MC Alger

MC Alger
Full name Mouloudia Club d'Alger
Nickname(s) Le doyen (Dean)
Founded August 7, 1921 (1921-08-07) (90 years ago)
as Mouloudia Chaàbia d'Alger
Ground Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
(Capacity: 17,000)
President Omar Ghrib
Head Coach François Bracci
League Ligue Professionnelle 1
2010–11 Ligue Professionnelle 1, 10th
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

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, that plays in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Founded in 1921 as Mouloudia Chaàbia 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 1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs. They are one of the most successful Algerian clubs having won the domestic league 7 times, second only to JS Kabylie, and the domestic cup 6 times, second only to USM Alger and ES Sétif.

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History

In 1976, MC Alger qualified for the African Cup Of Champions Clubs for the first time in its history after winning the 1974–1975 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.

Honors

1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1999, 2010
1971, 1973, 1976, 1983, 2006, 2007
1998, 1999
2006, 2007
1976
1971, 1974

Performance in CAF competitions

2000 – First Round
2011 – Group Stage
1976: Champion
1977: Quarter-Finals
1979: Second Round
1980: Quarter-Finals
2008 – Second Round
1983 – Quarter-Finals
1984 – Second Round

Current squad (2011–12)

As of January 2, 2011:[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Faouzi Chaouchi
2 DF Amine Belaïd
3 FW Hervé Oussalé
7 MF Billel Attafen
9 FW Mohamed Amroune
11 DF Abdelkader Besseghir
12 DF Mohamed Megherbi
14 MF Nabil Yaâlaoui
15 DF Réda Babouche (captain)
16 MF Karim Ghazi
18 MF Farid Daoud
19 MF El Almi Daoudi
No. Position Player
20 DF Claude Mobitang
22 FW Réda Sayah
23 MF Hamza Koudri
25 DF Hamza Zeddam
28 GK Sofiane Azzedine
29 FW Sofiane Younès
30 DF Abdelmalek Djeghbala
31 FW Zinedine Bensalem
35 GK Farid Bouzidi
MF Seddik Berradja
MF Abou El Kacem Hadji (on loan from WA Tlemcen)

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

Burkina Faso

References

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