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2017–18 USM Alger Season
In the 2017–18 season, USM Alger competed in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Ligue 1 for the List of USM Alger seasons, 40th season, as well as the 2017 CAF Champions League, CAF Champions League, and the 2017–18 Algerian Cup, Algerian Cup. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Football in Algeria, Algerian football. With the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage, CAF Champions League after defeating against Morocco's Wydad Casablanca, Wydad. on 11 November 2017 the coach Paul Put announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to CS Constantine., A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season. Season summary In preparation for this season, which will start at the end of August 2017, the management of the USMA, in consultation with the technical staff, is planning the summer training course from 04 to 16 A ...
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USM Alger
Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a Association football, football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home stadium, Omar Hamadi Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The club has one of Algeria's most prominent football records, as it won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 8 times, the Algerian Cup 8 times and the Algerian Super Cup 2 times. Internationally, USM Alger won the CAF Confederation Cup once in 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup, 2023, the CAF Super Cup in 2023 CAF Super Cup, 2023 and the UAFA Club Championship once in 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup, 2013. The International Federation of Football History & Statistics, IFFHS ranks USMA in the 18th place of the best African teams of the decade between 2001 in association football, 2001–2010 in association football, 2 ...
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2016–17 USM Alger Season
In the 2016–17 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 39th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1 as well as the CAF Champions League, and Algerian Super Cup, and the Algerian Cup. USM Alger entered the 2016–2017 season as reigning Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions after winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in the 2015–2016 season, The club was managed by Miloud Hamdi, until he left on 5 June 2016. He was replaced by Adel Amrouche on 27 June, but Amrouche resigned 3 days before the season began and was replaced by French manager Cavalli Cavalli was later sacked because of poor results and replaced by Belgian Paul Put. Season summary Red and Black will play his first friendly match against Stade brestois 29 training playing in Ligue 2, they will face the Stade Rennes team the Algerian international Players Zeffane and Bensebaini. The last game will ...
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2018 African Nations Championship Qualification
The 2018 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's association football, football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament. A total of sixteen teams qualified to play in the final tournament. Teams A total of 48 (out of 54) Confederation of African Football, CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations. ;Notes *Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. *Central African Republic were excluded by the Confederation of African Football, CAF from participating because of their withdrawal against DR Congo in the 2016 African Nations Championship qualification. *Chad withdrew on 27 March 2016, but however, on 24 May 2016, Chad announced that they would not be able to qualify for CHAN 2018, and São Tomé and Príncipe o ...
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Algeria A' National Football Team
The Algeria A' national football team () is the local national football team of Algeria and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents Algeria at the African Nations Championship and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation. The primary men's Algeria national football team contains expatriate players and represents Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations. African Nations Championship record Coaching staff Managerial history * Chaib was in charge of a pair of friendlies against Mali since Benchikha was on duty with the A national team Players Current squad * The following players were called up for the CHAN qualifiers match against Gambia. * Match dates: May 3, 2025 and May 9, 2025 * Opposition: Gambia * Caps and goals correct as of: 3 May 2025 Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to the Algeria squad at least once within the last 12 months. Results and fixtures 2023 ...
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Raouf Benguit
Abdelraouf Benguit (; born 5 April 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for CR Belouizdad. Club career A product of the Paradou AC youth academy, Benguit made his professional debut for the club on 14 August 2015, as a starter in the opening match of the 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 season against USM Bel-Abbès. USM Alger Espérance de Tunis On 2 July 2019 Raouf Benguit joined Espérance de Tunis for four seasons coming from Paradou AC for 742,000 US$. He made his debut for Espérance in the Ligue 1 during a win against US Tataouine, later in the Champions League Benguit scored the winning goal against Elect-Sport his first goal with the club. On 15 March 2020 Benguit scored his first brace in Tunisian Cup against AS Marsa. In his first season, he won two titles, the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Super Cup And the most player who played matches this season with 42 and scored 7 goals. MC Alger In February 2022, he joined MC Alger. Raja CA ...
