In the 2017–18 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 co ...

competed in the

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

for the 40th season, as well as the

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, and 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 in ...

. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. With the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the

after defeating against Morocco's

Wydad Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that ...

. on 11 November 2017 the coach

Paul Put Paul Put (born 26 May 1956) is a Belgian football coach who manages Congo. Career Put was manager of the Gambian national team between 2008 and 2011, before being appointed as manager of Burkina Faso in March 2012. He had previously managed Be ...

announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to

CS Constantine Club Sportif Constantinois ( ar, النادي الرياضي القسنطيني), 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 ...

., A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach

Miloud Hamdi Miloud Hamdi (born June 1, 1971) is an Algerian-French football manager and the current head coach of JS Kabylie. Career In June 2012, Hamdi was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Ettifaq's under-21 team. In 2015, Hamdi joined USM Alge ...

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 August 2017 in Turkey the Usmists will be in Istanbul at 2 pm, a bus will wait for the Algerian delegation to transport it to the station Kartepe in Izmit and will play five friendly matches. three against local clubs, two against Saudi clubs and one against a Qatari club. USM Alger is transported without six players:

Ayoub Abdellaoui Ayoub Abdellaoui (born 16 February 1993) 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 ...

, Abderrahmane Meziane, Oussama Darfalou,

Okacha Hamzaoui Okacha Hamzaoui (born 29 November 1990) is an Algerian footballer who plays for Fujairah FC. 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, h ...

and

Raouf Benguit Abdelraouf Benguit ( ar, عبد الرؤوف بن غيث; 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 cl ...

Who joined the Algeria A' national team in preparation for the

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against the Libyan national team, as for Soumaila Sidibe did not move with the team because of the visa. the first friendly against

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and ended with a 5–1 victory and only Ziri Hammar played 90 minutes, and he was the author of three assists, in the same context the games it was delayed for a day due to heavy fog. The second match was against

Al Kharaitiyat Al Kharaitiyat ( ar, الخريطيات, Al Khurayţīyāt) is a town in the municipality of Umm Salal in Qatar. Etymology "Kharaitiyat" is the plural form of the Arabic term "khurat", which roughly translates to "map-like". The town received its ...

Qatar and ended 4–1 in favor of the Union and saw the match with the young striker Boumechra, who scored two goals The third game against Sultanbeyli Belediyespor canceled because of the fog and to avoid these problems the decision of the management of the USM Alger played the rest of the friendly games in another place to avoid being postponed, then in the fourth game against Al-Hazm Saudi Club won the Union winning two goals to zero, on the final day of training, the team played two friendly matches in the morning against Ataşehir Çamolukspor and ended in favor of USM Alger with a 2–0 victory. In the evening against Al-Orobah from Saudi Arabia, they ended with a 2–2 draw. after a 13-day internship in Turkey in the heights of Izmit, the Red and Black are back home. The plane from Istanbul arrived at the Algiers airport at 18:30.

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

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, , 6th , 26 August 2017 , 19 May 2018 , - ,

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, 29 December 2017 , 2 February 2018 , - , Champions League ,

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, 7 March 2018 , 16 May 2018 , - ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

