History of USM Alger (1937–2010)

In addition to their nationalist and sporting activities, Omar Aichoun and Mustapha Kaoui also frequent the Nadi Ettaraki (Circle of progress), an association created under the so-called 1901 law.

For the administrative procedures and in order to obtain the agreement of the colonial authorities, they request the statutes from the Secretary General of MC Alger who willingly gives him a copy.

[2] Then came World War II during which the competition system in the League Algiers was changed to three groups and for three seasons, Abderrahman Ibrir former center-half of AST Alger, became a goalkeeper with USMA and even had his first selection of Algiers under USMA colors, USM Alger contracted with a significant number of players and they are Zitouni Hassen, Zouaoui Rabah, Mahmoudi Smain, Naceri M'hamed and Houari GS Orleans city (now Chlef) Berkani Olympique de Tizi Ouzou.

This town which was very popular for its beauty, from the Ottoman period, and where were localized deys summer residences and some diplomatic representations, such as consulates of France, Belgium, England and the United States, passed to the rank common in colonial times and as of September 14, 1870 where she was baptized under the name of St. Eugene in honor of Eugene account Guyot, civilian director of Algiers from 1839 to 1844 and also gave its name City Guyotville (now Ain Benian).

To show their patriotic commitment and sympathy, The black is synonymous with grief and they have changed Maroon to red which represents the blood of martyrs who fell that day.

USM Alger in 1950 was promoted to the First division with the Krimo brothers, the Azzouz brothers, Chabli, Benhaik and that was at the same time one day before the period of the great break towards Hammam-Lif, also they Change the club headquarters from rue du Divan (behind Ketchaoua Mosque) to rue de Bône and at the same time USM Alger opened its doors to other sports divisions such as boxing, basketball and cycling.

Examples of this kind, each given according to his means, a school where the youth took as a model for all these men who were born Here, it's up to Ali Zammouri, one of those who was part of the founding group, had the particularity of taking care of patching all his football boots at the end of each season and at his own expense.

Two of the first officials of ZAA were then part of USMA, It is noteworthy that Muhammad Hattab better known as Habib Reda, who led the bomb network within the autonomous region and was sentenced to death was a basketball player in USM Alger, Furthermore it should be added that the colonial authorities after noting that the circle of USMA, located at 7 rue de Bône, served as a refuge for the fidayins in particular after the Casbah was closed by a network of barbed wire leaving only a few passages monitored and controlled, had the circle occupied by the Zouaves in November 1956, then by the paratroopers who made it a center of torture.

Given the geographical distribution of the clubs throughout the country, formerly divided into three departments under the French colonial administration, each league took over the organization of the competitions in an autonomous way, encouraged by the Ministry of Sports and Youth.

[7][8] USM Alger took place in Group V and took first place with 51 points and strongest offensive line in each league with 75 goal after the piece and in Algiers League in a group with MC Alger, AS Orléansville, NA Hussein Dey and OM Saint Eugène took first place also with 12 points from 12 to advance to the semi-finals and play against Hamra Annaba previously USM Annaba and won to qualify for the final of the first tournament in the history of Algeria, and find MC Alger again The Red and Black, led by player-coach Bentifour easily outweigh the score of 3–0 in a match played at the Stade d'El Annasser, in the presence of President Ahmed Ben Bella and Minister of Defense Houari Boumedienne.

In 1971 after a long march due to playing the quarter and semi-finals in home and away system Al-Ittihad reached the final to face in the Algiers Derby, MC Alger and be defeated again.

[10] After the end of the match USM Alger players who were accompanied by a handful of fans, remained locked in the dressing rooms until midnight and after the intervention of a Gendarmerie brigade sent from Batna.

The seventies it's saw instability at the managers level including Ahmed Zitoun, Abdelghani Zitouni, Hamid Belamine and Ahmed Arab each one in two periods, USK Alger also fell to the second division for two seasons from 1972 to 1974, towards the end of 1974, a sports reform was carried out as intended by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, in order to give the elite clubs a good financial base allowing them to structure themselves professionally (in ASP Which means Association Sportive de Performances).

From the founding father Sid Ahmed Kemmat to the sympathetic son like Boualem Rahma the Chaabi singer, However they forgot many faces that presented to the club that the reasons the party was not complete.

[13] After that the USM Alger's results fluctuated between ups and downs for a decade and in spite of that and in the 1987–88 season the club returned to the first division with a young squad, mostly from Reserve team under the leadership of coach and former captain of the team Djamel Keddou, and despite the lack of experience, USM Alger managed to win the Algerian Cup for the second time after winning against CR Belcourt with penalties at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 which is the fourth final between the two teams and the first victory for USMA after three defeats, after the match Amar Kabrane was subjected to great criticism and was accused of deliberately wasting the penalty shootout, especially since he then moved to them, USM Alger guarantee the qualification card for the African Cup Winners Cup for the second time, where USMA reached the quarter-finals and after the defeat in Algeria against the Malagasy club Football Club Banky they decided not to complete the competition for financial reasons.

As for the Algerian Cup USMA reached the quarter-finals and eliminated against USM Bel Abbès and at the end of the season, the club's top scorer Tarek Hadj Adlane left for JS Kabylie.

In the following season USMA competed strongly for the ticket to the first division to the last round and with a difference in direct confrontations with ASO Chlef it failed to achieve its goal.

