MC Alger

MC Alger
Full nameMouloudia Club d'Alger
Nickname(s)MCA
El Mouloudia (The Mouloudia)
Chnawa
The Doyen
The People's Club
Short nameMCA
Founded7 August 1921; 103 years ago (7 August 1921)
(as Mouloudia Club Algérois)
GroundAli La Pointe Stadium
Capacity40,000
OwnerSonatrach
PresidentMohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem
Head CoachPatrice Beaumelle[1]
LeagueLigue 1
2023–24Ligue 1, 1st of 16 (champions)
Websitehttps://mouloudiaclubalger.dz/
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. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. 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.

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 8 times, and the domestic cup 8 times, tied with USM Alger, CR Belouizdad and ES Sétif.

  1. ^ "MCA : Amir (Patrice) Beaumelle est le nouvel entraîneur du club". dzfoot.com. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.