Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian

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club based in

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home stadium, the

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 The 5 July 1962 Stadium () (the name refers to 5 July 1962, the day Algeria declared independence), is a football and athletics stadium located in Algiers, Algeria. The stadium was inaugurated in 1972 with a capacity of 95,000. It served as the ...

, has a capacity of 65,000 spectators. They also receive their opponents in

Omar Hamadi Stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologhine, Algiers, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of USM Alger. The stadium has a capacity of 17,500 people. History The stadium was built i ...

. The club is currently playing in the

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

. 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. They play at the Stade Omar Hamadi. MC Alger were the first Algerian club to win a continental competition, winning the

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. They are one of the most successful Algerian clubs having won the domestic league 7 times, and the domestic cup 8 times, third to

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its co ...

CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi de Belouizdad S.s.p.a (Classical Arabic: الشّباب الرّياضيّ لبلوزداد, English Translation: Sporting Club of Belouizdad), known as ''Chabab Belouizdad'' or ''CR Belouizdad'' or simply ''CRB'' for short, is a ...

and ES Sétif.

History

In 1921, a group of youths from the Casbah and Bab El Oued neighborhoods joined to create the first

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club in colonized

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. 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 Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi ( ar, المولد النبوي, translit=mawlid an-nabawī, lit=Birth of the Prophet, sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic , , among other vernacular pronunciations; sometimes , ) ...

, 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

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, MC Alger qualified for the

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for the first time in its history after winning the

1974–75 Algerian Championnat National The 1974–75 Algerian Championnat National was the 13th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with JS Kawkabi as the defending champions. Team summaries Promotion ...

. They reached the final after beating Al-Ahly Benghazi of

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of Egypt, Luo Union of

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and

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of Nigeria, respectively. In the final, they met

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n club Hafia Conakry, who had won the last edition of the competition. In the first leg in

Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...

, 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 Zoubir Bachi (born January 12, 1950) is a retired Algerian football player. He spent the majority of his career with his hometown club of MC Alger, whom he helped win a historic treble in 1976 ( Algerian League, Algerian Cup and African Cup Of Cha ...

. They went on to win the penalty shootout 4–1 to win their first African title and also become the first

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n club to win a continental competition.

Crest

File:MC Alger (logo).png, Former logo File:Logo MCA 1921.png, Present logo

Kit manufacturers

Honours

Domestic competitions

* 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 The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after in ...

::Winners (8) – shared record: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1982–83, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2015–16 ::''Runners-up (1)'':

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Algerian Super Cup The Algerian Super Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر الممتازة), is an Algerian football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Algerian League and the Algerian Cup. The first edition was held in 1973 and then agai ...

::Winners (3) (record):

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

::''Runner-up (2)'':

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

Algerian League Cup The Algerian League Cup ( ar, كأس الرابطة الجزائرية) is an Algerian football competition organized by the Algerian Football Federation. The competition was launched in the first edition in 1992 and was not regular and after tha ...

::Winners (1): 1998

International competitions

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::Winners (1):

Regional competitions

Maghreb Cup Winners Cup The Maghreb Cup Winners Cup was a North African football competition organized by the Union Maghrebine de Football (UMF) and which regrouped the cup winners from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya (only in the first edition). Mauritania at thi ...

::Winners (2): 1971, 1974 *

North African Cup of Champions The North African Cup of Champions was a tournament designed by the Union of North African Football (UNAF) that puts together the winners of the domestic leagues around North Africa. The tournament contains representatives from Algeria, Libya, Mo ...

::''Runners-up (1)'': 2010 *

Maghreb Champions Cup The Maghreb Champions Cup was a North African football competition organized by the Union Maghrebine de Football (UMF) and which regrouped the winners of the leagues from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya (only in the first edition). Mauritania ...

::''Runners-up (1)'': 1975

Performance in CAF competitions

: 8 appearances ::

– Champion ::

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

– Quarter-finals ::

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

– Second Round ::

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

– Quarter-finals ::

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

– First Round ::

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

– Group stage ::

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

– Group stage ::

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

– Quarter - finals *

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

: 4 appearances ::

– First Round ::

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– First Round ::

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

– First Round ::

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

– Quarter-finals *

CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 1 appearance ::1984 – Second Round

Players

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

Current squad

''As of 25 August 2022''

Reserve Squad

Personnel

Current technical staff

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 :MC Alger players'' * Rachid Sebbar * Aissa Draoui * Abdelmalek Cherrad

Managers

* Mahmoud Hamid Bacha, Mustapha Biskri (1998) * Abdelhamid Kermali, Mustapha Biski (1983–89), (1998-1999) *

Michel Renquin Michel Renquin (born 3 November 1955) is a former football player and current coach. He won 55 caps for the Belgium national football team. He coached mostly in Switzerland. Playing career *Before 1974: JFC Wibrin *1974–1981: Standard de Li� ...

(2000-2001) * Bachir Mechri, Ali Bencheikh, Bachta (2001-2002) *

Noureddine Saâdi Noureddine Saâdi (6 May 1950 – 20 July 2021) was an Algerian football manager who was managing JSM Béjaïa in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He coached many major clubs in Algeria, as well as clubs in Libya and the United Arab Emirates ...