In 1994 Saïd Allik became Chairman of the Board of Directors of USM Alger and promised to return the team to Division 1, On May 26, 1995 USM Alger won away from home against MC Ouargla and achieved a promotion challenge back to the Division 1 after five full seasons under the leadership of Younes Ifticène, Allik announce that USM Alger has returned to its normal place and will not fall again to the second division, In 1995–96 season Ifticen left USM Alger despite achieving the underlined goal to be replaced by Nour Benzekri Who withdrew in the middle of the season due to his disagreement with Azzedine Rahim, the latter was seriously injured after a violent intervention from Tarek Lazizi and due to the seriousness of the injury Rahim was transferred for treatment to Salt Lake City, United States and stayed there for a long time, Despite that Rahim continued to suffer until he finished his career early.

[16] in 1997 CAF Champions League USMA participated for the first time a new copy of the competition, Where they reached the group stage in the last match against Primeiro de Agosto, USM Alger won with a single goal that was not enough to qualify for the final after a major conflict with Moroccan club Raja Casablanca Which at the same time in South Africa scored the winning goal in the last minute and qualified for the final.

In 1997–98 season Algerian Football Federation change league system to the groups USMA signed in the group B with strong teams such as ES Setif, JS Kabylie and MC Alger side managed to qualify for the final 3 points for JS Kabylie Then in the final against USM El Harrach at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 USM Alger lost the title, after he advanced (2–0) 20 minutes before the end of a match to receive a full team of three goals, in the final minute USMA to get a Penalty kick it is lost by defender Mounir Zeghdoud, Younes Ifticène was held responsible for replacing the scorers for the two goals.

[17] In 1998, Bologhine stadium was renamed Omar Hamadi, a former leader of the club and revolutionary (he was sentenced to death during his country's war of independence) and who was tragically killed along with his two son at Bouzareah (Algiers) by a terrorist group in 1995.

[18][19] In the CAF Cup in 1999, USM Alger arrived to the quarter-finals and eliminated against Wydad Casablanca in either National 1 1999–2000 season was the worst season since the rise of the Red and Black and finished in last place and Rabah Saâdane was dismissed from his position as coach after he had failed to achieve what was required in all competitions but in this season, there was no fall to the second division, Saïd Allik stated that it is an opportunity to inject new life into the team in order to gain control of Algerian football and to sign with several stars such as Hichem Mezaïr, Moncef Ouichaoui and Issaad Bourahli with the rise of a number of young players, also USM Alger disqualified in 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup to be punished not to participate in any African competition for one year because of the participation an ineligible of goalkeeper Burkinabé Siaka Coulibaly against JS du Ténéré.

However, the data are different in Algerian Cup because the club has expanded its list with three other Algerian Cup first in 1997 in the Round of 16 in a match that was expected against CS Constantine, but CSC withdrew and did not come to the stadium Where were they accused of collusion in order for USMA to facilitate its mission in the last round match of the National 1, then the road was not easy to reach the final where faced CA Batna and won by Tarek Ghoul goal, but this victory was without joy because of what happened after the end of the game in the middle of the black decade On a Eid al-Fitr, three USMA supporters who were celebrating the Algerian Cup won by their team are murdered in a false dam at Frais Vallon.

Minister of the Interior and Local Authorities at that time Abdelmalek Sellal called Allik to find a solution to this problem, His response was that there were two solutions the first is that each team plays in its stadium Or hold one game in a neutral stadium, and Allik proposes Stade du 19 Mai 1956 in Annaba, but because of the black decade and since both of them are from the capital, it was decided to hold it in Stade du 5 Juillet.

[23] the only goal of the game was scored by Hocine Achiou to achieve the fifth title, The match was almost postponed by stopping for more than ten minutes due to a power outage at the beginning of the first half.

In 2002–03 It was the best season in the history of USM Alger and participated in five competitions, The opening season was in the Arab Unified Club Championship, and was eliminated in the group stage, In the Cup Winners' Cup, the red and black reached the semi-finals, and was eliminated against Wydad Casablanca and fails to achieve the first continental title despite the second leg that took place in Algeria Where did USM Alger need to win to qualify for the final.

To complete the joy in the Algerian Cup by winning the title after the victory against CR Belouizdad after Moncef Ouichaoui scored the golden goal to achieve the double for the first time in its history under the leadership of Azzedine Aït Djoudi.

[26] also achieved Ouichaoui top scorer in the league for the first time a player from USM Alger with 18 goals including two hat-tricks, At the end of 2003 Amar Ammour won the Ballon d'or organized by El Heddaf-Le Buteur newspaper, with a big difference from his former club teammate Isâad Bourahli and Brahim Hemdani, by the presence of the Minister of Youth and Sports Boudjemaâ Haïchour, the President of the Algerian Olympic Committee Mustapha Berraf and the President of the Algerian Football Federation Mohamed Raouraoua in its third edition.

[27] In the following season, USMA focused on achieving a great participation in the CAF Champions League after six years of absence and achieved a historic qualification to the semi-finals for the first time Where faced Enyimba and defeated 3–2 on aggregate,[28] in the next edition of the same competition Mali's Mamadou Diallo won the top scorer with 10 goals for the first time player from an Algerian club Then Diallo moved to FC Nantes for 700,000 euros.

USM Alger refused to complete the second half on the pretext of attacking the players of the team, including Billel Dziri, who said he was stabbed with a white weapon.