| Full name | Union Sportive Madinat Blida | ||
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| Nickname | Salvador | ||
| Founded | 16 June 1932; 93 years ago (1932-06-16) asUnion Sportive Musulmane de Blida | ||
| Ground | Brakni Brothers Stadium Mustapha Tchaker Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| League | Inter-Régions Division | ||
| 2024–25 | Inter-Régions Division, Group Centre-west,5th | ||
 Current season | |||
Union Sportive Madinat Blida (Arabic:الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة), known asUSM Blida or simplyUSMB, is afootball club based inBlida, Algeria. They play in theInter-Régions Division, the third tier of Algerian football. Founded in 1932, they have played their home games atBrakni Brothers Stadium since 1936. The club has spent all of its history playing between the first or second tiers.
The club's highest-ever league finish was second in the top flight in2002–03. They wereAlgerian Cup runners-up in1996. The club have also won thesecond tier title four times.
The club's home colours are green and white, and their nickname is The Salvador.
On 16 June 1932 the club was officially founded with the name Union Sportive Musulmane Blidéenne, and began competing in the Third Division League Football Association of Algiers. They played their first official match on 24 September 1933 in the first round of theNorth African Cup.[1]
On 5 August 2020, USM Blida were promoted to theAlgerian Ligue 2.[2]
Since the establishment of the club, the colours are green and white.[citation needed]
Historical evolution of the club's crest.
USM Blida play their home matches atBrakni Brothers Stadium since 2011.
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| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away |
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| 1946–1947 | ||||
| Round of 16 |  CS Hammam-Lif | / | 0–1 | |
| Quarter-finals |  US Marocaine | 0–1 | / | |
| 1952–1953 | ||||
| Round of 32 |  SC Bel Abbès | / | 4–0 | |
| 1953–1954 | ||||
| Round of 32 | ES Sahel | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Round of 16 | EJ Philippevilleˌ | 1–0 | / | |
| Quarter-finals | Gallia Club Oran | 1–0 | / | |
| Semi-finals |  USM Oran | / | 1–0 | |
| 1954–1955 | ||||
| Round of 32 | Club Africain | 2–3 | / | |
| 1955–1956 | ||||
| Round of 32 | GC Mascara | / | 4–0 |
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1996 | |||||
| Group stage (A) |  Al-Ahly | / | 5–1 | 3rd place | |
 Shabab Rafah | / | 1–0 | |||
| 2003–04 | First Round | MAS Fez | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Group stage (C) | CS Sfaxien | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4th place | |
| Espérance de Tunis | 0–5 | 2–1 | |||
| Zamalek SC | 0–2 | 1–1 |
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The first manager of USM Blida was Abdelkader Hadef, who joined the club in 1932 as a player-manager. The current manager is Djilali Madjour, who took over the club in February 2022.
| Season | League | Cup | Top goalscorer(s)[3] | |||||||||||
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| Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Name | Goals | Ref. | ||
| 2010-2011 | Division 1 | 16th | 29 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 30 | -14 | Round of 32 | Abdelkader Harizi | 5 | [citation needed] |
| 2011-2012 | Division 2 | 5th | 45 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | +4 | Round of 64 | Brahim Ledraâ | 10 | [citation needed] |
| 2012-2013 | Division 2 | 5th | 48 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 27 | +17 | Round of 16 | Mustapha Melika | 11 | [citation needed] |
| 2013-2014 | Division 2 | 6th | 47 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 25 | +9 | Regional Tour | Mohamed Amine Hammia | 8 | [citation needed] |
| 2014-2015 | Division 2 | 1st | 53 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 22 | +13 | Round of 64 | Fethi Noubli | 14 | [citation needed] |
| 2015-2016 | Division 1 | 14th | 36 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -9 | Round of 32 | Bedrane, Amiri,Hichem Cherif, Sylla | 3 | [citation needed] |
| 2016-2017 | Division 2 | 2nd | 51 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 19 | +12 | Round of 32 | Youcef Zerguine | 8 | [citation needed] |
| 2017-2018 | Division 1 | 16th | 23 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 50 | -22 | Quarter-finals | Samy Frioui | 17 | [citation needed] |
| 2018-2019 | Division 2 | 16th | 17 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 44 | -29 | Round of 64 | Abdelmalik Hadef | 5 | [citation needed] |
| 2019-2020 | Division 3 | 8th | 31 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | Regional Tour | Bilel Herbache | 6 | [citation needed] |
| 2020-2021 | Division 2 | 12th | 10 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 35 | -22 | Karim Rachedi | 4 | ||
| 2021-2022 | Division 3 | 12th | 43 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 30 | -2 | Ilyes Bouhenniche | 6 | ||
| 2022-2023 | Division 3 | - | - | |||||||||||
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