1954–55 USM Blida season

USM Blida
1954–55 season
PresidentMustapha Hadji
Head coachSmaïl Khabatou
StadiumUSB Stadium, Blida
Division Honneur5th
Forconi CupFifth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Abdelkader Mazouz (7)
All: Abdelkader Mazouz (12)

In the 1954–55 season, USM Blida competed in the Division Honneur for the 22th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They competed in Division Honneur, and the Forconi Cup.

Review

The 1954–1955 season is considered one of the most successful seasons, as the team achieved one of its best results in the league since its promotion to the Division Honneur in 1947. This success came during the second season of coach Smaïl Khabatou at the head of the technical staff, where he continued his work in building a strong and competitive team.

USM Blida finished the season in fifth place with 44 points, a remarkable achievement that reflected the club’s stability and progress. Throughout the league campaign, the team played 22 matches, recording 7 victories, 8 draws, and 7 defeats. These results confirmed the solid level and consistency that the club had reached during that period.

On an individual level, striker Abdelkader Mazouz stood out as the team’s top scorer in the league with 7 goals. His performances were crucial to the team’s positive results and he played a key role in the attacking line.

In the North African Cup competition, USM Blida faced the Tunisian side Club Africain in a challenging match held at the Municipal Stadium in Algiers. Despite a strong performance, the team was eliminated after a narrow 3–2 defeat. The two goals for USM Blida in that match were scored by Maâmar Ousser and Abdelkader Mazouz.

The 1954–1955 season remains a bright chapter, marked by technical stability under coach Smaïl Khabatou and by outstanding results that strengthened the club’s reputation as one of the leading teams of that era.

Squad information

As of match played 8 May 1955.
Name Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed
in
Signed from Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
Saïd Bayou GK 1952 MC Alger 53 0
Abderrahmane Outata GK 1954 US Ouest Mitidja 11 0
Mohamed Mokdad GK 1953 Reserve team 6 0
Ghimour GK 1954 Reserve team 5 0
Defenders
Belkacem Bouguerra DF 1944 Reserve team +144 7
Maâmar Ousser DF (1935-02-07)7 February 1935 (aged 19) 1953 Reserve team 59 4
Smaïl Khabatou DF (1920-09-08)8 September 1920 (aged 33) 1953 MC Alger 50 5
Zoubir Zouraghi DF (1934-01-01)1 January 1934 (aged 20) 1953 Reserve team 22 0
Djilali Hasni DF 1954 FC Blida 7 0
Mustapha Tchaker DF (1936-03-10)10 March 1936 (aged 19) 1954 Reserve team 1 0
Midfielders
Rachid Hadji MF (1931-01-01)1 January 1931 (aged 23) 1948 Reserve team 150 21
Belkacem Chalane MF (1930-01-01)1 January 1930 (aged 24) 1949 Reserve team 98 12
Braham Brakni MF (1931-01-19)19 January 1931 (aged 23) 1949 Reserve team 94 15
Yahia Soum MF 1948 Reserve team 55 2
Forward
Abdelkader Mazouz FW (1932-08-04)4 August 1932 (aged 22) 1949 Reserve team 84 37
Mokhtar Dahmane FW (1931-12-27)27 December 1931 (aged 22) 1951 Reserve team 69 13
Mohamed Sebkhaoui FW (1935-10-25)25 October 1935 (aged 18) 1952 Reserve team 51 13
Mustapha Begga FW (1934-06-10)10 June 1934 (aged 20) 1952 Reserve team 48 7
Benyoucef Boumbadji FW 1951 Reserve team 47 6
Benaissa Bouak FW 1954 FC Blida 19 5

Pre-season and friendlies

2 September 1954 (1954-09-02) OCB Oued Fodda 1–2 USM Blida Oued Fodda
Bernardi 12' Report Abdelkader Mazouz 28'
Braham Brakni 28'
Referee: M.
5 September 1954 (1954-09-05) USM Blida 1–2 AS Boufarik Blida
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Outata, Hasni (Zouraghi), Bouguerra, Begga, Brakni, Chalane, Mazouz, Bouak (Yahia), Dahmane, Sebkhaoui
Report Navarro Valentin ?', ?'

