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MC Alger in African football

MC Alger, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on seven occasions, the Confederation Cup on four separate occasions, the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup only one occasion.

MC Alger in African football
ClubMC Alger
Most appearancesAbderahmane Hachoud 30
Top scorerHichem Nekkache 11
First entry1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Latest entry2024–25 CAF Champions League
Titles
Champions League
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History

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MC Alger whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, MC Alger have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the former African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. MC Alger have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup and CAF Confederation Cup. The first match was against Al-Ahly Benghazi in the African Cup of Champions Clubs, where they were defeated 3–2 and the first goal was scored by Abdelkader Aït Hamouda. On February 21, 2018, Mouloudia witnessed the heaviest victory against AS Otôho in the CAF Champions League with a score of 9–0. In the same match, Hichem Nekkache scored the first hat-trick by a player for Mouloudia in continental competitions.[1] On March 6, 2021, MC Alger won in Thiès against Teungueth, putting an end to four decades of drought outside their lands, as the last away success in African competition dates back to 1979.[2]

Historical treble

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MC Alger from the first attempt the dream became a reality as Mouloudia won the first African Cup in the history of national football, and the idea of the African title immediately after the final match in the Maghreb Champions Cup in Tunisia against Club Africain. The discussions immediately began between Abdelkader Drif, then president of the MC Alger football section and the country's sports authorities who once an agreement had been reached, began taking steps with the CAF for the participation of the Algerian champion in the African competition. MC Alger's adventure at the 12th edition of the African Cup of Champions Clubs began in Benghazi with a narrow 3–2 defeat and a laborious 3–1 victory at Stade du 5 Juillet on May 13, 1976. Barely emerging from the first round unscathed, MCA had to face the famous Egyptian team of Ahly from Cairo for its first participation as well. The Mouloudéens, led by Ali Bencheikh, produced a sumptuous match and won by the score 3–0 on May 29, 1976. The trip to Cairo for the second leg match would be an opportunity to display its pretensions. the result in favor of Al Ahly on June 11, 1976.[3]

 
Team that achieved the first continental title in the history of Algeria in 1976.

On September 10, 1976 during the month of Ramadan, a Kenyan club was on the menu for the green and red. The Luo Union suffered a heavy defeat 6–3 for the quarter-finals. The second leg match in Mombasa was a simple formality. In the semi-final, Mouloudia had as opponent the formidable Nigerian team of Enugu Rangers, finalist of the 1975 event, defeated by 2–0 in Nigeria. In the second leg match, the score of 0-0 that characterized the first period gave more determination to Omar Betrouni’s teammates to turn things around and achieve an unusual victory with a score of 3–0 and this is what gave Mouloudia a valuable ticket to the final. The first leg held in Conakry on December 5, 1976, was a nightmare on all levels, as the Algerian club suffered bitter humiliation. In a hostile environment a defeat that threatens his chances of winning the title.

On December 18, 1976, at Stade du 5 Juillet in the presence of the President of the Republic Houari Boumediene, the dream finally became a reality and the MCA achieved a resounding feat by overcoming the tough Guineans with a score of 3–0 and 4–1 on penalties. Mouloudia Chaâbia d’Alger became King of Africa by capturing the 12th edition of the defunct African Cup of champion clubs.[3] As a reward former president Boumediene gave each player the keys to a Fiat 128.[4]

Abdennour Kaoua, Mohamed Ait Mouhoub, Abdenour Zemmour, Sadek Amrous, Bouzid Mahiouz, Mohamed Azzouz, Abdelwahab Zenir, Anouar Bachta, Ali Bencheikh, Omar Betrouni, Zoubir Bachi, Aïssa Draoui, Abdenour Bellemou, Abdelkader Aït Hamouda, Madjid Oudina, Bendi Abdellah Mohamed Réda, Braham Attar, Nacer Achari.

— List of African Cup of champion clubs.

Kwara United affair

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After seven years of absence, MC Alger returned to continental participation through the CAF Confederation Cup portal and were surprisingly eliminated in the first round against Kwara United.[5][6] More than a month after the first leg, the Disciplinary Committee of the Confederation of African Football, ruled to impose a very severe penalty on the MC Alger, namely the suspension of Merouane Abdouni for 3 years, Kamel Bouacida for 18 months for all continental competitions and a fine of 20 thousand dollars. The first, for “physical aggression, violent conduct and threats towards the refereeing body” and the second, for “physical aggression towards the referee”, according to the findings of the said commission.[7] CAF does not stop there since it informs FIFA of the sanctions imposed on Abdouni and Bouacida with the prospect of possibly extending them to the international and national level. For their part, Réda Babouche, Smaïl Chaoui and Fodil Hadjadj each received two match suspensions for violent conduct and threatening the match referee. And to drive the point home, the president of the football section Khaled Adnane is suspended for six months for having returned to the playing area, despite his expulsion, to threaten the referee and make insulting remarks towards him.[7]

