List of USM Alger seasons

The Founders of USM Alger on July 6, 1937.

Union sportive de la médina d'Alger is an Algerian professional football club based in Algiers, Algiers Province. The club was formed in Casbah in 1937 as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger, and played their first competitive match in 1937, when they entered the 1937–38 Ligue d'Alger Troisième Division. The club was renamed Union sportive de la médina d'Alger in 1989.

The club has won a total of 18 major trophies, including the national championship 7 times also won the Algerian Cup a record 8 times, the Algerian Super Cup 1 time, and the UAFA Club Cup 1 time Al Ittihad reached the CAF Champions League final for the first time in 2015 but was defeated against TP Mazembe. The club has also never been out of the top two divisions of Algerian football since entering the Football League.

This is a list of the seasons played by USM Alger from 1962 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Ligue 1. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Algerian football:

History

The club was founded in 1937 as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger (USMA), following considerable difficulties with the colonial administration over the use of the word Musulmane. Despite these difficulties, the club began competing during the 1937–38 season in the third division. Results from the club's colonial-period campaigns are not included in the modern league tables, as USMA competed in competitions organized by the colonial football authorities, notably the Ligue d'Alger, the Coupe de la Ligue, and the Coupe de la Solidarité. USMA did not participate in the major North African interregional competitions of the period, such as the North African Championship and the North African Cup.

Following Algerian independence, USM Alger became the first national champions of Algeria, defeating MC Alger 3–0 in the final of the 1963 Championnat National 1. The club subsequently established itself as one of the most successful teams in the [Algerian Cup], having reached the final 19 times and won ten titles. USMA has also finished runners-up nine times, including five consecutive defeats in the finals between 1969 and 1973. USM Alger became the first club to win the Algerian Cup while competing in the second division, achieving this feat in 1981. It also became the only Algerian club to win the national championship immediately after promotion from the second division, doing so in the 1995–96 season.

In the early 2000s, USM Alger achieved a period of particular success. The club won consecutive league and cup doubles in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons, becoming only the fourth club to win two consecutive Algerian league titles. No Algerian club has won the league championship for three consecutive seasons or more. USM Alger also participated in the first Algerian Super Cup final in 1981, losing 3–1 to RC Kouba. The club later won the competition twice, in 2013 and 2016. At continental level, USM Alger made its African debut in 1982, when it participated in the Cup Winners' Cup. In 1997, the club became the first Algerian team to participate in the Champions League following the competition's reorganization and renaming in its modern format.

Seasons

Before independence

Below, the USM Alger season-by-season record before independence in the French Algeria period :

France FFF - season-by-season record of Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger
Season League of Algiers Forconi Cup
Division Pos. Pts P W D L F A GD Goalscorer
Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger (USMA)
1937-38Quatrième division00147433422+12--
1938-39000000000--
1939-40Première Division6th19122191821-3Abdellah Betouche (6)Round of 16
1940-41Troisième Division3rd22105232410+14-Second Round
1941-42Troisième Division7th22143292023−3-Second Round
1942-43000000000--
1943-44000000000--
1944-45Première Division1st371411214512+33-Second Round
1945-46000000000-Quarter-finals
1946-47000000000-Second Round
1947-48Première Division441813233910+29Rabah Zouaoui (15)Quarter-finals
1948-49Première Division1st36186662422+2-Fourth Round
1949-50Première Division5th38187652825+3Rabah Zouaoui (15)Fifth Round
1950-51Première Division7th35186572726+1Hacène Chabri (8)Third Round
1951-52Première Division1st491814315118+33Rabah Zouaoui (12)Second Round
1952-53Première Division8th34184862227−5-Fourth Round
1953-54Première Division8th281834112138−17Zoubir Naït Kaci (6)Third Round
1954-55Première Division10th251823131239−27Hamid Chibane (5)Third round
1955-56Deuxième Division8th27185582239−17Mouloud Timsit (4)Withdrawal
No competition is played by the muslim clubs between 1956 and 1962 by order of the FLN (Algerian War)

After independence

Below, the USM Alger season-by-season record after independence of Algeria :

