History of USM Alger (2010–present)

[13] Less than a year after taking office On February 28, 2012 Aïssaoui announced his resignation from his post of société sportive et commerciale (SSPA), accusing certain parties in the club of "conspiring" against him.

on April 14, 2012, in a match against MC Saïda at Stade 13 Avril 1958 Where did they need victory to stay away from relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 and in the last minute Nouri Ouznadji scored the equalizer.

[15] after the end of the match, while on their way to the changing rooms USM Alger players were attacked by strangers, the most dangerous of which was the assault that Abdelkader Laïfaoui was subjected with a knife that almost killed him and due to his injuries he had to receive stitches and spend the night in hospital.

The match saw the presence of a number of state officials led by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal who handed the cup to the captain Mohamed Rabie Meftah.

After the end of the match the assistant referee Mounir Bitam took off his shirt in protest against corruption in the arbitration wire and accused them of pressuring him to facilitate the task of Mouloudia, then apologized to all the administration and supporters of USM Alger.

[34] after the piece and in the defense of the league title trip initially were not good, On 23 August 2014, it witnessed the Clasico kabylo-algérois where it ended in a 2–1 victory and Youcef Belaïli's goal in the last minutes, But after the end of the match and while the players went to the changing rooms, JS Kabylie player Albert Ebossé Bodjongo was struck on the head by a projectile thrown by an unknown person while the teams were leaving the field, Bodjongo died a few hours later in hospital of a traumatic brain injury.

[35] After a series of fluctuating results and from 15 matches he won in only five all of them in a row, USM Alger decided to dismiss Velud, although his career was successful during which he achieved two titles in a year and a half.

[41] Although the ambition was not great Hamdi led them to glory in the Champions League, where USM Alger ended the group stage in first place, to face in the semi-final Al Hilal realizing the surprise by defeating him in Sudan, and satisfied with a draw in Bologhine to qualify for the first time in its history to the final of a continental competition.

[44] Youcef Belaïli is suspended by Confederation of African Football for 2 years for having tested positive for Cocaine during an anti-doping control carried out during the match against MC El Eulma on August 7, 2015, counting for the CAF Champions League.

[50][51] then, in the 80th minute, the stadium witnessed a wonderful atmosphere in the stands to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the team in the presence of former stars in the team they are, Bengana, Mansouri, Abdouche, Mouassi, Lalili, Hadj Adlane, Ghoul, Achiou, Dziri, Rahim, and including former coach Noureddine Saadi, former President Saïd Allik and leaders of Algeria's National Liberation Front during Algerian War of Independence, Saadi Yacef who is in the same time former president of the club.

In the semi-final against the neighboring WAC Casablanca, it took place in a brotherly atmosphere especially since both were founded in the same year 1937, and despite the tense diplomatic relations between the two countries but the supporters of the two teams were on time.

[59] on 28 February 2018 Ali Haddad he changed his brother Rabouh from a post general manager by former international player and former ES Setif president Abdelhakim Serrar.

[64] With the end of the season the team started looking for a new coach and the squad saw the departure of many players, most notably Ayoub Abdellaoui, who joined the Swiss club FC Sion.

Then moved USM Alger's attention to the Ligue 1, Leader in the standings, USMA ensures at the same time to finish first at the end of the first phase of the championship Followed by JS Kabylie.

On June 10, 2019, Several sports figures and former leaders linked to the USM Alger have set up a rescue committee to provide solutions to the many problems facing the club of Algiers.

[87] On October 13, 2019, the players decided to boycott the training and official matches because they have not been paid for five months, two days after Amine Tirmane club's communication officer submitted his resignation on the channel Dzaïr TV.

[88] On October 19, 2019, Nearly 5,000 supporters of USM Alger went out to the headquarters of the Wilaya of Algiers to protest against the club's difficult financial situation and free it from ETRHB Haddad Company.

[91] On October 29, 2019, the leaders of USM Alger have announced in a statement that the sponsorship deal with Kia Al Djazair will be terminated amicably and the club will recover all outstanding debts that are valued at nearly 20 billion centimes (1.4 million €) In addition, the contract with Ifri will not be renewed either by decision of the company.

[95] On January 27, 2021, The Algerian newspaper El Khabar, wrote that the historical president of USM Alger, Saïd Allik was not mistaken when he accused two influential men in the previous authority of interfering with the judiciary in favor of his opponent, businessman Ali Haddad, in what is known as the “Amateur Club” case, considering that he was subjected to a conspiracy by The former minister of Justice Tayeb Louh and his collaborators, The trial of Louh revealed details of what a female judge in the Algerian Judicial Council was subjected to, who refused to submit to pressure and bear the punishment.

[96] In 2017 a decision was issued by the Chamber of Commerce of the Algerian Judicial Council in favor of the amateur club, and Haddad was obliged to pay two billion centimes for the benefit of the institution represented by Allik.

[106] After losing the Super Cup final, USM Alger decided to dismiss François Ciccolini from his post because he did not rise to the podium to receive the medal, which was considered an insult to an official body Where was the Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad present.

[111] He stated that he is happy to return to his home in order to build the new USM Alger, and talked about the things that will be fixed and that the team's prestige must be restored and that it always plays for titles, and that he aspires to have USMA its own stadium.

[115] days later Djelloul was dismissed from his post after the scandal of the exit of containers of Hyundai cars imported by the Tahkout company in 2019, and was replaced by the former CEO of l’entreprise portuaire d’annaba (EPAN) Abdelkarim Harkati temporarily.

On June 3, 2023, USM Alger under the leadership of Abdelhak Benchikha, became the first Algerian winners of the CAF Confederation Cup and the first international title in its history, despite losing 1–0 at home against Young Africans in the second leg of the final.

[132] On November 21, 2023 Mohamed-Karim Eddine Harkati, CEO of the Groupe SERPORT, summoned the main leaders of USM Alger to discuss the complicated situation in which the team finds itself and seek solutions to put in place.

[133] On January 2, 2024, After consultation between its various members, USM Alger announced that it had terminated the functions of the club's sports manager Taoufik Korichi with immediate effect without specifying the reasons for this decision.

[139][140] On May 2, 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that it had rejected the request for interim relief to suspend the decision of the CAF appeal jury which validated the use of the RS Berkane jersey, in the absence of a response from of the Confederation of African Football.

[141][142] On May 10, 2024, the Lausanne court once again rejected a request from USM Alger to suspend the Confederation Cup final, pending the conclusion of arbitration proceedings with CAF in the RS Berkane affair.

In addition to the recruitment aspect, this meeting resulted in the decision to terminate the functions of the general coordinator Belaâlia Nour Islam Mohamed, the head of Omar Hamadi Stadium management Réda Laâdoul, and the communications officer Adel Zekri.

[147] At the management level, the advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Réda Abdouch, submitted his resignation, justifying his decision by “personal and health reasons”, indicated the club.

Ouled EL Bahdja fans during the final UAFA Club Cup , Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers , May 14, 2013 vs Al-Arabi SC .
USM Alger Dream Team in training 2011–12 season.
Carolus Andriamatsinoro The most foreign player played with USM Alger, Leaving the club after five years with them. [ 53 ]
Algerian businessman Ali Haddad owner and president of club USM Alger from 2010 until 2019.
Tayeb Louh Minister of Justice between 2013 & 2019.
Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche the first USM Alger player to reach the 400th match.
Abdelhak Benchikha leads USM Alger to win the first continental title by winning the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup .