MC Alger

MC Alger
Full name	Mouloudia Club d'Alger
Nickname(s)	MCA; El Mouloudia (The Mouloudia); Chnawa; The Doyen; The People's Club
Short name	MCA
Founded	7 August 1921; 102 years ago ; (as Mouloudia Club Algérois)
Ground	5 July 1962 Stadium; Ali La Pointe Stadium
Capacity	64,200; 40,000
Owner	Sonatrach
President	Mohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem
Head Coach	Patrice Beaumelle
League	Ligue 1
2022–23	Ligue 1, 3rd of 16
Website	Club website
	Current season

Mouloudia Club d'Alger (Arabic: نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home stadium, Ali La Pointe Stadium, has a capacity of 40,000 spectators.The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Founded in 1921 as Mouloudia Club Algérois and Mouloudia Chaâbia d’Alger, the club was known as Mouloudia Pétroliers d'Alger from 1977 to 1986 and changed its name to Mouloudia Club d'Alger in 1986. The club colours are red and green.

MC Alger were the first Algerian club to win a continental competition, winning the 1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs. They are one of the most successful Algerian clubs having won the domestic league 7 times, and the domestic cup 8 times, tied with USM Alger, CR Belouizdad and ES Sétif.

History[edit]

In 1921, a group of youths from the Casbah and Bab El Oued neighborhoods joined to create the first Muslim football club in colonized Algeria.^[2] The group was led by Hamoud Aouf, who served as a liaison between the two groups. On August 7, 1921, the club was officially founded in the waiting room of the Benachere café. The date coincided with the Mawlid, hence the name Mouloudia Club d'Alger. Green, for the hope of the Algerian people and the traditional colour of Islam, and red, for the love of the nation, were chosen as the club colours.

In 1976, MC Alger qualified for the African Cup of Champions Clubs for the first time in its history after winning the 1974–75 Algerian Championnat National. They reached the final after beating Al-Ahly Benghazi of Libya, Al Ahly of Egypt, Luo Union of Kenya and Enugu Rangers of Nigeria, respectively.^[3] In the final, they met Guinean club Hafia Conakry, who had won the last edition of the competition. In the first leg in Conakry, MC Alger lost 3–0 and faced the difficult task of having to score three goals in the return leg. However, in the return leg, they managed to score the three goals with a brace from Omar Betrouni and a goal from Zoubir Bachi.^[4] They went on to win the penalty shootout 4–1 to win their first African title and also become the first Algerian club to win a continental competition.

Crest[edit]

Former logo
Present logo

Kit manufacturers[edit]

Kit suppliers
Dates	Supplier
2009–2012	Adidas
2012–2016	Joma
2016–2019	Umbro
2019–2021	Puma
2021–2023	Joma
2023	Puma

Honours[edit]

Domestic competitions[edit]

Algerian League 1
- Champions (7): 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1998–99, 2009–10
- Runners-up (5): 1962–63, 1969–70, 1988–89, 2016–17, 2019–20
Algerian Cup
- Winners (8) – shared record: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1982–83, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2015–16
- Runners-up (1): 2012–13
Algerian Super Cup
- Winners (3) (record): 2006, 2007, 2014
- Runner-up (1): 2016
Algerian League Cup
- Winners (1): 1998

International competitions[edit]

CAF Champions League
- Winners (1): 1976

Regional competitions[edit]

Maghreb Cup Winners Cup
- Winners (2): 1971, 1974
North African Cup of Champions
- Runners-up (1): 2010
Maghreb Champions Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1975

Performance in CAF competitions[edit]

African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 8 appearances

1976 – Champion

1977 – Quarter-finals

1979 – Second Round

1980 – Quarter-finals

2000 – First Round

2011 – Group stage

2018 – Group stage

2021 – Quarter - finals

CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances

2007 – First Round

2008 – First Round

2015 – First Round

2017 – Quarter-finals

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

1984 – Second Round

Players[edit]

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad[edit]

As of 5 February 2024^[update]^[5]^[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Abdelatif Ramdane
2	GK	ALG	Seifeddine Belkhir
3	MF	ALG	Massinissa Benchelouche
4	DF	ALG	Djamel Benlamri
5	DF	ALG	Ayoub Abdellaoui (captain)
6	MF	ALG	Mohammed Benkhemassa
7	FW	ALG	Sofiane Bayazid
8	MF	ALG	Féth-Allah Tahar
9	FW	CIV	Romaric Ouattara
10	FW	ALG	Youcef Belaïli
11	FW	CIV	Youssouf Dao
12	MF	CIV	Mohamed Zougrana
13	MF	ALG	Dalil Hassen Khodja


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ALG	Hamza Mouali
15	MF	ALG	Ammar El Orfi
16	GK	ALG	Oussama Litim
17	DF	ALG	Kamel Hamidi
18	FW	ALG	Khayreddine Merzougui
19	DF	ALG	Ayoub Ghezala
20	DF	ALG	Réda Halaïmia
21	MF	ALG	Larbi Tabti
22	MF	ALG	Khalid Dahmani
24	FW	ALG	Zakaria Naidji
25	MF	ALG	Badreddine Touki
26	MF	ALG	Moundhir Bouzekri
27	DF	ALG	Abdelkader Menezla

Reserve Squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Personnel[edit]

Current technical staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Patrice Beaumelle
Assistant coach	Saad Ichalalène
Goalkeeping coach	Fouad Cheriet
Fitness coach	Cheikh Bouziane

Notable players[edit]

Below are the notable former players who have represented MC Alger in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1921. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with MC Alger or following his departure.

