Itihad Riadhi Baladiat de Maghnia ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لبلدية مغنية), known as IRB Maghnia or IRBM for short, is an Algerian

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club based in the city of

Maghnia Maghnia () (formerly Marnia) is a town in Tlemcen Province, northwestern Algeria. It is the second most populated town in Tlemcen Province, after Tlemcen. The current population is over 200,000. History Archaeologists have found evidence of prehi ...

in the

Tlemcen Province Tlemcen ( ar, ولاية تلمسان) is a province (''wilaya'') in northwestern Algeria. The Tlemcen National Park is located there. History The province was created from Oran (department) and Tlemcen department in 1974. Administrative divis ...

. The club was founded in 1928 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Nouali Brothers Stadium, has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the

Inter-Régions Division Inter-Régions Division (also known as ''Ligue Inter-Régions de football'') is the third-highest division overall in the Algerian football league system. The division has six groups based on the region of the country, which are East, West and Cen ...

History

IRB Maghnia was formed in 1928 as Société Sportive d'éducation Physique de Maghnia (SSEPM). In 1971, the club changed its name to Ittihad Riadi Maghnia (IRM), and again in 1977 to its current name of Ittihad Riadi Baladiat Maghnia (IRBM). In the 2010–2011 season, IRB Maghnia finished in fifth place in the Centre-Ouest division of the

Championnat National de Football Amateur Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur commonly known as the LNFA, is an Algerian governing body that runs the second-highest division in the Algerian football league system. It was founded in 2010 and serves under the authority of the Algerian Foo ...

.DNA : La JS Saoura rejoint le MO Bejaia en Ligue 2

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maghnia, IRB Football clubs in Algeria Association football clubs established in 1928 Tlemcen Province 1928 establishments in Algeria Sports clubs in Algeria