USM Bel Abbès
إتحاد بلعباس
Full nameUnion Sportive de la Médina Bel Abbès
Nickname(s)El Mekerra, Les scorpions (Scorpions)
Founded7 February 1933 (1933-02-07)
as Union Sportive Musulmane de Bel Abbès
Ground24 February 1956 Stadium
Capacity35,000
LeagueInter-Régions Division
2022–23Inter-Régions Division, Group West, 4th

Union Sportive de la Médina Bel Abbès (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة بلعباس), known as USM Bel Abbès or simply USMBA for short, is an Algerian football club located in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, that was founded in 1933 and its colors are green and red. Their home stadium, 24 February 1956 Stadium, has a capacity of 45,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Inter-Régions Division.

History

The team was founded on 7 February 1933 under the name of Union Sportive Musulmane de Bel Abbès. It was one of the great teams in the French colonial period. Between 1977 and 1987, the club was parrained by ENIE, an electronic national society and was named Electronique Sari Madinat Bel Abbès (ESMBA).

On April 27, 2012, in the last round of the 2011-12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, USM Bel-Abbès beat USM Annaba 3–0 to finish third and win promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, returning to the top flight after a 19-year absence.[1] However the team return one year after in the second division but one year after again in 2014, they returned to the top division.

Previous Logos

Grounds

The club used to play at the Stade des trois frères Amarouch. Since 1981, the club plays at the 24 February 1956 Stadium which has a capacity of 45,000 spectators.

Managers

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (6): 1966, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1993, 2013–14.
Winners (2): 1990–91, 2017–18.
Winner (1): 2018.

Regional competitions

Runners-up (1): 1956 [n 1]

Performance in CAF competitions

2018–19 – First round
1992 – Second Round

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ The final between USM Bel Abbès and SC Bel Abbès was not played.

References

  1. ↑ APS (April 27, 2012). "Dix neuf ans après, Bel Abbés en Ligue 1" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved April 27, 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.