List of USM Alger seasons explained

Union sportive de la médina d'Alger is an Algerian professional football club based in Algiers, Algiers Province. The club was formed in Casbah in 1937 as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger, and played their first competitive match in 1937, when they entered the 1937–38 Ligue d'Alger Troisième Division. The club was renamed Union sportive de la médina d'Alger in 1989.

The club has won a total of 18 major trophies, including the national championship 7 times also won the Algerian Cup a record 8 times, the Algerian Super Cup 1 time, and the UAFA Club Cup 1 time Al Ittihad reached the CAF Champions League final for the first time in 2015 but was defeated against TP Mazembe. The club has also never been out of the top two divisions of Algerian football since entering the Football League.

This is a list of the seasons played by USM Alger from 1962 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Ligue 1. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Algerian football:

History

The club formed in 1937 as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger after considerable difficulties because of the designation of the Musulmane, where the French administration requested to remove the word however it was the first season in the third division 1937–38 season the results of the team during the colonial period are not in the table and the competitions in which he was then participating are Ligue d'Alger, Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de la Solidarité The USMA has never participated in a continental competition at the time like North African Championship and North African Cup.

After independence, Al Ittihad became the first champion of Algeria after winning the final match against MC Alger 3–0, it also has the record of reaching the final of the Algerian Cup 17 times, won eight of them also considered the most losing team for the final nine times, including five consecutive times from 1969 to 1973 it is the first club to win the Cup of Algeria and play in second division in 1981 also the only one who won the championship immediately after his second division rise in the 1995–96 season, in 2002–03, they won an unprecedented Doubles of Ligue 1, Algerian Cup in 2001–02 and 2002–03, making USM Alger only the fourth club to win two consecutive Algerian league titles knowing there is no Algerian club won the Algerian league three consecutive times or more. The USMA is a party to the first Super Cup final in 1981, which they were defeated against RC Kouba 3–1 this tournament later achieved twice, in 2013 and 2016. In 1982, USM Alger he debuted for the first time in African competition, entering the Cup Winners' Cup also in 1997, became the first Algerian club to enter Champions League in its new version.

Seasons

Before independence

Below, the USM Alger season-by-season record before independence in the French Algeria period :

Season!colspan=11
League of AlgiersForconi Cup
DivisionPos.PtsPWDLFAGDGoalscorer
Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger (USMA)
1938-39000000000--
1939-40Première Division 6th19122191821-3-Round of 16
1940-41Troisième Division 000000000-Round of 16
1941-42Troisième Division 000000000-Round of 32
1942-43000000000--
1943-44000000000--
1944-45Première Division bgcolor=gold1st35121110456+39-Second Round
1945-46000000000-Quarter-finals
1946-47000000000-Second Round
1947-48Première Division 441813233910+29-Quarter-finals
1948-49Première Division bgcolor=gold1st36186662422+2-Fourth Round
1949-50Première Division 5th38187652825+3-Fifth Round
1950-51Première Division 7th35186572726+1-Third Round
1951-52Première Division bgcolor=gold1st491814315118+33Rabah Zouaoui (12)Second Round
1952-53Première Division 8th34184862227−5-Fourth Round
1953-54000000000--
1954-55000000000--
1955-56Deuxième Division 000000000--
No competition is played by the muslim clubs between 1956 and 1962 by order of the FLN (Algerian War)

After independence

Below, the USM Alger season-by-season record after independence of Algeria :

