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USM Blida

USM Blida
Full nameUnion Sportive Madinat Blida
Nickname(s)Salvador
Founded16 June 1932
as Union Sportive Musulmane de Blida
GroundBrakni Brothers Stadium, Stade Mustapha Tchaker
Capacity10,000
ChairmanSid Ali Bencherchali
Head CoachSofiane Nechma
LeagueLigue 2
2019–20Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur, Group Centre, 8th (promoted)
Home colours
Away colours

Union Sportive Madinat Blida (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة‎), known as USM Blida or simply USMB for short, is a football club based in the city of Blida. The club was founded in June 1932 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, the Brakni Brothers Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue 2.

History

On 16 June 1932 the club was officially founded with the name Union Sportive Musulmane Blidéenne, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 24 Septembre 1933 in the first round of North African Cup.[1]

On 5 August 2020, USM Blida promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2.[2]

Club identity

Colours

Since the establishment of the club, the colours are the green and the red.

Crest

Historical evolution of the club's crest.

  • First badge of the club

  • Previous badge of the club

  • Actual badge of the club

Stadium

USM Blida play their home matches at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 2011.

Current squad

As of 29 March 2020 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Algeria ALG Oussama Lalili
— DF Algeria ALG Nidhal Benichnacha
— DF Algeria ALG Zakaria Zaitri
— DF Algeria ALG Hocine Ouamri
— DF Algeria ALG Mohamed Abdou Taieb Solimane
— MF Algeria ALG Abderrahmane Sellami
— MF Algeria ALG Mehdi Kacem
— MF Algeria ALG Omar Ousmail
— MF Algeria ALG Abderahmane Sellami
— MF Algeria ALG Islem Benhocine
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Algeria ALG Bilel Herbache
— MF Algeria ALG Mohamed Islam Belhadj
— FW Algeria ALG Boufeldja Djelti
— FW Algeria ALG Youcef El Keboub
— FW Algeria ALG Aimen Dadsi
— FW Algeria ALG Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou
— FW Algeria ALG Mohamed Amine Aoudia
— MF Algeria ALG Hocine Metref
— MF Algeria ALG Chouaib Zellami
— DF Algeria ALG Braim Ladraâ

Honours

Domestic competitions

  • Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 : 26 season
Runner-up (1): 2002–03
  • Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 : 24 season
Champion (4): 1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2014–15
Runner-up (1): 1995–96

Regional competitions

1947 – Quarter-finals
1952 – Round of 32
1953 – Round of 32
1954 – Semi-final
1955 – Round of 32
  • Arab Club Champions Cup : 2 appearances
1996 – Group stage
2004 – Second round

North African Cup

Season Round Club Home Away
1946–1947
Round of 16 Tunisia CS Hammam-Lif / 0–1
Quarter-finals Morocco US Marocaine 0–1 /
1952–1953
Round of 32 France SC Bel Abbès / 4–0
1953–1954
Round of 32 Tunisia ES Sahel 1–0 2–2
Round of 16 France EJ Philippevilleˌ 1–0 /
Quarter-finals France Gallia Club Oran 1–0 /
Semi-finals Algeria USM Oran / 1–0
1954–1955
Round of 32 Tunisia Club Africain 2–3 /
1955–1956
Round of 32 Algeria GC Mascara / 4–0

Arab Champions League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1996
Group stage (A) Egypt Al-Ahly / 5–1 3rd place
State of Palestine Shabab Rafah / 1–0
2003–04 First Round Morocco MAS Fez 0–1 1–3 2–3
Group stage (C) Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2–2 1–0 4th place
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 0–5 2–1
Egypt Zamalek SC 0–2 1–1

Records

  • League victory: 7–1 v WA Tlemcen, 26 October 2000
  • Cup victory: 6–0 v NRB Lardjem, 29 January 2006

