USM Alger

1971–72 season
President	Ali Kezzal
Head coach	Ahmed Tedjini Lakehal (until ?) Ahmed Zitoun (from ?)
Stadium	Stade des Frères Brakni[note 1]
National I	15th
Algerian Cup	Runners–up
Top goalscorer	Abderrahmane Meziani (8 goals)
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In the 1971–72 season, USM Alger is competing in the Championnat National for the 6th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Championnat National, and the Algerian Cup.

In the Algerian Cup, the path to the final was not easy, with a difference of one goal in three games out of four to face USM Annaba at the opening of the new Stade du 5 Juillet by President Houari Boumédiène and this ends in defeat, Before that and during the youth final against NAR Alger, Nacer Guedioura becomes the first to score a goal in the new stadium to lead them to win the cup. The club is deprived of the services of Kamel Tchalabi who plays in the military final and despite the fact that he was promised to play if he had participated in a half and scored, he does not participate in the match.^[2]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1970.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Nat.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
	Sid Ahmed Zebaïri	GK	(1948-11-13)13 November 1948 (aged 22)	Youth system
	Boukhalfa Branci	GK	(1952-06-18)18 June 1952 (aged 19)	Youth system
	Rachid Debbah	LB	(1948-03-23)23 March 1948 (aged 23)	Youth system
	Djamel Keddou	DF	(1952-01-30)30 January 1952 (aged 19)	Youth system
	Reda Abdouche	DF
	Rachid Laâla	DF
	Mustapha Mansouri	DF
	Saïd Allik	MF	(1948-04-24)24 April 1948 (aged 23)	Youth system
	Ahmed Lakhdar Attoui	MF	(1948-09-20)20 September 1948 (aged 22)	USM Annaba
	Mouldi Aïssaoui	MF	(1946-07-26)26 July 1946 (aged 25)	JBAC Annaba
	Boubekeur Belbekri	MF	(1942-01-07)7 January 1942 (aged 29)	Gallia d’Alger
	Abdelkader Saâdi	MF	(1948-02-24)24 February 1948 (aged 23)	Youth system
	Abderrahmane Meziani	FW	(1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 29)	AS Saint Eugène
	Kamel Tchalabi	FW	(1947-04-24)24 April 1947 (aged 24)	OM Saint Eugènoise
	Kamel Berroudji	ST	(1945-09-09)9 September 1945 (aged 25)	OMR El Annasser
	Brahim Aouadj			MC Alger

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National I	30	9	7	14	38	47	−9	030.00	—	15th	5 September 1971	18 June 1972
Algerian Cup	5	4	0	1	8	5	+3	080.00	Round of 32	Runners–up	6 February 1972	25 June 1972
Total	35	13	7	15	46	52	−6	037.14

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	NR Ksentina	30	10	8	12	26	31	−5	58
13	USM Bel-Abbès	30	6	15	9	24	30	−6	57
14	WA Tlemcen	30	8	11	11	39	51	−12	57
15	USM Alger	30	9	7	14	38	47	−9	55
16	ES Guelma	30	3	7	20	25	63	−38	43

  Win   Draw   Loss

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Nat.	Player	Pos.	N 1	AC	TOTAL
	Abderrahmane Meziani	FW	8	0	0
	Mouldi Aïssaoui	MF	7	0	0
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			38	8	46