2024–25 USM Alger basketball season

USM Alger
2024–25 season
President	Saïd Allik; (until 18 September 2024); Fouad Djabrouni; (from 18 September 2024)
Head coach	Réda El Hachemi; (until 5 December 2024); Ali Benhocine; (from 7 December 2024); (until 12 February 2025)
Arena	Salle Rais Hamidou
Super Division	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Super Cup	Runners–up
Biggest win	USM Alger 92–53 Olympique Batna; (January 14, 2025)
Biggest defeat	USM Alger 61–79 WO Boufarik; (December 13, 2024)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season was USM Alger's 63rd in existence, their 6th consecutive season in the top flight of the Algerian basketball, USM Alger are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup.

Overview

After the withdrawal of Saïd Allik who decided not to run for a new term, Allik has expressed his desire to pass the torch, providing an opportunity for new faces to take the reins of the club, on September 18, 2024, Djabrouni Fouad a member of the Judo Section, was elected as the new president of the CSA/USMA. Djabrouni received 16 votes out of 24 voters, while the other candidate, Khebaz Hamid the treasurer received only 7 votes.^[1]^[2] The first phase of the Super Division played in a two-legged format, 26 rounds in total. At the end of this phase, the top eight teams in the standings will play the Play-offs, while the remaining six teams will play the Play-downs.^[4] The FABB also announced the renewal of the decision prohibiting foreign players from playing in the Super Division, the FABB which set the deadline for submitting the commitment file to September 30.^[4]

The first match of the new season was against CSC Gué de Constantine at home. USM Alger was behind in the first three quarters, and in the fourth and final quarter, USMA reduced the score to one point, which was not enough to receive its first defeat. On December 3, 2024, WO Boufarik star Lamouri Merahi joined USM Alger. On December 5, 2024, after leading USM Alger to return to the podium with two league and cup titles, coach Réda El Hachemi left for rival club MC Alger. On January 31, 2024, the Algerian Basketball Federation (FABB), announced the scheduling of the Basketball Super Cup match on February 11, 2025 at La Coupole d'Alger Arena between WO Boufarik, the Super Division champion, and USM Alger, the Algerian Cup champion.^[5] WO Boufarik beat USM Alger with a score of 70-59.^[6]

Players

Super Division roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

USM Alger roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F/C	0	Saidi, Nabil (C)	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	44 – (1980-03-13)13 March 1980
	1	Belhadj, Ramadane
	2	Merahi, Lamouri	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	29 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995
	4	Khoudja, Zakaria	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	19 – (2005-05-10)10 May 2005
	7	Lakeb, Riadh	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	18 – (2006-03-27)27 March 2006
	9	Bougria, Moussa		32 – (1993-01-20)20 January 1993
	10	Messaoudi, Bouhaous	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
	11	Redouane, Tarek	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
	21	Medjoubi, Bacim	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
	24	Amairia, Mohamed	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
C	26	Messaoudi, Faredj	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	22 – (2003-01-20)20 January 2003
	29	Sadouki, Abdelmounaim
G	77	Boutiba, Ahmed	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1995-12-22)22 December 1995

Head coach

Ali Benhocine

Assistant coach(es)

Djamel Eddine Amri
Hafid Senour

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
Injured

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
2		Lamouri Merahi	29	WO Boufarik	Transfer	June 2025	Free	3 December 2024
77	G	Ahmed Boutiba	29	MC Alger	Transfer	June 2025	Free	20 December 2024	^[7]
26	C	Faredj Messaoudi	22	Shonan Sesaside	Transfer	June 2025	Free
24		Mohamed Amairia		WO Boufarik	Transfer	June 2025	Free

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
Super Division	9 November 2024	In Progress	Round 1	To be confirmed	14	7		7	834	789	+45	050.00
Algerian Cup	In Progress	In Progress	Round of 32	To be confirmed	0	0		0	0	0	+0	!—
Algerian Super Cup	11 February 2025	11 February 2025	Final	Runners–up	1	0		1	59	70	−11	000.00
Total					15	7	0	8	893	859	+34	046.67

Last updated: February 15, 2025
Source: Competitions

Super Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	CS Tlemcen	12	6	6	742	738	+4	18	Advance to playoffs
9	USM Blida	12	5	7	816	874	−58	17	Advance to Play down
10	USM Alger	12	6	6	710	670	+40	17^[a]
11	Rouiba CB	12	4	8	749	767	−18	16
12	OS Bordj Bou Arréridj	12	2	10	752	905	−153	14

First match(es) will be played: January 28, 2025. Source: FABB
Notes:

^ USM Alger were deducted 1 points.