Presidents

  • 1932–1933 : Benaïssa Menhaouch Kherroube
  • 1933–1933 : Mohamed Chelha
  • 1933–1936 : Ali Rouabah as "Braham"
  • 1936–1939 : Ahmed Kassoul
  • 1939–1950 : Hamid Kassoul
  • 1950–1953 : Belkacem Benarbia & Bachir Abdelouahab
  • 1953–1964 : Dr. Hadji Mustapaha
  • 1964–1965 : Abdelkader Abed
  • 1965–1969 : Dr. Hadji Mustapaha
  • 1970's : Braham Douidene
  • 1975's : Rachid Otmane Tolba
  • 1981–1985 : Djillali Sellimi
  • 1985–1988 : Abdallah Kerrache
  • 1989–1991 : Maâmar Djeguaguene
  • 1991–1996 : Zoubir Bendali
  • 1996–2004 : Mohamed Zaïm
  • 2004–2007 : Mohamed Zahaf
  • 2008–2014 : Mohamed Zaïm
  • 2014–2015 : Mohamed Douidene
  • 2015–2015: Hamid Foufa
  • 2016–2016: Lyes Zouaoui
  • 2016–2017: Sidali Ben Cherchali
  • 2017–2017: Smaïl Berdaoui
  • 2017–2018: Chouaib Alim
  • 2018–2018: Salim Sidi Moussa
  • 2019–2019: Mohamed Berdane
  • 2020–: Sidali Ben Cherchali

Transfers

List of managers

See also: List of USM Blida managers

The first manager of USM Blida was Abdelkader Hadef, who joined the club in 1932 as a player-manager. The current manager is Sofiane Nechma, who took over the club in March 2020.

Recent seasons

Main article: List of USM Blida seasons
Season League Cup Top goalscorer(s)[3]
Division Pos Pts P W D L GF GA GD Name Goals Ref.
2010-2011 Division 1 16th 29 30 7 8 15 16 30 -14 Round of 32 Abdelkader Harizi 5 [4]
2011-2012 Division 2 5th 45 30 12 9 9 40 36 +4 Round of 64 Brahim Ledraâ 10 [5]
2012-2013 Division 2 5th 48 30 13 9 8 44 27 +17 Round of 16 Mustapha Melika 11 [6]
2013-2014 Division 2 6th 47 30 13 8 9 34 25 +9 5th Round Mohamed Amine Hammia 8 [7]
2014-2015 Division 2 1st 53 30 14 11 5 35 22 +13 Round of 64 Fethi Noubli 14 [8]
2015-2016 Division 1 14th 36 30 7 15 8 20 29 -9 Round of 32 Bedrane, Amiri, Hichem Cherif, Sylla 3 [9]
2016-2017 Division 2 2nd 51 30 14 9 7 31 19 +12 Round of 32 Youcef Zerguine 8 [10]
2017-2018 Division 1 16th 23 30 5 8 17 28 50 -22 Quarter-finals Samy Frioui 17 [11]
2018-2019 Division 2 16th 17 30 3 8 19 15 44 -29 Round of 64 Abdelmalik Hadef 5 [12]
2019-2020 Division 3 8th 31 24 7 10 7 23 19 +4 4th Round Bilel Herbache 6 [13]
2020-2021 Division 2

See also

  • List of USM Blida players
  • List of USM Blida seasons
  • USM Blida league record by opponent
  • List of USM Blida international footballers

References

  1. ^ "Au Stade Lebon: US Musulmane Blidéenne bat le SC Ménerville, par 2 buts à 1". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Saison 2019/2020 : Les clubs de Division Nationale Amateurs promus en Ligue 2".
  3. ^ Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Cup of Algeria, League Cup and Arab Cup) are counted.
  4. ^ "Statistics 2010–11 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Statistics 2011–12 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Statistics 2012–13 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Statistics 2013–14 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Statistics 2014–15 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Statistics 2015–16 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Statistics 2016–17 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Statistics 2017–18 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Statistics 2018–19 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Statistics 2019–20 USM Blida season". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

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