USM Blida

USM Blida
Full name	Union Sportive Madinat Blida
Nickname(s)	Salvador
Founded	16 June 1932; 92 years ago; as Union Sportive Musulmane de Blida
Ground	Brakni Brothers Stadium, Stade Mustapha Tchaker
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Sid Ali Bencherchali
Head Coach	Sofiane Nechma
League	Ligue Professionnelle 2
2019–20	Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur, Group Centre, 8th (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Union Sportive Madinat Blida (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة), known as USM Blida or simply USMB for short, is a football club based in the city of Blida. The club was founded in June 1932 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, the Brakni Brothers Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur.

History

On 16 June 1932 the club was officially founded with the name Union Sportive Musulmane Blidéenne, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 24 Septembre 1933 in the first round of North African Cup.^[1]

On 5 August 2020, USM Blida promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.^[2]

Club identity

Colours

Since the establishment of the club, the colours are the green and the red.^{[citation needed]}

Crest

Historical evolution of the club's crest.

First badge of the club
Previous badge of the club
Actual badge of the club

Stadium

USM Blida play their home matches at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 2011.

Supporters

Notable supporters:

Rachid Nouni (chaabi singer)
Abdelkader Guessoum (chaabi singer)
Dahmane Benachour (Andalusian classical singer)
Rabah Driassa (Andalusian classical singer)
Abderrahmane Aziz (Andalusian classical singer)
Mohamed Tobal (Andalusian classical singer)
Cheïkh Mohamed Benguergoura (Andalusian classical singer)
Mahieddine Hadj Mahfoud (Andalusian classical singer)
El Hadj Madjbar (Andalusian classical singer)
Ahmed Zekar (Andalusian classical singer)
Mohamed El Besseri (Andalusian classical singer)
Ahmed El Hassib (Andalusian classical singer)
Hamid Bouchama (Andalusian classical singer)
Benyoucef Daoudidi (Andalusian classical singer)
Mohamed Khodja (Andalusian classical singer)
Mohamed Touri (Algerian comedian and theater)
Salah Aougrout (Algerian comedian)
Mohamed Chérif Bel-Abbès (Algerian boxer)
Mohamed Benmehdia (Algerian boxer)
Hamoud Daidi (Algerian boxer)
Abdelkader Cherrougui (Algerian boxer)
Mahmoud Ali-Abdessemeud (Algerian boxer)
Djilali Guernou (Algerian boxer)
Othmane Dahmani (Algerian boxer)
Fodhil Bouamra (Algerian boxer)
Mohamed Fleci (Algerian boxer)

Current squad

As of 29 March 2020 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ALG	El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah
—	GK	ALG	Oussama Lalili
—	DF	ALG	Nidhal Benichnacha
—	DF	ALG	Mohamed Bachir Adraoui
—	DF	ALG	Zakaria Zaitri
—	DF	ALG	Hocine Ouamri
—	DF	ALG	Mohamed Riadh Bouchemit
—	DF	ALG	Ismail Chekmam
—	DF	ALG	Mohamed Abdou Taieb Solimane
—	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Sellami
—	MF	ALG	Mehdi Kacem
—	MF	ALG	Mohamed Nadjib Touati
—	MF	ALG	Omar Ousmail


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ALG	Abderahmane Sellami
—	MF	ALG	Islem Benhocine
—	MF	ALG	Bilel Herbache
—	MF	ALG	Hichem Blidi
—	MF	ALG	Mohamed Islam Belhadj
—	MF	ALG	Riadh Hellou
—	FW	ALG	Feth Nour Aliouat
—	FW	ALG	Boufeldja Djelti
—	FW	ALG	Youcef El Keboub
—	FW	ALG	Aimen Dadsi
—	FW	ALG	Moad Rdjem
—	FW	ALG	Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou
—	FW	ALG	Nour El Imam

Honours

Domestic competitions

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 : 26 season

Runner-up (1): 2002–03

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 : 24 season

Champion (4): 1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2014–15

Algerian Cup :

