2020–21 USM Blida season

USM Blida
2020–21 season
President	Sid Ali Bencherchali
Head coach	Sofiane Nechma; (until 3 March 2021); Kamel Mouassa ; (Since 4 March 2021)
National Amateur	Pre-season
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

In the 2020–21 season, USM Blida is competing in the National Amateur for the 25th season.

Squad list[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 February 2021.
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
Goalkeepers
16	GK	Chemseddine Slimani	(1989-01-19)19 January 1989 (aged 32)	SKAF Khemis Miliana
26	GK	Abdesslam Hannane	(1995-09-23)23 September 1995 (aged 25)	ASM Oran
	GK	Oussama Lalili		USM Blida Youth
Defenders
2	RB	Zakaria Zaitri	(1998-07-18)18 July 1998 (aged 22)	USM Blida Youth
5	CB	Ibrahim Ladraâ	(1985-08-21)21 August 1985 (aged 35)	ASO Chlef
12	DF	Lotfi Walid Sebai	(1998-07-30)30 July 1998 (aged 22)	ES Kouba
22	DF	Alaa Eddine Charef Serrir
23	CB	Mohamed Abdou Taieb Solimane	(1990-01-24)24 January 1990 (aged 31)	MO Constantine
24	DF	Salim Mezouar		Kawkab Oran
31	DF	Salah Eddine Akacha
Midfielders
6	MF	Mohamed Islam Belhadj	(1997-07-26)26 July 1997 (aged 23)	USM Blida Youth
8	MF	Mehdi Kacem	(1986-08-08)8 August 1986 (aged 34)	MC Alger
10	MF	Hocine Metref	(1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 37)	Amal Bou Saâda
19	MF	Mohamed Bouanati		First Military Region
20	MF	Aimene Dadsi	(1997-05-04)4 May 1997 (aged 23)	USM Blida Youth
21	MF	Bilel Herbache	(1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 35)	USM Bel Abbès
25	MF	Chouaïb Zalami	(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 27)	AS Khroub
27	MF	Abdenacer Bensaci	(1994-06-27)27 June 1994 (aged 26)	MB Rouisset
	MF	Gherbi		USM El Harrach Youth
Forwards
7	FW	Chems Eddine Merchla	(1995-08-25)25 August 1995 (aged 25)	IRB El Hadjar
9	LW	Karim Rachedi	(1994-08-08)8 August 1994 (aged 26)	CR Témouchent
14	FW	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	(1987-06-06)6 June 1987 (aged 33)	Unattached
17	FW	Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou	(1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 35)	Amal Bou Saâda
	FW	Oussama Aggar	(1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 22)	DRB Tadjenanet
15	FW	Chihab Eddine Benhebil	(1999-12-09)9 December 1999 (aged 21)	AS Khroub

Pre-season[edit]

4 January 2021 Friendly	SKAF Khemis Miliana	0–1	USM Blida	Chlef
			Mohamed Amine Aoudia 47' (p)
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Slimani, Ladraâ, Taieb Solimane, Rachedi, Zaitri, Herbache (c), Metref, Kacem, Zellami, Tchikou, Aoudia

7 January 2021 Friendly	AS Khroub	1–0	USM Blida	Chlef
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Slimani, Ladraâ, Taieb Solimane, Benichenacha, Zaitri, Herbache (c), Metref, Kacem, Zellami, Rachedi, Aoudia

12 January 2021 Friendly	USM Annaba	1–0	USM Blida	Algiers
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Slimani, Ladraâ, Taieb Solimane, Merchela, Zaitri, Herbache (c), Metref, Kacem, Zellami, Rachedi, Aoudia

23 January 2021 Friendly	USM Blida	1–0	CA Batna	Blida
15:00	Mohamed Amine Aoudia ?' (p)			Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Slimani, Ladraâ, Taieb Solimane, Benichenacha, Zaitri, Herbache (c), Belhadj, Kacem, Tchikou, Zellami, Rachedi

27 January 2021 Friendly	USM Blida	2–1	USM Khenchela	Blida
15:00	Chihab Benhebil Bensaci			Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Slimani, Ladraâ, Taieb Solimane, Benichenacha, Zaitri, Herbache (c), Belhadj, Benhebil, Tchikou, Aoudia, Rachedi

