2002–03_USM_Alger_season

USM Alger
2002–03 season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Azzedine Aït Djoudi
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
Division 1	1st
Algerian Cup	Winners
UAFA Club Cup	Group stage
African Cup Winners' Cup	Semi-Finals
Champions League	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Moncef Ouichaoui (18 goals); All: ; Moncef Ouichaoui (22 goals)
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2002–03 USM Alger season

USM Alger 2002–03 football 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

Quick Facts season, President ...

Competitions

Division 1

Matches

22 August 2002 Round 1	USM Alger	3–1	RC Kouba	Bologhine
	Meftah 2' Bourahli 23' Aribi 40' Ghazi 55'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khelifi

9 September 2002 Round 2	USM Alger	4–0	MO Constantine	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi 7' Ouichaoui 17' Meftah 20' Bourahli 44' Ammour 46' Mezaïr, Meftah 68' (Doghmani, 68'), Bougandoura, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ghazi, Ammour 55' (Djahnine, 55'), Dziri 77' (Hamdoud, 77'), Ouichaoui, Achiou, Bourahli	Report^[5]	Belhadef 31' Mekhlouf, Bouaïcha, Babouche 52' (Aouachria, 52'), Izaoui, Hernane, Kebaïli, Belhadef 65' (Bakouche, 65'), Barou, Edgar Loué, Azizane, Griche 81' (Moukaoua, 81')	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi Assistant referees: Dekkar, Ouadah

19 September 2002 Round 4	USM Alger	3–1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 10' Ammour 36' Meftah 67' Bourahli 78' Hamadou 90+4' Mezaïr, Meftah, Bougandoura, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour 68' (Hamdoud, 68'), Ghazi, Ouichaoui 57' (Benchergui, 57'), Achiou, Bourahli 79' (Hamadou, 79')	Report^[6]	Sid Ali Abbou 57' Tahraoui 59'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Ouchène

27 September 2002 Round 3	CA Batna	0–1	USM Alger	Batna
			Ammour 50' Djahnine 16' Dziri 27' Achiou 82'	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

14 October 2002 Round 6	USM Alger	0–0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Benchergui			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ali Amrane

25 October 2002 Round 8	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
	Djahnine 8' Mezaïr 26' Ouichaoui 32' (pen.) Ghoul 44' Deghmani 78' Hamdoud 84'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Kamel Berber

31 October 2002 Round 9	USM Blida	1–0	USM Alger	Blida
	Galoul 8' Khazrouni 16' Salim Drali 90+3' Samadi, Fetahine, Drali, Amrouche, Diss, Galoul, Khazrouni 69' (Mehdaoui, 69'), Rouane 78' (Aït Mokhtar, 78'), Badache 85' (Djeddou, 85'), Maouche, Belouahem	Report^[7]	Ghazi 14' Ammour 75' Ghoul 87' Dziri 90+4' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Zeghdoud 27' (Bourahli, 27'), Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ouichaoui 71' (Ammour, 71'), Achiou, Meftah	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Djezzar Azem

4 November 2002 Round 5	WA Tlemcen	2–0	USM Alger	Tlemcen
	Kendouci 11' Hamenad 43' Boutaouaf 53' Kherbouche 67' Hamenad, Kherris, Yadel, Sid El Hadj, Kherbouche, Belgherri, Aissa Aidara, Ali Dahleb 71' (Meziani, 71'), Ilechane 90+1' (Bechlaghem, 90+1'), Boutaouaf 81' (Hamdi, 81'), Kendouci		Deghmani 28' Hamdoud 62' Abdouni, Hamdoud 74' (Abdelhakim Meziani, 74'), Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Meftah, Ammour 85' (Hamadou, 85'), Ghazi, Ouichaoui, Achiou, Bourahli 46' (Deghiche, 46')	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Touati Djaballah

7 November 2002 Round 10	USM Alger	4–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 13' Achiou 30' 58' Ammour 66' Deghiche 65' 78' Aribi 28'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abdi

