# 1971–72 USM Alger season

In the 1971–72 season, USM Alger is competing in the Championnat National for the 6th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Championnat National, and the Algerian Cup.

## Summary season

In the Algerian Cup, the path to the final was not easy, with a difference of one goal in three games out of four to face USM Annaba at the opening of the new Stade du 5 Juillet by President Houari Boumédiène and this ends in defeat, Before that and during the youth final against NAR Alger, Nacer Guedioura becomes the first to score a goal in the new stadium to lead them to win the cup. The club is deprived of the services of Kamel Tchalabi who plays in the military final and despite the fact that he was promised to play if he had participated in a half and scored, he does not participate in the match.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1970. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Sid Ahmed Zebaïri | GK | (1948-11-13)13 November 1948 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Boukhalfa Branci | GK | (1952-06-18)18 June 1952 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| Rachid Debbah | LB | (1948-03-23)23 March 1948 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| Djamel Keddou | DF | (1952-01-30)30 January 1952 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| Reda Abdouche | DF | | |
| Rachid Laâla | DF | | |
| Mustapha Mansouri | DF | | |
| Saïd Allik | MF | (1948-04-24)24 April 1948 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| Ahmed Lakhdar Attoui | MF | (1948-09-20)20 September 1948 (aged 22) | USM Annaba |
| Mouldi Aïssaoui | MF | (1946-07-26)26 July 1946 (aged 25) | JBAC Annaba |
| Boubekeur Belbekri | MF | (1942-01-07)7 January 1942 (aged 29) | Gallia d’Alger |
| Abdelkader Saâdi | MF | (1948-02-24)24 February 1948 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| Abderrahmane Meziani | FW | (1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 29) | AS Saint Eugène |
| Kamel Tchalabi | FW | (1947-04-24)24 April 1947 (aged 24) | OM Saint Eugènoise |
| Kamel Berroudji | ST | (1945-09-09)9 September 1945 (aged 25) | OMR El Annasser |
| Brahim Aouadj | | | MC Alger |

## 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 |
| National I | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 030.00 | — | 15th | 5 September 1971 | 18 June 1972 |
| Algerian Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 080.00 | Round of 32 | Runners–up | 6 February 1972 | 25 June 1972 |
| Total | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 037.14 |

### Nationale I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | NR Ksentina | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 58 |
| 13 | USM Bel-Abbès | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 57 |
| 14 | WA Tlemcen | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 57 |
| 15 | USM Alger | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 55 |
| 16 | ES Guelma | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 43 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L |
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### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Algerian Cup
## Squad information
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Nat. | Player | Pos. | N 1 | AC | TOTAL |
| | Abderrahmane Meziani | FW | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| | Mouldi Aïssaoui | MF | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 38 | 8 | 46 |