List of USM Alger players

For a list of all USM Alger players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:USM Alger players. For the current USM Alger first-team squad, see USM Alger § Current squad.

Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for USM Alger . Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success either at other clubs or at international level, as well as players who are well remembered by the supporters for particular reasons.

Players are listed in alphabetical order according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. Substitute appearances included. Statistics accurate as of 17 June 2022.

List of USM Alger players

Youcef Belaïli.

Farid Belmellat.

Abdelaziz Ben Tifour After independence led the team to win the first title as a player and coach at the same time.

Carolus Andriamatsinoro The most foreign player played with USM Alger with 132 games and achieved 6 titles, Leaving the club after five years.

Mokhtar Benmoussa.

Farouk Chafaï.

Hamza Koudri.

Djamel Keddou played all his career with the USM Alger until retiring.

Abderrahmane Meziani He played 14 years with the team from 1962 to 1976.

Nacereddine Khoualed plays with the club since 2006 until 2017 and the leader of the team from 2010 to 2015.

Mohamed Rabie Meftah.

Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche won eight titles and played in different periods with the club first from 2004 to 2009 and the second from 2011 to 2023.

Djamel Zidane Played five years with the USMA then turn professional in Belgium.

Mohamed Benyahia.

Zinedine Ferhat.

Zineddine Belaïd.

