# 1999–2000 USM Alger season

In the 1999–2000 season, USM Alger is competing in the Super Division for the 20th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Algerian Cup, Algerian League Cup, CAF Cup, and the African Cup Winners' Cup. 1999–2000 season was the worst season since the rise of the Red and Black and finished in last place and Rabah Saâdane was dismissed from his position as coach after he had failed to achieve what was required in all competitions but in this season, there was no fall to the second division, Saïd Allik stated that it is an opportunity to inject new life into the team in order to gain control of Algerian football, also USM Alger disqualified in 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup to be punished not to participate in any African competition for one year because of the participation an ineligible of goalkeeper Burkinabé Siaka Coulibaly against JS du Ténéré. in the Algerian League Cup arrived to the semi-final round and lost to CR Belouizdad.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 June 2000. 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 ||||||||
| - | GK | Farid Belmellat | (1970-10-18)18 October 1970 (aged 29) | RC Kouba | 0 | 0 |
| - | GK | Redouane Hamiti | (1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 17) | IB Khémis El Khechna | 0 | 0 |
| - | GK | Brahim Salaheddine | (1975-12-07)7 December 1975 (aged 24) | Hydra AC | 0 | 0 |
| - | GK | Siaka Coulibaly | (1972-03-10)10 March 1972 (aged 27) | US Forces Armées | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | LB | Tarek Ghoul | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 24) | USM El Harrach | 0 | 0 |
| - | CB | Mounir Zeghdoud | (1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 29) | USM Aïn Beïda | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | CB | Fayçal Hamdani (C) | (1970-07-13)13 July 1970 (aged 29) | MC Alger | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | LB / CB / RB | Mahieddine Meftah | (1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 31) | JS Kabylie | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RB / CB | Mohamed Hamdoud | (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 23) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | Rabah Deghmani | (1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 24) | IB Khémis El Khechna | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Mohamed Khazrouni | (1969-03-18)18 March 1969 (aged 30) | USM Blida | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Foued Smati | | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| | LB | Rachid Boumrar | | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| - | | Farid Djahnine | (1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 23) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Karim Ghazi | (1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 20) | CR Belouizdad | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Hocine Achiou | (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 20) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | Athmane Samir Amirat | (1975-11-05)5 November 1975 (aged 24) | USM El Harrach | 0 | 0 |
| | | Salaheddine Mehdaoui | | USMM Hadjout | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 17 | | Tarek Hadj Adlane | (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 (aged 34) | Al Wehda | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Hamza Yacef | (1979-08-25)25 August 1979 (aged 20) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Mohamed Manga | (1977-03-30)30 March 1977 (aged 22) | | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | Azzedine Rahim | (1972-03-31)31 March 1972 (aged 27) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| | | Khaled Lounici | (1967-07-09)9 July 1967 (aged 32) | USM El Harrach | 0 | 0 |

## 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 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 027.27 | — | 12th | 14 October 1999 | 15 June 2000 |
| Algerian Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 066.67 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 2 March 2000 | 15 May 2000 |
| League Cup | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 025.00 | Group stage | Semi-final | 23 December 1999 | 25 February 2000 |
| CAF Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | 5 September 1999 | 17 September 1999 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 | First round | First round | 19 March 2000 | 1 April 2000 |
| Total | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 031.71 |

### Super Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | CA Batna | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 26 |
| 9 | USM Annaba | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 24 |
| 10 | JSM Béjaïa | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 23 |
| 11 | MC Alger | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 22 |
| 12 | USM Alger | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches
### League Cup
#### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| RC Kouba | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| MC Alger | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 13 |
| USM Alger | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 12 |
| USM Blida | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 |
| JS Kabylie | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 |

#### Knockout stage
### African Cup Winners' Cup
#### First round
## Squad information
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Super Division | Super Division | Super Division | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | CAF Cup | CAF Cup | CAF Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | GK | Farid Belmellat | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | Brahim Salaheddine | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | Siaka Coulibaly | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | Abderrahmane Alane | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | DF | Tarek Ghoul | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Mounir Zeghdoud | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Fayçal Hamdani | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Mahieddine Meftah | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Mohamed Hamdoud | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Rabah Deghmani | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Mohamed Briki | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Mohamed Khazrouni | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Fouad Smati | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Boumakhlouf | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | MF | Farid Djahnine | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Karim Ghazi | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Hocine Achiou | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Athmane Samir Amirat | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Salaheddine Mehdaoui | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Beghdad Tadji | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Rachid Boumrar | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Mohamed Abacha | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||||||||
| | FW | Tarek Hadj Adlane | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Hamza Yacef | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Mohamed Manga | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Azzedine Rahim | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Souilah | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Hamdaoui | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Khaled Lounici | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 41 | 38 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | LC | C2 | C3 | TOTAL |
| 11 | | Athmane Samir Amirat | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | | Mahieddine Meftah | DF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | | Tarek Hadj Adlane | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| ? | | Hamza Yacef | FW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | | Azzedine Rahim | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ? | | Mohamed Abacha | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ? | | Farid Djahnine | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Tarek Ghoul | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Mohamed Manga | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | Mohamed Khazrouni | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Beghdad Tadji | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Souilah | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Karim Ghazi | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 15 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 34 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.
| Name | SD 1 | AC | LC | C2 | C3 | Total |
| Farid Belmellat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brahim Salah Eddine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Siaka Coulibaly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abderrahmane Alane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 |

## Transfers
### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1999 | MF | Hamid Aït Belkacem | USM Blida | Free transfer | |
| 1999 | MF | Samir Sloukia | USM Blida | Free transfer | |