2003–04 USM Alger season

USM Alger

2003–04 season
Chairman	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Mourad Abdelouahab
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
National 1	Runner-up
Algerian Cup	Winner
CAF Champions League	2003: Semifinals 2004: Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Rabie Benchergui (12) All: Rabie Benchergui (15)
Highest home attendance	48,000 vs. MC Alger (18 December 2003)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

In the 2003–04 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 24th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They were competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League 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
12		GK	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	19 March 1985	Formed at club
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	Formed at club
-		RB	Rabah Deghmani	5 October 1975	IB Khémis El Khechna
-		RB	Youcef Siahi	3 October 1984	Formed at club
Midfielders
6		CM	Farid Djahnine	16 August 1976	Formed at club
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	Formed at club
16		CM	Lahcène Nazef	2 September 1974	NA Hussein Dey
22		CM	Hamidou Balbone	17 January 1977
-		CM	Hocine Metref	1 January 1984	Formed at club
Forwards
11		RW	Moncef Ouichaoui	5 April 1977	USM Annaba
13		RW	Mohamed Cheraïtia	14 February 1982	Formed at club
19		RW	Rabie Benchergui	14 March 1978	ASM Oran
21		RW	Rafik Deghiche	1 October 1983	Formed at club
-		RW	Fadel Ryad Settara	18 May 1975	CR Belouizdad
23		RW	Mamadou Diallo	17 April 1982	JS Centre Salif Keita

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National	30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	56.67
Algerian Cup	6	4	2	0	12	1	+11	66.67
Champions League	10	4	2	4	20	13	+7	40.00
Total	46	25	11	10	81	37	+44	54.35

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JS Kabylie (C)	30	17	10	3	40	21	+19	61	2005 CAF Champions League
2	USM Alger	30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	58
3	NA Hussein Dey (Q)	30	13	10	7	31	19	+12	49	2004-05 Arab Champions League
4	ES Sétif (Q)	30	14	5	11	41	31	+10	47
5	MC Alger (Q)	30	14	5	11	35	34	+1	47
6	MC Oran (Q)	30	12	8	10	34	33	+1	44	2005 CAF Confederation Cup
7	USM Blida	30	11	8	11	34	29	+5	41
8	ASO Chlef	30	9	13	8	19	22	−3	40
9	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	30	10	8	12	32	28	+4	38
10	WA Tlemcen	30	10	8	12	22	25	−3	38
11	US Chaouia	30	9	11	10	24	37	−13	38
12	USM Annaba	30	10	7	13	40	37	+3	37
13	CR Belouizdad	30	10	6	14	38	32	+6	36
14	CA Batna (R)	30	8	9	13	27	36	−9	33	2004–05 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	RC Kouba (R)	30	6	11	13	23	39	−16	29
16	JSM Béjaïa (R)	30	3	8	19	17	60	−43	17

Updated to games played on 9 october 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W
Position																														2

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 JSM Bejaïa

14 August 2003 Round 1	USM Alger	3 – 0	JSM Bejaïa	Algiers
	Mohamed Hamdoud  4' Billel Dziri  64'  77' Amar Ammour  90' Mounir Zeghdoud  47'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 4.000 Referee: Haïmoudi, Oukil and Kerraï

USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

28 August 2003 Round 3	USM Alger	3 – 2	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Algiers
	Tarek Ghoul  3' Rabie Benchergui  14' Salim Aribi  40'  65' Karim Ghazi  51'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Djaballah, Meknous, Belfekroun

CA Batna v USM Alger

1 September 2003 Round 4	CA Batna	1 – 1	USM Alger	Batna
		Report	33' Moncef Ouichaoui  61' Hocine Achiou	Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Belkacem, Menfouss, Ouaddah

RC Kouba v USM Alger

10 September 2003 Round 6	RC Kouba	0 – 3	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report	21', 75' Rabie Benchergui  79' Moncef Ouichaoui	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Berber, Achrouf and Chouih

MC Oran v USM Alger

15 September 2003 Round 2	MC Oran	1 – 1	USM Alger	Oran
		Report	48' Rabie Benchergui Hocine Achiou	Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Kaïdi, Saker and Seddik

