# 1970–71 USM Alger season

In the 1970–71 season, USM Alger is competing in the Championnat National for the 5th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Championnat National, and the Algerian Cup.

## Summary season

In 1970–71 Algerian Cup after a long march due to playing the quarter and semi-finals in home and away system Al-Ittihad reached the final to face in the Algiers Derby, MC Alger and be defeated again. before her in the semi-finals in Khenchela against the local team, Al-Ittihad was not welcomed because of a word used by USM Alger supporters which is that Khenchela is “Shawiya” a term that has been misinterpreted and they prepared a hostile reception, and the match lasted four hours due to the storming to the stadium several times by the supporters. After the end of the match USM Alger players who were accompanied by a handful of fans, remained locked in the dressing rooms until midnight and after the intervention of a Gendarmerie brigade sent from Batna. his return to Algiers was around 9 am the next day, then the Algerian Football Federation at that time punished the two clubs by playing 50 kilometers away from its stadium for one year. As for USM Alger it received in the 1971–72 season at Stade des Frères Brakni. USM Alger again participated in the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup as a runner-up of the Algerian Cup, finished in the last place with two defeats against Club Africain and Wydad Casablanca.

## 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.
| Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| GK | Sid Ahmed Zebaïri | (1948-11-13)13 November 1948 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| GK | Boukhalfa Branci | (1952-06-18)18 June 1952 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| LB | Rachid Debbah | (1948-03-23)23 March 1948 (aged 22) | |
| DF | Djamel Keddou | (1952-01-30)30 January 1952 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| MF | Saïd Allik | (1948-04-24)24 April 1948 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| MF | Ahmed Lakhdar Attoui | (1948-09-20)20 September 1948 (aged 22) | USM Annaba |
| MF | Mouldi Aïssaoui | (1946-07-26)26 July 1946 (aged 24) | JBAC Annaba |
| DF | Boubekeur Belbekri | (1942-01-07)7 January 1942 (aged 28) | Gallia d’Alger |
| MF | Abdelkader Saâdi | (1948-02-24)24 February 1948 (aged 22) | |
| FW | Abderrahmane Meziani | (1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 28) | AS Saint Eugène |
| FW | Kamel Tchalabi | (1947-04-24)24 April 1947 (aged 23) | OM Saint Eugènoise |

## 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 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 031.82 | — | 5th | 20 September 1970 | 25 April 1971 |
| Algerian Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 071.43 | Round of 32 | Runners–up | 30 January 1971 | 13 June 1971 |
| Maghreb Cup Winners Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 | Semi-final | Fourth place | 19 December 1970 | 20 December 1970 |
| Total | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 038.71 |

### Division Nationale
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | MC Alger | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 46 |
| 4 | NA Hussein Dey | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 46 |
| 5 | USM Alger | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 45 |
| 6 | CR Belcourt | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 45 |
| 7 | JS Kabylie | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 44 |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Maghreb Cup Winners Cup
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

    Only 5 games from 31
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | National | National | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Maghreb Winners Cup | Maghreb Winners Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| - | GK | ALG | Sid Ahmed Zebaïri | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | GK | ALG | Boukhalfa Branci | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| - | DF | ALG | Rachid Debbah | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Mazouni | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Mustapha Mansouri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Boubekeur Belbekri | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Saadi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Rachid Lala | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Djamel Keddou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| - | MF | ALG | Réda Abdouche | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Saïd Allik | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Ahmed Attoui | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Mouldi Aïssaoui | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Kamel Berroudji | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| - | FW | ALG | Kamel Tchalabi | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| - | FW | ALG | Abderrahmane Meziani | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 June 1971 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Nat. | Player | Pos. | N 1 | AC | MCWC | TOTAL |
| | Kamel Tchalabi | FW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| | Abderrahmane Meziani | FW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| | Mouldi Aïssaoui | FW | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| | Kamel Berroudji | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| | Ahmed Attoui | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | Saïd Allik | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Abdelkader Saadi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 15 | 1 | 53 |