2 February 2021 Friendly	USM Blida	0–1	SKAF Khemis Miliana	Algiers
	Mohamed Amine Aoudia		?

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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
Ligue 2	9	1	3	5	7	11	−4	011.11	N/A	To be confirmed	13 February 2021	In Progress
Total	9	1	3	5	7	11	−4	011.11

Updated to match played 31 March 2021
Source: Competitions

Algerian Ligue 2[edit]

League table[edit]

Group Centre[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	WA Boufarik	9	5	3	1	7	3	+4	18	Ligue 1 Playoffs
2	RC Arbaâ	9	5	2	2	15	6	+9	17
3	MO Béjaïa	9	4	5	0	6	2	+4	17
4	JSM Béjaïa	9	4	3	2	9	9	0	15
5	USM El Harrach	9	3	5	1	7	5	+2	14
6	ES Ben Aknoun	9	3	4	2	7	6	+1	13
7	RC Kouba	9	2	4	3	10	10	0	10
8	A Bou Saâda	9	3	1	5	10	13	−3	10
9	WR M'Sila	9	3	0	6	11	15	−4	9	Relegation to Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
10	CR Beni Thour	9	2	2	5	7	14	−7	8
11	IB Lakhdaria	9	1	4	4	7	9	−2	7
12	USM Blida	9	1	3	5	7	11	−4	6

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2021. Source: lnf-amateur.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	1	3	5	7	11	−4	6	1	2	2	3	4	−1	0	1	3	4	7	−3

Last updated: 30 March 2021.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D
Position	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2021. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) Round 1	USM Blida	1–3	Amel Bou Saâda	Blida
14:30	Islam Haniched 4'	Report^[2]	? 13' Abdeldjalil Semmane 49' Amine Loucif 68'	Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houssam Benyahia
Note: Lineup for USM Blida Youth - Ibrahim Lemouchi, Walid Boukhit, Toufik Ounnas, Toufik Abderrahmane, Akram Alioua, Abderrahmane Houssam, Khalek Sif, Mohamed Boughadaoui, Abdelouahab Hena, Lyes Brahimi, Mustapha Chenini, Abdelouahab Hanina, Mohamed Yahia, Salah Eddine Akkacha, Ramzi Bouzar, Islam Haniched, Rebahi Kaim – Coach: Sofiane Nechma

19 February 2021 (2021-02-19) Round 2	JSM Béjaïa	2–1	USM Blida	El Eulma
15:00	Kafnemer 9' Zammoum 90+3'	Report^[3]	Aoudia 15'	Stadium: Amar Hareche Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Adel Facih
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Slimani (Hennane 13'), Zaitri, Zellami, Ladraâ, Taieb-Solimane, Herbache, Belhadj, Gacem, Tchikou (Merchela 70'), Rachedi (Dadsi 70'), Aoudia – Coach: Sofiane Nechma

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) Round 3	USM Blida	0–0	RC Kouba	Blida
14:30				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Soulimane, Bakhti, Kort Cheref
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Hennane, Zaitri, Zellami, Taieb-Solimane, Herbache, Belhadj, Gacem, Metref (Bensaci),Tchikou, Rachedi, Aoudia – Coach: Sofiane Nechma

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) Round 4	WA Boufarik	1–0	USM Blida	Boufarik
14:30	Rahmoun 15'			Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Hennane, Zaitri, Zellami, Ladraa, Sebie (Bensaci 80'), Metref (Benhebil 75'), Belhadj, Gacem, Herbache, Tchikou (Merchela 75'), Rachedi – Coach: Kamel Mouassa

11 March 2021 (2021-03-11) Round 5	USM Blida	0–1	ES Ben Aknoun	Blida
14:30			Silam 15'	Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Hennane, Zaitri, Benichenacha, Ladraa, Taieb-Solimane - Benhebil, Belhadj, Gacem, Herbache, Tchikou - Rachedi – Coach: Kamel Mouassa

16 March 2021 (2021-03-16) Round 6	WR M'Sila	3–2	USM Blida	M'Sila
14:30	Bouândel 15' Zitouni 18' Lazreg 28'	Report^[4]	Metref 9' Rachedi 75'	Stadium: Stade Chahid Ahmed Khalfa Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Boumaâza, Bougueffa, Zeghdoud
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Hennane, Zaitri, Benichenacha, Ladraa - Metref (Brahimi 65'), Belhadj, Gacem, Herbache, Tchikou (Benhebil 55') - Rachedi, Haniched (Dadsi 60') – Coach: Kamel Mouassa

