# 2004–05 USM Blida season

In the 2004–05 season, USM Blida is competing in Division 1 for the 18th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Division 1 and the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2004. 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 ||||||
| | GK | Salah Mohamed Samadi | (1976-09-16)16 September 1976 (aged 27) | JS Bordj Ménaïel |
| | GK | Ahmed Boulifa | (1980-06-12)12 June 1980 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| | GK | El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah | (1983-09-24)24 September 1983 (aged 20) | USM Alger |
| Defenders ||||||
| | CB | Smaïl Diss | (1976-12-02)2 December 1976 (aged 27) | ES Mostaganem |
| | CB | Sid Ahmed Belouahem | (1977-08-26)26 August 1977 (aged 26) | NA Hussein Dey |
| | CB | Samir Galoul | (1976-10-18)18 October 1976 (aged 27) | JS Bordj Ménaïel |
| | LB | Tarek Ghoul | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 29) | USM Alger |
| | RB | Abdelkader Benayada | (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 22) | ASM Oran |
| | RB | Zoheir Bendida | (1977-12-03)3 December 1977 (aged 26) | MC Oran |
| | CB | Mamadou Tall | (1982-12-04)4 December 1982 (aged 21) | CS Grevenmacher |
| | | Sid Ali Khenifsi | (1980-11-16)16 November 1980 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| | | Fouad Aissa | (1978-05-04)4 May 1978 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| | | Amadou Tall | (1975-07-22)22 July 1975 (aged 29) | EF Ouagadougou |
| | | Zoubir Zmit | (1975-06-11)11 June 1975 (aged 29) | RC Kouba |
| | | Mohamed Aoun Seghir | (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | | Rabah Bouaroura | (1983-05-30)30 May 1983 (aged 21) | IRB Hadjout |
| | | Farouk Allali | (1985-02-09)9 February 1985 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| | AM | Harouna Traoré | (1982-12-31)31 December 1982 (aged 21) | EF Ouagadougou |
| | AM | Bilel Herbache | (1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| | LW | Aboubaker Rebih | (1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| | ST | Ali Meçabih | (1972-04-02)2 April 1972 (aged 32) | USM Alger |
| | | Mohamed Mehdaoui | (1979-09-29)29 September 1979 (aged 24) | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj |
| | ST | Billal Zouani | (1969-12-11)11 December 1969 (aged 34) | Youth system |
| | ST | Mohamed Badache | (1976-10-15)15 October 1976 (aged 27) | ES Sétif |
| | RW / CF | Benhalima Rouane | (1979-02-28)28 February 1979 (aged 25) | JSM Tiaret |
| | ST | Abdelmadjid Tahraoui | (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 23) | ASO Chlef |
| | | Abdelmalek Bettouaf | (1981-09-16)16 September 1981 (aged 22) | WA Tlemcen |
| | | Khaled Garzou | (1984-08-09)9 August 1984 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | ST | Hadj Bouguèche | (1983-12-07)7 December 1983 (aged 20) | RC Kouba |
| | ST | Farid Touil | (1974-12-10)10 December 1974 (aged 29) | US Chaouia |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Division 1 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 036.67 | — | 6th | 20 August 2004 | 13 June 2005 |
| Algerian Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 6 January 2005 | 14 March 2005 |
| Total | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 038.24 |

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | NA Hussein Dey | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 5 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 43 | Qualification for the 2005–06 Arab Champions League |
| 6 | USM Blida | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 42 | |
| 7 | ASO Chlef | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 41 | Qualification for the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 8 | CS Constantine | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 40 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 June 2005. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 |

#### Matches
## Squad information
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 1 | Division 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Salah Mohamed Samadi | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ALG | El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ALG | Ahmed Boulifa | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Benayada | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Smaïl Diss | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BFA | Mamadou Tall | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Zoheir Bendida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Fouad Aissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Sid Ali Khenifsi | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Sid Ahmed Belouahem | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Samir Galoul | 30 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Mourad Farhi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ALG | Tarek Ghoul | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Bilel Herbache | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Farouk Allali | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Zoubir Zmit | 33 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Aoun Seghir | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | BFA | Amadou Tall | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BFA | Harouna Traoré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Hadj Bouguèche | 23 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Mehdaoui | 28 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ALG | Aboubaker Rebih | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Farid Touil | 31 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Billal Zouani | 30 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Badache | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Abdelmadjid Tahraoui | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ALG | Benhalima Rouane | 28 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ALG | Abdelmalek Bettouaf | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ALG | Ali Meçabih | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 June 2005 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

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