USM Blida

USM Blida

Full name	Union Sportive Madinat Blida
Nickname	Salvador
Founded	10 November 1932 (1932-11-10) as Union Sportive Musulmane de Blida
Ground	Brakni Brothers Stadium Mustapha Tchaker Stadium
Capacity	10,000
League	League 2
2025–26	Interregional League, Group Centre-west, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Union Sportive Madinat Blida (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة), known as USM Blida or simply USMB, is a football club based in Blida, Algeria. They play in the Inter-Régions Division, the third tier of Algerian football. Founded in 1932, they have played their home games at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 1936. The club has spent all of its history playing between the first or second tiers.

The club's highest-ever league finish was second in the top flight in 2002–03. They were Algerian Cup runners-up in 1996. The club have also won the second tier title four times.

The club's home colours are green and white, and their nickname is The Salvador.

On 10 November 1932 the club was officially founded with the name Union Sportive Musulmane Blidéenne, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 24 September 1933 in the first round of the North African Cup.¹

On 5 August 2020, USM Blida were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2.²

Since the establishment of the club, the colours are green and white.

Historical evolution of the club's crest.

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  First badge of the club
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  Previous badge of the club
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  Actual badge of the club

USM Blida play their home matches at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 2011.

Source: LIRF

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALG Fetheddine Alaoui 2 FW  ALG Ayoub Guellouma 3 DF  ALG Houssem Zouraghi 4 FW  ALG Mohamed Yahya 6 MF  ALG Mohamed Ramzi Boulezzaz 7 FW  ALG Abdelkrim Benarous 8 MF  ALG Ismail Soltani 10 MF  ALG Hamza Ounnas 11 FW  ALG Nasreddine Djebbar 12 MF  ALG Hadj Aissa Allali 14 DF  ALG Mohammed Baouni 15 FW  ALG Ali Lakroum 16 GK  ALG Hamza Zamime 17 DF  ALG Youcef Belamine 18 MF  ALG Abderrahim Yettou 19 MF  ALG Chouaib Mehatef 20 FW  ALG Abdelkader Boukhors 21 FW  ALG Abdelkader Ahmed Banoun 22 DF  ALG Abdelhafid Slimani 23 MF  ALG Imad Bakiri 24 DF  ALG Idriss Benyache 25 FW  ALG Ridha Amrani 26 MF  ALG Mansour Achour 27 DF  ALG Khiereddine Derbal 28 MF  ALG Ilyes Brahimi 29 DF  ALG Ghiles Belkacemi 30 GK  ALG Abdelfetah Zakaria Benouis

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 : 26 season
  • Runner-up (1): 2002–03
• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 : 25 season
  • Champion (4): 1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2014–15
• Algerian Cup :
  • Runner-up (1): 1995–96
• Honor Division of the League Algiers : 10 season
  • 5th: 1954–55, 1955–56.
• First Division of the League Algiers : 5 season
  • Champion (3): 1941-42, 1944-45, 1946–47
• Second Division of the League Algiers : 1 season
  • Champion (1): 1937-38
• Third Division of the League Algiers : 4 season
  • Champion (1): 1936-37
• Forconi Cup :
  • Champion (1): 1944-45

• North African Cup : 5 appearances

1947 – Quarter-finals

1952 – Round of 32

1953 – Round of 32

1954 – Semi-final

1955 – Round of 32

• Arab Club Champions Cup : 2 appearances

1996 – Group stage

2004 – Second round

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away
1946–1947
	Round of 16	CS Hammam-Lif	/	0–1
	Quarter-finals	US Marocaine	0–1	/
1952–1953
	Round of 32	SC Bel Abbès	/	4–0
1953–1954
	Round of 32	ES Sahel	1–0	2–2
	Round of 16	EJ Philippevilleˌ	1–0	/
	Quarter-finals	Gallia Club Oran	1–0	/
	Semi-finals	USM Oran	/	1–0
1954–1955
	Round of 32	Club Africain	2–3	/
1955–1956
	Round of 32	GC Mascara	/	4–0

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996
	Group stage (A)	Al-Ahly	/	5–1	3rd place
		Shabab Rafah	/	1–0
2003–04	First Round	MAS Fez	0–1	1–3	2–3
	Group stage (C)	CS Sfaxien	2–2	1–0	4th place
		Espérance de Tunis	0–5	2–1
		Zamalek SC	0–2	1–1

• Record League victory – 9–1 v. IRB Nezla (29 May 1992)
• Record Algerian Cup victory – 11–0 v. IRC Aïn Salah (10 December 1987)
• Record League defeat – 6–2 v. JS Hai Djabel (24 January 2022)
• Most League appearances – +300, Billal Zouani (1988–08)
• Most League goals scored – 105, Billal Zouani (1988–08)
• Most goals scored (overall) – 122, Billal Zouani (1988–08)
• Most capped player – Smaïl Diss, 11 caps, Algeria
• Most goals scored in a season – 17, Samy Frioui (2017–18)
• Record transfer fee paid – €138,500 to ASO Chlef for Abdelmadjid Tahraoui (2005)
• Record transfer fee received – €400,000 from Club Africain for Ezechiel N'Douassel (2011)
• Record sequence of League wins – 12; 1 March 1992 – 19 June 1992.
• Record sequence of League defeats – 7; 3 April 2021 – 18 May 2021
• Record sequence of unbeaten League matches – 20; 1991–92, 1996–97
• Record sequence without a League win – 13; 1 January 1998 – 28 May 1998
• Record points total for a Season – 72 pts; 1963–64

Record sales R. Player From To Fee Year 1. Ezechiel N'Douassel USM Blida Club Africain €400,000 (38,9 million DA) 2011 2. Smaïl Diss USM Blida ES Sétif €102,000 (10 million DA) 2008 3. Youcef Zerguine USM Blida JS Kabylie €54,000 (7 million DA) 2017 4. Adlène Bensaïd USM Blida JS Kabylie €52,000 (5 million DA) 2007 5. Mokhtar Belkhiter USM Blida MC El Eulma €48,000 (5 million DA) 2013 6. Bouazza Feham USM Blida MC Oran €22,000 (2 million DA) 2005

Record signings R. Player From To Fee Year 1. Abdelmadjid Tahraoui ASO Chlef USM Blida €138,500 (12,5 million DA) 2005 2. Smaïl Diss USM Blida ES Mostaganem €44,000 (3 million DA) 1998 3. Zoubir Zmit MC Alger USM Blida €16,000 (1,5 million DA) 2007

The first manager of USM Blida was Abdelkader Hadef, who joined the club in 1932 as a player-manager. The current manager is Djilali Madjour, who took over the club in February 2022.