14 November 2002 Round 11	JS Kabylie	1–0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
14:00	Amaouche 86' Gaouaoui, Djouder, Benhamlat 34' (Besseghir, 34'), Drioueche, Zafour, Douicher, Mounir Dob, Bendahmane, Berguiga 76' (Fodhil Dob, 76'), Dilmi 52' (Maghraoui, 52'), Yacine Amaouche	Report^[8]	Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour 73' (Meziani, 73'), Dziri 62' (Deghiche, 62'), Ouichaoui, Achiou, Ghazi	Stadium: Stade du 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

21 November 2002 Round 12	USM Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bologhine
	Meftah 23' Deghiche 56' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani 46' (Deghiche, 46'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Benchergui 45' (Ouichaoui, 45'), Achiou 88' (Hamdoud, 88'), Ghazi	Report^[9]	Belatrèche 24' Benchikha 58' Habri 61' Boulainceur 87'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Zekrini

29 November 2002 Round 7	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	USM Alger	Hussein Dey
	Yacef 23' Zarabi 26' Toufik Kabri 44' Samir Alliche 60' Benzaid 89'	Report^[10]	Ghoul 18' Dziri 26' Deghmani 58' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Ghazi, Djahnine, Dziri 75' (Cheraïtia, 75'), Ammour, Achiou, Deghiche 67' (Ouichaoui, 67')	Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Referee: Mohamed Haddada

9 December 2002 Round 13	ASM Oran	0–0	USM Alger	Oran
			Meftah 14' Hamdoud 42'	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Touati Djaballah

12 December 2002 Round 14	USM Alger	5–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
14:00	Achiou 22' Ouichaoui 49' Bourahli 68', 72', 86' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Hamadou 46' (Bourahli, 46'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Ghazi, Ouichaoui 78' (Deghmani, 78'), Achiou, Cheraïtia 46' (Dziri, 46')	Report^[11]	Idel 14' Badar 24'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Kestali

19 December 2002 Round 15	MC Oran	0–1	USM Alger	Oran
14:00	Mazri 82'	Report^[12]	Aribi 35' Bourahli 51' Ghoul 57' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine 46' (Bourahli, 46'), Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui, Achiou 86' (Hamdoud, 86'), Ghazi	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Chawki Mouellef

9 January 2003 Round 16	RC Kouba	1–2	USM Alger	Kouba
14:00	Iloul 8' 34' Tarchi 78' Leyadi 90'	Report^[13]	Ammour 19', 63' Bourahli 68' Ghoul 82' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Deghmani, Meftah, Ghazi, Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui (Djahnine, ), Achiou, Bourahli	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Referee: Touati Djaballah

16 January 2003 Round 17	MO Constantine	0–0	USM Alger	Constantine
14:00	Bouicha 39'	Report^[14]	Bourahli 24' Aribi 41' Mezaïr 85' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Meftah, Deghmani, Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ouichaoui 67' (Cheraïtia, 67'), Ghazi, Bourahli	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

20 January 2003 Round 18	USM Alger	3–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
14:00	Ouichaoui 3' (pen.), 42' Ammour 22'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Redouane Mehidi

30 January 2003 Round 19	ASO Chlef	2–1	USM Alger	Chlef
14:00	Sid Ali Abbou 47' 12' 88' Chaoui 51' Zaoui 75' Hdjar 80' Hadjaoui 90'	Report^[15]	Meftah 22' Bourahli 23' Ghoul 36' 40' Djahnine 46' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Deghmani 85' (Zeghdoud, 85'), Aribi, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou 85' (Ouichaoui, 85'), Bourahli 75' (Benchergui, 75')	Stadium: Stade Maâmar Sahli Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

3 February 2003 Round 20	USM Alger	3–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi 1' Ouichaoui 62' (pen.) Bourahli 78'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa

6 February 2003 Round 21	USM Annaba	1–1	USM Alger	Annaba
14:00	Aït Ali 54' Boutabia 74'	Report^[16]	Bourahli 45' Ghazi 45' Ouichaoui 62' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Deghmani, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah 80' (Ghoul, 80'), Ammour, Ghazi, Ouichaoui 63' (Benchergui, 63'), Achiou, Bourahli 80' (Hamadou, 80')	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Said Benamara

