Union Sportive de la Médina Bel Abbès (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة بلعباس), known as USM Bel Abbès or simply USMBA for short, is an Algerian football club located in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, that was founded in 1933 and its colors are green and red. Their home stadium, 24 February 1956 Stadium, has a capacity of 45,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Inter-Régions Division.
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| Full name | Union Sportive de la Médina Bel Abbès | ||
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| Nickname(s) | El Mekerra, Les scorpions (Scorpions) | ||
| Founded | 7 February 1933 as Union Sportive Musulmane de Bel Abbès | ||
| Ground | 24 February 1956 Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 35,000 | ||
| League | Inter-Régions Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Inter-Régions Division, Group West, 4th | ||
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History
editThe team was founded on 7 February 1933 under the name of Union Sportive Musulmane de Bel Abbès. It was one of the great teams in the French colonial period. Between 1977 and 1987, the club was parrained by ENIE, an electronic national society and was named Electronique Sari Madinat Bel Abbès (ESMBA).
On April 27, 2012, in the last round of the 2011-12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, USM Bel-Abbès beat USM Annaba 3–0 to finish third and win promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, returning to the top flight after a 19-year absence.[1] However the team return one year after in the second division but one year after again in 2014, they returned to the top division.
Previous Logos
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present logo
Grounds
editThe club used to play at the Stade des trois frères Amarouch. Since 1981, the club plays at the 24 February 1956 Stadium which has a capacity of 45,000 spectators.
Managers
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Larbi Benbarek (1957 – 1958)- ...
Fethi Benkabou (20??–July 1, 2012)- Fouad Bouali (July 23, 2012 – Oct 30, 2012)
- Abdelkader Yaïche (Nov 14, 2012 – Jan 3, 2013)
- Mokhtar Assas (Jan 18, 2013 – May 12, 2013)
- Zouaoui Zitouni (interim) (May 13, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
- Abdelkrim Bira (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014)
Jean-Guy Wallemme (July 1, 2014–15)
Honours
editDomestic competitions
edit- Algerian Ligue 2
- Winners (6): 1966, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1993, 2013–14
- Algerian Cup
- Algerian Super Cup
- Winner (1): 2018
Regional competitions
edit- North African Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1956[n 1]
Performance in CAF competitions
edit- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
- 2018–19 – First round
- African Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 1992 – Second Round
Notes and references
editNotes
edit- ^ The final between USM Bel Abbès and SC Bel Abbès was not played.
References
edit- ^ APS (April 27, 2012). "Dix neuf ans après, Bel Abbès en Ligue 1" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
External links
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