2025–26 USM Alger basketball season

USM Alger
2025–26 season
President	Fouad Djabrouni
Head coach	Arab Kamel Ait Kaci; (from 21 August 2025)
Arena	Salle OMS Mourad Boukechoura, Raïs Hamidou
Super Division	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Biggest win	USM Alger 80–55 NA Hussein Dey; (November 8, 2025)
Biggest defeat	USM Blida 77–67 USM Alger; (October 3, 2025)

The 2025–26 season was USM Alger's 64th in existence, their 7th consecutive season in the top flight of the Algerian basketball, USM Alger are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup.

Overview

The curtain rises September 12, on the 2025–26 season of the Algerian Basketball Super Division, featuring a total of 14 participating teams and a new competition format recently adopted by the Algerian Basketball Federation (FABB). The 2025–26 Super Division will be played in two phases: a 26-match regular season, followed by play-offs for the title and play-downs to avoid relegation. The top six teams will qualify directly for the play-offs, while the bottom four will battle to avoid relegation. The play-off series will be played in best-of-three or best-of-five formats, with home advantage given to the higher-ranked teams.^[2]

USM Alger has made a successful start to the Super Division, stringing together two straight victories in the opening rounds of the Super Division, confirming its ambitions. In a tough away fixture on the court of CS Tlemcen, the Usmists showed character to snatch a narrow 63–61 win. In a game that went down to the wire, it was Ahmed Boutiba (17 points) who carried the team offensively, well supported by Bacim Medjoubi, who proved valuable on both ends of the floor with 8 rebounds. Team spirit also played its part, as four different players each dished out 2 assists, a clear reflection of the collective mindset driving the squad.

Back home at Salle OMS Abdelaziz Ben Tifour in Hydra, USMA delivered a complete performance against WO Boufarik, cruising to a convincing 83–68 victory. The trio of Faredj Messaoudi (14 pts), Laamouri Merahi (13 rebounds) and Zakariya Khodja (8 assists) perfectly led the Reds and Blacks to a commanding success, offering the fans a solid display both offensively and defensively.^[3] With these two wins, USM Alger now sits on 4 points, sharing the top spot in the standings with NB Staouéli. Driven by a balanced team effort and standout individual contributions, the Usmists have made the perfect start to the Super Division and have sent a strong signal to their rivals.

On September 26, USM Alger faced their city rivals MC Alger in a highly contested derby. The match ended in a narrow defeat for USMA, with a final score of 69–68. USMA had taken the lead after three quarters (16–14, 16–19, 18–20), but eventually gave way in the last period, which was won by MC Alger (19–15). On an individual level, Ilyes Fodil finished as the team’s top scorer with 15 points, while Laamouri Merahi delivered an outstanding performance, recording 16 rebounds and 7 assists. Despite these efforts, USM Alger left the court with a one-point loss in this Algiers derby.^[4] On October 17, 2025, USM Alger came close to pulling off an upset on the court of NB Staouéli, narrowly losing 61–64 after a thrilling encounter. Trailing by 13 points at halftime (27–40), the Red and Black mounted an impressive comeback to level the score (49–49) before the final quarter. Despite their efforts and solid defense, they conceded in the dying seconds on a decisive three-pointer from Amine Bensalah. USMA remains 9th in the standings with 9 points.^[5]

Players

Super Division roster

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USM Alger roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SF	1	Belhadj, Ramadane	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	30 – (1995-04-05)5 April 1995
PF	2	Merahi, Lamouri	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	30 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995
PG	4	Khoudja, Zakaria	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	20 – (2005-05-10)10 May 2005
SG	4	Fodil, Ilyes	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	20 – (2005-04-04)4 April 2005
PF	7	Lakeb, Riadh	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	60 kg (132 lb)	19 – (2006-03-27)27 March 2006
C	8	Zaim, Mehdi	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	22 – (2003-09-01)1 September 2003
F	9	Mokhfi, Abdelouaheb	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	25 – (2000-10-15)15 October 2000
PF	11	Redouane, Tarek	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	32 – (1993-04-11)11 April 1993
SG	15	Mimouni, Redouane	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	38 – (1987-08-23)23 August 1987
PF	19	Chaid, Badreddine (C)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	22 – (2003-04-17)17 April 2003
SG	21	Medjoubi, Bacim	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	24 – (2001-10-20)20 October 2001
G	24	Amairia, Mohamed	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	39 – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986
C	26	Messaoudi, Faredj	2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	22 – (2003-01-20)20 January 2003
SG	77	Boutiba, Ahmed	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	29 – (1995-12-22)22 December 1995