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) Round 7	USM Blida	0–0	MO Bejaia	Blida
14:30				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Kouriche, Messai, Benaboud
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Alili, Zaitri, Benichenacha, Taieb-Solimane - Belhadj, Herbache, Brahimi, ?, Haniched, Dadsi, Rachedi – Coach: Kamel Mouassa

26 March 2021 (2021-03-26) Round 8	USM Blida	2–0	CR Beni Thour	Blida
14:30	Islam Haniched 43' Mohamed Bouâanati 84'			Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bouderbal, Lattab, Bouchaala
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Alili, Benichenacha, Taieb-Solimane, Akacha, Zaitri, Gacem, Belhadj, Brahimi, Rachedi, Dadsi, Haniched – Coach: Kamel Mouassa

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) Round 9	USM El Harrach	1–1	USM Blida	El Harrach
14:30	45'		Ilyes Brahimi 25' Herbache 84'	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium (Algiers) Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bendjehan, Aref, Ayad
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Alili, Zaitri, Akacha, Benichenacha, Taieb-Solimane, Gacem, Belhadj, Brahimi, Haniched, Rachedi, Dadsi + Herbache – Coach: Kamel Mouassa

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) Round 10	USM Blida	0–2	IB Lakhdaria	Blida
				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - , , , , , , , , , , – Coach: Kamel Mouassa

8 April 2021 (2021-04-08) Round 11	RC Arbaâ	2–1	USM Blida	Larbaâ
14:30	15' 89'		Chenini 58'	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Note: Lineup for USM Blida - Hannane, Zaitri, Akacha, Benichenacha, Taieb-Solimane, Belhadj, Gacem, Chenini, Bouanati, Haniched, Rachedi – Coach: Kamel Mouassa

2021 (2021) Round 12	Amel Bou Saâda	–	USM Blida	Bou Saâda
				Stadium: Stade Mokhtar Abdelatif Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 (2021) Round 13	USM Blida	–	JSM Béjaïa	Blida
				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 (2021) Round 14	RC Kouba	–	USM Blida	Kouba
				Stadium: Stade Omar Benhaddad Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 (2021) Round 15	USM Blida	–	WA Boufarik	Blida
				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 (2021) Round 16	ES Ben Aknoun	–	USM Blida	Ben Aknoun
				Stadium: Stade El Mokrani Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 (2021) Round 17	USM Blida	–	WR M'Sila	Blida
				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 (2021) Round 18	MO Bejaia	–	USM Blida	Béjaïa
				Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 19	CR Beni Thour	–	USM Blida	Ouargla
				Stadium: Olympic Ouargla Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 20	USM Blida	–	USM El Harrach	Blida
				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 21	IB Lakhdaria	–	USM Blida	Lakhdaria
				Stadium: Stade Mansour Khoudja Ali Attendance: 0 (close doors)

2021 Round 22	USM Blida	–	RC Arbaâ	Blida
				Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)

Squad information[edit]

Current technical staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Kamel Mouassa
Assistant coach	Billal Zouani
Goalkeeping coach	Kocai Ben Makhlouf
Fitness coach	Idriss Haouas
Medecin	Ismaïl Zoubiri

Playing statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		National Amateur
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK		Chemseddine Slimani	1	0	1	0
26	GK		Abdesslam Hannane	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Zakaria Zaitri	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Ibrahim Ladraâ	1	0	1	0
23	DF		Mohamed Abdou Taieb Solimane	1	0	1	0
25	DF		Chouaïb Zalami	1	0	1	0
24	DF		Salim Mezouar	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Lotfi Walid Sebai	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Mohamed Islam Belhadj	1	0	1	0
8	MF		Mehdi Kacem	1	0	1	0
21	MF		Bilel Herbache	1	0	1	0
10	MF		Hocine Metref	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Abdenacer Bensaci	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Aimene Dadsi	1	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Karim Rachedi	1	0	1	0
14	FW		Mohamed Amine Aoudia	1	1	1	1
17	FW		Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou	1	0	1	0
7	FW		Chems Eddine Merchla	1	0	1	0
	MF		Oussama Aggar	0	0	0	0
	FW		Chihab Eddine Benhebil	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 21 February 2021
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Goalscorers[edit]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	L 2	TOTAL
73	Islam Haniched	FW	2	2
10	Hocine Metref	MF	1	1
9	Karim Rachedi	FW	1	1
19	Mohamed Bouanati	FW	1	1
14	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	FW	1	1
Own Goals			0	0
Totals			6	6

