2003–04 USM Alger season

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USM Alger
2003–04 season
President	Saïd Allik
Head coach	Mourad Abdelouahab; (until April 2004); Mustapha Aksouh (c); (from April 2004); (until 31 June 2004)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi
Division 1	Runners-up
Algerian Cup	Winners
Champions League	2003: Semifinals; 2004: Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rabie Benchergui (12 goals); All: ; Rabie Benchergui (15 goals)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

In the 2003–04 season, USM Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 24th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They were competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup.

Players and squad numbers last updated on 24 May 2004.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Hichem Mezaïr	GK	(1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 27)	WA Tlemcen	121	0
12	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 18)	Reserve team	1	0
25	Merouane Abdouni	GK	(1981-03-27)27 March 1981 (aged 22)	USM El Harrach	22	0
Defenders
2	Mohamed Hamdoud	RB / CB	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 27)	Reserve team	0	0
4	Salim Aribi	CB	(1974-12-16)16 December 1974 (aged 29)	CA Batna	73	7
5	Mounir Zeghdoud	CB	(1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 33)	USM Aïn Beïda	0	0
18	Rabah Deghmani	CB	(1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 28)	IB Khémis El Khechna	0	0
20	Mahieddine Meftah	LB / CB / RB	(1968-09-25)25 September 1968 (aged 35)	JS Kabylie	0	0
	Youcef Siahi	CB	(1984-10-03)3 October 1984 (aged 19)	Reserve team	1	0
Midfielders
6	Farid Djahnine	MF	(1976-08-16)16 August 1976 (aged 27)	Reserve team	0	0
7	Amar Ammour	AM	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 27)	ASM Oran	76	17
8	Billel Dziri	CM	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 31)	CS Sedan Ardennes	0	0
15	Karim Ghazi	DM	(1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 24)	CR Belouizdad	0	0
10	Hocine Achiou	AM	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 24)	Reserve team	0	0
16	Lahcène Nazef	MF	(1974-09-02)2 September 1974 (aged 29)	NA Hussein Dey	25	0
22	Hamidou Balbone	MF	(1977-01-17)17 January 1977 (aged 26)	EF Ouagadougou	26	6
26	Hocine Metref	DM	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 20)	Reserve team	33	4
Forwards
9	Ali Meçabih	ST	(1972-04-02)2 April 1972 (aged 31)	USM Blida	4	2
11	Fadel Ryad Settara	FW	(1975-05-18)18 May 1975 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad	10	0
13	Mohamed Cheraïtia	FW	(1982-02-14)14 February 1982 (aged 21)	Reserve team	22	1
14	Moncef Ouichaoui	ST	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 26)	USM Annaba	88	33
19	Rabie Benchergui	ST	(1978-03-14)14 March 1978 (aged 25)	ASM Oran	63	26
21	Rafik Deghiche	FW	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 20)	Reserve team	21	2
23	Mamadou Diallo	CF	(1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 21)	JS Centre Salif Keita	19	9
-	Abdelhakim Meziani	RW	(1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 22)	Youth system	11	1

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
31 August 2003	AM	Hamidou Balbone	EF Ouagadougou	Undisclosed	^[2]
13 December 2003	CF	Mamadou Diallo	JS Centre Salif Keita	700 millions DA	^[3]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
12 January 2004	DM	Karim Ghazi	Espérance de Tunis	Loan for six months	^[4]

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
Division 1	30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	056.67	—	Runner-up	14 August 2003	24 May 2004
Algerian Cup	6	4	2	0	12	1	+11	066.67	Round of 64	Winner	5 February 2004	25 June 2004
2003 Champions League	8	3	1	4	9	6	+3	037.50	Group stage	Semifinals	9 August 2003	8 November 2003
2004 Champions League	4	2	1	1	12	5	+7	050.00	First round	Second Round	10 April 2004	30 May 2004
Total	48	26	11	11	82	35	+47	054.17

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JS Kabylie (C)	30	17	10	3	40	21	+19	61	2005 CAF Champions League
2	USM Alger	30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	58	2005 CAF Champions League
3	NA Hussein Dey	30	13	10	7	31	19	+12	49	2004-05 Arab Champions League
4	ES Sétif	30	14	5	11	41	31	+10	47
5	MC Alger	30	14	5	11	35	34	+1	47

