1939–40 USM Alger season
| 1939–40 season | |
|---|---|
| President | Arezki Meddad |
| Stadium | Stade le Bon, Algiers |
| First Division | 6th |
| Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 |
| Coupe de la Solidarité | Round of 16 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Abdellah Betouche (5 goals) All: Abdellah Betouche (6 goals) |
In the 1939–40 season, USM Alger is competing in the First Division for the 3rd season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They will be competing in First Division, Coupe de la Ligue, and the Coupe de la Solidarité.
Review
During the months of September and October, the Algiers League (L.A.F.A.) held several sessions, meetings, and discussions with club representatives to assess the possibility of continuing competitions, to consider organizational reforms suited to the new situation, and to find appropriate solutions, including the adoption of new regulations. It was agreed to maintain football activity in the form of a unified transitional championship called the Championnat de guerre de la Ligue d'Alger. This competition would bring together teams from the three divisions. Honor Division, First Division, and Second Division that expressed and confirmed their willingness to participate.[1]
Based on match coverage and press commentary throughout the season, USM Alger played its home matches at Stade le Bon and wore either purple and black or red and white kits, according to sports journalists of the time writing in various sports pages. The standout players included goalkeeper Abderrahman Ibrir, who was also the keeper for the Algiers city team and later turned professional with Toulouse FC in France. Another key player was the brilliant Mohamed Hamdi, whose name was often chanted by the fans, as well as the excellent Mokrane Karassane. USM Alger entered the Algiers championship with modest experience and faced seasoned and well established teams, ultimately delivering a very modest season performance.[2]
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Championnat | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 16.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Coupe de la Solidarité | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 14.29 |
Championnat
League table
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RU Alger | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | Participates in the first tournament | |||
| 2 | AS Saint Eugène | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| 3 | O Tizi Ouzou | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| 4 | O. Rouïba | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | RS Alger | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| 6 | USM Alger | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | US Alger | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Matches
Win Draw Loss
| 29 October 1939 Round 1 | USM Alger | 1–2 | O. Rouïba | Ruisseau, Algiers |
| 14:00 | Mohamed Hamdi  |
Report[3] | ? ? |
Stadium: Stade Lebon |
| Note: Lineup for USM Alger - | ||||
| 5 November 1939 Round 2 | RU Alger | 2–0 | USM Alger | Belcourt |
| 14:00 | Cépi Bernard Doubourg - Couard, Martaille, Tazairt, Ferrari, Esposito, Bru, Se Mourad, Bernard, Cépi, Chérif |
Report[4] | Franck, Mohamed Bouaroub, Benhoura, Oalmi, Hamdi, Zemmouri, Abdelkader Bouaroub, Hadj Rabia, Zouani, Choudar, Zetouchi |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Busso |
| 26 November 1939 Round 4 | AS Saint Eugène | 2–0 | USM Alger | Saint Eugène |
| 14:45 | ? ? |
Report[5] | Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène | |
| Note: Lineup for USM Alger - Ibrir, Mohamed Bouaroub, Abdelkader Bouaroub, Benhoura, Idriss, Hamdi, Zemmouri, Slimani, boumedrar, Bournani, Betouche. | ||||
| 3 December 1939 Round 5 | US Alger | 0–7 | USM Alger | Ruisseau, Algiers |
