Union Sportive de Biskra (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لبسكرة), known as US Biskra or simply USB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Biskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium, 18 February Stadium, has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
History
Some of its famous players of the 1970s and early-1980s include: Majorie, Chaib Lakhal, Mohamed Jonas, Mirini, Bessaou, Bouzidi, Ben Brahim, and of course Doubba.
L'USB was stock in the third division for most of its history and played major roles but never made it up. The third division used to be called "Division d'Honneur". At that time the most important achievement was defeating the then, and even now, mighty ES Setif 2–1 in Algerian cup. That was a short lived happy time followed by a loss to USM Bel-Abbès in the same competition by 4–1. All the citizens of Biskra still remember the year of Azzaba when l'US Biskra lost at home in one of the final games to Azzaba 3–1 and therefore missing the accession to the second division then known as "Division Regional".
L'US Biskra now is in second division and even played in Division one for one season two years ago. In May 2017, US Biskra returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 11 years of absence.
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
- Champion (1): 2004–05
Players
Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
As of 31 January 2024.[2][3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
For a list of current and former US Biskra player with a Wikipedia article, see Category:US Biskra players
Personnel
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Mounir Zeghdoud |
| Assistant coach | Lotfi Bouderaa |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hocine Abrous |
| Fitness coach | Adlène Boukhedna |
Statistics
Recent seasons
| Season | League | Cup | Other | Africa | Top goalscorer(s)[note 1] | Ref. | |||||||||||
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| Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Name | Goals | |||||||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 34 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 30 | Round of 16 | Yasser Berbache | 7 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 1st | 55 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 28 | Penultimate regional round |
Ibrahim Benachour | 14 | |||||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1[note 2] | 14th | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 33 | Round of 16 | Messadia, Mokhtar | 3 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 46 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 46 | Not played | Quarter-finals | Youcef Chibane | 6 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 10th | 50 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 32 | Not played | Hichem Mokhtar | 12 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 12th | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 29 | Round of 64 | Baali, Siam | 6 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 36 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 34 | Quarter-final | Mustapha Zeghnoun | 4 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | Round of 64 | [citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
- ^ On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[4] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.[5]
References
- ^ "US Biskra : Zeghdoud nouvel entraîneur". mediafootdz.dz. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "FICHE DU CLUB: US BISKRA".
- ^ "Joueurs du US Biskra".
- ^ "بسبب كورونا.. الدوري الجزائري مهدد بالسيناريو الفرنسي". al-ain.com (in Arabic). 12 July 2020.
- ^ "شباب بلوزداد بطلا لموسم استثنائي". elkhabar.com (in Arabic). 29 July 2020.
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