1969–70 USM Alger season

USM Alger
1969–70 season
President	Abdelkader Amrani
Head coach	Hamid Belamine
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
National I	5th
Algerian Cup	Runners–up
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup	Runners–up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kamel Tchalabi (10 goals); All: ; Kamel Tchalabi (11 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1964–65 1970–71 →

In the 1969–70 season, USM Alger is competing in the Nationale I for the 4th season, as well as the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup, the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Championnat National, the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup and the Algerian Cup. In the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup and in his first participation, USM Alger managed to reach the final, where he was defeated against the Moroccan landowner RS Settat the champion of Coupe du Trône with a single goal, In the Algerian Cup the club reached the final for the second time in a row against the same team CR Belcourt. Like the first final the two teams after a draw The match was replayed and where ending in a 4–1 victory to CR Belcourt again.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1969.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
GK	Djamel El Okbi	(1939-10-15)15 October 1939 (aged 30)	AS Saint Eugène
GK	Sid Ahmed Zebaïri	(1948-11-13)13 November 1948 (aged 21)	Youth system
GK	Mehdi Cerbah	(1953-01-03)3 January 1953 (aged 16)	Youth system
DF	Mohamed Kamel Zmit	(1949-02-09)9 February 1949 (aged 20)	Youth system
DF	Djaffar Azzoug	(1948-03-24)24 March 1948 (aged 21)
DF	Abdelhamid Moudjeb	(1943-08-06)6 August 1943 (aged 26)
DF	Abdelhamid Berrahma	(1950-05-02)2 May 1950 (aged 19)	Youth system
DF	Mohamed Madani	(1939-03-02)2 March 1939 (aged 30)
LB	Rachid Debbah	(1948-03-23)23 March 1948 (aged 21)
MF	Ahmed Zitoun	(1936-08-16)16 August 1936 (aged 33)
MF	Saïd Allik	(1948-04-24)24 April 1948 (aged 21)	Youth system
MF	Ahmed Lakhdar Attoui	(1948-09-20)20 September 1948 (aged 21)	USM Annaba
MF	Mouldi Aïssaoui	(1946-07-26)26 July 1946 (aged 23)	JBAC Annaba
DF	Boubekeur Belbekri	(1942-01-07)7 January 1942 (aged 27)	Gallia d’Alger
MF	Abdelkader Saâdi	(1948-02-24)24 February 1948 (aged 21)
MF	Lakhdar Guitton	(1939-12-17)17 December 1939 (aged 30)
FW	Abderrahmane Meziani	(1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 27)	AS Saint Eugène
FW	Hamid Bernaoui	(1937-12-03)3 December 1937 (aged 32)	Youth system
FW	Kamel Tchalabi	(1947-04-24)24 April 1947 (aged 22)	OM Saint Eugènoise
FW	Belkacem Mokdadi	(1944-07-09)9 July 1944 (aged 25)	MS Cherchell

Pre-season and friendlies

21 September 1969 Friendly	MC Alger	2–0	USM Alger	Bologhine
	Zenir 31' Bachi 82'			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zebairi, Moudjeb, Belbekri, Saâdi, Berrahma, Allik, Zitoun, Bernaoui, Attoui Ahmed (Chalabi), Meziani, Mokdadi (Azzouz).

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
National I	22	7	7	8	34	32	+2	031.82	—	5th	5 October 1969	10 May 1970
Algerian Cup	8	4	3	1	16	8	+8	050.00	Round of 32	Runners–up	18 January 1970	24 June 1970
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00	Semi-final	Runners–up	20 December 1969	21 December 1969
Total	32	12	10	10	52	42	+10	037.50

Nationale I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	CCS Kouba	22	9	4	9	39	32	+7	44
4	ES Guelma	22	7	8	7	32	42	−10	44
5	USM Alger	22	7	7	8	34	32	+2	43
6	JS Kabylie	22	7	7	8	28	30	−2	43
7	MC Oran	22	8	4	10	25	31	−6	42

Source: rsssf.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	L
Position

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

5 October 1969 Round 1	USM Alger	3–2	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Tchalabi 26', 85' Meziani 51' , , , , , , , , , ,		Mehdi 20' Fréha 68' , , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

12 October 1969 Round 2	NA Hussein Dey	0–2	USM Alger	Hussein Dey
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Zioui Brothers Stadium

19 October 1969 Round 3	USM Alger	3–3	USM Annaba^{[note 1]}	Bologhine
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