Season League Cup Other Africa Top goalscorer(s)[note 1] Ref.
Division Pos Pts P W D L GF GA Name Goals
1962–63 Critérium Honneur1st702421219511 SF
1963–64 Division Honneur3rd743019656923 SF Abderrahmane Meziani19
1964–65 National16th543088143644 R64 Abderrahmane Meziani11
1965–66 National 22nd733018755322 R16
1966–67 National II5th36186662620 SF Abderrahmane Meziani8
1967–68 National II5th45228772923 R16 Abderrahmane Meziani7
1968–69 National II2nd512211744426 RU Mouldi Aissaoui11
1969–70 National I5th43227783432 RU Kamel Tchalabi10
1970–71 National I5th45227963732 RU Meziani, Tchalabi10
1971–72 National I15th553097143847 RU Abderrahmane Meziani8
1972–73 National II2nd------- RU
1973–74 National II1st------- R32 Djamel Zidane15
1974–75 National I5th6330137104836 R32 Zidane, Guedioura10
1975–76 National I4th663014885229 R32
1976–77 National I11th472677123236 QF
1977–78 Division 15th542611694026 RU
1978–79 Division 112th482678113040 QF
1979–80 Division 115th5430711123035 RU
1980–81 Division 21st542212824921 W
1981–82 Division 19th5930911102430 QF RU Cup Winners' Cup QF
1982–83 Division 116th5630810122131 R16 Nacer Guedioura7 [1]
1983–84 Division 24th6830131254523 R2
1984–85 Division 22nd6929131153920 R32
1985–86 Division 22nd6930141154122 R32
1986–87 Division 21st463019834115 R64
1987–88 Division 17th35341113103530 W Fawzi Benkhalidi9
1988–89 Division 113th2830910112734 R16 Cup Winners' Cup QF Tarek Hadj Adlane7
1989–90 Division 116th233087152339 NP Tarek Hadj Adlane10
1990–91 Division 24th3430121084025 QF Tarek Hadj Adlane13
1991–92 Division 23rd343013893423 R64
1992–93 Division 27th3130101193325 NP
1993–94 Division 22nd483221655212 R64
1994–95 Division 21st5032201025429 R2 Azzedine Rahim??
1995–96 Division 11st603019383924 R64 Grp Azzedine Rahim11
1996–97 Division 13rd493014793230 W Champions League Grp[note 2] Tarek Hadj Adlane16
1997–98 Division 12nd25156721813 R16 QF Cup Winners' Cup QF Tarek Hadj Adlane6
1998–99 Super Division4th442612863217 W CAF Cup QF Tarek Hadj Adlane17
1999–00 Super Division12th212263131527 R16 SF Cup Winners' Cup Dis Athmane Samir Amirat5
2000–01 Super Division2nd5530151055128 W Tarek Hadj Adlane14
2001–02 Super Division1st573017673724 R32 Cup Winners' Cup SF[note 2] Rabie Benchergui12
2002–03 Division 11st583017765217 W Champions League SF[note 2] Moncef Ouichaoui22
2003–04 Division 12nd583017764923 W Champions League Grp[note 2] Rabie Benchergui15
2004–05 Division 1 1st 67 30 21 4 5 55 27 R64 Champions League R2 Billel Dziri 11
CAF Confederation Cup PO
2005–06 Division 12nd573018665030 RU Champions League R1 Moulay Haddou12
2006–07 Division 14th473013893225 RU Champions League PR Mintou Doucoure7
2007–08 Division 14th4230126123227 R16 Arab Champions League Grp Amar Ammour12
2008–09 Division 16th4832139103831 R64 Arab Champions League R16 Ali Rial7
2009–10 Division 14th5334141194733 R16 Cheikh Hamidi15
2010–11 Ligue 19th3830911103228 R64 Noureddine Daham11
2011–12 Ligue 13rd523015783725 QF Lamouri Djediat12
2012–13 Ligue 1 4th 51 30 15 6 9 32 15 W Confederation Cup R2 Noureddine Daham 12 [2]
UAFA Club Cup W
2013–14 Ligue 11st683020824921 R32 W Ziaya, Andria, Gasmi6 [3]
2014–15 Ligue 18th4130101193527 R16 RU Champions League RU[note 2] Youcef Belaïli8 [4]
2015–16 Ligue 11st583017764931 R64 Mohamed Seguer12 [5]
2016–17 Ligue 13rd503014885031 R16 W Champions League SF[note 2] Mohamed Rabie Meftah11 [6]
2017–18 Ligue 16th4230119104335 R16 Confederation Cup QF[note 2] Oussama Darfalou26[7] [8]
2018–19 Ligue 11st533015874929 R16 Arab Club Champions Cup R2 Prince Ibara10 [9]
2019–20 Ligue 1[note 3]6th[note 4]32229572522 R32 Champions League Grp Aymen Mahious12 [15]
2020–21 Ligue 1 4th 65 38 19 8 11 62 39 NP RU Ismail Belkacemi 17 [16]
SF
2021–22 Ligue 14th5734151274522 NP Mahious, Belkacemi8 [17]
2022–23 Ligue 111th4030117113127 R64 Confederation Cup W Aymen Mahious11 [18]
2023–24 Ligue 1 4th 49 30 15 4 11 40 32 SF Confederation Cup SF Ismail Belkacemi 17 [19]
CAF Super Cup W
2024–25 Ligue 17th40301010102626 W Confederation Cup QF Ismaïl Belkacemi10 [20]
2025–26 Ligue 110th393081573429 W RU Confederation Cup W Ahmed Khaldi13 [21]
2026–27 Ligue 1 R64 F Confederation Cup R2
CAF Super Cup F

