1998–99 USM Alger season

USM Alger
1998–99 season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Mustapha Aksouh ; Said Hadj Mansour; (until ?); Nour Benzekri ; Ahmed Aït El Hocine; (from ?)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
National 1	4th
Algerian Cup	Winners
CAF Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tarek Hadj Adlane (8 goals); All: ; Tarek Hadj Adlane (12 goals)
	← 1997–98 1999–00 →

In the 1998–99 season, USM Alger is competing in the National for the 19th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Algerian Cup.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	26	12	8	6	32	16	+16	046.15
Algerian Cup	7	5	1	1	16	3	+13	071.43
CAF Cup	4	3	0	1	11	4	+7	075.00
Total	37	20	9	8	59	23	+36	054.05

Championnat National

League table

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	CR Belouizdad (Q)	26	16	5	5	44	22	+22	53	play-offs for the Arab Cup
3	WA Tlemcen	26	15	5	6	40	17	+23	50
4	USM Alger (Q)	26	12	8	6	32	17	+15	44	2000 African Cup Winners' Cup
5	MC Oran	26	12	7	7	44	25	+19	43
6	USM Blida	26	12	6	8	27	27	0	42

Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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
26	12	8	6	32	16	+16	44	8	5	0	22	6	+16	4	3	6	10	10	0

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	L
Position																					4					4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

14 September 1998 Round 1	WA Boufarik	0–1	USM Alger	Boufarik
13:00		Report^[1]	53' R.Zouani	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz

21 September 1998 Round 2	ASM Oran	1–0	USM Alger	Oran
	Faradji 77'	Report^[2]		Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee: Benchanaa

25 September 1998 Round 3	USM Alger	0–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
				Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

8 October 1998 Round 4	SA Mohammadia	0–0	USM Alger	Mohammadia
				Stadium: Stade Mohamed Ouali

15 October 1998 Round 5	USM Alger	1–0	RC Kouba	Bologhine
	Hamid Aït Belkacem 82'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

22 October 1998 Round 6	ES Mostaganem	1–0	USM Alger	Mostaganem
	Mokadem 16'			Stadium: Stade Mohamed Bensaïd

9 November 1998 Round 7	USM Alger	2–2	MC Alger	Algiers
	Hadj Adlane 17' Hamdoud 83'	Report	60' Saïfi 74' Gacemi	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Laâzouni
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmelat, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Hamdani, Zeghdoud (cap), Meftah Mahiedinne, Hadj Adlane, Djahnine, Mehdaoui, Hamid Aït Belkacem, Sloukia, (Zouani ?')

12 November 1998 Round 8	WA Tlemcen	2–1	USM Alger	Tlemcen
	Habri 70' Djalti 82'		77' Zekri	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi

19 November 1998 Round 9	USM Alger	1–0	IRB Hadjout	Bologhine
	Zekri 37'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

26 November 1998 Round 10	JSM Tiaret	0–1	USM Alger	Tiaret
			37' Hamid Aït Belkacem	Stadium: Ahmed Kaïd Stadium

3 December 1998 Round 11	USM Alger	2–0	GC Mascara	Bologhine
	Hadj Adlane 53' Hamid Aït Belkacem 63'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

14 December 1998 Round 12	CR Belouizdad	2–1	USM Alger	Belouizdad
	Galloul 23' Bakhti 39'		90' Djahnine	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium

17 December 1998 Round 13	USM Alger	2–0	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Dziri 33' Hamid Aït Belkacem 77'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

24 December 1998 Round 14	USM Alger	4–0	WA Boufarik	Bologhine
	Hadj Adlane 39', 66' (pen.) Yacef 82', 90'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

28 December 1998 Round 15	USM Alger	3–0	ASM Oran	Bologhine
	Hadj Adlane 35' Djahnine 80' Yacef 86'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

28 January 1999 Round 16	USM Blida	0–1	USM Alger	Blida
			11' Dziri	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni

1 February 1999 Round 17	USM Alger	2–0	SA Mohammadia	Bologhine
	Abacha 34', 52'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

4 February 1999 Round 18	RC Kouba	0–0	USM Alger	Kouba
				Stadium: Omar Benhaddad Stadium

11 February 1999 Round 19	USM Alger	1–1	ES Mostaganem	Bologhine
	Hadj Adlane 5'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

18 February 1999 Round 20	MC Alger	0–0	USM Alger	Algiers
	Fatahine 45' Azzouz 50' Derriche 73' Saïfi 68'	Report	Ghoul Hamdani 49' Hamdoud	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Oussaci, Debbiche, Laknèche
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Hamdani, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Hadj Adlane, Dziri, Djahnine, Yacef (Manga 64'), Amirat (Ghazi 80') - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

8 March 1999 Round 21	USM Alger	1–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
	Zeghdoud Dziri Hadj Adlane 87'		Bouannani Habri Kherbouche Loukili	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benchenâa, Bouraoui, Oudjani
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Belmellat, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Djahnine (Mehdaoui), Zeghdoud, Meftah, Hadj Adlane, Dziri, Smati, Yacef (Hamid Aït Belkacem), Amirat (Abacha) - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

18 March 1999 Round 22	IRB Hadjout	0–4	USM Alger	Hadjout
			27', 68', 90' Yacef 75' Amirat	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

1 April 1999 Round 23	USM Alger	2–2	JSM Tiaret	Bologhine
	Hadj Adlane 25' Ghoul 37'		Chadli 10' Boukhtouchene 87'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

7 May 1999 Round 24	GC Mascara	3–1	USM Alger	Mascara
	Hassab 39', 60' Belloumi 89'		58' Rahim	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Africaine
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

20 May 1999 Round 25	USM Alger	1–1	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Manga 52'		Bakhti 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

24 May 1999 Round 26	MC Oran	1–0	USM Alger	Oran
	Acimi 25' (pen.)			Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

Algerian Cup

4 March 1999 Round of 64	JSM Tiaret	0–1	USM Alger	Médéa
16:00		Report^[3]	Zeghdoud 50'	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

22 March 1999 Round of 32	USM Alger	3–0	FS Mostaganem	Médéa
16:00	Achiou 14' Meftah 44' Hamid Aït Belkacem 78'			Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

19 April 1999 Round of 16	USM Blida	0–4	USM Alger	Boumerdès
14:00			Hadj Adlane 26' (pen.), 67' Amirat 30' Ghoul 39'	Stadium: Stade Olympique Djilali Bounaama
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

10 May 1999 Quarter-finals 1	USM Alger	4–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
15:00	Ghoul 20', 65' Hadj Adlane 38' Djahnine 84'			Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

28 May 1999 Quarter-finals 2	WA Tlemcen	1–0	USM Alger	Tlemcen
15:00	Boudjakdji 15'			Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

26 June 1999 Semi-finals	USM Alger	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	MC Alger	Algiers^{[note 1]}
15:00	Hamdani 21' (pen.) Yacef 113' Hamdoud ?' Smati ?' Yacef ?'	Report	Saïfi 14' Lazizi 25' Ouahid 55' Meraga 62' Derriche 99' Fodil Dob 115' Rahmouni 119'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Haimoudi, Herraz, Djezzar
	Penalties
	Zeghdoud Djahnine Hamdani Dziri Hadj Adlane		Meraga Fatahine Slatni Azzouz Rahmouni
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Alane, Hamdoud, Ghoul (Mehdaoui 2', Smati 85'), Hamdani, Zeghdoud (cap), Meftah Mahieddine, Hadj Adlane, Dziri, Djahnine, Manga (Yacef 95'), Amirat - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

1 July 1999 Final	USM Alger	2–0	JS Kabylie	Algiers
15:00	Hamdani 16' Dziri 76' Hadj Adlane 82'	Report	Benhamlat 2' Zafour 80'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Benchenaâ, Bouraoui, Ouadjani
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Allane - Hamdoud, Hamdani, Zeghdoud, Djahnine - Dziri (Sloukia 89'), Meftah, Smati - Yacef (Manga 55'), Hadj Adlane, Amirat (Mehdaoui 77') - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

African Cup Winners' Cup

Quarter-final

6 September 1998 First leg	Primeiro de Agosto	3–0	USM Alger	Luanda, Angola
15:00 UTC+1	Assis 35' (pen.), 72' (pen.) Moisés 88'	Report^[4]		Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela Referee: Badibake Cinji (Zaire)

18 September 1998 Second leg	USM Alger	1–2	Primeiro de Agosto	Blida, Algeria
15:30 UTC+1	Khouni 84'	Report^[5]	63', 76' Agó	Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Belftouh (Morocco)

CAF Cup

First Round

14 March 1999 first leg	USM Alger	2–1	Horoya AC	Bologhine, Algeria
15:00	Hadj Adlane 59', 86'	Report^[6]		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , Zeghdoud, Hamdani, , , , Smati, Hadj Adlane, Dziri, Yacef, - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

28 March 1999 Second leg	Horoya AC	3–2	USM Alger	Labé, Guinea
00:00		Report^[7]	1' Djahnine 42' Manga	Stadium: Stade de la ville Labé
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

Second round

2 May 1999 first leg	Al-Ahli Wad Madani	0–2	USM Alger	Wad Madani, Sudan
18:00		Report^[8]	59' Djahnine 66' Yacef	Stadium: Algazira Stadium Referee: ? (Tanzania)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

16 May 1999 Second leg	USM Alger	5–0	Al-Ahli Wad Madani	Bologhine, Algeria
16:00	Hadj Adlane 10', 20', 46' Dziri 40' Yacef 62'	Report^[9]		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Abdallah (Libya)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , - Coach Nour Benzekri & Ahmed Aït El Hocine

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		National		Algerian Cup		Cup Winners' Cup		CAF Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	ALG	Farid Belmellat	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ALG	Abderrahmane Allane	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	ALG	Tarek Ghoul	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Mounir Zeghdoud	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Fayçal Hamdani	4	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Mahieddine Meftah	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Mohamed Hamdoud	5	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Fouad Smati	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF	ALG	Farid Djahnine	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Karim Ghazi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Nabil Mehdaoui	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Mohamed Abacha	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Samir Sloukia	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Billel Dziri	4	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Hamid Aït Belkacem	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Athmane Samir Amirat	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW	ALG	Hamza Yacef	4	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Azzedine Rahim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Tarek Hadj Adlane	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	NGA	Mohamed Manga	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Nasser Zekri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Réda Zouani	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 May 2001
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	CC 2	TOTAL
7	Tarek Hadj Adlane	FW	8	4	5	17
10	Hamza Yacef	FW	6	1	2	9
?	Hamid Aït Belkacem	MF	4	1	0	5
3	Farid Djahnine	MF	2	1	2	5
?	Tarek Ghoul	DF	1	3	0	4
8	Billel Dziri	MF	2	1	1	4
?	Mohamed Abacha	MF	2	0	0	2
?	Nacer Zekri	FW	2	0	0	2
11	Athmane Samir Amirat	MF	1	1	0	2
12	Mohamed Manga	FW	1	0	1	2
2	Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	1	0	0	1
?	Réda Zouani	FW	1	0	0	1
?	Azzedine Rahim	FW	1	0	0	1
5	Mounir Zeghdoud	DF	0	1	0	1
6	Mahieddine Meftah	DF	0	1	0	1
4	Fayçal Hamdani	DF	0	1	0	1
?	Hocine Achiou	MF	0	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			32	16	11	59