26 October 1969 Round 4	ES Sétif	1–2	USM Alger	Sétif
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Guessab

9 November 1969 Round 5	USM Alger	2–0	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Meziani ?' Aissaoui ?' , , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

16 November 1969 Round 6	MC Alger	2–1	USM Alger	Bologhine
	Amrous Tayeb 40' Tahir Hassen 74' Betrouni 74' Cheikh 74' Zerga, Amrous Sadek, Cheikh, Maloufi, Mekidèche (c), Zenir, Betrouni, Bachi (Bachta), Amrous Tayeb, Tahir Hassen, Zerroug - Coach: Khabatou Smail		Debbah 74' Meziani 74' Tchalabi 89' Zebaïri, Berrahma, Debbah, Saâdi, Belbekri, Guittoun, Tchalabi, Allik Saïd (Attoui Ahmed), Meziani, Zitoun, Aïssaoui - Coach: Lekehal Ahmed Tedjini.	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benghezal

23 November 1969 Round 7	USM Alger	1–1	CCS Kouba	Bologhine
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

7 December 1969 Round 8	ES Guelma	1–1	USM Alger	Guelma
	Chekati 42' , , , , , , , , , ,		Aissaoui 44' , , , , , , , , , ,

14 December 1969 Round 9	USM Alger	1–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Bologhine
	Saadi 14' , , , , , , , , , ,		Maggi 57' , , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

28 December 1969 Round 10	JS Djidjelli	2–0	USM Alger	[[]]
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,

4 January 1970 Round 11	USM Alger	2–2	CR Belcourt	Bologhine
	Meziani 85', 90' Zebaïri, Allik, Debbah, Ahmed Lakhdar Attoui, Berrahma, Zitoun, Belbekri, Aïssaoui, Bernaoui, Tchalabi, Meziani		Lalmas ?', ?' , , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Chihani

25 January 1970 Round 12	MC Oran	1–0	USM Alger	Oran
	Fréha 38' , , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium

1 February 1970 Round 13	USM Alger	4–2	NA Hussein Dey	Bologhine
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

8 February 1970 Round 14	USM Annaba^{[note 1]}	1–0	USM Alger	Annaba
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Chabou Abdelkader Stadium

15 February 1970 Round 15	USM Alger	3–1	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

1 March 1970 Round 16	JS Kabylie	1–1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Stade Oukil Ramdane

8 March 1970 Round 17	USM Alger	1–2	MC Alger	Bologhine
	Guittoun 27' Zebairi, Berrahma, Debbah, Saâdi, Zitoun, Belbekri, Tchalabi (Bernaoui), Guittoun, Attoui Ahmed, Meziani, Aissaoui - Coach: Lekehal Ahmed Tedjini.		Amoura Mesbah 3' Zerroug 77' , , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Bourezgui, Smad, Lemnouar (Morocco)

15 March 1970 Round 18	CSS Kouba	3–2	USM Alger	Kouba
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Benhaddad Stadium

12 April 1970 Round 19	USM Alger	1–2	ES Guelma	Bologhine
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

19 April 1970 Round 20	USM Bel Abbès	0–0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Stade des trois frères Amarouch

3 May 1970 Round 21	USM Alger	4–2	JS Djidjelli	Bologhine
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium

10 May 1970 Round 22	CR Belcourt	2–0	USM Alger	Belcourt
	, , , , , , , , , ,		, , , , , , , , , ,	Stadium: Stade d'El Annasser

Algerian Cup

18 January 1970 Round of 32	USM Alger	4–0	AS Ain M'lila	Tizi Ouzou
				Stadium: Stade Oukil Ramdane

22 February 1970 Round of 16	USM Annaba^{[note 1]}	0–4	USM Alger	Constantine
				Stadium: Stade Ben Abdelmalek

24 May 1970 QF first leg	JS Kabylie	2–2	USM Alger	Bologhine
				Stadium: Stade communal de Bologhine
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

30 May 1970 QF second leg	USM Alger	3–1	JS Kabylie	Algiers
				Stadium: Stade d'El Anasser
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

7 June 1970 SF first leg	ES Mostaganem	0–1	USM Alger	Oran
			28' Meziani	Stadium: Stade 19 juin 1965
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

14 June 1970 SF Second leg	USM Alger	0–0	ES Mostaganem	Algiers
				Stadium: Stade d'El Anasser
Note: Lineup for USM Alger -

