1997 Algerian Cup Final
# 1997 Algerian Cup Final

The 1997 Algerian Cup Final was the 33rd final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on July 5, 1997, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 15:00. USM Alger beat CA Batna 1-0 to win their fourth Algerian Cup.

## Pre-match

### Details

| USM Alger | CA Batna |
| - | - |

Laïd Belgherbi :

| DF | 2 | Mohamed Hamdoud |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Tarek Ghoul |
| DF | 4 | Abdelouahab Tizarouine |
| DF | 5 | Fayçal Hamdani (c) |
| MF | 6 | Farid Djahnine |
| FW | 7 | Tarek Hadj Adlane |
| MF | 8 | Billel Dziri |
| FW | 9 | Nacer Zekri | 77' |
| FW | 10 | Hamid Aït Belkacem | 62' |
| FW | 11 | Salah Eddine Mehdaoui | 90+1' |
| Substitutes : |||
| FW | 12 | Djamel Menad | 62' |
| MF | 13 | Salim Khouni | 77' |
| FW | 14 | Fouad Semati | 90+1' |
| MF | 15 | Samir Sloukia | |
| FW | 16 | Sid Ahmed Marcel | |
| FW | 17 | Mehdi Khelfouni | |
| DF | 18 | Rachid Boumerar | |
| DF | 19 | Abdelmalek Brakni | |
| FW | 20 | Brahim Salhi | |
| GK | 21 | Farid Belmellat | |
| Manager : |||
| Mustapha Heddene |||

Messaoud Smaïl :

| RB | 2 | Messaoud Khellout |
| - | - | - |
| LB | 3 | Aziz Mezedjri |
| CB | 4 | Salim Aribi | 85' |
| DF | 5 | Abdelhalim Bouarrara |
| MF | 6 | Mouloud Saker |
| RW | 7 | Mounir Dob | | 74' |
| FW | 8 | Mourad Koulib | | 81' |
| MF | 9 | Abdelmalek Abdellaoui | | 83' |
| MF | 10 | Abdelaziz Guechir (c) |
| FW | 11 | Seddik Djenane |
| Substitutes : |||
| FW | 14 | Youcef Kaoua | | 74' |
| MF | 12 | Abdelmoumen Dahgal | | 81' |
| GK | ? | Abdelghani Mehri | | |
| GK | ? | Fouad Cherit | | |
| FW | ? | Abdelmouain Hekkab | | |
| MF | ? | Abdelhak Saâd Saoud | | |
| MF | ? | Boualem Bensaci | | |
| FW | ? | Rabai Ziadi | | 83' |
| FW | ? | Abdelkader Loula | | |
| MF | ? | Lazhar Djenane | | |
| Manager : |||
| Mustapha Aggoune & Belkacem Mokdadi ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mohamed Belbordj Mohamed Belbah Fourth official: MAN OF THE MATCH Tarek Ghoul (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. |