Head coach

Arab Kamel Ait Kaci

Assistant coach(es)

Khaled Berkane

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 13, 2025

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
15	G		Redouane Mimouni	38	WO Boufarik		End of contract	Free	Unknown

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Date
2	PG	Bouhaous Messaoudi	37	CSC Djasr Kasentina	End of contract	Free	Unknown
1	PF	Moussa Bougria	32	CSC Djasr Kasentina	End of contract	Free	Unknown
12	C	Nabil Saidi	45	NA Hussein Dey	?	Free	Unknown

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendly matches

20 November 2025	M Ouled Chebel	vs.	USM Alger	Ouled Chebel
:	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Salle OMS Boualem Bouhedja

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
Super Division	13 September 2025	To be confirmed	Round 1	In Progress	14	8		6	994	930	+64	057.14
Algerian Cup	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress	0	0		0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					14	8	0	6	994	930	+64	057.14

Last updated: December 19, 2025
Source: Competitions

Super Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	WO Boufarik	9	5	4	768	679	+89	14	Advance to playoffs
5	Rouiba CB	9	5	4	651	588	+63	14
6	USM Alger	9	5	4	649	599	+50	14
7	USM Blida	9	5	4	603	580	+23	14
8	TRA Draria	9	5	4	622	629	−7	14

First match(es) will be played: November 8, 2025. Source: FABB

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
14	8	6	994	930	+64	6	1	540	457	+83	2	5	454	473	−19

Last updated: December 19, 2025.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W
Position	7	3	4	8	5	9	6	8	6	8	9	7	7	6

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; R = Rest

Matches

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

September 13, 2025 1	CS Tlemcen	61–63	USM Alger	Tlemcen
14:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 14–11, 12–14, 15–20
	Pts: Yacine Benyahya 16 Rebs: Seyyid Ahmed Bensalah 11 Asts: Mustapha Braik 3	Boxscore	Pts: Medjoubi, Boutiba 17 Rebs: Medjoubi 8 Asts: Four players 2	Arena: Salle OMS Kara Zaitri Imama Referees: Fethi Chaib, Habib Meheni, Houari Benmendil

September 19, 2025 2	USM Alger	83–68	WO Boufarik	Hydra
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–14, 26–16, 19–22
	Pts: Boutiba, Messaoudi 14 Rebs: Merahi 13 Asts: Khodja 8	Boxscore	Pts: Louai Chebel 20 Rebs: Three players 8 Asts: Tarek Hamdani 7	Arena: Salle OMS Abdelaziz Ben Tifour Referees: Anis Bennani, Kaddour Hamid, Fethi Chaib

September 26, 2025 3	MC Alger	69–68	USM Alger	Hydra
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 16–19, 18–20, 19–15
	Pts: Mustapha Adrar, Ramzi Merahi 17 Rebs: Oussama Aggoun 10 Asts: Ramzi Merahi 7	Boxscore	Pts: Ilyes Fodil 15 Rebs: Laamouri Merahi 16 Asts: Laamouri Merahi 7	Arena: Salle OMS Abdelaziz Ben Tifour Referees: Sofiane Hammada, Redouane Ferrani, Mouad Harrache

October 3, 2025 4	USM Blida	77–67	USM Alger	Blida
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 20–24, 16–12, 25–14
	Pts: Abdesslem Dekkiche 29 Rebs: Dekkiche, Boudoumi 8 Asts: Mousaab Kaoub 5	Boxscore	Pts: Medjoubi 26 Rebs: Merahi 9 Asts: Merahi 5	Arena: Salle Hocine Chalane Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referees: Hamid Kaddour, Fethi Chaib, Farid Amrane

