1939–40 USM Blida season

USM Blida
1939–40 season
Stadium	FCB Stadium (actual Zoubir Zouraghi Stadium)
First Division	3rd
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Bendjiar; (6 goals); All: Bendjiar; (8 goals)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1938–39 1940–41 →

In the 1939–40 season, USM Blida is competing in the First Division for the 7th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They will be competing in First Division, and the Coupe de la Ligue.

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championnat	12	5	5	2	22	11	+11	041.67
Coupe de la Ligue	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Total	13	5	5	3	24	16	+8	038.46

League table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	FC Blida	12	9	1	2	37	13	+24	31
2	MC Alger	12	8	2	2	42	12	+30	30	Participates in the first tournament
3	O. Hussein Dey	12	6	4	2	28	15	+13	28
4	USM Blida	12	5	5	2	22	11	+11	27
5	AS Boufarik	12	4	2	6	24	22	+12	22
6	OM Ruisseau	12	1	1	10	9	41	-32	15
7	RAS Algéroise	12	1	1	10	12	60	-48	15

Results

Home \ Away	ASB	FCB	MCA	OHD	OMR	RASA	USMB
AS Boufarik		2–3	1–5	0–0	7–1	6–1	4–2
FC Blida	3–1		2–1	0–2	4–0	6–0	1–1
MC Alger	1–0	2–1		3–1	4–2	14–0	1–1
O Hussein Dey	3–0	1–6	2–1		1–1	3–0	0–0
OM Ruisseu	0–1	1–5	0–5	1–4		1–4	0–3
RAS Algérois	2–2	2–4	0–3*	1–10	1–2		1–5
USM Blida	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on March 1940. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

29 October 1939 Round 1	OM Ruisseau	0–3	USM Blida	Hussein Dey
13:15	Métayer, Mouhali, Mouloud, Kassasini, Cano, Mayer, Sanmartin Cardonna, Pons, Bensaid, Duffour, Benfiglio	Report^[1]	Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob Benelfoul I Abdelaziz Chekaïmi Meradi, Mansouri, Farès, Ouzera Kaddour, Chekaïmi, Hamidouche, Benelfoul I, Khelladi, Benelfoul II, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Hatem	Stadium: Nouvel-Ambert Stadium Referee: Parienté

5 November 1939 Round 2	USM Blida	1–1	MC Alger	Algiers
13:15	78' Benelfoul I Meradi, Farès, Mansouri, Benazout, Khelladi, Hamidouche, Benelfoul, I, Rdjem, Benelfoul II, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Hatem	Report^[2]	Saib Ali dit Saïd Saïd 75' (pen.) Zitouni, Bouhired, Haddadou, Bencherifa, Dahmoun, Berzig, Bencharif, Missoum, Saib Ali dit Said Said, Vitiello, Albor Jordan	Referee: Garcia

26 November 1939 Round 3	USM Blida	4–0	RAS Algéroise	Blida
14:45	Khelladi Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob Farès Hamidouche	Report^[3]		Stadium: FCB Stadium Referee: Pulerano

3 December 1939 Round 4	O. Hussein Dey	0–0	USM Blida	Hussein-Dey
14:45		Report^[4]		Referee: Busso

10 December 1949 Round 5	AS Boufarik	4–2	USM Blida	Boufarik
14:45	Defrance 10' Farès 15' (o.g.) Gotvallès 60' Lopez 65'	Report^[5]	62' Benelfoul 86' ? Meradi; Farès, Mansouri, Hamidouche, Chekaïmi, Kaddour Ouzera, Benelfoul I, Bob, Khelladi, Benelfoul II, Hatem	Stadium: Stade des Quinconces

24 December 1939 Round 6	USM Blida	0–1	FC Blida	Blida
14:45	Meradi, Hamidouche, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Farès, Benelfoul	Report^[6]	Boccheciampe 65' Janinazzi, Pons, Boccheciampe, Guarinos...	Stadium: FCB Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Todori

14 January 1940 Round 7	USM Blida	2–0	OM Ruisseau	Blida
14:45	Khelladi Meradi; Laid, Mansouri, Hamidouche, Kaddour Ouzera, Bibicha, Benelfoul, Khelladi, Bob, Hadj, Hatem	Report^[7]		Stadium: Stade du USB Referee: Marquès

28 January 1940 Round 8	MC Alger	2–2	USM Blida	Blida
14:45	Kermouche Hassen Albor Jordan Branki; Dahman, Haddadou; Vitiello, Abdelaoui, Touati; Missoum, Hassen, Albor, Saib, Bénouna	Report^[8]	Hamidouche 5' (pen.) Ahmed Benelfoul 89' Meradi; Farès, Mansouri; Bibicha, Omar, Hénini; Benelfoul, Hamidouche, Bob, Djoudad, Hatem	Stadium: USB Referee: Boccheciampe

4 February 1940 Round 9	USM Blida	1–0	AS Boufarik	Blida
14:45	Mustapha Bendjiar Meradi, Mansouri, Farès, Henini, Hamidouche, Ouzera, Benelfoul, Khelladi, Bendjiar, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Hatem	Report^[9]	Bataillon, Massip A, Massip M, Oltra, Kader, Salanamanopra, Herzienne, Irlès, Gilly, Grégori, Defrance	Stadium: USB Referee: Baroni

18 February 1940 Round 10	RAS Algéroise	1–5	USM Blida	Alger
14:45	? ?' Laleg, Desti, Bouteiller, Katal, Joly, Jamin, Poulalion, Ribés, Gisbert, Bournane	Report^[10]	10' Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob Mustapha Bendjiar Abdelaziz, Farès, Mansouri, Bibicha, Chekaïmi, Henini, Benelfoul, Khelladi, Bendjiar, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Hamidouche	Stadium: Stade Lebon Referee: Pulcrano

