Union Sportive Musulmane Madinet Hadjout (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي الإسلامي لمدينة حجوط), known as USMM Hadjout or simply USMMH for short, is an Algerian football club based in Hadjout. The club was founded on 5 March 1947 [1] and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Ligue Régional I.

USMM Hadjout
Full nameUnion Sportive Musulmane d Marengo Hadjout
Nickname(s)Hdjajta
Founded5 March 1947; 77 years ago (1947-03-05)
GroundStade du 5 Juillet 1962
Capacity10,000
LeagueLigue Régional I
2023–24Inter-Régions Division, Group Centre-west, 16th (relegated)

History

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Early years

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Union Sportive Musulmane de Marengo.
 
Sid Ali_Embarek et Yahia Saidi
 
USM Marengo 1950-51

At the end of the meeting of two great football clubs of Mitidja, the Union Sportive Musulmane of Blida and Olympique de Marengo won hands down by the blidéens by the score of 3–2, USM Marengo (Union Sportive Musulmane Marengo) was born in 5 March 1947. Since its creation, a group of leaders then chaired by Sid Ali Embarek and a team of players have succeeded in registering the USMM in gold in the annals of the history of Algiers football alongside two other Muslim clubs MC Alger and USM Blida against clubs yet helped by an administration in place such as Groupement Sportif Alger, the Olympic of Hussein Dey, AS Saint Eugène (currently Bologhine), RU Alger, Groupe Sportif Orléansville (currently Chlef), FC Blida, Sporting club d'El Biar, RC Maison-carée (currently El Harrach), the Stade Guyotvillois, Olympique de Marengo. In the 1950–51 season, USM Marengo achieved a historic rise to the highest degree of Division Honneur a point ahead of the ASPTT Alger and Abbas was the club's top scorer, But USM Marengo did not last long and was betrayed by the experience, where he played with more experienced teams such as AS Saint Eugène, MC Alger and RU Alger and occupied the last place.

In 1956, the central management of the FLN decided to cease all sporting activities of Muslim clubs. and in the 1955–56 season, USM Marengo participated in the Promotion Honneur, the last season before the independence of Algeria, where on March 4, 1956, in the 16th round and two games before the end of the season USM Marengo withdrew from the tournament, the League of Algiers office registered the packages of many Muslim clubs following the events that occurred at the match between the MC Alger and AS Saint Eugène. In Promotion Honneur, RC Kouba, USM Alger, WR Belcourt, JS Kabylie, JS El Biar and OM Saint Eugène declared general forfeiture on 11 March 1956. Given the exceptional circumstances and circumstances The league still decided to put them in the final standings in order not to penalize them (because normally the rule stipulates it is a downgrading in lower division for any general package), with a view to of a possible resumption of their activities for the next season. this withdrawal i come at the request of the National Liberation Front (FLN) in support of the revolution against French colonialism and the delivery of voice to the world after the withdrawal, he joined a number of the squad to the front in the mountains.

After independence

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In the aftermath of independence, the Algerian Football Federation launched the national championship with the establishment of Critériums d'Honneur with several pools in the center, east and west, the USMM appeared in the same group as the USM Alger, USM Blida, SO Berrouaghia, Stade Guyotvillois. In 1963–64 the favorable results recorded are in the Division d'Honneur composed of major clubs such as USM Alger, USM Blida, WA Boufarik, JS Kabylie, MC Alger, S. Guyotville, AS Orléansville, CR Belcourt.[2] Unfortunately during this sports season against WA Boufarik, USM Marengo will know purgatory, he only had one game left to play against MC Alger in the first leg, the USMM will be suspended for a firm year of any competition in addition to the return phase not played, his best scores made before its "displacement" the USMM will resist. Given the capital points recorded before its suspension, the USMM will not be relegated. The USMM was composed by excellent days such as Messaoudi Mohamed selected in the Algeria national football team alongside Rachid Mekhloufi, Mustapha Zitouni, Boubekeur Belbekri. he confirmed his position as a defender notably against Germany national football team won by Algeria, the Morocco brothers (M'hamed and Larbi) with these two the show was assured, Hamadouche Ali who later ended his career at the great RC Kouba, Saidi Zoubir a former pro of Red Star to name a few.

 
view of Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 in Hadjout, The official stadium of USMM Hadjout since its founding in 1947.

Since the new orientations of the sports policy the USMM forced to change its acronym will become IR Hadjout, Then IRB Hadjout under direct supervision of the communal popular assembly of Hadjout, the former USMM will experience purgatory again for six years in the lower division (the first division at the time) the whole history of the sports club flew away dispossessing of its seat and "disappearance" of the archives as well as the trophies which adorned the seat of the sports family of hadjout, in particular the bouloumanes since despite the will of the people who work for the development of sport in Hadjout the club will experience ups and downs become USMM Hadjout again the basketball section will take over where it is among the tenors in the national division while the football section drowned in the depths finds its balance.[2]

In the 2009–10 season, after only one season, USMM Hadjout fell to the newly created LNF Amateur, despite occupying 13th place, which allows it to remain in the National 2, but it was decided by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and the Algerian Football Federation to professionalize the Algerian football championship, starting from the 2010–11 season Thus all the Algerian football clubs which until then enjoyed the status of semi-professional club, will acquire the professional appointment this season. the president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Raouraoua, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism,[3]

Notable players

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Had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for USMM Hadjout.

