MC Alger (basketball)

Mouloudia Club d'Alger (Arabic: نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian basketball team that was founded on 7 August 1921, as a division of MC Alger. They play their home games in the Hacène Harcha Arena, which has a capacity of 8,000 people. The team has won a record twenty-one Algerian national championships, as well as twenty Algerian Cups.^[1]

MC Alger
Nickname	Le Doyen
Leagues	Algerian Basketball Championship
Founded	7 August 1921; 103 years ago (1921-08-07), as Mouloudia Club d'Alger 2008; 17 years ago (2008), as GS Pétroliers
Arena	Hacène Harcha Arena
Capacity	8,000
Location	Algiers, Algeria
Team colours	Green, Red
President	Djaffar Bel Hocine
Head coach	Mohamed Krideche
Championships	20 Algerian Leagues 20 Algerian Cups
Home Away

History

The team was originally part of the Mouloudia Club d'Alger (MC Alger) club, but became a part of Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers (Arabic: المجمع الرياضي البترولي; English: Sports Group of Oil Fields) on 2 June 2008. Starting from the 1999–2000 season, the team has won numerous titles in Algeria.

By the start of the 2023–24, the defending champions CSM Constantine had lost most of its star players and GS Pétroliers returned to win the title for six consecutive seasons, in addition to nine consecutive cup wins.^[2][3] Due to its winning streak and sponsorship from Sonatrach, GS Pétroliers was the only club not to struggle with financial issues in the early 2010s.^[4][5] The 2019–20 and 2020–21 season were then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 30 November 2019, GS Pétroliers qualified for the 2020 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), by winning the West Division of the qualifying tournaments.^[6] The season was later rescheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the group stage, GSP lost its three game and could not qualify for the playoffs.

From 2008 to 2020, the team was known as GS Pétroliers as it was part of the multi-sports club with that name.

The team's name changed back to MC Alger in 2020.^[7][8][9]

Roster (Men)

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MC Alger roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age 00 Merahi, Ramzi 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1995-01-07)7 January 1995 1 Zergoug, Mohamed 2 Aggoun, Oussama 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1994-05-10)10 May 1994 3 Guemat, Mohamed Zaki 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 31 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993 C 5 Adrar, Mustapha (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 43 – (1982-04-12)12 April 1982 6 Bourkaib, Merouane 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 33 – (1992-02-09)9 February 1992 7 Beremila, Mehdi 10 Brahimi, Hamza 11 Derris, Mahdi 21 Didi, Imad PF 33 Dekkiche, Abdesslem 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 39 – (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 77 Oulamara, Djamel Eddine	Head coach Maamar Berriche Assistant coach(es) Jassem Bailiche Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured

Season-by-season record

Season	Regular season						Playoffs	Algerian Cup	African competitions
	Division	Pos	Pts	P	W	L
1988–89	Super Division A	1st						Winners
1989–90	Super Division A
1990–91	Super Division A							Semifinalist
1991–92	Super Division A
1992–93	Super Division A							Winners
1993–94	Super Division A
1994–95	Super Division A							Runner-up
1995–96	Super Division A						Semi-finals
1996–97	Super Division A	5th	25	16	9	7	Quarter-finals	Round of 16
1997–98	Super Division A	3rd	28	17	11	6	Semi-finals	Runner-up
1998–99	Super Division A
1999–00	Super Division A	2nd	40	22	18	4	1st
2000–01	Super Division A	1st						Runner-up
2001–02	Super Division A						2nd
2002–03	Super Division A						1st	Winners
2003–04	Super Division A	1st						Winners
2004–05	Super Division A	1st						Winners
2005–06	Super Division A	1st						Winners
2006–07	Super Division A	2nd						Round of 16
2007–08	Super Division A	1st	52	26	26	0	1st	Winners
2008–09	Super Division A	2nd	20	10	10	0	2nd	Runner-up
2009–10	Super Division A	1st	30	15	15	0	1st
2010–11	Super Division A	1st	60	30	30	0	1st	Winners
2011–12	Super Division A	1st	58	30	28	2	—	Winners
2012–13	Super Division A	2nd	33	18	16	2	2nd	Winners
2013–14	Super Division A	1st	35	18	17	1	1st	Winners
2014–15	Super Division A	1st	47	24	23	1	1st	Winners
2015–16	Super Division A	1st	50	26	24	2	1st	Winners
2016–17	Super Division A	1st	28	14	14	0	1st	Winners	1 Champions Cup	6th	4–3
2017–18	National 1	1st	57	30	27	6	1st	Winners	2 Champions Cup	8th	3–5
2018–19	National 1	1st	15	0	13	2		Winners
2019–20	National 1	Canceled[a]
2020–21									1 BAL	RS	0–3
2021–22	Super Division		0	0	0	0		Semifinalist[b]
2022–23	Super Division		0	0	0	0
2023–24	Super Division	3rd	52	30	24	6	3rd	Quarterfinalist

Honours

National

Super Division

• Champions (21): 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Algerian Cup

• Champions (20):1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

International

Arab Championship

• Runners-up (4): 1987, 2001, 2002, 2015
  • Third place (1): 2004

Notes

1. On March 15, 2020, the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to stop the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[10]
2. The Algerian Basketball Federation (FABB) decided to cancel the Algerian Cup for this season and replace it with the Coupe Fédérale, in which only the 20 teams in the Super Division competed.^[11]