Name	Nat.	Pos.	Inter career	Apps	Goals	Ref.
Abdelhamid Kermali		FW	1951–52	?	?	[2]
Merouane Abdouni		GK	2002–05, 2007-11	118	0	[3]
Hocine Achiou		MF	1996–06, 2007–08, 2009-11	279	41	[4]
Billel Dziri		MF	1995–98, 2000–10	283	75	[5]
Jerry Adriano		FW	2008	6	0
Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia		MF	2006–08	15	0
Hamza Aït Ouamar		MF	2009–11	52	0	[6]
Malek Aït Alia		DF	2006	7	0
Karim Ali Hadji		FW	2004–06	12	0
Yacouba Ali		FW	2013	6	0	[7]
Djamel Amani		MF	1987–88	?	?	[8]
Amar Ammour		MF	2002–09	219	53	[9]
Sid Ali Ammoura		DF	2010	5	0
Adel Amrouche		MF	1990–91	?	?
Hamza Anani		FW	2009–11	9	0
Carolus Andriamatsinoro		FW	2012–17	132	20	[10] [11]
Mohamed Amine Aouamri		DF	2009–11	57	5	[12]
Salim Aribi		DF	2002–07	128	4	[13]
Sofiane Attaf		FW	2007	5	1
Ahmed Attoui		FW	1969–73	?	?
Mohamed Amine Aoudia		FW	2015–16	20	5	[14]
Mouldi Aïssaoui		FW	1967–73	?	?
Saïd Allik		DF	1969–73	?	?
Hamidou Balbone		FW	2003–04	36	7	[15]
Youcef Belaïli		FW	2014–15	41	13	[16]
Farouk Belkaïd		DF	2005–06	22	3	[17]
Rabie Benchergui		FW	2001–06	113	44	[18]
Farid Bellabès		DF	2011	0	0
Farid Belmellat		GK	1993–94, 1996-00, 2004-07	?	?
Ibrahim Bekakchi		DF	2011-14	8	0	[19]
Abdelaziz Ben Tifour		FW	1962–63	?	?
Billel Benaldjia		MF	2009–10	19	1	[20]
Mehdi Benaldjia		MF	2009–14	51	4	[21]
Mohamed Billel Benaldjia		MF	2007–10	36	1	[22]
Youcef Benamara		DF	2012–14	19	0	[23]
Mohamed Benameur		MF	1981–19??	?	?
Abdelkader Benayada		DF	2009–11	36	0	[24]
Aghilès Benchaâbane		FW	2007–10	12	1
Fawzi Benkhalidi		FW	1987–90, 1992-94	?	?	[25]
Hichem Benmeghit		FW	2011	7	0
Adlène Bensaïd		FW	2006	13	3
Yacine Bentalaa		GK	1982–92	?	0
Ismaïl Benyamina		FW	2006	4	0
Abdelkader Besseghir		DF	2004–08	47	1
Omar Betrouni		FW	1980–83	?	?	[26]
Yacine Bezzaz		MF	2011–12	11	0	[27] [28]
Mohamed Boualem		MF	2011–14	14	2	[29]
Nassim Bouchema		MF	2011–16	134	6	[30]
Antar Boucherit		MF	2006–08	54	3	[31]
Brahim Boudebouda		DF	2012–16	104	12	[32] [33]
Ali Boulebda		FW	2011	9	1	[34]
Salim Boumechra		MF	2011–12	19	1	[35]
Isâad Bourahli		FW	2001–03, 2004–05, 2007-08	70	27	[36]
Mohamed Boussefiane		FW	2005–09	51	10
Houcine Benayada		DF	2015–16	19	0	[37]
Ismaël Bouzid		DF	2012–13	3	0	[38] [39]
Boubekeur Belbekri		MF	1962–72	?	?
Salim Boutamine		MF	?–?	?	?
Farid Cheklam		MF	2009–11	43	1	[40]
Ahmed Walid Chouih		GK	2007–09	27	0
Djamel Chettal		MF	2012–16	21	1	[41]
Ilès Ziane Cherif		DF	2010–11	3	0	[42]
Mehdi Cerbah		GK	196?–72	?	0	[43]
Noureddine Daham		FW	2009–13	79	32	[44] [45]
Amine Dahar		DF	2006–07	2	0
Rafik Deghiche		FW	2002–05, 2008-09	32	4
Rabah Deghmani		DF	1999–06	169	2	[46]
Abderrahmane Derouaz		DF	19??–19??	?	?
Mamadou Diallo		FW	2004–05	21	6	[47]
Amadou Diamouténé		MF	2010–13	8	0	[48]
Moké Diarra		MF	2008	8	0
Farid Djahnine		MF	1996–08	?	?	[49]
Lamouri Djediat		MF	2011–14	64	14	[50] [51]
Mintou Doucoure		FW	2005–08	114	18	[52]
Billel Dziri		DF	1995–98, 1999, 2000–07, 2008-10	?	?	[53]
