1947–48 USM Blida season

In the 1947–48 season, USM Blida competed in the Division Honneur for the 15th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They competed in Division Honneur, and the North African Cup.

USM Blida

1947–48 season
President	Hamid Kassoul
Head coach	Belkacem Bouguerra
Stadium	FCB Stadium
Division Honneur	8th
Forconi Cup	Fourth Round
Home colours

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

USM Blida v AS Saint Eugène

31 August 1947	USM Blida	3–3	AS Saint Eugène	Algiers
	Youssari Bob Bensamet Menacer, Benazout, Youssari, Bob, Zerrouki, Zouraghi, Laidi, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouchekeur, Hatem	Report	Bendinelli Mazella Pons Kaoua, Yousfi, Mengual, Aboulker, Oliver, Stepanoff, Vidal, Benet, Bendinelli, Ferigno, Mazella, Rivas, Benejean, Pons	Stadium: Saint Eugène Referee: Garofalo, Juann
Note: Friendly

MC Alger v USM Blida

11 November 1947	MC Alger	1–0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Abdelaoui 80' Abtouche, Khabatou, Hamoutène, Kouar, Hanoune, Abdelaoui, Hahad, Bennour (Akliouat Hamid as Hamid II), Messat, Deguigui (Souissi), Benhamou Hamid	Report	Menacer (Meradi), Mansouri, Bouguerra, Zouraghi, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Zahzah, Hatem, Bernou, Belkhouba, Bensamet, Benelfoul	Stadium: Saint Eugène Referee: Farrel
Note: Tournament Saint Eugène

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USM Blida v Olympique de Médéa

24 November 1947	USM Blida	1–0	Olympique de Médéa	Blida
	Khelifa (assist: Mahieddine)	Report		Stadium: FCB Stadium
Note: Tournament (Achoura)

USM Blida v SCM Blida

24 November 1947	USM Blida	3–0	SCM Blida	Blida
		Report		Stadium: FCB Stadium
Note: Tournament (Achoura)

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USM Blida v AS Orléansville

18 February 1948	USM Blida	3–3	AS Orléansville	Chlef
		Report
Note: friendly

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Division Honneur	22	6	5	11	19	30	−11	027.27
Forconi Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	23	6	5	12	19	31	−12	026.09

Division Honneur

Main article: 1947–48 League Algiers

League table

1947–48 League Algiers Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	O Hussein Dey (C)	22	13	5	4	42	23	+19	53	Qualified for North African Championship
2	MC Alger	22	10	10	2	32	17	+15	52
3	RS Alger	22	11	8	3	24	21	+3	52
4	GS Alger	22	11	5	6	0	0	0	49
5	RU Alger	22	9	9	4	29	23	+6	49
6	AS Saint Eugène	20	8	7	5	0	0	0	43
7	AS Boufarik	21	8	6	7	0	0	0	43
8	USM Blida	22	6	5	11	19	30	−11	39
9	FC Blida	20	6	5	9	0	0	0	37
10	RC Maison Carrée	22	5	4	13	0	0	0	36
11	GS Orléansville	22	3	5	14	0	0	0	33
12	USO Mitidja	22	2	7	13	0	0	0	33	Relegated to 1950–51 First Division

Source: L'Echo d'Alger
(C) Champions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

AS Boufarik v USM Blida

14 September 1947 1	AS Boufarik	0–0	USM Blida	Boufarik
15:00	Hernandez, Boisel, Cortès, Barbaros, Vicédo, Gotvallès, Robert, Reichert, Salva, Alvado, Samouilhant	Report	Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zidoun, Bob, Zahzah; Benelfoul, Laidi, Bensamet, Bouguerra I, Hatem	Referee: Baroni

GS Orléansville v USM Blida

21 September 1947 2	GS Orléansville	0–3	USM Blida	Orléansville
15:00	Pech, Maizza, Taza, Buda, Aziza, Boulassel, Nasri, Alberti, Aubert, Abed, Albentosa	Report	Bouguerra 40' Bob (Free kick) Hatem Menacer; Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zouraghi, Bob, Zahzah; Benelfoul, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouguerra I, Hatem	Referee: Todori

US Ouest Mitidja v USM Blida

5 October 1947 3	US Ouest Mitidja	2–4	USM Blida	El Affroun
15:00	Rouquié 15' Belhadj Manchon, Yung, Rouquier, Defnet, Garcia, Gaillard, Saes, Bottaro, Boguerra, Bakani, Lequette	Report	18' Bensamet 35' Bernou 50', 60' Benelfoul Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zouraghi, Bob, Zahzah; Benelfoul, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouguerra I, Hatem	Referee: Attanasio