| 14:00 | Report[6] | Bouaroub Hadj Rabia Youssef Choudar Mohamed Hamdi Betouche |
Stadium: Stade Lebon Referee: Puicrano |
| 17 December 1939 Round 6 | RS Alger | 1–0 | USM Alger | Hussein Dey |
| 14:00 | Poncetti 35' |
Report[7] | Stadium: Stade de Nouvel-Amber Referee: Comte |
| 7 January 1940 Round 7 | USM Alger | 1–4 | O Tizi Ouzou | Hussein Dey |
| 14:00 | Betouche 35' Ibrir, Benhoura, Slimani, Karassane, Hamdi, Boumedrar, Ramon, Doucet, Rodenas, Betouche, Nekhal |
Report[8] | haouchine 76' Allouche ?' (o.g.) Boumedrar Zélali Abtouche - Aougbi, Korogli, Bibi, Zélali, Carpentier, Geranton, Boudjemah, Allouche, Haouchine, Madiou |
Stadium: Stade de Nouvel-Ambert Referee: Pulcrano |
| 14 January 1940 Round 8 | O. Rouïba | 1–0 | USM Alger | Rouïba |
| 14:00 | Carréras |
Report[9] | Stadium: Stade de Rouïba |
| 28 January 1940 Round 9 | USM Alger | 1–1 | RU Alger | Saint Eugène |
| 14:00 | Mokrane Karassane Ibrir, Benhoura, Idriss, Slimani, Hamdi, Mokrane Karassane, Ramon, Mokrane Hadj Rabia, Rodenas, Betouche, Oltra |
Report[10] | Couard II 22' Doubourg - Marteille, Ferrare, Oliver, Samuel, Esposito, Hassen, Cépi, Couard II, Fazlin, Bru |
Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène Referee: Garcia |
| 18 February 1940 Round 11 | AS Saint Eugène | 2–0 | USM Alger | Saint Eugène |
| 14:00 | De Villeneuve 70' Castaldi Izzo, Lopez, Salva, Faner, Leber, Valensi, Castaldi, Bindinelli, Garcia, De Villeneuve, Tur |
Report[11] | Ibrir, Benhoura, Idriss, Hamdi, Karassane, Slimani, Oltra, Gabiatti, Rodenas, Betouche, Ramon |
Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène Referee: Busso |
| 25 February 1940 Round 12 | USM Alger | 5–1 | US Alger | Saint Eugène |
| 14:00 | Benhoura Ramoun Hamdi Betouche Ibrir, Benhoura, Idriss, Slimani, Hamdi, Boumedrar, Oltra, Gabiatti, Rodenas, Betouche, Mokrane Hadj Rabia |
Report[12] | Pappalardo Garcia, Ambrosio, Costa, Mengual, Ortiz, Scotto, Vachey, Pappalardo, Jacquet, Destoc, Ladroye |
Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène Referee: Conte |
| 10 March 1940 Round 13 | USM Alger | 0–2 | RS Alger | Hussein Dey |
| 14:00 | Ibrir, Benhoura, Idriss, Slimani, Hamdi, Boumedrar, Oltra, Choudar, Rodenas, Betouche, Mokrane Hadj Rabia |
Report[13] | 33' Blanés ? Boucquet, Pérez, Trinidad, Kaci, Bénaiche, Ribés, Blanés, Ghanem, Brunel, Poncetti, Ortola |
Stadium: Stade de Nouvel-Ambert Referee: Mousaoui |
| 17 March 1940 Round 14 | O Tizi Ouzou | 3–1 | USM Alger | Tizi Ouzou |
| 14:00 | Belhadj Allouche Abtouche, Korogli, Aroundeau, Akroun, Zéllali, Bouzar, Geranton, Belhadj, Allouche, Haouchine, Mediou |
Report[14] | Hamdi 28' Ibrir, Benhoura, Slimani, Mokrane Hadj Rabia, Hamdi, Boumedrar, Oltra, Nini, Rodenas, Betouche, Haouari. |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Arsène Weinman |
Coupe de la Ligue
| 21 April 1940 Round of 16 | US Blida | 4–1 | USM Alger | Saint Eugène |
| 14:00 | Mahieddine ?', ?', ?' Oussedik ?'Bailly - Martinez, Fredj, Hamidouche, Yaya, Jean, Mahieddine, Pérez, Oussedik, Albert, Pélisser |
Report[15] | Rodenas ?' Ibrir - Idriss, Benhoura, Hadj Rabia, Hamdi, Boumedrar, Oltra, Betouche, Rodenas, Nasri, Haouari |
Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène |
Coupe de la Solidarité
| 19 November 1939 Round of 16 | Stade Algérois | 1–1 | USM Alger | Saint Eugène |
| : | Yaccoub - Bouznane, Saéz, Dumas, Kabatou, Mayence, Crespo, Cervera, Santiago, Koenig, Gélabert |
Report[16] | Betouche 55' Ibrir - Slimani, Benhoura, Bouaroub I, Hamdi, Zemouri, Choudar, Boumedrar, Hadj Rabia, Betouche, Bournani |
Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène Referee: Garcia |
Squad information
Playing statistics
In Round of 16 of Coupe de la Solidarité, it is not known who was the player who participated, Mohamed Bouaroub or Abdelkader Bouaroub.
