2002–03 USM Alger season

In the 2002–03 season, USM Alger is competing in Division 1 for the 23rd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, the UAFA Club Cup and the Algerian Cup. In 2002–03 It was the best season in the history of USM Alger and participated in five competitions, The opening season was in the Arab Unified Club Championship, and was eliminated in the group stage, In the Cup Winners' Cup, the red and black reached the semi-finals, and was eliminated against Wydad Casablanca and fails to achieve the first continental title despite the second leg that took place in Algeria Where did USM Alger need to win to qualify for the final. In the Division 1, the journey towards achieving the title was not easy, and the struggle was great with USM Blida, NA Hussein Dey and JS Kabylie, and USM Alger waited until the 28 round to celebrate the title after winning against ASM Oran. To complete the joy in the Algerian Cup by winning the title after the victory against CR Belouizdad after Moncef Ouichaoui scored the golden goal to achieve the double for the first time in its history under the leadership of Azzedine Aït Djoudi. also achieved Ouichaoui top scorer in the league for the first time a player from USM Alger with 18 goals including two hat-tricks. On February 24, 2003, in the derby meeting against CR Belouizdad and in the last minutes while Hichem Mezaïr was heading to fetch the ball, the ball holder attacked him to respond in kind, so the match stopped and the stands turned into an arena of violence between the managers and supporters of the two clubs and despite that, the match was completed with difficulty.

Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 12 May 2003. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Appearances and goals

 * Statistics all except one in the 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup US Transfoot vs USM Alger 1 September 2002. and three in the 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Al-Shorta vs USM Alger 10 July 2003, USM Alger vs Kuwait SC 13 July 2003, USM Alger vs Al-Jaish 15 July 2003.

{| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2"|No. ! rowspan="2"|Pos ! rowspan="2"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Nat ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Division 1 ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Algerian Cup ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Champions League ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Cup Winners' Cup ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Arab Unified ! colspan="3"|Total !App!!St!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|G !App!!St!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|G !App!!St!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|G !App!!St!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|G !App!!St!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|G !App!!St!!G !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|30||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|52 !colspan=2|5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|9 !colspan=2|4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|6 !colspan=2|4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|13 !colspan=2|4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|7 !colspan=2|47||87
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=22|Goalkeepers
 * 1
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Hichem Mezaïr
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 36||0||0
 * 25
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Merouane Abdouni
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 7||0||0
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Redouane Hamiti
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=22|Defenders
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Salim Aribi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 24||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 35||0||4
 * LB
 * style="text-align:left"|Tarek Ghoul
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 21||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 33||0||2
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Mounir Zeghdoud
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 17||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 28||0||0
 * LB / CB / RB
 * style="text-align:left"|Mahieddine Meftah
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 27||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 38||0||1
 * RB / CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Hamdoud
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 23||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 31||0||0
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Rabah Deghmani
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 21||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 30||0||0
 * LB
 * style="text-align:left"|Djamel Bougandoura
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 5||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 7||6||0
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Karim Achiou
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||0
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Amrani
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||0
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Khelalfa
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=22|Midfielders
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Farid Djahnine
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 25||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 38||0||2
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Amar Ammour
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 28||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|10
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 40||0||13
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Billel Dziri
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 24||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 36||0||4
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Karim Ghazi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 28||26||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 40||0||3
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Hocine Achiou
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 27||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 40||0||4
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Yacine Hamadou
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 7||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 7||2||1
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Hocine Metref
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 4||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||1||0
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Ramzi Mellouli
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||0
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Tchekchar
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=22|Forwards
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Moncef Ouichaoui
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 27||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|18
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 4||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 37||0||22
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Cheraïtia
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 6||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 11||0||1
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Rabie Benchergui
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 14||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 19||0||4
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Rafik Deghiche
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 7||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 7||1||2
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Issaad Bourahli
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 22||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|9
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 32||0||19
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdelhakim Meziani
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 7||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 9||3||0
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Berkane
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Rabie Benchergui
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 14||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 19||0||4
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Rafik Deghiche
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 7||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 7||1||2
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Issaad Bourahli
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 22||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|9
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 32||0||19
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdelhakim Meziani
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 7||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 9||3||0
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Berkane
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Berkane
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"

Goalscorers
''Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.''

Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches.

Hat-tricks
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away ; (N) – Neutral