# 2011–12 USM Alger season

In the 2011–12 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 34th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. USM Alger lost to USM El Harrach 1–4 (P) in the quarterfinals of the Algerian Cup.

## Season summary

In the Summer transfer window USMA made big deals that reached fifteen of the best players including four from ES Setif, The club has also dispensed with two of the oldest players in the club Hocine Achiou and Karim Ghazi after the coach refused to stay. On 28 July, USM Alger signed a contract with American brand Nike for an indefinite period. which has the effect of greatly change the backbone of the team, USM Alger is then quickly dubbed the Dream Team by the Algerian media, particularly the newspapers. In Ligue Professionnelle 1, USM Alger competed for the title until the last round.
On 14 April, in a match against MC Saïda at Stade 13 Avril 1958 Where did they need victory to stay away from relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 and in the last minute Nouri Ouznadji scored the equalizer. after the end of the match, while on their way to the changing rooms USM Alger players were attacked by strangers, the most dangerous of which was the assault that Abdelkader Laïfaoui was subjected with a knife that almost killed him and due to his injuries he had to receive stitches and spend the night in hospital. then decided USM Alger lifting lawsuit against unknown persons also decided not to play in Saïda for five years. On 12 May, in a match against JSM Béjaïa in Bologhine and after a great drama it ended with a 4–3 victory for JSM Béjaïa which was the reason for losing the title. With the end of the season after six years absence USM Alger returned to the continental competitions from the gate of Confederation Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 May 2012. 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 | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 26) | MC Alger | 152 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Ismaïl Mansouri | (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 23) | Youth system | 12 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Mohamed Amine Sahnoun | (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 19) | FAF Academy | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 4 | CB | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 30) | ES Sétif | 25 | 3 |
| 5 | CB | Abdoulaye Maïga | (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 24) | Stade Malien | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | CB | Farouk Chafaï | (1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 21) | MC Alger | 37 | 1 |
| 20 | CB | Nacereddine Khoualed | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 25) | US Biskra | 147 | 4 |
| 27 | CB | Mohamed Yekhlef | (1981-01-12)12 January 1981 (aged 30) | ES Sétif | 32 | 0 |
| 30 | RB | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | (1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 26) | JSM Béjaïa | 25 | 3 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 7 | LW / RW | Yacine Bezzaz | (1981-07-10)10 July 1981 (aged 30) | Troyes | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | DM | Khaled Lemmouchia | (1981-12-06)6 December 1981 (aged 30) | ES Sétif | 30 | 1 |
| 10 | AM | Mohamed Boualem | (1987-08-28)28 August 1987 (aged 24) | USM El Harrach | 18 | 2 |
| 13 | DM | Nassim Bouchema | (1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 23) | MC Alger (Formed at club) | 32 | 2 |
| 14 | AM | Lamouri Djediat | (1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 30) | ASO Chlef | 29 | 0 |
| 15 | AM | Bouazza Feham | (1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 25) | ES Sétif | 28 | 1 |
| 22 | LW | Mehdi Benaldjia | (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 20) | Youth system | 52 | 4 |
| 47 | RW / AM | Zinedine Ferhat | (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 18) | FAF Academy | 20 | 0 |
| 50 | AM | Salim Boumechra | (1983-04-28)28 April 1983 (aged 28) | USM El Harrach | 20 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 7 | RW | Serge N'Gal | (1986-01-13)13 January 1986 (aged 25) | UD Leiria | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Noureddine Daham | (1977-11-15)15 November 1977 (aged 34) | TuS Koblenz | 71 | 29 |
| 11 | FW | Farès Hamiti | (1987-06-26)26 June 1987 (aged 24) | JS Kabylie | 19 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Nouri Ouznadji | (1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 27) | JS Kabylie | 71 | 13 |
| 19 | FW | Mouaouia Meklouche | (1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 21) | Youth system | 55 | 9 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2011 | FW | Farès Hamiti | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 10 July 2011 | GK | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2011 | DF | Farid Bellabès | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 10 July 2011 | DF | Mohamed Yekhlef | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2011 | MF | Nassim Bouchema | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2011 | MF | Bouazza Feham | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2011 | DF | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | JSM Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2011 | MF | Mohamed Boualem | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2011 | MF | Salim Boumechra | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2011 | MF | Elias Taguelmint | GS Consolat | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2011 | MF | Yacine Bezzaz | Troyes AC | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2011 | DF | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2011 | MF | Lamouri Djediat | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2011 | MF | Khaled Lemmouchia | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2012 | FW | Serge N'Gal | União de Leiria | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2011 | MF | Hamza Aït Ouamar | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2011 | GK | Merouane Abdouni | USM Blida | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2011 | FW | Cheikh Hamidi | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 14 August 2011 | DF | Farid Cheklam | Najran | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2011 | MF | Hocine Achiou | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 25 August 2011 | MF | Karim Ghazi | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 10 January 2012 | MF | Elias Taguelmint | GS Consolat | Free transfer (Released) |
| 14 January 2012 | MF | Yacine Bezzaz | CS Constantine | Free transfer (Released) |
| 17 January 2012 | DF | Amadou Diamouténé | NA Hussein Dey | Loan for six months |

