# 2010–11 USM Alger season

In the 2010–11 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 33rd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

## Season summary

   I want to make this club the best in the country. The USMA is a great team and we will naturally have to play to win titles, that's the least. Personally, I will do my best to ensure that the club does not miss anything on a daily basis. We have many projects and we are very keen to achieve them.
— Ali Haddad a statement about his ambitions with the team.
It was decided by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and the Algerian Football Federation to professionalize the Algerian football championship, starting from the 2010–11 season Thus all the Algerian football clubs which until then enjoyed the status of semi-professional club, will acquire the professional appointment this season. the president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Raouraoua, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism, promising a new way of management based on rigor and seriousness, especially since football has bottomed out in recent seasons, due to the catastrophic management of the clubs which could not go And were lagging behind clubs in neighboring countries that have made extraordinary progress, becoming full-fledged professional clubs, which will enable them to increase their African continent, On August 4, 2010, USM Alger went public in conjunction with the professionalization of the domestic league. Algerian businessman Ali Haddad became the majority share owner after investing 700 million Algeria dinars to buy an 83% ownership in the club to become the first professional club in Algeria.
On 27 October, Haddad replaced Saïd Allik as president of the club. Allik had been the club's president for the past 18 years. The first season of professional football in Algeria it was difficult for USM Alger and is the worst since the 1999–2000 season, and Noureddine Saadi was removed from his post to be replaced by Frenchman Hervé Renard with a clause in his contract allows him to leave if he is solicited by a national selection. Al-Ittihad suffered a lot and did not achieve any victory for nearly 5 months. and waited until the last round to ensure survival after the victory against USM Annaba.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 July 2011. 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 29) | MC Alger | 118 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Ismaïl Mansouri | (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 22) | Youth system | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi | (1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 21) | USM El Harrach | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | CB | Farouk Chafaï | (1990-06-23)23 June 1990 (aged 20) | MC Alger | 19 | 0 |
| 17 | RB | Abdelkader Benayada | (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 28) | MC Oran | 39 | 0 |
| 20 | CB | Nacereddine Khoualed | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 24) | US Biskra | 117 | 4 |
| 21 | CB | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | (1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 27) | RC Kouba | 60 | 6 |
| 30 | CB | Farid Cheklam | (1984-09-21)21 September 1984 (aged 26) | ASO Chlef | 43 | 1 |
| 35 | CB | Abdoulaye Maïga | (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 23) | Stade Malien | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | RB | Saâd Ichalalène | (1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 23) | Nîmes Olympique | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 6 | DM | Karim Ghazi | (1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 31) | ES Tunis | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | AM | Hocine Achiou (C) | (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 31) | JS Kabylie | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | AM | Saïd Sayah | (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 21) | MC Oran | 60 | 2 |
| 22 | DM | Hamza Aït Ouamar | (1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 24) | CR Belouizdad | 21 | 0 |
| 24 | DM | Hamza Heriat | (1987-09-06)6 September 1987 (aged 23) | US Biskra | 16 | 0 |
| 31 | CM | Mehdi Benaldjia | (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 19) | Youth system | 32 | 2 |
| 32 | CM | Amadou Diamouténé | (1985-11-03)3 November 1985 (aged 25) | Stade Malien | 6 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 7 | FW | Nouri Ouznadji | (1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 26) | JS Kabylie | 55 | 11 |
| 9 | CF | Noureddine Daham | (1977-11-15)15 November 1977 (aged 33) | TuS Koblenz | 46 | 21 |
| 19 | FW | Mouaouia Meklouche | (1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 20) | Youth system | 39 | 8 |
| 23 | FW | Cheikh Hamidi | (1983-04-06)6 April 1983 (aged 27) | USM Annaba | 56 | 22 |
| 28 | AM | Ismaïl Tatem | (1991-07-18)18 July 1991 (aged 19) | Youth system | 18 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | Hichem Benmeghit | (1988-04-17)17 April 1988 (aged 22) | ES Mostaganem | 7 | 0 |
| 34 | RW | Ali Boulebda | (1980-08-21)21 August 1980 (aged 30) | US Créteil | 9 | 1 |
| - | RW | Karim Ait Tahar | (1988-12-07)7 December 1988 (aged 22) | Youth system | 9 | 2 |
| - | ST | Samy Frioui | (1991-09-07)7 September 1991 (aged 19) | Youth system | 4 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 13 June 2010 | DF | Abdelmalek Merbah | NARB Réghaïa | Free transfer |
| 17 June 2010 | MF | Hamza Heriat | US Biskra | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Farouk Chafaï | MC Alger U21 | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Iles Ziane Cherif | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |
| 28 December 2010 | MF | Amadou Diamouténé | Stade Malien | Free transfer |
| 28 December 2010 | DF | Abdoulaye Maïga | Stade Malien | Free transfer |
| 12 January 2011 | FW | Hichem Benmeghit | ES Mostaganem | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2011 | FW | Ali Boulebda | Créteil | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2011 | FW | Saâd Ichalalène | Nîmes Olympique | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 8 June 2010 | DF | Mohamed Amine Zidane | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 8 June 2010 | GK | Nadjib Ghoul | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 8 June 2010 | MF | Tarek Hammoum | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Ali Rial | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2010 | MF | Billel Dziri | Retired | — |

