Mouloudia Olympique de Béjaïa (; Kabyle: Muludya Ulampik n Vgayet;

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club based in

Béjaïa Béjaïa ( ; , , ), formerly known as Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean seaport, port city and communes of Algeria, commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province. Geography Location Béjaïa owes its ...

, Kabylia,

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. The club was founded in 1954 and its colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Maghrebi Unity Stadium, has a capacity of 17,500 spectators. The club is currently playing in the

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History

In May 2015, MO Béjaïa won the

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup () also known the Republic Cup (), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart ...

, its first national title, after beating RC Arbaâ 1–0 in the 2015 final. In the 2016–17 Algerian top division, MOB drew an average home attendance of 11,000. Only MC Alger (13,000) and MC Oran (12,000) had a higher average home attendance in that season. On 10 May 2025 MO Béjaïa returned to the Ligue 2 after three years of absence.

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 **Runners-up (1): 2014–15 *

**Winners (1):

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* Algerian Super Cup **Runners-up (1):

International competitions

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**Runners-up (1):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Current squad

Managers

* Djaâfar Harouni (September 2003 – December 2003) * Abdelhamid Azeroual (December 2003 – March 2004) * Noureddine Saâdi (July 2005 – June 2006) * Dan Anghelescu (July 2007 – December 2007) * Hamid Rahmouni (July 1, 2011 – Sept 21, 2013) * Fawzi Moussouni ''(interim)'' (Sept 22, 2013 – Sept 27, 2013) * Abdelkader Amrani (September 2013 – June 2015) * Alain Geiger (June 2015 – September 2015) * Abdelkader Amrani (September 2015 – May 2016) * Nacer Sandjak (June 2016–)

Rival clubs

* JSM Béjaïa (Derby) *

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a Association football, football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home sta ...

(Rivalry) *

CS Constantine Club Sportif Constantinois (), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Chahid Hamla ...

(Rivalry) *

MC Oran (), known as , commonly referred to as MC Oran for short, is an Algerian professional Association football, football club based in Oran. Founded on 1 January 1917, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouahrania from 1971 to 1977, Mouloudia P ...

(Rivalry) * CRB Aïn Fakroun (Rivalry) * MC El Eulma (Rivalry) * CA Bordj Bou Arreridj (Rivalry)

References

External links

Official fan site
of MO Béjaïa Football clubs in Algeria Association football clubs established in 1954 MO Bejaia Algerian Ligue 2 clubs 1954 establishments in Algeria Sports clubs and teams in Algeria {{Algeria-footyclub-stub