October 10, 2025 5	USM Alger	67–54	M Ouled Chebel	Raïs Hamidou
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 12–13, 15–11, 25–14
	Pts: Messaoudi 18 Rebs: Messaoudi 10 Asts: Mokhfi, Boutiba 4	Boxscore	Pts: Abdelmalek Kaci 18 Rebs: Abdelmalek Kaci 7 Asts: Slimane Boumedfa, Abdelwaheb Bounaas 3	Arena: Salle OMS Mourad Boukechoura Referees: Adel Kahallou, Mouad Harrache, Mohammed Zahaf

October 17, 2025 6	NB Staouéli	64–61	USM Alger	Staoueli
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 23–13, 9–22, 15–12
	Pts: Mohamed Amine Bensalah 21 Rebs: Abderraouf Benrighi 9 Asts: Anis Mohamed Fedala 6	Boxscore	Pts: Boutiba 16 Rebs: Zaim 11 Asts: Medjoubi 4	Arena: Salle OMS de Staouéli Referees: Adel Kahallou, Smail Heddi, Mohamed Maarouf

October 24, 2025 7	USM Alger	102–83	US Sétif	Raïs Hamidou
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 28–25, 22–29, 32–18
	Pts: Messaoudi 16 Rebs: Zaim 11 Asts: Khodja 12	Boxscore	Pts: Ryadh Ilyas Souici 21 Rebs: Ryadh Ilyas Souici 8 Asts: Abderaouf Faidia, Ouail Sofiane Gadaoui 7	Arena: Salle OMS Mourad Boukechoura Referees: Sofiane Si Youcef, Farid Amrane, Fateh Ghaib

November 1, 2025 8	Rouiba CB	68–58	USM Alger	Rouïba
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 18–14, 9–22, 15–7
	Pts: Sid Ali Ben Zaim, Mohammed Amine Roubai 15 Rebs: Sid Ali Ben Zaim 13 Asts: Mohammed Amine Roubai 4	Boxscore	Pts: Boutiba 17 Rebs: Mehdi Zaim 9 Asts: Four players 3	Arena: Salle OMS Mohamed Kadiri Attendance: 737 Referees: Adlen Larouci, Redouane Ferrani, Mohamed Marouf

November 8, 2025 9	USM Alger	80–55	NA Hussein Dey	Raïs Hamidou
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 30–13, 16–16, 19–9, 15–17
	Pts: Mokhfi 18 Rebs: Mokhfi 8 Asts: Khodja 6	Boxscore	Pts: Nabil Saidi, Mohamed Amine Hasnaoui 13 Rebs: Nabil Saidi 10 Asts: Three players 4	Arena: Salle OMS Mourad Boukechoura Referees: Adel Kahallou, Smail Heddi, Fateh Ghaib

November 14, 2025 10	CSC Djasr Kasentina	75–71	USM Alger	Hydra
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 26–27, 22–10, 12–17
	Pts: Hezil Yamame 19 Rebs: Bouhaous Messaoudi 13 Asts: Zakaria Guezout 6	Boxscore	Pts: Medjoubi 13 Rebs: Merahi 12 Asts: Khodja, Belhadj 6	Arena: Salle OMS Abdelaziz Ben Tifour Referees: Adel Kahallou, Redouane Ferrani, Yacine Kahil

November 29, 2025 11	USM Alger	78–81	CR Beni Saf	Raïs Hamidou
14:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 9–25, 23–18, 22–22
	Pts: Merahi 18 Rebs: Messaoudi 12 Asts: Khodja 6	Boxscore	Pts: Mamadou Keita 23 Rebs: Djaouad Belabbes 9 Asts: Youcef Boudoumi, Houssam Moussa Benyacine 4	Arena: Salle OMS Mourad Boukechoura Referees: Fethi Chaib, Farid Amrane, Anis Bennani

December 5, 2025 12	CRB Dar Beida	59–66	USM Alger	Dar El Beïda
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 17–14, 13–17, 16–20
	Pts: Mohamed Belhadi 16 Rebs: Abdesselem Semrouni 10 Asts: Ishak Yacine Bouamama 3	Boxscore	Pts: Boutiba 15 Rebs: Merahi 9 Asts: Amairia 5	Arena: Salle OMS de Dar El Beïda Referees: Anis Bennani, Sofiane Hammada, Mouad Harrache

