# 2009–10 USM Alger season

In the 2009–10 season, USM Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 32nd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 May 2010. 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 | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | Merouane Abdouni | (1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 28) | 2007 | MC Alger | 96 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Nadjib Ghoul | (1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 24) | 2009 | USM El Harrach | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi | (1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 20) | 2007 | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | RB | Akram Benaoumeur | (1981-07-24)24 July 1981 (aged 28) | | OM Arzew | 28 | 0 |
| 21 | CB | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | (1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 26) | 2009 | RC Kouba | 33 | 2 |
| 17 | RB | Abdelkader Benayada | (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 27) | 2009 | MC Oran | 22 | 0 |
| 31 | CB | Mohamed Amine Zidane | (1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 26) | 2008 | MC Oran | 71 | 2 |
| 2 | | Mohamed Kefaifi | (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 25) | | ES Berrouaghia | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | CB | Ali Rial | (1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 29) | 2007 | NARB Réghaïa | 93 | 10 |
| 13 | LB | Ammar Layati | (1984-08-19)19 August 1984 (aged 25) | 2009 | WA Tlemcen | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | CB | Nacereddine Khoualed | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 23) | 2006 | US Biskra | 90 | 3 |
| 30 | CB | Farid Cheklam | (1984-09-21)21 September 1984 (aged 25) | 2009 | ASO Chlef | 24 | 0 |
| 25 | RB | Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia | (1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 22) | 2006 | Youth system | 44 | 0 |
| 15 | RB | Mohamed Billel Benaldjia | (1988-08-23)23 August 1988 (aged 21) | 2007 | Youth system | 32 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 10 | AM | Hocine Achiou | (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 30) | 2009 | JS Kabylie | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | CM | Billel Dziri | (1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 37) | 2000 | CS Sedan Ardennes | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DM | Karim Ghazi | (1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 30) | 2005 | Espérance de Tunis | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | AM | Saïd Sayah | (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 20) | 2008 | MC Oran | 40 | 2 |
| 22 | DM | Hamza Aït Ouamar | (1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 24) | 2009 | CR Belouizdad | 21 | 0 |
| 28 | | Ismaïl Tatem | (1991-07-18)18 July 1991 (aged 18) | | Youth system | 9 | 0 |
| 31 | AM | Mehdi Benaldjia | (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 18) | 2009 | Youth system | 12 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | ST | Aghilès Benchaâbane | (1989-09-13)13 September 1989 (aged 20) | 2007 | Youth system | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | ST | Nouri Ouznadji | (1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 25) | 2009 | JS Kabylie | 33 | 6 |
| 19 | ST | Mouaouia Meklouche | (1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 19) | 2009 | Youth system | 20 | 4 |
| 23 | ST | Cheikh Hamidi | (1983-04-06)6 April 1983 (aged 26) | 2009 | USM Annaba | 43 | 21 |
| 11 | ST | Issaad Bourahli | (1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 35) | 2007 | ES Sétif | 100 | 42 |
| 32 | ST | Noureddine Daham | (1977-11-15)15 November 1977 (aged 32) | 2009 | TuS Koblenz | 25 | 10 |
| 14 | | Karim Ait Tahar | (1988-12-07)7 December 1988 (aged 21) | | Youth system | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | ST | Alain Nebie | (1984-09-08)8 September 1984 (aged 25) | 2009 | CR Belouizdad | 11 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| June 4 2009 | DF | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | RC Kouba | Free transfer |
| 9 June 2009 | DF | Abdelkader Benayada | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 16 June 2009 | DF | Ammar Layati | WA Tlemcen | Free transfer |
| 26 June 2009 | MF | Hamza Aït Ouamar | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2009 | FW | Noureddine Daham | TuS Koblenz | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2009 | DF | Farid Cheklam | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2009 | FW | Alain Nebie | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 13 June 2009 | GK | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | MC Alger | Free transfer | |

## 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 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 041.18 | — | 4th | 6 August 2009 | 31 May 2010 |
| Algerian Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 066.67 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 25 December 2009 | 16 March 2010 |
| Total | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 043.24 |

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | ES Sétif (Q) | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 63 | 2011 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | JS Kabylie (Q) | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 54 | 2011 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 53 | |
| 5 | USM El Harrach | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 52 | |
| 6 | JSM Béjaïa | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 52 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 February 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Algerian Cup
## Squad information
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Division 1 | Division 1 | Division 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers |
| 1 | GK | Merouane Abdouni | | 32 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Nadjib Ghoul | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |
| | DF | Mohamed Amine Saidoune | | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | Billel Benmohamed | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Akram Benaoumeur | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Farid Cheklam | | 22 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mohamed Amine Zidane | | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Ammar Layati | | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Abdelkader Benayada | | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nacereddine Khoualed | | 26 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | | 30 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 32 | 2 |
| 25 | DF | Ali Rial | | 30 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 1 |
| Midfielders |
| 8 | MF | Billel Dziri | | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Hocine Achiou | | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Saïd Sayah | | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | Mohamed Billel Benaldjia | | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Karim Ghazi | | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 25 | 2 |
| NA | MF | Ismaïl Tatem | | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| NA | MF | Hamza Aït Ouamar | | 27 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Forwards |
| | FW | Tarek Hammoum | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Hamza Annani | | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Nouri Ouznadji | | 25 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | Aghilès Benchaâbane | | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Issaad Bourahli | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Alain Nebie | | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Karim Ait Tahar | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | Mouaouia Meklouche | | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 4 |
| 22 | FW | Mehdi Benaldjia | | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | Cheikh Hamidi | | 23 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 15 |
| | FW | Noureddine Daham | | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 10 |
| | FW | Abdelouadoud Zitouni | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |
| NA | DF | Sofiane Harkat | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 34 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 37 | 54 |
Last updated: 31 May 2010 Source: Footballdatabase.eu

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | D1 | AC | TOTAL |
| 23 | | Cheikh Hamidi | FW | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 32 | | Noureddine Daham | FW | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | | Nouri Ouznadji | FW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | | Billel Dziri | MF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | | Mouaouia Meklouche | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | | Nacereddine Khoualed | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | | Mehdi Benaldjia | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | | Karim Ait Tahar | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | | Karim Ghazi | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | | Saïd Sayah | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | DF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | | Ali Rial | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | Mohamed Billel Benaldjia | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Hocine Achiou | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | Alain Nebie | FW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 47 | 7 | 54 |