# 1965–66 USM Alger season

In the 1965–66 season, USM Alger is competing in the Division d'Honneur for the 1st season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They competing in Division d'Honneur, and the Algerian Cup.

## Review

USM Alger is playing its first season in Division d'Honneur under new coach Amokrane Oualiken and at the same time a player, in place of Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, USM Alger and MC Alger in a united team have played several friendly matches with foreign clubs, namely Brazilian São Cristóvão, Spartak Hradec twice and Olympique de Marseille. In the Division d'Honneur, the start was strong with six consecutive victories and only one defeat in the first leg, during the derby against OMR El Annasser and finished in the lead two points behind WA Boufarik, in the Algerian Cup the course was not great, after the victory in the Round of 64 against OM Saint Eugène with a goal by Hamid Bernaoui, then NA Hussein Dey, the march stopped in the Round of 16 against MC Saida.
The last match of the season, USM Alger guarantees its presence in the second division with the new name. Promotion to Nationale I was canceled, and it was only possible to fall from Nationale I to Nationale II and from Nationale II to Division d'Honneur, so that the Nationale I would be with 12 teams only and the Nationale II with 10. USM Alger won a match late in the 24th round against RC Arbaâ, with a double from Lakhdar Guittoun and Bouali. USM Alger finished the season with 72 points behind MC Alger.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 September 1965. 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 | Djamel El Okbi | (1939-10-15)15 October 1939 (aged 25) | AS Saint Eugène |
| DF | Fodil Oulkhiar | (1944-01-15)15 January 1944 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| DF | Achour Salah | (1933-10-01)1 October 1933 (aged 31) | Youth system |
| DF | Brahim Talbi | 1940 | JU Alger |
| DF | Mohamed Madani | (1939-03-02)2 March 1939 (aged 26) | |
| MF | Freddy Zemmour | (1942-02-21)21 February 1942 (aged 23) | Gallia d’Alger |
| MF | Ghazi Djermane | (1942-01-21)21 January 1942 (aged 23) | Gallia d’Alger |
| MF | Boubekeur Belbekri | (1942-01-07)7 January 1942 (aged 23) | Gallia d’Alger |
| MF | Lakhdar Guittoun | (1939-12-17)17 December 1939 (aged 25) | |
| MF | Abdelkader Belhaou | (1938-12-21)21 December 1938 (aged 26) | |
| MF | Abdelkader Saâdi | (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 19) | |
| MF | Hamid Benkanoun | | |
| FW | Krimo Rebih | (1932-05-01)1 May 1932 (aged 33) | Union sportive tunisienne |
| FW | Abderrahmane Meziani | (1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 23) | AS Saint Eugène |
| FW | Hamid Bernaoui | (1937-12-03)3 December 1937 (aged 27) | Youth system |
| FW | Amokrane Oualiken | (1933-04-06)6 April 1933 (aged 32) | MC Alger |
| FW | Boualem Rekkal | | |

## 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 d'Honneur | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 056.67 | — | Runner-up | 19 September 1965 | 26 June 1966 |
| Algerian Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 14 November 1965 | 6 February 1966 |
| Total | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 054.55 |

### Division d'Honneur
#### League table (Algérois)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MC Alger (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 19 | +48 | 79 | Promotion to Nationale I |
| 2 | USM Alger | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 72 | Promotion to Nationale I |
| 3 | WA Boufarik | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 71 | |
| 4 | OMR El Annasser | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 66 | |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 65 | |
| 6 | Hydra AC | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 64 | |
| 7 | WO Rouiba | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 61 | |
| 8 | OM Saint Eugène | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 61 | |
| 9 | SC Affreville | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 61 | |
| 10 | AS Orléanville | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 59 | |
| 11 | USM Maison carrée | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 59 | |
| 12 | MS Cherchell | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 57 | |
| 13 | ASPTT Alger | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 52 | Relegation to Régional |
| 14 | JS El Biar | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 48 | Relegation to Régional |
| 15 | RC Arbaâ | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | Relegation to Régional |
| 16 | Stade Aïn Benian | 30 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 84 | −59 | 40 | Relegation to Régional |

### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | | W | D | L | W | W | L | |
| Position | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Algerian Cup
## Squad information
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division d'Honneur | Division d'Honneur | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| - | GK | ALG | Djamel El Okbi | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | GK | ALG | Osman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| - | DF | ALG | Hamid Madani | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Fodil Oulkhiar | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Branci | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Fayçal Boutaleb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Brahim Talbi | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | ALG | Achour Salah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| - | MF | FRA | Freddy Zemmour | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Ghazi Djermane | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Boubekeur Belbekri | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Lakhdar Guittoun | 16 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| - | MF | ALG | Hamid Benkanoun | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Abdelkader Saâdi | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | ALG | Abdelkader Belhaou | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| - | FW | ALG | Krimo Rebih | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| - | FW | ALG | Abderrahmane Meziani | 16 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| - | FW | ALG | Hamid Bernaoui | 21 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| - | FW | ALG | Rachid Hemmar | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| - | FW | ALG | Amokrane Oualiken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | FW | ALG | Abderahmane Djellal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | FW | ALG | Boualem Rekkal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | FW | ALG | Abdelkader Ait Bouali | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 1 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Nat. | Player | Pos. | DH | AC | TOTAL |
| | Krimo Rebih | FW | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| | Abderrahmane Meziani | FW | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| | Lakhdar Guittoun | MF | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| | Abdelkader Ait Bouali | ? | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | Hamid Bernaoui | FW | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | Rachid Hemmar | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | Boubekeur Belbekri | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Abdelkader Belhaou | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 3 | 44 |