December 13, 2025 13	USM Alger	70–59	TRA Draria	Raïs Hamidou
16:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 18–12, 18–14, 14–15
	Pts: Fodil 16 Rebs: Messaoudi 14 Asts: Belhadj 5	Boxscore	Pts: Nabil Nouari 22 Rebs: Nabil Nouari 9 Asts: Nouari, Gueddoudj 3	Arena: Salle OMS Mourad Boukechoura Referees: Adel Kahallou, Farid Amrane, Yacine Kahil

December 19, 2025 14	USM Alger	60–57	CS Tlemcen	Raïs Hamidou
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 14–18, 11–16, 16–10
	Pts: Boutiba 16 Rebs: Zaim 10 Asts: Khodja 5	Boxscore	Pts: Yacine Benyahya 17 Rebs: Yacine Benyahya 10 Asts: Farouk Hadjadj-Aoul 5	Arena: Salle OMS Mourad Boukechoura Referees: Adlene Laarouci, Anis Bennani, Amir Rahali

15	WO Boufarik	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

16	USM Alger	vs.	MC Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

17	USM Alger	vs.	USM Blida
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		[ Boxscore]

18	M Ouled Chebel	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

19	USM Alger	vs.	NB Staouéli
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		[ Boxscore]

20	US Sétif	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

21	USM Alger	vs.	Rouiba CB
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		[ Boxscore]

22	NA Hussein Dey	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

23	USM Alger	vs.	CSC Djasr Kasentina
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		[ Boxscore]

24	CR Beni Saf	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

25	USM Alger	vs.	CRB Dar Beida
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		[ Boxscore]

26	TRA Draria	vs.	USM Alger
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		[ Boxscore]

Algerian Cup

Statistics

Super Division

As of 13 December 2025

Player	GP	GS	MPG	2FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Nabil Saidi	5	4	24:32	50 %	0 %	88.89 %	4.3	1.7	8.3
Laamouri Merahi	12	8	26:39	48.42 %	10 %	73.68 %	8.2	3.3	9.1
Zakariya Khodja	13	12	22:26	42.67 %	20 %	76.19 %	3.6	4.3	8.5
Bacim Medjoubi	11	5	24:05	58.14 %	31.25 %	70.59 %	4.4	1.3	10.7
Ahmed Boutiba	12	6	26:06	44.57 %	26.67 %	76.74 %	4.5	1.7	12.6
Ramdane Belhadj	13	1	17:28	25.93 %	25.64 %	50 %	2.6	2.2	3.9
Riadh Lakeb	6	0	03:22	28.57 %	0 %	–	0.2	0.4	0.8
Tarek Redouane	1	0	27:21	25 %	0 %	100 %	4.0	2.0	4.0
Badreddine Chaid	1	0	01:22	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mohamd Amairia	11	3	10:04	45 %	–	50 %	2.1	0.7	3.5
Ilyes Fodil	12	5	17:54	45.83 %	42.11 %	42.86 %	1.8	0.9	5.0
Faredj Messaoudi	11	4	17:38	54.69 %	28.57 %	50 %	6.2	0.4	8.1
Abdelouaheb Mokhfi	9	7	18:51	44.74 %	27.78 %	71.43 %	4.9	1.1	6.1
Mehdi Zaim	8	7	19:56	52.5 %	0 %	35.71 %	8.3	0.1	6.7
Redouane Mimouni	7	2	17:46	37.5 %	28.57 %	91.67 %	2.8	1.7	7.8
TOTAL				46.5 %	26.74 %	64.53 %	47.69	16.92	71.84

Source: FABB LiveStats

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USM Alger basketball
Founded in 1942 Based in Algiers, Algeria
Club	Club History Statistics Honours Roster (Men) Most recent season
Arenas	Salle OMS Mourad Boukechoura Salle OMS Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
Personnel	President Fouad Djabrouni Head coach Arab Kamel Ait Kaci
Seasons	2023–24 2024–25 2025–26