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MC Alger
Full nameMouloudia Club d'Alger
Nickname(s)MCA
El Mouloudia (The Mouloudia)
Chnawa
The Doyen
The People's Club
Short nameMCA
Founded7 August 1921; 103 years ago (7 August 1921)
(as Mouloudia Club Algérois)
GroundAli La Pointe Stadium
Capacity40,000
OwnerSonatrach
PresidentMohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem
Head CoachPatrice Beaumelle
LeagueLigue 1
2023–24Ligue 1, 1st of 16 (champions)
Websitehttps://mouloudiaclubalger.dz/
Home colours Away colours
Current season
Active departments of Mouloudia Club d'Alger
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(Men's)		 Handball
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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 8 times, and the domestic cup 8 times, tied with USM Alger, CR Belouizdad and ES Sétif.

History

Birth of Mouloudia, the dean of Algerian clubs

In 1921, Aouf Ahmed, a member of a wealthy family from the Casbah and a former student at the Sarrouy school, witnessed a scene that made him want to create a football club. On the Place du Gouvernement, now Place des Martyrs5, children were playing football with a ball made from paper. French soldiers were watching them, and a sergeant declared: "Here is the Parc des Princes of the Arabs!" This statement annoyed him and prompted him to talk about his project to his friends the next day. The meeting that gave birth to the club took place in the back room of the café on rue Bénachère (called Souikia). Several names were proposed: Éclair sportif d’Alger, Croissant club d’Alger, Étoile sportive d'Alger, Jeunesse sportive d'Alger, until the name chosen Mouloudia Club Algérois. The colors (green and red) were chosen for these reasons: green represents the hope of the Algerian people, it is also the symbolic color of Islam. Red symbolizes love of the nation and sacrifice, it is also one of the favorite colors of the prophet Mohammed.

Encouraged by his friends, Ahmed Aouf organized the club statutes and regulations of the association, staff, preparation of resources (materials and finances), choice of acronym, problems of supervision, acquisition of a playing field and a sports club. Aouf sent a request to the prefecture to obtain approval for the founding of the club. The response was negative, Aouf Ahmed being then twenty-six years old. He therefore wrote the name of Abdelmalek, his aunt's husband, so that his project would be accepted. Abdelrrahmane Aouf was summoned twice by the prefecture to examine the file concerning the creation of the Muslim club. During the interviews, Aouf convinced the municipality of the legitimacy of his project. Thus, he said that the club would aim to train young people for military service and explained: "green, paradise, red hell for others seeking training". The colonial authorities sent a note to the headquarters specifying that the club's premises should be used only for sporting purposes (in order to prohibit political gatherings)6. On August 31, 1921 (26 Dhou Al-Hijja 1339) the Mouloudia Club Algérois was created. Its headquarters are located at the American refreshment bar, Place Mahon, in Algiers.

The beginnings

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. 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. 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

  • Former logo Former logo
  • Present logo Present logo

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

1976 – Champion
1977 – Quarter-finals
1979 – Second Round
1980 – Quarter-finals
2000 – First Round
2011 – Group stage
2018 – Group stage
2021 – Quarter - finals
2024 – Group stage (in progress)

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

Players

Main article: List of MC Alger players

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

Current squad

As of 31 August 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 DF Algeria ALG Marwane Khelif
4 DF Ivory Coast CIV Serge Badjo
5 DF Algeria ALG Ayoub Abdellaoui (captain)
6 MF Algeria ALG Mohammed Benkhemassa
7 FW Algeria ALG Sofiane Bayazid
8 FW Ivory Coast CIV Romaric Ouattara
9 FW Algeria ALG Andy Delort
10 FW Algeria ALG Zakaria Naidji
11 MF Algeria ALG Zakaria Draoui
12 MF Ivory Coast CIV Mohamed Zougrana
14 DF Algeria ALG Hamza Mouali
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Algeria ALG Toufik Moussaoui
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 Larbi Tabti
22 MF Ivory Coast CIV Kipré Zunon
25 MF Algeria ALG Badreddine Touki
26 MF Algeria ALG Akram Bouras
27 DF Algeria ALG Abdelkader Menezla
29 FW France FRA Amine Messoussa
41 FW Algeria ALG Mehdi Boucherit
— FW Algeria ALG Tayeb Meziani

Reserve Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Patrice Beaumelle
Assistant coach Saad Ichalalène
Goalkeeping coach Fouad Cheriet
Fitness coach Cheikh 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 : Amir (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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