CAF Disciplinary Board v. USM Alger
CAF Disciplinary Board v. USM Alger
The CAF Disciplinary Board charged USM Alger with breaching Articles 82 and 83 of the CAF Disciplinary Code, together with Articles 32 and 35 of the CAF Safety and Security Regulations, arising from the club's TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup fixture against CS Constantine on 1 April 2025 — the same fixture that produced a separate finding against CS Constantine itself for the use of pyrotechnics.
The Board found USM Alger guilty and imposed a sanction of one match to be played behind closed doors, with that sanction itself suspended for a one-year probationary period from the date of the decision — meaning the closed-doors match would only actually be served if USM Alger committed a similar breach within the following year.
USM Alger's charge addressed the safety and security dimension of the fixture specifically, distinct from CS Constantine's pyrotechnics-focused sanction, illustrating how CAF's Disciplinary Board can draw separate, differently-framed charges against the two clubs involved in the same match, each keyed to that club's own particular regulatory breach and carrying its own independently calibrated penalty.
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