# 2000–01 USM Alger season

In the 2000–01 season, USM Alger is competing in the Super Division for the 21st time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 June 2001. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | Hichem Mezaïr | (1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 24) | WA Tlemcen | 33 | 0 |
| - | GK | Brahim Salah Eddine | (1975-12-07)7 December 1975 (aged 27) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| - | GK | Redouane Hamiti | (1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 20) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | | Tarek Ghoul | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 25) | USM El Harrach | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Mounir Zeghdoud | (1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 30) | USM Aïn Beïda | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | Fayçal Hamdani (C) | (1970-07-13)13 July 1970 (aged 30) | MC Alger | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | Mahieddine Meftah | (1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 32) | JS Kabylie | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | Mohamed Hamdoud | (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 24) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | Rabah Deghmani | (1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 25) | IB Khémis El Khechna | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Farid Ould Rabah | (1975-02-24)24 February 1975 (aged 25) | JSM Béjaïa | 2 | 0 |
| | LB | Rachid Boumrar | | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| - | | Farid Djahnine | (1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 24) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Karim Ghazi | (1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 21) | CR Belouizdad | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | Hocine Achiou | (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 21) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Saïd Baâzouz | (1968-01-24)24 January 1968 (aged 32) | MC Alger | 15 | 1 |
| 8 | | Billel Dziri | (1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 28) | CS Sedan Ardennes | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Kamel Maouche | (1977-05-17)17 May 1977 (aged 23) | HB Chelghoum Laid | 32 | 5 |
| - | | Mohamed Abacha | (1978-07-09)9 July 1978 (aged 22) | | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Faycal Rahim | (1978-07-09)9 July 1978 (aged 22) | | 3 | 0 |
| - | | Hakim Boubrit | (1975-08-09)9 August 1975 (aged 25) | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| - | | Athmane Samir Amirat | (1975-11-05)5 November 1975 (aged 25) | USM El Harrach | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | Tarek Hadj Adlane | (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 (aged 35) | Al Wehda | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Hamza Yacef | (1979-08-25)25 August 1979 (aged 21) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | | Moncef Ouichaoui | (1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 23) | USM Annaba | 19 | 5 |
| - | | Fares El Aouni | (1978-08-09)9 August 1978 (aged 22) | WA Tlemcen | 0 | 0 |
| - | | Ammar Galoul | (1974-05-16)16 May 1974 (aged 26) | CR Belouizdad | 17 | 4 |
| - | | Fouad Smati | (1975-12-02)2 December 1975 (aged 25) | Youth system | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 2000 | GK | Hichem Mezaïr | WA Tlemcen | Free transfer |
| 2000 | MF | Billel Dziri | Sedan | Free transfer |
| 2000 | FW | Moncef Ouichaoui | USM Annaba | Free transfer |
| 2000 | MF | Saïd Baâzouz | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 2000 | MF | Kamel Maouche | HB Chelghoum Laid | Free transfer |
| 2000 | MF | Faycal Rahim | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 2000 | FW | Ammar Galoul | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 2000 | FW | Farid Ould Rabah | JSM Béjaïa | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 2000 | MF | Mohamed Khazrouni | USM Blida | Free transfer |
| 2000 | FW | Mohamed Manga | USM Blida | Free transfer |
| 2000 | GK | Siaka Coulibaly | US Forces Armées | Free transfer |
| 2000 | FW | Azzedine Rahim | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 2000 | FW | Khaled Lounici | MC Alger | Free transfer |

## 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 |
| Super Division | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 050.00 | — | Runners-up | 7 September 2000 | 25 June 2001 |
| Algerian Cup | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 100.00 | Round of 64 | Winners | 5 February 2001 | 10 July 2001 |
| Total | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 058.33 |

### Super Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 62 | 2002 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | USM Alger | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 55 | 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 52 | 2002 CAF Cup |
| 4 | USM Blida | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 47 | |
| 5 | ASM Oran | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 44 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 January 2016. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |

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

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Super Division | Super Division | Super Division | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| | GK | Hichem Mezaïr | | 27 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| | GK | Brahim Salah Eddine | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | Redouane Hamiti | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| | DF | Tarek Ghoul | | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| | DF | Mounir Zeghdoud | | 18 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 0 |
| | DF | Fayçal Hamdani | | 19 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| | DF | Mahieddine Meftah | | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 |
| | DF | Mohamed Hamdoud | | 25 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| | DF | Rabah Deghmani | | 26 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 1 |
| | DF | Boumakhlouf | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| | MF | Farid Djahnine | | 21 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 26 | 4 |
| | MF | Billel Dziri | | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 5 |
| | MF | Karim Ghazi | | 23 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 0 |
| | MF | Hocine Achiou | | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 6 |
| | MF | Djoudir | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Saïd Baâzouz | | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| | MF | Kamel Maouche | | 26 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 30 | 3 |
| | MF | Mohamed Abacha | | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| | MF | Amira | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Rachid Boumrar | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Hamid Aït Belkacem | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Faycal Rahim | | 15 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| | FW | Tarek Hadj Adlane | | 19 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 13 |
| | FW | Ammar Galoul | | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 |
| | FW | Athmane Samir Amirat | | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 6 |
| | FW | Fares El Aouni | | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | Moncef Ouichaoui | | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 5 |
| | FW | Fouad Smati | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Farid Ould Rabah | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Hamza Yacef | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 30 | 51 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 62 |
Last updated: 17 June 2022 Source: soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | TOTAL |
| | | Tarek Hadj Adlane | FW | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| | | Athmane Samir Amirat | MF | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | | Hocine Achiou | MF | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| | | Kamel Maouche | MF | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | | Moncef Ouichaoui | FW | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | | Billel Dziri | MF | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | | Farid Djahnine | MF | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | Ammar Galoul | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | | Mohamed Abacha | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | Farès El Aouni | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Mohamed Hamdoud | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Karim Ghazi | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Saïd Baâzouz | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Rabah Deghmani | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Faycal Rahim | FW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 11 | 59 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Name | L 1 | AC | Total |
| 1 | Hichem Mezaïr | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| | Brahim Salah Eddine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | TOTALS | 8 | 5 | 13 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Ammar Galoul | CS Constantine | 6–1 (A) | 25 June 2001 | Super Division | |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away