In the 1998–99 season, USM Alger is competing in the Super Division for the 19th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Algerian Cup. In 1998–99 Algerian Cup against JS Kabylie, the two teams met for the first time in the final of the Algerian Cup at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 and in the first final to be attended by the new president of the country Abdelaziz Bouteflika and ended with the victory of USM Alger with two goals record by Billel Dziri and the former player in JS Kabylie Tarek Hadj Adlane To be the fourth Cup of USMA, Before that in the Semi-finals against MC Alger, there was a great controversy over the way the game was played, where it was supposed to play from two games, but the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to play the two games in Stade du 5 Juillet, Saïd Allik President of USMA, refused this insisting that each team plays in his stadium and Stade du 5 Juillet, he was the official stadium of MC Alger, after which the Minister of Youth and Sports Mohamed Aziz Derouaz rejected this request and insisted that he play on Stade du 5 Juillet for security reasons. On the day of the match, USM Alger went to Omar Hamadi Stadium and MC Alger and the referees to Stade du 5 Juillet. Minister of the Interior and Local Authorities at that time Abdelmalek Sellal called Allik to find a solution to this problem, His response was that there were two solutions the first is that each team plays in its stadium Or hold one game in a neutral stadium, and Allik proposes Stade du 19 Mai 1956 in Annaba, but because of the black decade and since both of them are from the capital, it was decided to hold it in Stade du 5 Juillet.
Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 January 1999. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^The first leg was moved from Omar Hamadi Stadium (USM Alger's home ground) to July 5, 1962 Stadium (MC Alger's home ground) by the FA for "security reasons"; USM Alger did not show up; the FA subsequently awarded the game as lost by both teams (in spite of MC Alger's players showing up at the venue assigned), JS Kabylie president (Mohand Chérif Hannachi) in fact pressed for elimination of both sides
References
^Résultats de la 1re journée du Championnat d'Algérie de football 1998-1999, Division 1 (poule B), paru dans "Le Matin", N° 20120 du mardi 15 septembre 1998 page 23 et "El Khabar", N° 2370 du mardi 15 septembre 1998 page 24.
^Résultats de la 2e journée du Championnat d'Algérie de football 1998-1999, Division 1 (poule B), paru dans "Le Matin", N° 2018 du Mardi 22 Septembre 1998 Page 23.
^Résultats de la 3e journée du Championnat d'Algérie de football 1998-1999, Division 1 (poule B), paru dans "Le Matin", N° 2021 du samedi 26 septembre 1998 page 12 et "El Khabar", N° 2379 du samedi 26 septembre 1998 page 19.
^Resultats des 1/32 de finale parus dans El Khabar numero 2497 du samedi 6 mars 1999 pages 26 et 27. et Le matin numero 2132 du samedi 6 mars 1999 pages 11. 12 et 13
^El Khabar numero 2363 du lundi 7 septembre 1998 page 24.
^Résultat de la quarts de finale de Coupe d'Afrique des vainqueurs de coupe de football 1998, match retour, paru dans El Khabar N° 2373 du samedi 19 septembre 1998 page 24 et Le matin N° 2015 du samedi 19 septembre 1998 page 14.
^El Khabar numero 2505 du lundi 15 mars 1999 page 23 .
^Liberté numero 1961 du mardi 30 mars 1999 page 19.
^El Khabar numero 2544 du lundi 3 mai 1999 page 24.
^Essahafa numero 13 du lundi 17 mai 1999 page 23 et El-Alem Essiassi numero 844 du lundi 17 mai 1999 page 17.
