2005–06 USM Alger season

In the 2005–06 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 26th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They were competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

USM Alger

2005–06 season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Mustapha Aksouh (c) (until 23 October 2005) Mustapha Biskri (from 24 October 2005)[1] (until June 2006)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi Stade 5 Juillet 1962
National 1	Runners-up
Algerian Cup	Runners-up
CAF Champions League	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Moulay Haddou (11 goals) All: Moulay Haddou (12 goals)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	30	18	6	6	50	30	+20	060.00	N/A	Runner-up	25 August 2005	25 May 2006
Algerian Cup	6	3	2	1	12	3	+9	050.00	Round of 64	Runner-up	29 December 2005	15 June 2006
Champions League	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00	First round	Second Round	19 February 2006	2 April 2006
Total	40	23	9	8	68	38	+30	057.50

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JS Kabylie (C)	30	17	7	6	47	21	+26	58	2007 CAF Champions League
2	USM Alger	30	18	6	6	50	30	+20	57[lower-alpha 1]
3	ASO Chlef	30	15	7	8	45	25	+20	52	2007 CAF Confederation Cup
4	ES Sétif	30	14	5	11	30	26	+4	47	2006–07 Arab Champions League
5	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	30	13	7	10	22	24	−2	46

Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. USM Alger were deducted three points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	6	6	49	30	+19	60	15	0	0	33	11	+22	3	6	6	16	19	−3

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W
Position	15	11	13	15	9	6	8	4	8	4	7	5	5	5	5	3	5	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2005 Round 1	CA Batna	3–1	USM Alger	Batna
	Ghenaïa  15' Nahnah  62' Bekha  81' (pen.)	Report	Haddou  79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Djaballah, Etchiali et Mansour

8 September 2005 Round 2	USM Alger	2–1	CS Constantine	Algiers
	Belkaïd  37' Eneramo 75'	Report	Laâmèche  27'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Haïmoudi, Ouddah, Belkheïr

22 September 2005 Round 4	USM Alger	3–2	Paradou AC	Algiers
	Achiou  9', 43' Hamdoud  40' (pen.)	Report	Touati  3' Hamouda  45'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Haddada, Benabou, Achrouf

3 October 2005 Round 3	JS Kabylie	3–0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	Berguiga  35'	Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Haïmoudi, Kerraï, Belkheir

13 October 2005 Round 6	USM Alger	1–0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Achiou  75'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djaballah, Aït Chali, Mansouri

20 October 2005 Round 7	MC Alger	1–1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Bouzid  18'	Report	Eneramo  90+5'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Douala, Hanafi, Khentache

27 October 2005 Round 8	USM Alger	1–0	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
	Eneramo  23'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benaïssa, Djezzar, Bourouis

10 November 2005 Round 9	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
	Yontcha  15' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Boumaza, Bouziani, Fedaoui

17 November 2005 Round 10	USM Alger	2–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Dziri  70' Eneramo  90'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djaballah, Echitiali, Benmansour

21 November 2005 Round 5	CR Belouizdad	1–3	USM Alger	Algiers
	Bounekdja  14'	Report	Haddou  5' Eneramo  11', 22'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mehidi, Aïssani, Haïmoudi

24 November 2005 Round 11	WA Tlemcen	0–0	USM Alger	Tlemcen
		Report		Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Referee: Abdeslam, Omari, Megroua

1 December 2005 Round 12	USM Alger	3–1	US Biskra	Bologhine
	Haddou  68', 73' (pen.) Eneramo  87'	Report	Bendebka  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Jassem Khalil, Mohamed Naâma (Qatar), Kerraï

8 December 2005 Round 13	USM Blida	0–0	USM Alger	Blida
		Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Benouza, Kaïd, Meknous

15 December 2005 Round 14	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Kab  80' Boussefiane  90'	Report	Kabri  90+4'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mansouri, Belfekroun, Benaboun

19 December 2005 Round 15	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	Oran
	Meddahi  18'	Report	Haddou  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Boumaza, Bouziani, Salhi

19 January 2006 Round 16	USM Alger	3–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
	Haddou  37' (pen.) Achiou  77' Ammour  86'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehidi, Belfekroune, Haïmoudi

26 January 2006 Round 17	CS Constantine	2–1	USM Alger	Constantine
	Laâmèche  43' Djabelkheir  70'	Report	Dziri  61'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Belkacem, Ouadah, Belkheir

30 January 2006 Round 18	USM Alger	1–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Haddou  22'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehidi, Haïmoudi, Belfekroune

2 February 2006 Round 19	Paradou AC	1–3	USM Alger	Bologhine
	Bouaïcha  74'	Report	Achiou  3' Benchergui  44' Metref  75'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Boumaâza, Salhi, Bouziane

16 February 2006 Round 20	USM Alger	2–1	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
	Ammour  47' Metref  88'	Report	Belakhdar  46'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Benouza, Kaïd, Meknous