17 February 2003 Round 22	USM Alger	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
14:00	Aribi Djahnine Zeghdoud 88'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Touati Djaballah

24 February 2003 Round 23	CR Belouizdad	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
14:00	Deghmani 69' (o.g.) Amieur Adouane		Dziri 34' Ghazi Bourahli Mezaïr Djahnine	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

6 March 2003 Round 24	USM Alger	3–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Deghmani 26' Ouichaoui 37', 80' Aribi 46' Dziri 67' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ghazi, Deghmani, Dziri, Ouichaoui, Ammour 83' (Benchergui, 83'), Bourahli 88' (Meziani, 88')	Report^[17]	Salim Drali 4' Ahmed Amrouche 18' Diss 45' Samadi, Fetahine, Drali, Amrouche, Diss, Galoul, Khazrouni, Aït Mokhtar 72' (Rouane, 72'), Badache, Maouche, Billal Zouani 79' (Masaudu, 79')	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Zaki Lahmar

20 March 2003 Round 25	ES Sétif	0–0	USM Alger	Sétif
	Laamich 84' Douar, Mahfoudhi, Tercha 57' (Khaled, 57'), Bendriss 50' (Makhalfi, 50'), Mesali, Belhamel, Kheïreddine Madoui, Achacha, Fellahi, Laâmeche, Keraghel	Report^[18]	Djahnine 75' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour 90' (Deghiche, 90'), Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou 76' (Cheraïtia, 76'), Bourahli	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Houari Belkacem

3 April 2003 Round 26	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Ammour 45' Meftah 14' Mezaïr, Meftah, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour (Ouichaoui, ), Dziri, Karim Ghazi, Achiou, Bourahli	Report^[19]	Zafour 26' Bendahmane 52' Gaouaoui, Raho, Boubrit, Drioueche, Zafour, Bendahmane, Mounir Dob, Doudène 76' (Daham, 76'), Farid Ghazi 63' (Maghraoui, 63'), Saïb, Medjoudj	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

1 May 2003 Round 27	JSM Béjaïa	0–1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report^[20]	Deghmani 47' Ouichaoui 75' Abdouni, Meftah 63' (Ouichaoui, 63'), Deghmani, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine 46' (Metref, 46'), Ammour, Dziri 79' (Cheraïtia, 79'), Ghazi, Achiou, Benchergui	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Redouane Mehidi

5 May 2003 Round 28	USM Alger	4–1	ASM Oran	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 21', 33' (pen.), 41' Ammour 45' Meftah 46' Ghazi 75'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Khelifi

8 May 2003 Round 29	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2–1	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arreridj
	Yontcha 80', 83'	Report^[21]	Ouichaoui 84' Deghmani 64' Abdouni 62' (Hamiti, 62'), Achiou, Bougandoura, Deghmani 68' (Amrani, 68'), Hamdoud, Khelalfa, Melouli, Hamadou 55' (Tchekchar, 55'), Ouichaoui, Meziani, Metref	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Ould Abdellah

12 May 2003 Round 30	USM Alger	8–2	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 4', 20', 45' Djahnine 30' Achiou 40' Ammour 51' Dziri 54' Benchergui 88' Mezaïer, Ghazi 59' (Benchergui, 59'), Arribi 54' (Ghoul, 54'), Zeghdoud, Meftah, Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour, Ouichaoui, Bourahli 70' (Hamdoud, 70')		Berradja 39' Bermati 49'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

Algerian Cup

13 March 2003 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Bordj Bou Arreridj
16:00	Cheraïtia 77' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Meftah, Zeghdoud 75' (Deghmani, 75'), Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ouichaoui 80' (Berkane, 80'), Achiou, Benchergui 64' (Cheraïtia, 64')	Report^[22]	Ait Alhadj 12' Belmellat, Ait El Hadj 89' (Aouameur, 89'), Kessaissi, Habri, Si Hadj Mohand 87' (Keita, 87'), Boukemacha, Dellalou, Boulaïnceur, Belatrèche, Dehouche 48' (Benchikha, 48'), ?	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Chawki Mouellef

