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USM Blida

{{short description|Algerian football club}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

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| clubname = USM Blida

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| fullname = Union Sportive Madinat Blida

| nickname = Salvador

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1932|06|16}}
as Union Sportive Musulmane de Blida

| ground = Brakni Brothers Stadium
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium

| capacity = 10,000

| chairman =

| mgrtitle = Head Coach

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| league = Inter-Régions Division

| season = 2024–25

| position = Inter-Régions Division, Group Centre-west, 5th

| current = 2025–26 USM Blida season

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Union Sportive Madinat Blida ({{langx|ar|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.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k50572645/f2.item|title=Au Stade Lebon: US Musulmane Blidéenne bat le SC Ménerville, par 2 buts à 1|work=gallica.bnf.fr|date=27 September 1933 |access-date=19 April 2020}}

On 5 August 2020, USM Blida were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2.{{cite web |url=https://lnf-amateur.dz/2020/08/05/saison-20192020-les-clubs-de-division-nationale-amateurs-promus-en-ligue-2/|title=Saison 2019/2020 : Les clubs de Division Nationale Amateurs promus en Ligue 2|date=5 August 2020 }}

Club identity

= Colours =

Since the establishment of the club, the colours are green and white.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

= Crest =

Historical evolution of the club's crest.

File:USMB1.svg|First badge of the club

File:USMB2.svg|Previous badge of the club

File:USMB 2020 logo.svg|Actual badge of the club

Stadium

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

Current squad

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Honours

= Domestic competitions =

= Regional competitions =

::1947 – Quarter-finals

::1952 – Round of 32

::1953 – Round of 32

::1954 – Semi-final

::1955 – Round of 32

::1996 – Group stage

::2004 – Second round

= North African Cup =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#DCDCDC"|Season

!style="background:#DCDCDC"|Round

!style="background:#DCDCDC"|Club

!width="80" style="background:#DCDCDC"|Home

!width="80" style="background:#DCDCDC"|Away

rowspan="3" align=left|1946–1947
align=left| Round of 16

|align=left|{{flagicon|TUN}} CS Hammam-Lif

| /

|bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 0–1

align=left| Quarter-finals

|align=left|{{flagicon|MAR}} US Marocaine

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–1

| /

rowspan="2" align=left|1952–1953
align=left| Round of 32

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} SC Bel Abbès

| /

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 4–0

rowspan="5" align=left|1953–1954
align=left|Round of 32

|align=left|{{flagicon|TUN}} ES Sahel

|bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–0

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 2–2

align=left|Round of 16

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} EJ Philippevilleˌ

|bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–0

| /

align=left|Quarter-finals

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Gallia Club Oran

|bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–0

| /

align=left|Semi-finals

|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} USM Oran

| /

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–0

rowspan="2" align=left|1954–1955
align=left|Round of 32

|align=left|{{flagicon|TUN}} Club Africain

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 2–3

| /

rowspan="2" align=left|1955–1956
align=left|Round of 32

|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} GC Mascara

| /

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 4–0

= Arab Champions League =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#DCDCDC"|Season

!style="background:#DCDCDC"|Round

!style="background:#DCDCDC"|Club

!width="80" style="background:#DCDCDC"|Home

!width="80" style="background:#DCDCDC"|Away

!width="80" style="background:#DCDCDC"|Aggregate

rowspan="3" align=left|1996
rowspan="2" | Group stage (A)

|align=left|{{flagicon|EGY}} Al-Ahly

| /

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 5–1

|rowspan="2"| 3rd place

align=left|{{flagicon|Palestine}} Shabab Rafah

| /

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–0

rowspan="4" align=left|2003–04

|align=left| First Round

|align=left|{{flagicon|MAR}} MAS Fez

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–1

|bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–3

| 2–3

rowspan="3" align=left| Group stage (C)

|align=left|{{flagicon|TUN}} CS Sfaxien

|bgcolor="#ffffdd"| 2–2

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–0

|rowspan="3"| 4th place

align=left|{{flagicon|TUN}} Espérance de Tunis

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–5

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 2–1

align=left|{{flagicon|EGY}} Zamalek SC

|bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–2

|bgcolor="#ffffdd"| 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

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| valign="top" width="33%" |

  • 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

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  • 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

| valign="top" width="33%" |

  • 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

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{{col-2}}

= Record sales =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;font-size:78%"
scope="col"|{{Tooltip|R.|Rank}}

!scope="col"|Player

!scope="col"|From

!scope="col"|To

!scope="col"|Fee

!scope="col"|Year

1.

| {{flagicon|CHA}} Ezechiel N'Douassel

| USM Blida

|{{flagicon|TUN}} Club Africain

| €400,000 (38,9 million DA)

| 2011

2.

