# 2020–21 USM Blida season

In the 2020–21 season, USM Blida is competing in the National Amateur for the 25th season.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 February 2021. 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 ||||||
| 16 | GK | Chemseddine Slimani | (1989-01-19)19 January 1989 (aged 32) | SKAF Khemis Miliana |
| 26 | GK | Abdesslam Hannane | (1995-09-23)23 September 1995 (aged 25) | ASM Oran |
| | GK | Oussama Lalili | | USM Blida Youth |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | RB | Zakaria Zaitri | (1998-07-18)18 July 1998 (aged 22) | USM Blida Youth |
| 5 | CB | Ibrahim Ladraâ | (1985-08-21)21 August 1985 (aged 35) | ASO Chlef |
| 12 | DF | Lotfi Walid Sebai | (1998-07-30)30 July 1998 (aged 22) | ES Kouba |
| 22 | DF | Alaa Eddine Charef Serrir | | |
| 23 | CB | Mohamed Abdou Taieb Solimane | (1990-01-24)24 January 1990 (aged 31) | MO Constantine |
| 24 | DF | Salim Mezouar | | Kawkab Oran |
| 31 | DF | Salah Eddine Akacha | | |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Islam Belhadj | (1997-07-26)26 July 1997 (aged 23) | USM Blida Youth |
| 8 | MF | Mehdi Kacem | (1986-08-08)8 August 1986 (aged 34) | MC Alger |
| 10 | MF | Hocine Metref | (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 37) | Amal Bou Saâda |
| 19 | MF | Mohamed Bouanati | | First Military Region |
| 20 | MF | Aimene Dadsi | (1997-05-04)4 May 1997 (aged 23) | USM Blida Youth |
| 21 | MF | Bilel Herbache | (1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 35) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 25 | MF | Chouaïb Zalami | (1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 27) | AS Khroub |
| 27 | MF | Abdenacer Bensaci | (1994-06-27)27 June 1994 (aged 26) | MB Rouisset |
| | MF | Gherbi | | USM El Harrach Youth |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW | Chems Eddine Merchla | (1995-08-25)25 August 1995 (aged 25) | IRB El Hadjar |
| 9 | LW | Karim Rachedi | (1994-08-08)8 August 1994 (aged 26) | CR Témouchent |
| 14 | FW | Mohamed Amine Aoudia | (1987-06-06)6 June 1987 (aged 33) | Unattached |
| 17 | FW | Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou | (1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 35) | Amal Bou Saâda |
| | FW | Oussama Aggar | (1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 22) | DRB Tadjenanet |
| 15 | FW | Chihab Eddine Benhebil | (1999-12-09)9 December 1999 (aged 21) | AS Khroub |

## 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 |
| Ligue 2 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 009.09 | — | To be confirmed | 13 February 2021 | In Progress |
| Total | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 009.09 |
Updated to match played 27 June 2021 Source: Competitions

### Algerian Ligue 2
## League table
### Group Centre

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | RC Arbaâ | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 41 | Ligue 1 Playoffs |
| 2 | JSM Béjaïa | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 41 | |
| 3 | MO Béjaïa | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 38 | |
| 4 | RC Kouba | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 33 | |
| 5 | WA Boufarik | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 33 | |
| 6 | ES Ben Aknoun | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 31 | |
| 7 | USM El Harrach | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 31 | |
| 8 | IB Lakhdaria | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 29 | |
| 9 | CR Beni Thour | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur |
| 10 | A Bou Saâda | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 26 | Relegation to Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur |
| 11 | WR M'Sila | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 17 | Relegation to Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur |
| 12 | USM Blida | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 10 | Relegation to Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2021. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad information
### Current technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Kamel Mouassa |
| Assistant coach | Billal Zouani |
| Goalkeeping coach | Kocai Ben Makhlouf |
| Fitness coach | Idriss Haouas |
| Medecin | Ismaïl Zoubiri |

### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | National Amateur | National Amateur |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Oussama Alili | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ALG | Abdesslam Hannane | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Chemseddine Slimani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Zakaria Zaitri | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Nidhal Benichenacha | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Abdou Taieb Solimane | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ALG | Lotfi Walid Sebai | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ALG | Salah Eddine Akkacha | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ALG | Labassi | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Ibrahim Ladraâ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Gherbi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Chouaïb Zalami | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Bouzidi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | ALG | Akram Alioua | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALG | Salim Mezouar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 6 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Islam Belhadj | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Kacem | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Lyes Brahimi | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mohamed Rabah Kouider | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALG | Bilel Herbache | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ALG | Aimene Dadsi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Hocine Metref | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALG | Abdenacer Bensaci | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Koudjar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Ishak Benrekia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Oussama Aggar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | FW | ALG | Karim Rachedi | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 |
| | FW | ALG | Islam Haniched | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Bouanati | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | ALG | Mustapha Chenini | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Chihab Eddine Benhebil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Amine Aoudia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Chems Eddine Merchla | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Touafria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Taibi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||
Last updated: 27 June 2021 Source: Competitive matches

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 2 | TOTAL |
| 73 | | Islam Haniched | FW | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | | Hocine Metref | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | Karim Rachedi | FW | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | | Mohamed Bouanati | FW | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | | Mohamed Amine Aoudia | FW | 1 | 1 |
| | | Ilyes Brahimi | MF | 1 | 1 |
| | | Mustapha Chenini | MF | 1 | 1 |
| | | Mohamed Rabah Kouider | MF | 1 | 1 |
| | | Mehdi Gacem | MF | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 13 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 14 Septembre 2020 | FW | Mohamed Amine Aoudia | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 14 Septembre 2020 | MF | Hocine Metref | Amal Bou Saâda | Free transfer |
| 14 September 2020 | GK | Chemseddine Slimani | SKAF Khemis Miliana | Free transfer |
| 26 September 2020 | LW | Karim Rachedi | CR Témouchent | Free transfer |
| 26 September 2020 | LB | Abdelouahab Bouguerra | RC Kouba | Free transfer |
| 26 September 2020 | FW | Chems Eddine Merchla | IRB El Hadjar | Free transfer |
| 27 September 2020 | CB | Ibrahim Ladraâ | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | Mohamed Bouanati | | Free transfer |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | Oussama Aggar | DRB Tadjenanet | Free transfer |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | Chouaïb Zalami | AS Khroub | Free transfer |
| 27 September 2020 | FW | Chihab Eddine Benhebil | | Free transfer |
| 28 September 2020 | GK | Abdesslam Hannane | ASM Oran | Free transfer |
| 3 October 2020 | MF | Abdenacer Bensaci | MB Rouissat | Free transfer |
| 10 October 2020 | DF | Lotfi Walid Sebai | ES Kouba | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 30 Septembre 2020 | GK | El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah | AS Khroub | Free transfer |
| 30 Septembre 2020 | FW | Mouad Redjem | AS Aïn M'lila | Free transfer |
| 30 Septembre 2020 | MF | Hichem Blidi | MC Alger Youth | Free transfer |
| 5 October 2020 | CB | Hocine Ouamri | CRB Dar El Beïda | Free transfer |
| 10 October 2020 | FW | Nour El Imam | IB Lakhdaria | Free transfer |
| 28 October 2020 | FW | Feth Nour Aliouat | MO Béjaïa | Contract end |
| 28 October 2020 | LB | Mohamed Riadh Bouchemit | MO Béjaïa | Contract end |
| 1 November 2020 | LB | Riadh Hellou | CR Beni Tamou | Free transfer |
| 1 November 2020 | CB | Mohamed Bachir Adraoui | IB Lakhdaria | Free transfer |
| | | Ismaïl Idriss Chakmam | HB Chelghoum Laïd | Free transfer |
| | | Abderrahmane Sellami | USMM Hadjout | Free transfer |
| | | Youcef El Keboub | | Free transfer |
| | | Lokmane Benamar | | Free transfer |
| | | Salah Hassani | | Free transfer |
| | | Mohamed Ismail Guezair | | Free transfer |
| | | Omar Ousmail | | Free transfer |
| | | Islam Benhocine | | Free transfer |