USM El Harrach

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USM El-Harrach

Full name	Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach
Nickname(s)	Bouzenzel, Kawassir
Founded	1935
Ground	1 November 1954 Stadium
Capacity	5,000
League	Ligue 2
2023–24	Ligue 2, Group Centre-east, 7th

Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach (Template:Lang-ar), known as USM El Harrach or simply USMH for short, is an Algerian football club based in El Harrach, a suburb of Algiers. The club was founded in 1935 as Union Sportive Musulmane Maison-Carréenne and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 1 November 1954 Stadium, has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue 2.

History

Union sportive musulmane de Maison-Carrée.

In March 1935, the idea of creating a football club for young Muslims in Maison Carrée was born. It took the name of Union sportive musulmane de Maison-Carrée (USMMC) and played friendly games until its affiliation on January 23, 1935. Towards the end of 1977, a sports reform took place because it was wanted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, in order to give elite clubs a good financial basis allowing them to structure themselves professionally (in ASP which means Association sportive de performances). The goal was therefore for them to have total autonomy of management with the creation of their own training center. For this, many clubs had to sacrifice their names and rename them according to the main sponsor. In some club names the letter P of the Sonatrach oil companies sponsoring MC Alger, MC Oran and ES Sétif, renamed MP Alger, MP Oran and EP Sétif. Similarly, Sonelgaz, with the K of Kahraba (gas), sponsored JS Kabylie, which abandoned its name of Jeunesse sportive de Kabylie in Jamiat Sari' Kawkabi, or USM Alger renamed USK Alger. But also the CNAN (Compagnie national algérienne de navigation) with the M of Milaha (meaning navigator) which sponsored the athletic Nasr Hussein Dey which became Milaha Athletic of Hussein Dey and many others. The USMMC will be sponsored by the national mining research and exploitation company (SONAREM) which leads to the change of its name which becomes Union sportive Manadjem El Harrach.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
  • Champions (1): 1997–98

• Algerian Cup
  • Winners (2): 1973–74, 1986–87

Managers

• Azzedine Aït Djoudi (July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001)
• Khaled Lounici (2005–07)
• Nacer Bechouche (interim) (Oct 1, 2012 – April 1, 2013)
• Boualem Charef (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014)
• Abdelkader Yaïche (July 1, 2014–)

Statistics

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Other	Africa		Top goalscorer(s)		Ref.
	Division	Pos	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA					Name	Goals
1989–90	Division 1	12th	28	30	10	8	12	28	35	NP				Abdennour Baya	6
2008–09	Division 1	11th	40	32	10	10	12	36	40	R64				Youcef Saïbi	9
2009–10	Division 1	6th	52	34	13	13	8	46	33	R64				Sofiane Hanitser	16
2010–11	Ligue 1	4th	46	30	12	10	8	36	31	RU				Salim Boumechra	13
2011–12	Ligue 1	10th	38	30	11	5	14	28	31	SF				Baghdad Bounedjah	7
2012–13	Ligue 1	2nd	57	30	17	6	7	38	22	R16				Baghdad Bounedjah, El Amalli	11
2013–14	Ligue 1	5th	47	30	13	8	9	34	27	R64				Lamine Abid	7
2014–15	Ligue 1	4th	43	30	13	4	13	30	32	R32				Lamine Abid	9
2015–16	Ligue 1	9th	41	30	10	11	9	28	27	R16				Hadj Bouguèche	8
2016–17	Ligue 1	13th	36	30	7	15	8	15	21	R16				Dahar, Mellel	4
2017–18	Ligue 1	15th	28	30	7	7	16	27	37	R32				Hadj Bouguèche	6
2018–19	Ligue 2	11th	36	30	7	15	8	22	24	R16				Mohamed Reda Boumechra	4
2019–20	Ligue 2	16th	22	22	5	7	10	20	31	R64				Fayçal Abdat	5
2020–21	Ligue 2									NP
2021–22	Ligue 2									NP
2022–23	Ligue 2									R64
2023–24	Ligue 2	7th	41	30	12	5	13	35	34	R4
2024–25	Ligue 2

External links

• USM El Harrach on Facebook