# 1952–53 USM Alger season

In the 1952–53 season, USM Alger was competing in the Second Division for the 16th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They competed in First Division, and the Forconi Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 30 September 1951. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| LB | Allel Ouaguenouni | | |
| CB | Mustapha Ouaguenouni | (1924-11-04)4 November 1924 (aged 27) | |
| LB | Zoubir Bouadjadj | (1925-10-04)4 October 1925 (aged 26) | |
| MF | Abdelkader Zerrar | (1934-01-10)10 January 1934 (aged 18) | |
| ST | Rabah Zouaoui | (1920-04-19)19 April 1920 (aged 32) | RS Alger |
| ST | Krimo Rebih | (1932-05-01)1 May 1932 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | Saadi Yacef | (1928-01-20)20 January 1928 (aged 24) | |
| | Abdelkader Belkaroui | | |
| | Boualem Mekkiri | | |
| | Hamid Chibane | | |
| | Zoubir Naït Kaci | | |

## 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 |
| First Division | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 022.22 | — | | 28 September 1952 | 29 March 1953 |
| Forconi Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | First Round | First Round | 2 November 1952 | 2 November 1952 |
| Total | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 021.05 |

### First Division
#### League table

Groupe III :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | NA Hussein Dey | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| 7 | OM Saint Eugène | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |
| 8 | USM Alger | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |
| 9 | AS Kouba | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | Relegated to 1953–54 Second Division |
| 10 | Olympique de Médéa | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | Relegated to 1953–54 Second Division |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | | D | W | | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 | | | 7 | | | 7 | | 8 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| Pos. | Name | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | First Division | FC | Total |
| Pos. | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 1 | Total |
| GK | Belhout | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| DF | Allel Ouaguenouni | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| DF | Mustapha Ouaguenouni | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| DF | Zoubir Bouadjadj | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| MF | Abdelkader Zerrar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FW | Saadi Yacef | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FW | Krimo Rebih | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| FW | Rabah Zouaoui | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| FW | Azzouz | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Zoubir Naït Kaci | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| | Hamid Chibane | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| | Hamadouche | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| | Mérabet | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| | Ahmed Achir | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| | Benhaik | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Achir II | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |
| | Anani | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bouali | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Amouri | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Krims | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Benhaik | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sadi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Nat. | Player | Pos. | PD | FC | TOTAL |
| | Rabah Zouaoui | FW | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | Saadi Yacef | | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Saàdi | | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Achir | | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Zoubir Naït Kaci | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Krimo Rebih | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Mourad Beddarine | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Zaâr | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 0 | 16 |