Widenlocher, Massip, Reguieg (Jasseron), Navarro Antoine, Perez, Barka (Fuselier), Pons, Navarro Valentin, Reichert, Vomero (Benincasa), Rezzig (Guillbert)
Stadium: USB Stadium
Referee: M.
7 September 1954 (1954-09-07) Achoura AS Boufarik 3–3 USM Blida Boufarik
16:00 Pons 21', ?'
Navarro Valentin ?'

Widenlocher, Massip (Perez), Colombier, Navarro Antoine, Barka, Fuselier, Guilbert, Pons, Navarro Valentin, Reichert, Rezzig
Report Bouak 40'
Mazouz ?', ?'

Mokdad, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Dahmane, Brakni, Oukaci, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouz, Bouak, Lekhal
Referee: M.
12 September 1954 (1954-09-12) USM Blida 6–2 Stade Guyotville Blida
Begga
Sebkhaoui
Mazouz

Outata (Mokdad), Hasni, Bouguerra, Khabatou, Brakni, Chalane, Begga, Mazouz, Bouak, Dahmane, Sebkhaoui
Report Cambresy 54'
Vitiello


Abderaka, Salord, Lubrano, Tortosa, Cioffi, Addadi, Ferrer, Tempowski, Vitiello, Ballester, Cambresy
Stadium: USB Stadium
Referee: M. Giner
10 April 1955 (1955-04-10) friendly MO Béjaïa 1–2 USM Blida Bougie
11 April 1955 (1955-04-11) friendly JS Djijel 1–3 USM Blida Bougie
Djemame 65'



Keddam, Moussaoui, Lehtihet, Arada, Boudergui, Bounab, Chater, Aberkane, Djemame, Benkiniouar, Kihal
Report ? 7'
Bouak 39'
Mazouz 52'

Outata; Brakni, Zouraghi, Ousser; Chalane, Hadji; Bouguerra, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Mazouz, Begga
Referee: M. Touti

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record Started round Final position / round First match Last match
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Division Honneur 22 7 8 7 25 35 −10 031.82 N/a 6th 19 September 1954 8 May 1955
Forconi Cup 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 100.00 Fourth Round Fifth Round 24 October 1954 12 December 1954
North African Cup 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00 Round of 32 Round of 32 2 January 1955 2 January 1955
Coupe de France 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 First Round First Round 3 October 1954 3 October 1954
Total 27 10 8 9 38 41 −3 037.04

Division Honneur

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 GS Alger (C) 22 15 5 2 40 20 +20 57 Qualified for North African Championship
2 MC Alger 22 13 5 4 32 15 +17 53
3 S.Guyotville 22 13 4 5 42 28 +14 52
4 AS Boufarik 22 11 6 5 31 27 +4 50
5 USM Blida 22 7 8 7 27 35 −8 44
6 SCU El Biar 22 7 7 8 37 40 −3 43
7 RS Alger 22 6 7 9 31 43 −12 41
8 AS Saint Eugène 22 6 6 10 26 26 0 40
9 FC Blidéen 22 7 4 11 24 30 −6 40
10 O. Marengo 22 6 4 12 32 42 −10 38
11 ASPTT Alger 22 4 5 13 22 40 −18 35 Relegated to 1955–56 Promotion Honor
12 O Hussein Dey 22 5 3 14 24 35 −11 35
Source:
(C) Champions


Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLLDWWLLDDWDLLWLDDWDDW
Position3679647778777777776655
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 1955. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 September 1954 (1954-09-19) Round 1 USM Blida 2–1 Olympique de Marengo Blida
Sebkhaoui 48'
Bouak

Outata, Bouguerra, Khabatou, Zouraghi, Brakni, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Bouak, Dahmane
Report[1] Miramond 1'


Robert, Laget, Bussiere, Mougeot, Dreuil, Barbian, Longo, Tardieu, Miramond Gaston, Losa, Bessonne Charly
Stadium: USB Stadium
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: M. Vals
26 September 1954 (1954-09-26) Round 2 GS Alger 1–0 USM Blida Belcourt
Deleo 69'

Fabiano, Ferrasse, Salva, Cerdan, Mercadal, Torres, Fortune Roger, Calmus, Gambarutti, Bagur Albert, Deleo
Report[2]

