| Full name | Union Sportive de Biskra | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Khadra | |||
| Founded | 1934 | |||
| Ground | 18 February Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 35,000 | |||
| President | Abdelkader Triaa | |||
| Head Coach | Mounir Zeghdoud[1] | |||
| League | Ligue 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1, 14th of 16 | |||
 Current season | ||||
Union Sportive de Biskra (Arabic:الإتحاد الرياضي لبسكرة), known asUS Biskra or simplyUSB for short, is an Algerian football club based inBiskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium,18 February Stadium, has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in theAlgerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Some of its famous players of the 1970s and early-1980s include:Majorie, Chaib Lakhal, Mohamed Jonas, Mirini, Bessaou, Bouzidi, Ben Brahim, and of course Doubba.
L'USB was stock in the third division for most of its history and played major roles but never made it up. The third division used to be called "Division d'Honneur". At that time the most important achievement was defeating the then, and even now, mightyES Setif 2–1 in Algerian cup. That was a short lived happy time followed by a loss toUSM Bel-Abbès in the same competition by 4–1. All the citizens of Biskra still remember the year of Azzaba when l'US Biskra lost at home in one of the final games to Azzaba 3–1 and therefore missing the accession to the second division then known as "Division Regional".
L'US Biskra now is in second division and even played in Division one for one season two years ago. In May 2017, US Biskra returned to theAlgerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 11 years of absence.
Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
As of 31 January 2024[update].[2][3]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For a list of current and formerUS Biskra player with a Wikipedia article, seeCategory:US Biskra players
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Mounir Zeghdoud |
| Assistant coach | Lotfi Bouderaa |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hocine Abrous |
| Fitness coach | Adlène Boukhedna |
| Season | League | Cup | Other | Africa | Top goalscorer(s)[note 1] | Ref. | |||||||||||
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| Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Name | Goals | |||||||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 34 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 30 | Round of 16 | Yasser Berbache | 7 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 1st | 55 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 28 | Penultimate regional round | Ibrahim Benachour | 14 | |||||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1[note 2] | 14th | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 33 | Round of 16 | Messadia,Mokhtar | 3 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 46 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 46 | Not played | Quarter-finals | Youcef Chibane | 6 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 10th | 50 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 32 | Not played | Hichem Mokhtar | 12 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 12th | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 29 | Round of 64 | Baali, Siam | 6 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 14th | 36 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 34 | Quarter-final | Mustapha Zeghnoun | 4 | [citation needed] | ||||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | Round of 64 | [citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
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