In the 2011–12 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 34th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. USM Alger lost to USM El Harrach 1–4 (P) in the quarterfinals of the Algerian Cup.

Season summary

In the Summer transfer window USMA made big deals that reached fifteen of the best players including four from ES Setif, The club has also dispensed with two of the oldest players in the club Hocine Achiou and Karim Ghazi after the coach refused to stay. On 28 July, USM Alger signed a contract with American brand Nike for an indefinite period. which has the effect of greatly change the backbone of the team, USM Alger is then quickly dubbed the Dream Team by the Algerian media, particularly the newspapers. In Ligue Professionnelle 1, USM Alger competed for the title until the last round.

On 14 April, in a match against MC Saïda at Stade 13 Avril 1958 Where did they need victory to stay away from relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 and in the last minute Nouri Ouznadji scored the equalizer. after the end of the match, while on their way to the changing rooms USM Alger players were attacked by strangers, the most dangerous of which was the assault that Abdelkader Laïfaoui was subjected with a knife that almost killed him and due to his injuries he had to receive stitches and spend the night in hospital. then decided USM Alger lifting lawsuit against unknown persons also decided not to play in Saïda for five years. On 12 May, in a match against JSM Béjaïa in Bologhine and after a great drama it ended with a 4–3 victory for JSM Béjaïa which was the reason for losing the title. With the end of the season after six years absence USM Alger returned to the continental competitions from the gate of Confederation Cup.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 May 2012.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Nat. Position Name Date of birth (age) Signed from Apps. Goals Goalkeepers1 GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche MC Alger 152 016 GK Ismaïl Mansouri Youth system 12 032 GK Mohamed Amine Sahnoun FAF Academy 0 0 Defenders4 CB Abdelkader Laïfaoui ES Sétif 25 35 CB Abdoulaye Maïga Stade Malien 20 06 CB Farouk Chafaï MC Alger 37 120 CB Nacereddine Khoualed US Biskra 147 427 CB Mohamed Yekhlef ES Sétif 32 030 RB Mohamed Rabie Meftah JSM Béjaïa 25 3 Midfielders7 LW / RW Yacine Bezzaz Troyes 12 08 DM Khaled Lemmouchia ES Sétif 30 110 AM Mohamed Boualem USM El Harrach 18 213 DM Nassim Bouchema MC Alger (Formed at club) 32 214 AM Lamouri Djediat ASO Chlef 29 015 AM Bouazza Feham ES Sétif 28 122 LW Mehdi Benaldjia Youth system 52 447 RW / AM Zinedine Ferhat FAF Academy 20 050 AM Salim Boumechra USM El Harrach 20 1 Forwards7 RW Serge N'Gal UD Leiria 5 09 FW Noureddine Daham TuS Koblenz 71 2911 FW Farès Hamiti JS Kabylie 19 117 FW Nouri Ouznadji JS Kabylie 71 1319 FW Mouaouia Meklouche Youth system 55 9

Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 1 July 2011 FW Farès Hamiti JS Kabylie Free transfer 10 July 2011 GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche MC Alger Free transfer 15 July 2011 DF Farid Bellabès MC Oran Free transfer 10 July 2011 DF Mohamed Yekhlef ES Sétif Free transfer 11 July 2011 MF Nassim Bouchema MC Alger Free transfer 11 July 2011 MF Bouazza Feham ES Sétif Free transfer 13 July 2011 DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah JSM Béjaïa Free transfer 18 July 2011 MF Mohamed Boualem USM El Harrach Free transfer 18 July 2011 MF Salim Boumechra USM El Harrach Free transfer 20 July 2011 MF Elias Taguelmint GS Consolat Free transfer 21 July 2011 MF Yacine Bezzaz Troyes AC Free transfer 26 July 2011 DF Abdelkader Laïfaoui ES Sétif Free transfer 28 July 2011 MF Lamouri Djediat ASO Chlef Free transfer 30 July 2011 MF Khaled Lemmouchia ES Sétif Free transfer 13 January 2012 FW Serge N'Gal União de Leiria Free transfer

Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 1 July 2011 MF Hamza Aït Ouamar CR Belouizdad Free transfer 1 July 2011 GK Merouane Abdouni USM Blida Free transfer 30 July 2011 FW Cheikh Hamidi ASO Chlef Free transfer 14 August 2011 DF Farid Cheklam Najran Free transfer 19 August 2011 MF Hocine Achiou ASO Chlef Free transfer 25 August 2011 MF Karim Ghazi MC Alger Free transfer 10 January 2012 MF Elias Taguelmint GS Consolat Free transfer (Released) 14 January 2012 MF Yacine Bezzaz CS Constantine Free transfer (Released) 17 January 2012 DF Amadou Diamouténé NA Hussein Dey Loan for six months

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions Overview CompetitionRecordStarted roundFinal position / roundFirst matchLast match Ligue 1 3rd 10 September 2011 19 May 2012 Algerian Cup Round of 64 Quarter-finals 30 December 2011 31 March 2012 Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

Squad information Appearances and goals

{| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2"|No. ! rowspan="2"| ! rowspan="2"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Ligue 1 ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Algerian Cup ! colspan="3"|Total |- !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!! |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19|Goalkeepers |- |1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Lamine Zemmamouche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |28||28||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |32||32||0

|16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Ismaïl Mansouri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||2||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19|Defenders |- |4 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Laïfaoui |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |25||24||3 |- |5 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Abdoulaye Maïga |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |9||9||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |11||10||0 |- |6 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Farouk Chafaï |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |14||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |18||14||1 |- style="font-style:italic" |12 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Amadou Diamouténé |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||0 |- |18 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Farid Bellabes |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |20 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Nacereddine Khoualed |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||26||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |30||30||0 |- |27 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Yekhlef |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |28||28||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |32||32||0 |- |30 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Rabie Meftah |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |23||21||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |25||23||3 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19|Midfielders |- |8 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Khaled Lemmouchia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |30||29||1 |- |10 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Boualem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||12||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |18||14||2 |- |13 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Nassim Bouchema |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |28||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |32||30||2 |- |14 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Lamouri Djediat |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|11 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |29||29||12 |- |15 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Bouazza Feham |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||21||1 |- style="font-style:italic" |21 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Elias Taguelmint |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||0||0 |- |22 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Mehdi Benaldjia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |17||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |19||13||2 |- |47 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Zinedine Ferhat |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |17||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||12||0

|50 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Salim Boumechra |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||12||1 |- style="font-style:italic" |7 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Yacine Bezzaz |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |11||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||7||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19|Forwards |- |7 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Serge N'Gal |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |5||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||2||0 |- |9 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Noureddine Daham |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||15||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|8 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |25||18||8 |- |11 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Farès Hamiti |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |4||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |19||12||1 |- |17 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Nouri Ouznadji |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |16||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |16||1||2 |- |19 |FW |style="text-align:left"|Mouaouia Meklouche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |16||5||1 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|30||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|37 !colspan=2|4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 !colspan=2|34||40

Disciplinary record PlayerLigue 1Algerian CupTotal1 GK Lamine Zemmamouche2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 DF Abdelkader Laïfaoui7 0 0 2 1 0 9 1 0 5 DF Abdoulaye Maïga1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 DF Farouk Chafaï2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20DF Nacereddine Khoualed6 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 27DF Mohamed Yekhlef7 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 30DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 MF Khaled Lemmouchia7 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 10MF Mohamed Boualem1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13MF Nassim Bouchema3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 14MF Lamouri Djediat7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 15MF Bouazza Feham3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 22MF Mehdi Benaldjia3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 47MF Zinedine Ferhat3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 50MF Salim Boumechra1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 MF Yacine Bezzaz4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 FW Noureddine Daham2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11FW Farès Hamiti3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 117FW Nouri Ouznadji3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 19FW Mouaouia Meklouche2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Total74 3 1 8 1 0 82 4 1

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