MC Oran

MC Oran
مولودية وهران

Full name	Mouloudia Club d'Oran نادي مولودية وهران
Nickname(s)	Hamraoua
Founded	May 14, 1946 (1946-05-14) as Mouloudia Club d'Oran
Ground	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
Ground Capacity	40,000
President	Ahmed "Baba" Belhadj
Manager	Jean-Michel Cavalli
League	Ligue Professionnelle 1
2013–14	12th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Active sections of MC Oran
Athletics	Men's Basketball	Cycling
Football	Men's Handball	Wrestling

Mouloudia Club d'Oran (Arabic: نادي مولودية وهران‎, Arabic pronunciation: [Nādi Mûlûdiyyat Wahrān]), referred to as MC Oran or MCO for short, also known as Mouloudia d'Oran, is a football club based in Oran, Algeria. Founded in 1946, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia d'Oran from 1971 to 1977, Mouloudia Pétroliers d'Oran (Arabic: مولودية نفط وهران‎, MP Oran for a short) from 1977 to 1987 and Mouloudia d'Oran from 1987 to 1989. The club colours are red and white. It play in Stade Ahmed Zabana.

Until 2008, MC Oran was the only club in Algeria to have participated in every single season of the first division since its inception in 1962. However, the club was relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season but returned after just one season in the Algerian Championnat National 2.

MC Oran is also a multi-sports club, known mostly for its handball team.

History

Beginning

The Mouloudia Club d'Oran began on May 14, 1946, when nationalists activists created the team of Mouloudia Club d'Oran, a Muslim club in the district of El Hamri (former Lamur) in Oran to compete with European clubs at a time when Algeria was a French district (French Algeria). Mohamed Bessol, one of the founding members was a player, coach, and general secretary of the club until 1967. Other founding members were Ali Bentouti, Omar Abouna, Redouane Serik Boutaleb, and also Mohamed Serradj, Ali Tounsi, Belaid Bachir, Bensenouci Mahi, Bloufa Benhadad, Mahmoud Benahmed, Miloud Bendraou, Miloud Cherigui, Ali Aroumia, Kada Fali.

The founding ceremony of Mouloudia was assisted by Sheikh Said Zamouchi, delegated by Sheikh Si Tayeb Al Mahaji (imam, writer and member of the Association des oulémas musulmans algériens) led by Sheikh Abdelhamid Ben Badis.

The name of the Mouloudia was inspired from the celebration of Mawlid (prophet Muhammad's birth), the date of its creation coincided with this celebration.

Mouloudia Club d'Oran began his first competition, in the 1946–47 season in the third division of the regional championship of the League of Oran (3F/O) after inscription in the France Football Federation. The course of the club from 1946 to 1956 is unknown. And from 1956 to 1962 (the independence year of Algeria), MC Oran block all its sports activities by order of the FLN.^[1]

After independence

The Mouloudia Club d'Oran start in the first competition of Algeria independent in 1962–63 season, it qualified for the final tournament of the championship of the first two seasons 1962–63 and 1963–64 which were composed of three groups (Algiers, Oran and Constantine), he finished second in the group of Oran in both seasons, unfortunately not a qualifying place for the semi-finals, but this place already earned him a status of a great club. In the following seasons, it will be runner-up twice consecutively in 1968 and 1969 and Abdelkader Freha was top scorer in both seasons.

The years of glory

The club has a great history, especially during the golden years ('70, '80 and the '90), many great Algerian football players and even Africa played with the team, like Abdelkader Freha, Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci, Miloud Hadefi, Lakhdar Belloumi, Tedj Bensaoula, Karim Maroc, Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani, Abdelhafid Tasfaout ...etc. During all this time, the club had won many national and international titles.

The club changed the name in 1977 into Mouloudia Pétroliers d'Oran because Naftal sponsoring until 1987. After it was changed changed to Mouloudia d'Oran until 1989. the year when it's return definiletly into the name of Mouloudia Club d'Oran.

The great depression

In the early 2000s, the club had a lot of conflicts especially in administration and management. During this period, the club has not won any title and he often plays the maintenance against relegation.

Return of Naftal

In 27 September 2012, the National Society of Marketing and Distribution of Petroleum Products Naftal return to sponsoring the MC Oran after an absence of 24 years. As past, Naftal will sponsoring the all sport's sections of the Mouloudia Club d'Oran.^[2] This initiative is a part of the development of national sport, especially that MC Oran is one of the largest national and continental omnisports club.

