USM Blida

Full name

Union Sportive Madinat Blida

Nickname(s)

Salvador

Founded

16 June 1932; 91 years ago
as Union Sportive Musulmane de Blida

Ground

Brakni Brothers
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium

Capacity

10,000

League

Inter-Régions Division

2022–23

Inter-Régions Division, Group Centre-west, 6th

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.

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.

Current squad

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
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
1954–1955	Round of 32	Club Africain	2–3	/
1955–1956
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
	Group stage (A)	Shabab Rafah	/	1–0	3rd place
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; 1991–22, 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Recent seasons

Main article: List of USM Blida seasons

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

References

External links

Union Sportive Médina de Blida

Union Sportive Médina de Blida
Founded in June 16, 1932 Based in Blida
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USM Blida seasons

USM Blida seasons
1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
001990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–0000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020–21

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Seasons

1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24

Clubs

2023–24

Former

Competition

Statistics and awards

Associated competitions

List of transfers

Category
Commons

Ligue 2

Ligue 2
Former teams	AB Mérouana A Bou Saâda CA Bordj Bou Arréridj CRB Aïn Fakroun CRB Aïn Oussera CR Beni Thour CRB Ouled Djellal DRB Tadjenanet HAMRA Annaba IB Lakhdaria IRB El Kerma JSM Béjaïa JSM Chéraga JSM Skikda MC Saïda MO Bejaia OM Arzew OMR El Annasser RCB Oued Rhiou RC Relizane SA Mohammadia SC Aïn Defla UMS Dréan US Chaouia USM Bel-Abbès USM Blida USMM Hadjout US Remchi WA Tlemcen WR M'Sila
Associated competitions	Algerian Cup Algerian Super Cup
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Prospects	Promotion to Ligue 1; Relegation to Inter-Régions Division