2002–03 USM Alger season

USM Alger

2002–03 season
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Azzedine Aït Djoudi
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
National 1	Champion
Algerian Cup	Winner
UAFA Club Cup	Group Stage
African Cup Winners' Cup	Semi-Finals
CAF Champions League	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Moncef Ouichaoui (18) All: Moncef Ouichaoui (22)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

In the 2002–03 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 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.

Players

Squad No.	Nationality	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Hichem Mezaïr	16 October 1976	WA Tlemcen
25		GK	Merouane Abdouni	27 March 1981	USM El Harrach
-		GK	Redouane Hamiti	16 January 1982	Youth system
Defenders
2		RB	Salim Aribi	16 December 1974	CA Batna
3		RB	Tarek Ghoul	6 January 1975	USM El Harrach
4		RB	Mounir Zeghdoud	18 November 1970	USM Aïn Beïda
5		RB	Mahieddine Meftah	25 September 1968	JS Kabylie
-		RB	Mohamed Hamdoud	9 June 1976	Youth system
-		RB	Rabah Deghmani	5 October 1975	IB Khémis El Khechna
-		RB	Djamel Bougandoura	25 January 1973	USM Annaba
Midfielders
6		CM	Farid Djahnine	16 August 1976	Youth system
7		CM	Amar Ammour	10 September 1976	ASM Oran
8		CM	Billel Dziri	21 January 1972	CS Sedan Ardennes
9		CM	Karim Ghazi	6 January 1979	CR Belouizdad
10		CM	Hocine Achiou	27 April 1979	Youth system
-		CM	Yacine Hamadou	14 June 1980	JS Bordj Ménaïel
-		CM	Hocine Metref	1 January 1984	Youth system
Forwards
11		RW	Moncef Ouichaoui	5 April 1977	USM Annaba
13		RW	Mohamed Cheraïtia	14 February 1982	Youth system
19		RW	Rabie Benchergui	14 March 1978	ASM Oran
21		RW	Rafik Deghiche	1 October 1983	Youth system
-		RW	Issaad Bourahli	23 March 1974	ES Sétif
-		RW	Abdelhakim Meziani	18 January 1981	Youth system

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	30	17	7	6	52	17	+35	56.67
Algerian Cup	5	5	0	0	9	1	+8	100.000
Champions League	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	50.00
Cup Winners' Cup	4	2	2	0	13	5	+8	50.00
UAFA Club Cup	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	25.00
Total	47	27	13	7	87	30	+57	57.45

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	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 (Q)	30	14	9	7	32	22	+10	51	2003-04 Arab Champions League
3	NA Hussein Dey (Q)	30	13	12	5	32	24	+8	51
4	JS Kabylie	30	13	10	7	38	24	+14	49
5	CR Belouizdad (Q)	30	12	9	9	28	20	+8	044^2	2004 CAF Confederation Cup
6	MC Oran (Q)	30	11	10	9	41	40	+1	43	2003-04 Arab Champions League
7	ES Sétif	30	10	9	11	32	36	−4	39
8	USM Annaba	30	9	12	9	31	33	−2	39
9	RC Kouba	30	8	14	8	33	32	+1	38
10	JSM Béjaïa	30	10	8	12	18	23	−5	38
11	WA Tlemcen	30	9	9	12	29	28	+1	36
12	CA Batna	30	9	9	12	17	23	−6	36
13	ASO Chlef	30	7	13	10	25	30	−5	34
14	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	30	9	7	14	24	40	−16	34
15	ASM Oran (R)	30	7	6	17	18	41	−23	27	2003–04 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
16	MO Constantine (R)	30	6	8	16	29	46	−17	26

Updated to games played on May 2014.
Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	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

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

USM Alger v RC Kouba

22 August 2002 Round 1	USM Alger	3 - 1	RC Kouba	Algiers
	Meftah  2' Bourahli  23' Aribi  40' Ghazi  55'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Khelifa, Sedrati and Talbi

USM Alger v MO Constantine

9 September 2002 Round 2	USM Alger	4 - 0	MO Constantine	Algiers
	Aribi  7'  31' Ouichaoui  17' Bourahli  44' Ammour  46' Meftah  20'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Haïmoudi, Dekkar and Ouadah

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

19 September 2002 Round 4	USM Alger	3 - 1	ASO Chlef	Algiers
	Ouichaoui  10' Ammour  36' Yacine Hamadou  90+4' Meftah  15' Bourahli  48'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ouchen, Maouni and Chaoui

CA Batna v USM Alger

27 September 2002 Round 3	CA Batna	0 - 1	USM Alger	Batna
		Report	50' Ammour  16' Djahnine  27' Dziri  82' Achiou	Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Benouza, Belfekroun, Kourdbakir and Drid

USM Alger v USM Annaba

14 October 2002 Round 6	USM Alger	0 - 0	USM Annaba	Algiers
	Benchergui	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Amrane, Tahir and Hamani

