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List of USM Alger international footballers

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Adapted from the English Wikipedia article List of USM Alger international footballers, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 29 November 2025
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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

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GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Bold Currently active in professional football

Algerian players

Algerian internationals who played for USM Alger
Name Position First cap date Opponent in debut Last cap date Final opponent Number of caps Reference
Boubekeur Belbekri MF
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Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud DF
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Abderrahmane Meziani FW
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Rabie Benchergui FW
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Djamel Bougandoura DF
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Kamel Maouche MF
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Mouldi Aïssaoui MF
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Fares El Aouni DF
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Abderrahmane Derouaz DF
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Smaïl Slimani MF
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Foreign players

Name Role Initial cap date First opponent Last cap date Final opponent Appearances
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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