MC Alger
Full nameMouloudia Club d'Alger
Nickname(s)MCA
El Mouloudia (The Mouloudia)
Chnawa
The Doyen
The People's Club
Founded7 August 1921; 121 years ago
(as Mouloudia Club Algérois)
Ground5 July 1962 Stadium
Ali La Pointe Stadium
Capacity64, 200
OwnerSonatrach
PresidentMohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem
Head CoachPatrice Beaumelle[1]
LeagueLigue 1
2022–23Ligue 1, 3rd of 16
WebsiteClub website

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

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

Kit manufacturers

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

Honours

Domestic competitions

International competitions

Regional competitions

Performance in CAF competitions

2007 – First Round
2008 – First Round
2015 – First Round
2017 – Quarter-finals
1984 – Second Round

Players

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

Current squad

As of 18 September 2023[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 Algeria ALG Abdelatif Ramdane
2 GK Algeria ALG Seifeddine Belkhir
3 MF Algeria ALG Massinissa Benchelouche
4 DF Algeria ALG Djamel Benlamri
5 DF Algeria ALG Ayoub Abdellaoui (captain)
6 MF Algeria ALG Mohammed Benkhemassa
7 FW Algeria ALG Sofiane Bayazid
8 MF Algeria ALG Féth-Allah Tahar
9 FW Algeria ALG Ali Haroun
10 FW Algeria ALG Youcef Belaïli
11 FW Ivory Coast CIV Youssouf Dao
12 MF Ivory Coast CIV Mohamed Zougrana
13 MF Algeria ALG Dalil Hassen Khodja
14 DF Algeria ALG Hamza Mouali
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Algeria ALG Ammar El Orfi
16 GK Algeria ALG Oussama Litim
17 DF Algeria ALG Kamel Hamidi
18 FW Algeria ALG Khayreddine Merzougui
19 DF Algeria ALG Ayoub Ghezala
20 DF Algeria ALG Réda Halaïmia
21 MF Algeria ALG Mehdi Zerkane
22 MF Algeria ALG Khalid Dahmani
23 FW Algeria ALG Chouaib Debbih
24 FW Algeria ALG Zakaria Naidji
25 MF Algeria ALG Badreddine Touki
26 MF Algeria ALG Moundhir Bouzekri
27 DF Algeria ALG Abdelkader Menezla

Reserve Squad

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

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coachPatrice Beaumelle
Assistant coachSaad Ichalalène
Goalkeeping coachFouad Cheriet
Fitness coachCheikh Bouziane

Notable players

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

Managers

References

  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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