| Pos. | Name | League Algiers | CDl | CDs | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |||
| GK |  Abderrahman Ibrir |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |||||
| GK | Franck Balik |
X | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Benyoucef Benhoura |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | |||||
| Ali Slimani |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | |||||||
| Mokrane Hadj Rabia |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||||||||
| Mohamed Hamdi |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | |||||
| Ramadan Boumedrar |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||||||||
| Ivian Oltra |
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||||||||
| Nacer Nini |
X | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rodenas |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | ||||||||
| Abdellah Betouche |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | ||||||
| Maâmar Haouari |
X | X | 2 | |||||||||||||
| M'hamed Idriss |
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | |||||||||
| Youssef Choudar |
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Roni Gabiatti |
X | X | 2 | |||||||||||||
| M'hamed Nasri |
X | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mokrane Karassane |
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Ramon |
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Doucet |
X | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Nekhal |
X | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mohamed Bouaroub |
X | X | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Abdelkader Bouaroub |
X | X | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mouloud Oalmi |
X | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Abdelkader Zouani |
X | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Abdelkader Zetouchi |
X | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ali Zemmouri |
X | X | X | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Boualem Bournani |
X | X | 2 | |||||||||||||
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Nat. | Player | PD | CDl | CDs | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Abdellah Betouche | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
|
Mohamed Hamdi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
Bouaroub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Mokrane Karassane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Benyoucef Benhoura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Paul Ramon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Rodenas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
|
Youssef Choudar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Mokrane Hadj Rabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
References
- ^ Hammouche 2014, p. 59.
- ^ Hammouche 2014, p. 60.
- ^ Résultat de la 1 ère journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 28e année, N° 10677 daté du Monday 30 octobre 1939, page 3.
- ^ Résultat de la 2e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 28e année, N° 10684 daté du Monday 6 novembre 1939, page 3.
- ^ Résultat de la 3e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 28e année, N° 10705 daté du Monday 27 novembre 1939, page 3.
- ^ Résultat de la 5e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 28e année, N° 10711 daté du Monday 27 novembre 1939, page 3.
- ^ Résultat de la 6e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 28e année, N° 10726 daté du Monday 18 décembre 1939, page 4.
- ^ Résultat de la 7e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 29e année, N° 10747 daté du Monday 8 janvier 1940, page 3.
- ^ Résultat de la 8e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 29e année, N° 10754 daté du Monday 14 janvier 1940, page 4.
- ^ Résultat de la 9e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 29e année, N° 10768 daté du Monday 29 janvier 1940, page 4.
- ^ Résultat de la 11e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 29e année, N° 10789 daté du Monday 19 février 1940, page 4.
- ^ Résultat de la 12e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 29e année, N° 10796 daté du Monday 26 février 1940, page 4.
- ^ Résultat de la 13e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 29e année, N° 10810 daté du Monday 11 mars 1940, page 4.
- ^ Résultat de la 14e journée du Critérium de Guerre d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 29e année, N° 10817 daté du Monday 18 mars 1940, page 4.
- ^ Résultat des 1/8 de finale de la Coupe de la Ligue d'Alger de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 29e année, N° 10852 daté du Monday 22 avril 1940, page 4.
- ^ Résultat du 1er tour de la Coupe de la Solidarité de football 1939-1940, paru dans "L'Echo d'Alger", 28e année, N° 10698 daté du Monday 20 novembre 1939, page 3.
Works cited
- Hammouche, Chabane (2014). الجزء الأول مسيرة الفريق خلال فترة الاحتلال 1937 - 1956 (in Arabic). دار كرم الله للنشر والتوزيع. ISBN 978-9931-554-02-8.