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)
Arena	Salle Rais Hamidou
Super Division	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Biggest win	USM Alger 62–42 M Ouled Chebel; (November 23, 2024)
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.^[3] 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.^[3]

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.

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.	Name	Ht.	Age
F	Saidi, Nabil (C)	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	44 – (1980-03-13)13 March 1980
	Belhadj, Ramadane
	Khoudja, Zakaria	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	19 – (2005-05-10)10 May 2005
	Guezout, Zakaria	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	32 – (1992-07-30)30 July 1992
	Bougria, Moussa		31 – (1993-01-20)20 January 1993
	Messaoudi, Bouhaous
	Redouane, Tarek	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
	Adrar, Lotfi	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
	Medjoubi, Bassem
	Sadouki, Abdelmounaim
	Adberrahim, Adlene Toufik		20 – (2004-02-16)16 February 2004
SG	Yahya, Merouane	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	21 – (2003-03-19)19 March 2003
	Merahi, Lamouri		29 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Nassim Djabour

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
Injured

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
			Lamouri Merahi	29	WO Boufarik		Transfer	June 2025	Free	3 December 2024

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	5	1		4	278	280	−2	020.00
Algerian Cup	In Progress	In Progress	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	0	0		0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					5	1	0	4	278	280	−2	020.00

Last updated: December 13, 2024
Source: Competitions

Super Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	CR Beni Saf	5	2	3	322	325	−3	7	Advance to playoffs
9	TRA Draria	4	2	2	275	266	+9	6	Advance to Play down
10	USM Alger	5	1	4	278	280	−2	6
11	CS Tlemcen	5	1	4	301	326	−25	6
12	M Ouled Chebel	5	1	4	303	343	−40	6

First match(es) will be played: December 14, 2024. Source: FABB

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
5	1	4	278	280	−2	1	2	174	173	+1	0	2	104	107	−3

Last updated: December 13, 2024.
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
Position	8	10	7		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	vs.	USM Alger	Ouled Fayet
16:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle OMS Ghazali Salem Referees: Kahallou, Ghaib, Rahali

7	USM Alger	vs.	NB Staouéli	Algiers
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		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

8	MC Alger	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

9	USM Alger	vs.	Olympique Batna	Algiers
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		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

10	USM Alger	vs.	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
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		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

11	OS Bordj Bou Arréridj	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

12	USM Alger	vs.	USM Blida	Algiers
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		[ Boxscore]		Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

13	Rouiba Club Basketball	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

14	CSC Gué de Constantine	vs.	USM Alger
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15	USM Alger	vs.	CR Beni Saf	Algiers
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				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

16	M Ouled Chebel	vs.	USM Alger
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17	USM Alger	vs.	CS Tlemcen	Algiers
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				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

18	WO Boufarik	vs.	USM Alger
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19	USM Alger	vs.	TRA Draria
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20	NB Staouéli	vs.	USM Alger
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21	USM Alger	vs.	MC Alger	Algiers
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				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

22	Olympique Batna	vs.	USM Alger
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23	NA Hussein Dey	vs.	USM Alger
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24	USM Alger	vs.	OS Bordj Bou Arréridj	Algiers
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				Arena: Salle Rais Hamidou

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

Algerian Cup

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Algérie, CAF : l'USMA abandonnée par son président !". Fennec Football. September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Allik quitte le CSA". Planete Sport. September 21, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Coup d'envoi du championnat de basket-ball le 25 octobre". Horizons. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

[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.

[Coup_d’envoi_du_championnat_de_basket-ball_le_25_octobre-3] "Coup d'envoi du championnat de basket-ball le 25 octobre". Horizons. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

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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 Réda El Hachemi
Seasons	2023–24 2024–25