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US Biskra
Full name	Union Sportive de Biskra
Nickname(s)	Khadra
Founded	1934
Ground	18 February Stadium
Capacity	35,000
President	Abdelkader Triaa
Head Coach	Mounir Zeghdoud
League	Ligue 1
2023–24	Ligue 1, 14th of 16
	Current season

Union Sportive de Biskra (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لبسكرة), known as US Biskra or simply USB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Biskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium, 18 February Stadium, has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

Some of its famous players of the 1970s and early-1980s include: Majorie, Chaib Lakhal, Mohamed Jonas, Mirini, Bessaou, Bouzidi, Ben Brahim, and of course Doubba.

L'USB was stock in the third division for most of its history and played major roles but never made it up. The third division used to be called "Division d'Honneur". At that time the most important achievement was defeating the then, and even now, mighty ES Setif 2–1 in Algerian cup. That was a short lived happy time followed by a loss to USM Bel-Abbès in the same competition by 4–1. All the citizens of Biskra still remember the year of Azzaba when l'US Biskra lost at home in one of the final games to Azzaba 3–1 and therefore missing the accession to the second division then known as "Division Regional".

L'US Biskra now is in second division and even played in Division one for one season two years ago. In May 2017, US Biskra returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 11 years of absence.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
- Champion (1): 2004–05

Players

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024^[update].^[2]^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Ahmed Abdelkader
2	DF	ALG	Ahmed Redha Houhou
4	DF	ALG	Tarek Adouane
6	DF	ALG	Hamza Salem
8	MF	ALG	Mustapha Zeghnoun
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed
10	MF	ALG	Hamza Ounnas
11	FW	ALG	Chérif Siam
12	MF	ALG	Hatem Dakhia
13	GK	ALG	Abderrahmane Amri
14	MF	ALG	Tayeb Hamoudi
15	DF	ALG	Abdelhak Belkacemi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	ALG	Bilal Boukarroum
18	FW	ALG	Khalil Darfalou
19	MF	ALG	Ayoub Derbal
20	DF	ALG	Nacereddine Khoualed (captain)
21	MF	ALG	Yacine Medane
22	MF	ALG	Abdellah Daouadji
23	DF	ALG	Adel Lakhdari (vice-captain)
24	DF	ALG	Salaheddine Benlaribi
25	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Siddik Baali
26	MF	ALG	Nizar Tamer
27	DF	ALG	Aymen Chehmat
30	GK	ALG	Oussama Mellala

Reserve Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	FW	ALG	Riad Rahmoun


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	FW	ALG	Aymen Fellahi

Former players

For a list of current and former US Biskra player with a Wikipedia article, see Category:US Biskra players

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Mounir Zeghdoud
Assistant coach	Lotfi Bouderaa
Goalkeeping coach	Hocine Abrous
Fitness coach	Adlène Boukhedna

Statistics

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Other	Africa	Top goalscorer(s)^{[note 1]}		Ref.
Season	Division	Pos	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup	Other	Africa	Name	Goals
2017–18	Ligue 1	14th	34	30	9	7	14	23	30	Round of 16			Yasser Berbache	7	^[4]
2018–19	Ligue 2	1st	55	30	16	7	7	39	28	Penultimate regional round			Ibrahim Benachour	14
2019–20	Ligue 1^{[note 2]}	14th	21	22	6	3	13	17	33	Round of 16			Messadia, Mokhtar	3	^[7]
2020–21	Ligue 1	14th	46	38	11	13	14	32	46	Not played	Quarter-finals		Youcef Chibane	6	^[8]
2021–22	Ligue 1	10th	50	34	13	11	10	36	32	Not played			Hichem Mokhtar	12	^[9]
2022–23	Ligue 1	12th	40	30	10	10	10	30	29	Round of 64			Baali, Siam	6	^[10]
2023–24	Ligue 1	14th	36	30	9	9	12	25	34	Quarter-final			Mustapha Zeghnoun	4	^[11]
2024–25	Ligue 1									Round of 64					^[12]

Notes

^ Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
^ On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[5] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.^[6]