Recent seasons

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Before independence

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  FFF - season-by-season record of Union Sportive Musulmane Madinet Hadjout
Season League Algiers Forconi Cup Top goalscorer(s)
Division Pos Pts P W D L GF GA Name Goals
1947-48 Troisième Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
1948-49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third round - -
1949-50 Deuxième Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fourth round - -
1950-51 Première Division 1st 47 18 13 3 2 45 17 Fifth round - -
1951-52 Division Honneur 12nd 33 22 4 3 15 24 56 Fifth round - -
1952-53 Première Division 2nd 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
1953-54 Première Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
1954-55 Promotion Honneur 9th 41 22 4 11 7 0 0 - - -
1955-56 Promotion Honneur 9th 33 22 7 3 12 0 0 - - -
No competition is played by the muslim clubs between 1956 and 1962 by order of the FLN (Algerian War)

After independence

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  FAF - season-by-season record of Union Sportive Musulmane Madinet Hadjout
Season League Cup Other Africa Top goalscorer(s)
Division Pos Pts P W D L GF GA Name Goals
1962–63 Critérium Honneur 2nd 43 18 10 5 3 40 18 Round of 32
1963–64 Division Honneur 14th 45 30 6 3 21 Round of 64
1964–65 Division d'Honneur 14th 40 26 3 8 15 22 50 Preliminary round
1986–87 Division 5 Round of 64
1987–88 Division 4 Round of 64
1988–89 Division 3 Round of 64
1989–90 Division 3 6th 32 30 12 8 10 30 30 Not played
1990–91 Division 3 Round of 64
1991–92 Division 2 6th 33 30 12 9 9 34 33 Round of 16 Abdelkader Kouadri 14
1992–93 Division 2 9th 26 30 10 6 14 27 32 Not played
1993–94 Division 2 3rd 40 32 17 6 9 40 27 4th Regional Round
1994–95 Division 2 5th 36 32 14 8 10 37 24 Round of 64
1995–96 Division 2 7th 41 30 11 8 11 23 23 Sixty-fourth finals
1996–97 Division 2 8th 38 30 10 8 12 32 28 Preliminary round
1997–98 Division 2 3rd 44 30 10 14 6 28 26 Preliminary round Round of 64
1998–99 Super Division 14th 12 26 1 9 16 14 44 Round of 32 Rachid Abdessamia 4
1999–2000 Division 3 3rd 45 26 13 6 7 21 17 Preliminary round
2000–01 National 2 5th 44 30 10 14 6 31 19 Round of 64
2001–02 National 2 8th 40 30 11 7 12 43 42 Preliminary round
2002–03 National 2 11st 29 28 6 11 11 18 34 Preliminary round
2003–04 National 2 9th 38 30 10 8 12 23 39 Round of 64
2004–05 Inter-Régions 8th 40 30 9 13 8 23 24 Preliminary round
2005–06 Inter-Régions 14th 30 30 7 9 14 26 38 Preliminary round
2006–07 Inter-Régions Round of 64
2007–08 Régional I 1st Round of 64
2008–09 Inter-Régions 1st 61 30 18 7 5 41 15 Round of 32
2009–10 National 2 13th 41 34 9 14 11 28 34 Round of 64
2010–11 LNF Amateur 8th 29 24 7 8 9 26 29 Preliminary round
2011–12 LNF Amateur 5th 40 26 13 1 12 36 29 Preliminary round
2012–13 LNF Amateur 1st 53 26 15 8 3 42 19 Preliminary round
2013–14 Ligue 2 12nd 39 30 11 6 13 26 31 Quarter-finals Abdeslam Selloum 4 [4]
2014–15 Ligue 2 13rd 35 30 9 8 13 29 35 Preliminary round Ismail Belkacemi 12 [5]
2015–16 Ligue 2 16th 19 30 4 7 19 22 45 Preliminary round Abdelouadoud Zitouni 5 [6]
2016–17 LNF Amateur 8th 39 30 10 9 11 28 44 Preliminary round
2017–18 LNF Amateur 15th 36 30 9 9 12 26 42 Round of 64
2018–19 LNF Amateur 11st 36 30 9 9 12 33 40 Round of 64
2019–20 LNF Amateur[note 1] 9th 31 24 9 4 11 20 27 Round of 64
2020–21 Inter-Régions 1st 26 14 7 5 2 19 5 Not played
2021–22 Ligue 2 14th 32 30 10 2 18 25 46 Not played

Notes

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  1. ^ On March 15, 2020, the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to stop the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, Then it was canceled with the rise of the first eight teams to the Ligue 2 and the relegation was cancelled.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Union Sportive Musulmane de Marengo". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  2. ^ a b "l'histoire de l'USMM". usmmhadjout.blog4ever.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ Professional Championship: The project on Archived 2010-12-10 at the Wayback Machine on DZFoot.com
  4. ^ "Statistics 2013–14 USMM Hadjout season". footballdatabase.eu.
  5. ^ "Statistics 2014–15 USMM Hadjout season". footballdatabase.eu.
  6. ^ "Statistics 2015–16 USMM Hadjout season". footballdatabase.eu.
  7. ^ "الجزائر تعلن إيقاف النشاط الرياضي بسبب كورونا". btolat.com. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. ^ "COVID-19 : ARRET DES COMPETITIONS JUSQU'A NOUVEL ORDRE". faf.dz. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.