhemassa 45' Andria 71' Benguit 79' Darfalou 88'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	23' Chahloul	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Said Aouina

9 September 2016 Round 3	DRB Tadjenanet	0–0	USM Alger	Tadjenanet
17:00		Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	37' Khoualed 56' Benkhemassa	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

17 September 2016 Round 4	USM Alger	1–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
19:00	Meziane 51' Khoualed 57' Benyahia 61'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	77' Sameur	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

24 September 2016 Round 5	CR Belouizdad	0–1	USM Alger	Algiers
17:45	Tarikat 81' Feham 90+2'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3	12' Meziane 62' Benguit 90+4' Bouderbal	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

1 October 2016 Round 6	USM Alger	3–2	Olympique de Médéa	Bologhine
17:00	Meziane 5' Chafaï 9' Meftah 41' (pen.) 66' Benmoussa 49' Benkhemassa 72' Zemmamouche 89' Guessan 93'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Canal Algérie	39' Saadou 46' Banouh 58' Gharbi 66' Bouchiba 70' Zeroual	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Farouk Mial

13 October 2016 Round 7	MC Alger	2–1	USM Alger	Blida
19:00	Zerdab 38', 77' (pen.) Demmou 50'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	17' Koudri 87' Guessan	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

22 October 2016 Round 8	USM Alger	2–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:00	Guessan 31' Andria 57' Meftah 81' (pen.)	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	52' Raiah 76' Ziaya 90+3' Rial	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Redouane Necib

27 October 2016 Round 9	CA Batna	2–1	USM Alger	Batna
15:00	Meftah 20' (o.g.) Selmi 43' Hadj Aïssa 62'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: None	42' Benkhemassa 71' Chafaï 90' Benyahia	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Sefouhi Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

5 November 2016 Round 10	USM Alger	0–2	USM El Harrach	Algiers
16:00	Bellahcene 45'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: Algérie 3	38' Mellal 62' Belarbi 90+5' Younes	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Merzak Halalchi

11 November 2016 Round 11	MC Oran	0–0	USM Alger	Oran
16:00	Heriat 21' Sebbah 90+2'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3	21' Guessan 73' Abdellaoui 90' Meftah	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

17 November 2016 Round 12	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
17:00	Benyahia 44' Guessan 54', 70' 54' Benkhemassa 57' Koudri 64' Chafaï 87'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie / beIN Sports	58' Ardji 80' El Orfi	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

1 December 2016 Round 13	USM Bel-Abbès	2–1	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh 7' Kourbia 33' Zenasni 53' 57' Yaghni 70'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie	72' Guessan 90' Benkhemassa 90' Andria	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

2016 Round 14	USM Alger	–	ES Sétif	Bologhine
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi

2016 Round 15	JS Saoura	–	USM Alger	Béchar
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

2017 Round 16	MO Béjaïa	–	USM Alger	Béjaïa
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine

2017 Round 17	RC Relizane	–	USM Alger	Relizane
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari

2017 Round 18	USM Alger	–	DRB Tadjenanet	Bologhine
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi

2017 Round 19	CS Constantine	–	USM Alger	Constantine
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui

2017 Round 20	USM Alger	–	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962

2017 Round 21	Olympique de Médéa	–	USM Alger	Médéa
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa

2017 Round 22	USM Alger	–	MC Alger	Algiers
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962

2017 Round 23	JS Kabylie	–	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: [[]]

2017 Round 24	USM Alger	–	CA Batna	Bologhine
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi

2017 Round 25	USM El Harrach	–	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962

2017 Round 26	USM Alger	–	MC Oran	Bologhine
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi

2017 Round 27	NA Hussein Dey	–	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962

2017 Round 28	USM Alger	–	USM Bel-Abbès	Bologhine
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi

2017 Round 29	ES Sétif	–	USM Alger	Sétif
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945

2017 Round 30	USM Alger	–	JS Saoura	Bologhine
16:00		Soccerway report [ DZfoot report]		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi

Algerian Super Cup

Win Draw Loss

1 November 2016	USM Alger	2–0	MC Alger	Blida
17:45	Benkhemassa 38' Abdellaoui 43' Chafaï 61' Meftah 77' (pen.)	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / beIN Sports / Al-Kass Sports	40' Mebarakou 44' 64' Boudebouda 75' Chaâl 80' Hachoud	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