USM Alger v US Chaouia

7 November 2003 Round 10	USM Alger	0 – 1	US Chaouia	Algiers
		Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Benouza, Berrahmoune, Djezzar

USM Annaba v USM Alger

17 November 2003 Round 13	USM Annaba	1 – 1	USM Alger	Annaba
		Report	28'  65' Billel Dziri  61' Mahieddine Meftah	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Haïmoudi, Kerraï, Haïmoudi

USM Alger v NA Hussein Dey

20 November 2003 Round 14	USM Alger	2 – 1	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Rabie Benchergui  8'  45' Kabri  91' (o.g.) Mahieddine Meftah  9' Salim Aribi  65'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Zekrini, Hasnaoui, Hanifi

USM Alger v USM Blida

24 November 2003 Round 5	USM Alger	1 – 0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Hocine Achiou  72' Rabah Deghmani  34' Billel Dziri  90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 4.000 Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati and Chaâbane

USM Alger v CR Belouizdad

1 December 2003 Round 7	USM Alger	1 – 0	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
	Hocine Achiou  2' Mahieddine Meftah  7' Hamidou Balbone  61' Mounir Zeghdoud  81'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Boubakour, Talbi and Tahir

USM Alger v ES Sétif

8 December 2003 Round 8	USM Alger	2 – 1	ES Sétif	Algiers
	Karim Ghazi  23' Rabie Benchergui  85' Billel Dziri  34' Mounir Zeghdoud  87' Tarek Ghoul  90' Hocine Achiou  90+1'	Report	20' Mohamed Reda Abaci	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Mehidi, Naceri and Bechirène

ASO Chlef v USM Alger

15 December 2003 Round 9	ASO Chlef	1 – 0	USM Alger	Chlef
	Abdelmadjid Tahraoui  88'	Report	30' Mahieddine Meftah	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Sahli Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Djaballah, Oukil and Bakir

WA Tlemcen v USM Alger

15 December 2003 Round 15	WA Tlemcen	1 – 1	USM Alger	Tlemcen
	Taleb  15'	Report	7' Hamidou Balbone  18' Salim Aribi	Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Zerga Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Mihoub

MC Alger v USM Alger

18 December 2003 Round 11	MC Alger	1 – 3	USM Alger	Algiers
	Ameur Benali  2'	Report	Hocine Achiou  21'  25' Mohamed Hamdoud  45' (pen.), 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 48.000 Referee: Benaïssa, Sedrati and Kaïd

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

22 December 2003 Round 12	USM Alger	1 – 1	JS Kabylie	Algiers
	Hamidou Balbone  54' Salim Aribi  5' Mahieddine Meftah  23'	Report	74' Belkheir	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Belbecir

JSM Bejaïa v USM Alger

29 December 2003 Round 16	JSM Bejaïa	0 – 6	USM Alger	Bejaïa
		Report	11' Ammour  23' Achiou  37', 88' Benchergui  42', 45' Balbone  20' Salim Aribi	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ould Abdellah, Benarous and Kourichi

USM Alger v MC Oran

8 January 2004 Round 17	USM Alger	2 – 0	MC Oran	Algiers
	Kechamli  40' (o.g.) Mamadou Diallo  84' Billel Dziri  14'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Khelifi, Chaâbani and Hanifi

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj v USM Alger

30 January 2004 Round 18	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	0 – 0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arreridj
		Report	25' Hocine Achiou  76' Hocine Metref	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Hamoudi, Ghanem and Belfekroun

USM Alger v CA Batna

9 February 2004 Round 19	USM Alger	3 – 0	CA Batna	Algiers
	Mohamed Hamdoud  19' Rabie Benchergui  25' (pen.) Hamidou Balbone  90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ould Abdellah, Korichi, Djezzar

USM Blida v USM Alger

12 February 2004 Round 20	USM Blida	1 – 0	USM Alger	Blida
		Report	10' Salim Aribi  30' Mohamed Hamdoud  34' Mahieddine Meftah  64' Farid Djahnine	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Mehidi, Neciri, Bachirane

USM Alger v RC Kouba

19 February 2004 Round 21	USM Alger	4 – 0	RC Kouba	Algiers
	Rabie Benchergui  28', 33' Hocine Achiou  63' (pen.) Ali Meçabih  93' Hamidou Balbone  28' Hocine Metref  71' Farid Djahnine  85' Amar Ammour  85'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: ???? Referee: Djaballah, Oukil and Kourdbakir

