USM Alger
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Full name
Union Sportive Médina d'Alger

Nicknames
L'USMA
Soustara
Ouled El Bahdja
Ouled El Hamra
Kahraba
The Reds and Blacks

Founded
July 5, 1937
as Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger

Ground
Stade Omar Hammadi, Algiers
Stade 5 Juillet 1962 (when ready), Algiers (Derbies Only)

Capacity
Stade Omar Hammadi
(10,000)

President
Ali Haddad

Head Coach
Miloud Hamdi

League
Ligue Professionnelle 1

2015-16
Ligue Professionnelle 1, 1th

African Champions League 2015

Union Sportive Médina d'Alger, known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the city of Algiers. 

The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. 

Their venue, the Stade Omar Hammadi, has a capacity of some 10,000. 

The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

USM Alger are one of the most successful clubs in Algeria, having domestically won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 6 times, the Algerian Cup 8 times and the Algerian Super Cup once. 

Internationally, USM Alger has won the UAFA Club Cup once, winning the last edition in 2013. 

The club also reached the final match of the 2015 CAF Champions League