CAF competitions

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MC Alger results in CAF competition
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1976[8] Cup of Champions Clubs First round   Al-Ahly Benghazi 3–1 2–3 5–4
Second round   Al Ahly SC 3–0 0–1 3–1
Quarter-Finals   Luo Union 6–3 1–0 7–3
Semi-Finals   Enugu Rangers 3–0 0–2 3–2
Final   Hafia FC 3–0 0–3 3–3 (4–1 p)
1977[9] Cup of Champions Clubs Second round   Kampala City Council FC 3–2 1–1 4–3
Quarter-Finals   Mufulira Wanderers 2–1 0–2 2–3
1979[10] Cup of Champions Clubs First round   Al-Ahly 2–0 2–1 4–1
Second round   Union Douala 2–0 0–2 2–2 (1–2 p)
1980[11] Cup of Champions Clubs First round   Dragons de l'Ouémé 3–0 0–0 3–0
Second round   Stella Club d'Adjamé 3–1 2–4 5–5 (a)
Quarter-Finals   Canon Yaoundé 3–1 0–2 3–3 (a)
1984[12] Cup Winners' Cup First round   Racing Club de Bobo 4–0 0–2 4–2
Second round   Al Ahly SC 1–0 1–3 2–3
2000[13] Champions League First round   ASC Jeanne d'Arc 1–1 1–5 2–6
2007[14] Confederation Cup First round   Kwara United 3–0 0–3 3–3 (3–4 p)
2008[15] Confederation Cup First round   Haras El Hodood 0–0 0–1 0–1
2011[16] Champions League Preliminary Round   Olympic Real de Bangui 2–0 1–1 3–1
First round   Dynamos 3–0 1–4 4–4 (a)
Second round   Inter Luanda 3–2 1–1 4–3
Group stage (B)   Espérance ST 1–1 0–4 4th place
  Wydad Casablanca 3–1 0–4
  Al-Ahly SC 0–0 0–2
2015[17] Confederation Cup First round   Sahel SC 0–0 0–2 0–2
2017[18] Confederation Cup Preliminary round   Bechem United 4–1 1–2 5–3
First round   Renaissance du Congo 2–0 1–2 3–2
Play-off round   Young Africans 4–0 0–1 4–1
Group stage (B)   Platinum Stars 2–0 1–1 2nd place
  CS Sfaxien 2–1 0–4
  Mbabane Swallows 2–1 0–0
Quarter-finals   Club Africain 1–0 0–2 1–2
2018[19] Champions League Preliminary Round   AS Otôho 9–0 0–2 9–2
First round   Mountain FM 6–0 1–2 7–2
Group stage (B)   Difaâ El Jadidi 1–1 0–2 4th place
  ES Sétif 1–2 1–0
  TP Mazembe 1–1 0–1
2020–21 Champions League Preliminary Round   Buffles du Borgou 5–1 1–1 6–2
First round   CS Sfaxien 2–0 0–1 2–1
Group stage   Zamalek 0-2 0-0 2nd place
  Espérance de Tunis 1-1 1-1
  Teungueth 1-0 1-0
Quarter-finals   Wydad Casablanca 1-1 0-1 1–2
2024–25 Champions League First round   Watanga 2–0 2–0[a] 4–0
Second round   US Monastir 2–0 0–1 2–1
Group stage   TP Mazembe - -
  Young Africans - -
  Al Hilal - -

Non-CAF competitions

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2004–05 Arab Champions League Round of 32   Al-Muharraq SC 2–2 1–0 3–2
Group stage (A)   CS Sfaxien 2–1 0–4 2nd place
  Zamalek SC 0–0 0–5
  Kuwait SC 3–2 1–0
Quarter-Finals   Al Ittihad Djeddah 1–0 0–1 1–1 (4–5 p)
2005–06 Arab Champions League Round 32   Al-Merreikh 2–0 0–1 2–1
Round 16   Al-Zawraa 3–0 3–1 6–1
Quarter finals   ENPPI Club 1–3 2–1 3–4
2006–07 Arab Champions League Round 32   Al-Tilal Aden 2–1 0–0 2–1
Round 16   Al-Nassr 2–2 1–2 3–4
2018–19 Arab Champions League Round 32   Al-Riffa SC 2–1 0–0 2–1
Round 16   Al-Nassr 2–1 1–0 3–1
Quarter finals   Al-Merrikh SC 0–0 0–3 0–3
2019–20 Arab Champions League Round 32   Dhofar 1–0 1–1 2–1
Round 16   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0 0–0 0–0 (4-2)
Quarter finals   Raja CA 1–2 1–0 2–2 a

Statistics by country

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Statistics correct as of game against US Monastir in October 2024