(2002– Dec 4, 2003) *

Hervé Revelli Hervé Revelli (born 5 May 1946) is a French former footballer who played as a forward. He is well–known for having won the French Championship a joint–record seven times. Career Revelli scored 31 Ligue 1 goals during the calendar year of ...

(Jan 1, 2004 – May 1, 2004) *

Jean-Paul Rabier Jean-Paul Rabier (born 25 January 1955) is a French football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club MC Alger. Career Rabier played for Rennes, Valenciennes, Laval and Lens. He coached ...

(2004–05) *

Robert Nouzaret Robert Nouzaret (born 29 September 1943) is a French football manager and former player. Managerial career On 31 August 2011, Nouzaret resigned as DR Congo coach following a difference in opinion with the football federation over the Frenchman ...

(July 1, 2005 – Dec 24, 2005) *

(Dec 2005 – March 2006) * François Bracci (March 2006 – Oct 06) * Hacène Matallah (Oct 2006 – Nov 06) * Enrico Fabbro (Nov 2006 – Nov 07) *

Jean Thissen Jean Thissen (born 21 April 1946) is a retired Belgian international footballer. At the club level, he played for Standard Liège and Anderlecht. He also played internationally for the Belgium national football team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup an ...

(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 Kamel Bouhellal (born 24 June 1966) is an Algerian football manager. References

1966 births Living people Algerian football managers Paradou AC managers RC Kouba managers MC Alger managers MC El Eulma managers USM Blida managers DRB Tad ...

(Feb 10, 2012 – May 5, 2012) *

Abdelkrim Bira Abdelkrim Bira is an Algerian football manager References Living people Algerian football managers AS Marsa managers MC Alger managers EGS Gafsa managers USM Bel Abbès managers NA Hussein Dey managers CA Bordj Bou Arréridj managers ...

(May 4, 2012 – June 30, 2012) *

Patrick Liewig Patrick Liewig (born 4 October 1950 in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and ...

(July 1, 2012 – Aug 20, 2012) *

(Aug 27, 2012 – Sept 23, 2012) * Djamel Menad (Sept 24, 2012 – May 9, 2013) *

Farid Zemiti Farid Zemiti (born 4 January 1961) is an Algerian football manager. References

1961 births Living people Algerian men's footballers NA Hussein Dey players Algerian football managers NA Hussein Dey managers MC Alger managers RC Arbaâ ma ...

''(interim)'' (May 10, 2013 – June 30, 2013) *

Alain Geiger Alain Geiger (born 5 November 1960) is a Swiss international football manager and a former defender. He is the current manager for Servette FC. He played mainly as a centre-back despite being only 1.80m in a career that lasted 20 years, and mad ...

(July 1, 2013 – Nov 10, 2013) *

Fouad Bouali Fouad Bouali (born 8 February 1960) is an Algerian football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of man ...

(Nov 18, 2013–14) * Artur Jorge (2014 – October 8, 2015) *

Meziane Ighil Ali Meziane Ighil (born January 12, 1952) is an Algerian former footballer. Club career Ighil spentNA Hussein Dey. He was a member of the NA Hussein Dey team that won the 1979 Algerian Cup and reached the finals of the 1978 African Cup Winners' C ...

(October 13, 2015– February 2016) *

Lotfi Amrouche Lutfi (also spelled Lotfi, Lutvi or Luthfi, ar, لطفي), meaning "kind" or "gracious", may refer to: Given name Lotfi * Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), Azerbaijani electrical engineer * Lotfi Akalay (born 1943), Moroccan writer * Lotfi Nezzar, ...

(Mars, 2016 – May 27, 2016) * Djamel Menad (June, 2016– October, 2016) *

Kamel Mouassa Kamel Mouassa (born 6 February 1950) is an Algerian football manager. References 1950 births Living people Algerian football managers ASM Oran managers MC El Eulma managers JS Kabylie managers DRB Tadjenanet managers USM Annaba mana ...

(October, 2016– July, 2017) *

Bernard Casoni Bernard René Michel Casoni (born 4 September 1961) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. In his playing career he played for Olympique Marseille and France at Euro 1992. Career Managerial career ...

(August, 2017– August, 2018) *

Rafik Saifi Rafik is the given name of: *Rafik Al-Hariri (1944–2005), business tycoon, former Prime Minister of Lebanon *Rafik Bouderbal (born 1987), French-born Algerian player currently playing for ES Sétif in the Algerian Championnat National *Rafik Deg ...

(September 15, 2018– October 23, 2018) *

Adel Amrouche Adel Amrouche ( ar, عادل عمروش; born 7 March 1968) is an Belgium, Belgo-Algeria, Algerian association football, football manager (association football), manager and former player who manages the Yemen national football team, Yemen natio ...

(October, 2018– March 12, 2019) *

(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 Khaled Ben Yahia ( ar, خالد بن يحيى; born 12 November 1959) is a Tunisian retired footballer and a current manager. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known a ...

(September 1, 2021 –June 10, 2022) *

Faruk Hadžibegić Faruk Hadžibegić (; born 7 October 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career During his career, Hadžibegić played for hometown club Sarajev ...

(July 16, 2022 –September 10, 2022) * Faouzi Benzarti (September 25, 2022 –)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alger, MC Football clubs in Algeria Association football clubs established in 1921 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubs 1921 establishments in Algeria CAF Champions League winning clubs