USM Blida

USM Blida

Full name	Union Sportive Madinat Blida
Nickname(s)	Salvador
Founded	16 June 1932;92 years ago (1932-06-16) as Union Sportive Musulmane de Blida
Ground	Brakni Brothers Stadium Mustapha Tchaker Stadium
Capacity	10,000
League	Inter-Régions Division
2024–25	Inter-Régions Division, Group Centre-west, 5th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Union Sportive Madinat Blida (Arabic : الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة), known as USM Blida or simply USMB, is a football club based in Blida, Algeria. They play in the Inter-Régions Division, the third tier of Algerian football. Founded in 1932, they have played their home games at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 1936. The club has spent all of its history playing between the first or second tiers.

The club's highest-ever league finish was second in the top flight in 2002–03. They were Algerian Cup runners-up in 1996. The club have also won the second tier title four times.

The club's home colours are green and white, and their nickname is The Salvador.

History

On 16 June 1932 the club was officially founded with the name Union Sportive Musulmane Blidéenne, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 24 September 1933 in the first round of the North African Cup. ^[1]

On 5 August 2020, USM Blida were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2. ^[2]

Club identity

Colours

Since the establishment of the club, the colours are green and white.^{[ citation needed ]}

Crest

Historical evolution of the club's crest.

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  First badge of the club
• 
  Previous badge of the club
• 
  Actual badge of the club

Stadium

USM Blida play their home matches at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 2011.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1  : 26 season
  • Runner-up (1): 2002–03
• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2  : 25 season
  • Champion (4): 1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2014–15
• Algerian Cup  :
  • Runner-up (1): 1995–96
• Honor Division of the League Algiers  : 10 season
  • 5th: 1954–55, 1955–56.
• First Division of the League Algiers  : 5 season
  • Champion (3): 1941-42, 1944-45, 1946–47
• Second Division of the League Algiers  : 1 season
  • Champion (1): 1937-38
• Third Division of the League Algiers  : 4 season
  • Champion (1): 1936-37
• Forconi Cup  :
  • Champion (1): 1944-45

Regional competitions

• North African Cup  : 5 appearances

1947 – Quarter-finals

1952 – Round of 32

1953 – Round of 32

1954 – Semi-final

1955 – Round of 32

• Arab Club Champions Cup  : 2 appearances

1996 – Group stage

2004 – Second round

North African Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away
1946–1947
	Round of 16	CS Hammam-Lif	/	0–1
	Quarter-finals	US Marocaine	0–1	/
1952–1953
	Round of 32	SC Bel Abbès	/	4–0
1953–1954
	Round of 32	ES Sahel	1–0	2–2
	Round of 16	EJ Philippevilleˌ	1–0	/
	Quarter-finals	Gallia Club Oran	1–0	/
	Semi-finals	USM Oran	/	1–0
1954–1955
	Round of 32	Club Africain	2–3	/
1955–1956
	Round of 32	GC Mascara	/	4–0

Arab Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996
	Group stage (A)	Al-Ahly	/	5–1	3rd place
		Shabab Rafah	/	1–0
2003–04	First Round	MAS Fez	0–1	1–3	2–3
	Group stage (C)	CS Sfaxien	2–2	1–0	4th place
		Espérance de Tunis	0–5	2–1
		Zamalek SC	0–2	1–1

Records

• Record League victory – 9–1 v. IRB Nezla (29 May 1992)
• Record Algerian Cup victory – 11–0 v. IRC Aïn Salah (10 December 1987)
• Record League defeat – 6–2 v. JS Hai Djabel (24 January 2022)
• Most League appearances – +300, Billal Zouani (1988–08)
• Most League goals scored – 105, Billal Zouani (1988–08)
• Most goals scored (overall) – 122, Billal Zouani (1988–08)
• Most capped player – Smaïl Diss, 11 caps, Algeria
• Most goals scored in a season – 17, Samy Frioui (2017–18)
• Record transfer fee paid – €138,500 to ASO Chlef for Abdelmadjid Tahraoui (2005)
• Record transfer fee received – €400,000 from Club Africain for Ezechiel N'Douassel (2011)
• Record sequence of League wins – 12; 1 March 1992 – 19 June 1992.
• Record sequence of League defeats – 7; 3 April 2021 – 18 May 2021
• Record sequence of unbeaten League matches – 20; 1991–92, 1996–97
• Record sequence without a League win – 13; 1 January 1998 – 28 May 1998
• Record points total for a Season – 72 pts; 1963–64

