In the 2017–18 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 40th season, as well as the CAF Champions League, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. With the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the CAF Champions League after defeating against Morocco's Wydad. on 11 November 2017 the coach Paul Put announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to CS Constantine., A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season.