# 1996–97 USM Alger season

In the 1996–97 season, USM Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 21st time They competed in Ligue 1, the Algerian Cup, and the CAF Champions League. In 1996–97 Algerian Cup in the Round of 16 in a match that was expected against CS Constantine, but CSC withdrew and did not come to the stadium Where were they accused of collusion in order for USMA to facilitate its mission in the last round match of the National 1, then the road was not easy to reach the final where faced CA Batna and won by Tarek Ghoul goal, but this victory was without joy because of what happened after the end of the game in the middle of the black decade On a Eid al-Fitr, three USMA supporters who were celebrating the Algerian Cup won by their team are murdered in a false dam at Frais Vallon.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 January 1997. 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 ||||||
| | GK | Laïd Belgherbi | 1968 (aged 29) | |
| | GK | Farid Belmellat | (1970-10-18)18 October 1970 (aged 26) | RC Kouba |
| Defenders ||||||
| | RB | Mohamed Hamdoud | (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | LB | Tarek Ghoul | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 21) | USM El Harrach |
| | | Abdelouahab Tizarouine | 1972 (aged 25) | US Chaouia |
| | | Fayçal Hamdani (C.) | (1970-07-13)13 July 1970 (aged 26) | WA Boufarik |
| | CB | Mounir Zeghdoud | (1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 26) | USM Aïn Beïda |
| | LB / CB / RB | Mahieddine Meftah | (1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 28) | JS Kabylie |
| | | Abdelmalek Brakni | (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 23) | RC Kouba |
| | LB | Rachid Boumrar | | |
| Midfielders ||||||
| | | Farid Djahnine | (1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | CM | Billel Dziri | (1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 24) | NA Hussein Dey |
| | | Salaheddine Mehdaoui | 1969 (aged 28) | USMM Hadjout |
| | | Samir Sloukia | 1971 (aged 26) | |
| | | Mehdi Khelfouni | (1976-02-14)14 February 1976 (aged 20) | |
| | | Sid Ahmed Marcel | 1976 (aged 21) | |
| Forwards ||||||
| | | Tarek Hadj Adlane | (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 (aged 31) | JS Kabylie |
| | | Azzedine Rahim | (1972-03-31)31 March 1972 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| | | Nacer Zekri | (1971-08-03)3 August 1971 (aged 25) | NA Hussein Dey |
| | | Djamel Menad | (1960-07-22)22 July 1960 (aged 36) | JS Kabylie |
| | | Fouad Semati | (1975-12-02)2 December 1975 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| | | Abdelmalek Khouni | (1969-12-23)23 December 1969 (aged 27) | AS Aïn M'lila |
| | | Hamid Aït Belkacem | 1974 (aged 23) | |

## 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 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 046.67 | — | 3rd | 10 October 1996 | 26 June 1997 |
| Algerian Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 083.33 | Round of 64 | Winners | 31 March 1997 | 5 July 1997 |
| CAF Champions League | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 075.00 | First round | Second round | 8 March 1997 | 17 May 1997 |
| Total | 40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 055.00 |

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CS Constantine (C) | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 56 | 1998 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | MC Oran (Q) | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 55 | 1998 CAF Cup |
| 3 | USM Alger (Q) | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 49 | 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup |
| 4 | USM El Harrach | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 45 | |
| 5 | WA Tlemcen | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 44 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 March 2020. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L |
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### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### CAF Champions League
#### First round
#### Second round
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 1 | Division 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ALG | Farid Belmellat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ALG | Laïd Belgherbi | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ALG | Toufik Zemmouri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mohamed Hamdoud | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Abdelouahab Tizarouine | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mounir Zeghdoud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Mahieddine Meftah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Fayçal Hamdani | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Tarek Ghoul | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Rachid Boumrar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Abdelmalek Brakni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Billel Dziri | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| | MF | ALG | Farid Djahnine | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Salaheddine Mehdaoui | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Samir Sloukia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mehdi Khelfouni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Sid Ahmed Marcel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Hamid Aït Belkacem | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Brahim Salhi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Tarek Hadj Adlane | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| | FW | ALG | Azzedine Rahim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Nacer Zekri | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 3 |
| | FW | ALG | Djamel Menad | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Fouad Smati | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Abdelmalek Khouni | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | N 1 | AC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| ? | | Tarek Hadj Adlane | FW | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| ? | | Billel Dziri | MF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| ? | | Nacer Zekri | FW | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| ? | | Hamid Aït Belkacem | FW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| ? | | Djamel Menad | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ? | | Mohamed Hamdoud | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| ? | | Fouad Semati | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ? | | Tarek Ghoul | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ? | | Abdelmalek Khouni | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ? | | Farid Djahnine | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Salah Eddine Mehdaoui | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Mehdi Khelfouni | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Sid Ahmed Marcel | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Samir Sloukia | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 11 | 12 | 58 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1996 | FW | Tarek Hadj Adlane | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 1996 | FW | Djamel Menad | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 1996 | DF | Tarek Ghoul | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 1996 | DF | Abdelouahab Tizarouine | US Chaouia | Free transfer |
| 1996 | DF | Fayçal Hamdani | WA Boufarik | Free transfer |
| 1996 | GK | Farid Belmellat | RC Kouba | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1996 | ?? | Hemaili | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer | |
| 1996 | MF | Toufik Fouial | NRB Bousmail | Free transfer | |