Updated to match(es) played on 9 october 2014. Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	7	6	49	23	+26	58	13	1	1	29	8	+21	4	6	5	20	15	+5

Last updated: 12 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W
Position	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

14 August 2003 Round 1	USM Alger	3–0	JSM Bejaïa	Bologhine
	Hamdoud 4' Dziri 64' 77' Ammour 90' Zeghdoud 47' , , , , , , , , , , .			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Haïmoudi, Oukil, Kerraï

28 August 2003 Round 3	USM Alger	3–2	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bologhine
	Ghoul 3' Benchergui 14' Aribi 40' 65' Ghazi 51' Mezaïr, Ghoul (Settara, 66’), Aribi, Deghmani, Meftah, Ghazi, Ammour (Deghiche, 77’), Dziri, Achiou (Djahnine, 73’), Ouichaoui, Benchergui - Coach Abdelouahab.	Report^[5]	Derbal 16' Maydi 19' Benchadi 45' Deffaf 69'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Djaballah, Meknous, Belfekroun

1 September 2003 Round 4	CA Batna	1–1	USM Alger	Batna
			33' Ouichaoui 61' Achiou , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Belkacem, Menfouss, Ouaddah

10 September 2003 Round 6	RC Kouba	0–3	USM Alger	Algiers
			21', 75' Benchergui 79' Ouichaoui , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Berber, Achrouf, Chouih

15 September 2003 Round 2	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	Oran
16:00			48' Benchergui Achiou , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul Referee: Kaïdi, Saker, Seddik

7 November 2003 Round 10	USM Alger	0–1	US Chaouia	Bologhine
	Mezaïr, Hamdoud (Settara, 61’), Ghoul (Metref, 61’), Aribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Achiou, Benchergui (Deghiche, 86’) - Coach Abdelouahab.	Report^[6]	Touil 51'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benouza, Berrahmoune, Djezzar

17 November 2003 Round 13	USM Annaba	1–1	USM Alger	Annaba
			28' 65' Dziri 61' Meftah , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Referee: Haïmoudi, Kerraï, Haïmoudi

20 November 2003 Round 14	USM Alger	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
	Benchergui 8' 47' Meftah 9' Aribi 65' Kabri 90+1' (o.g.) Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Aribi, Ammour, Dziri, Achiou, Deghmani, Benchergui, Meftah (Nazef, 85’), Ghazi, Balbone - Coach Abdelouahab and Aksouh.	Report^[7]	Taoual 41' Kabri 46' 61' Bouras 75' Djerradi 88'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Zekrini, Hasnaoui, Hanifi

24 November 2003 Round 5	USM Alger	1–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
	Achiou 72' Deghmani 34' Dziri 90' , , , , , , , , , , .			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati, Chaâbane

1 December 2003 Round 7	USM Alger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
	Achiou 2' Meftah 7' Balbone 61' Zeghdoud 81' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah (Nazef), Ammour (Metref), Ghazi, Settara, Achiou, Balbone - Coach Abdelouahab.	Report^[8]	Billel Harkas ?'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Boubakour, Talbi, Tahir

5 December 2003 Round 15	WA Tlemcen	1–1	USM Alger	Tlemcen
	Taleb 15' Yadel 16'	Report^[9]	Balbone 7' Aribi 18' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Dziri, Ghazi, Deghmani (Nazef, 76’), Benchergui (Ouichaoui, 76’), Balbone (Metref, 86’).	Stadium: Stade des 3 Frères Zerga Referee: Boumaza, Athmania, Odjani

8 December 2003 Round 8	USM Alger	2–1	ES Sétif	Bologhine
	Ghazi 23' Benchergui 85' Dziri 34' Zeghdoud 87' Ghoul 90' Achiou 90+1' , , , , , , , , , , .		20' Mohamed Reda Abaci	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehidi, Naceri, Bechirène

15 December 2003 Round 9	ASO Chlef	1–0	USM Alger	Chlef
	Tahraoui 88'		Meftah 30' , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Sahli Referee: Djaballah, Oukil, Bakir

18 December 2003 Round 11	MC Alger	1–3	USM Alger	Algiers
	Benali 2' Larbi Bouamrane 35' Bouacida 43' 78' Ouahid 76'		Achiou 21' 25' Hamdoud 45' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Mezair, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud (c), Arribi, Meftah, Achiou, Ghazi, Dziri (Cheraitia 83'), Ammour (Nazef 89'), Benchergui, Balbone (Doghmani 80').	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Benaïssa, Sedrati, Kaïd