USM Alger v ASO Chlef

12 March 2004 Round 24	USM Alger	3 – 1	ASO Chlef	Algiers
	Hocine Achiou  1', 88' Ali Meçabih  40' Mohamed Hamdoud  19'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Berber

CR Belouizdad v USM Alger

18 March 2004 Round 22	CR Belouizdad	0 – 1	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report	12'  49' Mohamed Hamdoud	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: ???? Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Talbi

ES Sétif v USM Alger

26 March 2004 Round 23	ES Sétif	3 – 0	USM Alger	Sétif
		Report	45' Hamidou Balbone  47' Mahieddine Meftah  58' Rabah Deghmani	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Djaballah, Oukil and Kief

US Chaouia v USM Alger

1 April 2004 Round 25	US Chaouia	1 – 1	USM Alger	Oum El Bouaghi
		Report	36'  63' Billel Dziri  46' Mounir Zeghdoud  51' Mamadou Diallo  89' Hocine Achiou	Stadium: Stade zerdani hassouna Attendance: ???? Referee: Abadallah, Keraï, Haïmoudi.

USM Alger v MC Alger

19 April 2004 Round 26	USM Alger	1 – 0	MC Alger	Algiers
	Hocine Metref  90' Mahieddine Meftah  20' Amar Ammour  47' Salim Aribi  64'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: ????? Referee: Belkacem, Djezzar, Talbi

JS Kabylie v USM Alger

3 May 2004 Round 27	JS Kabylie	2 – 1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
		Report	49' Mamadou Diallo  35' Farid Djahnine  50' Hocine Achiou	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: ????? Referee: Benouza, Djezzar and Belebcir

USM Alger v USM Annaba

7 May 2004 Round 28	USM Alger	1 – 0	USM Annaba	Algiers
	Mohamed Hamdoud  35' (pen.) Rabie Benchergui  2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: ????? Referee: Ould Abdellah, Arouche, Telli

NA Hussein Dey v USM Alger

19 May 2004 Round 29	NA Hussein Dey	2 – 1	USM Alger	Algiers
		Report	23' (pen.)  80' Mohamed Hamdoud  79' Salim Aribi  52' Merouane Abdouni	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: ????? Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati and Chaâbane

USM Alger v WA Tlemcen

24 May 2004 Round 30	USM Alger	2 – 1	WA Tlemcen	Algiers
	Moncef Ouichaoui  50' (pen.) Hocine Metref  76' Mohamed Cheraïtia  90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: ????? Referee: Belaïd, Meziane, Yekhlef

Algerian Cup

US Remchi v USM Alger

5 February 2004 Round of 64	US Remchi	0 – 7	USM Alger	Tiaret
16:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Ahmed Kaïd

CR Beni Thour v USM Alger

22 March 2004 Round of 32	CR Beni Thour	0 – 3 w/o	USM Alger	Biskra
16:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif d'El Alia

USM Alger v WA Boufarik

15 April 2004 Round of 16	USM Alger	2 – 0	WA Boufarik	Rouïba
16:00 UTC+1	Rabie Benchergui  72' Hocine Achiou  82'	Report		Stadium: Stade olympique Referee: Bounaâdja, Athmania, Oudjani

USM Alger v CA Bordj Bou Arreridj

6 May 2004 Quarter-finals	USM Alger	3 – 1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Constantine
15:00 UTC+1	Mamadou Diallo  12' Salim Aribi  68' Hocine Metref  72' Hamidou Balbone Lahcène Nazef	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mehidi, Belfakroun, Ghanem

USM Alger v MC Oran

2004 Semi-finals	USM Alger	0 – 0 (a.e.t) (5 - 3 p)	MC Oran	Chlef
15:00 UTC+1	Mohamed Hamdoud Mahieddine Meftah Rabah Deghmani Mamadou Diallo Hocine Metref	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Zekrini
		Penalties
	Mounir Zeghdoud Mohamed Hamdoud Mamadou Diallo Hocine Achiou Tarek Ghoul		Kouider Boukessassa Cheïkh Benzerga Sofiane Daoud Moulay Haddou