For a complete list of MC Alger players, see Category:MC Alger players

Algeria

Mali

Togo

Mamam Cherif Touré

Managers[edit]

Mahmoud Hamid Bacha, Mustapha Biskri (1998)
Abdelhamid Kermali, Mustapha Biski (1983–89), (1998-1999)
Michel Renquin (2000-2001)
Bachir Mechri, Ali Bencheikh, Bachta (2001-2002)
Noureddine Saâdi (2002– Dec 4, 2003)
Hervé Revelli (Jan 1, 2004 – May 1, 2004)
Jean-Paul Rabier (2004–05)
Robert Nouzaret (July 1, 2005 – Dec 24, 2005)
Noureddine Saâdi (Dec 2005 – March 2006)
François Bracci (March 2006 – Oct 06)
Hacène Matallah (Oct 2006 – Nov 06)
Enrico Fabbro (Nov 2006 – Nov 07)
Jean Thissen (Nov 2007 – Jan 08)
Enrico Fabbro (Jan 2008 – Feb 08)
Mohamed Mekhazni (Feb 2008 – March 8)
Ameur Djamil (March 27, 2008 – Sept 21, 2008)
Alain Michel (Sept 21, 2008 – Dec 09)
François Bracci (Dec 2009–10)
Alain Michel (June 2010 – March 15, 2011)
Noureddine Zekri (March 11, 2011 – July 19, 2011)
Abdelhak Menguellati (June 2011 – Aug 11)
Abdelhak Benchikha (Sept 1, 2011 – Oct 5, 2011)
François Bracci (Oct 23, 2011 – Feb 11, 2012)
Kamel Bouhellal (Feb 10, 2012 – May 5, 2012)
Abdelkrim Bira (May 4, 2012 – June 30, 2012)
Patrick Liewig (July 1, 2012 – Aug 20, 2012)
Jean-Paul Rabier (Aug 27, 2012 – Sept 23, 2012)
Djamel Menad (Sept 24, 2012 – May 9, 2013)
Farid Zemiti (interim) (May 10, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
Alain Geiger (July 1, 2013 – Nov 10, 2013)
Fouad Bouali (Nov 18, 2013–14)
Artur Jorge (2014 – October 8, 2015)
Meziane Ighil (October 13, 2015– February 2016)
Lotfi Amrouche (Mars, 2016 – May 27, 2016)
Djamel Menad (June, 2016– October, 2016)
Kamel Mouassa (October, 2016– July, 2017)
Bernard Casoni (August, 2017– August, 2018)
Rafik Saifi (September 15, 2018– October 23, 2018)
Adel Amrouche (October, 2018– March 12, 2019)
Bernard Casoni (July, 2019– December 8, 2019)
Mohamed Mekhazni (December 8, 2019– February 5, 2020)
Nabil Neghiz (February 5, 2020 – February 4, 2021)
Abdelkader Amrani (February 7, 2021 – April 12, 2021)
Nabil Neghiz (April 28, 2021 –August 10, 2021)
Khaled Ben Yahia (September 1, 2021 –June 10, 2022)
Faruk Hadžibegić (July 16, 2022 –September 10, 2022)
Faouzi Benzarti (September 25, 2022 –February, 2023)
Patrice Beaumelle (Mars 3, 2023 –)

References[edit]

^ "MCA : Patrice Beaumelle est le nouvel entraîneur du club". dzfoot.com. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ "le MC Alger : un club, une histoire, un palmarès" (in French). APS.dz. August 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
^ "African Club Competitions 1976". Rsssf.com. 2012-03-28. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
^ "Le MCA en compétition Africaine". Kazeo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
^ "FICHE DU CLUB: MC ALGER". Archived from the original on 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
^ "Joueurs du MC Alger". Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.

External links[edit]

[1] "MCA : Patrice Beaumelle est le nouvel entraîneur du club". dzfoot.com. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[2] "le MC Alger : un club, une histoire, un palmarès" (in French). APS.dz. August 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

[3] "African Club Competitions 1976". Rsssf.com. 2012-03-28. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2015-07-10.

[4] "Le MCA en compétition Africaine". Kazeo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2015-07-10.

[5] "FICHE DU CLUB: MC ALGER". Archived from the original on 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-08-14.

[6] "Joueurs du MC Alger". Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-03.

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Founded in August 7, 1921 Based in Algiers
The Club	Players Managers presidents Statistics Seasons Current season
Home stadium	Stade Omar Hammadi (1962–1972, 2002–2003) Stade 5 Juillet 1962 (1972–2014, 2019–22) Douera Sportpark Stadium (2023–present)
History	History Africa honors
Rivalries	CR Belouizdad JS Kabylie Algiers Derby
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