1947–48 USM Blida season

USM Blida
1947–48 season
Chairman	Hamid Kassoul
Head coach	Ahmed Khelifa
Stadium	FCB Stadium (actual Zoubir Zouraghi Stadium)
Division Honneur	8th
Forconi Cup	Fourth Round
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

In the 1947–48 season, USM Blida competed in the Division Honneur for the 15th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They competed in Division Honneur, and the North African Cup.

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

31 August 1947	USM Blida	3–3	AS Saint Eugène	Algiers
	Houssairi Bob Bensamet Menacer, Benazout, Houssairi, Bob, Zerrouki, Zouraghi, Laidi, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouchekeur, Hatem	Report	Bendinelli Mazella Pons Kaoua, Yousfi, Mengual, Aboulker, Oliver, Stepanoff, Vidal, Benet, Bendinelli, Ferigno, Mazella, Rivas, Benejean, Pons	Stadium: Saint Eugène Referee: Garofalo, Juann
Note: Friendly

11 November 1947	MC Alger	1–0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Abdelaoui 80' Abtouche, Khabatou, Hamoutène, Kouar, Hanoune, Abdelaoui, Hahad, Bennour (Akliouat Hamid as Hamid II), Messat, Deguigui (Souissi), Benhamou Hamid	Report	Menacer (Meradi), Mansouri, Bouguerra, Zouraghi, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Zahzah, Hatem, Bernou, Belkhouba, Bensamet, Benelfoul	Stadium: Saint Eugène Referee: Farrel
Note: Tournement Saint Eugène

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Division Honneur	22	6	5	11	19	30	−11	027.27
Forconi Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	23	6	5	12	19	31	−12	026.09

Division Honneur

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	O Hussein Dey (C)	22	13	5	4	42	23	+19	53	Qualified for North African Championship
2	MC Alger	22	10	10	2	32	17	+15	52
3	RS Alger	22	11	8	3	24	21	+3	52
4	GS Alger	22	11	5	6	0	0	0	49
5	RU Alger	22	9	9	4	29	23	+6	49
6	AS Saint Eugène	20	8	7	5	0	0	0	43
7	AS Boufarik	21	8	6	7	0	0	0	43
8	USM Blida	22	6	5	11	19	30	−11	39
9	FC Blida	20	6	5	9	0	0	0	37
10	RC Maison Carrée	22	5	4	13	0	0	0	36
11	GS Orléansville	22	3	5	14	0	0	0	33
12	USO Mitidja	22	2	7	13	0	0	0	33	Relegated to 1950–51 First Division

Source: L'Echo d'Alger
(C) Champions

Matches

Win Draw Loss

14 September 1947 1	AS Boufarik	0–0	USM Blida	Boufarik
	Hernandez, Dourel, Cortès, Barbaros, Vicédo, Gotvallès, Robert, Reicher, Salva, Alvado, Samouilhant	Report	Menacer, Mansouri, Bouguerra, Zerrouki, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Zahzah, Benelfoul, Zidoun, Laidi, Hatem, Bensamet as "Mellal"

21 September 1947 2	GS Orléansville	0–3	USM Blida	Orléansville
	Pech, Maezza, X, Tuda, Pareja, Nasri, Alberti, Aubert, Abed, Albentosa, Boulifred	Report	40' Bouguerra (Free kick) ? Hatem Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zahzah, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Bouguerra, Bernou, Hatem

28 September 1947 3	US Ouest Mitidja	2–4	USM Blida	El Affroun
	Rouquié Belhadj Manchon, Yung, Rouquier, Defnet, Garcia, Gaillard, Saes, Bottaro, Boguerra, Bakani, Lequette	Report	35' Bernou 50', 60' Benelfoul ? Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Bouguerra, Zahzah, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imecaoudène as "Bob", Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Bernou, Hatem

12 October 1947 4	USM Blida	2–0	RC Maison-Carrée	Blida
	Hatem Bouguerra	Report		Stadium: FCB

19 October 1947 5	USM Blida	0–2	AS Saint Eugène	Blida
	Menacer, Mansouri, Zerrouki, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imecaoudène as "Bob", Zouraghi, Laidi, Benelfoul, Boughera, Bernou, Hatem	(0–0) Report	Leber 70' Benet 80' Kaoua, Manguel, Oliver, Aboulker, Stépanoff, Castaldi, de Villeneuve, Leber, Bendinelli, Benet, Gomez	Stadium: FCB Attendance: 2,460 Referee: Pellegrineschi

