2004 Algerian Cup Final
# 2004 Algerian Cup Final

The 2004 Algerian Cup Final was the 40th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 25, 2004, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 17:00. USM Alger beat JS Kabylie 5–4 on penalties.

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubs JS Kabylie and USM Alger will contest the final, in what will be the 42nd edition of the Kabylo-Algiers Derby. The competition winners are awarded a berth in the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup.

## Route to the final

| USM Alger | USM Alger | Round | JS Kabylie | JS Kabylie |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| US Remchi 7–0 | - | Round of 64 | Imen Tindouf 7-0 | |
| CR Béni Thour – | w/o | Round of 32 | JSM Béjaïa 1-0 (a.e.t.) | |
| WA Boufarik 2–0 | Benchergui 72', Achiou 82' | Round of 16 | ASO Chlef 2-0 | |
| CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 3–1 | Diallo 12', Aribi 68', Metref 72' | Quarter-finals | USM Annaba 2-0 | Belkaïd 40', Endzanga 62' |
| MC Oran 0–0 | - | Semi-finals | NC Magra 3-0 | Zafour 15', Raho 23', Larbi 79' |

## Pre-match

### Details

| USM Alger | JS Kabylie |
| - | - |

Merouane Abdouni :

| | 2 | Mohamed Hamdoud | 23' |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Salim Aribi | 119' |
| | 6 | Farid Djahnine |
| | 3 | Tarek Ghoul |
| | 20 | Mahieddine Meftah | 27' |
| | 7 | Amar Ammour | | 65' |
| | 8 | Billel Dziri (c) | 67' |
| | 10 | Hocine Achiou |
| | 22 | Hamidou Balbone | | 120' |
| | 23 | Mamadou Diallo |
| Substitutes : |||
| | 19 | Rabie Benchergui | | 65' |
| | 14 | Moncef Ouichaoui | | 120' |
| | 24 | Farid Belmellat |
| | 13 | Mohamed Cheraïtia |
| | 21 | Rafik Deghiche |
| | 16 | Lahcène Nazef |
| Manager : |||
| Mustapha Aksouh |||

Lounès Gaouaoui :

| | 22 | Noureddine Drioueche |
| - | - | - |
| | 5 | Brahim Zafour | 81' |
| | 4 | Kamel Habri | 108' |
| | 2 | Slimane Raho | 52' | 91' |
| | 7 | Nassim Hamlaoui |
| | 6 | Farouk Belkaïd | 37' |
| | 13 | Lounés Bendahmane |
| | 8 | Moussa Saïb (c) | | 90' |
| | 9 | Wilfried Endzanga | | 72' |
| | 16 | Hamid Berguiga |
| Substitutes : |||
| | 26 | Rachid Benayen | 80' | 72' |
| | 17 | Karim Doudène | | 90' |
| | 19 | Samir Djouder | | 91' |
| | 31 | Nabil Mazari |
| | 18 | Lamara Douicher |
| | 20 | Rahim Meftah |
| | 21 | Hakim Boubrit |
| Manager : |||
| Azzedine Aït Djoudi ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Dzezzar Sedrati Fourth official: MAN OF THE MATCH Merouane Abdouni (USM Alger) | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |
