2004–05 USM Alger season

USM Alger

2004–05 season
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Noureddine Saâdi (from 1 July 2004) (until January 2005) Djamel Menad (from January 2005) (until April 2005) Mustapha Aksouh (caretaker) (from April 2005)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
National 1	Winner
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Champions League	Second round
Confederation Cup	Second Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Billel Dziri (11 goals) All: Billel Dziri (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	100,000 vs. MC Alger (23 october 2004)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

In the 2004–05 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 25th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They were competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

Players

Last updated on 18 November 2016^[1]

Squad No.	Nationality	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
24		GK	Farid Belmellat	18 October 1970	JSM Béjaïa
25		GK	Merouane Abdouni	27 March 1981	USM El Harrach
27		GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	19 March 1985	Youth system
Defenders
4		RB	Salim Aribi	16 December 1974	CA Batna
29		RB	Abdelkader Besseghir	5 March 1978	GC Mascara
-		RB	Zineddine Mekkaoui	10 January 1987	Youth system
17		RB	Moulay Haddou	14 June 1975	MC Oran
5		RB	Mounir Zeghdoud	18 November 1970	USM Aïn Beïda
20		RB	Mahieddine Meftah	25 September 1968	JS Kabylie
2		RB	Mohamed Hamdoud	9 June 1976	Youth system
18		RB	Rabah Deghmani	5 October 1975	IB Khémis El Khechna
12		RB	Youcef Siahi	3 October 1984	Youth system
Midfielders
6		CM	Farid Djahnine	16 August 1976	Youth system
7		CM	Amar Ammour	10 September 1976	ASM Oran
8		CM	Billel Dziri	21 January 1972	CS Sedan Ardennes
10		CM	Hocine Achiou	27 April 1979	Youth system
-		CM	Hocine Metref	1 January 1984	Youth system
28		CM	Karim Ghazi	6 January 1979	Espérance de Tunis
Forwards
31		RW	Michael Eneramo	26 November 1986	Espérance de Tunis
19		RW	Rabie Benchergui	14 March 1978	ASM Oran
14		RW	Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	15 April 1984	Youth system
-		RW	Issaad Bourahli	23 March 1974	ES Sétif
-		RW	Rafik Deghiche	1 October 1983	Youth system
23		RW	Mamadou Diallo	17 April 1982	JS Centre Salif Keita
9		RW	Mintou Doucoure	19 July 1982	JS Centre Salif Keita

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	30	21	4	5	55	27	+28	70.00
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	00.00
Champions League	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	50.00
Confederation Cup	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	00.00
Total	37	23	7	7	66	33	+33	62.16

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	21	4	5	55	27	+28	67	2006 CAF Champions League
2	JS Kabylie	30	16	6	8	44	22	+22	54
3	MC Alger (Q)	30	14	7	9	39	44	−5	49	2005-06 Arab Champions League
4	NA Hussein Dey (Q)	30	11	10	9	29	19	+10	43	2006 CAF Confederation Cup
5	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj (Q)	30	10	13	7	32	25	+7	43	2005-06 Arab Champions League

Updated to games played on 10 November 2014.
Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
30	21	4	5	54	26	+28	67	12	1	2	31	12	+19	9	3	3	23	14	+9

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
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	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

USM Alger v US Chaouia

20 August 2004 Round 1	USM Alger	3 – 0	US Chaouia	Algiers
	Balbone  44' Dziri  63', 92'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Mehidi, Ouadah, Deffar

CS Constantine v USM Alger

26 August 2004 Round 2	CS Constantine	1 – 3	USM Alger	Constantine
	Chouieb  73'	Report	63', 92' Bourahli  62' Medjoudj	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Benaïssa, Belebsir, Chaker

USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

9 September 2004 Round 3	USM Alger	2 – 0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Algiers
	Diallo  38' Belkheïr  62'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Belkacem, Ighir, Chibane

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

16 September 2004 Round 4	JS Kabylie	2 – 1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	Endzanga  17' Berguiga  56'	Report	92' Besseghir	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Djabellah, Belkhir, Benchia, Belaïd

USM Alger v USM Annaba

20 September 2004 Round 5	USM Alger	2 – 2	USM Annaba	Algiers
	Diallo  50' Heddou  52'	Report	41' Hamadou  51' El Hadi	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Benouza, Kaïd, Mektous