Champions League

Group stage

Group B

knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Confederation Cup

First round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group D

Squad information

Playing statistics

''Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances''
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colspan="23", Midfielders , - , , 2 , , , , , 13+5 , , , , , , , , 2+1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , , 15+7 , , , , , , , - , , 4 , , , , , 1+4 , , , , 1 , , , , 1 , , , , 1 , , , , 0+2 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2+6 , , , , 2 , , , - , , 7 , , , , , 16+3 , , 3 , , , , , , 3 , , , , 1 , , , , 1 , , , , , , , , 4 , , 1 , , , , , , 24+3 , , 4 , , 1 , , , - , , 8 , , , , , 12+6 , , , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , 3+1 , , , , , , , , 1+1 , , 1 , , , , , , 16+8 , , 1 , , 1 , , , - , , 10, , , , , 5+5 , , 2 , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , 2+3 , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 7+8 , , 3 , , 1 , , , - , , 14, , , , , 0+2 , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0+3 , , , , , , , - , , 17, , , , , 1+2 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0+2 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1+4 , , , , , , , - , , 18, , , , , 7+6 , , , , , , , , 2+1 , , 1 , , , , , , 3+1 , , , , , , 0+2 , , 1 , , , , , , , , 12+10 , , 2 , , , , , - , , 23, , , , , 14+4 , , 1 , , 4 , , , , 2 , , , , , , , , 4 , , , , , , , , 5+1 , , , , , , , , 25+5 , , 1 , , 4 , , , - , , 24, , , , , 22 , , 1 , , 11 , , , , 2 , , , , , , , , 4+3 , , , , , , , , 4+2 , , 1 , , , , , , 32+5 , , 2 , , 11 , , , - , , 26, , , , , 6+4 , , , , 1 , , , , 1 , , , , , , , , 1+1 , , 1 , , , , , , 1 , , , , , , , , 9+5 , , 1 , , 1 , , , - , , 20, , , , , 1+7 , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 , , , , 1 , , , , 3+7 , , 1 , , 1 , , , - , , 15, , , , , 7+1 , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2+2 , , 1 , , , , , , 9+4 , , 1 , , , , , - , , 31, , , , ''(B)'' , 3+4 , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , , 3+6 , , , , , , , - , , 84, , , , ''(B)'' , 3+4 , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 3+4 , , 1 , , , , , - , , 54, , , , ''(B)'' , 0+6 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0+6 , , , , , , , - , , , , , , ''(B)'' , 0+1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , - , - align="center" ! colspan="23", Forwards , - , , 9 , , , , , 5+4 , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 3+4 , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 8+8 , , 2 , , , , , - , , 9 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 , , , , , , , - , , 11, , , , , 15+3 , , 2 , , 1 , , , , 1+1 , , , , , , , , 7 , , 1 , , , , , , 3 , , 1 , , , , , , 26+4 , , 4 , , 1 , , , - , , 13, , , , , 26+1 , , 18 , , 1 , , , , 2 , , , , , , , , 7 , , 3 , , 1 , , , , 5 , , 5 , , 2 , , , , 40+1 , , 26 , , 4 , , , - , , 10, , , , , 5+3 , , 2 , , , , , , 1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , , 6+4 , , 2 , , , , , - , , 17, , , , , 1+2 , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0+1 , , , , , , , , 1+4 , , , , , , , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="3" , Own goals , ! style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 1 , ! colspan="3" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 0 , ! colspan="3" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 0 , ! colspan="3" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 0 , ! colspan="3" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 1 , ! colspan="2" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="4" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , Totals , 43 , , 50 , , 5 , ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 2 , , 5 , , 1 , ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 9 , , 7 , , 1 , ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 12 , , 8 , , 0 , ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; text-align: center;" , , 66 , , 70 , , 7 ''(B)'' – USM Alger B player

Goalscorers

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Farouk Chafaï Farouk Chafaï (born June 23, 1990, in Algiers) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays at Damac. Because of the low-wage he receives from his club. He gets help benefits from the Saudi governments and has seen working a part-time job a ...

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Faouzi Yaya Faouzi Yaya (born September 21, 1989) is an Algerian footballer who plays for NA Hussein Dey in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Club career Yaya starred for Algerian side MO Béjaïa in two spells (from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2013 to ...

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Mokhtar Benmoussa Mokhtar Benmoussa (born August 11, 1986) is an Algerian footballer. He plays primarily as a left-winger but has also been used as a left-midfielder and a left-back. Benmoussa is an Algeria youth international and has represented Algeria at the ...

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Mohamed Benyahia Mohamed Benyahia (born 30 June 1992) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi club Al-Suqoor. Club career In June 2015, Benyahia signed a two-year contract with USM Alger. On 21 August 2022, Benyahia joined Saud ...

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, , FW , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 2 , - , 10, , , , Reda Hajhouj , , FW , , 2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , - , 22, , , , Mohamed Meftah , , DF , , 1 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 2 , - , 3 , , , ,

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Mohammed Benkhemassa Mohamed Benkhemassa (born 28 June 1993) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for MC Alger, he plays for the Algeria national football team. Club career Benkhemassa started his career with USM Alger. On 2 September 2019, he signed ...

