Bouchina the reason is that his passport is removed from the Spanish embassy and immediately after his recovery, he will be transferred to Turkey, and that the matter is not in their hands especially since the diplomatic relations between the two countries are bad, As for the players salaries Abdouche said that the money entered the club's account on 28 July, after the director of Groupe SERPORT signed it.
[15] Last season, number of players were loaned and they are Mehdi Beneddine to French club Châteauroux, Anis Khemaissia to USM Annaba, and goalkeeper Abdelmoumen Sifour to RC Arbaâ.
[18] After that the club promoted six players from the reserves they are Abdelkader Belharrane, Mohamed Djenidi, Abdessamed Bounacer, Samy Bouali, Aymen Kennan and Mostafa Berkane.
USM Alger then signed strikers Khaled Bousseliou from CR Belouizdad and Khalil Darfalou from ES Sétif, After the Ghanaian Kwame Opoku was loaned to Saudi club Najran SC, the foreign player's card became empty, so the club signed a contract with the Libyan Zakaria Alharaish coming from Sutjeska Nikšić from Montenegro for two seasons.
[21] On November 7, USM Alger announced to the public opinion that it had settled the case of coach Denis Lavagne by paying the full financial dues he demanded through "FIFA", USMA considered that the case of Lavane is from the "past", and this file was finally closed after transferring the funds to his account within the legal deadlines set by the "FIFA", and also reassured the supporters that the team will continue to prepare for the upcoming challenges in a normal way including the assignment process.
[22] On November 26, 2022, USM Alger announced that its request for domiciliation at Stade du 5 Juillet was rejected by the Office of the Olympic Complex Mohamed Boudiaf and argued its refusal by its desire to keep this enclosure closed until the kick-off of the CHAN 2022.
[24][25] In the winter transfers the club released four players, namely defender Mehdi Beneddine who was not included in the options of the coach, and Burkinabe Hamed Belem who did not recover all his capabilities after the serious injury he suffered a year ago.
[28] In terms of recruitment, USM Alger contracted with one player, the Botswana striker Tumisang Orebonye, coming from the Moroccan club OC Khouribga.
[29] On March 13, 2023, in the late match against HB Chelghoum Laïd in the Ligue 1, USM Alger supporters faced problems entering the stadium, accusing the club administration of being the reason.
[30] It was a decision that the supporters did not like, after which Bounacer participated in his first match with the first team in the CAF Confederation Cup, becoming the youngest player to represent USM Alger in Africa at the age of 18.
[34][35] In the semi-finals the club moved to Bouaké to play against ASEC Mimosas where it returned by a draw, a week later in the second leg USMA achieved qualification to the final for the first time after winning with two goals.
[37] USM Alger made a big step towards the title by winning 2–1 in Dar es Salaam in the first leg of the Confederation Cup final against Young Africans.
[39] Sid Ahmed Arab explained that the club rejected the offer to play the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup at Nelson Mandela Stadium.
Where did justice decide the case in favor of the club sportif amateur (CSA) with a fine of 2 million dinars to the société sportive par actions (SSPA).
On the other hand the USMA administration announced that it is committed to removing Algiers state logo from the new shirt that the players will wear starting next August.
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals), which was held on 5 April 2023, 18:30 GMT (20:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.