Rachid Debah		DF	?–?	?	?
Mohamed Djemâa		MF	1962–63	?	?
Ghazi Djermane		MF	1962–64	?	?
Michael Eneramo		FW	2004–06	24	13	[54]
Djamel El Okbi		GK	1962–63	?	?
Bouazza Feham		MF	2011–15	96	9	[55]
Zinedine Ferhat		MF	2011–16	137	7	[56] [57]
Ahmed Gasmi		FW	2012–14	42	12	[58] [59]
Karim Ghazi		MF	1995–04, 2005-11	197	12	[60] [61]
Nadjib Ghoul		GK	2009–10	2	0	[62]
Tarek Ghoul		DF	1996–05	?	?	[63]
Tayeb Guessoum		MF	2006–07	9	0
Nacer Guedioura		FW	?–?	?	?
Djamel Guerabi		DF	?–?	?	?
Ghislain Guessan		FW	2016–17	29	6	[64]
Abdelkader Ghalem		GK	1972–197?	?	?
Moulay Haddou		DF	2004–07	52	14	[65]
Tarek Hadj Adlane		FW	1985–91, 1996–99, 2000-02	0	0	[66]
Mohamed Hamdoud		DF	1996–08	150	12	[67]
Cheikh Hamidi		FW	2009–11	51	21	[68]
Farès Hamiti		FW	2011–12	15	1	[69]
Salim Hanifi		FW	2013	6	0	[70]
Sofiane Hanitser		FW	2007	10	4
Sofiane Harkat		DF	2009–10	2	0	[71]
Hamza Heriat		DF	2010–13	7	0	[72]
Larbi Hosni		DF	2008–09	15	0	[73]
Fayçal Hamdani		DF	1996–02	?	?	[74]
Saad Ichalalène		DF	2011	4	0	[75]
Ali Lamine Kab		FW	2003–07	31	3
Abel Khaled		MF	2016–17	2	0	[76]
Djamel Keddou		DF	1971–83	?	?	[77]
Abdelhamid Kermali		FW	1951–52	?	?
Mehdi Kerrouche		FW	2007	5	1
Manucho		FW	2015–17	12	2	[78]
Mustapha Kouici		DF	198?–198?	?	?	[79]
Abdelkader Laïfaoui		DF	2011–15	68	5	[80] [81]
Khaled Lemmouchia		MF	2012–13	27	1	[82] [83]
Noui Laïfa		MF	2014	1	0	[84]
Abdoulaye Maïga		DF	2010–12	41	8	[85]
Adel Maïza		DF	2012–13	3	0	[86]
Kamel Marek		MF	2007–08	7	0
Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi		GK	2007–14	1	0	[87]
Ali Meçabih		FW	2004	4	2	[88]
Farès Mecheri		FW	2008–09	9	1
Mahieddine Meftah		DF	1996–07	?	?	[89]
Rahim Meftah		DF	2007	0	0
Zineddine Mekkaoui		DF	2004–10	35	1	[90]
Mouaouia Meklouche		MF	2009–13	45	9	[91]
Hocine Metref		MF	2002–08	117	15	[92]
Hichem Mezaïr		GK	2000–04	114	0	[93]
Hichem Mokhtari		FW	2012–13	4	0	[94]
Arslane Mazari		DF	2015–16	16	0	[95]
Daniel Moncharé		DF	2006–09	57	0
Mohamed Madani		DF	1962–69	?	?
Mohamed Manga		FW	1997–98	?	?
Rachid Nadji		FW	2014–16	45	10	[96]
Lahcène Nazef		MF	2003–04	26	0
Serge N'Gal		FW	2012	5	0	[97]
Ernest Nsombo		FW	2014	15	2	[98]
Hocine El Orfi		MF	2012–16	83	0	[99] [100]
Amokrane Oualiken		MF	1963–69	0	0
Abdelkrim Oudni		MF	2008–09	24	1
Moncef Ouichaoui		FW	2000–01, 2002-04	50	22	[101]
Hossam Ould Zmirli		DF	2007	0	0
Nouri Ouznadji		FW	2009–12	69	12	[102]
Akim Orinel		MF	2014	3	0	[103]
Kamel Ramdani		MF	2006	7	1
Ali Rial		DF	2007–10	81	9	[104]
Mohamed Amine Saïdoune		DF	2006-2011	19	0	[105]
Karim Saoula		GK	2005–06	0	0
Saïd Sayah		MF	2008–13	58	2	[106]
Mohamed Seguer		MF	2012–16	90	20	[107]
Abdoulaye Soumah		GK	2006–07	0	0
Elias Taguelmint		MF	2011	3	0	[108]
Saad Tedjar		MF	2012–13	16	1	[109] [110]
Hamza Yacef		FW	1997–01	?	?	[111]
Mohamed Yekhlef		DF	2011–14	20	0	[112]
Mounir Zeghdoud		DF	1997–07	107	0	[113]
Abdelmalek Ziaya		FW	2013–14	25	6	[114] [115]
