In the 2010–11 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 Ligue 1 for the 33rd time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

Season summary

It was decided by the

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and the Algerian Football Federation to professionalize the Algerian football championship, starting from the 2010–11 season Thus all the Algerian football clubs which until then enjoyed the status of semi-professional club, will acquire the professional appointment this season. the president of the Algerian Football Federation,

Mohamed Raouraoua Mohamed Raouraoua (born 12 September 1947 in Casbah, Algiers, French Algeria) is the former president of the Algerian Football Federation and the vice-president of the Union of Arab Football Associations The Union of Arab Football Associations ...

, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism, promising a new way of management based on rigor and seriousness, especially since football has bottomed out in recent seasons, due to the catastrophic management of the clubs which could not go And were lagging behind clubs in neighboring countries that have made extraordinary progress, becoming full-fledged

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clubs, which will enable them to increase their African continent, On August 4, 2010, USM Alger went public in conjunction with the professionalization of the domestic league. Algerian businessman

Ali Haddad Ali Haddad, arabic: علي حداد (born 27 January 1965 in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian Businessman. He is the co-founder and CEO of ETRHB (''Entreprise des Travaux Routiers, Hydrauliques et Bâtiments''; Road, Hydraulic and Building Works Company ...

became the majority share owner after investing 700 million Algeria dinars to buy an 83% ownership in the club to become the first professional club in Algeria. On 27 October, Haddad replaced Saïd Allik as president of the club. Allik had been the club's president for the past 18 years. The first season of professional football in

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it was difficult for USM Alger and is the worst since the 1999–2000 season, and Noureddine Saadi was removed from his post to be replaced by Frenchman

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with a clause in his contract allows him to leave if he is solicited by a national selection.

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suffered a lot and did not achieve any victory for nearly 5 months. and waited until the last round to ensure survival after the victory against

USM Annaba Union Sportive Médinat d'Annaba ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة عنابة), known as USM Annaba or simply USMAN for short, is an Algerian football club based in Annaba. It was founded in 1983 and its colours are red and white. ...

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 July 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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

Transfers

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Competitions

Overview

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Algerian Cup

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.''

References

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