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Smaïl Diss

| USM Blida

|{{flagicon|ALG}} ES Sétif

| €102,000 (10 million DA)

| 2008

3.

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Youcef Zerguine

| USM Blida

|{{flagicon|ALG}} JS Kabylie

| €54,000 (7 million DA)

| 2017

4.

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Adlène Bensaïd

| USM Blida

|{{flagicon|ALG}} JS Kabylie

| €52,000 (5 million DA)

| 2007

5.

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Mokhtar Belkhiter

| USM Blida

|{{flagicon|ALG}} MC El Eulma

| €48,000 (5 million DA)

| 2013

6.

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Bouazza Feham

| USM Blida

|{{flagicon|ALG}} MC Oran

| €22,000 (2 million DA)

| 2005

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= Record signings =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;font-size:78%"
scope="col"|{{Tooltip|R.|Rank}}

!scope="col"|Player

!scope="col"|From

!scope="col"|To

!scope="col"|Fee

!scope="col"|Year

1.

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Abdelmadjid Tahraoui

| ASO Chlef

|{{flagicon|ALG}} USM Blida

| €138,500 (12,5 million DA)

| 2005

2.

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Smaïl Diss

| USM Blida

|{{flagicon|ALG}} ES Mostaganem

| €44,000 (3 million DA)

| 1998

3.

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Zoubir Zmit

| MC Alger

|{{flagicon|ALG}} USM Blida

| €16,000 (1,5 million DA)

| 2007

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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|List of USM Blida seasons}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;width:100%; text-align:center"

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=10|League

!rowspan=2|Cup

!colspan=2|Top goalscorer(s)Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Cup of Algeria, League Cup and Arab Cup) are counted.

Division

!Pos

!Pts

!P

!W

!D

!L

!GF

!GA

!GD

!Name

!Goals

!Ref.

2010-2011

| Division 1 ||bgcolor="FFCCCC"|16th || 29 || 30 || 7 || 8 || 15 || 16 || 30 || -14 ||Round of 32 ||Abdelkader Harizi|| 5 ||{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2011-2012

| Division 2 || 5th || 45 || 30 || 12 || 9 || 9 || 40 || 36 || +4 || Round of 64 || Brahim Ledraâ|| 10||{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2012-2013

| Division 2 || 5th || 48 || 30 || 13 || 9 || 8 || 44 || 27 || +17 || Round of 16 ||Mustapha Melika || 11 ||{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2013-2014

| Division 2 || 6th || 47 ||30 || 13 || 8 ||9 || 34 || 25 || +9 || Regional Tour || Mohamed Amine Hammia || 8||{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2014-2015

| Division 2 || bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ||53 ||30 ||14 || 11 || 5 || 35 || 22 || +13 ||Round of 64 || bgcolor="silver"|Fethi Noubli ||14 ||{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2015-2016

| Division 1 ||bgcolor="FFCCCC"|14th ||36|| 30||7 || 15 || 8 || 20 || 29 |

9Round of 32Bedrane, Amiri, Hichem Cherif, Sylla3{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
2016-2017

| Division 2 ||2nd ||51|| 30||14 || 9 || 7 || 31 || 19 ||+12 || Round of 32 ||Youcef Zerguine ||8 ||{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2017-2018

| Division 1 ||bgcolor="FFCCCC"|16th ||23||30 || 5|| 8 || 17 || 28 || 50 |

22Quarter-finalsbgcolor="#cc9966"|Samy Frioui17{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
2018-2019

| Division 2 ||bgcolor="FFCCCC"| 16th ||17 ||30 || 3|| 8|| 19|| 15|| 44|| -29|| Round of 64 || Abdelmalik Hadef||5||{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2019-2020

| Division 3 || 8th || 31 || 24|| 7|| 10 || 7 || 23|| 19 || +4|| Regional Tour ||Bilel Herbache ||6||{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2020-2021

| Division 2 ||bgcolor="FFCCCC"| 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 || || || || || || || || || || |

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See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Facebook|USMBlida.pageofficiel}}

{{USM Blida}}

{{USM Blida seasons}}

{{Algerian Championnat National}}

{{Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2}}

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