Djamel Zidane		FW	1967–72	?	?	[116]
Mohamed Amine Zidane		DF	2005–07, 2008-10	71	2
Toufik Zeghdane		DF	2016–17	1	0	[117]
Azzedine Rahim		FW	1987–00	?	?	[118]
Réda Zouani		FW	1997–98	?	?	[119]
Nacereddine Khoualed		DF	2006–17	290	10	[120] [121]
Mohamed Benkablia		AM	2017–18	17	0	[122]
Faouzi Bourenane		AM	2017–18	15	1	[123]
Ayoub Abdellaoui		DF	2013–18	90	3	[124] [125]
Oussama Darfalou		FW	2015–18	80	40	[126] [127]
Kaddour Beldjilali		MF	2015–18	82	5	[128] [129]
Reda Bellahcene		MF	2016–18	23	1	[130]
Okacha Hamzaoui		FW	2017–18	16	2	[131] [132]
Reda Hajhouj		FW	2018	10	2	[133]
Mohamed Mezghrani		DF	2018	2	0	[134]
Ziri Hammar		MF	2016–18	24	3	[135]
Soumaila Sidibe		MF	2017–18	8	0	[136] [137]
Faouzi Yaya		FW	2017–19	48	7	[138]
Rafik Bouderbal		DF	2016–19	53	2	[139]
Amir Sayoud		MF	2016–18	57	6	[140]
Mokhtar Benmoussa		DF	2012–19	231	15	[141] [142]
Farouk Chafaï		DF	2010–19	257	29	[143] [144]
Raouf Benguit		DF/MF	2016–19	102	7	[145] [146]
Mohamed Amine Hamia		FW	2018–19	22	6	[147]
Mohamed Benyahia		DF/MF	2016–19	84	8	[148]
Prince Ibara		FW	2018–19	29	10	[149] [150]
Mohammed Benkhemassa		MF	2014–19	135	4	[151] [152]
Mourad Berrefane		GK	2014–19	22	0	[153]
Zakaria Haddouche		FW	2019	9	0	[154]
Mohamed Rabie Meftah		DF	2011–20	258	49	[155] [156]
Ismaïl Mansouri		GK	2008–20	79	0	[157]
Redouane Cherifi		DF	2017–20	89	2	[158]
Mustapha Kheiraoui		DF	2019–20	22	0	[159]
Oualid Ardji		MF	2015–20	77	8	[160]
Muaid Ellafi		MF	2018–20	40	7	[161] [162]
Hicham Belkaroui		DF	2019–20	6	0	[163]
Zakaria Benchaâ		FW	2018–21	44	10	[164]
Zakaria Naidji		FW	2021	17	5	[165]
Mazire Soula		MF	2020–21	25	2	[166]
Billel Benhammouda [note 1]		MF	2018–22	109	12	[168]
Fateh Achour		DF	2020–22	28	0	[169]
Kamel Belarbi		MF	2018–22	31	0	[170]
Hamza Koudri		DF	2012–22	275	15	[171] [172]
Anis Khemaissia		DF	2019–22	20	1	[173]
Alexis Guendouz		GK	2020–22	24	0	[174]
Hamed Belem		FW	2021–23	23	1	[175]
Mehdi Beneddine		DF	2020–22	35	1	[176]
Haithem Loucif		DF	2021–23	53	1	[177]
Kwame Opoku		FW	2021–23	35	6	[178]
Abderrahmane Meziane		FW	2013–19, 2021–23	164	32	[179] [180]
Abdelkrim Zouari		FW	2019–23	110	22	[181]
Aymen Mahious		FW	2018–23	115	37	[182]
Lamine Zemmamouche		GK	2004–09, 2011–23	405	1	[183] [184]
Tumisang Orebonye		FW	2023–24	35	2	[185]
Taher Benkhelifa		MF	2019–24	134	3	[186]
Akram Djahnit		MF	2022–2024	66	5	[187]
Zineddine Belaïd		DF	2020–2024	137	15	[188]
Mustapha Bouchina		DF	2020–2024	101	2	[189]
Oussama Chita		MF	2017–present	99	2	[190] [191]
Ismail Belkacemi		FW	2020–present	65	25	[192]
Saâdi Radouani		DF	2020–present	43	1	[193]
Khaled Bousseliou		FW	2022–present	22	4	[194]
Mohamed Ait El Hadj		FW	2023–present	39	3	[195]
Adam Alilet		DF	2019–present	70	6	[196]
Brahim Benzaza		MF	2021–present	52	2	[197]
Islam Merili		MF	2022–present	37	4	[198]
Oussama Benbot		GK	2021–present	59	0	[199]
Kamel Soufi		GK	2023–present	0	0	[200]
Abdoulaye Kanou		FW	2023–present	0	0	[201]

