US Biskra

{{Short description|Algerian football club}}

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| fullname = Union Sportive de Biskra

| nickname = Khadra

| founded = 1934

| ground = 18 February Stadium

| capacity = 35,000

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| mgrtitle = Head Coach

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| league = Ligue 2

| season = 2024–25

| position = Ligue 1, 16th of 16 (relegated)

| current = 2025–26 US Biskra season

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Union Sportive de Biskra ({{Langx|ar|الإتحاد الرياضي لبسكرة}}), known as US Biskra or simply USB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Biskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium, 18 February Stadium, has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

Some of its famous players of the 1970s and early-1980s include: Majorie, Chaib Lakhal, Mohamed Jonas, Mirini, Bessaou, Bouzidi, Ben Brahim, and of course Doubba.

L'USB was stock in the third division for most of its history and played major roles but never made it up. The third division used to be called "Division d'Honneur". At that time the most important achievement was defeating the then, and even now, mighty ES Setif 2–1 in Algerian cup. That was a short lived happy time followed by a loss to USM Bel-Abbès in the same competition by 4–1. All the citizens of Biskra still remember the year of Azzaba when l'US Biskra lost at home in one of the final games to Azzaba 3–1 and therefore missing the accession to the second division then known as "Division Regional".

L'US Biskra now is in second division and even played in Division one for one season two years ago. In May 2017, US Biskra returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 11 years of absence.

Honours

=Domestic competitions=

Players

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

=Current squad=

{{As of|2024|1|31}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.lfp.dz/club/view?id=56|title=FICHE DU CLUB: US BISKRA}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lfp.dz/club/print-joueurs?id=56|title=Joueurs du US Biskra}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=ALG|name=Ahmed Abdelkader|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=ALG|name=Ahmed Redha Houhou|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=ALG|name=Tarek Adouane|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=ALG|name=Hamza Salem|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ALG|name=Mustapha Zeghnoun|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=ALG|name=Mohamed Larbi Khoualed|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ALG|name=Hamza Ounnas|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ALG|name=Chérif Siam|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ALG|name=Hatem Dakhia|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ALG|name=Abderrahmane Amri|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ALG|name=Tayeb Hamoudi|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ALG|name=Abdelhak Belkacemi|pos=DF}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ALG|name=Bilal Boukarroum|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ALG|name=Khalil Darfalou|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ALG|name=Ayoub Derbal|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ALG|name=Nacereddine Khoualed|pos=DF|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ALG|name=Yacine Medane|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ALG|name=Abdellah Daouadji|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ALG|name=Adel Lakhdari|pos=DF|other=vice-captain}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=ALG|name=Salaheddine Benlaribi|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=ALG|name=Mohamed El Siddik Baali|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=ALG|name=Nizar Tamer|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ALG|name=Aymen Chehmat|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=ALG|name=Oussama Mellala|pos=GK}}

{{Fs end}}

=Reserve Squad=

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{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ALG|name=Riad Rahmoun|pos=FW}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=31|nat=ALG|name=Aymen Fellahi|pos=FW}}

{{Fs end}}

Former players

For a list of current and former US Biskra player with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:US Biskra players

Personnel

=Current technical staff=

class=wikitable
Position

! Staff

Head coachMounir Zeghdoud
Assistant coachLotfi Bouderaa
Goalkeeping coachHocine Abrous
Fitness coachAdlène Boukhedna

Statistics

=Recent seasons=

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rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=9|League

!rowspan=2|Cup

!rowspan=2|Other

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Africa

!colspan=2|Top goalscorer(s){{refn|group=note|name=Top goalscorer|Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.}}

!colspan=2|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

Division

!Pos

!Pts

!P

!W

!D

!L

!GF

!GA

!Name

!Goals

2017–18

|Ligue 1||bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| 14th || 34 || 30 || 9 || 7 || 14 || 23 || 30

|Round of 16

|

|

|

|align=left|Yasser Berbache || 7

|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

2018–19

|Ligue 2||bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| 1st || 55 || 30 || 16 || 7 || 7 || 39 || 28

|Penultimate
regional round

|

|

|

|align=left|Ibrahim Benachour || 14

|

2019–20

|Ligue 1{{refn|group=note|name=2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1|On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.{{cite web |url=https://al-ain.com/article/frensh-scenario-algerian |title=بسبب كورونا.. الدوري الجزائري مهدد بالسيناريو الفرنسي |website=al-ain.com |language=Arabic |date=12 July 2020 }} On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.{{cite web |url=https://www.elkhabar.com/press/article/170759/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A/ |title=شباب بلوزداد بطلا لموسم استثنائي |website=elkhabar.com |language=Arabic |date=29 July 2020 }}}}|| 14th || 21 || 22 || 6 || 3 || 13 || 17 || 33

|Round of 16

|

|

|

|align=left|Messadia, Mokhtar || 3

|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

2020–21

|Ligue 1|| 14th || 46 || 38 || 11 || 13 || 14 || 32 || 46

|Not played

|Quarter-finals

|

|

|align=left|Youcef Chibane || 6

|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

2021–22

|Ligue 1|| 10th || 50 || 34 || 13 || 11 || 10 || 36 || 32

|Not played

|

|

|

|align=left|Hichem Mokhtar || 12

|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

2022–23

|Ligue 1|| 12th || 40 || 30 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 30 || 29

|Round of 64

|

|

|

|align=left|Baali, Siam || 6

|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

2023–24

|Ligue 1|| 14th || 36 || 30 || 9 || 9 || 12 || 25 || 34

|Quarter-final

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|

|

|align=left|Mustapha Zeghnoun || 4

|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

2024–25

|Ligue 1|| || || || || || || ||

|Round of 64

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|

|

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|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Notes

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References

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