USM Blida v RC Maison-Carrée

12 October 1947 4	USM Blida	2–0	RC Maison-Carrée	Blida
15:00	Bernou 20' Bouguerra I Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zouraghi, Bob, Zahzah; Benelfoul, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouguerra I, Hatem	Report	Escalles, Botinelli, Poumaroux, de Martino, Sellal I, Perez, Marcellin, Roux, Roig, Mas, Picot	Stadium: FCB Referee: Rivieccio

USM Blida v AS Saint Eugène

19 October 1947 5	USM Blida	0–2	AS Saint Eugène	Blida
15:00	Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zouraghi, Bob, Laidi; Benelfoul, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouguerra I, Hatem	(0–0) Report	Benet 65' Gomez Manuel 80' Kaoua, Manguel, Oliver, Aboulker, Stépanoff, Castaldi, de Villeneuve, Leber, Bendinelli, Benet, Gomez Manuel	Stadium: FCB Attendance: 2,460 Referee: Pellegrineschi

O Hussein Dey v USM Blida

16 November 1947 6	O Hussein Dey	3–0	USM Blida	Hussein Dey
15:00	Gomez 10', 30' Belamine Ehrard, Cantino, Montovani, Ourzifi, Santiago, Portella, Gomez, Sintès, Belamine, Bakadja, Vaca	Report	Menacer, Boumediene Bekhoucha, Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zouraghi, Bob; Benelfoul, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouguerra I, Hatem	Referee: Baroni

FC Blida v USM Blida

23 November 1947 7	FC Blida	0–1	USM Blida	Blida
	Machtou, Bachelut, Antoine, Haddad, Pons, Pellegrini, Riéra, Fuster, Martinez, Hasni, Marquès	(0–1) Report	Bouguerra I 30' Menacer, Bekhoucha, Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zahzah, Zouraghi, Bob; Benelfoul, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouguerra I	Stadium: FCB

USM Blida v GS Alger

30 November 1947 8	USM Blida	0–1	GS Alger	Blida
	Menacer, Bouguerra II, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zahzah, Bernou, Benelfoul, Bouchekeur, Bob, Bensamet, Bouguerra I	Report	Bagur 67' Testa, Daverio, Vitiello, Calmus A, Belmonte, Calmus Roger, Biton, Bagur, Mercadal, Calmus Robert, Fortuné	Stadium: FCB

USM Blida v RU Alger

14 December 1947 9	USM Blida	0–1	RU Alger	Blida
	Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zahzah, Zouraghi, Imcaoudène as "Bob", Bensamet, Benelfoul, Bouchekeur, Bernou, Bouguerra I	(0–0) Report	Baylé 72' Pepe, Brouillet, Poizat, Vidal, Jasseron, Faglin, Danflous, Beringuey, Bayet, Gambaruti, Daube	Stadium: USB Referee: Derradji

MC Alger v USM Blida

28 December 1947 10	MC Alger	3–0	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
	Deguigui 17' El Mahdaoui 62', 76' Abtouche, Hamoutène, Khabatou, Kouar Sid Ahmed, Tadjet, Benhamou Hamid, Ait Saâda Mohamed, El Mehdaoui, Hahad, Abdelaoui, Deguigui	(1–0) Report	Meradi, Mansouri, Zerrouki, Zahzah, Zidoun, Zouraghi, Imcaoudène as "Bob", Bensamet as "Mellal", Benelfoul, Bouguerra I, Bernou	Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène Referee: Juan

USM Blida v GS Orléansville

18 January 1948 11	USM Blida	0–0	GS Orléansville	Blida
	Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zahzah, Bernou, Zouraghi; Laidi, Benelfoul, Bensamet, Imcaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Report	Pech, Mazza, Ben Bouali, Kermich, Zaza, Bida, Bernicola, Nassri, Canto, Aubert, Albentoza	Stadium: FCB Referee: Romero

USM Blida v US Ouest Mitidja

25 January 1948 12	USM Blida	2–1	US Ouest Mitidja	Blida
	Bensamet as "Mellal" 20' Imcaoudène as "Bob" 22' Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zahzah, Bernou, Zouraghi, Laidi, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imcaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Report Report	Rouquier 33' (p) Rame, Rouquier, Defnet, Saes, Garcia, Bouguerra I, Cervera, Bottaro, Corat, Gaillard, Battanzi	Stadium: FCB