Nationalities are indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code.

Statistics

List of all-time appearances

This list of all-time appearances for USM Alger contains football players who have played for USM Alger and have managed to accrue 100 or more appearances.

Bold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger. ^{[note 2]}

#	Name	Position	League	Cup	Others1	Africa 2	Arab 3	TOTAL
1	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	GK	298	33	6	49	19	405
2	Karim Ghazi	DM	240	27	0	24	13	304
3	Nacereddine Khoualed	CB / RB	236	24	3	14	12	289
4	Hocine Achiou	AM	206	29	0	35	13	283
5	Billel Dziri	CM	211	27	0	33	12	283
6	Hamza Koudri	DM	206	19	3	38	9	275
7	Mohamed Hamdoud	RB / CB	194	28	0	32	9	263
8	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	RB	188	18	3	41	8	258
9	Farouk Chafaï	CB	188	21	3	37	8	257
10	Mokhtar Benmoussa	LW / LB / LM	168	16	3	36	8	231
11	Farid Djahnine	DM	163	24	0	34	4	222
12	Amar Ammour	AM	158	23	0	28	13	222
13	Rabah Deghmani	CB	132	17	0	28	1	178
14	Mounir Zeghdoud	CB	121	20	0	34	0	175
15	Oussama Chita	DM	121	10	3	32	3	169
16	Mahieddine Meftah	LB / CB / RB	129	15	0	24	1	169
17	Abderrahmane Meziane	ST	117	10	1	33	3	164
18	Hocine Metref	DM	114	15	0	24	6	159
19	Zinedine Ferhat	RW / AM	106	11	2	13	6	138
20	Zineddine Belaïd	CB	104	4	3	26	0	137
21	Ismail Belkacemi	LW	106	4	4	23	0	137
22	Mohamed Benkhemassa	DM	95	8	1	27	4	135
23	Taher Benkhelifa	DM	102	2	4	26	0	134
24	Nassim Bouchema	CM / DM / RM	105	12	2	10	5	134
25	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	CF	97	10	3	20	2	132
26	Salim Aribi	CB	88	18	0	24	1	130
27	Saâdi Radouani	RB	95	3	3	23	0	124
28	Hichem Mezaïr	GK	95	12	0	16	1	121
29	Merouane Abdouni	GK	93	10	0	16	0	119
30	Rabie Benchergui	ST	85	11	0	20	1	117
31	Abdelkrim Zouari	RW	99	2	2	14	0	117
32	Aymen Mahious	ST	80	3	1	28	3	115
33	Bouazza Feham	AM	89	11	2	7	6	115
34	Mintou Doucoure	RW	84	11	0	9	10	114
35	Billel Benhammouda	AM	93	4	4	8	0	109
36	Brahim Boudebouda	LB / CB	75	10	1	12	6	104
37	Raouf Benguit	RB / RM	69	8	0	22	3	102
38	Mustapha Bouchina	CB	80	5	4	12	0	101
39	Issaad Bourahli	ST	74	7	0	13	6	100

^{1Includes the Super Cup and League Cup.2Includes the Cup Winners' Cup, CAF Cup, Confederation Cup and Champions League.3Includes the Arab Champions League and UAFA Club Cup.}

Clean sheets

Bold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger. ^{[note 3]}
Statistics correct as of game against NC Magra on June 14, 2024.

No.	Nat	Name	L 1	AC	LC	SC	CL1	C2	C3	CSC	C4	Total
1		Lamine Zemmamouche	119	20	2	2	11	–	3	–	9	166
2		Hichem Mezaïr	41	10	–	–	5	2	–	–	–	58
3		Merouane Abdouni	35	5	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	43
4		Oussama Benbot	20	1	–	–	–	–	14	1	–	36
5		Ismaïl Mansouri	23	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	1	27
6		Alexis Guendouz	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
7		Ahmed Walid Chouih	5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	8
8		Kamel Soufi	5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
9		Mourad Berrefane	5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
10		Mohamed Seghir Ferradji	6	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	7
11		Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
12		Farid Belmellat	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
13		Abdelmoumen Sifour	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
14		Imad Benchlef	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
		TOTALS	276	42	2	2	20	3	19	1	11	375

