USM Bel Abbès
Full name | Union Sportive Medinat Bel Abbès إتحاد رياضي مدينة بلعباس | ||
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Founded | 1933 | ||
Ground | Stade 24 Fevrier 1956, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria | ||
Capacity | 45,000 | ||
Chairman | Abdelghani El Hannani | ||
Head Coach | Youcef Bouzidi | ||
League | Ligue Professionnelle 1 | ||
2017–18 | Ligue Professionnelle 1, 9th | ||
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Union Sportive Medinat 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. The team's colors are green and red. Their home stadium, Stade 24 Fevrier 1956, has a capacity of 45,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Contents
1 History
2 Previous Logos
3 Honours
3.1 National
3.2 International
4 Performance in CAF competitions
5 Current squad
6 Managers
7 Notes and references
7.1 Notes
7.2 References
8 External links
History
The team was founded in 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
former logo
former logo
former logo
present logo
Honours
National
- Algerian Ligue 1
Third place: 1969, 1983.
- Algerian Ligue 2
Winners (5): 1966, 1980, 1988, 1993, 2014.
- Algerian Cup
Winners (2): 1991, 2018.
- Algerian Super Cup
Winner (1): 2018.
International
- North African Cup
Runners-up: 1956 [n 1]
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
2018–19 – TBD
- African Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
1992 – Second Round
Current squad
As of January 15, 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
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)
Notes and references
Notes
^ The final between USM Bel Abbès and SC Bel Abbès was not played.
References
^ APS (April 27, 2012). "Dix neuf ans après, Bel Abbés en Ligue 1" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved April 27, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
External links
- USM Bel-Abbès fan site
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