List of USM Alger players
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Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for USM Alger. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success either at other clubs or at international level, as well as players who are well remembered by the supporters for particular reasons.
Players are listed in alphabetical order according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. Substitute appearances included. Statistics accurate as of 17 June 2022.
List of USM Alger players
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Nationalities are indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code.
Statistics
List of all-time appearances
This list of all-time appearances for USM Alger contains football players who have played for USM Alger and have managed to accrue 100 or more appearances.
Bold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger.[note 2]
| # | Name | Position | League | Cup | Others1 |
Africa2 |
Arab3 |
TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | GK | 298 | 33 | 6 | 49 | 19 | 405 |
| 2 | Karim Ghazi | DM | 240 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 305 |
| 3 | Nacereddine Khoualed | CB / RB | 236 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 289 |
| 4 | Hocine Achiou | AM | 206 | 29 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 284 |
| 5 | Billel Dziri | CM | 211 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 284 |
| 6 | Hamza Koudri | DM | 206 | 19 | 3 | 38 | 9 | 275 |
| 7 | Mohamed Hamdoud | RB / CB | 194 | 28 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 263 |
| 8 | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | RB | 188 | 18 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 258 |
| 9 | Farouk Chafaï | CB | 188 | 21 | 3 | 37 | 8 | 257 |
| 10 | Mokhtar Benmoussa | LW / LB / LM | 168 | 16 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 231 |
| 11 | Amar Ammour | AM | 158 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 223 |
| 12 | Farid Djahnine | DM | 163 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 222 |
| 13 | Oussama Chita | DM | 138 | 15 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 197 |
| 14 | Rabah Deghmani | CB | 132 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 178 |
| 15 | Mounir Zeghdoud | CB | 121 | 20 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 176 |
| 16 | Mahieddine Meftah | LB / CB / RB | 129 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 170 |
| 17 | Abderrahmane Meziane | ST | 117 | 10 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 164 |
| 18 | Hocine Metref | DM | 114 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 159 |
| 19 | Ismail Belkacemi | LW | 117 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 156 |
| 20 | Saâdi Radouani | RB | 115 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 155 |
| 21 | Zinedine Ferhat | RW / AM | 106 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 138 |
| 22 | Adam Alilet | CB | 88 | 14 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 138 |
| 23 | Zineddine Belaïd | CB | 104 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 137 |
| 24 | Mohamed Benkhemassa | DM | 95 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 135 |
| 25 | Taher Benkhelifa | DM | 102 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 134 |
| 26 | Nassim Bouchema | CM / DM / RM | 105 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 134 |
| 27 |  Carolus Andriamatsinoro | CF | 97 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 132 |
| 28 | Salim Aribi | CB | 88 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 131 |
| 29 | Oussama Benbot | GK | 82 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 125 |
| 30 | Hichem Mezaïr | GK | 95 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 122 |
| 31 | Merouane Abdouni | GK | 93 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 119 |
| 32 | Brahim Benzaza | DM | 81 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 118 |
| 33 | Rabie Benchergui | ST | 85 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 117 |
| 34 | Abdelkrim Zouari | RW | 99 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 117 |
| 35 | Aymen Mahious | ST | 80 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 115 |
| 36 | Bouazza Feham | AM | 89 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 115 |
| 37 |  Mintou Doucoure | RW | 84 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 114 |
| 38 | Billel Benhammouda | AM | 93 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 109 |
| 39 | Brahim Boudebouda | LB / CB | 75 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 104 |
| 40 | Raouf Benguit | RB / RM | 69 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 102 |
| 41 | Mustapha Bouchina | CB | 80 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 101 |
| 42 | Issaad Bourahli | ST | 74 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 101 |
1 Includes the Super Cup and League Cup.
2 Includes the Cup Winners' Cup, CAF Cup, Confederation Cup and Champions League.
3 Includes the Arab Champions League and UAFA Club Cup.
Clean sheets
Bold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger.[note 3]
Statistics correct as of game against MC Oran on June 20, 2025.
| No. | Nat | Name | L 1 | AC | LC | SC | CL1 | C2 | C3 | CSC | C4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | 119 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 9 | 166 |
| 2 | |
Oussama Benbot | 33 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 1 | – | 58 |
| 3 | |
Hichem Mezaïr | 41 | 10 | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | 58 |
| 4 | |
Merouane Abdouni | 35 | 5 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 43 |
| 5 | |
Ismaïl Mansouri | 23 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 27 |
| 6 | |
Alexis Guendouz | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| 7 | |
Kamel Soufi | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| 8 | |
Ahmed Walid Chouih | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | |
Mourad Berrefane | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 10 | |
Mohamed Seghir Ferradji | 6 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 7 |
| 11 | |
Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 12 | |
Farid Belmellat | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 13 | |
Abdelmoumen Sifour | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 14 | |
Imad Benchlef | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | 290 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 399 | ||
From USM Alger to Europe
Award winners
(Whilst playing for USM Alger)
Amar Ammour – 2003[228]- Billel Dziri – 2005[229]
- Tarek Hadj Adlane (8 goals) – 1997
Mamadou Diallo (10 goals) – 2004
- Moncef Ouichaoui (18 goals) – 2002–03
- Oussama Darfalou (18 goals) – 2017–18[230]
- Algerian professional football awards Goalkeeper of the Year
- Lamine Zemmamouche – 2012–13,[231] 2013–14[232]
- Algerian professional football awards Young Player of the Year
- Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia – 2008–09[233]
- Farouk Chafaï – 2011–12[234]
- Zinedine Ferhat – 2012–13[231]
- Mohammed Benkhemassa – 2015–16[235]
- Algerian professional football awards Manager of the Year
Hubert Velud – 2013–14[236]
List of foreign USM Alger football players
This is a list of all foreign players of USM Alger, including statistics. Freddy Zemmour's from Pied-Noir one of the few French players who have decided to stay in Algeria first foreign to play with USM Alger immediately after Independence for 6 seasons in which he won one title in 1963.[237][238] On 1998 USM Alger signed with the first foreigner after 30 years, the Nigerian Mohamed Manga, 5 years after that joined to USM Alger international Malian Mamadou Diallo, who became one of the most important players in the Algerian league and in one year scored 18 goals, including 10 goals in the 2004 CAF Champions League Was behind his victory over the top scorer. immediately after that, he went to the Ligue 1 club FC Nantes for 700,000 euros.[239] On 18 January 2009, USM Alger signed the first South American player Wuiwel Isea from Venezuela.[240] And it's considered a failed deal, he scored only one goal from 14 matches.