Outata, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Yahia, Brakni, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Bouak, Dahmane.
Stadium: Stade municipal
Referee: M.
10 October 1954 (1954-10-10) Round 3 USM Blida 1–2 AS Boufarik Blida
Brakni


Mokdad, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Bouguerra, Brakni, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Yahia, Dahmane.
Report Navarro
Pons

Widenlocher, Massip, Navarro A., Winum, Barka, Alain Fuselier, Vomero, Pons, Navarro V., Reichert, Guisbert
Stadium: USB Stadium
Referee: M. Chelah
17 October 1954 (1954-10-17) Round 4 ASPTT Alger 0–0 USM Blida Algiers




Outata; Ousser, Khabatou, Yahia, Brakni, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Hadji, Dahmane.
Referee: M. Giner
31 October 1954 (1954-10-31) Round 5 USM Blida 3–1 AS Saint-Eugène Blida
Brakni ?' (pen.)
Mazouz

Guimour, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Yahia, Brakni, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Ousser, Hadji.
Report Baéza


Stadium: USB Stadium
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: M. Rivieccio
14 November 1953 (1953-11-14) Round 6 FC Blida 1–3 USM Blida Blida
Ross 46'



Report Brakni 40' (pen.)
Sebkhaoui 54'
Mazouza 72'

Guimour, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Yahia, Brakni, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Hadji, Bouak.
Stadium: FCB Stadium
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: M. Attanasio Jean
21 November 1954 (1954-11-21) Round 7 USM Blida 0–2 SCU El Biar Blida



Guimour, Khabatou, Yahia, Ousser, Chalane, Hadji, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Mazouza, Tchaker, Dahmane.
Report Falzon
Tchaker o.g.'

Stadium: USB Stadium
Referee: M. Belkessa
28 November 1954 (1954-11-28) Round 8 RS Alger 5–0 USM Blida Belcourt
Zaibek 29'
Maouch 43', 64'
Llorens 69'
Magliozzi II 75'

Report




Guimour, Ousser, Khabatou, Yahia, Hasni, Hadji, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Dahmane, Bouak.
Stadium: Stade municipal
Referee: M. Derradji
5 December 1954 (1954-12-05) Round 9 USM Blida 0–0 Stade Guyotville Blida


Bayou, Ousser, Khabatou, Zouraghi, Brakni, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Yahia, Hadji.
Report

Stadium: USB Stadium
Attendance: 2.300
Referee: M. Kerrachi
19 December 1954 (1954-12-19) Round 10 MC Alger 1–1 USM Blida Saint Eugène
Hahad 46'

Report Abdelkader Mazouz 22'

Bayou, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Hasni, Hadji, Dahmane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Bouak, Boumbadji.
Stadium: Stade Communal de Saint Eugène
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: M. Mazzocchi
9 January 1955 (1955-01-09)* Round 11 USM Blida 3–2 Olympique d'Hussein Dey Blida
Khabatou 14', 31'
Bouak 59'

Bayou, Bouguerra, Ousser, Yahia, Hasni, Hadji, Bouak, Chalane, Khabatou, Dahmane, Sebkhaoui
Report Perret 15'
Lefumat 50'

Stadium: USB Stadium
Attendance: 2.049
Referee: M. Calfoun
16 January 1955 (1955-01-16) Round 12 Olympique de Marengo 2–2 USM Blida Marengo
Zoubir 6', 55'

Report Bouak 7', 24'

Bayou, Bouguerra, Ousser, Yahia, Hadji, Hasni, Begga, Chalane, Khabatou, Dahmane, Bouak
Stadium: Stade communal de Marengo
Referee: M.
30 January 1955 (1955-01-30) Round 13 USM Blida 2–3 GS Alger Blida
Sebkhaoui
Khabatou

Bayou, Bouguerra, Ousser, Hasni, Hadji, Chalane, Begga, Mazouz, Khabatou, Sebkhaoui, Dahmane
Report Bagur
Ferrase
Deleo

Stadium: USB Stadium
Referee: M. Rivieccio
13 February 1955 (1955-02-13) Round 14 AS Boufarik 3–1 USM Blida Boufarik
Liort 52'
Navarro 61', 88'

