Chairman Ali Haddad Algerian Cup Round of 16 | Ligue 1 8th Super Cup Runners–up | |
Head coach Hubert Velud
(until 1 February 2015)
Billel Dziri (C)
(from 1 February 2015)
(until 18 February 2015)
Otto Pfister
(from 19 February 2015)
(until 18 May 2015)
Mounir Zeghdoud (C)
Mahieddine Meftah (C)
(from 19 May 2015) Stadium Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine | ||
In the 2014–15 season, USM Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 35th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the CAF Champions League, the Algerian Super Cup and the Algerian Cup. The club was managed by Hubert Velud, until his sacking on 1 February 2015. He was replaced by Otto Pfister on 19 February. On May 18, Pfister was sacked as coach of USM Alger.
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Algerian Super Cup
The 2014 Algerian Super Cup is the 8th edition of Algerian Super Cup, competition with only one match organized by the professional Football League (LFP) and the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) since 2013, which opposes Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 the winner of the Algerian Cup. the competition takes place this season Stade Mustapha Tchaker to Blida For the second time.
The meeting therefore opposed USM Alger 2013-2014 champion of Algeria, the MC Alger, winner of the 2013–14 Algerian Cup. The rules of the game are: the duration of the game is 90 minutes and in case of a tie, a session penalties is performed to separate the teams. Three substitutions are allowed for each team.
Ligue 1
The Ligue 1 2014-2015 is the fifty-first edition of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the fifth under the name Ligue 1. Division opposes sixteen clubs in a series of thirty meetings. The best in the league qualify for the African cups that are the Champions League (the podium) and Confederation Cup (the third and the winner national cup). USM Alger participating in this competition for the thirty-fifth time in its history and the twentieth since the 1995-1996 season.
The relegated the previous season, JSM Bejaia on CA Bordj Bou Arreridj and CRB Ain Fakroun are replaced by USM Bel-Abbès, Ligue 2 in 2013-2014 after a year's absence, the ASM Oran, 7 years after his last appearance at the highest national level, and NA Hussein Dey relegated to Ligue 2 during the 2010-2011 season.