From USM Alger to Europe

Player	Pos	Club	League	Transfer fee	Source
Abdelhamid Kermali	FW	FC Mulhouse	National	Free transfer
Djamel Amani	MF	Royal Antwerp	Division 1	Free transfer
Billel Dziri	MF	Sedan	Ligue 1	Free transfer
Mamadou Diallo	FW	Nantes	Ligue 1	700,000 €	[202]
Hocine Achiou	FW	FC Aarau	Swiss Super League	Free transfer
Hocine Metref	MF	Dijon FCO	Ligue 2	Free transfer	[203]
Zinedine Ferhat	MF	Le Havre AC	Ligue 2	Free transfer	[204]
Ayoub Abdellaoui	DF	FC Sion	Swiss Super League	Free transfer	[205]
Oussama Darfalou	FW	Vitesse	Eredivisie	Free transfer	[206] [207]
Prince Ibara	FW	K Beerschot	Belgian First Division B	Free transfer	[208]
Mohammed Benkhemassa	MF	Málaga CF	Segunda División	50,000 €	[209]
Aymen Mahious	FW	Yverdon-Sport	Swiss Super League	Free transfer	[210]
Haithem Loucif	DF	Yverdon-Sport	Swiss Super League	Free transfer	[211]
Sid Ahmed Aissaoui	MF	CSKA Moscow	Russian Premier League	250,000 $	[212] [213] [214]
Zineddine Belaïd	DF	Sint-Truidense	Belgian Pro League	500,000 €	[215] [216]
Riad Belhadj Kacem	DF	CSKA Sofia	efbet League	Free transfer	[217]

Award winners

(Whilst playing for USM Alger)

Algerian Footballer of the Year

• Amar Ammour – 2003 ^[218]
• Billel Dziri – 2005 ^[219]

Top goalscorers in CAF Champions League

• Tarek Hadj Adlane (8 goals) – 1997
• Mamadou Diallo (10 goals) – 2004

Top goalscorers in Algerian Ligue 1

• Moncef Ouichaoui (18 goals) – 2002–03
• Oussama Darfalou (18 goals) – 2017–18 ^[220]

Algerian professional football awards Goalkeeper of the Year

• Lamine Zemmamouche – 2012–13, ^[221] 2013–14 ^[222]

Algerian professional football awards Young Player of the Year

• Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia – 2008–09 ^[223]
• Farouk Chafaï – 2011–12 ^[224]
• Zinedine Ferhat – 2012–13 ^[221]
• Mohammed Benkhemassa – 2015–16 ^[225]

Algerian professional football awards Manager of the Year

• Hubert Velud – 2013–14 ^[226]

List of foreign USM Alger football players

Nigerian player Michael Eneramo, played one season on loan and scored 14 goals, and is the youngest player to score a hat-trick in USM Alger's first team, at 19 years old.

This is a list of all foreign players of USM Alger, including statistics. Freddy Zemmour's from Pied-Noir one of the few French players who have decided to stay in Algeria first foreign to play with USM Alger immediately after Independence for 6 seasons in which he won one title in 1963. ^{[227] [228]} On 1998 USM Alger signed with the first foreigner after 30 years, the Nigerian Mohamed Manga, 5 years after that joined to USM Alger international Malian Mamadou Diallo, who became one of the most important players in the Algerian league and in one year scored 18 goals, including 10 goals in the 2004 CAF Champions League Was behind his victory over the top scorer. immediately after that, he went to the Ligue 1 club FC Nantes for 700,000 euros. ^[229] On 18 January 2009, USM Alger signed the first South American player Wuiwel Isea from Venezuela. ^[230] And it's considered a failed deal, he scored only one goal from 14 matches.