23 February 2006 Round 21	USM Annaba	2–2	USM Alger	Annaba
	Athmani  14' (pen.) Kara  68'	Report	Ammour  12' Haddou  85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Boukedjar, Djahnine, Chnaoua

9 March 2006 Round 22	USM Alger	1–0	MC Alger	Algiers
	Metref  10'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Touati Djaballah, Etchiali, Benmansour

16 March 2006 Round 23	ASO Chlef	0–0	USM Alger	Chlef
		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Aouiti, Belbecir, Bitam

23 March 2006 Round 24	USM Alger	4–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
	Haddou  26', 65' Metref  50' Boussefiane  90'	Report	Belayadi  2'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mansouri, Benaboud, Deffar

30 March 2006 Round 25	ES Sétif	2–1	USM Alger	Sétif
	Hadj Aïssa  26' Bourahli  42'	Report	Haddou  60' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Belkacem, Ouadah, Belkheir

13 April 2006 Round 26	USM Alger	1–0	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
	Ghazi  42'	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati, Chaâbane

20 April 2006 Round 27	US Biskra	0–2	USM Alger	Biskra
		Report	Dziri  29' Ghazi  70'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif d'El Alia Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Djaballah, Benmansour, Etchiali

15 May 2006 Round 28	USM Alger	3–2	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Metref  29' Belkheïr  44' Belkaïd  57'	Report	Bachiri  44' Zouani  90'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mansouri, Benaboun, Deffar

18 May 2006 Round 29	NA Hussein Dey	2–1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Abdeslam  52' Alliche  84'	Report	Ammour  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Aouiti, Djezzar, Bitam

25 May 2006 Round 30	USM Alger	5–2	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Belkheïr  13', 29' Ammour  66', 69' Camara  89'	Report	Meddahi  28' Daoud  86'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benaïssa, Saker, Korichi

Algerian Cup

29 December 2005 Round of 64	USM Alger	6–0	CRB Sidi Ali	Ain Defla
16:00	Benchergui  23', 25', 52' Kab  40', 88' Metref  47'	Report		Stadium: Stade communal Referee: Aouiti, Bettam, Abdouni

9 February 2005 Round of 32	USM Alger	3–1	MO Constantine	Bordj Bou Arréridj
16:00	Achiou  3' Deghmani  100' Ammour  120'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Abed, Omari, Mezroua

2 March 2005 Round of 16	USM Annaba	0–2 (a.e.t.)	USM Alger	El Eulma
16:00		Report	Hamdoud  94' Benchergui  115'	Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Mehidi, Haïmoudi, Belfakroune

4 May 2006 Quarter-finals	RC Kouba	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Bichari

2 June 2006 Semi-finals	USM Alger	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	JS Kabylie	Blida
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Houari Belkacem
	Penalties
	Haddou Hamdoud Ammour Belkaid Achiou		Boudjakdji Berguiga Daoud Hemani Djouder

15 June 2006 Final	MC Alger	2–1	USM Alger	Algiers
16:00	Daham  42', 50' (pen.)	Report	Doucouré  85'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

Champions League

First round

19 February 2006 first leg	Rail Club du Kadiogo	1–1	USM Alger	Kadiogo, Burkina Faso
	Danté  66'	Report	73' Hamdoud	Stadium: Stade de Kadiogo Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Agbovi William (Ghana)

3 March 2006 Second leg	USM Alger	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Rail Club du Kadiogo	Algiers, Algeria
	Benchergui  29'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 5.000 Referee: ()

Second Round

18 March 2006 first leg	ASC Port Autonome	2–1	USM Alger	Dakar, Senegal
	Fall  33' Thioune  48'	Report	27' Dziri	Stadium: Stade Port Autonome Referee: Yakhoba Keïta (Guinea)

2 April 2006 Second leg	USM Alger	3–2 (4–4 (a) agg.)	ASC Port Autonome	Algiers, Algeria
	Belkheïr  1' Achiou  16' Haddou  61'	Report	43', 45' Cissé Ibrahima	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mohamed Sayed (Egypt)