Crest

MC Oran has had several crests in its history. The first, adopted in the 70th. The second crest was used from the 1977 reform when the national companies took the different Algerians clubs from 1977 to 1988, MC Oran was taken by Naftal company and was called MP Oran (Mouloudia Pétrolière d'Oran), From 1988, the national companies retired from the Clubs, the club took its old name MC Oran (Mouloudia Club d'Oran), however there were various crests from this year until now but only one crest was more famous and more credible.

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  MC Oran's crest, 1946–71

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  MP Oran's crest, 1977–88

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  MC Oran's crest, 1988–present

Grounds

The club, one of the most popular in Algeria, plays at the Ahmed Zabana Stadium (40,000 capacity), in the popular district of El Hamri. Sometimes the team play in Stade Habib Bouakeul which is the 2nd stadium of the city with an capacity of 20,000. Now a new and modern stadium is being constructed with a capacity of 40,000 which is called Olympic Stadium of Oran.

Gallery

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  Oran derby

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  Ligue 1 match

Sponsors

Since 12 September 2012, the principal sponsor become the Algerian petroleum firm Naftal.

Aigle Azur Hodna Lait Ifri

Ooredoo Propal Zerouati

Equipment

MC Oran signed for 2012–13 season a contract with Algerian sports firm Baeko for the latter to provide jerseys and team equipment to the team.

Below the list of the last suppliers of the club:

• 2010–11: Adidas
• 2011–12: Baliston
• 2012–14: Baeko
• 2014–15: Sarson Sports USA

Honours

MC Oran is one of the most successful teams of Algeria.^[3]

Domestic competitions

League

• Algerian Ligue 1

Winners (4): 1970–71, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93

Runners-up (9): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00

• Algerian Ligue 2

Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Cups

• Algerian Cup

Winners (4): 1974–75, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1995–96

Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 2001–02

• Algerian League Cup

Winners (1): 1996

Runners-up (1): 2000

• Algerian Super Cup

Runners-up (1): 1992

African competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League

Runners-up (1): 1989

Regional competitions

• Arab Cup of Champions Clubs / UAFA Club Cup

Runners-up (1): 2001

• Arab Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (2): 1997, 1998

• Arab Super Cup

Winners (1): 1999

Performance in CAF competitions

Main article: Performance in international competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 3 appearances

The club have 3 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1989 to 1994.

1989 – Finalist 1993 – Quarter-finals 1994 – Semi-finals

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2005 – Second round

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1996 – Quarter-finals

1998 – First round

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances

1985 – Second round

1986 – Second round

1997 – Quarter-finals

International statistics

CAF statistics

Matches	Points	Wins	Draws	Louses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal average
44	62	18	8	18	66	49	+17

UAFA statistics

Matches	Points	Wins	Draws	Louses	Goals for	Goals against	Goal average
31	...	12	5	12	41	50	-9

Current squad

As of 18 March, 2015.^[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Abderaouf Natèche 3 MF Cédric N'Doumbé 7 FW Mohamed Hicham Chérif 8 MF Sofiane Ammour 10 MF Yacine Bezzaz 11 MF Khaled Kharroubi 12 MF Seddik Berradja (captain) 13 FW Kamel Larbi 14 FW Zakaria Benchaâ 17 DF Farid Bellabès 18 GK Abdellah Belarbi 19 FW Walid Athmani 20 FW Imad Slimani

No. Position Player 21 DF Abdelmalek Merbah 22 DF Chaffik Bourzama 26 MF Hamza Heriat 30 DF Chemseddine Nessakh 31 DF Hamza Hamdadou 33 FW Hichem Nekkache 41 DF Adel Djadane 72 MF Abdallah Bencheikh 93 DF Hassouna Benchaïb 94 FW Mounir Fekih 96 MF Sofiane Chlaoua 99 MF Lyès Saïdi ** DF Zoubir Ouasti

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 27 FW Mohammad Za'abia (at Al-Ittihad Tripoli until 30 June 2015)

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Jean-Michel Cavalli
Assistant Manager	Jean-Jacques Benoît
Technical Assistant
Physical Fitness Coach	Hafid Bentazi
Goalkeeping Coach	Karim Saoula
Mental Coach	TBD
Medical Director	Benaoumeur Bendahou
Physiotherapist	Houari Dardjellab
Reserve Team Coach	TBD

Notable players

MC Oran have many notable former players who have represented MC Oran in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1946. 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 Oran or following his departure.

For notable players see List of MC Oran players.
For details on former players see Category:MC Oran players.