WA Tlemcen v USM Alger

30 September 2004 Round 6	WA Tlemcen	0 – 1	USM Alger	Tlemcen
		Report	32' Diallo	Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Zerga Attendance: 9.000 Referee: Boumaâza, Feddaoui, Salhi

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

13 October 2004 Round 7	USM Alger	0 – 1	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
		Report	71' Rouaighia	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Belahcen, Garoui, Chouih

MC Alger v USM Alger

23 October 2004 Round 8	MC Alger	1 – 2	USM Alger	Algiers
	Daham  7'	Report	11' Diallo  26' Achiou	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 100.000 Referee: Berber, Djezzar, Talbi

USM Alger v GC Mascara

28 October 2004 Round 9	USM Alger	1 – 0	GC Mascara	Algiers
	Metref  72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Ferradi, Sedrati, Seghiri

ES Sétif v USM Alger

4 November 2004 Round 10	ES Sétif	1 – 2	USM Alger	Sétif
	Fellahi  85'	Report	70' Achiou  88' Dziri	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mansouri, Bechirane, Bouanani

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

14 November 2004 Round 11	USM Alger	1 – 0	ASO Chlef	Algiers
	Belkheir  93'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Khlifi, Sedrate, Belakhal

USM Blida v USM Alger

18 November 2004 Round 12	USM Blida	0 – 2	USM Alger	Blida
		Report	9', 72' Dziri	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Djaballah, Belkheir, Benchaïb

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

2 December 2004 Round 13	USM Alger	1 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Hamdoud  67'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Kestali, Bechaïr, Semara

USM Alger v MC Oran

9 December 2004 Round 14	USM Alger	2 – 1	MC Oran	Algiers
	Ammour  7' Metref  44'	Report	19' Daoud	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Boumaâza, Salhi, Bouzini

OMR El Annasser v USM Alger

16 December 2004 Round 15	OMR El Annasser	1 – 3	USM Alger	Boufarik
	Haddouche  62'	Report	Benchergui  17', 24' Dziri  78'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Belkacem, Deffar, Ouadah

US Chaouia v USM Alger

13 January 2005 Round 16	US Chaouia	0 – 0	USM Alger	Oum El Bouaghi
		Report		Stadium: Stade Zerdani-Hsouma Referee: Gaïd, Meknous

USM Alger v CS Constantine

8 January 2005 Round 17	USM Alger	3 – 0	CS Constantine	Algiers
	Hamdoud  14' (pen.) Belkheir  58' Dziri  77'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Kestali, Bechari, Samara

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v USM Alger

31 January 2005 Round 18	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	3 – 0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Derbal  19', 62' Nankop  78'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boumaaza, Salhi, Bouziane

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

10 February 2005 Round 19	USM Alger	2 – 1	JS Kabylie	Algiers
	Djahnine  13' Eneramo  42'	Report	74' (pen.) Belkaïd	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Benouza, Meknous, Kaïd

USM Annaba v USM Alger

17 February 2005 Round 20	USM Annaba	1 – 1	USM Alger	Annaba
	Bensaïd 45'	Report	52' Djahnine	Stadium: Stade Abdelkader Chabou Referee: Haïmoudi, Kerraï, Omari

USM Alger v WA Tlemcen

24 February 2005 Round 21	USM Alger	2 – 1	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
	Dziri  13' Hamdoud  81' (pen.)	Report	35' Hachemi	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Khelifi, Belbcir, Benkahla

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

10 March 2005 Round 22	CR Belouizdad	0 – 3	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report	42' Haddou  60' Eneramo  90' Ghazi	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Zekrini, Berrahmoune, Djezzar

USM Alger v MC Alger

31 March 2005 Round 23	USM Alger	1 – 2	MC Alger	Algiers
	Dziri  9'	Report	26', 61' Daham	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Kestali, Bechraïr, Smara

GC Mascara v USM Alger

14 April 2005 Round 24	GC Mascara	1 – 1	USM Alger	Mascara
	Saihi  84'	Report	73' Eneramo	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Africaine Referee: Djarbouaâ, Chaoui, Rebaï

USM Alger v ES Sétif

18 April 2005 Round 25	USM Alger	3 – 2	ES Sétif	Algiers
	Benchergui  15', 68' Ghazi  45'	Report	46', 90' Sessay	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 Referee: Abed, Ouadeh, Haïmoudi

ASO Chlef v USM Alger

16 May 2005 Round 26	ASO Chlef	1 – 2	USM Alger	Chlef
	N'diaye  20'	Report	29' Benchergui  90' Metref	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Aouiti, Bouziani, Kaddaoui