Squad information

Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1				Algerian Cup				CAF Champions League				Total
			GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Farid Belmellat	3												3
		Abdoulaye Soumah	1		1										1		1
27		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	26		1		6				4		1		36		2
Defenders
2		Mohamed Hamdoud	27	1	4		6	1	2		4	1
4		Salim Aribi	12		1		5		4	1	4		1		21		6	1
5		Mounir Zeghdoud	15		1	1	1				1				17		1	1
17		Moulay Haddou	24	11	5		5		1		4	1			24	11	5
18		Rabah Deghmani	17		3		3	1			4		1		24	1	2
20		Mahieddine Meftah	15		3		1								16		3
29		Abdelkader Besseghir	17		1		6		1		2				25		2
3		Zineddine Mekkaoui	1												1
3		Mohamed Amine Zidane	13		4		2		2						17		4
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	26		5		4				3		2		33		7
7		Amar Ammour	13	6	1		4	1			3				20	7	1
8		Billel Dziri	21	3	5		4				2	1			27	4	5
9		Karim Ghazi	12	2	3		4		1	1	2				18	2	4	1
10		Hocine Achiou	24	5	3		4	1	1		2	1	1	1	30	7	5	1
13		Mohamed Samir Khemissa	1												1
26		Hocine Metref	28	6	2		6	1	1		4				38	7	3
30		Farouk Belkaid	22	2	2		3				1				26	2	2
Forwards
9		Mintou Doucoure	13		4		4	1	1		2		1		19	1	6
14		Mohamed Amine Belkheïr	16	3	2		4				3	1			23	4	2
15		Karim Ali Hadji	2		1										2		1
19		Rabie Benchergui	11	1	1		4	4	1		3	1	2		18	6	3
22		Mohamed Boussefiane	17	2			2				4				23	2
23		Ibrahima Camara	1	1			1								2	1
25		Ali Lamine Kab	10	1	1		2	2			2				14	3	1
31		Michael Eneramo	13	6	1										13	6	1
Own goals				0				0				0				0
Totals				50	55	1		12	15	2		6	9	1		68	79	4

Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No. Nat Name Pos. L 1 AC CL 1 Total 17 Moulay Haddou DF 11 0 1 12 31 Michael Eneramo FW 7 0 0 7 7 Amar Ammour MF 6 1 0 7 26 Hocine Metref MF 5 1 0 6 19 Rabie Benchergui FW 1 4 1 6 10 Hocine Achiou MF 4 1 1 6 8 Billel Dziri MF 3 0 1 4 14 Mohamed Amine Belkheïr FW 3 0 1 4 2 Mohamed Hamdoud DF 1 1 1 3 25 Ali Lamine Kab FW 1 2 0 3 30 Farouk Belkaid DF 2 0 0 2 28 Karim Ghazi MF 2 0 0 2 22 Mohamed Boussefiane FW 2 0 0 2 9 Mintou Doucoure FW 0 1 0 1 18 Rabah Deghmani DF 0 1 0 1 23 Ibrahima Camara FW 1 0 0 1 Own Goals 0 0 0 0 Totals 50 12 6 68 Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. No. Nat Name L 1 AC CL 1 Total 27 Lamine Zemmamouche 11 4 1 16 Abdoulaye Soumah 0 0 0 0 1 Farid Belmellat 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 11 4 1 16 Players Last updated on 18 November 2016[2] No. Nat. Position Name Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 GK Farid Belmellat 18 October 1970 (aged 35) JSM Béjaïa 24 GK Karim Saoula 19 May 1975 (aged 30) MC Alger 27 GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 19 March 1985 (aged 20) Youth system Defenders 4 CB Salim Aribi 16 December 1974 (aged 31) CA Batna 29 RB Abdelkader Besseghir 5 March 1978 (aged 27) GC Mascara 31 LB Zineddine Mekkaoui 10 January 1987 (aged 18) Youth system 17 LB Moulay Haddou 14 June 1975 (aged 30) MC Oran 5 CB Mounir Zeghdoud 18 November 1970 (aged 35) USM Aïn Beïda 20 LB / CB / RB Mahieddine Meftah 25 September 1968 (aged 37) JS Kabylie 2 RB / CB Mohamed Hamdoud 9 June 1976 (aged 29) Youth system 18 CB Rabah Deghmani 5 October 1975 (aged 30) IB Khémis El Khechna 12 CB Youcef Siahi 3 October 1984 (aged 21) Youth system 3 CB Mohamed Amine Zidane 5 October 1983 (aged 22) MC Oran Midfielders 6 MF Farid Djahnine 16 August 1976 (aged 29) Youth system 7 AM Amar Ammour 10 September 1976 (aged 29) ASM Oran 8 CM Billel Dziri 21 January 1972 (aged 33) CS Sedan Ardennes 28 DM Karim Ghazi 6 January 1979 (aged 26) Espérance de Tunis 10 AM Hocine Achiou 27 April 1979 (aged 26) Youth system 26 DM Hocine Metref 1 January 1984 (aged 22) Youth system 30 DM / CB / RB Farouk Belkaid 14 November 1977 (aged 28) JS Kabylie 19 MF Mohamed Samir Khemissa 16 September 1984 (aged 21) Youth system Forwards 11 ST Michael Eneramo 26 November 1986 (aged 19) Espérance de Tunis 19 ST Rabie Benchergui 14 March 1978 (aged 27) ASM Oran 14 FW Mohamed Amine Belkheïr 15 April 1984 (aged 21) Youth system 22 FW Mohamed Boussefiane 18 January 1985 (aged 20) RC Kouba 25 FW Ali Lamine Kab 11 May 1985 (aged 20) Youth system 23 FW Ibrahima Camara 13 December 1986 (aged 19) Fello Star 9 RW Mintou Doucoure 19 July 1982 (aged 23) JS Centre Salif Keita Transfers In Out References "Alors que Biskri est annoncé officiellement à l?USMA". djazairess.com. Retrieved 12 November 2019. "First Team". www.dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.