## 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 1 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 050.00 | — | 3rd | 10 September 2011 | 19 May 2012 |
| Algerian Cup | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 30 December 2011 | 31 March 2012 |
| Total | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 050.00 |

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ES Sétif (C) | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round |
| 2 | JSM Béjaïa | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 53 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round |
| 3 | USM Alger | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 48 | |
| 5 | ASO Chlef | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 47 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 December 2014. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

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

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 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 | Lamine Zemmamouche | | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Ismaïl Mansouri | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 24 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | Abdoulaye Maïga | | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Farouk Chafaï | | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Amadou Diamouténé | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Farid Bellabes | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nacereddine Khoualed | | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Mohamed Yekhlef | | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | | 23 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 3 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Khaled Lemmouchia | | 27 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Mohamed Boualem | | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Nassim Bouchema | | 28 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Lamouri Djediat | | 25 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 12 |
| 15 | MF | Bouazza Feham | | 26 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Elias Taguelmint | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mehdi Benaldjia | | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 2 |
| 47 | MF | Zinedine Ferhat | | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | Salim Boumechra | | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Yacine Bezzaz | | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Serge N'Gal | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Noureddine Daham | | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 8 |
| 11 | FW | Farès Hamiti | | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Nouri Ouznadji | | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | Mouaouia Meklouche | | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 34 | 40 |
Last updated: 17 June 2022 Source: soccerway.com
* 1 2 3 Player transferred out during the season

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Lamine Zemmamouche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Abdoulaye Maïga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Farouk Chafaï | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nacereddine Khoualed | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Mohamed Yekhlef | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Khaled Lemmouchia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Mohamed Boualem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Nassim Bouchema | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Lamouri Djediat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Bouazza Feham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mehdi Benaldjia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Zinedine Ferhat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | Salim Boumechra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Yacine Bezzaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Noureddine Daham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Farès Hamiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Nouri Ouznadji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Mouaouia Meklouche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 74 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | TOTAL |
| 14 | | Lamouri Djediat | MF | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | | Noureddine Daham | FW | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | DF | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | DF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | Nouri Ouznadji | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | Mohamed Boualem | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | | Mehdi Benaldjia | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | Nassim Bouchema | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Farouk Chafaï | DF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | | Mouaouia Meklouche | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | | Salim Boumechra | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | Farès Hamiti | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | Bouazza Feham | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Khaled Lemmouchia | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 3 | 40 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Name | L 1 | AC | Total |
| 1 | Lamine Zemmamouche | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 16 | Ismaïl Mansouri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | TOTALS | 13 | 3 | 16 |