24 March 2003 Round of 16	USM Alger	1–0	OMR El Annasser	Blida
16:00	Bourahli 35' Mezaïer, Doghmani, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou, Bourahli 86' (Cheraïtia, 86').	Report^[23]	Laïfaoui 7' Ferradj, Messadi 58' (Rahmouni 58'), Boudmagh, Lamri, Brakni, Laïfaoui 75' (Benamriou 75'), Rahali, Mouassi, Hamani, Benkedjoune 72' (Chaker 72')	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mohamed Zekrini

17 April 2003 Quarter-finals	USM Alger	2–0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
15:00	Ouichaoui 21' Djahnine 30' Aribi 55' Meftah 60' Mezaïr, Ghoul, Aribi, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour 90' (Deghmani, 90'), Dziri, Achiou 81' (Benchergui, 81'), Ghazi, Ouichaoui 46' (Bourahli, 46')	Report^[24]	Bendebka 61' Yacef 90+2' Hassane Toual, Gana, Zarabi, Nechad, Kabri, Chaabna, Yacef, Alliche, Bendebka 74' (Mohamed Rahem, 74'), Loukili 46' (Bentayeb, 46'), Moussouni 61' (Bouras, 61').	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Amine Benaissa

5 June 2003 Semi-finals	USM Alger	3–0	MC Oran	Chlef
15:00	Bourahli 5', 75', 87'			Stadium: Stade Mâamar Sahli

12 June 2003 Final	USM Alger	2–1 (a.e.t.)	CR Belouizdad	Blida
15:00	Aribi 6' Dziri 23' Ghoul 39' (pen.) Ouichaoui 117' Mezaïr, Aribi, Ghoul, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Achiou, Ammour 84' (Ouichaoui, 84'), Bourahli 101' (Cheraïtia, 101')		Rouaïghia 55' Ould Mata, Slatni, Selmi (c), Boudjakdji, Bounekdja, Zazou 97' (Amieur, 97'), Mezouar, Harkas 46' (Rouaïghia, 46'), Talis, Badji 83' (Settara, 83'), Ali Moussa	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Kamel Berber

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USM Alger played two matches in 2003 CAF Champions League instead of their regular stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium, Bologhine, due to sanctions.

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No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hichem Mezaïr	(1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 26)	WA Tlemcen	90	0
25	GK	Merouane Abdouni	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 21)	USM El Harrach	7	0
-	GK	Redouane Hamiti	(1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 20)	Youth system	1	0
Defenders
2	CB	Salim Aribi	(1974-12-16)16 December 1974 (aged 28)	CA Batna	34	4
3	LB	Tarek Ghoul	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 27)	USM El Harrach	0	0
4	CB	Mounir Zeghdoud	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 32)	USM Aïn Beïda	0	0
5	LB / CB / RB	Mahieddine Meftah	(1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 34)	JS Kabylie	0	0
-	RB / CB	Mohamed Hamdoud	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 26)	Youth system	0	0
-	CB	Rabah Deghmani	(1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 27)	IB Khémis El Khechna	0	0
-	LB	Djamel Bougandoura	(1973-01-25)25 January 1973 (aged 29)	USM Annaba	7	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Farid Djahnine	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 26)	Youth system	0	0
7	AM	Amar Ammour	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 26)	ASM Oran	39	13
8	CM	Billel Dziri	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 30)	CS Sedan Ardennes	0	0
9	DM	Karim Ghazi	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 23)	CR Belouizdad	0	0
10	AM	Hocine Achiou	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 23)	Youth system	0	0
-	CM	Yacine Hamadou	(1980-06-14)14 June 1980 (aged 22)	JS Bordj Ménaïel	12	2
-	DM	Hocine Metref	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 19)	Youth system	4	0
Forwards
11	ST	Moncef Ouichaoui	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 25)	USM Annaba	56	26
13	FW	Mohamed Cheraïtia	(1982-02-14)14 February 1982 (aged 20)	Youth system	11	1
19	ST	Rabie Benchergui	(1978-03-14)14 March 1978 (aged 24)	ASM Oran	28	12
21	RW	Rafik Deghiche	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 19)	Youth system	7	2
-	ST	Issaad Bourahli	(1974-03-23)23 March 1974 (aged 28)	ES Sétif	58	30
-	RW	Abdelhakim Meziani	(1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 21)	Youth system	9	1