, , MF , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 2 , - , 84, , , , Mohamed Reda Boumechra , , MF , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , - , 26, , , , Reda Bellahcene , , MF , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - , 18, , , ,

Amir Sayoud Amir Sayoud ( ar, أمير سعيود; born 30 September 1990) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Professional League club Al-Tai. Career Youth career Born in Guelma, Sayoud began his career i ...

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Rafik Bouderbal Rafik Bouderbal (born 19 September 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Sète. Club career Bouderbal was born in Lyon. On 20 January 2009, Bouderbal signed a two and a half year professional contract with L ...

, , MF , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , - , 15, , , , Oualid Ardji , , MF , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , - , 23, , , ,

Hamza Koudri Hamza Koudri (born December 15, 1987 in Mila, Algeria) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Club career MC Alger USM Alger On 26 May 2012 Hamza Koudri joined for two seasons ...

, , MF , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , - , 8 , , , , Kaddour Beldjilali , , MF , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , - , 1 , , , ,

Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche ( ar, محمد الأمين زيماموش; born 19 March 1985) is an Algerian footballer who plays for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Algeria national team. Club career USM Alger MC Alger ...

, , GK , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1 , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="4", Own Goals , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="4", Totals, , 43 , , 2 , , 9 , , 12 , , 66

Suspensions

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Zamalek Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east an ...

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Mohamed Rabie Meftah Mohamed Rabie Meftah (born 5 May 1985 in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for AS Aïn M'lila in the Algerian Ligue 2. Personal Meftah comes from a family of footballers. His cousin Mahieddine Meftah was a former Algerian ...

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Nacereddine Khoualed Nacereddine Khoualed (born 16 April 1986 in Biskra, Algeria) is an Algerian football defense player who plays for US Biskra in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. International career He has been capped for Algeria at the Under-20, Under-23

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JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (in ar, شبيبة القبائل), (Kabyle language, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel, Berber languages, In Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ), known as JS Kabyli ...

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, 2 , (vs.

ES Sétif Entente Sportive Sétifienne ( ar, الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي), known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in ...

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, 8 , , - , 6 May 2018 , , Oussama Darfalou , 1 , , -

Clean sheets

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Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 11 December 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

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MO Béjaïa Mouloudia Olympique de Béjaïa ( ar, مولودية بجاية), referred to commonly as MO Béjaïa or MOB for short, is a professional Algerian football club based in Béjaïa, Algeria. The club was founded in 1954 and its colours are green a ...

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MC Oran ( ar, نادي مولودية وهران), known as , commonly referred to as MC Oran for short, is a football club based in Oran, Algeria. Founded on 1 January 1917 and formed again on 14 May 1946, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouah ...

, 2016 , 2019 , Second nationality: France , - , 6 ,

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Reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

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, 2012 , 2019 , , - , 22 , Mohamed Meftah , , RB , ,

JSM Béjaïa Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaïa ( ar, الشبيبة الرياضية لمدينة بجاية), known as JSM Béjaïa or simply JSMB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Béjaïa. The club was founded in 1936 and its colours are ...

, 2011 , 2020 ,

Vice-captain Vice-captain, alternate captain (ice hockey) or vice-skip (curling) may refer to a role in a number of sports immediately below the role of captain. The vice-captain may have a number of different roles, including substituting as captain when the re ...

, - , 21 , Mehdi Benchikhoune , , RB , ,

, 2017 , 2022 , , - , 19 , Redouane Cherifi , , DF , , USM Bel-Abbès , 2017 , 2021 , , - , 27 ,

, , CB / DM , ,

Paradou AC Paradou Athletic Club ( ar, نادي أتليتيك بارادو), known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, the club colours ...

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NA Hussein Dey Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey ( ar, نصر حسين داي), known as NA Hussein Dey or NAHD for short, is an Algerian football club based in Hussein Dey, Algiers. The club was founded in 1947 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home sta ...

Loan Return , 2016 , 2021 , Originally from

youth system In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team in the future if ...

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AS Lyon-Duchère As, AS, A. S., A/S or similar may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer * "As" (song), by Stevie Wonder * , a Spanish sports newspaper * , an academic male voice ...