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Okacha Hamzaoui
Okacha Hamzaoui (born 29 November 1990) is an Algerian footballer who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hazem. Club career On 17 June 2016, Hamzaoui signed a two-year contract with C.D. Nacional. In 2019, Hamzaoui signed a contract with USM Bel Abbès. In 2021, he joined CS Constantine. In 2022, he joined Fujairah FC. On 2 February 2024, Hamzaoui joined Saudi club Al-Batin. International career In June 2011, Hamzaoui was called up for the first time to the Algeria national under-23 football team by Azzedine Aït Djoudi for a two-week training camp in preparation for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship. However, he did not make the final squad. In 2015, Hamzaoui was a member of the Algeria military national football team that won the gold medal at the 2015 Military World Games. Career statistics Club Honours Tractor *Hazfi Cup: 2019–20 Algeria * Military World Games gold medal: 2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light ...
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Abderrahmane Meziane
Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar () (born March 7, 1994) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a striker for CR Belouizdad in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Club career USM Alger In 2011 Abderrahmane Meziane joined the USM Alger Academy, coming from the FAF Academy. Where he achieved with them two titles for the Ligue Professionnelle 1Meziane U21 season 2012–13 and 2013–14 and one in the cup with U17 in 2011 against USM Blida and scored a goal in a match. the first official game with the first team was in the 2013-14 season in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against JSM Béjaïa and participated in just one minute as a substitute in the place of Mokhtar Benmoussa, In the following season, Meziane was promoted to the first team and played eight games and scored a single goal against JS Saoura in the Ligue ProfessionnelMezianele 1. On July 8, 2015, Meziane moved on loan for one season to RC Arbaâ in order to get a chance to play more, and he greatly excelled, which ma ...
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Ayoub Abdellaoui
Ayoub Abdellaoui (; born 16 February 1993 in Reghaïa, Algiers) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for MC Alger and the Algeria national team. He plays as both a central defender and left-back. Club career On 3 January 2018, six months before the end of his contract with USM Alger, Abdellaoui signed a three-year contract with Swiss club FC Sion, beginning from 1 July 2018. On 29 August 2021, Abdellaoui joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq. On 12 July 2022, Abdellaoui joined MC Alger. International career In 2013, Abdellaoui was part of the Algeria under-20 national team at the 2013 African U-20 Championship. Two years later, he was part of the Algeria under-23 national team at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. Career statistics Club Honours USM Alger * Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2015-16 * Algerian Super Cup: 2016 Algeria *FIFA Arab Cup: 2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to t ...
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CS Constantine
Club Sportif Constantinois (), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, has a capacity of 22,968 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. History CS Constantine was officially founded under the name of Iqbal Association in 1927. It was named Chabab Mécanique de Constantine from 1977 to 1987. Tassili Airlines the airlines firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach sponsored the club from 2012 to 2016. And since 2016, the club was sponsored by the Entreprise Nationale des Travaux aux Puits (ENTP), another firm of Sonatrach. The 1990s and the first title of the championship For the second time in its history, the CSC succeeded in qualifying for the semi-final of the Algerian Cup in 1992, and lost to ASO Chlef (after shots on goal), at the Stade du 5 Ju ...
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Wydad Casablanca
Wydad Athletic Club (, ), often known outside Morocco as Wydad Casablanca, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football league system. They are one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight. It was founded on 8 May 1937 by seven Moroccans belonging to the national movement for independence, led by Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi. They initially focused on water polo to give indigenous Moroccans the right to access swimming pools before Mohamed Ben Lahcen Affani – also known by the nickname of "Père Jégo" ("Father Jégo") – created the football section on 19 June 1939. He was the first manager of the team. The club has traditionally worn a red home kit since inception. Domestically, Wydad has won a record of 22 Moroccan league titles, 9 Moroccan Throne Cup and 4 Moroccan Elite Cup and other titles, becoming the most titled club i ...
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2017 CAF Champions League Knockout Stage
The 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 8 September to 4 November 2017. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 CAF Champions League. Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals. Format In the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27). Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows. The calendar was amended from the original one for the following dates: *Quarter-finals first leg: moved from 8–10 September to 15–17 September *Quarter-finals second leg: moved from 15–17 September to 22–24 September *Semi-fi ...
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