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

25 October 2002 Round 8	USM Alger	1 - 0	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
	Ouichaoui  32' (pen.) Djahnine  8' Mezaïr  26' Ghoul  44' Deghmani  78' Hamdoud  84'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Berber, Achouf and Chouiha

USM Blida v USM Alger

31 October 2002 Round 9	USM Blida	1 - 0	USM Alger	Blida
		Report	14' Ghazi  75' Ammour  87' Ghoul  90+4' Dziri	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Azem, Tahir and Hamani

WA Tlemcen v USM Alger

4 November 2002 Round 5	WA Tlemcen	2 - 0	USM Alger	Tlemcen
		Report	28' Deghmani  62' Hamdoud	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Djaballah, Ghanem and Oukil

USM Alger v ES Sétif

7 November 2002 Round 10	USM Alger	4 - 0	ES Sétif	Algiers
	Ouichaoui  13' Achiou  30'  58' Ammour  66' Deghiche  65'  78' Aribi  28'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Abdi, Mezaour and Lelouchi

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

14 November 2002 Round 11	JS Kabylie	1 - 0	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
		Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Haimoudi, Djezar and Masnaoui

USM Alger v JSM Béjaïa

21 November 2002 Round 12	USM Alger	1 - 0	JSM Béjaïa	Algiers
	Deghiche  56' Meftah  23'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Zekrini, Menana and Mezali

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

29 November 2002 Round 7	NA Hussein Dey	1 - 0	USM Alger	Hussein Dey
		Report	26' Dziri  33' Ghoul  59' Deghmani  75' Ghazi	Stadium: Stade Frères Zioui Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Haddada, Tahir and Bendjellid

ASM Oran v USM Alger

9 December 2002 Round 13	ASM Oran	0 - 0	USM Alger	Oran
		Report	14' Meftah  42' Hamdoud	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Djaballah, Kourdbakir and Haïmoudi

USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

12 December 2002 Round 14	USM Alger	5 - 0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Algiers
	Achiou  22' Ouichaoui  49' Bourahli  68', 72', 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Kestali, Berrahmoune and Hanifi

MC Oran v USM Alger

19 December 2002 Round 15	MC Oran	0 - 1	USM Alger	Oran
		Report	51' Bourahli Ghoul Aribi	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Mouellef, Sedrati and Oudjani

RC Kouba v USM Alger

9 January 2003 Round 16	RC Kouba	1 - 2	USM Alger	Kouba
		Report	19', 63' Ammour Bourahli  ?', 75' Ghoul	Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Attendance: 15.000 Referee: jabala, Oukil and Kaïd

MO Constantine v USM Alger

16 January 2003 Round 17	MO Constantine	0 - 0	USM Alger	Constantine
		Report	24' Bourahli  44' Aribi  85' Mezaïr	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Benouza, Meknous and Deffar

USM Alger v CA Batna

20 January 2003 Round 18	USM Alger	3 - 0	CA Batna	Algiers
	Ouichaoui  3' (pen.), 42' Ammour  22'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Mahidi, Naceri and Becharine

ASO Chlef v USM Alger

30 January 2003 Round 19	ASO Chlef	2 - 1	USM Alger	Chlef
		Report	23' Bourahli  22' Meftah  36', 39' Ghoul  45' Djahnine	Stadium: Stade Maâmar Sahli Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Haïmoudi, Ghanem and Belfekroun

USM Alger v WA Tlemcen

3 February 2003 Round 20	USM Alger	3 - 0	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
	Aribi  1' Ouichaoui  62' (pen.) Bourahli  78'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi

USM Annaba v USM Alger

6 February 2003 Round 21	USM Annaba	1 - 1	USM Alger	Annaba
		Report	45' Bourahli  45' Ghazi Ouichaoui	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Benamara, Deffar and Meknous

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

17 February 2003 Round 22	USM Alger	0 - 0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Aribi Djahnine Zeghdoud  88'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Djaballah, Kaïd and Oukil

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

24 February 2003 Round 23	CR Belouizdad	1 - 1	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report	34' Dziri Ghazi Bourahli Mezaïr Djahnine	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Benouza, Djezzar and Berrahmane

USM Alger v USM Blida

6 March 2003 Round 24	USM Alger	3 - 0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Ouichaoui  37', 80' Dziri  67' Aribi Deghmani Bourahli	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Lahmar, Rani and Talbi

ES Sétif v USM Alger

20 March 2003 Round 25	ES Sétif	0 - 0	USM Alger	Sétif
		Report	Djahnine	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Belkacem, Kaïd and Oukil

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

3 April 2003 Round 26	USM Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Algiers
	Ammour  45' Meftah  14'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Benouza, Berahmoune and Djezzar

JSM Béjaïa v USM Alger

1 May 2003 Round 27	JSM Béjaïa	0 - 1	USM Alger	Béjaïa
		Report	75' Ouichaoui Deghmani	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Mehidi, Nasri and Bechirène