USM Alger v USM Blida

26 May 2005 Round 27	USM Alger	4 – 1	USM Blida	Algiers
	Dziri  30', 90' Doucouré  45' Haddou  57'	Report	65' Zmit	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Ferradi, Sedrati, Benlakhal

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

2 June 2005 Round 28	NA Hussein Dey	1 – 2	USM Alger	Algiers
	Gana  61'	Report	39' Khemissa  77' Benchergui	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Kacemi, Hanifi, Kebaïli

MC Oran v USM Alger

9 June 2005 Round 29	MC Oran	2 – 1	USM Alger	Oran
	Benzerga  30', 42' (pen.)	Report	80' Khemissa	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee: Abdesamed, Mezroua, Ourari

USM Alger v OMR El Annasser

13 June 2005 Round 30	USM Alger	4 – 1	OMR El Annasser	Algiers
	Eneramo  21', 35', 39', 63'	Report	39' Hemani	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Benaissa, Djezzar, Chettih

Algerian Cup

MC Oran v USM Alger

3 January 2005 Round of 64	MC Oran	1 – 0	USM Alger	Chlef
	Benzerga  22' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Benaïssa, Bencheikh, Bourouis

Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Espérance	12	6	4	0	2	12	7	5
Jeanne d'Arc	11	6	3	2	1	8	9	-1
USM Alger	7	6	2	1	3	8	8	0
Supersport United	4	6	1	1	4	5	9	-4

ASC Jeanne d'Arc v USM Alger

11 July 2004 Round 1	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	2 – 1	USM Alger	Dakar
	Makhete N'Diaye  30' Lamine Diarra  80'	Report	73' Mamadou Diallo  41' Salim Aribi	Stadium: Stade Demba Diop Referee: Evene Divine Raphael

USM Alger v Supersport United

23 July 2004 Round 2	USM Alger	2 – 1	Supersport United	Algiers
	Mamadou Diallo  34', 90+4'	Report	84' Abram Raselemane  45' Tsweu Mokoro	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz

Espérance de Tunis v USM Alger

6 August 2004 Round 3	Espérance de Tunis	2 – 1	USM Alger	Tunis
	Ali Zitouni  23', 67'	Report	57' Billel Dziri	Stadium: Stade El Menzah Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf

USM Alger v Espérance de Tunis

10 September 2004 Round 4	USM Alger	3 – 0	Espérance de Tunis	Algiers
	Issaad Bourahli  15', 55' Mamadou Diallo  50'	Report	45' Khaled Badra	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi

USM Alger v ASC Jeanne d'Arc

25 September 2004 Round 5	USM Alger	1 – 1	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	Blida
	Mamadou Diallo  72' Mahieddine Meftah  81'	Report	14' Dame N'Doye  82' Pape Niokhor Fall	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Coffi Codjia

Supersport United v USM Alger

17 October 2004 Round 6	Supersport United	2 – 0	USM Alger	Pretoria
	Tsweu Mokoro  77' Sibusiso Mahlangu  86'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Champions League

First round

Olympic Azzaweya v USM Alger

March 2005 first leg	Olympic Azzaweya	0 – 2	USM Alger	Zawiya
		Report	54', 60' Ammour	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee:

USM Alger v Olympic Azzaweya

March 2005 Second leg	USM Alger	5 – 0	Olympic Azzaweya	Algiers
	Doucoure  8', 38' Belkheïr  85', 90' Eneramo  69'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee:

Second Round

USM Alger v Al Ahly SC

April 2005 first leg	USM Alger	0 – 1	Al Ahly SC	Algiers
		Report	6' Barakat	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee:

Al Ahly SC v USM Alger

April 2005 Second leg	Al Ahly SC	2 – 2	USM Alger	Cairo
	El Nahas  45' Meteib  55'	Report	41' Achiou  96' (pen.) Hamdoud	Stadium: Arab Contractors Stadium Referee:

CAF Confederation Cup

Second Round of 16

USM Alger v AS Marsa

May 2005 first leg	USM Alger	1 – 1	AS Marsa	Algiers
	Achiou  90'	Report	39' El Hirèch	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee:

AS Marsa v USM Alger

May 2005 Second leg	AS Marsa	1 – 1 (5 - 4 p)	USM Alger	La Marsa
	Hireche  70'	Report	45' Doucouré	Stadium: Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui Referee:

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 31 June 2005

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				CAF Confederation Cup				Total
			GS				GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
24		Belmellat, FaridFarid Belmellat	3								1				1				5
25		Abdouni, MerouaneMerouane Abdouni	23		1		1		1		9				1				33		2
27		Zemmamouche, Mohamed LamineMohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	4		1														4		1
Defenders
2		Hamdoud, MohamedMohamed Hamdoud	25	3	5	1	1		1		9	1	1		1				36	4	7	1
3		Ghoul, TarekTarek Ghoul	1								1								2
4		Aribi, SalimSalim Aribi	9		3		1				2			1					12		3	1
5		Zeghdoud, MounirMounir Zeghdoud	22		4		1				10				2		1		35		5
12		Siahi, YoucefYoucef Siahi	2		1														2		1
17		Haddou, MoulayMoulay Haddou	28	3	1		1				10				2				41	3	1
18		Deghmani, RabahRabah Deghmani	21		3						6		1		1				28		4
20		Meftah, MahieddineMahieddine Meftah	22		9	1					7		2	1	2				31		11	1
29		Besseghir, AbdelkaderAbdelkader Besseghir	19	1			1				4								24	1
		Belhadi, MohamedMohamed Belhadi	2																2
		Hamraoui	1																1
		Achiou, KarimKarim Achiou	1																1
		Mekkaoui, ZineddineZineddine Mekkaoui	1																1
Midfielders
6		Djahnine, FaridFarid Djahnine	20	2	3		1				9		2		2				32	2	5
7		Ammour, AmarAmar Ammour	19	1			1				7	2							27	3
8		Dziri, BillelBillel Dziri	24	11	5		1				8	1	2		2				35	12	7
9		Ghazi, KarimKarim Ghazi	12	2	2						4		1		1		1		17	2	4
10		Achiou, HocineHocine Achiou	18	2	6	1	1		1		10	1	1		2	1		1	31	3	8	2
13		Khemissa, Mohamed SamirMohamed Samir Khemissa	2	2	1														2	2	1
16		Nazef, LahcèneLahcène Nazef									1								1
22		Balbone, HamidouHamidou Balbone	7	1	1						3								10	1	1
26		Metref, HocineHocine Metref	26	3	2		1				6				2		1		35	3	3
Forwards
9		Doucoure, MintouMintou Doucoure	13	1							3	2			2	1			18	4
11		Bourahli, IssaadIssaad Bourahli	13	2	1		1				4	2							18	4	1
14		Belkheïr, Mohamed AmineMohamed Amine Belkheïr	17	3	1		1				3	2			1				24	5	1
15		Ali Hadji, KarimKarim Ali Hadji	10		1						1								11		1
19		Benchergui, RabieRabie Benchergui	11	6	3		1				4				1				17	6	3
23		Diallo, MamadouMamadou Diallo	10	4	3						6	5							16	10	3
31		Eneramo, MichaelMichael Eneramo	11	7	5	1					4	1			1			1	16	8	5	2
		Kab, Ali LamineAli Lamine Kab	1																1
		Deghiche, RafikRafik Deghiche	2								1								3
Own goals				1				0				0				0				1
Totals				54	62	4		0	3	0		17	10	2		2	3	2		73	78	8

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No. Nat. Player Pos. Ligue 1 Algerian Cup CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup TOTAL 8 Billel Dziri MF 11 0 0 0 11 31 Michael Eneramo FW 7 0 1 0 8 19 Rabie Benchergui FW 7 0 0 0 7 2 Mohamed Hamdoud DF 4 0 1 0 5 23 Mamadou Diallo FW 4 0 0 0 4 14 Mohamed Amine Belkheïr FW 2 0 2 0 4 17 Moulay Haddou DF 3 0 0 0 3 - Hocine Metref MF 3 0 0 0 3 10 Hocine Achiou MF 2 0 0 1 3 9 Mintou Doucoure FW 1 0 1 1 3 7 Amar Ammour MF 1 0 2 0 3 6 Farid Djahnine MF 2 0 0 0 2 - Mohamed Samir Khemissa FW 2 0 0 0 2 29 Abdelkader Besseghir DF 1 0 0 0 1 - Hamidou Balbone FW 1 0 0 0 1 - Karim Ghazi MF 1 0 0 0 1 - Nacer M'ed Medjoudj FW 1 0 0 0 1 Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 55 0 9 2 66 References "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016. External links