22 December 2003 Round 12	USM Alger	1–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
	Balbone 54' Aribi 5' Meftah 23' , , , , , , , , , , .		74' Belkheir	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Belbecir

29 December 2003 Round 16	JSM Bejaïa	0–6	USM Alger	Bejaïa
			11' Ammour 20' Salim Aribi 23' Achiou 37', 88' Benchergui 42', 45' Balbone , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Ould Abdellah, Benarous, Kourichi

8 January 2004 Round 17	USM Alger	2–0	MC Oran	Bologhine
	Kechamli 40' (o.g.) Diallo 84' Dziri 14' , , , , , , , , , , .			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Khelifi, Chaâbani, Hanifi

12 February 2004 Round 20	USM Blida	1–0	USM Alger	Blida
			10' Aribi 30' Hamdoud 34' Meftah 64' Djahnine , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mehidi, Neciri, Bachirane

16 February 2004 Round 18	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	0–0	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arreridj
			Achiou 25' Metref 76' , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Hamoudi, Ghanem, Belfekroun

19 February 2004 Round 21	USM Alger	4–0	RC Kouba	Algiers
	Benchergui 28', 33' Balbone 28' Achiou 63' (pen.) Metref 71' Djahnine 85' Ammour 85' Meçabih 90+3' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Metref, Aribi, Zeghdoud (Deghmani, 80’), Djahnine, Ammour (Ouichaoui, 85’), Nazef, Benchergui, Balbone (Meçabih, 73’), Achiou - Coach Abdelouahab & Aksouh.	Report^[10]	Zarabi 59' Tarchi 60' Lyadi 85'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Djaballah, Oukil, Kourdbakir

23 February 2004 Round 19	USM Alger	3–0	CA Batna	Bologhine
	Hamdoud 18' Benchergui 26' (pen.) Balbone 89' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Deghmani, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Nazef, Ammour, Balbone, Meçabih (Diallo, 74’), Achiou (Cheraïtia, 90’), Benchergui (Metref, 86’) - Coach Abdelouahab & Aksouh.	Report^[11]	Dehfal 6' Choualib 22' 87'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ould Abdellah, Korichi, Djezzar

12 March 2004 Round 24	USM Alger	3–1	ASO Chlef	Bologhine
	Achiou 1', 88' Meçabih 40' Hamdoud 19' , , , , , , , , , , .			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Berber

18 March 2004 Round 22	CR Belouizdad	0–1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Bousaïd 15' Zazou 17' Billel Harkas 21' 87' Slatni 44'	Report^[12]	Hamdoud 10' 49' Zeghdoud 19' Dziri 52' Achiou 90+2' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Dziri, Achiou, Benchergui (Nazef, 76’), Meftah, Balbone, Diallo - Coach Abdelouahab & Aksouh.	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Talbi

26 March 2004 Round 23	ES Sétif	3–0	USM Alger	Sétif
	Achacha 26' Fellahi 29' 44' Bourahli 47', 66' Fnifi 63'	Report^[13]	Balbone 44' Meftah 47' Deghmani 58' Mezaïr, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Ouichaoui (Deghiche, 70’), Nazef (Djahnine, 56’), Deghmani, Benchergui, Meftah, Balbone - Coach Abdelouahab.	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Djaballah, Oukil, Kief

1 April 2004 Round 25	US Chaouia	1–1	USM Alger	El Khroub
	Boulemdaïs 73' 74' Kasa 89'	Report^[14]	Dziri 36' 62' Zeghdoud 46' Diallo 51' Achiou 89' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Ammour, Dziri, Achiou, Benchergui (Deghiche, 82’), Meftah, Diallo - Coach Abdelouahab.	Stadium: Abed Hamdani Stadium Referee: Abadallah, Keraï, Haïmoudi

19 April 2004 Round 26	USM Alger	1–0	MC Alger	Algiers
	Meftah 20' Ammour 47' Aribi 64' Metref 90' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Arribi, Deghmani, Meftah (Metref 84'), Achiou, Djahnine, Dziri, Ammour, Diallo, Balbone (Benchergui 68') - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.		Bouacida 2' Djabelkheir 32' Larbi Bouamrane 70' Daham 88'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Belkacem, Djezzar, Talbi