Algerian Cup

Win Draw Loss

24 November 2016 Round of 64	USM Alger	2–0	NT Souf	Bologhine
17:00	Sayoud 43' 71' Guessan 78'	Soccerway report DZfoot report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	52' Bitel	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Azzaz, Benaceur, Djafi

Champions League

Win Draw Loss

First round

March 2017 first leg		–
00:00 UTC+1		[ Report]		Referee: ()

March 2017 Second leg		–
00:00 UTC+1		[ Report]		Referee: ()

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 1 December 2016^[update]

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				Algerian Super Cup				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	12		1										1
16		Ismaïl Mansouri	1
30		Mourad Berrefane					1
Defenders
3		Ayoub Abdellaoui	8		1		1								1		1
5		Mohamed Benyahia	11	1	2		1								1
6		Farouk Chafaï	8	1	2										1	1
20		Nacereddine Khoualed	8		2										1
21		Toufik Zeghdane
25		Mokhtar Benmoussa	13		1		1								1
30		Mohamed Meftah	13	4	2		1								1	1
31		Raouf Benguit	11		2		1
Midfielders
7		Rafik Bouderbal	10		1		1								1
8		Kaddour Beldjilali	11				1
10		Amir Sayoud	10				1	1	1
15		Ziri Hammar	2
19		Abel Khaled
23		Hamza Koudri	8		2		1								1
24		Mohammed Benkhemassa	12	1	5		1								1		1
26		Reda Bellahcene	2		1										1
41		Ilyes Yaiche	3
Forwards
9		Carolus Andriamatsinoro	8	2	1		1								1
11		Abderrahmane Meziane	11	3			1								1
13		Oussama Darfalou	6	2
29		Ghislain Guessan	13	5	4		1	1							1
Own goals				1				0				0				0				1
Totals				20	27	0		2	1	0		0	0	0		2	2	0		24	30	0

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Cup	Super Cup	TOTAL
29	Ghislain Guessan	FW	5	1	0	6
30	Mohamed Meftah	DF	4	0	1	5
11	Abderrahmane Meziane	FW	3	0	0	3
13	Oussama Darfalou	FW	2	0	0	2
6	Farouk Chafaï	DF	1	0	1	2
9	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	FW	2	0	0	2
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa	MF	1	0	0	1
5	Mohamed Benyahia	DF	1	0	0	1
10	Amir Sayoud	MF	0	1	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	0	1
Totals			20	2	2	24

Assists

No.	Pos	Player	Ligue 1	Cup	Super Cup	Total
25	DF	Mokhtar Benmoussa	3	1	1	5
30	DF	Mohamed Meftah	2	0	0	2
8	MF	Kaddour Beldjilali	2	0	0	2
29	FW	Ghislain Guessan	1	0	0	1
11	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	1	0	0	1
9	FW	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	1	0	0	1
Total			10	1	1	12

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
1 November 2016	Mohammed Benkhemassa	1
5 November 2016	Ziri Hammar	3	(vs. USM El Harrach)^[10]
17 November 2016	Farouk Chafaï	1
1 December 2016	Ghislain Guessan	1
1 December 2016	Ayoub Abdellaoui	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Pos	Name	L 1	AC	ASC	CL 1	Total
1	GK	Lamine Zemmamouche	6	–	1	–	7
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	–	–	–	–	–
30	GK	Mourad Berrefane	–	1	–	–	1
		TOTALS	6	1	1	–	8