Report Hadji 61'

Outata, Zouraghi, Ousser, Hasni, Hadji, Brakni, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Dahmane, Boumbadji
Attendance: 2.900
Referee: M. J. Attanasio
27 February 1955 (1955-02-27) Round 15 USM Blida 2–0 ASPTT Alger Blida
Ousser 81'
Sebkhaoui 86'

Bayou, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Bouguerra, Chalane, Brakni, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Hadji, Ousser
Report


Stadium: USB Stadium
Attendance: 1.300
Referee: M. Lapasset
6 March 1955 (1955-03-06) Round 16 AS Saint-Eugène 2–0 USM Blida Saint Eugène
Brouel 54'
Boret 60'

Report


Bayou, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Bouguerra, Brakni, Chalane, Sebkhaoui, Hasni, Bouak, Hadji, Dahmane
Stadium: Stade Communal de Saint Eugène
Referee: M. Salort
13 March 1955 (1955-03-13) Round 17 USM Blida 0–0 FC Blida Blida


Outata, Ousser, Yahia, Zouraghi, Hadji, Brakni, Sebkhaoui, Boumbadji, Mazouz, Begga, Dahmane
Report

Menacer, Giner, J-P Marchesano, Torres M, Sicart, Moreno, Ruiz, Espi, Riera, Camand, Ross
Stadium: USB Stadium
Attendance: 2.300
Referee: M. Janvier Attanasio
27 March 1955 (1955-03-27) Round 18 SCU El Biar 1–1 USM Blida El Biar
De Villeneuve

Report Hadji

Outata, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Ousser, Yahia, Hadji, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouz, Dahmane, Boumbadji
Referee: M.
3 April 1955 (1955-04-03) Round 19 USM Blida 2–1 RS Alger Blida
Begga 13'
Bouak 88'

Outata, Brakni, Ousser, Zouraghi, Hadji, Yahia, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Mazouz, Begga, Dahmane
Report Pons 27'

Stadium: FCB
Attendance: 1.600
Referee: M. Vals
17 April 1955 (1955-04-17) Round 20 Stade Guyotville 0–0 USM Blida Guyotville
Report

Outata, Zouraghi, Brakni, Ousser, Hadji, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Mazouz, Bouguerra
Referee: M.
24 April 1955 (1955-04-24) Round 21 USM Blida 0–0 MC Alger Blida


Outata, Ousser, Brakni, Zouraghi, Chalane, Hadji, Khabatou, Bouak, Mazouz, Sebkhaoui, Begga
Report Stadium: USB Stadium
Referee: M.
8 May 1955 (1955-05-08) Round 22 Olympique d'Hussein Dey 2–4 USM Blida Hussein Dey
Lefumat 35'
Perret 59' (pen.)

Report Khabatou 48'
Mazouz 50', 70', 75'

Bayou, Zouraghi, Brakni, Ousser, Hadji, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Khabatou, Bouak, Mazouz
Stadium: Stade Communal de Hussein Dey

Coupe de France

3 October 1954 (1954-10-03) Round 1 FC Blida 1–0 USM Blida Boufarik
14:30 Moréno 48'

Menacer; Giner, Gasque, Espi, Torrès M., Sicard, Moréno, Camand, Ross, Ruiz, Cano.
Report[3] Mazouz

Outata, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Bouguerra, Chalane, Brakni, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouz, Bouak, Dahmane.
Stadium: Stade Maréchal-Foch
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: M. Kerrachi

Forconi Cup

24 October 1954 (1954-10-24) Round AS Chemin de Fer d'Alger 1–4 USM Blida Lavigerie




Sirena, Guillot, Ferigno, Poizat, Salom, Giner II, Séguy, Bourouiba, Sanchez, Nebot, Giner I.
Report[4] Begga 13'
Sebkhaoui 33', 88'
Brakni 59'

Outata, Yahia, Khabatou, Zouraghi; Brakni, Chalane; Begga, Sebkhaoui, Bouak, Hadji, Ousser.
Attendance: 1.500
Referee: M. Lapasset
7 November 1954 (1954-11-07) Round NA Hussein Dey 0–5 USM Blida Boufarik
14:30