, 2016 , 2018 , Second nationality: France , - , 4 , Soumaila Sidibe , , AM / DM , ,

, 2017 , 2020 , , - , 8 , Kaddour Beldjilali , , AM / CM , ,

Étoile du Sahel Étoile may refer to: Places ;France * Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro * Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France * Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France * L'Éto ...

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DRB Tadjenanet Difaa Riadhi Baladiat Tadjenanet ( ar, الدفاع الرياضي لبلدية تاجنانت), more commonly known as DRB Tadjenanet, is a football club based in Tadjenanet, Algeria. The club was founded in 1971 and its colours are blue and w ...

, 2016 , 2020 , , - , 10 , Ziri Hammar , , AM , ,

JS Saoura Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura ( ar, الشبيبة الرياضية للساورة), known simply as JS Saoura or JSS for short, is an Algerian football club founded in the town of Méridja in the Béchar Province. They take their name from th ...

, 2016 , 2020 , Second nationality: France , - , 14 ,

Faouzi Bourenane Faouzi Bourenane (born 24 ,February 1994) Algerian football player who is currently playing for AS Aïn M'lila in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترف ...

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Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

, 2016 , 2020 , Second nationality: France , - , 17 , Mohamed Benkablia , , AM , ,

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, 2011 , 2018 , , - , 26 , Reda Bellahcene , , DM , ,

FC Saint-Louis Neuweg Football Club de Saint-Louis Neuweg is a French association football club founded in 1990. It is based in the town of Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin Saint-Louis (; gsw-FR, Sä-Louis; german: Sankt Ludwig) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in ...

, 2016 , 2019 , Second nationality: France , - , 31 ,

Ilyes Yaiche Ilyes Yaiche ( ar, إلياس يعيش; born October 27, 1997) is an Algerian footballer who is playing for Qadsia SC. He plays primarily as an attacking midfielder. Club career In June 2015, Yaiche was a member of the ASM Oran Under-18 team that ...

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, 2016 , 2020 , , - , 7 ,

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, 2017 , 2020 , , - , 2 , Oussama Chita , , MF , ,

, 2017 , 2021 , , - ! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:centre;", Forwards , - , 11 , Abderrahmane Meziane , , ST , ,

RC Arbaâ Raed Club Arbaâ ( ar, أمل الأربعاء), known as RC Arbaâ or simply RCA for short, is an Algerian football club located in Larbaâ. The club was founded in 1941 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, the Ismaïl Mak ...

Loan Return , 2014 , 2021 , Originally from

, - , 13 , Oussama Darfalou , , ST / FW , ,

, 2015 , 2018 , , - , 9 ,

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Nacional Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to: Airlines * Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002 * Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961 Bank * Banco Nacional, a ...

, 2017 , 2018 , Loan one year , - , 10 , Reda Hajhouj , , FW , ,

Wydad Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that ...

, 2018 , 2019 , , - , 17 ,

Mohamed Amine Hamia Mohamed Amine Hamia (born October 6, 1989) is an Algerian professional football player. He plays for Al-Sharq. Club career Olympique de Médéa CR Belouizdad USM Alger On January 15, Hamia joined to USM Alger for three seasons, coming from th ...

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CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi de Belouizdad S.s.p.a (Classical Arabic: الشّباب الرّياضيّ لبلوزداد, English Translation: Sporting Club of Belouizdad), known as ''Chabab Belouizdad'' or ''CR Belouizdad'' or simply ''CRB'' for short, is a ...

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Transfers

In

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%; text-align:center; font-size:85%; text-align:centre;" , - !Date ! !Player !From club !Transfer fee !Source , - , 21 May 2017 , CF ,

, Loan one year , , - , 21 June 2017 , AM ,

, Free transfer , , - , 22 June 2017 , DF , Redouane Cherifi , USM Bel-Abbès , Free transfer , , - , 30 June 2017 , FW ,

Manucho Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 7 March 1983), commonly known as Manucho, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a striker. Manucho moved from Petro Atletico to Manchester United in January 2008. Before playing ...

, Loan Return , , - , 30 June 2017 , CB , Mohamed Amine Madani ,

USM El Harrach Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الحراش), known as USM El Harrach or simply USMH for short, is an Algerian football club based in El Harrach, Algiers. The club was founded in 1935 ...