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 July 2002	GK	Merouane Abdouni	USM El Harrach	Free transfer
1 July 2002	MF	Amar Ammour	ASM Oran	Free transfer
1 July 2002	DF	Salim Aribi	CA Batna	Free transfer
1 July 2002	DF	Djamel Bougandoura	USM Annaba	Free transfer
1 July 2002	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui	USM Annaba	Free transfer

Competition	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
Division 1	30	17	7	6	52	17	+35	056.67	—	Champion	22 August 2002	12 May 2003
Algerian Cup	5	5	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00	Round of 64	Winner	13 March 2003	12 June 2003
Champions League	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	050.00	First round	Second round	11 April 2003	31 May 2003
Cup Winners' Cup	4	2	2	0	13	5	+8	050.00	Quarter-finals	Semifinals	1 September 2002	20 October 2002
UAFA Club Cup	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	025.00	Group stage		8 July 2003	15 July 2003
Total	47	27	13	7	87	30	+57	057.45

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	7	6	52	17	+35	58	13	2	0	43	5	+38	4	5	6	9	12	−3

1 September 2002 first leg	US Transfoot	1–3	USM Alger	Toamasina, Madagascar
12:30	Mouze Saâdi 84'		Bourahli 15' Ouichaoui 25' Ammour 50'	Stadium: Stade de Velodrome Referee: Ahmed Aoda (Egypt)

2002–03_USM_Alger_season

2002–03 USM Alger season

Squad list

Transfers

In

Competitions

Overview

Division 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

African Cup Winners' Cup

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Champions League

First round

Second round

Arab Unified Club Championship

Group stage

Squad information

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

Notes

References

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	17	7	6	52	17	+35	58	2004 CAF Champions League
2	USM Blida	30	14	9	7	32	22	+10	51	2003-04 Arab Champions League
3	NA Hussein Dey	30	13	12	5	32	24	+8	51	2003-04 Arab Champions League
4	JS Kabylie	30	13	10	7	38	24	+14	49
5	CR Belouizdad	30	12	9	9	28	20	+8	44^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2004 CAF Confederation Cup

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

13 September 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	8–2	US Transfoot	Rouïba, Algeria
14:30	Benchergui 16', 39', 60' Ghazi 20', 25' Aribi 14' 41' Zeghdoud 55' Deghmani 61' Bourahli 80' Ammour 83' Abdouni, Doghmani, Bougandoura , Aribi 46' (Ghoul, 46'), Zeghdoud (c), Djahnine, Ghazi 75' (Meziani, 75'), Ammour, Achiou, Bourahli, Benchergui 60' (Hamdoud, 60')	Report^[25]	Ramansilo 5' Nayamara 21' Raza Finanamatratra 56' (pen.) Ralison, Rabéa Ritawa 72' (Bena Gerald 72'), Maziondi (c), Ramansilo 39' (Raha Bivelonta 39'), Raja Omarim 47' (Seraela 47'), Rafano Menaou, Raza Finamatratra, Raza Findrakto, Geatan Bryone, Kabemanara, Ma Hongo.	Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Zoubir Nouira (Tunisia)

6 October 2002 first leg	WAC Casablanca	0–0	USM Alger	Casablanca, Morocco
21:00	Elouissi 14' Abrami 53' Djermouni, Talha, Elouissi, Abrami, El Anceri 67' (Touta, 67'), Khama, Aït Laârif, Bahafid 90' (Azza, 90'), Mabrouk 45+5' (Chemseddine, 45e+5'), Boudjemaâ Kessab, Madihi	Report^[26]	Ghazi 9' Bourahli 19' Deghmani 45+5' Mezaïr 69' Mezaïer, Doghmani, Bougandoura 69' (Hamdoud, 69'), Aribi, Meftah, Ghazi, Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour 46' (Ouichaoui, 46'), Bourahli	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Parc Lassina (Burkina Faso)

