# 2006–07 USM Alger season

In the 2006–07 season, USM Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 27th time, as well as the CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup. It is their 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.. USM Alger, who has been discreet in the league this season but still finishing at a qualifying place in an international competition.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 11 June 2007. 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 | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | GK | (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 21) | Youth system | 73 | 0 |
| 16 | Abdoulaye Soumah | GK | (1985-11-12)12 November 1985 (aged 21) | Fello Star | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Farid Belmellat | GK | (1970-10-18)18 October 1970 (aged 36) | JSM Béjaïa | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ahmed Walid Chouih | GK | (1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 24) | USM El Harrach | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Mohamed Hamdoud | RB / CB | (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 30) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mohamed Amine Zidane | CB | (1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 23) | MC Oran | 41 | 2 |
| 4 | Salim Aribi | CB | (1974-12-16)16 December 1974 (aged 32) | CA Batna | 129 | 7 |
| 5 | Mounir Zeghdoud | CB | (1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 36) | USM Aïn Beïda | 133 | 0 |
| 12 | Mohamed Belhadi | LB | (1986-07-13)13 July 1986 (aged 20) | Youth system | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Daniel Moncharé | CB | (1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 24) | Cotonsport Garoua | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | Moulay Haddou | LB | (1975-06-14)14 June 1975 (aged 31) | MC Oran | 71 | 14 |
| 20 | Mahieddine Meftah | LB / CB / RB | (1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 38) | JS Kabylie | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Nacereddine Khoualed | CB | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 20) | US Biskra | 15 | 0 |
| 23 | Tayeb Guessoum | RB | (1985-03-10)10 March 1985 (aged 21) | USM El Harrach | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | Abdelkader Besseghir | RB | (1978-03-05)5 March 1978 (aged 28) | GC Mascara | 74 | 2 |
| 30 | Malek Aït Alia | CB | (1977-08-15)15 August 1977 (aged 29) | Stade Lavallois | 7 | 0 |
| 31 | Zineddine Mekkaoui | LB | (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 19) | Youth system | 7 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 6 | Farid Djahnine | CM | (1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 30) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Amar Ammour | CM | (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 30) | ASM Oran | 156 | 30 |
| 8 | Billel Dziri | CM | (1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 34) | CS Sedan Ardennes | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Antar Boucherit | CM | (1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 23) | USM Annaba | 29 | 2 |
| 26 | Hocine Metref | CM | (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 23) | Youth system | 134 | 17 |
| 28 | Karim Ghazi | CM | (1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 27) | Espérance de Tunis | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia | CM | (1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 19) | Youth system | 7 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Mintou Doucoure | RW | (1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 24) | JS Centre Salif Keita | 69 | 12 |
| 10 | Sofiane Hanitser | RW | (1984-10-20)20 October 1984 (aged 22) | ASM Oran | 14 | 4 |
| 11 | Adlène Bensaïd | FW | (1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (aged 25) | USM Annaba | 13 | 3 |
| 13 | Smaïl Benyamina | FW | (1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 23) | WA Tlemcen | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | Sofiane Attaf | RW | (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 23) | USM El Harrach | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | Kamel Ramdani | FW | (1980-11-21)21 November 1980 (aged 26) | Gueugnon | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | Sédonoudé Abouta | RW | (1981-01-11)11 January 1981 (aged 25) | Djoliba AC | 16 | 2 |
| 22 | Mohamed Boussefiane | RW | (1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 21) | RC Kouba | 46 | 8 |
| 25 | Ali Lamine Kab | RW | (1985-05-11)11 May 1985 (aged 21) | Youth system | 31 | 3 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2006 | DF | Nacereddine Khoualed | US Biskra | Undisclosed |
| 20 December 2006 | FW | Sofiane Hanitser | ASM Oran | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2007 | DF | Daniel Moncharé | Cotonsport Garoua | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2007 | FW | Sédonoudé Abouta | Djoliba AC | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 30 December 2006 | FW | Adlène Bensaïd | USM Blida | Undisclosed | |

## 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 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 043.33 | — | 4th | 10 August 2006 | 11 June 2007 |
| Algerian Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 083.33 | Round of 64 | Runner-up | 5 February 2007 | 28 June 2007 |
| Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | 26 January 2007 | 10 February 2007 |
| Total | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 050.00 |

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 52 | 2008 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | JSM Béjaïa | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 49 | 2008 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 47 | 2007–08 Arab Champions League |
| 5 | ASO Chlef | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 46 | |
| 6 | MC Oran | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 42 | 2007–08 Arab Champions League |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Champions League
#### First round
## Squad information
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Division 1 | Division 1 | Division 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers |
| 1 | GK | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Farid Belmellat | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Ahmed Walid Chouih | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders |
| 2 | DF | Mohamed Hamdoud | | 25 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Mohamed Amine Zidane | | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Zineddine Mekkaoui | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Salim Aribi | | 18 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mounir Zeghdoud | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Mohamed Belhadi | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Daniel Moncharé | | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Moulay Haddou | | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Rabah Deghmani | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nacereddine Khoualed | | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Tayeb Guessoum | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Abdelkader Besseghir | | 18 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| NA | DF | Amine Dahar | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NA | DF | Mohamed Amine Saidoune | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |
| 6 | MF | Farid Djahnine | | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Amar Ammour | | 25 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Billel Dziri | | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | MF | Karim Ghazi | | 25 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | Antar Boucherit | | 22 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | Hocine Metref | | 24 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | MF | Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| NA | MF | Kamel Ramdani | | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| NA | MF | Malek Aït Alia | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| NA | MF | Abdelhakim Seddik | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |
| 9 | FW | Mintou Doucoure | | 25 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | FW | Mohamed Amine Belkheïr | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Mohamed Boussefiane | | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 | FW | Ali Lamine Kab | | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Sofiane Hanitser | | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | FW | Sofiane Attaf | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Sédonoudé Abouta | | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| NA | FW | Smail Benyamina | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| NA | FW | Fayçal Rahiche | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |
| NA | FW | Adlène Bensaïd | | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 38 | 25 |
Last updated: 11 June 2007 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 | CL1 | TOTAL |
| 9 | | Mintou Doucoure | FW | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | | Mohamed Boussefiane | FW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | | Billel Dziri | MF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | | Sofiane Hanitser | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| - | | Adlène Bensaïd | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | Amar Ammour | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | | Hocine Metref | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | | Karim Ghazi | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | | Sédonoudé Abouta | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | Mohamed Amine Zidane | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | | Antar Boucherit | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | | Sofiane Attaf | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | | Mohamed Hamdoud | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| - | | Rabah Deghmani | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | | Moulay Haddou | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | | Abdelkader Besseghir | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| - | | Kamel Ramdani | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 10 | 3 | 45 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Name | L 1 | AC | CL 1 | Total |
| 1 | Lamine Zemmamouche | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 27 | Ahmed Walid Chouih | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Farid Belmellat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | TOTALS | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 |