Presidents

1928–1933 : Benaïssa Menhaouch Kherroube 1933–1933 : Mohamed Chelha 1933–1936 : Ali Rouabah as "Braham" 1936–1950 : Hamid Kassoul 1950–1953 : Dr. Bachir Abdelouahab 1953–1964 : Dr. Mustapaha Hadji 1964–1965 : Abdelkader Abed 1965–1969 : Dr. Mustapaha Hadji 1970's  : Braham Douidene

1975's  : Rachid Otmane Tolba 1981–1985 : Djillali Sellimi 1985–1988 : Abdallah Kerrache 1989–1991 : Maâmar Djeguaguene 1991–1996 : Zoubir Bendali 1996–2004 : Mohamed Zaïm 2004–2007 : Mohamed Zahaf 2008–2014 : Mohamed Zaïm 2014–2015 : Mohamed Douidene

2015–2015: Hamid Foufa 2016–2016: Lyes Zouaoui 2016–2017: Sidali Ben Cherchali 2017–2017: Smaïl Berdaoui 2017–2018: Chouaib Alim 2018–2018: Salim Sidi Moussa 2019–2019: Mohamed Berdane 2020–2021: Sidali Ben Cherchali 2021–2022: Lyes Zouaoui

Transfers

Record sales R. Player From To Fee Year 1. Ezechiel N'Douassel USM Blida Club Africain €400,000 (38,9 million DA) 2011 2. Smaïl Diss USM Blida ES Sétif €102,000 (10 million DA) 2008 3. Youcef Zerguine USM Blida JS Kabylie €54,000 (7 million DA) 2017 4. Adlène Bensaïd USM Blida JS Kabylie €52,000 (5 million DA) 2007 5. Mokhtar Belkhiter USM Blida MC El Eulma €48,000 (5 million DA) 2013 6. Bouazza Feham USM Blida MC Oran €22,000 (2 million DA) 2005

Record signings R. Player From To Fee Year 1. Abdelmadjid Tahraoui ASO Chlef USM Blida €138,500 (12,5 million DA) 2005 2. Smaïl Diss USM Blida ES Mostaganem €44,000 (3 million DA) 1998 3. Zoubir Zmit MC Alger USM Blida €16,000 (1,5 million DA) 2007

List of managers

See also: List of USM Blida managers

The first manager of USM Blida was Abdelkader Hadef, who joined the club in 1932 as a player-manager. The current manager is Djilali Madjour, who took over the club in February 2022.

Recent seasons

Main article: List of USM Blida seasons

Season	League										Cup	Top goalscorer(s) [3]
	Division	Pos	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		Name	Goals	Ref.
2010-2011	Division 1	16th	29	30	7	8	15	16	30	-14	Round of 32	Abdelkader Harizi	5	[ citation needed ]
2011-2012	Division 2	5th	45	30	12	9	9	40	36	+4	Round of 64	Brahim Ledraâ	10	[ citation needed ]
2012-2013	Division 2	5th	48	30	13	9	8	44	27	+17	Round of 16	Mustapha Melika	11	[ citation needed ]
2013-2014	Division 2	6th	47	30	13	8	9	34	25	+9	Regional Tour	Mohamed Amine Hammia	8	[ citation needed ]
2014-2015	Division 2	1st	53	30	14	11	5	35	22	+13	Round of 64	Fethi Noubli	14	[ citation needed ]
2015-2016	Division 1	14th	36	30	7	15	8	20	29	-9	Round of 32	Bedrane, Amiri, Hichem Cherif, Sylla	3	[ citation needed ]
2016-2017	Division 2	2nd	51	30	14	9	7	31	19	+12	Round of 32	Youcef Zerguine	8	[ citation needed ]
2017-2018	Division 1	16th	23	30	5	8	17	28	50	-22	Quarter-finals	Samy Frioui	17	[ citation needed ]
2018-2019	Division 2	16th	17	30	3	8	19	15	44	-29	Round of 64	Abdelmalik Hadef	5	[ citation needed ]
2019-2020	Division 3	8th	31	24	7	10	7	23	19	+4	Regional Tour	Bilel Herbache	6	[ citation needed ]
2020-2021	Division 2	12th	10	22	2	4	16	13	35	-22		Karim Rachedi	4
2021-2022	Division 3	12th	43	30	12	7	11	28	30	-2		Ilyes Bouhenniche	6
2022-2023	Division 3											-	-

See also

• List of USM Blida players
• List of USM Blida seasons
• USM Blida league record by opponent
• List of USM Blida international footballers

References

1. "Au Stade Lebon: US Musulmane Blidéenne bat le SC Ménerville, par 2 buts à 1". gallica.bnf.fr. 27 September 1933. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
2. "Saison 2019/2020 : Les clubs de Division Nationale Amateurs promus en Ligue 2". 5 August 2020.
3. Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Cup of Algeria, League Cup and Arab Cup) are counted.

External links

• USM Blida on Facebook