USM Khenchela
Union Sportive de la Médina Khenchela (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة خنشلة), known as USM Khenchela or simply USMK, is an Algerian professional football club based in Khenchela. The club was founded in 1943 and its colours are white and black. Their home stadium, Amar Hamam Stadium, has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
| Full name | Union sportive de la Médina Khenchela | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Lions des Aurés - Ciskaoua | |||
| Founded | July 28, 1943 (as Union sportive de la Médina Khenchela) | |||
| Ground | Amar Hamam Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 5,000 | |||
| President | Walid Boukrouma | |||
| Head Coach | Moufdi Cherdoud[1] | |||
| League | Ligue 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1, 10th of 16 | |||
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History
The club came fifth in the 2009–10 Ligue Inter-Régions de football – Groupe Est.[2]
The club was promoted for the 2010–11 season of the newly created Championnat National de Football Amateur due to the professionalisation of the first two divisions in Algeria.[3]
On August 5, 2020, USM Khenchela were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2.[4]
On May 21, 2022, USM Khenchela were promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 returns to the national elite that it left almost 50 years ago. The Ciskaoua will thus once again taste the sensations of the Ligue 1 where they had played for two seasons at the beginning of the 1970s.[5] On February 2, 2023, an agreement was signed between Groupe Cosider and USM Khenchela, Under this agreement which covers a renewable year, the club will benefit from financial support during the 2022–23 sports season. This agreement initialed in the presence of the Wali of Khenchela, aims underlined the CEO of Cosider to support the evolution of the club through a sponsorship formula, under which Groupe Cosider will financially support all of the activities of USM Khenchela.[6]
Players
Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
As of 5 February 2024[7][8] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Moufdi Cherdoud |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Allawa Ayadhi |
| Fitness coach | Abdallah Mansouri |
References
- "Football: USMK: Moufdi Cherdoud, nouvel entraîneur". rivalite.dz. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- "Inter-région : JS Saoura, WAB et ABS champions -DZFOOT.COM". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- "Amateurs : Les 2 groupes du Championnat national -DZFOOT.COM". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- "Saison 2019/2020 : Les clubs de Division Nationale Amateurs promus en Ligue 2". 5 August 2020.
- "Accession en Ligue 1: historique pour le MC El Bayadh, l'USM Khenchela retrouve l'élite". APS. February 2, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- "Foot/Ligue 1: signature d'une convention entre le groupe Cosider et l'USM Khenhela". APS. February 2, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- "FICHE DU CLUB: USM KHENCHLA".
- "Joueurs du USM KHENCHLA".