USM Alger
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Full name
Union Sportive Médina d'Alger
Nicknames
L'USMA
Soustara
Ouled El Bahdja
Ouled El Hamra
Kahraba
The Reds and Blacks
Founded
July 5, 1937
as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger
Ground
Stade Omar Hammadi, Algiers
Stade 5 Juillet 1962 (when ready), Algiers (Derbies Only)
Capacity
Stade Omar Hammadi
(10,000)
President
Ali Haddad
Head Coach
Miloud Hamdi
League
Ligue Professionnelle 1
2015-16
Ligue Professionnelle 1, 1th
Union Sportive Médina d'Alger, known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the city of Algiers.
The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black.
Their venue, the Stade Omar Hammadi, has a capacity of some 10,000.
The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
USM Alger are one of the most successful clubs in Algeria, having domestically won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 6 times, the Algerian Cup 8 times and the Algerian Super Cup once.
Internationally, USM Alger has won the UAFA Club Cup once, winning the last edition in 2013.
The club also reached the final match of the 2015 CAF Champions League
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Semi-final line-ups complete.
Algeria international Medjani, 29, has signed a three-year deal after Monaco agreed to terminate his contract. Constant, who can play in defence or midfield, has joined from Italians AC Milan for an undisclosed fee.
The French-born 28-year-old impressed during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil where Algeria reached the last 16.
The African side were beaten 2:1 by Germany after extra-time but Mbolhi was named man of the match following a series of fine saves.
Fixtures & Results
Group A
• 27 July: Vita Club vs Al Hilal 2:1
• 27 July: Zamalek vs TP Mazembe 0:0
Group B
• 25 July: Al-Ahly Benghazi vs Entente Setif 0:2
• 26 July: Sfaxien vs Esperance 1:0
Fixtures & Results
Group A
• 27 July: Vita Club vs El Hilal
• 27 July: Zamalek vs TP Mazembe
Group B
• 25 July: Al-Ahly Benghazi vs Entente Setif 0:2
• 26 July: Sfaxien vs Esperance 1:0
The 24-year-old French-born attacking midfielder has agreed an $8.7m (£5.1m) deal with a $67m (£40m) buy-out clause.
Gourcuff was last coach of Lorient, leaving the job in May at the end of the Ligue 1 season. He has also coached at Le Mans and Stade Rennes and had a one-year spell in Saudi Arabia.
The 27-year-old centre-back was part of the Desert Foxes squad that reached the last 16 of the World Cup in Brazil - their best performance at a finals.
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