In the 2004–05 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 ...

competed in the Division 1 for the 25th 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 was their 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They were competing in Ligue 1, the

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and the

Summary season

Since everything has an end, 2004–05 was for Usmistes the end of an era that has long been dreaming all lovers of the club. The fifth league title was won under the leadership of Mustapha Aksouh it is the last title for

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 ...

as a president. In the last round, the struggle for survival was between

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 ...

and

OMR El Annasser Olympic Mostakbel Ruisseau el-Annasser ( ar, أولمبي مستقبل العناصر), known as OMR el-Annasser or simply OMR for short, is an Algerian football club based in the Belouizdad quarter of Algiers. The club was founded on 1962 and ...

although USM Alger does not need to win, it crushed

with a four, all scored by

Michael Eneramo Michael Eneramo (born 26 November 1985) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Eneramo began his career with Lobi Stars and was in 2004 scouted by Tunisian top club Espérance Sportive de Tunis, he ...

to be the youngest player to score a

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in USM Alger's first team, at 19 years old. The reason why Al Ittihad played with such strength goes back to the 1993–94 season in second division, when the struggle for promoted was between ASO Chlef and

, and in the last round ASO Chlef won against

it took place at

Stade 20 Août 1955 20 August 1955 Stadium (, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Mohamed Belouizdad, Algiers, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CR Belouizdad. The stadium holds 20,000 people. It’s in the city. Histo ...

and USM Alger accused them of facilitating their mission, to go up to the first division by direct match difference.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 13 June 2005.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Overview

Division 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

Champions League

Group stage

Champions League

First round

Second round

CAF Confederation Cup

Play-off round

Squad information

Playing statistics

''Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances''
''Red card numbers denote:'' ''Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.''

Goalscorers

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

Clean sheets

''Includes all competitive matches.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2004-05 USM Alger season USM Alger seasons Algerian football clubs 2004–05 season