In the 1999–2000 season,

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its co ...

is competing in the Super Division for the 20th time, as well as the

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after in ...

. It is their 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the

, Algerian League Cup,

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs. History The tou ...

, and the

African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

. 1999–2000 season was the worst season since the rise of the Red and Black and finished in last place and

Rabah Saâdane Rabah Saâdane ( ar, رابح سعدان; born 3 May 1946) is an Algerian football manager and retired professional player whose playing career was abruptly interrupted at the age of 27 by a car accident. His last management job was of the Alger ...

was dismissed from his position as coach after he had failed to achieve what was required in all competitions but in this season, there was no fall to the second division,

Saïd Allik Saïd Allik, (born April 24, 1948) in Tixeraïne, Birkhadem in Algeria, is an Algerian footballer turned trainer and then president of the USM Alger. He is appointed President of the Club Cr Belouzdad Biography Player career Said Allik ha ...

stated that it is an opportunity to inject new life into the team in order to gain control of Algerian football, also USM Alger disqualified in

2000 African Cup Winners' Cup The 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-sixth season of Africa's second oldest club football tournament organised by CAF. In a final featuring two giants of African club football, four time African champions Zamalek of Egypt defeated t ...

to be punished not to participate in any African competition for one year because of the participation an ineligible of goalkeeper Burkinabé

Siaka Coulibaly Siaka Coulibaly (born 10 March 1972) is a Burkinabé footballer. He played in six matches for the Burkina Faso national football team from 1996 to 2005. He was also named in Burkina Faso's squad for the 1996 African Cup of Nations The 1996 Af ...

against JS du Ténéré. in the Algerian League Cup arrived to the semi-final round and lost to

CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi de Belouizdad S.s.p.a (Classical Arabic: الشّباب الرّياضيّ لبلوزداد, English Translation: Sporting Club of Belouizdad), known as ''Chabab Belouizdad'' or ''CR Belouizdad'' or simply ''CRB'' for short, is a ...

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 June 2000.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Competitions

Overview

Super Division

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

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Algerian Cup

Algerian League Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

CAF Cup

Quarter-finals

African Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Squad information

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

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

Clean sheets

''Includes all competitive matches.''

Transfers

In

Out

Notes

References

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