16 November 1947 6	O Hussein Dey	3–0	USM Blida	Hussein Dey
	Gomez Belamine Ehrard, Cantino, Montovani, Ourzifi, Santiago, Portella, Gomez, Sintès, Belamine, Bakadja, Vaca	Report	Menacer (Zouraghi 20'), Bouguerra, Mansouri, Zerrouki, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Boumedi, Bernou, Hatem

23 November 1947 7	FC Blida	0–1	USM Blida	Blida
	Machtou, Bachelut, Antoine, Haddad, Pons, Pellegrini, Riéra, Fuster, Martinez, Hasni, Marquès	(0–1) Report	Bouguerra 30' Menacer, Mansouri, Zerrouki, Zahzah, Bernou, Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Bouguerra, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Bensamet as "Mellal", Rafi	Stadium: FCB

30 November 1947 8	USM Blida	0–1	GS Alger	Blida
		Report		Stadium: FCB

14 December 1947 9	USM Blida	0–1	RU Alger	Blida
	Meradi, Mansouri, Bernou, Zahzah, Benelfoul, Zerrouki, Bouguerra II, Zouraghi, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Bensamet as "Mellal", Bouchekeur	(0–0) Report	Bayet 60' Pepe, Brouillet, Poizat, Vidal, Jasseron, Faglin, Danflous, Beringuey, Bayet, Gambaruti, Daube	Stadium: FCB Referee: Derradji

28 December 1947 10	MC Alger	3–0	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
	Deguigui 17' El Mahdaoui 62', 76' Abtouche, Hamoutène, Khabatou, Kouar Sid Ahmed, Tadjet, Benhamou Hamid, Ait Saâda Mohamed, El Mehdaoui, Hahad, Abdelaoui, Deguigui	(1–0) Report	Meradi, Mansouri, Zerrouki, Bouguerra, Zahzah, Zidoun, Zouraghi, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Bensamet as "Mellal", Benelfoul,Bernou,	Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène

18 January 1948 11	USM Blida	0–0	GS Orléansville	Blida
	Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zahzah, Bernou, Zouraghi, Laidi, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imecaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Report	Pech, Mazza, Ben Bon Bouali, Kermich, Zaza, Bida, Bernicola, Nassri, Canto, Aubert, Albentoza	Stadium: FCB Referee: Romero

25 January 1948 12	USM Blida	2–1	US Ouest Mitidja	Blida
	Bensamet as "Mellal" Imecaoudène as "Bob" Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zahzah, Bernou, Zouraghi, Laidi, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imecaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Report	Rame, Rouquier, Defnet, Saes, Garcia, Bouguerra, Cervera, Bottaro, Corat, Gaillard, Battanzi	Stadium: FCB

1 February 1948 13	RC Maison-Carrée	1–1	USM Blida	Maison-Carrée
	Marcellin 15' Escallès, Poumaroux, Maziz, Roux, Sellal I, Pico, Ségui, Sellal II, Roig, Aravit, Marcellin	(1–1) Report	Benelfoul 25' Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zouraghi, Bernou, Zahzah, Laidi, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imecaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Referee: Buono

8 February 1948 14	USM Blida	0–2	RS Alger	Blida
	Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Laidi, Bernou, Zouraghi, Zahzah, Bouguerra, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Benelefoul, Bensamet as "Mellal",	(0–0) Report	Falandry Bouquet, Giuganti, Zérapha, Senane, Caillat, Saâdi, Maouch, Ponseti, Falandry, Maggliozy, Gélabert	Stadium: FCB

22 February 1948 15	AS Saint Eugène	0–0	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
	Kaoua, Aboulker, Oliver, Vidal, Stépanoff, de Villeneuve, Rivas, Bendinelli, Benet, Castaldi, Gomez	Report	Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Bouguerra, Bernou, Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Khelifa, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imecaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Referee: Graziani

29 February 1948 16	USM Blida	1–2	O Hussein Dey	Blida
	Bensamet as "Mellal" 85' Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zahzah, Bernou, Zouraghi, Khelifa, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imecaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Report	Bakadja Ouzrifi 90' Ehrard, Cantino, Montovoni, Fiol, Santiago, Ouzrifi, Gomez, Bakadja, Belamine, Fez, Santiago	Stadium: FCB Referee: Boccheciampe

7 March 1948 17	AS Boufarik	1–2	USM Blida	Boufarik
	Defrance 50' Hernandez, Massip, Chazou, Bouazel, Vicédo, Massa Robert, Riohier, Defrance, Gootvallès, Vidal	(0–1) Report	Bouguerra 17' Bernou 60' Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Bernou, Zahzah, Zouraghi, Bensamet as "Mellal", Bouguerra, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Benelfoul, Hatem	Referee: Riveccio