As of 24 November 2016^[update]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 29 July 2016.^[11]^[12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	(1985-03-19) 19 March 1985 (age 39)	MC Alger	2012	2020	Originally from youth system
16	Ismaïl Mansouri	GK	(1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36)	MO Béjaïa Loan Return	2008	2019
30	Mourad Berrefane	GK	(1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 38)	MO Béjaïa	2014	2016
Defenders
3	Ayoub Abdellaoui	LB / CB	(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31)	Youth system	2011	2016
5	Mohamed Benyahia	CB / DM	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 31)	MC Oran	2016	2019	Second nationality: France
6	Farouk Chafaï	CB	(1990-06-23) 23 June 1990 (age 33)	Youth system	2010	2019
20	Nacereddine Khoualed (C)	CB	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)	US Biskra	2006	2018	Vice-captain
21	Toufik Zeghdane	RB	(1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 31)	MC Alger	2016	2019	Second nationality: France
25	Mokhtar Benmoussa	LB / LM	(1986-08-01) 1 August 1986 (age 37)	ES Sétif	2012	2019
30	Mohamed Meftah	LB	(1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 39)	JSM Béjaïa	2011	2020	Captain
31	Raouf Benguit	CB / DM	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28)	Paradou AC Loan	2016	2017
Midfielders
7	Rafik Bouderbal	AM / FW	(1987-09-19) 19 September 1987 (age 36)	AS Lyon-Duchère	2016	2018	Second nationality: France
8	Kaddour Beldjilali	AM / DM	(1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 35)	Étoile du Sahel	2014	2017
10	Amir Sayoud	AM	(1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 (age 33)	DRB Tadjenanet	2016	2020
15	Ziri Hammar	AM	(1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 31)	JS Saoura	2016	2020	Second nationality: France
19	Abel Khaled	AM	(1992-11-09) 9 November 1992 (age 31)	RC Arbaâ	2016	2018	Second nationality: France
23	Hamza Koudri	DM	(1987-12-15) 15 December 1987 (age 36)	MC Alger	2012	2020
24	Mohammed Benkhemassa	AM / DM	(1993-06-28) 28 June 1993 (age 30)	Youth system	2011	2018
26	Reda Bellahcene	DM	(1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31)	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	2016	2019	Second nationality: France
41	Ilyes Yaiche	AM / LM	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 26)	Youth system	2016	2020
Forwards
9	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	FW / ST	(1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 34)	Paradou AC	2012	2019	Second nationality: Algeria
11	Abderrahmane Meziane	ST	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 30)	RC Arbaâ Loan Return	2014	2021	Originally from youth system
13	Oussama Darfalou	ST / FW	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 30)	RC Arbaâ	2015	2018
29	Ghislain Guessan	FW	(1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 (age 31)	RC Arbaâ Loan	2016	2017	Second nationality: France

Transfers

In

USM Alger started their transfer business early, acquiring midfielder Amir Sayoud for a an undisclosed fee + Arslane Mazari and Djamel Chettal from DRB Tadjenanet on 9 June. USM Alger continued their recruitment in 11 June, signing young defender Raouf Benguit Loan from Paradou AC for a €50,000. 13 June, USM Alger confirmed their third summer signing in Reda Bellahcene, with the midfielder joining from FC Saint-Louis Neuweg for a free transfer. The club would later sign Ivorian prospect Ghislain Guessan, who joined the USM Alger team on a one-year deal from RC Arbaâ and also Abel Khaled from the same club. end of the season also saw the return of six players from the loan they Abderrahmane Meziane, Nazim Aklil, Abderrahmane Bourdim, Mohamed Taïb, Ibrahim Bekakchi and ivorian Manucho. in the month of July joined by four new players to the team they Rafik Bouderbal from AS Lyon-Duchère, Ziri Hammar from JS Saoura, Mohamed Benyahia from MC Oran and Toufik Zeghdane from MC Alger.

Summer

First Team
Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
9 June 2016	AM	Amir Sayoud	DRB Tadjenanet	Undisclosed + Arslane Mazari & Djamel Chettal	^[13]
11 June 2016	CB	Raouf Benguit	Paradou AC	Loan end of season + € 50,000	^[14]
13 June 2016	CB / DM	Reda Bellahcene	FC Saint-Louis Neuweg	Free transfer	^[15]
28 June 2016	FW	Ghislain Guessan	RC Arbaâ	Undisclosed	^[16]
30 June 2016	ST	Abderrahmane Meziane	RC Arbaâ	Loan Return	^[17]
30 June 2016	FW	Manucho	RC Relizane	Loan Return
30 June 2016	DF	Nazim Aklil	JSM Skikda	Loan Return
30 June 2016	MF	Abderrahmane Bourdim	RC Relizane	Loan Return
30 June 2016	MF	Mohamed Taïb	RC Arbaâ	Loan Return
30 June 2016	DF	Ibrahim Bekakchi	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Loan Return
1 July 2016	AM	Abel Khaled	RC Arbaâ	Undisclosed
1 July 2016	AM / FW	Rafik Bouderbal	AS Lyon-Duchère	Undisclosed
2 July 2016	AM	Ziri Hammar	JS Saoura	Undisclosed	^[18]
2 July 2016	DM	Mohamed Benyahia	MC Oran	Undisclosed	^[19]
4 July 2016	RB	Toufik Zeghdane	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[20]