On 28 May 2012, Malagasy international Carolus Andriamatsinoro joined USM Alger from Paradou AC and spent five seasons with them, during which he won six titles to be the most foreigner to achieve titles with USM Alger and in Algeria, also played 132 games and scored 20 goals to be the most appearances and the most goalscorer. He left USMA in 2017 after the end of his contract.[241][242] In the 2020–21 season, USM Alger contracted with Burkinabe international Hamed Belem from Rahimo FC and Ghanaian Kwame Opoku from Asante Kotoko in a historic deal amounting to 350 thousand euros.[243][244] Opoku in the first season did not present much and was then loaned to Najran SC from Saudi Arabia.[245] The latter declined because of his poor level, to be released after that.[246]
On 9 January 2024, USM Alger announced the termination of Tumisang Orebonye's contract after disagreement with the head coach Juan Carlos Garrido as reported by many sources, The Spaniard accused his player of cheating, by faking fictitious injuries in order not to take part in matches.[247][248] On 31 January 2024, the Cameroonian club Dynamo Douala announced the transfer of international striker Leonel Ateba for a period of two and a half years. The signing of the player cost 215,000 euros.[249][250] On July 23, 2024, USM Alger announced the recruitment of two Congolese players from TP Mazembe, Kévin Mondeko and Glody Likonza. Although he was also called up by CS Constantine, Mondeko has signed a two-season contract with the Rouge et Noir, while Likonza has signed for a period of three seasons. The Egyptian Zamalek SC and the Club Africain of Tunis tried to offer the services of the vice-captain of TP Mazembe, but the USMA was quicker in materializing with Likonza, while he was expected in Tunis to finalize his contract with the most popular club in Tunisia.[251][252] On August 27, 2024, USM Alger announced the signing of Bolivian international Adalid Terrazas for three seasons. Terrazas became the first player from South America to join the club since 2009.[253][254]
List of foreign players
*Bold International players.
Foreign players of All-time appearances
Competitive matches only, includes appearances as used substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.
| # | Name | Position | League | Cup | Others1 |
Africa2 |
Arab3 |
TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolus Andriamatsinoro | ST | 97 (14) | 10 (2) | 3 (1) | 20 (3) | 2 (0) | 132 (20) |
| 2 | Mintou Doucoure | RW | 84 (7) | 11 (4) | 0 (0) | 9 (5) | 10 (3) | 114 (19) |
| 3 |  Daniel Moncharé | CB | 57 (0) | 6 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 12 (1) | 75 (1) |
| 4 |  Muaid Ellafi | AM / LW | 32 (6) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (1) | 0 (0) | 40 (7) |
| = | Abdoulaye Kanou | FW | 24 (5) | 5 (4) | 0 (0) | 11 (4) | 0 (0) | 40 (13) |
| = |  Wale Musa Alli | LW | 29 (1) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (1) | 0 (0) | 40 (2) |
| 7 |  Glody Likonza | AM | 26 (1) | 3 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (0) | 0 (0) | 39 (1) |
| 8 |  Hamidou Balbone | MF | 25 (6) | 4 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (1) | 0 (0) | 36 (7) |
| 9 |  Kwame Opoku | FW | 34 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 35 (6) |
| = |  Tumisang Orebonye | FW | 16 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 19 (2) | 0 (0) | 35 (2) |
| 11 | Mamadou Diallo | ST | 20 (6) | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 10 (10) | 0 (0) | 34 (18) |
| 12 | Michael Eneramo | ST | 24 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (1) | 0 (0) | 29 (14) |
| = |  Ghislain Guessan | FW | 23 (5) | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | 0 (0) | 29 (6) |
| = |  Prince Ibara | FW | 23 (9) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 1 (0) | 29 (10) |
| 15 | Kévin Mondeko | CB | 14 (0) | 4 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (2) | 0 (0) | 26 (2) |
| 16 |  Adalid Terrazas | AM | 15 (0) | 3 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (0) | 0 (0) | 25 (0) |
Notes
- Since 2000–01 season statistics of all the games except for three in the 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Al-Shorta vs USM Alger 10 July 2003, USM Alger vs Kuwait SC 13 July 2003, USM Alger vs Al-Jaish 15 July 2003.
Statistics correct as of game against CR Belouizdad on July 5, 2025. - Since 2000–01 season the statistics of all the games.