Managers

Lahouari Sebaa (1946–56) ... (19??–??) Chibani Bahi, Abdelkader Amer (1962–63) Miloud Nehari, Benali Aroumia (1963–64) Hadj Habib Draoua, Benali Aroumia (2) (1964–65) Cheikh Ouaddah (1965–67) Hadj Hadefi (1967–70) Carlos Gomes (1970–71) Mahi Khennane, Souilem Gnaoui (1971–72) Zoubir Benaïcha (1972–76) Saïd Amara (1976–79) Najmeddine Belayachi, Hadj Maghfour (1980–81) Hadj Habib Draoua (2), Abdellah Kechra (1982–83) Abdellah Mecheri, Abdellah Kechra (2) (1983–85) Abdellah Mecheri (2), Boris Podkorytov (1985–86) Boris Podkorytov, Hadj Bouhadji (1986–87) Amar Rouaï (1987–89) Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj, Miloud Hadefi (1989–92) Abdellah Mecheri (3) (1992–94)

Ali Fergani, Lakhdar Belloumi (1994–95) Mohamed Henkouche, Habib Benmimoun (1995–97) Said Hadj Mansour, Habib Benmimoun (2) (1997–98) Abdelkader Amrani (1998) Nacer Benchiha, Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (1998–99) Nacer Benchiha (1999–01) Abdelkader Amrani (2), Lakhdar Belloumi (2) (2001–02) Abdellah Mecheri (4), Tedj Bensaoula (2002) Mohamed Henkouche (2) (2002–03) Hervé Revelli (2003–04) Nacerdine Drid (2004) Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj (2) (2004–05) Mohamed Henkouche (3) (2005) Nacerdine Drid (2005–06) Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj (3) (2006) Abdellah Mecheri (5) (2006) Mohamed Lekkak (2006–07) Eurico Gomes (2007) Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj (4) (2007–08) Eurico Gomes (2) (2008) Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (2), Fayçal Megueni (2008)

Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj (5) (2008) Omar Belatoui (2008–09) Said Hadj Mansour (2) (2009) Abdelkader Maâtallah (2009–10) Omar Belatoui (2) (2010) Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (3) (2010–11) Sid Ahmed Slimani (2011) Alain Michel (2011) Said Hadj Mansour (3) (July 1, 2011–Oct 2, 2011) Mohamed Henkouche (4) (2011) T.C. El-Ouazzani (4) (Nov 11, 2011–Nov 20, 2011) Mohamed Henkouche (5) (Nov 20, 2011–March 4, 2012) Raoul Savoy (March 5, 2012–June 30, 2012) Luc Eymael (July 3, 2012–Sept 4, 2012) Raoul Savoy (2) (Sept 6, 2012–Oct 10, 2012) Abdellah Mecheri (6) (Oct 11, 2012–Nov 3, 2012) Djamel Benchadli (Nov 5, 2012–Jan 10, 2013) T.C. El-Ouazzani (5) (Jan 11, 2013–Feb 18, 2013) Sid Ahmed Slimani (2) (Feb 20, 2013–April 30, 2013) Omar Belatoui (3) (May 1, 2013–June 30, 2013) Giovanni Solinas (July 2, 2013–Nov 10, 2013) Djamel Benchadli (2) (Nov 12, 2013–Feb 16, 2014) Omar Belatoui (4) (Feb 16, 2014–June 25, 2014) Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (6) (June 25, 2014–Sept 2014) Jean-Michel Cavalli (Sept 25, 2014–)

Presidents

In 8 October 2012, Larbi Abdelilah is named temporary president of SSPA MC Oran. Abdelilah will manage the administrative affairs of the club until the arrival of officials Naftal.^[5]

Chairman	From	To	Titles (official)
Omar Rouane Serrik	1946	....	×
Kadda Hadj Fali	....	....	×
H'mida Belazreg	....	....	×
Boumediene Bentabet	....	....	×
Baghdadi Seddiki	1971	1975	2
Ghalem Chaouch	1982	1991	3
Youcef Djebbari	1991	1994	2
Belkacem Elimam	1994	2000	5
Youcef Djebbari	2000	2003	×
Mourad Meziane	2003	2006	×
Youcef Djebbari	2006	2008	×
Belkacem Elimam	2008	2010	×
Tayeb Mehiaoui	2010	2011	×
Youcef Djebbari	2011	2012	×
Larbi Abdelilah	2012	2013	×
Youcef Djebbari	2013	2014	×
Ahmed "Baba" Belhadj	2014	Present

African Football Clubs of the Century (by IFFHS)

MC Oran was ranked by IFFHS at the 51st best African club of the 20th century.^[6]

See also

• List of football clubs in Algeria

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to MC Oran.

• (Arabic) (French) Officiel website
• (French) Fan website

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