USM Blida

Union Sportive Madinat Blida, known as USM Blida or simply USMB, is a football club based in Blida, Algeria. They play in the Inter-Régions Division, the third tier of Algerian football. Founded in 1932, they have played their home games at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 1936. The club has spent all of its history playing between the first or second tiers.
The club's highest-ever league finish was second in the top flight in 2002–03. They were Algerian Cup runners-up in 1996. The club have also won the second tier title four times.

The club's home colours are green and white, and their nickname is The Salvador.

History

On 16 June 1932 the club was officially founded with the name Union Sportive Musulmane Blidéenne, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 24 September 1933 in the first round of the North African Cup.
On 5 August 2020, USM Blida were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2.

Club identity

Colours

Since the establishment of the club, the colours are green and white.

Crest

Historical evolution of the club's crest.

Stadium

USM Blida play their home matches at Brakni Brothers Stadium since 2011.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 : 26 season

*Runner-up : 2002–03Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 : 25 season
*Champion : 1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2014–15Algerian Cup :
*Runner-up : 1995–96Honor Division of the League Algiers : 10 season
*5th: 1954–55, 1955–56.First Division of the League Algiers : 5 season
*Champion : 1941-42, 1944-45, 1946–47Second Division of the League Algiers : 1 season
*Champion : 1937-38Third Division of the League Algiers : 4 season
*Champion : 1936-37Forconi Cup :
*Champion : 1944-45

Regional competitions

North African Cup : 5 appearancesArab Club Champions Cup : 2 appearances

Records

Record League victory – 9–1 v. IRB Nezla Record Algerian Cup victory – 11–0 v. IRC Aïn Salah Record League defeat – 6–2 v. JS Hai Djabel Most League appearances – +300, Billal Zouani Most League goals scored – 105, Billal Zouani Most goals scored – 122, Billal Zouani Most capped player – Smaïl Diss, 11 caps, [Algeria national association football|football team|Algeria]Most goals scored in a season – 17, Samy Frioui Record transfer fee paid – €138,500 to ASO Chlef for Abdelmadjid Tahraoui Record transfer fee received – €400,000 from Club Africain for Ezechiel N'Douassel Record sequence of League wins – 12; 1 March 1992 – 19 June 1992.Record sequence of League defeats – 7; 3 April 2021 – 18 May 2021Record sequence of unbeaten League matches – 20; 1991–92, 1996–97Record sequence without a League win – 13; 1 January 1998 – 28 May 1998Record points total for a Season – 72 pts; 1963–64

List of managers

The first manager of USM Blida was Abdelkader Hadef, who joined the club in 1932 as a player-manager. The current manager is Djilali Madjour, who took over the club in February 2022.