MC Alger

This article is about the Algerian football club. For other uses, see Mouloudia (disambiguation).
Mouloudia Club d'Alger
نادي مولودية الجزائر
Full name Mouloudia Club d'Alger
Nickname(s) M.C.A
Mouloudia
The Dean <br
Founded August 7, 1921 (1921-08-07)
as Mouloudia Chaàbia d'Alger
Ground Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
Ground Capacity 17,500
President Achour Betrouni
Head Coach Meziane Ighil
League Ligue Professionnelle 1
2014–15 12th

Mouloudia Club d'Alger (Arabic: Pنادي 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 7 times, third to USM Alger and ES Sétif.

History

In 1921, a group of youths from the Casbah and Bab El Oued neighborhoods joined together to create the first Muslim football club in colonized Algeria.[1] 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 cafe. The date coincided with the Mouloud, 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 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.[2] 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.[3] 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

National titles

Champions (7): 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1999, 2010
Runners-up (3): 1963, 1970, 1989
Winners (7): 1971, 1973, 1976, 1983, 2006, 2007, 2014
Runners-up (1): 2013
Winners (1): 1998
Winners (3): 2006, 2007, 2014

International titles

Winners (1): 1976
Runners-up (1): 2010
Runners-up (1): 1975
Winners (2): 1971, 1974

Performance in CAF competitions

1976 – Champion
1977 – Quarter-finals
1979 – Second Round
1980 – Quarter-finals
2000 – First Round
2011 – Group Stage

2007 – First Round
2008 – First Round
2015 – First Round
1984 – Second Round

Current squad

As of August 15, 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 Algeria GK Faouzi Chaouchi
5 Algeria MF Abdelmalek Mokdad
6 Algeria MF Mehdi Kacem
7 Algeria FW Khaled Gourmi
8 Algeria MF Karim Hendou
11 Algeria MF Yahia Khiter
11 Algeria FW Sid Ahmed Aouedj
13 Algeria DF Redouane Bachiri
14 Algeria MF Amir Karaoui
15 Cameroon DF Patrick Ngoula
16 Algeria DF Abdelghani Demmou
17 Algeria FW Walid Derrardja
18 Algeria FW Kheiredine Merzougi
No. Position Player
21 Algeria DF Toufik Zeghdane
22 Algeria MF Ayoub Azzi
25 Brazil MF Roberson
27 Algeria DF Abderahmane Hachoud
29 Algeria DF Rachid Bouhenna
30 Algeria GK Jonathan Matijas
42 Algeria DF Sofiane Ben Braham
44 Algeria MF Oussama Chita
45 Algeria MF Samir Chaouchi
46 Algeria DF Youssef Oudina
86 Algeria MF Mouhamed Amine Bramki
91 Algeria FW Lamine Abid (on loan from USM El Harrach)
96 Algeria FW Koceila Kasdi

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
  • France Alain Michel (June 2010 – March 15, 2011)
  • Algeria Noureddine Zekri (March 11, 2011 – July 19, 2011)
  • Algeria Abdelhak Menguellati (June 2011 – Aug 11)
  • Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha (Sept 1, 2011 – Oct 5, 2011)
  • France François Bracci (Oct 23, 2011 – Feb 11, 2012)
  • Algeria Kamel Bouhellal (Feb 10, 2012 – May 5, 2012)
  • Algeria Abdelkrim Bira (May 4, 2012 – June 30, 2012)
  • France Patrick Liewig (July 1, 2012 – Aug 20, 2012)
  • France Jean-Paul Rabier (Aug 27, 2012 – Sept 23, 2012)
  • Algeria Djamel Menad (Sept 24, 2012 – May 9, 2013)
  • Algeria Farid Zemiti (interim) (May 10, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
  • Switzerland Alain Geiger (July 1, 2013 – Nov 10, 2013)
  • Algeria Fouad Bouali (Nov 18, 2013–14)
  • Portugal Artur Jorge (2014 – October 8, 2015)
  • Algeria Meziane Ighil (October 13, 2015–)

References

  1. ↑ "le MC Alger : un club, une histoire, un palmarès" (in French). APS.dz. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "African Club Competitions 1976". Rsssf.com. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  3. ↑ "Le MCA en compétition Africaine". Kazeo.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  4. ↑ "Présentation – MC Alger – 2014/2015". DZfoot.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
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