RC Maison-Carrée v USM Blida

1 February 1948 13	RC Maison-Carrée	1–1	USM Blida	Maison-Carrée
	Marcellin 15' Escallès, Poumaroux, Maziz, Roux, Sellal I, Pico, Ségui, Sellal II, Roig, Aravit, Marcellin	(1–1) Report	Benelfoul (Hatem) 25' Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zouraghi, Bernou, Zahzah, Laidi, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imcaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Referee: Buono

USM Blida v RS Alger

8 February 1948 14	USM Blida	0–2	RS Alger	Blida
	Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Laidi, Bernou, Zouraghi, Zahzah, Bouguerra II, Imcaoudène as "Bob", Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal"	(0–0) Report Report	Falandry 68', 83' Bouquet, Giuganti, Zérapha, Senane, Caillat, Saâdi, Maouch, Ponseti, Falandry, Maggliozy, Gélabert	Stadium: FCB Referee: Attanasio

AS Saint Eugène v USM Blida

22 February 1948 15	AS Saint Eugène	0–0	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
	Kaoua, Aboulker, Oliver, Vidal, Stépanoff, de Villeneuve, Rivas, Bendinelli, Benet, Castaldi, Gomez	Report	Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Bouguerra II, Bernou, Zouraghi, Benelfoul, Khelifa, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imcaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Referee: Graziani

USM Blida v O Hussein Dey

29 February 1948 16	USM Blida	1–2	O Hussein Dey	Blida
	Bensamet as "Mellal" 75' Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Zahzah, Bernou, Zouraghi, Khelifa, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Imcaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Report Report	Bakadja 12' Ouzrifi 86' Ehrard, Cantino, Montovoni, Fiol, Santiago, Ouzrifi, Gomez Manuel, Bakadja, Belamine, Fez, Santiago	Stadium: FCB Referee: Boccheciampe

AS Boufarik v USM Blida

7 March 1948 17	AS Boufarik	1–2	USM Blida	Boufarik
	Defrance 50' Hernandez, Massip Alexandre, Chazou, Bouazel, Vicédo, Massa Robert, Riohier, Defrance, Gootvallès, Vidal	(0–1) Report	Bouguerra II 17' Bernou 60' Meradi, Zerrouki, Mansouri, Bernou, Zahzah, Zouraghi, Bensamet as "Mellal", Bouguerra II, Imcaoudène as "Bob", Benelfoul, Hatem	Referee: Riveccio

USM Blida v FC Blida

14 March 1948 18	USM Blida	0–1	FC Blida	Blida
	Menacer, Mansouri, Bernou, Zahzah, Benelfoul, Bouguerra II, Hatem, Khelifa, Imcaoudène as "Bob", Zouraghi, Bensamet as "Mellal"	Report	Antoine 75' Machtou, Pellégrini, Pons, Bachelut, Haddad, Hasni, Riéra, Fuster, Antoine, Guarinos, Marquez	Stadium: FCB Attendance: 2,200

GS Alger v USM Blida

21 March 1948 19	GS Alger	3–0	USM Blida	Algiers
15:30	Deléo Bagur	(0–0) Report	Menacer, Mansouri, Zerrouki, Bouguerra II, Zouraghi, Zidoun, Bensamet, Benelfoul, Khelifa, Hatem, Bernou	Referee: Caratino

RU Alger v USM Blida

4 April 1948 20	RU Alger	0–0	USM Blida	Algiers
	Pepe, Sellal, Berenguer, Brouillet, Jasseron, Vivès, Gambarutti, Poizat, Vidal, Lorenzo, Daube	Report	Meradi, Zerrouki, Bouguerra II, Benelfoul, Mansouri, Bernou, Bensamet as "Mellal", Khelifa, Zidoun, Imcaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Referee: Todori

RS Alger v USM Blida

11 April 1948 21	RS Alger	3–1	USM Blida	Algiers
	Saâdi Pénalva Maouch Bouquet, Giganti, Allès, Clément, Zérapha, Senane, Maouch, Sadi Yahia, Falandry, Ponseti, Pénalva	(1–1) Report	Imcaoudène as "Bob" Meradi, Bouguerra II, Mansouri, Zidoun, Bernou, Benelfoul, Bensamet as "Mellal", Khelifa, Zouraghi, Imcaoudène as "Bob", Hatem	Referee: Lebeuvant