USM Alger v JS Kabylie

25 June 2004 Final	USM Alger	0 – 0 (a.e.t) (5 - 4 p)	JS Kabylie	Algiers
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet Attendance: 70.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza
		Penalties
	Moncef Ouichaoui Mohamed Hamdoud Mamadou Diallo Hocine Achiou Tarek Ghoul Billel Dziri		Kamel Habri Karim Doudène Nassim Hamlaoui Lounés Bendahmane Farouk Belkaïd Brahim Zafour

Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Espérance	14	6	4	2	0	7	2	5
USM Alger	9	6	3	0	3	7	4	3
Canon Yaoundé	7	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4
Atlético Sport Aviação	4	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4

Atlético Sport Aviação v USM Alger

9 August 2003 Round 1	Atlético Sport Aviação	1 – 0	USM Alger	Luanda
16:00	Balamba  10'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela Referee: Alex Quarty (Ghana)

USM Alger v Espérance de Tunis

22 August 2003 Round 2	USM Alger	0 – 1	Espérance de Tunis	Blida
16:00		Report	48' Diaky	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Abdellah Med Salem (Libya)

USM Alger v Canon Yaoundé

5 September 2003 Round 3	USM Alger	3 – 0	Canon Yaoundé	Algiers
16:00	Benchergui  2' Ouichaoui  41', 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 10.000

Canon Yaoundé v USM Alger

22 September 2003 Round 4	Canon Yaoundé	0 – 2	USM Alger	Yaoundé
16:00		Report	46' Hamdoud  90+2' Aribi	Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo

USM Alger v Atlético Sport Aviação

2 October 2003 Round 5	USM Alger	2 – 0	Atlético Sport Aviação	Algiers
16:00	Benchergui  31' Dziri  43'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 10.000

Espérance de Tunis v USM Alger

18 October 2003 Round 6	Espérance de Tunis	2 – 0	USM Alger	Tunis
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade El Menzah

Semifinals

USM Alger v Enyimba

31 October 2003 first leg	USM Alger	1 – 1	Enyimba	Algiers
21:30	Moncef Ouichaoui  38' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee:

Enyimba v USM Alger

8 November 2003 Second leg	Enyimba	2 – 1	USM Alger	Aba
16:00		Report	3' Billel Dziri	Stadium: Enyimba International Stadium Referee:

Champions League

First round

USM Alger v ASFA Yennenga

10 April 2004 first leg	USM Alger	8 – 1	ASFA Yennenga	Algiers
	Billel Dziri  20', 47' Amar Ammour  21' Mamadou Diallo  31', 62', 88' Hocine Metref  79' Hamidou Balbone  87'	Report	64' Mamadou Konte	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee:

ASFA Yennenga v USM Alger

24 April 2004 Second leg	ASFA Yennenga	2 – 2	USM Alger	Ouagadougou
	Mamadou Konte  36', 85' (pen.)	Report	44', 75' Mamadou Diallo	Stadium: Stade du 4-Août Referee:

Second Round

USM Alger v Asante Kotoko

2004 first leg	USM Alger	2 – 0	Asante Kotoko	Algiers
	Mahieddine Meftah  16' Moncef Ouichaoui  77'	Report		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee:

Asante Kotoko v USM Alger

2004 Second leg	Asante Kotoko	2 – 0 (3 - 1 p)	USM Alger	Kumasi
	Nana Arhin Duah  5' Yussif Chibsah  81'	Report		Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee:

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	TOTAL
19		Rabie Benchergui	FW	12	1	2	15
23		Mamadou Diallo	FW	2	1	5	8
10		Hocine Achiou	MF	7	1	0	8
-		Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	6	0	1	7
8		Billel Dziri	MF	3	0	4	7
11		Moncef Ouichaoui	FW	3	0	4	7
22		Hamidou Balbone	MF	5	0	1	6
-		Hocine Metref	MF	2	1	1	4
7		Amar Ammour	MF	2	0	1	3
2		Salim Aribi	DF	1	1	1	3
-		Ali Meçabih	FW	2	0	0	2
5		Mahieddine Meftah	DF	0	0	1	1
9		Karim Ghazi	MF	1	0	0	1
3		Tarek Ghoul	DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	2
Totals				49	15	21	85

References

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