1997–98 USM Alger season explained

Club:	USM Alger
Season:	1997–98
Manager:	Younès Ifticen
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Saïd Allik
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Omar Hamadi Stadium
League:	Division 1
League Result:	Runners–up
Cup1:	Algerian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Quarter-final
Cup3:	Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
Cup4:	African Cup Winners' Cup
Cup4 Result:	Second Round
League Topscorer:	Réda Zouani (4 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Tarek Hadj Adlane (6 goals)
Prevseason:	1996–97
Nextseason:	1998–99

In the 1997–98 season, USM Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 22nd time They competed in Ligue 1, the Algerian Cup, the Algerian League Cup, the African Cup Winners' Cup, and the CAF Champions League. In the 1997–98 season witnessed the return of former coach Younes Ifticène who was behind the rise in the 1994–95 season, in 1997 CAF Champions League USMA participated for the first time a new copy of the competition Where they reached the group stage and in the last match against Primeiro de Agosto USM Alger won with a single goal that was not enough to qualify for the final after a major conflict with Moroccan club Raja Casablanca Which at the same time in South Africa scored the winning goal in the last minute and qualified for the final, In 1997–98 season Algerian Football Federation change league system to the groups USMA signed in the group B with strong teams such as ES Setif, JS Kabylie and MC Alger side managed to qualify for the final 3 points form JS Kabylie Then in the final against USM El Harrach at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 USM Alger lost the title 2–3 after they advanced (2–0) 20 minutes before the end of the match to receive a full team of three goals, in the final minute USMA get a Penalty kick Its lost by defender Mounir Zeghdoud The Reds and Blacks ends the season without a title.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 January 1998.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
	GK	Farid Belmellat	January 1, 1998	RC Kouba
Defenders
	RB / CB	Mohamed Hamdoud	January 1, 1998	Youth system
	CB	Mounir Zeghdoud	January 1, 1998	USM Aïn Beïda
	LB / CB / RB	Mahieddine Meftah	January 1, 1998	JS Kabylie
	CB	Fayçal Hamdani (C)	January 1, 1998	WA Boufarik
	LB	Tarek Ghoul	January 1, 1998	USM El Harrach
	DF	Abdelouahab Tizarouine	January 1, 1998	US Chaouia
	LB	Rachid Boumrar
Midfielders
	CM	Billel Dziri	January 1, 1998	NA Hussein Dey
	MF	Sid Ahmed Marcel
	MF	Mehdi Khelfouni	January 1, 1998
	MF	Farid Djahnine	January 1, 1998	Youth system
	MF	Salaheddine Mehdaoui		USMM Hadjout
	MF	Hamid Aït Belkacem
Forwards
	FW	Tarek Hadj Adlane	January 1, 1998	JS Kabylie
	FW	Nacer Zekri	January 1, 1998	NA Hussein Dey
	FW	Fouad Smati	January 1, 1998	Youth system
	FW	Abdelmalek Khouni	January 1, 1998	AS Aïn M'lila
	FW	Réda Zouani	January 1, 1998	USM Blida
	FW	Djamel Menad	January 1, 1998	JS Kabylie
	FW	Mohamed Manga	January 1, 1998

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record				Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition					Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Division 1		Runners–up	1 January 1998	29 June 1998
Algerian Cup		Round of 16	16 March 1998	13 April 1998
League Cup		Quarter-finals	2 October 1997	16 October 1997
CAF Champions League	Group stage		24 August 1997	8 November 1997
African Cup Winners' Cup			26 April 1998	8 May 1998
Total

Group stage

African Cup Winners' Cup

See main article: 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup.

First round

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.		Player		Division 1			Algerian Cup			Cup Winners' Cup			Champions League			Total
No.		Player
Goalkeepers
	GK	Farid Belmellat		12	12	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	17	17	0
	GK	Laïd Belgherbi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0
Defenders
	DF	Tarek Ghoul		5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	9	9	2
	DF	Mounir Zeghdoud		12	12	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	15	15	0
	DF	Fayçal Hamdani		10	9	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	4	4	0	17	16	0
	DF	Mahieddine Meftah		10	10	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	4	4	0	17	16	1
	DF	Mohamed Hamdoud		12	12	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	4	4	0	19	19	2
	DF	Abdelouahab Tizarouine		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
	DF	Mohamed Briki		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
	DF	Rachid Boumrar		4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	0
Midfielders
	MF	Farid Djahnine		11	11	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	17	17	0
	MF	Salaheddine Mehdaoui		8	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	13	9	1
	MF	Mohamed Abacha		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
	MF	Samir Sloukia		6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	0
	MF	Saoussaou ???		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	MF	Billel Dziri		4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	8	8	2
	MF	Hamid Aït Belkacem		7	4	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	13	7	1
	MF	Sid Ahmed Marcel		2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	0	9	3	0
	MF	Mehdi Khelfouni		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	4	2	0
Forwards
	FW	Tarek Hadj Adlane		6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	10	9	5
	FW	Mohamed Manga		3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1
	FW	Nacer Zekri		5	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	10	7	2
	FW	Réda Zouani		11	10	4	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	14	13	5
	FW	Abdelmalek Khouni		9	8	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	13	10	2
	FW	Djamel Menad		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	Fouad Smati		11	9	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	17	15	0
Total	15		18	3		7	2		2	6		9	26		40

Goalscorers

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

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "1997–98 USM Alger season".

width=10	No.	width=10	Nat.	Player	width=10	Pos.	width=40		width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40	TOTAL
			FW	2	0	?	4	0	6
			FW	4	0	?	0	1	5
			DF	3	0	?	1	0	4
		Abdelmalek Khouni	MF	3	0	?	0	0	3
			MF	0	0	?	3	0	3
		Mohamed Manga	FW	1	2	?	0	0	3
			FW	2	0	?	1	0	3
		Hamid Aït Belkacem	MF	2	1	?	0	0	3
			DF	0	2	?	0	1	3
		Mohamed Abacha	MF	1	0	?	0	0	1
		Salaheddine Mehdaoui	FW	1	0	?	0	0	1
			DF	0	1	?	0	0	1
			MF	0	1	?	0	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	?	0	0	0
Totals				18	7	13	9	2	49

1997–98 USM Alger season explained

Squad list

Competitions

Overview

Division 1

Championship final

Algerian Cup

League Cup