The 1988 Algerian Cup final was the 26th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 23, 1988, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers. USK Alger beat CR Belcourt 5-4 on penalties to win their second Algerian Cup.
Pre-match USM Alger managed to win the Algerian Cup for the second time after winning against CR Belcourt with penalties at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 which is the fourth final between the two teams and the first victory for USMA after three defeats, after the match Amar Kabrane was subjected to great criticism and was accused of deliberately wasting the penalty shootout, especially since he then moved to them.
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GK 1 Yacine Bentalaa (c)RB 2 M'hamed SoumatiaLB 4 Farid BenganaCB Redouane BellemouCB 3 Rabah KourifaMF 6 Farid MouaciMF 7 Amirouche LaliliMF Fawzi Benkhalidi MF Athmane NourineMF 10 Salim Boutamine FW 11 Tarek Hadj AdlaneSubstitutes : FW8 Boualem Baaziz Samir Keddou Samir Osmane Réda SaadedineManager : Djamel Keddou & Mustapha Aksouh GK Djamel BoudjeltiDF Abderrazak Dahmani DF Rachid Meziane (c)DF Djamel Amani DF Abdelkader KhodjaMF Ahmed Kohil MF Mourad Badache MF Nacer MekidécheMF Belkacem DemdoumMF 10 Hocine YahiFW Noureddine NeggaziSubstitutes : 12 Toufik Zouati MF Ammar Kabrane Manager : Mohammed Boudjenoune
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mimoune Sayeh Fourth official:
MAN OF THE MATCH (USM Alger)MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
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