25 February 1940 Round 11	USM Blida	1–1	O. Hussein Dey	Blida
14:45	Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob 20' Meradi, Farès, Mansouri, Henini, Hamidouche, Ouzera, Benelfoul, Belhadj, Bendjiar, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Djoudad	Report^[11]	Alcaraz 88' Kaoua, Montovani, Molina, Marzo, Isker II, Abordène, Alcaraz, Amalfitano, Isker I, Hausberger, Rosello	Stadium: Stade du FCB

17 March 1940 Round 12	FC Blida	1–1	USM Blida	Blida
14:45	Bocchéciampe 50' Pérez, Labattut, Vals, Samary Y, Pons, Samary III, Hernandez, Garinos, Bocchéciampe II, Fuster, Bocchéciampe	Report^[12]	Bendjiar 75' Abdelaziz Meradi, Farès, Mansouri, Kaddour Bibicha, Chekaïmi, Henini, Benelfoul, Khelladi, Bendjiar, Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob, Hamidouche	Stadium: Stade du FCB Referee: Grazianni

Coupe de la Ligue d'Alger

21 April 1940 Round of 16	RU Alger	5–2	USM Blida	Saint Eugène
16:00	Vidal Broué Couard Vidal Fourest, Oliver, Couard II, Faglin, Couard I, Samuel, Brouillé, Vidal, Trappe, Cépi, Bernard	Report^[13]	1' Bendjiar Benelfoul Meradi, Farès, Mansouri, Bibicha, Hamidouche, Zidoun, Benelfoul, Khelladi, Bendjiar, Imcaoudène as Bob, Bouamra	Stadium: Stade Roger Lapergue Referee: Todori

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	ALG	Abdelaziz Meradi (Ex-FCB)	13	0	12	0	1	0
Defenders
	DF	ALG	Ali Mansouri as Ali Doudou	13	0	12	0	1	0
	DF	ALG	Mohamed Farès (Ex-ASB)	13	1	12	1	1	0
	DF	ALG	Kaddour Ouzera (Ex-FCB)	5	0	4	0	1	0
	DF	ALG	Laid	0	0	-	-	-	-
	DF	ALG	Ripoll	0	0	-	-	-	-
	DF	ALG	Allègre	0	0	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
	MF	ALG	Ali Hamidouche (Ex-ASB)	13	2	12	2	1	0
	MF	ALG	Mohamed Imcaoudène as Bob (Ex-FCB)	13	4	12	4	1	0
	MF	ALG	Abdelaziz Chekaimi (Ex-FCB)	4	1	4	1	0	0
	MF	ALG	Hanini	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Benazout	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Omar Oussani (Ex-ASB)	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ALG	Mellal	0	0	-	-	-	-
	DF	ALG	Sylvestre	0	0	-	-	-	-
Forwards
	FW	ALG	Ahmed Benelfoul (Ex-ASB)	13	4	12	4	1	0
	FW	ALG	Mustapha Bendjiar	13	6	12	6	1	0
	FW	ALG	Ahmed Khelladi	13	3	12	3	1	0
	FW	ALG	Abderrahmane Hatem	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Benelfoul (Ex-ASB)	3	1	2	0	1	1
	FW	ALG	Bouamra	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ALG	Ardjem Kaddour (Ex-ASB)	1	0	1	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From club
MF	Mohamed Imcaoudène	FC Blida
GK	Abdelaziz Meradi	FC Blida
DF	Mohamed Farès	AS Boufarik

Out

Pos	Player	From club
	Pelage	FC Blida

References

^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (1st Round), published in "L'Écho d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10677 dated Monday 30 October 1939, page 3.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (2nd Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10684 dated Monday 6 November 1939, page 3.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (3rd Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10705 dated Monday 27 November 1939, page 3.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (4th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10712 dated Monday 4 December 1939, page 3.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (5th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10719 dated Monday 11 December 1939, page 3.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (6th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10733 dated Monday 25 December 1939, page 3.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (7th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10754 dated Monday 15 January 1940, page 4.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (8th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10768 dated Monday 29 January 1940, page 4.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (9th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10755 dated Monday 5 February 1940, page 4.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (10th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10789 dated Monday 19 February 1940, page 4.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (11th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10796 dated Monday 26 February 1940, page 4.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football League (12th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10817 dated Monday 18 March 1940, page 4.
^ 1939–40 Algiers Football Cup, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10852 dated Monday 22 April 1940, page 4.

External links

[1] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (1st Round), published in "L'Écho d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10677 dated Monday 30 October 1939, page 3.

[2] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (2nd Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10684 dated Monday 6 November 1939, page 3.

[3] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (3rd Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10705 dated Monday 27 November 1939, page 3.

[4] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (4th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10712 dated Monday 4 December 1939, page 3.

[5] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (5th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10719 dated Monday 11 December 1939, page 3.

[6] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (6th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10733 dated Monday 25 December 1939, page 3.

[7] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (7th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10754 dated Monday 15 January 1940, page 4.

[8] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (8th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10768 dated Monday 29 January 1940, page 4.

[9] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (9th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10755 dated Monday 5 February 1940, page 4.

[10] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (10th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10789 dated Monday 19 February 1940, page 4.

[11] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (11th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10796 dated Monday 26 February 1940, page 4.

[12] 1939–40 Algiers Football League (12th Round), published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10817 dated Monday 18 March 1940, page 4.

[13] 1939–40 Algiers Football Cup, published in "L'Echo d'Alger", 28th year, N° 10852 dated Monday 22 April 1940, page 4.

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