USM Oran

USM Oran
إتحاد وهران

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Full name	Union Sportive Madinet d'Oran إتحاد رياضي مدينة وهران
Nickname(s)	Le Doyen Unionistes
Founded	March 1, 1926
Ground	Stade Allal Toula Oran, Algeria
Ground Capacity	5,000
President	Rabie Bouakil
Head Coach	Mohamed Djerradi
League	Inter-Régions
2014–15	3rd place
Home colours Away colours

Union Sportive Madinet d'Oran (USM Oran), (Arabic: إتحاد رياضي مدينة وهران‎‎) is an Algerian soccer club based in Oran and play in the Inter-Régions League (D4). The club was founded in March 1, 1926 under the name of Union Sportive Musulmane d'Oran. It was also named NADIT Oran between 1977 and 1989. The club colours are black and white.

History

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USM Oran in 1939

The USM Oran was founded at the French colonial period in the day of 1 March 1926 in the quarter of Medina Jedida in Oran by the Algerian nationalist Sadek Boumaza with Bendouba "El Fellous", Benkoula, Boumefraa and others. They decided to create a team which became a multi-sports club after some days of it creation. The club is the first one of North Africa who put in his name only the word Musulmane (English: Muslim) to differentiate from other European colonial teams.

Achievements

National

• Oran League

Champion (7) : 1933, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950

• Oran Cup

Winner (1) : 1952

International

• North African Championship

Runner-up (3) : 1933, 1935, 1950

• North African Cup

Runner-up (1) : 1954

Stadium

The team plays in the Stade Allal Toula which holds 5,000 people.

Crest

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  Old logo

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  Former logo

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  Present logo

Current Players

As of July, 2014.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ahmed Guenanou 5 DF Merouane Benhadada 6 DF Zakaria Hamou 7 FW Naceredine Boubakeur 8 MF Mohamed Arroussi 10 MF Mohamed Dala 11 FW Islam Hamza Touahri 12 FW Abdelhak Guedider 13 DF Issam Abdelmadjid Reffas 14 DF Youcef Saâd Houari 17 MF Mohamed Sari

No. Position Player 18 MF Fayçal Hadji 19 Mohamed Amine Hanchour 20 DF Sofiane Hmaïda (captain) 22 MF Mohamed Amine Benali 23 MF Mokhtar Sedjrari 24 DF Benaouda Kahouadji 25 GK Hamza Boukli Hacène 26 DF Chahmi Attache 27 Djilali Djemai – GK Mohamed Smahi

Non-playing staff

Director staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Rabie Bouakil
General Secretary	Mohamed Ghilas
General Manager	Mustapha Abed

Technical staff

Below the list of technical staff of 2015–16 season :

Position	Name
DTS	Mohamed Djerradi
Manager	Abdelkader Brik
Assistant Manager	Ahmed Fadel
Technical Assistant
Goalkeeping Coach	Mahieddine Abadou
Reserve Team Coaches	Khelil Grouzat

Medical staff

Below the list of technical staff of 2015–16 season :

Position	Name
Medical Directors	Sid Ahmed Fayçal Boutenzar
Therapist	Houari Badreddine

Notable Players

Below the list of some great players of the team around his history.

• Kader Firoud
• Baghdad Aboukebir
• Kouider Bendjahène
• Mohamed Benhamou (Fenoun)
• Nedar Benlazreg (Zrego)
• Abdelkader Benzaoui
• Miloud Bouakeul
• Benaouda Boudjellal (Tchengo)
• Dahou
• Habib Draoua
• Abdelkader Fréha
• Souilem Gnaoui
• Hamou Nafi
• Miloud Osman
• Lahouari Tekkouk

Equipment

• 2013–15 Baeko
• 2015–16 Sarson Sports USA

External links

• USM Oran website
• USM Oran on Facebook