Winter

Out

Summer

First Team
Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
8 June 2016	LB	Saadi Redouani	JS Kabylie	Free transfer (Released)	^[21]
8 June 2016	CB	Arslane Mazari	DRB Tadjenanet	As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer	^[22]
15 June 2016	AM	Djamel Chettal	DRB Tadjenanet	As a part of Amir Sayoud Transfer	^[23]
18 June 2016	AM	Mohamed Taïb	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	^[24]
19 June 2016	AM	Karim Baïteche	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)	^[25]
27 June 2016	RB / CB	Houcine Benayada	CS Constantine	Free transfer (Released)
30 June 2016	FW	Manucho	CS Constantine	Loan	^[26]
1 July 2016	MF	Nassim Bouchema	CR Belouizdad	End of contract	^[27]
1 July 2016	FW	Rachid Nadji	ES Sétif	End of contract	^[28]
1 July 2016	LB	Brahim Boudebouda	MC Alger	End of contract	^[29]
1 July 2016	FW	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	CS Constantine	End of contract	^[30]
1 July 2016	CM / LM / AM	Zinedine Ferhat	Le Havre AC	End of contract	^[31]
1 July 2016	DM	Hocine El Orfi	NA Hussein Dey	End of contract	^[32]
1 July 2016	FW	Mohamed Seguer	MC Alger	End of contract	^[33]
2 July 2016	AM / LM / RM	Abderrahmane Bourdim	JS Saoura	Free transfer	^[34]
4 July 2016	MF	Walid Ardji	NA Hussein Dey	Loan	^[35]

Winter

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
16	GK	Ismaïl Mansouri	2 years	2019	4 May 2016
33	FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	2 years	2019	31 May 2016	^[17]
30	LB	Mohamed Meftah	3 years	2020	7 June 2016
27	GK	Mourad Berrefane	2 years	2018	8 June 2016	^[36]
25	LB / LM	Mokhtar Benmoussa	3 years	2019	16 June 2016	^[37]
6	CB	Farouk Chafaï	3 years	2019	19 June 2016	^[38]
N/A	AM / LM / RM	Abderrahmane Bourdim	5 years	2021	19 June 2016	^[38]
23	DM	Hamza Koudri	3 years	2020	8 November 2016

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References

^ "Ligue 1 Mobilis: Adel Amrouche nouvel entraîneur de l'USM Alger". aps.dz. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ "Jean-Michel CAVALLI nouvel entraineur de l'USMA". usma.dz. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ "Paul Put nouvel entraineur de l'USM Alger". usma.dz. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^ "USM Alger to play in france during pre-season tour". usma.dz. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Amical : USM Alger 1-1 Stade Brestois (Ligue 2)". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Rennes domine l'USM Alger". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "CFA, amical : Rennes 0 - 4 USM Alger". stade-rennais-online.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "L'USM Alger en stage à Sousse à partir du 27 juillet". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "USM Alger : Trois matchs amicaux en Tunisie". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ Red card with the reserve team
^ "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ "First Team". fr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ "Transferts : Sayoud signe à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ "Transferts : Benguit prêté à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ "Il a signé un contrat de 3 ans: Réda Bellahcène, 1re recrue de l'USMA". letempsdz.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ "Ghislain Guessan signe à l'USMA". usma.dz. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "USM Alger Abderrahmane Meziane Prolonge Son Contrat". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
^ "Ziri Hammar signe un contrat de 4 ans avec le l'USM Alger". usma.dz. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^ "Ligue 1/Transfert: signature imminente de Benyahia à l'USM Alger". aps.dz. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "Toufik Zeghdane signe à l'USMA". usma.dz. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ "Redouani signera ce soir à la JSK". kabylie-sport.com. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ "Arslan Mazari signe 2 ans au DRB Tadjennanet". kabylie-sport.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "Transfert : Chettal quitte l'USM Alger pour le DRB Tadjenanet". radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ "CSC : Mohamed Tayeb (USMA) rejoint les Sanafir". elmoudjahid.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "CSC : Baïteche : «J'ai choisi le CSC pour marquer des buts et gagner des titres»". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ "USM Alger : Manucho prêté au CS Constantine". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "CR Belouizdad : Nassim Bouchema signe pour deux ans". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ "ESS : La signature de Nadji reportée encore". algerie360.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ "Transfert : Brahim Boudebouda revient au Mouloudia d'Alger". radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "Transferts : Aoudia et Zaalani arrivent au CS Constantine". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ "Transferts : Ferhat signe 3 ans au Havre !". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ "Mercato : Hocine El-Orfi s'engage avec le NA Hussein Dey". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ "Mercato : Mohamed Seguer file à l'USM Alger". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ "un échange avec Abderrahmane Bourdim plus une somme d'argent pour conclure la transaction". competition.dz. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^ "NA Hussein Dey : Walid Ardji s'engage pour trois ans". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^ "Berrefane renouvelle pour deux ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "Benmoussa renouvelle pour trois ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Chafaï et Bourdim renouvellent leur contrat". usma.dz. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