20 October 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	2–2	WAC Casablanca	Rouïba, Algeria
15:30	Ammour 12' Achiou 23' Bourahli 53', 85' Abdouni, Ghoul, Aribi, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Djahnine - Dziri (c), Ammour, Achiou 72' (Ouichaoui, 72'), Bourahli, Benchergui	Report^[27]	Khouma 32' Ait Laarif 68' (pen.) Jermouni, Louissi (Bahafidh), Talha, Madihi, Benchikh, Kassab, Lansri (Aït Laarif), Khama, Oumansour, Erradji, Oussia	Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Attendance: 30.000 Referee: M. Dahami (Tunisia)

11 April 2003 first leg	USM Alger	2–0	Wallidan FC	Bethioua, Algeria^{[note 1]}
18:00	Bourahli 26' 78' Aribi 36' Achiou 48' Mezair, Ghoul, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Ghazi, Dziri 85' (Cheraitia, 85'), Djahnine 63' (Ouichaoui, 63'), Achiou, Ammour, Bourahli	Report^[28]	Ansouman 25' Samati Ounsoumana, Jonatthan David, Aziz Keïta 63' (Gei Abdoulaye 63'), Ibrahim Sohna, Tarek Bouchamil, Bi Omar Samba 80' (Poudai Soumare, 80'), Moustafa Jarjo, Ousman Jalone, Lamine Konaté, Madi Kounté, Aboubakr Sanko 85' (Charjo Cham, 85')	Stadium: Stade Bethioua Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Mohamed Mustapha (Egypt)

28 April 2003 Second leg	Wallidan FC	2–1	USM Alger	Bakau, Gambia
16:00	Samrati, Dayfes, Souhna, Kagbo 46' (Samba, 46'), Djallalou M., Djardjou, Guey, Djallalou O., Konaté L., Konaté M., Sonko 75' (Cham, 75')	Report	Ammour 18' Mezaïr, Meftah, Zeghdoud 62' (Doghmani, 62'), Aribi, Ghoul 35' (Hamdoud, 35'), Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi Dziri, Ammour, Ouichaoui	Stadium: Independence Stadium Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Hadj M'Bami (Nigeria)

17 May 2003 first leg	Stade Malien	1–1	USM Alger	Bamako, Mali
18:00	Diakité S., Diallo B.D, Nango G., Bagayoko D., Kouma A., Nientao B. 77' (Cissé B. 77'), Traoré A.C., Coulibaly H., Diallo G. 70' (Kante M. 70'), Coulibaly D. 84' (Sissoko 84'), Kone I	Report	Ghoul 54' (pen.) Mezaïr, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Aribi, Ghoul 90' (Hamdoud, 90'), Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour 84' (Doghmani, 84'), Bourahli 79' (Ouichaoui, 79')	Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

31 May 2003 Second leg	USM Alger	2–0	Stade Malien	Constantine, Algeria^{[note 1]}
16:00	Bourahli 32' Dziri 53' Mezaïr, Meftah, Zeghdoud, Doghmani, Ghoul 89' (Hamdoud, 89'), Achiou, Djahnine, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour 69' (Ouichaoui, 69'), Bourahli 86' (Cheraïtia, 86')	Report	Diakete, Koulibaly Moussa, Kouma 44' (Traoré Brahima, 44'), Mango, Bagayoko, Diallo Boubakeur, Nientao, Cissé 84' (Keita Fako, 84'), Koulibaly 62' (Koné, 62'), Traoré Alain, Kanté	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba (Senegal)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait SC	4	2	2	0	9	5	+4	8	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Zamalek	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7	Advance to Semi-finals
3	USM Alger	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	6
4	Al-Jaish	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4	3
5	Al-Shorta	4	0	2	2	6	9	−3	2

8 July 2003 Matchday 1	Zamalek	1–1	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+3	El-Said 43' (pen.) Al Sayed, Abdel Hamid, El-Sayed, Wael Abdelfattah, Youssef 63' (Ali, 63'), H.Hassan, I.Hassan, Mahmoud 46' (Emam, 46'), El-Tabei, El-Said (c) 82' (Abdel Wahed, 82'), Salah	Youtube first half Youtube second half	Ouichaoui 15' Ghazi 42' Ammour 48' Mezaïr, Ghoul 90+3' (Meziani, 90+3'), Aribi, Deghmani, Meftah, Djahnine, Achiou 53' (Hamdoud, 53'), Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Ouichaoui 71' (Benchergui, 71')	Stadium: El Sekka El Hadid Stadium Referee: Farid Ali (United Arab Emirates)

