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MC Alger (basketball)

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MC Alger
MC Alger logo
NicknameLe Doyen
LeaguesAlgerian Basketball Championship
Founded
  • 7 August 1921; 103 years ago (1921-08-07), as Mouloudia Club d'Alger
  • 2008; 16 years ago (2008), as GS Pétroliers
ArenaHacène Harcha Arena
Capacity8,000
LocationAlgiers, Algeria
Team coloursGreen, Red
   
PresidentDjaffar Bel Hocine
Head coachMohamed Krideche
Championships20 Algerian Leagues
20 Algerian Cups

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]

History

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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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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

MC Alger roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
00 Algeria Merahi, Ramzi 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1995-01-07)7 January 1995
1 Algeria Zergoug, Mohamed
2 Algeria Aggoun, Oussama 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1994-05-10)10 May 1994
3 Algeria Guemat, Mohamed Zaki 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 31 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993
C 5 Algeria Adrar, Mustapha (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 42 – (1982-04-12)12 April 1982
6 Algeria Bourkaib, Merouane 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 32 – (1992-02-09)9 February 1992
7 Algeria Beremila, Mehdi
10 Algeria Brahimi, Hamza
11 Algeria Derris, Mahdi
21 Algeria Didi, Imad
PF 33 Algeria Dekkiche, Abdesslem 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 38 – (1986-02-27)27 February 1986
77 Algeria Oulamara, Djamel Eddine
Head coach
  • Algeria Maamar Berriche
Assistant coach(es)
  • Algeria Jassem Bailiche

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured

Season-by-season record

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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

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National

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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

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Arab Championship

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

Notes

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  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]

References

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  1. ^ "GS Pétroliers basketball". sebbar.kazeo.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Championnat national de basket-ball : 4e titre consécutif pour le GS Pétroliers". algeriepatriotique.com. 16 Jul 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Basketball - Coupe d'Algérie : 7e trophée de suite pour le GS Pétroliers". radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Le Groupe sportif des pétroliers d'Alger marque-t-il le pas ?". djazairess.com. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Sonatrach se débarrasse du MCA et crée le GSP". djazairess.com. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ "GSP, FAP qualify to the regular season of Basketball Africa League 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Fusion MCA-GSP : l'AGex du MCA largement en faveur de la fusion".
  8. ^ "Algérie: Le MC Alger récupère treize sections sportives du GSP".
  9. ^ "MCA : Le Mouloudia approuve la fusion avec le GSP".
  10. ^ "الجزائر تعلن إيقاف النشاط الرياضي بسبب كورونا". btolat.com. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Coupe fédérale : le WOB et l'USMA derniers qualifiés pour les quarts". Radio Algerie. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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