Key

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Statistics

Algeria

As of 6 June 2026:

FAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 46 1337 562 367 408 1725 1336 2025–26
Algerian Ligue 2[note 5] 16 387 190 122 75 580 306 1994–95
Algerian Cup[note 6] 60 218 144 39 36 403 163 2025–26
Algerian Super Cup 6 6 2 0 4 6 7 2025
Algerian League Cup (defunct) 4 25 9 8 8 35 22 2020–21
Total 132 1973 907 536 531 2749 1834

Africa

As of 16 May 2026:

CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Champions League 9 80 37 19 24 132 82 2019–20
CAF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) 5 25 13 4 8 40 25 2002
CAF Confederation Cup 7 70 32 21 17 93 55 2025–26
CAF Cup (defunct) 1 6 4 0 2 13 6 1999
CAF Super Cup 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2023
Total 23 182 87 45 50 279 168

Non-CAF competitions

As of 10 December 2018:

Non-CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Arab Champions League 5 29 14 8 7 46 34 2018–19
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup (defunct) 2 4 1 0 3 3 6 1970
Total 7 33 15 8 10 49 38
All-Total 156 2097 972 556 569 2966 1966

Notes

  1. ↑ Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The competition ended in the following season
  3. ↑ On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[10] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.[11]
  4. ↑ USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger.[12] The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[13] On August 28, 2020, after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal, which is to return the three points and repeat the match.[14]
  5. ↑ No statistics on the Algerian Ligue 2 for the seasons 1972–73 and 1973–74.
  6. ↑ No statistics on the Algerian Cup for the seasons, 1993–94 and 1994–95.

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics 1982–83 USM Alger season". footballvintage.net.
  2. ↑ "Statistics 2012–13 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  3. ↑ "Statistics 2013–14 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  4. ↑ "Statistics 2014–15 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  5. ↑ "Statistics 2015–16 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  6. ↑ "Statistics 2016–17 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  7. ↑ "L1 : Darfalou meilleur buteur, Benaldjia meilleur passeur" (in French). dzfoot.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Statistics 2017–18 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  9. ↑ "Statistics 2018–19 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  10. ↑ "بسبب كورونا.. الدوري الجزائري مهدد بالسيناريو الفرنسي". al-ain.com (in Arabic). 12 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "شباب بلوزداد بطلا لموسم استثنائي". elkhabar.com (in Arabic). 29 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "LFP : MCA-USMA et Casoni, décisions de la commission de discipline". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "MCA-USMA : Recours au TAS de Lausanne déposé". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "TAS : L'USM Alger aurait obtenu gain de cause". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Statistics 2019–20 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  16. ↑ "Statistics 2020–21 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  17. ↑ "Statistics 2021–22 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  18. ↑ "Statistics 2022–23 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  19. ↑ "Statistics 2023–24 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  20. ↑ "Statistics 2024–25 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
  21. ↑ "Statistics 2025–26 USM Alger season". Monde Football.FR.
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