On 28 May 2012, Malagasy international Carolus Andriamatsinoro joined USM Alger from Paradou AC and spent five seasons with them, during which he won six titles to be the most foreigner to achieve titles with USM Alger and in Algeria, also played 132 games and scored 20 goals to be the most appearances and the most goalscorer. He left USMA in 2017 after the end of his contract. ^{[231] [232]} In the 2020–21 season, USM Alger contracted with Burkinabe international Hamed Belem from Rahimo FC and Ghanaian Kwame Opoku from Asante Kotoko in a historic deal amounting to 350 thousand euros. ^{[233] [234]} Opoku in the first season did not present much and was then loaned to Najran SC from Saudi Arabia. ^[235] The latter declined because of his poor level, to be released after that. ^[236]

On 9 January 2024, USM Alger announced the termination of Tumisang Orebonye's contract after disagreement with the head coach Juan Carlos Garrido as reported by many sources, The Spaniard accused his player of cheating, by faking fictitious injuries in order not to take part in matches. ^{[237] [238]} On 31 January 2024, the Cameroonian club Dynamo Douala announced the transfer of international striker Leonel Ateba for a period of two and a half years. The signing of the player cost 215,000 euros. ^{[239] [240]} On July 23, 2024, USM Alger announced the recruitment of two Congolese players from TP Mazembe, Kévin Mondeko and Glody Likonza. Although he was also called up by CS Constantine, Mondeko has signed a two-season contract with the Rouge et Noir, while Likonza has signed for a period of three seasons. The Egyptian Zamalek SC and the Club Africain of Tunis tried to offer the services of the vice-captain of TP Mazembe, but the USMA was quicker in materializing with Likonza, while he was expected in Tunis to finalize his contract with the most popular club in Tunisia. ^{[241] [242]} On August 27, 2024, USM Alger announced the signing of Bolivian international Adalid Terrazas for three seasons. Terrazas became the first player from South America to join the club since 2009. ^{[243] [244]}

List of foreign players

^*Bold International players.

#	Name	Nat	Pos	App	Goal	from	Career	to
1	Freddy Zemmour		MF	?	?	Gallia d’Alger	1962-1968	Retired
2	Mohamed Manga		FW	?	?	????	1998-2000	USM Blida
3	Siaka Coulibaly		GK	0	0	US Forces Armées	1999-2000	US Forces Armées
4	Saïd Baâzouz		MF	14	0	MC Alger	2000–2001	?
5	Mamadou Diallo		FW	35	17	Centre Salif Keita	2004–2005	FC Nantes
6	Michael Eneramo		FW	24	13	Espérance de Tunis	2004–2006	Espérance de Tunis
7	Mintou Doucoure		FW	114	7	Centre Salif Keita	2005–2008	USM Annaba
8	Abdoulaye Soumah		GK	0	0	Fello Star	2006–2007	OMR El Annasser
9	Daniel Moncharé		DF	57	0	Cotonsport Garoua	2006–2009	FUS de Rabat
10	Jerry Adriano		FW	6	0	Esperance de Tunis	2008	Orlando Pirates
11	Moké Diarra		MF	8	0	FC Gueugnon	2008	CA Bizertin
12	Wuiwel Isea		MF	14	1	Aragua	2009	Zulia
13	Alain Nebie		FW	11	1	CR Belouizdad	2009–2010	Difaâ El Jadidi
14	Abdoulaye Maïga		DF	41	8	Stade Malien	2010–2012	Gazélec Ajaccio
15	Amadou Diamouténé		MF	8	0	Stade Malien	2010–2013	Djoliba AC
16	Serge N'Gal		FW	5	0	U.D. Leiria	2012	Académica de Coimbra
17	Carolus Andria		FW	132	20	Paradou AC	2012–2017	Ohod Club
18	Yacouba Ali		FW	1	0	Africa Sports d'Abidjan	2013	AS Police
19	Ernest Nsombo		FW	15	2	Astres FC	2014	AS Marsa
20	Rostand Kako		FW	2	0	Cotonsport Garoua	2014-2015	Cotonsport Garoua
21	Manucho		FW	12	2	FC Infonet	2015–2017	Al Ittihad Alexandria
22	Ghislain Guessan		FW	29	6	RC Arbaâ	2016–2017	Viking
23	Soumaila Sidibe		DM	8	0	MO Béjaïa	2017–2018	CR Belouizdad
24	Reda Hajhouj		FW	10	2	Wydad Casablanca	2018	Olympique Khouribga
25	Prince Ibara		FW	29	10	Al-Wakrah	2018–19	K Beerschot VA
26	Nyeck Bayiha		DF	2	0	AS Otôho	2018	Sur SC
27	Muaid Ellafi		MF	40	7	Al-Shabab	2018–2020	Wydad Casablanca
28	Hamed Belem		FW	23	1	Rahimo FC	2021–23
29	Kwame Opoku		FW	35	6	Asante Kotoko	2021–23	Olympique Khouribga
30	Zakaria Alharaish		MF	15	1	Sutjeska Nikšić	2022–23	Asswehly SC
31	Tumisang Orebonye		FW	35	2	OC Khouribga	2023–24	AS FAR
32	Sékou Konaté		MF	16	1	Stade Malien	2023–2024
33	Abdoulaye Kanou		FW	40	13	Djoliba AC	2023–2024	Difaâ El Jadidi
34	Leonel Ateba		FW	20	3	Dynamo Douala	2024	Simba
35	Kévin Mondeko		DF	0	0	TP Mazembe	2024–present
36	Glody Likonza		MF	0	0	TP Mazembe	2024–present
37	Wale Musa Alli		FW	0	0	Zbrojovka Brno	2024–present
38	Sekou Gassama		FW	0	0	Anorthosis Famagusta	2024–present
39	Adalid Terrazas		MF	0	0	Always Ready	2024–present