SeasonLeagueCupOtherAfricaTop goalscorer(s)
DivisionPosPtsPWDLGFGANameGoals
1962–63Critérium Honneurbgcolor=gold1st 70 24 21 2 1 95 11 SF
1963–64Division Honneur3rd 74 30 19 6 5 69 23SF19
1964–65National16th 54 30 8 8 14 36 44R64Abderrahmane Meziani 11
1965–66National 22nd 73 30 18 7 5 53 22R16
1966–67National II5th 36 18 6 6 6 26 20SFAbderrahmane Meziani 8
1967–68National II5th 45 22 8 7 7 29 23R16Abderrahmane Meziani 7
1968–69National II2nd 51 22 11 7 4 44 26bgcolor=silverRUMouldi Aissaoui 11
1969–70National I5th 43 22 7 7 8 34 32bgcolor=silverRU10
1970–71National I5th 45 22 7 9 6 37 32bgcolor=silverRUMeziani, Tchalabi 10
1971–72National I15th 55 30 9 7 14 38 47bgcolor=silverRUAbderrahmane Meziani 8
1972–73National II2nd - - - - - - -bgcolor=silverRU
1973–74National II1st - - - - - - -R32
1974–75National I5th 63 30 13 7 10 48 36R3210
1975–76National I4th 66 30 14 8 8 52 29R32
1976–77National I11th 47 26 7 7 12 32 36QF
1977–78Division 15th 54 26 11 6 9 40 26bgcolor=silverRU
1978–79Division 112th 48 26 7 8 11 30 40QF
1979–80Division 115th 54 30 7 11 12 30 35bgcolor=silverRU
1980–81Division 21st 54 22 12 8 2 49 21bgcolor=goldW
1981–82Division 19th 59 30 9 11 10 24 30QFbgcolor=silverRUCup Winners' CupQF
1982–83Division 116th 56 30 8 10 12 21 31R167[1]
1983–84Division 24th 68 30 13 12 5 45 23R2
1984–85Division 22nd 69 29 13 11 5 39 20R32
1985–86Division 22nd 69 30 14 11 5 41 22R32
1986–87Division 21st 46 30 19 8 3 41 15R64
1987–88Division 17th 35 34 11 13 10 35 30bgcolor=goldW9
1988–89Division 113th 28 30 9 10 11 27 34R16Cup Winners' CupQF7
1989–90Division 116th 23 30 8 7 15 23 39NPTarek Hadj Adlane 10
1990–91Division 24th 34 30 12 10 8 40 25QFTarek Hadj Adlane 13
1991–92Division 23rd 34 30 13 8 9 34 23R64
1992–93Division 27th 31 30 10 11 9 33 25NP
1993–94Division 22nd 48 32 21 6 5 52 12R64
1994–95Division 21st 50 32 20 10 2 54 29R2??
1995–96Division 1bgcolor=gold1st 60 30 19 3 8 39 24R64Grp11
1996–97Division 13rd 49 30 14 7 9 32 30bgcolor=goldWChampions LeagueGrpTarek Hadj Adlane 16
1997–98Division 1bgcolor=silver2nd 25 15 6 7 2 18 13R16QFCup Winners' CupQFTarek Hadj Adlane 6
1998–99Super Division4th 44 26 12 8 6 32 17bgcolor=goldWCAF CupQFTarek Hadj Adlane 17
1999–00Super Division12th 21 22 6 3 13 15 27R16SFCup Winners' CupDisAthmane Samir Amirat 5
2000–01Super Divisionbgcolor=silver2nd 55 30 15 10 5 51 28bgcolor=goldWTarek Hadj Adlane 14
2001–02Super Divisionbgcolor=gold1st 57 30 17 6 7 37 24R32Cup Winners' CupSF12
2002–03Division 1bgcolor=gold1st 58 30 17 7 6 52 17bgcolor=goldWChampions LeagueSFalign=left bgcolor=goldMoncef Ouichaoui 22
2003–04Division 1bgcolor=silver2nd 58 30 17 7 6 49 23bgcolor=goldWChampions LeagueGrpRabie Benchergui 15
2004–05Division 11st 6730 21455527R64Champions LeagueR211
CAF Confederation CupPO
2005–06Division 1bgcolor=silver2nd 57 30 18 6 6 50 30bgcolor=silverRUChampions LeagueR112[2]
2006–07Division 14th 47 30 13 8 9 32 25bgcolor=silverRUChampions LeaguePR7[3]
2007–08Division 14th 42 30 12 6 12 32 27R16Arab Champions LeagueGrp12[4]
2008–09Division 16th 48 32 13 9 10 38 31R64Arab Champions LeagueR167[5]
2009–10Division 14th 53 34 14 11 9 47 33R1615[6]
2010–11Ligue 19th 38 30 9 11 10 32 28R6411[7]
2011–12Ligue 13rd 52 30 15 7 8 37 25QF12[8]
2012–13Ligue 14th 51 30 15 6 9 32 15WConfederation CupR2Noureddine Daham 12[9]
UAFA Club Cupbgcolor=goldW
2013–14Ligue 1bgcolor=gold1st 68 30 20 8 2 49 21 R32bgcolor=goldW6[10]
2014–15Ligue 18th 41 30 10 11 9 35 27 R16bgcolor=silverRUChampions Leaguebgcolor=silverRU8[11]
2015–16Ligue 1bgcolor=gold1st 58 30 17 7 6 49 31 R6412[12]
2016–17Ligue 13rd 50 30 14 8 8 50 31R16bgcolor=goldWChampions LeagueSF11[13]
2017–18Ligue 16th 42 30 11 9 10 43 35R16Confederation CupQFalign=left bgcolor=goldOussama Darfalou 26[14] [15]
2018–19Ligue 1bgcolor=gold1st 53 30 15 8 7 49 29R16Arab Club Champions CupR210[16]
2019–20Ligue 16th 32 22 9 5 7 25 22R32Champions LeagueGrp12[17]
2020–21Ligue 14th6538198116239NPbgcolor=silverRUIsmail Belkacemi17[18]
SF
2021–22Ligue 14th 57 34 15 12 7 45 22NP8[19]
2022–23Ligue 111st 40 30 11 7 11 31 27R64Confederation Cupbgcolor=goldW11[20]
2023–24Ligue 14th4930154114032SFConfederation CupSFIsmail Belkacemi17[21]
CAF Super Cupbgcolor=goldW
2024–25Ligue 1R64Confederation CupGrp[22]

