List of international footballers who played for USM Alger
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This compilation highlights players who have earned international caps while representing Union Sportive Médina d'Alger. Athletes from five different countries have appeared in international matches during their tenure at USM Alger. The club's inaugural representative at the African Cup was Boubekeur Belbekri in the 1968 edition, while the first USM Alger player to score in this competition was Billel Dziri, netting against Burkina Faso during the 1996 African Cup of Nations. The record for the most USM Alger players participating in a single African Cup tournament stands at four defenders: Mahieddine Meftah, Tarek Ghoul, Mounir Zeghdoud, and Fayçal Hamdani at the 1998 African Cup of Nations.
Regarding the Olympic Games, Abderrahmane Derouaz took part in the football tournament at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and Malian player Mamadou Diallo became the first foreign USM Alger athlete to compete at the Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Following a 36-year gap, Algeria's U-23 team qualified for the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics, featuring five players from USM Alger: Ayoub Abdellaoui, Raouf Benguit, Mohammed Benkhemassa, Oussama Darfalou, and Abderrahmane Meziane.
In terms of FIFA World Cup participation, goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche is the only USM Alger player to have competed, having appeared in the 2014 tournament. On January 3, 2023, coach Madjid Bougherra announced a 28-man squad for the 2022 African Nations Championship, which included nine representatives from USMA: Zineddine Belaïd, Haithem Loucif, Saâdi Radouani, Houari Baouche, Oussama Chita, Akram Djahnit, Abderrahmane Meziane, Aymen Mahious, and Mohamed Ait El Hadj. Notably, two-thirds of Algeria’s lineup consisted of players from USM Alger and their rivals CR Belouizdad.
Players
Algerian players
Foreign players
African Cup Participants
1968 African Cup
1980 African Cup
1996 African Cup
1998 African Cup
2000 African Cup
2002 African Cup
2004 African Cup
2012 African Cup
2013 African Cup
2017 African Cup
2024 African Cup
World Cup and Olympic Competitors
2014 World Cup
1980 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
2016 Summer Olympics
African Nations Championship Representatives
2011 African Championship
2022 African Championship
2025 African Championship