Runner-up (1): 1995–96

Regional competitions

North African Cup : 5 appearances

1947 – Quarter-finals

1952 – Round of 32

1953 – Round of 32

1954 – Semi-final

1955 – Round of 32

Arab Club Champions Cup : 2 appearances

1996 – Group stage

2004 – Second round

North African Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away
1946–1947
	Round of 16	CS Hammam-Lif	/	0–1
	Quarter-finals	US Marocaine	0–1	/
1952–1953
1952–1953	Round of 32	SC Bel Abbès	/	4–0
1953–1954
	Round of 32	ES Sahel	1–0	2–2
	Round of 16	EJ Philippevilleˌ	1–0	/
	Quarter-finals	Gallia Club Oran	1–0	/
	Semi-finals	USM Oran	/	1–0
1954–1955
1954–1955	Round of 32	Club Africain	2–3	/
1955–1956
1955–1956	Round of 32	GC Mascara	/	4–0

Arab Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996
	Group stage (A)	Al-Ahly	/	5–1	3th place
	Group stage (A)	Shabab Rafah	/	1–0	3th place
2003–04	First Round	MAS Fez	0–1	1–3	2–3
	Group stage (C)	CS Sfaxien	2–2	1–0	4th place
		Espérance de Tunis	2–1	0–5
		Zamalek SC	0–2	1–1

Records

League victory: 7–1 v WA Tlemcen, 26 October 2000
Cup victory: 6–0 v NRB Lardjem, 29 January 2006

Presidents

1932–1933 : Benaïssa Menhaouch Kherroube
1933–1933 : Mohamed Chelha
1933–1936 : Ali Rouabah as "Braham"
1936–1939 : Ahmed Kassoul
1939–1950 : Hamid Kassoul
1950–1953 : Belkacem Benarbia & Bachir Abdelouahab
1953–1964 : Dr. Hadji Mustapaha
1964–1965 : Abdelkader Abed

1965–1969 : Dr. Hadji Mustapaha
1970's : Braham Douidene
1975's : Rachid Otmane Tolba
1981–1985 : Djillali Sellimi
1985–1988 : Abdallah Kerrache
1989–1991 : Maâmar Djeguaguene
1991–1996 : Zoubir Bendali
1996–2004 : Mohamed Zaïm
2004–2007 : Mohamed Zahaf
2008–2014 : Mohamed Zaïm

2014–2015 : Mohamed Douidene
2015–2015: Hamid Foufa
2016–2016: Lyes Zouaoui
2016–2017: Sidali Ben Cherchali
2017–2017: Smaïl Berdaoui
2017–2018: Chouaib Alim
2018–2018: Salim Sidi Moussa
2019–2019: Mohamed Berdane
2020–: Sidali Ben Cherchali

Transfers

Record sales

R.	Player	From	To	Fee	Year
1.	Ezechiel N'Douassel	USM Blida	Club Africain	€400,000 (38,9 million DA)	2011
2.	Youcef Zerguine	USM Blida	JS Kabylie	€54,000 (7 million DA)	2017
3.	Adlène Bensaïd	USM Blida	JS Kabylie	€52,000 (5 million DA)	2007
4.	Mokhtar Belkhiter	USM Blida	MC El Eulma	€48,000 (5 million DA)	2013
5.	Bouazza Feham	USM Blida	MC Oran	€22,000 (2 million DA)	2005

Record signings

R.	Player	From	To	Fee	Year
1.	Abdelmadjid Tahraoui	ASO Chlef	USM Blida	€138,500 (12,5 million DA)	2005
2.	Zoubir Zmit	MC Alger	USM Blida	€16,000 (1,5 million DA)	2007

List of managers

The first manager of USM Blida was Abdelkader Hadef, who joined the club in 1932 as a player-manager. The current manager is Sofiane Nechma, who took over the club in March 2020.

References

^ "Au Stade Lebon: US Musulmane Blidéenne bat le SC Ménerville, par 2 buts à 1". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Saison 2019/2020 : Les clubs de Division Nationale Amateurs promus en Ligue 2".

External links

[1] "Au Stade Lebon: US Musulmane Blidéenne bat le SC Ménerville, par 2 buts à 1". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[2] "Saison 2019/2020 : Les clubs de Division Nationale Amateurs promus en Ligue 2".

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Founded in June 16, 1932 Based in Blida
The Club	Reserves and Academy Players Managers Presidents Statistics Seasons
Home stadium	Duruy Stadium (1932–36) FCB Stadium (1936–51) Brakni Brothers Stadium (1951–) Mustapha Tchaker Stadium (2001–2011)
History	History
Rivalries	League record by opponent
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v t e USM Blida seasons
1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
001990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–0000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020–21