## 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 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 030.00 | — | 9th | 25 September 2010 | 8 July 2011 |
| Algerian Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 31 December 2010 | 31 December 2010 |
| Total | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 029.03 |

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | MC Oran | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 41 |
| 8 | AS Khroub | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 39 |
| 9 | USM Alger | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 38 |
| 10 | MC Alger | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 37 |
| 11 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 37 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 September 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 |

#### Matches
### 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 | Merouane Abdouni | | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Ismaïl Mansouri | | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Farouk Chafaï | | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Abdelkader Benayada | | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | | 27 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
| 21 | DF | Sid Ali Ammoura | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Farid Cheklam | | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | Amadou Diamouténé | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Abdoulaye Maïga | | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Saâd Ichalalène | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nacereddine Khoualed | | 26 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 26 | 1 |
| | DF | Iles Ziane Cherif | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | Mohamed Amine Saïdoune | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | Réda Rabhi | | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Karim Ghazi | | 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Hocine Achiou | | 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Saïd Sayah | | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Hamza Aït Ouamar | | 20 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Hamza Heriat | | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | Mehdi Benaldjia | | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 0 |
| | MF | Abdessamad Habbache | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Islam Rebika | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Samy Frioui | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | Rédha Abdelmalek Betrouni | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Nouri Ouznadji | | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Noureddine Daham | | 21 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 11 |
| 19 | FW | Mouaouia Meklouche | | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 4 |
| 23 | FW | Cheikh Hamidi | | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Ismaïl Tatem | | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | Hichem Benmeghit | | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Ali Boulebda | | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | Hamza Annani | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | Karim Ait Tahar | | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
Last updated: 17 June 2022 Source: soccerway.com

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Merouane Abdouni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Farouk Chafaï | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Sid Ali Ammoura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Farid Cheklam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Amadou Diamouténé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Abdoulaye Maïga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Saâd Ichalalène | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nacereddine Khoualed | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| | DF | Réda Rabhi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Karim Ghazi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Hocine Achiou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Saïd Sayah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Hamza Aït Ouamar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Hamza Heriat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Mehdi Benaldjia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Abdessamad Habbache | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Nouri Ouznadji | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Noureddine Daham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Mouaouia Meklouche | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Cheikh Hamidi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Hichem Benmeghit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Ali Boulebda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 50 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 |
| 9 | | Noureddine Daham | FW | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | | Nouri Ouznadji | FW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | | Mouaouia Meklouche | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | | Mohamed Amine Aouamri | DF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | Karim Ghazi | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | | Ismaïl Tatem | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | | Ali Boulebda | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | | Cheikh Hamidi | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | | Farid Cheklam | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | | Nacereddine Khoualed | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Hocine Achiou | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 0 | 32 |