# 1998–99 USM Alger season

In the 1998–99 season, USM Alger is competing in the Super Division for the 19th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Algerian Cup. In 1998–99 Algerian Cup against JS Kabylie, the two teams met for the first time in the final of the Algerian Cup at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 and in the first final to be attended by the new president of the country Abdelaziz Bouteflika and ended with the victory of USM Alger with two goals record by Billel Dziri and the former player in JS Kabylie Tarek Hadj Adlane To be the fourth Cup of USMA, Before that in the Semi-finals against MC Alger, there was a great controversy over the way the game was played, where it was supposed to play from two games, but the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to play the two games in Stade du 5 Juillet, Saïd Allik President of USMA, refused this insisting that each team plays in his stadium and Stade du 5 Juillet, he was the official stadium of MC Alger, after which the Minister of Youth and Sports Mohamed Aziz Derouaz rejected this request and insisted that he play on Stade du 5 Juillet for security reasons. On the day of the match, USM Alger went to Omar Hamadi Stadium and MC Alger and the referees to Stade du 5 Juillet. Minister of the Interior and Local Authorities at that time Abdelmalek Sellal called Allik to find a solution to this problem, His response was that there were two solutions the first is that each team plays in its stadium Or hold one game in a neutral stadium, and Allik proposes Stade du 19 Mai 1956 in Annaba, but because of the black decade and since both of them are from the capital, it was decided to hold it in Stade du 5 Juillet.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 January 1999. 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 ||||||
| 1 | GK | Abderrahmane Allane | (1970-05-23)23 May 1970 (aged 28) | WA Boufarik |
| - | GK | Redouane Hamiti | (1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 16) | IB Khémis El Khechna |
| - | GK | Farid Belmellat | (1970-10-18)18 October 1970 (aged 28) | RC Kouba |
| Defenders ||||||
| | LB | Tarek Ghoul | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 23) | USM El Harrach |
| 5 | CB | Mounir Zeghdoud | (1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 28) | USM Aïn Beïda |
| 4 | RB | Fayçal Hamdani (C) | (1970-07-13)13 July 1970 (aged 28) | MC Alger |
| 6 | LB / CB / RB | Mahieddine Meftah | (1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 30) | JS Kabylie |
| 2 | RB / CB | Mohamed Hamdoud | (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | DF | Foued Smati | (1975-12-02)2 December 1975 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| | LB | Rachid Boumrar | | |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 3 | MF | Farid Djahnine | (1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| - | DM | Karim Ghazi | (1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 19) | CR Belouizdad |
| | CM | Billel Dziri | (1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 26) | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
| - | AM | Hocine Achiou | (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| - | CM | Mohamed Abacha | (1978-07-09)9 July 1978 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | CM | Salaheddine Mehdaoui | | USMM Hadjout |
| | MF | Samir Sloukia | | |
| 11 | CM | Athmane Samir Amirat | (1975-11-05)5 November 1975 (aged 23) | USM El Harrach |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | ST | Tarek Hadj Adlane | (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 (aged 33) | Al Wehda |
| 10 | LW / RW / SS | Hamza Yacef | (1979-08-25)25 August 1979 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 12 | RW | Mohamed Manga | (1977-03-30)30 March 1977 (aged 21) | |
| 15 | ST | Azzedine Rahim | (1972-03-31)31 March 1972 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| | FW | Nacer Zekri | (1971-08-03)3 August 1971 (aged 27) | NA Hussein Dey |

## 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 |
| Super Division | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 046.15 | — | 4th | 14 September 1998 | 24 May 1999 |
| Algerian Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 071.43 | Round of 64 | Winners | 4 March 1999 | 1 July 1999 |
| CAF Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 075.00 | First Round | Second round | 14 March 1999 | 16 May 1999 |
| Total | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 054.05 |

### Super Division
#### League table

Group B :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad (Q) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 53 | play-offs for the Arab Cup |
| 3 | WA Tlemcen | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 50 | |
| 4 | USM Alger (Q) | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 44 | 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | MC Oran | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 43 | |
| 6 | USM Blida | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 January 2016. 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 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | L |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | 4 |

#### Matches
### CAF Cup
#### First round
#### Second round
## Squad information
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super Division | Super Division | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | CAF Cup | CAF Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ALG | Farid Belmellat | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ALG | Abderrahmane Allane | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Tarek Ghoul | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mounir Zeghdoud | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Fayçal Hamdani | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mahieddine Meftah | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mohamed Hamdoud | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Fouad Smati | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Rachid Boumrar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Abdelouahab Tizarouine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Farid Djahnine | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Karim Ghazi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Salaheddine Mehdaoui | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mohamed Abacha | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Samir Sloukia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Billel Dziri | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | ALG | Hamid Aït Belkacem | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Athmane Samir Amirat | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Hamza Yacef | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ALG | Azzedine Rahim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Tarek Hadj Adlane | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | FW | NGA | Mohamed Manga | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Nacer Zekri | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Réda Zouani | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Abdelmalek Khouni | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 May 2001 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | CC 2 | TOTAL |
| 7 | | Tarek Hadj Adlane | FW | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | | Hamza Yacef | FW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| ? | | Hamid Aït Belkacem | MF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | Farid Djahnine | MF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| ? | | Tarek Ghoul | DF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | Billel Dziri | MF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| ? | | Mohamed Abacha | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ? | | Nacer Zekri | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | Athmane Samir Amirat | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | Mohamed Manga | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | Mohamed Hamdoud | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Réda Zouani | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Azzedine Rahim | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Mounir Zeghdoud | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | Mahieddine Meftah | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Fayçal Hamdani | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Hocine Achiou | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 16 | 11 | 59 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 January 1999 | CM | Billel Dziri | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | Loan Return | |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 July 1998 | MF | Mehdi Khelfouni | USM El Harrach | Free transfer | |