Foreign players of All-time appearances

Competitive matches only, includes appearances as used substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.

List of USM Alger foreign players with 25 or more appearances

#	Name	Position	League	Cup	Others1	Africa 2	Arab 3	TOTAL
1	Carolus Andriamatsinoro	ST	97 (14)	10 (2)	3 (1)	20 (3)	2 (0)	132 (20)
2	Mintou Doucoure	RW	84 (7)	11 (4)	0 (0)	9 (5)	10 (3)	114 (19)
3	Daniel Moncharé	CB	57 (0)	6 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	12 (1)	75 (1)
4	Muaid Ellafi	AM / LW	32 (6)	2 (0)	0 (0)	6 (1)	0 (0)	40 (7)
=	Abdoulaye Kanou	FW	24 (5)	5 (4)	0 (0)	11 (4)	0 (0)	40 (13)
6	Hamidou Balbone	MF	25 (6)	4 (0)	0 (0)	7 (1)	0 (0)	36 (7)
7	Kwame Opoku	FW	34 (5)	0 (0)	1 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	35 (6)
=	Tumisang Orebonye	FW	16 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	19 (2)	0 (0)	35 (2)
9	Mamadou Diallo	ST	20 (6)	4 (2)	0 (0)	10 (10)	0 (0)	34 (18)
10	Michael Eneramo	ST	24 (13)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (1)	0 (0)	29 (14)
=	Ghislain Guessan	FW	23 (5)	2 (1)	1 (0)	3 (0)	0 (0)	29 (6)
=	Prince Ibara	FW	23 (9)	1 (0)	0 (0)	4 (1)	1 (0)	29 (10)

Notes

1. On June 10, 2022, Billel Benhammouda died during a traffic accident at the age of 24. ^[167]
2. Since 2000–01 season statistics of all the games except for four of them which are, one in the 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup US Transfoot vs USM Alger 1 September 2002. and three in the 2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Al-Shorta vs USM Alger 10 July 2003, USM Alger vs Kuwait SC 13 July 2003, USM Alger vs Al-Jaish 15 July 2003.
   Statistics correct as of game against NC Magra on June 14, 2024.
3. Since 2000–01 season the statistics of all the games.

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