20 June 1970 Final	CR Belcourt	1–1 (a.e.t.)	USM Alger	Algiers
	Kalem 5'	Report^[1]	54' Tchalabi	Stadium: Stade El Annasser Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohandi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zebaïri, Berrahma, A. Saadi, Belbekri, Debbah, Abdouche, Zitoun, Guittoun (Bernaoui), Chalabi, Meziani, Aïssaoui

28 June 1970 Replay	USM Alger	1–4	CR Belcourt	Bologhine
	Zitoune 39'	Report^[2]	32', 60' Kalem 75', 78' Lalmas	Stadium: Stade communal de Bologhine Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Mohamed Benghezal
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zebaïri, – Berrahma, A. Saadi, Belbekri, Debbah, Abdouche, Bernaoui, Guittoun, Zitoun (Allik), Meziani, Aïssaoui

Maghreb Cup Winners Cup

20 December 1969 Semi-final	USM Alger	2–1	Al-Hilal SC	Casablanca
	Lakhdar Guitoun 29' Ahmed Attoui 33'	Report^[3]	Abdeljalil Hachani 31'	Stadium: Stade d'honneur de Settat Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Moncef Ben Ali (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zebairi, Berrahma, Zitoun, Bebekri, Debbah, Saadi, Guittoun, Tchalabi, Meziani, Attoui, Aissaoui - Coach Hamid Belamine.

21 December 1969 Final	RS Settat	1–0	USM Alger	Casablanca
	Maati Khezzar 84'	Report^[4]		Stadium: Stade d'honneur de Settat Referee: Abderrazak Bessaoudia (Tunisia)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Zebairi, Berrahma, Zitoun, Belbekri, Debbah, Saadi (Allik), Guittoun, Tchalabi, Meziani, Attoui, Aissaoui - Coach Hamid Belamine.

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		National		Algerian Cup		Maghreb Winners Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	ALG	Sid Ahmed Zebaïri	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
-	GK	ALG	Djamel El Okbi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	GK	ALG	Mehdi Cerbah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ALG	Mohamed Kamel Zmit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ALG	Djaffar Azzoug	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ALG	Abdelhamid Moudjeb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ALG	Boubekeur Belbekri	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
-	DF	ALG	Abdelhamid Berrahma	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
-	DF	ALG	Mohamed Madani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	ALG	Rachid Debbah	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
-	DF	ALG	Abdelkader Saadi	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
-	MF	ALG	Lakhder Guittoun	6	2	2	1	2	0	2	1
-	MF	ALG	Saïd Allik	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
-	MF	ALG	Ahmed Zitoun	6	1	2	0	2	1	2	0
-	MF	ALG	Réda Abdouche	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
-	FW	ALG	Ahmed Lakhdar Attoui	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1
-	FW	ALG	Mouldi Aïssaoui	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
-	FW	ALG	Kamel Tchalabi	5	2	2	1	1	1	2	0
-	FW	ALG	Abderrahmane Meziani	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
-	FW	ALG	Hamid Bernaoui	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
-	FW	ALG	Belkacem Mokdadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 13 June 1971
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Nat.	Player	Pos.	N 1	AC	MCWC	TOTAL
	Kamel Tchalabi	FW	10	1	0	11
	Abderrahmane Meziani	FW	2	1	0	3
	Lakhder Guittoun	MF	1	0	1	2
	Mouldi Aïssaoui	MF	2	0	0	2
	Abdelkader Saadi	DF	1	0	0	1
	Ahmed Zitoun	MF	0	1	0	1
	Ahmed Lakhdar Attoui	MF	0	0	1	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			34	16	2	52

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c USM Annaba mentioned in this article is a club founded in 1944 now called HAMRA Annaba. Not to be confused with the current USM Annaba, a club based in the same city but founded in 1983.

References

^ "à Alger: CR Belouizdad 1 USM Alger 1 a.p." carfootal.dz. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "Finale rejouée à Alger: CR Belouizdad 4 USM Alger 1". carfootal.dz. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ Les détails sur cette compétition sont puisés dans le journal Le Sport, 22 décembre 1969
^ L'almanach du sport algerien page 83.

[HAMRA_Annaba-1] USM Annaba mentioned in this article is a club founded in 1944 now called HAMRA Annaba. Not to be confused with the current USM Annaba, a club based in the same city but founded in 1983.

[2] "à Alger: CR Belouizdad 1 USM Alger 1 a.p." carfootal.dz. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[3] "Finale rejouée à Alger: CR Belouizdad 4 USM Alger 1". carfootal.dz. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[4] Les détails sur cette compétition sont puisés dans le journal Le Sport, 22 décembre 1969

[5] L'almanach du sport algerien page 83.

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