2024–25 USM Alger season

The 2024–25 season, is USM Alger's 47th season and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, USM Alger are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup and the Confederation Cup. On June 27, 2024 The federal office approved the calendar for the 2024–25 Ligue 1 season with the aim of ending on May 31, 2025. The first round is scheduled for September 14, this delay is motivated both by an extended end of the 2023–24 season but also by the holding of early presidential elections which will take place on September 7, 2024.

Background
After great pressure from supporters demanding a radical change within the club’s administrative organization. At the management level, the advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Réda Abdouch, submitted his resignation, justifying his decision by “personal and health reasons”, indicated the club. Previously USM Alger announced the appointment of Sid Ali Yahiaoui as new general secretary. This is a homecoming for Yahiaoui, who had already held this position in the past with the club in 2021. On June 22, 2024, The Board of Directors of USMA/SSPA met at the headquarters of the Groupe SERPORT, where it was decided to appoint Athmane Sehbane, Chairman of the Board of Directors of USM Alger, to succeed Kamel Hassena who resigned from his position. Still in the same vein, SERPORT has chosen the former Rouge et Noir player, Hamza Koudri as sports coordinator while the former captain of L'USMA, Billel Dziri will occupy the position of sports director. The next day, Othmane Sohbane appointed Mustapha Laroussi as secretary of the first team. Laroussi previously held this position in USM Alger.

After the departure of Juan Carlos Garrido, USM Alger studied several avenues to find the successor of the Spanish technician. In an official press release on July 13, USM Alger announced the signing of Tunisian coach Nabil Maâloul a contract of two seasons, Maâloul who has extensive experience in Africa will now have his first experience in Algeria.

First-team transfers (summer transfer window)
Before Kamel Hassena’s administration left, the contracts of Abdessamed Bounacer and Salim Boukhanchouche were renewed for two seasons, and Abdelkrim Namani’s renewed for four seasons. As for Hocine Dehiri whose loan period ended, his contract was bought from Paradou AC, where he signed a contract for three seasons. On June 23, 2024, Zineddine Belaïd met with Athmane Sehbane, where he agreed that he would officially leave. The team’s management finally agreed not to put obstacles in the way of the player’s ambition and in a way that preserves the rights of the club. The agreement was finally concluded to fulfill the desire of Belaïd to join the Belgian club Sint-Truiden and signed his exit paper.

On July 8, 2024, USM Alger has its first summer recruit the defender Ilyes Chetti, after the termination of his contract with the Wydad AC, Where he signed a contract for three seasons for an astronomical total salary exceeding 6 million DA. In the sights of several Algerian clubs in this transfer window, Houssam Ghacha finally joined USM Alger for three seasons, coming from Espérance de Tunis.

Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 June 2024. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match !G !W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Win %
 * Ligue 1
 * Ligue 1


 * N/A
 * To be confirmed
 * In Progress
 * In Progress
 * Algerian Cup
 * Algerian Cup


 * To be confirmed
 * To be confirmed
 * In Progress
 * In Progress
 * Confederation Cup
 * Confederation Cup

! Total
 * To be confirmed
 * To be confirmed
 * In Progress
 * In Progress

Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 11 July 2024.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14). The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024, 12:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Appearances and goals


{| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|No. ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Pos ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Nat ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Ligue 1 ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Algerian Cup ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Confederation Cup ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|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!!G !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 !colspan=2|0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 !colspan=2|0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 !colspan=2|0||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center" |Goalkeepers
 * 1
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdelmoumen Sifour
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 16
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Kamel Soufi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 25
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Oussama Benbot
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders
 * 3
 * LB
 * style="text-align:left"|Juba Chirani
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 4
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Zineddine Belaïd
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 12
 * RB
 * style="text-align:left"|Oussama Barkat
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 15
 * LB
 * style="text-align:left"|Nabil Lamara
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 19
 * RB
 * style="text-align:left"|Saâdi Radouani
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 21
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Adam Alilet
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 81
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdessamed Bounacer
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders
 * 6
 * DM
 * style="text-align:left"|Oussama Chita
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 8
 * DM
 * style="text-align:left"|Islam Merili
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 10
 * AM
 * style="text-align:left"|Sékou Konaté
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|🇲🇱
 * 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||0
 * 13
 * DM
 * style="text-align:left"|Omar Embarek
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 14
 * DM
 * style="text-align:left"|Brahim Benzaza
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 18
 * DM
 * style="text-align:left"|Salim Boukhanchouche
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 22
 * AM
 * style="text-align:left"|Kheireddine Toual
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 72
 * AM
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Ait El Hadj
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards
 * 7
 * LW
 * style="text-align:left"|Ismail Belkacemi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 9
 * ST
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdoulaye Kanou
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|🇲🇱
 * 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||0
 * 11
 * LW
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Amine Bouziane
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 17
 * RW
 * style="text-align:left"|Oussama Bellatreche
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 23
 * LW
 * style="text-align:left"|Khaled Bousseliou
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 24
 * ST
 * style="text-align:left"|Leonel Ateba
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|🇨🇲
 * 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||0
 * 27
 * RW
 * style="text-align:left"|Adel Belkacem Bouzida
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * style="text-align:left"|Khaled Bousseliou
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * 24
 * ST
 * style="text-align:left"|Leonel Ateba
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|🇨🇲
 * 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||0
 * 27
 * RW
 * style="text-align:left"|Adel Belkacem Bouzida
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 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||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * 0||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"

Goalscorers


Includes all competitive matches.

Assists


Includes all competitive matches.