10 July 2003 Matchday 2	Al-Shorta	1–1	USM Alger	Cairo, Egypt
18:00 UTC+3	Qassem 82'		Dziri 51'	Stadium: ?

13 July 2003 Matchday 3	USM Alger	1–1	Kuwait SC	Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+3	Achiou 56'		Aqla 53' (pen.)	Stadium: ?

15 July 2003 Matchday 4	USM Alger	4–1	Al-Jaish	Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+3	Ouichaoui 34' (pen.) Ammour 40' Deghiche 84', 90'		Jabban 60'	Stadium: ?

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Division 1			Algerian Cup			Champions League			Cup Winners' Cup			Arab Unified			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hichem Mezaïr		25	25	0	5	0	0	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	36	0	0
25	GK	Merouane Abdouni		5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	GK	Redouane Hamiti		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Defenders
	CB	Salim Aribi		24	24	3	4	0	0	3	3	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	35	0	4
	LB	Tarek Ghoul		21	18	0	5	0	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	33	0	2
	CB	Mounir Zeghdoud		17	16	0	5	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	28	0	0
	LB / CB / RB	Mahieddine Meftah		27	27	1	4	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	38	0	1
	RB / CB	Mohamed Hamdoud		23	14	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	31	0	0
	CB	Rabah Deghmani		21	17	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	30	0	0
	LB	Djamel Bougandoura		5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	6	0
	DF	Karim Achiou		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	DF	Amrani		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	DF	Mohamed Khelalfa		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Midfielders
	MF	Farid Djahnine		25	23	1	5	0	1	4	4	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	38	0	2
	MF	Amar Ammour		28	27	10	4	0	0	4	4	1	3	3	2	1	1	0	40	0	13
	MF	Billel Dziri		24	23	3	5	0	0	4	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	36	0	4
	MF	Karim Ghazi		28	26	1	5	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	40	0	3
	MF	Hocine Achiou		27	27	3	5	0	0	4	4	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	40	0	4
	MF	Yacine Hamadou		7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	1
	MF	Hocine Metref		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
	MF	Mohamed Ramzi Mellouli		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	MF	Tchekchar		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Forwards
	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui		27	20	18	4	0	2	4	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	37	0	22
	FW	Mohamed Cheraïtia		6	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1
	FW	Rabie Benchergui		14	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	19	0	4
	FW	Rafik Deghiche		7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	2
	FW	Issaad Bourahli		22	17	9	4	0	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	32	0	19
	FW	Abdelhakim Meziani		7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	3	0
	FW	Berkane		3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Total				30		52	5		9	4		6	4		13	4		7	47		87

No.	Pos.	Player	Division 1			Algerian Cup			Champions League			Cup Winners' Cup			Arab Unified			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
	GK	Hichem Mezaïr	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	DF	Salim Aribi	5	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
	DF	Tarek Ghoul	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1
	DF	Mounir Zeghdoud	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
	DF	Mahieddine Meftah	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
	DF	Mohamed Hamdoud	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DF	Rabah Deghmani	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
	MF	Farid Djahnine	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	MF	Amar Ammour	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	MF	Billel Dziri	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	MF	Karim Ghazi	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
	MF	Hocine Achiou	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	Moncef Ouichaoui	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	Rabie Benchergui	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Rafik Deghiche	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Issaad Bourahli	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
Total			56	1	2	6	0	0	7	0	0	8	0	1	2	0	0	79	1	3

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref
Rabie Benchergui	US Transfoot	8–2 (H)	13 September 2002	African Cup Winners' Cup	^[25]
Moncef Ouichaoui	ASM Oran	4–1 (H)	5 May 2003	Division 1
Moncef Ouichaoui	MC Oran	8–2 (H)	12 May 2003	Division 1
Issaad Bourahli	MC Oran	3–0 (N)	5 June 2003	Algerian Cup