, Loan Return , , - , 4 July 2017 , MF , Oussama Chita ,

, Free transfer , , - , 4 July 2017 , CB / DM ,

, Loan one year , , - , 11 July 2017 , DF , Mehdi Benchikhoune ,

, First Professional Contract , , - , 31 July 2017 , MF , Soumaila Sidibe ,

, 7,000,000 DA , , - , 23 December 2017 , MF , Oualid Ardji ,

, Loan Return , , - , 23 December 2017 , MF ,

, N/A , Return to complete his contract , , - , 14 January 2018 , FW , Reda Hajhouj ,

, Free transfer , , - , 15 January 2018 , FW ,

, Free transfer ''(Released)'' , , -

Out

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%; text-align:center; font-size:85%; text-align:centre;" , - !Date ! !Player !To club !Transfer fee !Source , - , 29 June 2017 , RB ,

Toufik Zeghdane Toufik Zeghdane (born September 17, 1992) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a left-back for Swift Hesperange. Honours Club ; MC Alger * Algerian Cup (2): 2014, 2016 * Algerian Super Cup (1): 2014 ; USM Alger * Algerian Super Cup (1): 2 ...

, Sedan Ardennes , Free transfer ''(Released)'' , , - , 30 June 2017 , CB ,

, Return from loan , , - , 30 June 2017 , AM / FW ,

Unattached In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...

, Undisclosed , , - , 30 June 2017 , FW , Ghislain Guessan ,

, End of his contract , , - , 30 June 2017 , FW ,

Al Ittihad Alexandria Al Ittihad Alexandria Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد السكندري), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in ...

, End of contract , , - , 30 June 2017 , CF ,

Carolus Andriamatsinoro Charles Carolus Andriamatsinoro (born 6 July 1989), simply known as Andria, is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Najran and the Madagascar national team. Club career WA Tlemcen On 31 January 2011, Carolu ...

Ohod Club Ohod Club () is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Medina, which competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. Ohod was named after Mount Uhud, hence the nickname "Al-Jabal". Ohod have won the Sau ...

, End of contract , , - , 14 July 2017 , AM ,

Abel Khaled Abel Khaled (born 9 November 1992) is a French-Algerian footballer who plays as an right winger for CSO Amnéville in the Championnat National 3. Career SR Delémont Khaled signed with SR Delémont on 28 November 2018.DRB Tadjenanet Difaa Riadhi Baladiat Tadjenanet ( ar, الدفاع الرياضي لبلدية تاجنانت), more commonly known as DRB Tadjenanet, is a football club based in Tadjenanet, Algeria. The club was founded in 1971 and its colours are blue and w ...

, Free transfer ''(Released)'' , , - , 16 July 2017 , DF , Abderrahim Hamra ,

, Loan , , - , 16 July 2017 , FW , Kaddour Cherif ,

, Loan , , - , 28 July 2017 , MF , Mustapha Bengrina ,

US Biskra Union Sportive de Biskra, (), known as US Biskra or simply USB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Biskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Complexe Sportif d'El Alia, has a ...

, Loan , , - , 28 July 2017 , MF , Ibrahim Farhi ,

, Loan , , - , 30 July 2017 , CB , Mohamed Amine Madani ,

, 20,000,000 DA , , - , 11 December 2017 , CB ,

, Free transfer ''(Released)'' , , - , 28 December 2017 , AM , Ziri Hammar ,

, Loan for six months , , - , 8 January 2018 , AM , Mohamed Benkablia ,

, Undisclosed , , - , 11 January 2018 , AM ,

, Free transfer ''(Released)'' , , - , 15 January 2018 , AM/DM , Soumaila Sidibe ,

, Loan for six months , , -

Kit

Supplier:

Joma Joma () is a Spanish sports clothing manufacturer that currently produces footwear and clothing for football, futsal, handball, basketball, volleyball, running, tennis, and padel. Its headquarters are located in Portillo de Toledo, Spain. Histor ...

, the beginning of the year 2017. Sponsor:

Djezzy Djezzy (Arabic: جازي) is Algeria's principal mobile network operator, with a market share of 65% (over 16.49 million subscribers in December 2016) and a network covering 90% of the population (48 wilayas). Djezzy is wholly owned by the Algeria ...

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References

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