2012–13 USM Alger season

In the 2012–13 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 35th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Season summary
In the 2012–13 season, led by Argentine coach Miguel Angel Gamondi. The start was bad three defeats, two wins and a draw, in the sixth round against ES Setif and after the loss Gamondi was sacked from his post and replaced by former Olympique de Marseille coach Rolland Courbis as their new coach. who gave a good start and the end of the first leg with six wins, two draws and one defeat, in the return stage in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 was not a good start, and it was clear that winning the first Algerian professional league was very difficult, the start of the team focusing on the Algerian Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup, where it was initially in the Algerian Cup in the semi-final against MC Oran. USMA achieved the most important goal through Noureddine Daham. to reach the team's final for the seventeenth time in history and the first in six years. In the Arab Club Champions Cup it was an easy road but in the semi-final against Ismaily SC, it was a difficult meeting that ended with a penalty shootout for USMA to reach the final for the first time in their history, but in the Confederation Cup, the club did not set it as a major goal and were excluded from the second round after losing against US Bitam.

In the Algerian Cup Final against neighbor MC Alger in the Algiers Derby for the fifth time in history. USM Alger defeated of them with a goal scored by Mokhtar Benmoussa. USMA won its eighth title. Also this was the first time that Al Ittihad won against Mouloudia in the final after four defeats before. After the end of the match and while heading to get the medals, MC Alger refused to go up in protest against the performance of referee Djamel Haimoudi. Two weeks later, USMA won its first Arab Club Champions Cup title after defeating Kuwait's Al-Arabi club 3–2 in aggregate in the 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup final. The match saw the presence of a number of state officials led by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal who handed the cup to the captain Mohamed Rabie Meftah.

Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 21 May 2013. 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
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 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Goalkeepers
 * 1
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Lamine Zemmamouche
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 22||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 34||34||0
 * 16
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Ismaïl Mansouri
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 8||8||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
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 11||11||0
 * 29
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Amara Daïf
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||3||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Defenders
 * 4
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Laïfaoui
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 9||9||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 22||0||1
 * 6
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Farouk Chafaï
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 17||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 29||0||4
 * 20
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Nacereddine Khoualed
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 35||0||1
 * 24
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Youcef Benamara
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 14||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 25||0||0
 * 25
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Mokhtar Benmoussa
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 26||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 5||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 7||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 40||0||4
 * 26
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Brahim Boudebouda
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 21||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 4||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 33||0||1
 * 27
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Yekhlef
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||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
 * 5||3||0
 * 30
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Rabie Meftah
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 16||15||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
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 24||19||2
 * 83
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Ismaël Bouzid
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 9||0||1
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Ibrahim Bekakchi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 6||6||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
 * 6||6||0
 * - style="font-style:italic"
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Adel Maïza
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||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
 * 4||3||0
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Nazim Aklil
 * 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
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 1||1||0
 * DF
 * style="text-align:left"|Hussein Boukatouh
 * 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
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 1||1||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Midfielders
 * 5
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Yacouba Ali
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 5||5||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
 * 6||5||0
 * 11
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Hocine El Orfi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 14||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 23||0||0
 * 13
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Nassim Bouchema
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 36||0||2
 * 14
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Lamouri Djediat
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 21||15||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 7||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4
 * 35||0||7
 * 15
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Bouazza Feham
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 22||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 6||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 37||0||4
 * 18
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Saad Tedjar
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 16||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 26||0||1
 * 23
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Hamza Koudri
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 23||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 34||0||0
 * 47
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Zinedine Ferhat
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 21||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 34||0||2
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Karim Baïteche
 * 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
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 1||0||0
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Rédha Abdelmalek Betrouni
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 5||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 6||3||1
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Nassim Yettou
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 5||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 6||4||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Forwards
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Djamel Eddine Chatal
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||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
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 3||0||0
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Samy Frioui
 * 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
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 1||0||0
 * 7
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Salim Hanifi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 6||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 15||0||2
 * 8
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Ahmed Gasmi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 24||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|8
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 35||0||9
 * 9
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Noureddine Daham
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 14||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 7||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 27||0||12
 * 12
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Carolus Andriamatsinoro
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||1||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
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||1||0
 * 22
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Hichem Mokhtari
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 7||0||1
 * 48
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Seguer
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 18||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 28||0||4
 * 99
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdelmalek Ziaya
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 9||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 13||12||2
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Djamel Rabti
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||2||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
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 3||2||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * 3||1||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
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||1||0
 * 22
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Hichem Mokhtari
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 7||0||1
 * 48
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Seguer
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 18||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 5||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 28||0||4
 * 99
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdelmalek Ziaya
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 9||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 13||12||2
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Djamel Rabti
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||2||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
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 3||2||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * –||–||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|–
 * 3||2||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.