3 May 2004 Round 27	JS Kabylie	2–1	USM Alger	Tizi Ouzou
			Djahnine 35' Diallo 49' Achiou 50' , , , , , , , , , , .	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Benouza, Djezzar, Belebcir

7 May 2004 Round 28	USM Alger	1–0	USM Annaba	Bologhine
	Benchergui 2' Hamdoud 35' (pen.) , , , , , , , , , , .			Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Ould Abdellah, Arouche, Telli

19 May 2004 Round 29	NA Hussein Dey	2–1	USM Alger	Algiers
	Gana 32' Bouras 45+1' (pen.) Kabri 45+2' Yacef 61' Pastour 72'	Report^[15]	Hamdoud 23' (pen.) 80' Abdouni 52' Aribi 79' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Achiou, Ouichaoui (Belmellat, 53’), Meftah (Nazef, 46’), Diallo (Cheraïtia, 13’), Metref - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Khelifi, Sedrati, Chaâbane

24 May 2004 Round 30	USM Alger	2–1	WA Tlemcen	Bologhine
	Ouichaoui 50' (pen.) Metref 76' Cheraïtia 90' Zermmouche - Hamdoud, Ghoul, Doghmani, Siahi - Djahnine, Nazef, Metref - Cheraïtia, Deghiche (Kab, 85'), Ouichaoui - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.		Deghmani 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Belaïd, Meziane, Yekhlef

5 February 2004 Round of 64	US Remchi	0–7	USM Alger	Oran
16:00		Report^[16]	Ammour 14' Meçabih 38', 52', 56', 70' Diallo 45' Hamdoud 90'	Stadium: Habib Bouakeul Stadium Referee: Abdelsamid, Ghoumari, Al Arbi
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Ammour, Dziri, Meçabih (Cheraïtia, 72'), Deghmani, Meftah, Diallo (Ouichaoui, 79'), Metref (Ghoul, 74') – Coach: Abdelouahab.

22 March 2004 Round of 32	CR Beni Thour	0–3 w/o	USM Alger	Biskra
16:00				Stadium: Complexe Sportif d'El Alia

15 April 2004 Round of 16	USM Alger	2–0	WA Boufarik	Rouiba
16:00	Benchergui 72' Achiou 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mabrouki Salem Referee: Bounaâdja, Athmania, Oudjani
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

6 May 2004 Quarter-finals	USM Alger	3–1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Constantine
15:00	Diallo 12' Aribi 68' Metref 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mehidi, Belfakroun, Ghanem
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - , , , , , , , , , , .

10 June 2004 Semi-finals	USM Alger	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	MC Oran	Chlef
15:00	Diallo 30' Zeghdoud 42' Rabah Deghmani 61' Meftah 83' Metref 90' Hamdoud 100'	Report^[17]	Bendida 79' Acimi 83'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Mohammed Zekrini
	Penalties
	Mounir Zeghdoud Mohamed Hamdoud Mamadou Diallo Hocine Achiou Tarek Ghoul		Kouider Boukessassa Cheïkh Benzerga Sofiane Daoud Moulay Haddou
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni, Hamdoud, Zeghdoud, Djahnine (Ghoul, 79'), Achiou, Ouichaoui (Balbone, 60'), Nazef, Deghmani, Meftah (Deghiche, 99'), Diallo, Metref - Coach Mustapha Aksouh.

25 June 2004 Final	USM Alger	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	JS Kabylie	Algiers
15:00	Hamdoud 23' Meftah 27' Dziri 67' Aribi 119'		Belkaïd 37' Raho 52' Benayen 80' Zafour 81' Habri 108'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet Referee: Mohamed Benouza
	Penalties
	Moncef Ouichaoui Mohamed Hamdoud Mamadou Diallo Hocine Achiou Tarek Ghoul Billel Dziri		Kamel Habri Karim Doudène Nassim Hamlaoui Lounés Bendahmane Farouk Belkaïd Brahim Zafour

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ES Tunis	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14	Advance to knockout stage
2	USM Alger	6	3	0	3	7	4	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canon Yaoundé	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
4	ASA	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 August 2003 1	Atlético Sport Aviação	1–0	USM Alger	Luanda, Angola
16:00 UTC+1	Balamba 10' Padi, Jacinto, Sergio, Jamba, Fofana, Balamba, Rasca, Dada, Dallaô, Vicente, Humberto		Mezaïr, Arribi (Hamdoud), Doghmani, Zeghdoud, Ghoul (Metref), Achiou, Meftah, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour, Ouichaoui (Benchergui)	Stadium: Estádio da Cidadela Referee: Alex Quarty (Ghana)

