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 green, red and gold. 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.

Mouloudia 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.

As of the 2023–24 season, Mouloudia was the Algerian football club with the highest market value. The market value was €9.68 million.

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, Mouloudia 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, Mouloudia 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
  • Old logo (2018-2024)
  • Current logo (updated in 2024)

Kit manufacturers

Kit suppliers
DatesSupplier
2009–2012Adidas
2012–2016Joma
2016–2019Umbro
2019–2021Puma
2021–2023Joma
2023–2025Puma
2025Peak Sport Products

Honours

Domestic competitions

International competitions

Regional competitions

Performance in CAF competitions

1976 – Champion 1977 – Quarter-finals 1979 – Second Round 1980 – Quarter-finals2000 – First Round 2011 – Group stage 2018 – Group stage 2021 – Quarter – finals 2025 – Quarter-finals 2026 – Group stage (in progress)

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

1984 – Second Round

MC Alger in African football

Players

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

Current squad

As of 31 January 2026[update] 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.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK ALG Abdelatif Ramdane 2 DF ALG Rostom Dendaoui 3 DF ALG Marwane Khelif 5 DF ALG Ayoub Abdellaoui (captain) 6 MF ALG Mohammed Benkhemassa 7 FW ALG Sofiane Bayazid 8 FW ALG Zinedine Ferhat 10 MF GUI Alhassane Bangoura 12 MF BFA Mohamed Zougrana 13 FW ALG Yacine Hamadouche 14 MF ALG Islam Sibous 15 FW ALG Mehdi Boucherit 17 MF ALG Chahreddine Boukholda 18 FW GUI Mohamed Saliou BangouraNo. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF ALG Ayoub Ghezala 20 DF ALG Réda Halaïmia 21 MF ALG Larbi Tabti 22 MF CIV Kipré Zunon 23 FW ALG Chamseddine Boubetache 24 FW ALG Zakaria Naidji 25 DF ALG Aimen Bouguerra 26 GK ALG Alexis Guendouz 27 DF ALG Abdelkader Menezla 28 MF ALG Oussama Benhaoua 29 FW ALG Amine Messoussa 30 MF ALG Sid Ahmed Aissaoui 37 FW ALG Moslem Anatouf 40 GK ALG Mastias Hammache
1GKALGAbdelatif Ramdane
2DFALGRostom Dendaoui
3DFALGMarwane Khelif
5DFALGAyoub Abdellaoui (captain)
6MFALGMohammed Benkhemassa
7FWALGSofiane Bayazid
8FWALGZinedine Ferhat
10MFGUIAlhassane Bangoura
12MFBFAMohamed Zougrana
13FWALGYacine Hamadouche
14MFALGIslam Sibous
15FWALGMehdi Boucherit
17MFALGChahreddine Boukholda
18FWGUIMohamed Saliou Bangoura
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19DFALGAyoub Ghezala
20DFALGRéda Halaïmia
21MFALGLarbi Tabti
22MFCIVKipré Zunon
23FWALGChamseddine Boubetache
24FWALGZakaria Naidji
25DFALGAimen Bouguerra
26GKALGAlexis Guendouz
27DFALGAbdelkader Menezla
28MFALGOussama Benhaoua
29FWALGAmine Messoussa
30MFALGSid Ahmed Aissaoui
37FWALGMoslem Anatouf
40GKALGMastias Hammache

Personnel

Current technical staff

PositionStaff
Head coachKhaled Ben Yahia
Assistant coachYasser Radwan
Goalkeeping coachFouad Cheriet
Fitness coachAhmed Haddad

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Mouloudia 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 Mouloudia or following his departure.

For a complete list of Mouloudia players, see Category:MC Alger players

Algeria Algeria Zoubir Bachi Algeria Fayçal Badji Algeria Mohamed Belgherbi Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi Algeria Ali Bencheikh Algeria Omar Betrouni Algeria Hadj Bouguèche Algeria Ismaël Bouzid Algeria Noureddine Daham Algeria Farès Fellahi AlgeriaRachid Sebbar[fr] AlgeriaAissa Draoui[ar; fr] AlgeriaAbdelmalek CherradAlgeria Kader Firoud Algeria Fodil Hadjadj Algeria Larbi Hosni Algeria Karim Kaddour Algeria Hamza Koudri Algeria Tarek Lazizi Algeria Bouzid Mahyouz Algeria Fawzi Moussouni Algeria Amokrane Oualiken Algeria Rafik Saïfi Algeria Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche Algeria Abdeslam Bousri Algeria Abdelwahab MaicheMali Mali Moussa Coulibaly Mali Drissa DiakiteTogo Togo Mamam Cherif Touré

Managers

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