List of USM Alger presidents


is a football club based in Algiers, Algeria that competes in Ligue 1, the most senior football league in Algeria. Since its founding in 1937, the club has had 19 different presidents.

Presidential history

Founder member of the club, Arezki Meddad is chosen by his peers to be the first president in the history of USMA. Arezki Meddad was the first president, but he has not been included in the prefecture. It's in his coffee, rue du Divan in the Casbah - which also housed the headquarters of the Étoile Nord-Africaine - that was created USMA. The first president was officially registered on Ali Shahid Hammar said "Ali Zaied" tortured to death in March 1957, the club was in time for the official address of coffee Benkanoun located Randon street in the Casbah. With nine major trophies in sixteen at the helm of the club season, Said Allik is the most successful president of USM Alger.
On August 4, 2010, USM Alger went public in conjunction with the professionalization of the domestic league. Algerian businessman Ali Haddad became the majority share owner after investing 700 million Algeria dinars to buy an 83% ownership in the club to become the first professional club in Algeria. On October 27, 2010, Haddad replaced Saïd Allik as president of the club. Allik had been the club's president for the past 18 years, After the outbreak of protests in Algeria and the arrest of club owner Ali Haddad on corruption charges. On April 30, 2019 The board of the SSPA USMA met and noted the vacancy of the post of president of the company since the incarceration of Ali Haddad there is nearly a month. It was Boualem Chendri who was unanimously elected to succeed him while ETRHB Haddad remains the majority shareholder of the club. On June 2, 2019 it is official, the Haddad family is selling its shares in SSPA USMA which it holds 92%, It was the club's communication officer, Amine Tirmane, who announced it on the Echourouk TV. the reasons that made them make this decision is the imprisonment of club owner Ali Haddad and also freeze all financial accounts of the club. After it was expected that the general assembly of shareholders will be on March 12, 2020 it was submitted to March 2, especially after the imprisonment of the former club president, Rabouh Haddad. The meeting witnessed the attendance of :fr:ETRHB Haddad|ETRHB Haddad representative and the absence of the amateur club president Saïd Allik, and after two and a half hours, it was announced that Groupe SERPORT had bought the shares of :fr:ETRHB Haddad|ETRHB Haddad which amounted to 94.34%.

List of presidents

NameFromTo
Arezki Meddad5 July 19371938
Ali Hammar19381939
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Mohamed Zenagui1943194?
Ali Hammar194?1952
Saïd Meddad19621963
Abdelkader Amrani19631971
Ali Kezal19711972
Saadi Yacef19721975
Abdelaziz Tazairt19751976
Rachid Khelouati19761977
Saïd Hammo197719??
Hadji19??1984
Abdesslem Bensahli19851989
Saïd Hammo19891991
Rachid Khelouati19921993
:fr:Mouldi Aïssaoui|Mouldi Aïssaoui19931994
Saïd Allik19944 August 2010
Ali Haddad4 August 201030 April 2019
Boualem Chendri30 April 20192 March 2020
Achour Djelloul2 March 2020present

Honours by presidents