USM Alger Under-23s are the reserve team of USM Alger. The team mainly consists of Under-23 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury.

History

USM Alger is one of the clubs that owns a well-known football school in Algeria. In the seventies the club relied on players who graduated from the club most notably Djamel Zidane and Djamel Keddou who spent all his football career with USM Alger. In the eighties, ninety percent of the squad was from the team, especially in the winning season of the Algerian Cup in 1988. Where was the majority of the players from the club, where coach Djamel Keddou put his trust in the colleagues of Farid Bengana, Amirouche Lalili, Farid Mouaci, Salim Boutamine, Athmane Nourine and Tarek Hadj Adlane. On July 4, 2023 USM Alger announced the arrival of five elements for the youth squad Kamil Mohamed Ramzy from JS Djijel, Sid Amhend Ameziane from JS Bordj Ménaïel, Bastani Aymen from Paradou AC, Mihoubi Rabeh from E Sour El Ghozlane and Hemlaoui Ishak from ASO Chlef.^[2]

Players

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Current squad

These players can also play with the senior squad and are all Young Professionals.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ALG Abdellah Zakaria Saouchi — GK  ALG Sadek Abdellah El Hadj — GK  ALG Rabeh Mihoubi — DF  ALG — DF  ALG Wassim Ouhab — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — DF  ALG Abdessamed Bounacer — DF  ALG Mohamed Bensaid — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — DF  ALG — MF  ALG Mohamed Ramzy Kamil — MF  ALG Ishak Hemlaoui

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ALG Mohamed Djenidi — MF  ALG Mostafa Bekane — MF  ALG Aymen Kennan — MF  ALG — MF  ALG — MF  ALG — MF  ALG — FW  ALG Sid Amhend Ameziane — FW  ALG Aymen Bastani — FW  ALG — FW  ALG Samy Bouali — FW  ALG Khalil Darfalou — FW  ALG — FW  ALG

Notable graduates

Current USM Alger players in bold.

Honours

References