22 August 2003 2	USM Alger	0–1	Espérance de Tunis	Blida, Algeria
16:00 UTC+1	Mezaïr, Aribi, Zeghdoud 70' (Hamdoud, 70'), Doghmani, Ghoul 80' (Metref, 80'), Achiou, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour, Ouichaoui 75' (Settara, 75'), Benchergui		Diaky 48' Tizie, Triki, Jaidi 46' (Megadi, 46'), Badra, Mkademi, Melki, Mnari, Souayah 70' (Yaken, 70'), Clayton 90' (Benyounes, 90'), Diaky, Benie	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Abdellah Med Salem (Libya)

5 September 2003 3	USM Alger	3–0	Canon Yaoundé	Algiers, Algeria
16:00 UTC+1	Benchergui 2' Djahnine 26' Ammour 40' Ouichaoui 41', 59' (pen.) Mezaïr, Zeghdoud, Djahnine, Dziri, Achiou, Benchergui 75' (Settara, 75'), Meftah 61' (Deghmani, 61'), Ghazi, Ouichaoui, Ammour, Aribi 82' (Hamdoud, 82') - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab	Report^[18]	Nomwa Mbasa 13' Mbarava 58'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Ndoy Fala (Senegal)

22 September 2003 4	Canon Yaoundé	0–2	USM Alger	Yaoundé, Cameroon
14:30 UTC+1	Ndonbarag, Oumar belongar, Ndongo, Tchachaoua 46' (Jama Robert, 46'), Zock A. Koung, Amungwa 46' (Momo Epande, 46'), Bouli, Ngon A. Djam 79' (Dikoume, 79'), Bessala Luc, Mokake, Momo Epande		Hamdoud 46' Aribi 90+2' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Ghoul, Achiou, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour, Ouichaoui 65' (Metref, 65'), Benchergui 76' (Deghiche, 76')	Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Referee: Sowe Moudou (Gambia)

2 October 2003 5	USM Alger	2–0	Atlético Sport Aviação	Algiers, Algeria
16:00 UTC+1	Benchergui 31' Dziri 43' Ghazi 80' Achiou 90+2' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Aribi, Zeghdoud (c), Djahnine 78' (Settara, 78'), Ghazi, Dziri, Amour 90' (Nazef, 90'), Achiou, Benchergui, Deghiche 66' (Metref, 66') - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab	Report^[19]	António Alvas 7' Mateusimwa 80' 90+3' Lukata, Yacut, Matosimua, Pereira, Yarba Ashe, Bendinha (c), Lutub 26' (Decarvalho, 26'), Alves, Paulo 54' (Kadina Aoe, 54'), Caburgula, Joao Jaquim 42' (Domingos, 42'), Do Rosario	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Ardjoun (Morocco)

18 October 2003 6	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	USM Alger	Tunis, Tunisia
16:00 UTC+1	Ben Younes 2' Azaïez 17' Mnari 39' Tizié, Thabet(c) 82' (Lahmar, 82'), Mkademi 90' (Bhaïri, 90'), Badra, Azaïez, Mnari, Melki, Diaky, Souayah, Ben Younès 74' (Triki, 74'), Zitouni - Coach: Michel Decastel	Report	Benchergui 59' Mezaïr, Hamdoud, Ghoul, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Nazef 77' (Metref, 77'), Ammour, Dziri(c), Djahnine, Benchergui 85' (Deghiche, 85'), Ouichaoui 72' (Settara, 72') - Coach: Mourad Abdelouahab	Stadium: Stade El Menzah Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

31 October 2003 first leg	USM Alger	1–1	Enyimba	Algiers, Algeria
21:30 UTC+1	Ouichaoui 38' (pen.) Mezair, Aribi, Zeghdoud, Meftah, Ghoul 79' (Settara, 79'), Achiou, Ghazi, Dziri, Ammour 75' (Djahnine, 75'), Benchergui, Ouichaoui		Orchei 61' Enyama, Nwanaere, Omolade, Yusuf Mohamed, Michael Orchei 89' (Ikini, 89'), Seyi Ogunsaya, Moussa Aboubacar, Uga Opara, Konieka, Mure Ogunibiyi, David Tyavkansa 57' (Ndidi, 57')	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

