This is a list of players, past and present, who have been capped by their country in international football whilst playing for Union Sportive Médina d'Alger. a further 13 nations have fielded USM Alger players in their international sides. and the first player from the team to participate in the African Cup was Boubekeur Belbekri in 1968 and the first goal scored by an Al Ittihad player was Billel Dziri in 1996 against Burkina Faso, The largest number of players in one tournament was in 1998 with the participation of four namely Meftah, Ghoul, Zeghdoud and Hamdani all of them defenders.
In the Olympic games Abderrahmane Derouaz is the first to participate in the 1980 Moscow tournament and also in 2004 Malian Mamadou Diallo participated as the first foreigner from USM Alger in this Competition, after 36 years of absence the Algeria national under-23 football team qualified for Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics and among the squad's list are five players Abdellaoui, Benguit, Benkhemassa, Darfalou and Meziane.
In the FIFA World Cup the first player to participate was the goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche in 2014. On January 3, 2023, Madjid Bougherra unveiled the list of 28 players who represent Algeria at the 2022 African Nations Championship, including nine players from USMA, Belaïd, Loucif, Radouani, Baouche, Chita, Djahnit, Meziane, Mahious and Ait El Hadj, Two-thirds of Algeria's roster is made up of players from CR Belouizdad and USM Alger.
On 31 May 2026, Algeria national team head coach Vladimir Petković announced the official 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, one day before FIFA's submission deadline. Among the selected players were two representatives from USM Alger: goalkeeper Oussama Benbot and defender Achref Abada. Their inclusion rewarded their strong performances for the club and ensured that USM Alger would be represented on football's most prestigious international stage.
Players + KeyGKGoalkeeperDFDefenderMFMidfielderFWForwardBoldStill playing competitive football
Algerien players USM Alger Algerian international footballers NamePositionDate of first capDebut againstDate of last capFinal matchagainstCaps Ref Boubekeur Belbekri MF 4 Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud DF 25 Abderrahmane Meziani FW 5 Rabie Benchergui FW 1 Djamel Bougandoura DF 1 Kamel Maouche MF 2 Mouldi Aïssaoui MF 5 Fares El Aouni DF 1 Abderrahmane Derouaz DF 4 Smaïl Slimani MF 6 Billel Dziri MF 30 Azzedine Rahim MF 4 Mahieddine Meftah DF 41 Tarek Ghoul DF 9 Mounir Zeghdoud DF 23 Salim Aribi DF 16 Nacereddine Khoualed DF 4 Hichem Mezaïr GK 19 Hocine Achiou MF 25 Saad Tedjar MF 5 Merouane Abdouni GK 3 Amar Ammour MF 3 Mokhtar Benmoussa DF 5 Tarek Hadj Adlane FW 14 Mohamed Hamdoud DF 5 Fayçal Hamdani DF 4 Djamel Keddou DF 20 Hamza Koudri MF 1 Abdelkader Laïfaoui DF 1 Khaled Lemmouchia MF 5 Hocine Metref MF 4 Lamine Zemmamouche GK 4 Djamel Amani MF 6 Youcef Belaïli FW 2 Brahim Boudebouda DF 1 Isâad Bourahli FW 3 Farouk Chafaï DF 6 Rabah Deghmani DF 5 Farid Djahnine MF 2 Hassen Djemaâ DF 11 Zinedine Ferhat MF 1 Karim Ghazi MF 16 Mohamed Rabie Meftah DF 4 Nacer Guedioura MF 2 Raouf Benguit MF 2 Ayoub Abdellaoui DF 2 Mohamed Benkhemassa MF 3 Abderrahmane Meziane FW 6 Oussama Chita MF 2 Haithem Loucif DF 1 Zineddine Belaïd DF 9 Aymen Mahious FW 7 Saâdi Radouani DF 5 Oussama Benbot GK 4 Achref Abada DF 6
Foreign players NamePositionDate of first capDebut againstDate of last capFinal matchagainstCaps Ref Hamidou Balbone FW 1 Mamadou Diallo FW 4 Mintou Doucoure MF 1 Abdoulaye Maïga DF 6 Carolus Andriamatsinoro FW 14 Yacouba Ali MF 2 Prince Ibara FW 4 Muaid Ellafi MF 7 Kwame Opoku FW 2 Zakaria Alharaish MF 2 Tumisang Orebonye FW 5 Adalid Terrazas MF 3 Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana FW 2 Che Malone DF 5
Players in international competitions
African Cup Players
1968 African Cup Boubeker Belbekri
1980 African Cup Abderrahmane Derouaz Smaïl Slimani
1996 African Cup Billel Dziri Azzedine Rahim Nacer Zekri
1998 African Cup Mahieddine Meftah Tarek Ghoul Mounir Zeghdoud Fayçal Hamdani
2000 African Cup Mahieddine Meftah Mounir Zeghdoud
2002 African Cup Mahieddine Meftah Mounir Zeghdoud Billel Dziri
2004 African Cup Salim Aribi Hocine Achiou Hichem Mezaïr
2012 African Cup Abdoulaye Maïga
2013 African Cup Saad Tedjar
2017 African Cup Mohamed Benyahia Mohamed Rabie Meftah
2023 African Cup Oussama Benbot Zineddine Belaïd
2025 African Cup Oussama Benbot Che Malone
World Cup and Olympic Players
2014 FIFA World Cup Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche
2026 FIFA World Cup Oussama Benbot Achref Abada
1980 Summer Olympics Abderrahmane Derouaz
2004 Summer Olympics Mamadou Diallo
2016 Summer Olympics Ayoub Abdellaoui Raouf Benguit Mohammed Benkhemassa Oussama Darfalou Abderrahmane Meziane
African Nations Championship Players
2011 African Championship Nacereddine Khoualed
2022 African Championship Zineddine Belaïd Haithem Loucif Saâdi Radouani Houari Baouche Oussama Chita Akram Djahnit Abderrahmane Meziane Aymen Mahious Mohamed Ait El Hadj
2025 African Championship Saâdi Radouani Adam Alilet Ilyes Chetti Mehdi Merghem Diaa Eddine Mechid
Honours Algeria Mediterranean Games: 1975 African Games: 1978
References
External links FIFA.com DzFoot web.archive.org National Football Teams