In the 2001–02 season,

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its ...

is competing in the Super Division for the 22nd time, as well as the

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after i ...

. It is their 7th consecutive season in the top flight of

Algerian football Football in Algeria (soccer) is the country's most popular sport. The country's top domestic league is organised into two national divisions, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, overseen by the Algerian ...

. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the

African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and wa ...

and the

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 July 2002.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

FIFA eligibility rules As the governing body of association football, FIFA is responsible for maintaining and implementing the rules that determine whether an association football player is eligible to represent a particular country in officially recognised internation ...

. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Super Division

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

African Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Second round

Squad information

Appearances and goals

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Tarek Ghoul Tarek Ghoul (born January 6, 1975 in El Harrach, Algiers Province) is a retired Algerian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' no ...

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Mounir Zeghdoud Mounir Zeghdoud ( ar, منير زغدود; born 18 November 1970 in Constantine) is an Algerian former football player and a current manager. International career On November 26, 1995 Mounir Zeghdoud played for the first time against Ivory Coa ...

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Fayçal Hamdani Fayçal Hamdani (born July 13, 1970 in Boufarik) is a retired Algerian international football player. Career Honours Club ; USM Alger * Ligue 1 (1): 2001-02 * Algerian Cup (3): 1997, 1999, 2001 The September 11 attacks against the Unit ...

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Mahieddine Meftah Mahieddine "Tchico" Meftah (born 25 September 1968 in Tizi Ouzou) is a former Algerian national footballer. He is one of the most capped Algerian player (with 77 national caps). Honours Club ; JS Kabylie * Ligue 1 (3): 1988-89, 1989-90, 1994 ...

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Mohamed Hamdoud Mohamed "Moha" Hamdoud (born June 9, 1976 in El Biar, Alger, Algeria) is an Algerian former football player. Club career International career Career statistics Club Honours * Won the Algerian League four times with USM Alger in 1996, ...

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Rabah Deghmani Rabah Deghmani (born 10 May 1975 in Rouïba, Algiers Province), is an Algerian footballer, who currently plays for WR Bentalha in the Algerian league. Deghmani made several appearances for the Algeria national football team during 2001. ...

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Farid Djahnine Farid Djahnine (born 16 August 1976 in Algiers) is an Algerian former footballer, who played most of his career for Algerian club USM Alger. Career Djahnine began playing club football with USM Alger, but enjoyed a renaissance with lower division ...

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Billel Dziri Billel Dziri (born 21 January 1972) is an Algerian football manager and former player. After starting off with NA Hussein Dey, Dziri played most of his career with USM Alger and had spells with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Tunisia, CS Sedan Ard ...

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Hocine Metref Hocine Metref ( ar, حسين مترف; born 1 January 1984) is an Algerian international football player. He currently plays as a defender and midfielder for USM Blida in the Algerian Ligue 2. Club career On 5 July 2011 Metref signed a one-year ...

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Tarek Hadj Adlane Tarek Hadj Adlane (born December 11, 1965) is a retired Algerian football player who played as a striker. Hadj Adlane played in his career with USM Alger and JS Kabylie as well as in Saudi Arabia with Al-Wehda. Club career International ca ...

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Moncef Ouichaoui Moncef Ouichaoui ( ar, منصف ويشاوي, born April 5, 1977, in Annaba, Algeria) is an Algerian international football player who last played as a forward for CA Bordj Bou Arreridj in the Algerian Championnat National. National team stati ...

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Rafik Deghiche Rafik Deghiche (born October 1, 1983 in Zeralda (Alger), Algeria) is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays as a forward for USM Alger in the Algerian league. Rafik's brother Mesbah Deghiche is also a footballer and plays for JSM Béjaïa. ...

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Goalscorers

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Clean sheets

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References

External links

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