Bachet, Boudjema, Zermaoui, Adadi, Mahdi, Marouf, Tchikou, Adder, Zioui, Mirou, Tirarf
Report[5] Boudjemaâ ?' (o.g.)
Mazouz
Sebkhaoui

Guimour, Yahia, Khabatou, Zouraghi, Chalane, Brakni, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Hadji, Ousser
Stadium: Stade des Quinconces
Referee: M. Attanasio A.
12 December 1954 (1954-12-12) Round AS Saint-Eugène 1–2 USM Blida Boufarik
Zouba 47'


Signès, Oliver, Bérenguer, Aboulker, Zouba, Bérah, Delmas, Boret, Pappalardo, Maouche, Buadès
Report[6] Hadji 55'
Mazouz 87' (pen.)

Bayou, Zouraghi, Khabatou, Yahia, Hadji, Chalane, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouza, Ousser, Boumbadji
Stadium: Stade des Quinconces
Attendance: 1.800
Referee: M. Rivieccio

North Africain Cup

2 January 1955 (1955-01-02) Round of 32 USM Blida 2–3 Club Africain Belcourt
Ousser 54'
Mazouz 68'

Bayou, Bouguerra, Zouraghi, Chalane, Khabatou, Hadji, Begga, Sebkhaoui, Mazouz, Ousser, Boumbadji
Report Ridah 22', 27'
Bokri 55'

Abdelli, Fellah, Bokri, Azzabi, Durin, Skander, Kebaili, Namri, Ridah, Bohini, Guidri
Stadium: Stade municipal
Referee: M. Brenet

Playing statistics

Pos. Name Division Honneur FC FC NAF Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 1 2 3 1
GK Outata X X X X X X X X X X X 11
GK Bayou X X X X X Injured X X S X X X 10
GK Ghimour X X X X X 5
GK Mokdad X 1
DF Khabatou X X X X X X X X X X X X X Injured X X S X X X X X X X X 23
DF Zouraghi X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 21
DF Ousser X X X X X X X X X X S X X X X X X X X X X 20
DF Bouguerra X X X X X X X S X X X 10
DF Hasni X X X X X X X 7
DF Tchaker X 1
MF Hadji X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23
MF Chalane X X X X X X X X X X X X X S X X X X X X X X 21
MF Brakni X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18
MF Soum X X X X X X X X X X S X X X X X X 16
FW Sebkhaoui X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26
FW Begga X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24
FW Mazouz X X S X X X X X X X S X X X X X X X X X X 19
FW Bouak X X X X X X X X X X X X X S X X X X X X 19
FW Dahmane X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
FW Boumbadji X X X X X X 6

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Nat. Player Pos. DH FC NAC TOTAL
Abdelkader Mazouz FW 7 4 1 12
Mohamed Sebkhaoui FW 4 3 0 7
Benaissa Bouak FW 5 0 0 5
Smaïl Khabatou DF 4 0 0 4
Braham Brakni FW 3 1 0 4
Rachid Hadji FW 2 1 0 3
Mustapha Begga FW 1 1 0 2
Maâmar Ousser DF 1 0 1 2
Own Goals 0 1 0 1
Totals 27 11 2 40

Transfers

La liste complète des mutations dans la ligue d'Alger (F.F.F.).[7]

In

Pos Player From club
DF Smaïl Khabatou MC Alger
Abdelkader Azeghour FC Blida
DF Djilali Hasni FC Blida
GK Abderrahmane Outata US Ouest Mitidja
SNP Kaddour US Ouest Mitidja
Bouak Benaissa FC Blida
Mohamed Gherbi SCM Blida
GK Mohamed Mokdad
GK Benganif

Out

Pos Player To club
Mohamed Abidi FC Blida
Missoum Boukerrara SCM Blida
Abdelaziz Meradi FC Blida
Rabah Zerrouki
Ahmed Zouakou SCM Blida
Mohamed Boudjeltia
Mohamed Rezig US Blida
Mohamed Behlouli USMB Reserve
Ahmed Zahzah Olympique de Marengo
Kaddour Bensamet Retired
Sid Ali Mahieddine Retired
Ali Mansouri Retired
Mohamed Madoudou MS Cherchell
Echeikh
Raouti Bekhoucha

References

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