8 November 2003 Second leg	Enyimba	2–1	USM Alger	Aba, Nigeria
16:00 UTC+1	Ghoul 43' (o.g.) Michael Orchei 90+3' Vincent Enyeama, Obinna Nwaneri, Kingsley Elvis, Yusuf Mohammed, Abdulazees Isah, Emmanuel Issah, Ndidi Anumnu, Emeka Nwanna, Michael Orchei, Isa Abdullahi, Ugah Opara.	Report	Dziri 3' Nazef 48' Achiou 74' Aribi 80' Mezaïr 82' Mezair, Hamdoud, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Ghoul 76' (Doghmani, 76'), Ghazi, Djahnine 54' (Metref, 54'), Dziri, Nazef, Ouichaoui 86' (Settara, 86'), Achiou - Coach Mourad Abdelouahab	Stadium: Enyimba International Stadium Referee: Alex Quarty (Ghana)

10 April 2004 first leg	USM Alger	8–1	ASFA Yennenga	Bologhine, Algeria
15:00 UTC+1	Dziri 20', 47' Ammour 21' Diallo 31', 62', 88' Deghmani 60' Metref 79' Balbone 87' Abdouni, Hamdoud, Aribi, Meftah, Deghmani, Achiou 89' (Deghiche, 89'), Balbone, Dziri, Diallo, Ammour, Djahnine 74' (Metref, 74').		Dano 48' Mamadou Konte 49' 64' Ali Diallo 56' 73'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Atef Yagoubi (Tunisia) Assistant referees: Taoufik Oueslati, Saadallah Chokri (Tunisia)

24 April 2004 Second leg	ASFA Yennenga	2–2	USM Alger	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	Konte 36', 85' (pen.)	[ Report]	Diallo 44', 75'	Stadium: Stade du 4-Août Referee: Aguidissou, Aderodjou, Louis Joël (Benin)
Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Abdouni - Meftah, Zeghdoud, Aribi, Hamdoud (Metref) - Ammour, Djahnine (Ouichaoui), Doghmani, Achiou, Balbone (Nazef) - Diallo.

15 May 2004 first leg	USM Alger	2–0	Asante Kotoko	Bologhine, Algeria
16:00 UTC+1	Meftah 16' Ouichaoui 77'	[ Report]		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Aboubaker (Ivory Coast)

30 May 2004 Second leg	Asante Kotoko	2–0 (1–3 p)	USM Alger	Kumasi, Ghana
	Duah 5' Chibsah 81' Louis Quianoo, Aziz Ansah 76' (Michael Osei, 76'), Godfred Yeboah, Issah Ahmed, Michel Asante, Yusifu Ohibsah, Frank Osei 73' (Michael Osei, 73'), Stephen Oduro, Nah A. Duah 60' (William Tierro, 60'), Shilla Allasan, Charles Taylor	[ Report]	Abdouni, Hamdoud, Arribi, Zeghdoud, Deghmani, Ghoul 83' (Ouichaoui, 83'), Achiou, Meftah, Djahnine 69' (Balbone, 69'), Metref, Diallo	Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Evene Divine (Cameroon)

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Division 1				Algerian Cup				CAF Champions League				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	GS				GS				GS				GS
Goalkeepers
1		Hichem Mezaïr	23								8		1		31		1
25		Merouane Abdouni	6			1	5				4		1		15		1	1
12		Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	1												1
1		Farid Belmellat	1												1
Defenders
4		Salim Aribi	25	1	8		3	1	2		11	1	3		39	3	13
3		Tarek Ghoul	15	1	1		3				6		2		24	1	3
5		Mounir Zeghdoud	22		4		3				11		1		36		5
20		Mahieddine Meftah	23		8		5		2		6	1	1		34	1	11
2		Mohamed Hamdoud	28	7	4		5	1	2		9	1			42	9	6
18		Rabah Deghmani	21		2		4		1		8		1		33		4
3		Youcef Siahi	1												1
Midfielders
6		Farid Djahnine	16		3		4				9		1		29		4
7		Amar Ammour	25	2	2		3	1			9	1	1		37	4	3
8		Billel Dziri	22	3	5		4		1		9	4			35	7	6
15		Karim Ghazi	15	1	1						6				21	1	1
10		Hocine Achiou	26	7	7		4	1			11		2		41	8	9
16		Lahcène Nazef	19				2		1		4		1		25		2
22		Hamidou Balbone	18	5	3		4		1		4	1	1		26	6	5
26		Hocine Metref	15	2	2		4	1	1		10	1			29	4	3
Forwards
14		Moncef Ouichaoui	18	3			4				10	4	1		32	7	1
13		Mohamed Cheraïtia	8		1		1				2				11		1
19		Rabie Benchergui	24	11	1	1	3	1			8	2	2		35	14	3	1
21		Rafik Deghiche	8				2				4				14
11		Fadel Ryad Settara	6								4				10
		Abdelhakim Meziani	1								1				2
		Ali Lamine Kab	1												1
9		Ali Meçabih	4	2			1	4							5	6
23		Mamadou Diallo	10	2	1		5	2	1		4	5			19	9	2
Own goals				2				0				0				0
Totals				49	53	2		12	12	0		21	19	0		82	84	2

