USM_Alger_(basketball)
USM Alger (basketball)
Basketball team in Algiers, Algeria
Union sportive de la médina d'Alger (basketball) (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر لكرة السلة), referred to as USM Alger BK for a short, is a basketball club based in Algiers, Algeria that played in the Algerian Basketball Championship the team founded in 1942.[1]
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 2023–24 USM Alger basketball season | |||
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| Leagues | Algerian Basketball Championship | ||
| Founded | 1942 | ||
| Arena | Salle Rais Hamidou | ||
| Location | 2, avenue Ziar Abdelkader Bab El Oued Algiers, Algeria | ||
| Team colors | Black, Red | ||
| President | Saïd Allik | ||
| Head coach | Réda El Hachemi | ||
| Championships | 4 Men's Championship 3 Women's Championship 2 Women's Cup | ||
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USM Alger was the most famous Algerian club basketball after independence, the team won the league title three times, adding the team's arrival two to the Algerian cup final in 1989 and 1996 and the defeat against the best clubs of basketball in Algeria MC Alger and WA Boufarik respectively, the women's team has the completion of the sole title of the Algerian cup in 1986. In the season of 2016–17, the USMA managed to return to the Super division A after he finished first in the playoffs in the group included ESB Ouargla, MC Saida and OS Bordj Bou Arréridj. under the leadership of the young coach Reda Saiak the Red and Black, who finish the tournament at the top of the standings, thus find the elite four years after their relegation.[2][3]
On June 10, 2023, USM Alger achieved a real feat by winning the title of Algerian Basketball Championship, at the Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace of Oran, after dominating WO Boufarik, during the last match of the playoff tournament, reviving with a trophy having leaked since 1969, For his part the technical director of the capital club Khaled Berkani highlighted this coronation "especially since it put an end to 54 years of scarcity", he said, continuing that "the credit goes to the players and the coach in the first place"..[4] On February 5, 2024, the official page of the Algerian Olympic and Sports Committee announced that USM Alger player Faradj Messouadi had signed a professional contract in the Japanese 3x3 Basketball League, becoming the first Algerian to obtain a professional contract in this sport.[5]
Men's
- Champion (4): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69 and 2022–23
- Runner-up (2): 1988–89, 1995-96
Women's
- Algerian Women's Basketball Championship
- Champion (3): 1968–69, 1985–86 and 1990–91
- winners (2): 1978–79 and 1985–86
- Runner-up (4): 1986–87, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Season by season
| Season | Regular season | Algerian Cup | International | |||||||||
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| Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | L | GF | GA | |||||
| 1965–66 | Super Division A | 1st | ||||||||||
| 1966–67 | Super Division A | 1st | ||||||||||
| 1968–69 | Super Division A | 1st | ||||||||||
| 1988–89 | Super Division A | Runner-up | ||||||||||
| 1990–91 | Super Division A | Quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 1992–93 | Super Division A | Round of 16 | ||||||||||
| 1995–96 | Super Division A | Runner-up | ||||||||||
| 1996–97 | Super Division A | 6th | 23 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals | |||
| 1997–98 | Super Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarter-finals | ||||
| 1998–99 | Super Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1999–00 | Super Division A | 12th | 23 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2005–06 | Super Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2006–07 | Super Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2007–08 | Super Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2008–09 | Super Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2009–10 | Super Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2010–11 | Super Division A | 11th | 40 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Round of 16 | |||
| 2011–12 | Super Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2012–13 | Super Division A | 5th | 26 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1146 | 1278 | Round of 16 | |||
| 2013–14 | Super Division B | 6th | 23 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Round of 64 | |||
| 2014–15 | Super Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Round of 16 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Super Division B | 3rd | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 961 | 796 | Quarter-finals | |||
| 2016–17 | Super Division B | 2nd | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Round of 32 | |||
| 2017–18 | National 1 | 10th | 46 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 1928 | 1990 | Round of 32 | |||
| 2018–19 | National 1 | 7th | 24 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1002 | 1064 | ||||
| 2019–20 | National 1 | Canceled[note 1] | ||||||||||
| 2020–21 | National 1 | Canceled[note 1] | ||||||||||
| 2021–22 | Super Division | 4th | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | Quarter-finals[note 2] | |||||
| 2022–23 | Super Division | 1st | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
| 2023–24 | Super Division | 4th | 50 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2205 | 1982 | Semi-finals | Arab Club Championship | QF | 4–2 |
- On March 15, 2020, the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to stop the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[6]
- The Algerian Basketball Federation (FABB) has decided, exceptionally, to cancel the Algerian Cup for the 2021–22 season and replace it with a Coupe fédérale which only concerns the 20 teams in the Super Division.[7]
- "Sid-Ali Abdelhamid à l'honneur !". usm-alger.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- "L'USM Alger et l'OS Bou Arréridj accèdent en Super division A". hoopsdz.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- "L'USM Alger et l'OSB Bou-Arréridj accèdent en Superdivision A". lesoirdalgerie.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- "Super-Division de Basketball: 54 ans après, l'USMA renoue avec le titre". aps.dz. June 11, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- "Basket 3x3 : Faredj Messaoudi rejoint la Shonan Sesaside.Exe au Japon". El Moudjahid. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- "الجزائر تعلن إيقاف النشاط الرياضي بسبب كورونا". btolat.com. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- "Coupe fédérale : le WOB et l'USMA derniers qualifiés pour les quarts". Radio Algerie. March 12, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