Key

Key to league record:

Key to divisions:

Key to rounds:

bgcolor=goldChampionsbgcolor=silverRunners-upPromotedRelegated

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Statistics

Algeria

FAF competitions
CompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1441277544342391166512812023–24
Algerian Ligue 216387190122755803061994–95
Algerian Cup5820413237353701562023–24
Algerian Super Cup55203662019
Algerian League Cup (defunct)42598835222020–21
Total127189887750951226561771

Africa

CAF competitions
CompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played
Champions League980371924132822019–20
CAF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)525134840252002
CAF Confederation Cup64621131261362024–25
CAF Cup (defunct)164021361999
CAF Super Cup11100102023
Total22158763745247149

Non-CAF competitions

Non-CAF competitions
CompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played
Arab Champions League529148746342018–19
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup (defunct)24103361970
Total733158104938

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics 1982–83 USM Alger season . footballvintage.net.
  2. Web site: Statistics 2005–06 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  3. Web site: Statistics 2006–07 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  4. Web site: Statistics 2007–08 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  5. Web site: Statistics 2008–09 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  6. Web site: Statistics 2009–10 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  7. Web site: Statistics 2010–11 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  8. Web site: Statistics 2011–12 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  9. Web site: Statistics 2012–13 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  10. Web site: Statistics 2013–14 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  11. Web site: Statistics 2014–15 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  12. Web site: Statistics 2015–16 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  13. Web site: Statistics 2016–17 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  14. Web site: L1 : Darfalou meilleur buteur, Benaldjia meilleur passeur. dzfoot.com. 20 May 2018. French.
  15. Web site: Statistics 2017–18 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  16. Web site: Statistics 2018–19 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  17. Web site: Statistics 2019–20 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  18. Web site: Statistics 2020–21 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  19. Web site: Statistics 2021–22 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  20. Web site: Statistics 2022–23 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  21. Web site: Statistics 2023–24 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.
  22. Web site: Statistics 2024–25 USM Alger season . footballdatabase.eu.

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