USM Alger v ASM Oran

5 May 2003 Round 28	USM Alger	4 - 1	ASM Oran	Algiers
	Ouichaoui  21', 33' (pen.), 41' Ammour  45' Meftah  46' Ghazi  75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati and Talbi

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v USM Alger

8 May 2003 Round 29	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2 - 1	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arreridj
		Report	84' Ouichaoui  64' Deghmani	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Ould Abdallah, Kelli and Benmarouf

USM Alger v MC Oran

12 May 2003 Round 30	USM Alger	8 - 2	MC Oran	Algiers
	Ouichaoui  4', 20', 45' Djahnine  30' Achiou  40' Ammour  51' Dziri  54' Benchergui  88'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 20.000

Algerian Cup

USM Alger v JSM Béjaïa

13 March 2003 Round of 32	USM Alger	1 – 0	JSM Béjaïa	Bordj Bou Arreridj
16:00 UTC+1	Mohamed Cheraïtia  77'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Moualef-Rebia-Chaâbni

USM Alger v OMR El Annasser

24 March 2003 Round of 16	USM Alger	1 – 0	OMR El Annasser	Blida
16:00 UTC+1	Issaad Bourahli  35'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

17 April 2003 Quarter-finals	USM Alger	2 – 0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
15:00 UTC+1	Moncef Ouichaoui  21' Farid Djahnine  30'			Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

USM Alger v MC Oran

5 June 2003 Semi-finals	USM Alger	3 – 0	MC Oran	Chlef
15:00 UTC+1	Issaad Bourahli  5', 75', 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mâamar Sahli Attendance: 5.000

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

12 June 2003 Final	USM Alger	2 – 1 (a.e.t)	CR Belouizdad	Blida
15:00 UTC+1	Tarek Ghoul  39' (pen.) Moncef Ouichaoui  117'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Berber, Gaïd and Berrahmoun

African Cup Winners' Cup

Quarter-finals

US Transfoot v USM Alger

1 September 2002 first leg	US Transfoot	1 – 3	USM Alger	Toamasina
00:00			15' Bourahli  25' Ouichaoui  50' Ammour	Stadium: Stade de Velodrome

USM Alger v US Transfoot

13 September 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	8 – 2	US Transfoot	Rouïba
00:00	Benchergui  16', 39', 60' Ghazi  20', 25' Aribi  41' Bourahli  80' Ammour  83'	Report		Stadium: Rouiba Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Zoubir Nouira (Tunisia)

Semifinals

WAC Casablanca v USM Alger

6 October 2002 first leg	WAC Casablanca	0 – 0	USM Alger	Casablanca
00:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Lassina (Burkina Faso)

USM Alger v WAC Casablanca

20 October 2002 Second leg	USM Alger	2 – 2	WAC Casablanca	Rouïba
14:30	Bourahli  53', 85' Ammour  12' Achiou  23'	Report	32' Khouma  68' (pen.) Ait Laarif	Stadium: Rouiba Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30.000 Referee: M. Dahami (Tunisia)

Champions League

First round

USM Alger v Wallidan FC

11 April 2003 first leg	USM Alger	2 – 0	Wallidan FC	Algiers
18:00	Hocine Achiou  48' Issaad Bourahli  78'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Mohamed Mustapha (Egypt)

Wallidan FC v USM Alger

28 April 2003 Second leg	Wallidan FC	2 – 1	USM Alger	Bakau
16:00		Report	18' Amar Ammour	Stadium: Independence Stadium Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Hadj M'Bami (Nigeria)

Second Round

Stade Malien v USM Alger

17 May 2003 first leg	Stade Malien	1 – 1	USM Alger	Bamako
18:00		Report	54' (pen.) Tarek Ghoul	Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Alex Quartey (Ghana)

USM Alger v Stade Malien

31 May 2003 Second leg	USM Alger	2 – 0	Stade Malien	Constantine
16:00	Issaad Bourahli  32' Billel Dziri  53'	Report		Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba (Senegal)

Squad information

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Algerian Cup	CAF Champions League	Cup Winners' Cup	Arab Champions League	TOTAL
11		Moncef Ouichaoui	FW	18	2	0	1	1	22
-		Issaad Bourahli	FW	9	4	2	4	0	19
7		Amar Ammour	MF	10	0	0	2	1	13
10		Hocine Achiou	MF	3	0	1	0	2	6
8		Billel Dziri	MF	3	0	1	0	1	5
2		Salim Aribi	DF	3	0	0	1	0	4
19		Rabie Benchergui	FW	1	0	0	3	0	4
21		Rafik Deghiche	FW	2	0	0	0	2	4
6		Farid Djahnine	MF	1	1	0	0	0	2
3		Tarek Ghoul	DF	0	1	1	0	0	2
9		Karim Ghazi	MF	0	0	0	2	0	2
5		Mahieddine Meftah	DF	1	0	0	0	0	1
-		Yacine Hamadou	MF	1	0	0	0	0	1
13		Mohamed Cheraïtia	FW	0	1	0	0	0	1
-		Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	0	0	0	0	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				52	9	6	13	7	87

References

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