USM Blida v MC Alger

18 April 1948 22	USM Blida	2–4	MC Alger	Blida
	Zouraghi Chouiet Meradi, Zerrouki, Reguieg, Zidoun Boualem, Laidi, Rabah, Bensamet as "Mellal", Zouraghi, Chouiet, Youssari, Lekhal	(0–4) Report	Hahad Kouar Omar Deguigui Abtouche, Hamoutène, Benhamou Hamid, Hanoune, Tadjet, Khabatou, Kouar Omar dit Kouar II, Basta Ali, Hahad, Kouar Sid Ahmed, Deguigui	Stadium: FCB

Forconi Cup

Main article: fr:Coupe Forconi de football 1947-1948

Stade Guyotville v USM Blida

26 October 1947 Fourth Round	Stade Guyotville	1–0	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
14:30	Vitollo 88'	Report	Menacer, Zerrouki, Mansouri; Zouraghi, Bob, Laidi; Benelfoul, Bensamet, Bernou, Bouguerra I, Hatem	Stadium: Stade Communal Saint Eugène Referee: M. Attansio

Players statistics

Playing statistics

Pos.	Name	Division Honneur																						Forconi Cup	Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	1
GK	Menacer	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X								X		X	X				X	12
GK	Meradi									X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X			X	X	X		11
DF	Mansouri	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	22
DF	Zerrouki	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	21
DF	Zahzah	X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X						15
DF	Bouguerra II								X						X	X		X	X	X	X	X			8
DF	Bekhoucha						X	X																	2
DF	Reguieg																						X		1
DF	Rabah																						X		1
MF	Bob	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	21
MF	Bernou		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	21
MF	Zouraghi		X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	19
MF	Laidi	X				X						X	X	X	X								X	X	8
MF	Zidoun	X									X									X	X	X	X		6
DF	Youssari																						X		1
FW	Bensamet	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
FW	Benelfoul	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	22
FW	Hatem	X	X	X	X	X	X					X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	17
FW	Bouguerra I	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X													X	11
FW	Khelifa															X	X		X	X	X	X			6
FW	Bouchekeur								X	X													X		3
FW	Chouiet																						X		1
FW	Lekhal																						X		1

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Honneur		Forconi Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	ALG	Abderrahmane Menacer	12	0	11	0	1	0
	GK	ALG	Abdelaziz Meradi	11	0	11	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	ALG	Ali Mansouri	22	0	21	0	1	0
	DF	ALG	Rabah Zerrouki	21	0	20	0	1	0
	DF	ALG	M'henni Zahzah	15	0	15	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Belkacem Bouguerra II	8	1	8	1	0	0
	DF	ALG	Boumediene Bekhoucha	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Ali Reguieg	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Rabah Hamou	1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF	ALG	Mohamed Imcaoudène (Bob)	21	3	20	3	1	0
	MF	ALG	Ahmed Bernou	21	3	20	3	1	0
	MF	ALG	Mahmoud Zouraghi	19	1	18	1	1	0
	MF	ALG	Mustapha Laidi	8	0	7	0	1	0
	MF	ALG	Boualem Zidoun	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Embarek Youssari	1	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
	MF	ALG	Kaddour Bensamet (Mellal)	23	3	22	3	1	0
	FW	ALG	Ahmed Benelfoul (c)	22	3	21	3	1	0
	FW	ALG	Abderrahmane Hatem	17	1	16	1	1	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Bouguerra I	11	3	10	3	1	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Khelifa	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Bouchekeur	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Djilali Chouiet	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	ALG	Abdelkrim Lekhal	1	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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

Nat.	Player	Pos.	DH	FC	TOTAL
	Mohamed Bouguerra I	FW	3	0	3
	Ahmed Benelfoul	FW	3	0	3
	Ahmed Bernou	FW	3	0	3
	Kaddour Bensamet	MF	3	0	3
	Mohamed Imcaoudène (Bob)	MF	3	0	3
	Abderrahmane Hatem	FW	1	0	1
	Mahmoud Zouraghi	FW	1	0	1
	Djilali Chouiet	FW	1	0	1
	Belkacem Bouguerra II	DF	1	0	1
Totals			19	0	19

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From club
FW	Mohamed Khelifa	RC Maison Carré

Out

Pos	Player	From club
FW	Abdelkader Djoudad	WA Boufarik
FW	Ahmed Dahmouche	WA Boufarik
DF	Abdelaziz Chekaimi	USMB Reserve