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
14	7	7	834	789	+45	5	2	477	410	+67	2	5	357	379	−22

Last updated: February 15, 2025.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	8	10	7		10	14	13	13	13	11	11	10	9	10

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; R = Rest

Matches

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

November 9, 2024 1	USM Alger	51–52	CSC Gué de Constantine	Algiers
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 15–16, 13–14, 13–7
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou Referees: Ferhani, Rahali

November 15, 2024 2	CR Beni Saf	55–54	USM Alger	Béni Saf
15:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle OMS Yousfi Said Referees: Emtir, Houmita

November 23, 2024 3	USM Alger	62–42	M Ouled Chebel	Algiers
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 18–16, 17–9, 13–6
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou Referees: Ghaib, Heddi

December 6, 2024 4	CS Tlemcen	52–50	USM Alger	Tlemcen
15:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle OMS Kara Zaitri Imama

December 13, 2024 5	USM Alger	61–79	WO Boufarik	Algiers
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 22–22, 5–22, 15–19
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou Referees: Bennani, Fouchene

December 27, 2024 6	TRA Draria	20–00	USM Alger	Ouled Fayet
16:00
		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle OMS Ghazali Salem Referees: Kahallou, Ghaib, Rahali

January 4, 2025 7	USM Alger	71–62	NB Staouéli	Hydra
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 19–18, 13–12, 13–15
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle OMS Abdelaziz Ben Tifour Referees: Kaddour, Berrah, Hammada

January 10, 2025 8	MC Alger	70–62	USM Alger	Hydra
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 13–16, 23–14, 22–22
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle OMS Abdelaziz Ben Tifour Referees: Kahallou, Amrane, Kahil

January 14, 2025 9	USM Alger	92–53	Olympique Batna	Algiers
15:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou Referees: Amrane, Laoubi, Loutis

January 17, 2025 10	USM Alger	64–61	NA Hussein Dey	Dar El Beïda
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 18–15, 17–15, 20–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle OMS Dar El Beïda Referees: Bennani, Kahil, Rahali

January 21, 2025 11	OS Bordj Bou Arréridj	63–67(OT)	USM Alger	Bordj Bou Arréridj
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 14–15, 14–15, 13–15, Overtime: 6–10
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle OMS du 18 Février Referees: Larouci, Hammada, Madjoudj

January 25, 2025 12	USM Alger	76–61	USM Blida	Algiers
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 31–24, 9–15, 24–8, 12–14
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou Referees: Kahalou, Ghaib, Rahali

February 1, 2025 13	Rouiba Club Basketball	59–65	USM Alger	Rouïba
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 6–12, 11–18, 22–24, 20–11
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle OMS Mohamed Kadiri

February 15, 2025 14	CSC Gué de Constantine	60–59(OT)	USM Alger	Douéra
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 9–15, 19–12, 12–14, Overtime: 8–7
		Boxscore		Arena: Salle omnisport de Douéra

15	USM Alger	vs.	CR Beni Saf	Algiers
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

16	M Ouled Chebel	vs.	USM Alger	Ouled Chebel
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle OMS Boualem Bouhedja