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
14 Septembre 2020	FW	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	Unattached	Free transfer	^[5]
14 Septembre 2020	MF	Hocine Metref	Amal Bou Saâda	Free transfer	^[5]
14 September 2020	GK	Chemseddine Slimani	SKAF Khemis Miliana	Free transfer	^[5]
26 September 2020	LW	Karim Rachedi	CR Témouchent	Free transfer	^[6]
26 September 2020	LB	Abdelouahab Bouguerra	RC Kouba	Free transfer
26 September 2020	FW	Chems Eddine Merchla	IRB El Hadjar	Free transfer	^[7]
27 September 2020	CB	Ibrahim Ladraâ	ASO Chlef	Free transfer
27 September 2020	MF	Mohamed Bouanati		Free transfer
27 September 2020	MF	Oussama Aggar	DRB Tadjenanet	Free transfer
27 September 2020	MF	Chouaïb Zalami	AS Khroub	Free transfer
27 September 2020	FW	Chihab Eddine Benhebil		Free transfer
28 September 2020	GK	Abdesslam Hannane	ASM Oran	Free transfer
3 October 2020	MF	Abdenacer Bensaci	MB Rouissat	Free transfer
10 October 2020	DF	Lotfi Walid Sebai	ES Kouba	Free transfer

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee
30 Septembre 2020	GK	El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah	AS Khroub	Free transfer
30 Septembre 2020	FW	Mouad Redjem	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer
30 Septembre 2020	MF	Hichem Blidi	MC Alger Youth	Free transfer
5 October 2020	CB	Hocine Ouamri	CRB Dar El Beïda	Free transfer
10 October 2020	FW	Nour El Imam	IB Lakhdaria	Free transfer
28 October 2020	FW	Feth Nour Aliouat	MO Béjaïa	Contract end
28 October 2020	LB	Mohamed Riadh Bouchemit	MO Béjaïa	Contract end
1 November 2020	LB	Riadh Hellou	CR Beni Tamou	Free transfer
1 November 2020	CB	Mohamed Bachir Adraoui	IB Lakhdaria	Free transfer
		Ismaïl Idriss Chakmam	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer
		Abderrahmane Sellami	USMM Hadjout	Free transfer
		Youcef El Keboub		Free transfer
		Lokmane Benamar		Free transfer
		Salah Hassani		Free transfer
		Mohamed Ismail Guezair		Free transfer
		Omar Ousmail		Free transfer
		Islam Benhocine		Free transfer

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

^ "USM Blida : Mouassa à la barre technique". elmoudjahid.com. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ Résultat de la 1 ère journée du championnat d'Algérie de football de deuxième division 2020-2021, paru dans "Le Buteur", [ 20e année, N° 4985] daté du Sunday 14 février 2021, page 19.
^ Résultat de la 2ème journée du championnat d'Algérie de football de deuxième division 2020-2021, paru dans "Le Buteur", 20e année, N° 4568 daté du Sunday 21 février 2021, page 15.
^ Résultat de la 6ème journée du championnat d'Algérie de football de deuxième division 2020-2021, paru dans "Le Buteur", 20e année, N° 5161 daté du 17 mars 2021, page 19.
^ ^a ^b ^c "USM Blida : Metref et Aoudia s'engagent". DZFoot.com. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ "Karim Rachedi". footballdatabase.eu. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Chems Eddine Merchla". footballdatabase.eu. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[1] "USM Blida : Mouassa à la barre technique". elmoudjahid.com. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[2] Résultat de la 1 ère journée du championnat d'Algérie de football de deuxième division 2020-2021, paru dans "Le Buteur", [ 20e année, N° 4985] daté du Sunday 14 février 2021, page 19.

[3] Résultat de la 2ème journée du championnat d'Algérie de football de deuxième division 2020-2021, paru dans "Le Buteur", 20e année, N° 4568 daté du Sunday 21 février 2021, page 15.

[4] Résultat de la 6ème journée du championnat d'Algérie de football de deuxième division 2020-2021, paru dans "Le Buteur", 20e année, N° 5161 daté du 17 mars 2021, page 19.

[usm-blida-metref-et-aoudia-sengagent-5] "USM Blida : Metref et Aoudia s'engagent". DZFoot.com. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[6] "Karim Rachedi". footballdatabase.eu. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[7] "Chems Eddine Merchla". footballdatabase.eu. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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