USM Oran

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USM Oran
إتحاد وهران
Full name Union Sportive Madinet d'Oran
إتحاد رياضي مدينة وهران
Nickname(s) Le Doyen, Unionistes
Founded March 1, 1926
Ground Stade Fréha Benyoucef
Oran, Algeria
Ground Capacity 5,000
President Rabie Bouakil
Head Coach Mohamed Belkheïra
League Inter-Régions
Home colours
Away colours

Union Sportive Madinet d'Oran (USM Oran), (Arabic: إتحاد رياضي مدينة وهران‎) is an Algerian soccer club based in Oran, founded in March 1, 1926 under the name of Union Sportive Musulmane d'Oran. The club colours are black and white.

History

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.[1] 0

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Achievements

  • Championship of West League of Oran (Honour Division)
Champion (7) : 1933, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950
  • North African Champions Cup
Runner-up (3) : 1933, 1935, 1950
Runner-up (1) : 1954

Stadium

The team plays in the Stade Fréha Benyoucef which holds 5,000 people.

Crest

  • Old logo

  • After independance

Notable Players

Below the list of some great players of the team around his history.[2]

  • AlgeriaFrance Kader Firoud
  • Algeria Souilem Gnaoui
  • Algeria Aboukebir Baghdad
  • Algeria Habib Draoua
  • Algeria Osman Miloud
  • Algeria Miloud Bouakeul
  • Algeria Hamou Nafi
  • Algeria Abdelkader Benzaoui
  • Algeria Benaouda Boudjellal (Tchengo)
  • Algeria Dahou
  • Algeria Nedar Benlazreg (Zrego)
  • Algeria Lahouari Tekkouk

References

  1. ↑ "USM Oran : Les " Noir et Blanc " en couleur". L'Expression Magazine. A. Salim. May 3, 2006. 
  2. ↑ "USM Oran: Une saison cauchemardesque". Le Quotidien d'Oran. M. Benboua. June 6, 2009. 

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