# 1962–63 USM Alger season

In the 1962–63 season, Algiers football club USM Alger competed in the Championnat National for the 1st season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

## Summary season

football competitions come to life in the country. Given the geographical distribution of the clubs throughout the country, formerly divided into three departments under the French colonial administration, each league took over the organization of the competitions in an autonomous way, encouraged by the Ministry of Sports and Youth. In the early years, the competitions thus restarted in the form of regional criteria at the end of which were sacred the departmental champions who were then to compete in the form of tournaments "play off" to designate the Champion of Algeria. League beginning with the first post-independence the USM Alger administration to bring the former Nice and Monaco player Abdelaziz Ben Tifour to be a coach and a player at the same time, also included one foreign player Freddy Zemmour from Pied-Noir one of the few French players who have decided to stay in Algeria.
USM Alger took place in Group V and took first place with 51 points and strongest offensive line in each league with 75 goal after the piece and in Algiers League in a group with MC Alger, AS Orléansville, NA Hussein Dey and OM Saint Eugène took first place also with 12 points from 12 to advance to the semi-finals and play against Hamra Annaba previously USM Annaba and won by corners 7–6 qualify for the final of the first tournament in the history of Algeria, and find MC Alger again The Red and Black, led by player-coach Bentifour easily outweigh the score of 3–0 in a match played at the Stade d'El Annasser, in the presence of President Ahmed Ben Bella and Minister of Defense Houari Boumedienne. From here Sostara was honored to be the first club to win the championship title in the era of independence.

## 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.
| Nat. | Name | Date Of Birth (Age) | Moving from |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| | Djamel El Okbi | (1939-10-15)15 October 1939 (aged 22) | AS Saint Eugène |
| Defenders ||||
| | Mohamed Madani | (1945-05-23)23 May 1945 (aged 17) | |
| | Achour Salah | (1933-10-01)1 October 1933 (aged 29) | |
| | Kerkouche | | |
| | Hacène Chabri | (1931-04-25)25 April 1931 (aged 31) | |
| | Osman | | |
| | Brahim Talbi | | |
| Midfielders ||||
| | Rachid Aftouche | (1933-11-02)2 November 1933 (aged 28) | Olympique Tizi Ouzou |
| | Hacène Djemaâ | (1942-01-06)6 January 1942 (aged 20) | |
| | Boubekeur Belbekri | (1942-01-07)7 January 1942 (aged 20) | |
| | Ghazi Djermane | (1942-01-21)21 January 1942 (aged 20) | Gallia d’Alger |
| | Freddy Zemmour | (1942-02-21)21 February 1942 (aged 20) | Gallia d’Alger |
| | Hamid Benkanoun | | |
| Forwards ||||
| | Hamid Bernaoui | (1937-12-03)3 December 1937 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| | Krimo Rebih | (1932-05-01)1 May 1932 (aged 30) | Union Sportive Tunisienne |
| | Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (c) | (1927-07-25)25 July 1927 (aged 35) | AS Monaco FC |
| | Abderrahmane Meziani | (1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 20) | AS Saint Eugène |
| | Rachid Hemmar | | |

## Non-competitive
### 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 |
| Critériums d'Honneur | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 6 | +69 | 088.89 | — | 1st | 7 October 1962 | 7 April 1963 |
| Final Groups | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 100.00 | — | 1st | 19 May 1963 | 9 June 1963 |
| Final tournament | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 | — | Champions | 15 June 1963 | 16 June 1963 |
| Algerian Cup | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 085.71 | 2e tour régional | Semi-finals | 4 November 1962 | 31 March 1963 |
| Total | 31 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 95 | 11 | +84 | 087.10 |

### Critériums d'Honneur
#### League table

Group V :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | USM Alger | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 6 | +69 | 51 | Qualification to a final group, promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 2 | USM Marengo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 43 | Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 3 | USM Blida | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 12 | +45 | 41 | Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 4 | RC Arbaâ | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 41 | Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 5 | USH Alger | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 40 | Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2) |
| 6 | ESM Koléa | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 38 | Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2) |
| 7 | JS Fort de l'Eau | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 36 | Relegated to 1963–64 First Division (D3) |
| 8 | ES Zéralda | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 29 | Relegated to 1963–64 First Division (D3) |
| 9 | JSM Alger | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 69 | −59 | 21 | Relegated to 1963–64 First Division (D3) |
| 10 | SO Berrouaghia | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 109 | −101 | 20 | Relegated to 1963–64 First Division (D3) |

### Results by round

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

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Final Groups
#### Algiers

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | USM Alger | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +8 | 10 |
| 3 | AS Orléansville | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 4 | NA Hussein Dey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
| 5 | OM Saint-Eugène | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 4 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

#### Final tournament
### Algerian Cup
## Squad information
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | CH | Final tournament | AC | TOTAL |
| 11 | | Abdelaziz Ben Tifour | FW | ? | 5 | ? | ? |
| 10 | | Hamid Bernaoui | FW | ? | 4 | ? | ? |
| 9 | | Krimo Rebih | FW | ? | 3 | ? | ? |
| ? | | Ghazi Djermane | MF | ? | 2 | ? | ? |
| 6 | | Freddy Zemmour | MF | ? | 2 | ? | ? |
| ? | | Abderrahmane Meziani | FW | ? | 1 | ? | ? |
| ? | | Mohamed Djemâa | DF | ? | 1 | ? | ? |
| ? | | Boubekeur Belbekri | MF | ? | 1 | ? | ? |
| ? | | Achour Salah | DF | ? | 1 | ? | ? |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | ? | 0 | ? | ? |