17	USM Alger	vs.	CS Tlemcen	Algiers
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

18	WO Boufarik	vs.	USM Alger	Boufarik
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle Moussa Cheraf

19	USM Alger	vs.	TRA Draria	Algiers
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

20	NB Staouéli	vs.	USM Alger	Staoueli
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle OMS de Staouéli

21	USM Alger	vs.	MC Alger	Algiers
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

22	Olympique Batna	vs.	USM Alger	Batna
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle OMS 1er Novembre 1954

23	NA Hussein Dey	vs.	USM Alger
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

24	USM Alger	vs.	OS Bordj Bou Arréridj	Algiers
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

25	USM Blida	vs.	USM Alger	Blida
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle Hocine Chalane

26	USM Alger	vs.	Rouiba Club Basketball	Algiers
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

Algerian Cup

Round of 32		vs.
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Super Cup

February 11, 2025 Final	WO Boufarik	70–59	USM Alger	Algiers
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 13–16, 12–13, 18–15
TV2, TV6	Pts: Kadour Métidji 13 Rebs: Rabah Zitoun 8 Asts: Fayçal Zerouk Belkhodja 7	Boxscore	Pts: Lamouri Merahi 13 Rebs: Ahmed Boutiba 8 Asts: Moussa Bougria 4	Arena: La Coupole d'Alger Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Si Youcef Sofiane, Kaddour Hamid, Hamada Sofiane

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

SG	1	Tarek Hamdani	5	5	3
SG	23	Kadour Métidji	13	1	1
SF	32	Cherif Djamel Eddine Achache	11	7	2
C	44	Rabah Zitoun	12	8	0
	99	Mohamed Akram Sahraoui	10	3	2
Reserves:
	8	Adel Bachouche	DNP
C	10	Mohamed Seddik Touati	12	6	0
PG	11	Abdelhak Henna	0	0	2
SF	12	Zakaria Foughali	DNP
PF	14	Louai Chebel	0	5	0
	15	Redouane Mimouni	7	3	2
SG	21	Fayçal Zerouk Belkhodja	0	4	7
Head coach:
Sofiane Boulahia

WO Boufarik

USM Alger

WO Boufarik	Statistics	USM Alger
	Statistics
19/38 (50.0%)	2-pt field goals	19/49 (38.8%)
5/19 (26.3%)	3-pt field goals	2/28 (7.1%)
17/29 (58.6%)	Free throws	15/19 (78.9%)
12	Offensive rebounds	18
38	Defensive rebounds	27
50	Total rebounds	45
19	Assists	17
21	Turnovers	14
	Steals
3	Blocks	2
34	Fouls	36

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

F/C	0	Nabil Saidi	12	6	3
	2	Lamouri Merahi	13	4	2
	10	Bouhaous Messaoudi	8	6	3
	24	Mohamed Amairia	11	7	1
G	77	Ahmed Boutiba	7	8	2
Reserves:
	1	Ramadane Belhadj	3	4	2
	4	Zakaria Khoudja	DNP
	7	Riadh Lakeb	DNP
	9	Moussa Bougria	3	2	4
	11	Tarek Redouane	DNP
	21	Bacim Medjoubi	0	0	0
C	26	Faredj Messaoudi	2	2	0
Head coach:
Ali Benhocine

Statistics

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Allik quitte le CSA". Planete Sport. September 21, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "أحد أفضل مدربي البطولة الوطنية في السنوات الأخيرة رضا الهاشمي ينتقل إلى فريق مولودية الجزائر". Facebook. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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^ "Le WO Boufarik et l'USM Alger convoitent le trophée". Planete Sport. February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
^ "Le WO Boufarik remporte la Supercoupe d'Algérie de basket-ball". Horizons. February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
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[table_hth_USMA0.79989261310543-8] USM Alger were deducted 1 points.

[algerie-caf-usma-abandonnee-par-son-president-1] "Algérie, CAF : l'USMA abandonnée par son président !". Fennec Football. September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

[Allik_quitte_le_CSA-2] "Allik quitte le CSA". Planete Sport. September 21, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

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[5] "Le WO Boufarik et l'USM Alger convoitent le trophée". Planete Sport. February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.

[6] "Le WO Boufarik remporte la Supercoupe d'Algérie de basket-ball". Horizons. February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.

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v t e USM Alger basketball
Founded in 1942 Based in Algiers, Algeria
Club	Club History Statistics Honours Roster (Men) Most recent season
Arenas	Salle OMS Rais Hamidou
Personnel	President Fouad Djabrouni Head coach Ali Ben Houcene
Seasons	2023–24 2024–25