External links

[1] "Ligue 1 Mobilis: Adel Amrouche nouvel entraîneur de l'USM Alger". aps.dz. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[2] "Jean-Michel CAVALLI nouvel entraineur de l'USMA". usma.dz. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[3] "Paul Put nouvel entraineur de l'USM Alger". usma.dz. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

[4] "USM Alger to play in france during pre-season tour". usma.dz. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[5] "Amical : USM Alger 1-1 Stade Brestois (Ligue 2)". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[6] "Rennes domine l'USM Alger". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[7] "CFA, amical : Rennes 0 - 4 USM Alger". stade-rennais-online.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[8] "L'USM Alger en stage à Sousse à partir du 27 juillet". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[9] "USM Alger : Trois matchs amicaux en Tunisie". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

[10] Red card with the reserve team

[11] "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[12] "First Team". fr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[13] "Transferts : Sayoud signe à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[14] "Transferts : Benguit prêté à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[15] "Il a signé un contrat de 3 ans: Réda Bellahcène, 1re recrue de l'USMA". letempsdz.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[16] "Ghislain Guessan signe à l'USMA". usma.dz. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[renouvellent2-17] "USM Alger Abderrahmane Meziane Prolonge Son Contrat". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

[18] "Ziri Hammar signe un contrat de 4 ans avec le l'USM Alger". usma.dz. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[19] "Ligue 1/Transfert: signature imminente de Benyahia à l'USM Alger". aps.dz. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[20] "Toufik Zeghdane signe à l'USMA". usma.dz. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

[21] "Redouani signera ce soir à la JSK". kabylie-sport.com. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[22] "Arslan Mazari signe 2 ans au DRB Tadjennanet". kabylie-sport.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[23] "Transfert : Chettal quitte l'USM Alger pour le DRB Tadjenanet". radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[24] "CSC : Mohamed Tayeb (USMA) rejoint les Sanafir". elmoudjahid.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

[25] "CSC : Baïteche : «J'ai choisi le CSC pour marquer des buts et gagner des titres»". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[26] "USM Alger : Manucho prêté au CS Constantine". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[27] "CR Belouizdad : Nassim Bouchema signe pour deux ans". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[28] "ESS : La signature de Nadji reportée encore". algerie360.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[29] "Transfert : Brahim Boudebouda revient au Mouloudia d'Alger". radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[30] "Transferts : Aoudia et Zaalani arrivent au CS Constantine". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[31] "Transferts : Ferhat signe 3 ans au Havre !". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[32] "Mercato : Hocine El-Orfi s'engage avec le NA Hussein Dey". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[33] "Mercato : Mohamed Seguer file à l'USM Alger". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[34] "un échange avec Abderrahmane Bourdim plus une somme d'argent pour conclure la transaction". competition.dz. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[35] "NA Hussein Dey : Walid Ardji s'engage pour trois ans". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[36] "Berrefane renouvelle pour deux ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[37] "Benmoussa renouvelle pour trois ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[renouvellent-38] "Chafaï et Bourdim renouvellent leur contrat". usma.dz. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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