USM Alger Reserves and Academy

USM Alger Under-23s are the reserve team of USM Alger. The team mainly consists of Under-23 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The Under-23s team are managed by Mustapha Aksouh and they play in the Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Union sportive de la médina d'Alger

Full name	USM Alger Development Squad & Academy
Nickname(s)	The Reds and Blacks
Founded	1937 (as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger)
Ground	Stade Omar Hammadi
Capacity	Stade Omar Hammadi 17,500
Owner	Groupe SERPORT (94.34%)[1] Small shareholders (5.66%)
Chairman	Achour Djelloul
Manager	Sylvain Matrisciano (Under 21s) Sylvain Matrisciano (Academy)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Current squad

These players can also play with the senior squad and are all Young Professionals.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ALG — GK  ALG — GK  ALG — DF  ALG Adam Alilet — DF  ALG Wassim Ouhab — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — MF  ALG — MF  ALG

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ALG Mohamed Djenidi — MF  ALG — MF  ALG — MF  ALG — MF  ALG — MF  ALG — MF  ALG — FW  ALG Karim Louanchi — FW  ALG Yacine Aliane — FW  ALG — FW  ALG — FW  ALG — FW  ALG — FW  ALG

Notable graduates

Current USM Alger players in bold.

Ayoub Abdellaoui Abderrahmane Meziane Mohamed Benkhemassa

Djamel Zidane Hocine Achiou Tarek Hadj Adlane

Farid Djahnine Zinedine Ferhat Mohamed Hamdoud

Djamel Keddou Hocine Metref Azzedine Rahim

Mustapha Bengrina Ilyes Yaiche

Honours

• Ligue Professionnelle 1 U21
  • Winners: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15,[2] 2015–16.[3]
• Ligue Professionnelle 1 U18
  • Winners: 2011–12.[4]
• Algerian Cup Junior
  • Winners: 1972, 1973, 1975, 1989, 1998, 2000.
  • Runners Up: 1970.
• Algerian U21 Cup
  • Winners: 2018
• Algerian Cup Under-18s
  • Winners: 2017.[5]
  • Runners Up: 2016.
• Algerian Cup Under-17s
  • Winners: 2011.
  • Runners Up: 2007, 2015.
• Algerian Cup Under-15s
  • Runners Up: 2008, 2011, 2015.

References

1. "USMA : Le Groupe Serport prend officiellement le pouvoir". competition.dz. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
2. "U21 : L'USM Alger championne pour la troisième fois". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
3. "Championnat U21 : L'USM Alger sacrée championne d'Algérie !". lagazettedufennec.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
4. "U18: USMA Champion d'Algérie". usm-alger.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
5. "USMA 5 - 0 NAHD : Une manita et le trophée pour nos U18". usm-alger.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.