USM Blida
| Full name | Union Sportive Medinat Blida |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 16, 1932 as Union Sportive Musulmane de Blida |
| Ground | Stade Mustapha Tchaker |
| Capacity | 35,000 |
| Chairman | Ahmed Boumaaza |
| Head Coach | Kamel Zane |
| League | Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 2016–17 | Ligue Professionnelle 2 2nd (promoted) |
| Website | Club home page |
Union sportive de la médina de Blida or Union sportive madinet Blida (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة) also called USM Blida is an Algerian football club based in Blida . The club was founded in June 16, 1932 its colours are green and white. Their venue, the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, has a capacity of some 35,000. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
USM Blida is one of the first clubs based in Algeria. The club has a football academy in which large number of Algerian players began including Zouani Billel Boubekeur Rebih Smail Diss, Chems Eddine, all the leaders of the game Its colors are green and white. He has to his credit the title of vice-champion of Algeria in 2003 and as a finalist in Algeria Cup in 1996. In may 2017, USM Blida returned to Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
first Board of Directors in 1932 :
The USMB is considered the football club popular area of Blida. The club was founded before independence and then called USMB (Union Sportive Muslim Blida). He participated in North Africa football Championship and North Africa Cup of football. Not to be confused with the club USM Blida (Athletic Union of the Medina of Blida) created in 1980.
The Athletic Union of the Medina of Blida (USMB), or "El Djemya" as he likes so well to old blidéens call it, is one of the biggest clubs in football after Algeria and especially before independence of the country. The club from the city of roses is a club that has no title to his resume: neither cut nor championship, but despite this, the team from the city of Sidi Ahmed El Kebir is the story of a club that has given dozens of its best children for the independence of our country. The history of the club like the Mitija is marked by deeds.
The history of this club, dear to the people of Mitidja is very hectic. The USMB who defied the few Muslim teams this time, the great colonial teams rose to fame in national (after independence) then by human negligence, USMB went through hell regional and the inter wilaya. The glorious USMB became the "NRBB" or called by its detractors' Lerneb. "
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