# 1988–89 USM Alger season

In the 1988–89 season, USM Alger is competing in the Division 1 for the 18th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Division 1 and the Algerian Cup.

## Review

* Committee of Honor :
** Saadi Yacef, Ahmed Hadj Kemat, Mohamed Raouraoua, Bachir Ould Rouis, El Hadi Bahloul, Abdelkader Amrani, Zoubir Bouadjadj, El Hachemi Guerouabi
* Supporters Committee :
** President, Ahmed Khelifi
** Vice-presidents, Ayed Gouala, Smail Bettayeb
** Secretary General, Mohamed Bellemou
** Treasurer, Amar Hadj Latter
** Socio-cultural Committee, Hamoud Ouassa
** Legal Commission, Hamid Yacef
** External Relations Commission, Mokhtar Madani

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1988. 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 |
| CB | Redouane Bellemou | (1966-07-26)26 July 1966 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| GK | Moulooud Beltitane | (1970-01-20)20 January 1970 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| LB | Abdelmalek Abdellaoui | (1965-12-28)28 December 1965 (aged 22) | Jeunesse de Belcourt |
| LB | Farid Bengana | (1963-07-14)14 July 1963 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| FW | Fawzi Benkhalidi | (1963-02-03)3 February 1963 (aged 25) | WA Boufarik |
| GK | Yacine Bentalaa | (1955-09-24)24 September 1955 (aged 32) | RC Kouba |
| CM | Salim Boutamine | (1962-04-03)3 April 1962 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| | Rafik Bouchtout | (1968-05-20)20 May 1968 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| FW | Tarek Hadj Adlane | (1965-12-10)10 December 1965 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | Khaled Fodil | (1967-10-29)29 October 1967 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| MF | Ramdane Hammaz | (1968-01-02)2 January 1968 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | Samir Keddou | (1961-06-21)21 June 1961 (aged 27) | MC Alger (Youth system) |
| CB | Rabah Kourifa | (1963-03-10)10 March 1963 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| MF | Amirouche Laalili | (1964-02-29)29 February 1964 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| MF | Farid Mouaci | (1964-02-27)27 February 1964 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| | Samir Osmane | (1964-11-17)17 November 1964 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| | Salim Slimani | (1964-04-24)24 April 1964 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| | Réda Saadedine | (1962-01-01)1 January 1962 (aged 26) | |
| RB | M'hamed Soumatia | (1958-10-21)21 October 1958 (aged 29) | Youth system |
| MF | Ammar Kabrane | (1964-03-22)22 March 1964 (aged 24) | CR Belcourt |
| MF | Djamel Amani | (1962-06-17)17 June 1962 (aged 26) | CR Belcourt |
| FW | Boualem Baâziz | (1960-01-18)18 January 1960 (aged 28) | |

## 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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 030.00 | — | 13rd | 22 September 1988 | 1 June 1989 |
| Algerian Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 12 January 1989 | 24 February 1989 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 | First Round | Second Round | 11 March 1989 | 19 May 1989 |
| Total | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 033.33 |

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | RS Kouba | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 29 | |
| 12 | Espérance d'Aïn M'lila | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 29 | |
| 13 | Union d'Alger | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 28 | |
| 14 | MO Constantine | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 27 | |
| 15 | Union d'Aïn Béïda | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 27 | Relegated |

#### 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 | A | 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 |
| Result | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |

### African Cup Winners' Cup
#### First round
#### Second round
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | National 1 | National 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ALG | Moulooud Beltitane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ALG | Yacine Bentalaa | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Abdelmalek Abdellaoui | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Redouane Bellemou | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Farid Bengana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | M'hamed Soumatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Djamel Amani | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Rabah Kourifa | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Amirouche Laalili | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Farid Mouaci | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Salim Boutamine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Ramdane Hammaz | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Samir Osmane | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Hochi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Boualem Baâziz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Tarek Hadj Adlane | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Fawzi Benkhalidi | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Ammar kabrane | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | ALG | Fodil Djebbar | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | N 1 | AC | CWC | TOTAL |
| 7 | | Tarek Hadj Adlane | FW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | | Ammar kabrane | FW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | | Fawzi Benkhalidi | FW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | | Amirouche Laalili | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ? | | Boualem Baâziz | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | Ramdane Hammaz | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Farid Mouaci | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | | Farid Bengana | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Rabah Kourifa | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ? | | Lemani | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 25 | 3 | 5 | 33 |