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 January 1999.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Abderrahmane Allane	(1970-05-23)23 May 1970 (aged 28)	WA Boufarik
-	GK	Redouane Hamiti	(1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 16)	IB Khémis El Khechna
-	GK	Farid Belmellat	(1970-10-18)18 October 1970 (aged 28)	RC Kouba
Defenders
	LB	Tarek Ghoul	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 23)	USM El Harrach
5	CB	Mounir Zeghdoud	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 28)	USM Aïn Beïda
4	RB	Fayçal Hamdani (C)	(1970-07-13)13 July 1970 (aged 28)	MC Alger
6	LB / CB / RB	Mahieddine Meftah	(1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 30)	JS Kabylie
2	RB / CB	Mohamed Hamdoud	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 22)	Youth system
	RB	Foued Smati	(1975-12-02)2 December 1975 (aged 23)	Youth system
Midfielders
3	MF	Farid Djahnine	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 22)	Youth system
-	DM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 19)	CR Belouizdad
	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 26)	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
-	AM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 19)	Youth system
-	CM	Mohamed Abacha	(1978-07-09)9 July 1978 (aged 20)	Youth system
	CM	Nabil Mehdaoui		USMM Hadjout
	MF	Samir Sloukia
11	CM	Athmane Samir Amirat	(1975-11-05)5 November 1975 (aged 23)	USM El Harrach
Forwards
7	ST	Tarek Hadj Adlane	(1965-01-11)11 January 1965 (aged 33)	Al Wehda
10	LW / RW / SS	Hamza Yacef	(1979-08-25)25 August 1979 (aged 19)	Youth system
12	RW	Mohamed Manga	(1977-03-30)30 March 1977 (aged 21)
15	ST	Azzedine Rahim	(1972-03-31)31 March 1972 (aged 26)	Youth system
	FW	Nasser Zekri	(1971-08-03)3 August 1971 (aged 27)	NA Hussein Dey

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 January 1999	CM	Billel Dziri	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Loan Return

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 1998	MF	Mehdi Khelfouni	USM El Harrach	Free transfer

Notes

^ The first leg was moved from Omar Hamadi Stadium (USM Alger's home ground) to July 5, 1962 Stadium (MC Alger's home ground) by the FA for "security reasons"; USM Alger did not show up; the FA subsequently awarded the game as lost by both teams (in spite of MC Alger's players showing up at the venue assigned), JS Kabylie president (Mohand Chérif Hannachi) in fact pressed for elimination of both sides

References

^ Le matin numero 2012 du mardi 15 septembre 1998 page 23.
^ Ouest Tribune du mardi 22 septembre 1998 page 24.
^ Resultats des 1/32 de finale parus dans El Khabar numero 2497 du samedi 6 mars 1999 pages 26 et 27. et Le matin numero 2132 du samedi 6 mars 1999 pages 11. 12 et 13
^ El Khabar numero 2363 du lundi 7 septembre 1998 page 24.
^ Le matin numero 2015 du samedi 19 septembre 1998 page 14.
^ El Khabar numero 2505 du lundi 15 mars 1999 page 23 .
^ Liberté numero 1961 du mardi 30 mars 1999 page 19.
^ El Khabar numero 2544 du lundi 3 mai 1999 page 24.
^ Essahafa numero 13 du lundi 17 mai 1999 page 23 et El-Alem Essiassi numero 844 du lundi 17 mai 1999 page 17.

[USM_Alger_vs_MC_Alger-4] The first leg was moved from Omar Hamadi Stadium (USM Alger's home ground) to July 5, 1962 Stadium (MC Alger's home ground) by the FA for "security reasons"; USM Alger did not show up; the FA subsequently awarded the game as lost by both teams (in spite of MC Alger's players showing up at the venue assigned), JS Kabylie president (Mohand Chérif Hannachi) in fact pressed for elimination of both sides

[1] Le matin numero 2012 du mardi 15 septembre 1998 page 23.

[2] Ouest Tribune du mardi 22 septembre 1998 page 24.

[3] Resultats des 1/32 de finale parus dans El Khabar numero 2497 du samedi 6 mars 1999 pages 26 et 27. et Le matin numero 2132 du samedi 6 mars 1999 pages 11. 12 et 13

[5] El Khabar numero 2363 du lundi 7 septembre 1998 page 24.

[6] Le matin numero 2015 du samedi 19 septembre 1998 page 14.

[7] El Khabar numero 2505 du lundi 15 mars 1999 page 23 .

[8] Liberté numero 1961 du mardi 30 mars 1999 page 19.

[9] El Khabar numero 2544 du lundi 3 mai 1999 page 24.

[10] Essahafa numero 13 du lundi 17 mai 1999 page 23 et El-Alem Essiassi numero 844 du lundi 17 mai 1999 page 17.

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