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

No.	Player	Pos.	D1	AC	CL1	TOTAL
19	Rabie Benchergui	FW	12	1	2	15
23	Mamadou Diallo	FW	2	2	5	9
10	Hocine Achiou	MF	7	1	0	8
-	Mohamed Hamdoud	DF	6	1	1	8
8	Billel Dziri	MF	3	0	4	7
11	Moncef Ouichaoui	FW	3	0	4	7
22	Hamidou Balbone	MF	5	0	1	6
-	Ali Meçabih	FW	2	4	0	6
-	Hocine Metref	MF	2	1	1	4
7	Amar Ammour	MF	2	1	1	4
2	Salim Aribi	DF	1	1	1	3
5	Mahieddine Meftah	DF	0	0	1	1
9	Karim Ghazi	MF	1	0	0	1
3	Tarek Ghoul	DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			2	0	0	2
Totals			49	12	21	82

Includes all competitive matches.

Hichem Mezaïr

Merouane Abdouni

Lamine Zemmamouche

Farid Belmellat

TOTALS

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^ "Transfert : Un Burkinabé à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ "Conclure vite le transfert de Diallo". djazairess.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "Karim Ghazi à l'Esperance de Tunis". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ ""البرايجية مايستاهلوش الخسارة"". Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "طويل "يغرق سوسطارة" ويكشف عيوبها". Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "كابري "كحّلها وعماها"". Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "(mise à jour 7e journée) : USMA 1 - CRB 0". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "الاتحاد يقضي على عقدة الشبح الأسود". Archived from the original on 14 April 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "USMA TROP FORT". Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""سوسطارة ربحت بالسّينما"". Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""شكون يحبّس USMA"". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""سوسطارة" تتجرّع مرارة الخسارة". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""l Usma نحّاولها الشمبيونا"". Archived from the original on 12 October 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "النصرية نحو الثالثة··"وقالو مخدوم"". Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ ""سوسطارة بسبعة وتدير في الخلعة"". Archived from the original on 10 February 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "تأهل الاتحاد بضربات الترجيح (5 - 4) "ضرك نشوفو JSK"". Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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[2] "Transfert : Un Burkinabé à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[3] "Conclure vite le transfert de Diallo". djazairess.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[4] "Karim Ghazi à l'Esperance de Tunis". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[5] ""البرايجية مايستاهلوش الخسارة"". Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[6] "طويل "يغرق سوسطارة" ويكشف عيوبها". Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[7] "كابري "كحّلها وعماها"". Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[8] "(mise à jour 7e journée) : USMA 1 - CRB 0". djazairess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[9] "الاتحاد يقضي على عقدة الشبح الأسود". Archived from the original on 14 April 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[10] "USMA TROP FORT". Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[11] ""سوسطارة ربحت بالسّينما"". Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[12] ""شكون يحبّس USMA"". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[13] ""سوسطارة" تتجرّع مرارة الخسارة". Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[14] ""l Usma نحّاولها الشمبيونا"". Archived from the original on 12 October 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[15] "النصرية نحو الثالثة··"وقالو مخدوم"". Archived from the original on 10 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[16] ""سوسطارة بسبعة وتدير في الخلعة"". Archived from the original on 10 February 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[17] "تأهل الاتحاد بضربات الترجيح (5 - 4) "ضرك نشوفو JSK"". Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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