14 March 1948 18	USM Blida	0–1	FC Blida	Blida
	Menacer, Mansouri, Bernou, Zahzah, Benelfoul, Bouguerra, Hatem, Khelifa, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Zouraghi, Bensamet as "Mellal"	Report	Antoine Machtou, Pellégrini, Pons, Bachelut, Haddad, Hasni, Riéra, Fuster, Antoine, Guarinos, Marquez	Stadium: FCB Attendance: 2,200

21 March 1948 19	GS Alger	3–0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Deléo Bagur	(0–0) Report

28 March 1948 20	RU Alger	0–0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Pepe, Sellal, Berenguer, Brouillet, Jasseron, Vivès, Gambarutti, Poizat, Vidal, Lorenzo, Daube	Report	Meradi, Zerrouki, Bouguerra, Benelfoul, Mansouri, Bernou, Bensamet as "Mellal", Khelifa, Zidoun, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Referee: Todori

11 April 1948 21	RS Alger	3–1	USM Blida	Algiers
	Saâdi Pénalva Maouch Bouquet, Giganti, Allès, Clément, Zérapha, Senane, Maouch, Saâdi, Falandry, Ponseti, Pénalva	(1–1) Report	Imecaoudène as "Bob" Meradi, Bouguerra, Mansouri, Zidoun, Bernou, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Khelifa, Zouraghi, Imecaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Referee: Lebeuvant

18 April 1948 22	USM Blida	2–4	MC Alger	Blida
	Zouraghi Chouet Meradi, Zerrouki, Reguieg, Zidoun Boualem, Laidi, Rabah, Bensamet as "Mellal", Zouraghi, Chouiet, Houssaïri, Lekhal	(0–4) Report	Hahad Kouar Omar Deguigui Abtouche, Hamoutène, Benhamou Hamid, Hanoune, Tadjet, Khabatou, Kouar Omar dit Kouar II, Basta Ali, Hahad, Kouar Sid Ahmed, Deguigui	Stadium: FCB

Forconi Cup

26 October 1947 Fourth Round	Stade Guyotville	1–0	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
14:30	Vitollo 88'	Report^[1]		Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène Referee: M. Attansio

Players statistics

Statistics for 19 games only and 3 games does Its figures.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Honneur		Forconi Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	ALG	Abdelaziz Meradi	12	0	12	0	0	0
	GK	ALG	Abderrahmane Menacer	8	0	8	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	ALG	Ali Mansouri	18	0	18	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Zerrouki	17	0	17	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Belkacem Bouguerra II	16	0	16	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Ahmed Zahzah	13	0	13	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF	ALG	Kaddour Bensamet	19	2	19	2	0	0
	MF	ALG	Ahmed Bernou	18	2	18	2	0	0
	MF	ALG	Mohamed Imecaoudène	17	2	17	2	0	0
	MF	ALG	Mahmoud Zouraghi	17	1	17	1	0	0
	MF	ALG	Boualem Zidoun	5	0	5	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW	ALG	Ahmed Benelfoul (c)	18	3	18	3	0	0
	FW	ALG	Abderrahmane Hatem	14	2	14	2	0	0
	FW	ALG	Ahmed Khelifa	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Bouguerra I	4	4	4	4	0	0
	FW	ALG	Djilali Chouiet	1	1	1	1	0	0

		ALG	Laidi	8	0	8	0	0	0
		ALG	Rafi	1	0	1	0	0	0
		ALG	Bouchekeur	1	0	1	0	0	0
		ALG	Housairi	1	0	1	0	0	0
		ALG	Lekhal	1	0	1	0	0	0
		ALG	Rabah Hamou	1	0	1	0	0	0
		ALG	Bachir Reguieg	1	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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

Nat.	Player	Pos.	DH	TOTAL
	Bouguerra I	MF	4	4
	Ahmed Benelfoul	FW	3	3
	Ahmed Bernou	FW	2	2
	Kaddour Bensamet	MF	2	2
	Mohamed Imecaoudène	MF	2	2
	Abderrahmane Hatem	FW	2	2
	Mahmoud Zouraghi	FW	1	1
	Djilali Chouiet	FW	1	1
Unknown			2	0
Totals			19	19

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From club
FW	AhmedKhelifa	RC Maison Carré

Out

Pos	Player	From club
FW	Abdelkader Djoudad	WA Boufarik

References

^ Forconi Cup 1948-1949, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 37th year, N° 13398 dated Monday 6 October 1947, page 4.

External links

[1] Forconi Cup 1948-1949, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 37th year, N° 13398 dated Monday 6 October 1947, page 4.

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