CAF competitions

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Country Club P W D L GF GA GD
  Algeria ES Sétif 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0
  Angola Inter Luanda 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
  Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3
Buffles du Borgou 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4
Subtotal 4 2 2 0 9 2 +7
  Burkina Faso Racing Club de Bobo 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
  Cameroon Union Douala 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0
Canon Yaoundé 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0
Subtotal 4 2 0 2 5 5 +0
  Republic of the Congo AS Otôho 2 1 0 1 9 2 +7
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 9 2 +7
  Central African Republic Olympic Real de Bangui 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
  Democratic Republic of the Congo Renaissance du Congo 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
TP Mazembe 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1
Subtotal 4 1 1 2 4 4 +0
  Egypt Al Ahly SC 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1
Haras El Hodood 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
Zamalek 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2
Subtotal 10 2 3 5 5 9 −4
  Ghana Bechem United 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
  Guinea Hafia FC 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0
  Ivory Coast Stella Club d'Adjamé 2 1 0 1 5 5 +0
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 5 5 +0
  Kenya Luo Union 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4
  Liberia Watanga FC 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
  Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1
Al-Ahly Tripoli 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
Subtotal 4 3 0 1 9 5 +4
  Morocco Wydad Casablanca 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3
Difaâ El Jadidi 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
Subtotal 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5
  Niger Sahel SC 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2
Subtotal 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2
  Nigeria Enugu Rangers 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Kwara United 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
Mountain FM 2 1 0 1 7 2 +5
Subtotal 6 3 0 3 13 7 +6
  Senegal ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4
Teungueth 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
Subtotal 4 2 1 1 4 6 −2
  South Africa Platinum Stars 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
  Swaziland Mbabane Swallows 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
  Tanzania Young Africans 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3
  Tunisia Espérance ST 4 0 3 1 3 7 −4
CS Sfaxien 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2
Club Africain 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1
US Monastir 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Subtotal 12 4 3 5 10 16 −6
  Uganda Kampala City Council 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
  Zambia Mufulira Wanderers 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1
  Zimbabwe Dynamos FC 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 4 4 +0
Total 88 38 18 32 129 102 +27

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Result summary by country
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Bahrain 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2
  Egypt 4 1 1 2 3 9 -6
  Iraq 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5
  Kuwait 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
  Morrocco 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0
  Oman 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
  Saudi Arabia 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1
  Sudan 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2
  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3
  Yemen 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
Total 32 15 9 8 35 34 +1

Statistics

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By season

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Information correct as of 22 May 2021.
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MC Alger record in African football by season
Season Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Round
1976 Cup of Champions Clubs 10 6 0 4 21 13 +8 W
1977 Cup of Champions Clubs 4 2 1 1 6 6 +0 QF
1979 Cup of Champions Clubs 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 R2
1980 Cup of Champions Clubs 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 QF
1984 Cup Winners' Cup 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 R2
2000 Champions League 2 0 1 1 2 6 −4 R1
2007 Confederation Cup 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 R1
2008 Confederation Cup 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 R1
2011 Champions League 12 4 4 4 15 20 −5 Grp
2015 Confederation Cup 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 R1
2017 Confederation Cup 14 7 2 5 20 15 +5 QF
2018 Champions League 10 3 2 5 20 11 +9 Grp
2020–21 CAF Champions League 12 4 5 3 13 9 +4 QF
2024–25 CAF Champions League
Total 84 35 18 31 123 101 +22

By competition

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In Africa

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As of 10 April 2021:

CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Champions League 8 60 25 14 21 94 76 2020–21
CAF Cup Winners' Cup 1 4 2 0 2 6 5 1984
CAF Confederation Cup 4 20 8 4 8 23 20 2017
Total 13 84 35 18 31 123 101

Non-CAF competitions

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As of 31 March 2020:

Non-CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Arab Champions League 5 32 15 9 8 35 34 2019–20
Maghreb Champions Cup 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1976
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup 4 7 4 1 2 13 8 1974
Total 10 41 20 11 10 49 42

African competitions goals

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Statistics correct as of game against Wydad AC on May 22, 2021

List of MC Alger players with 3 or more goals
Position Player TOTAL CL1 CWC CCC
1   Hichem Nekkache 11 6 – 5
2   Abdeslam Bousri 9 9 – –
3   Zoubir Bachi 6 6 – –
4   Walid Derrardja 5 4 – 1
=   Abderahmane Hachoud 5 1 – 4
6   Lakhdar Belloumi 4 4 – –
=   Omar Betrouni 4 4 – –
=   Mohammed Azzouz 4 4 – –
=   Brahim Boudebouda 4 3 – 1
10   Abdelmalek Mokdad 3 3 – –
=   Amir Karaoui 3 3 – –
=   Réda Babouche 3 3 – –
=   Abdelwahab Zenir 3 3 – –
=   Abdenour Bellemou 3 3 – –
=   Ali Bencheikh 3 2 1 –
=   Sid Ahmed Aouedj 3 – – 3
=   Samy Frioui 3 3 – –
Totals 120 91 6 23

Hat-tricks

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N Date Player Match Score Time of goals
1 21 February 2018 Hichem Nekkache4 MC Alger – AS Otôho 9–0 23', 61', 66', 80'

Two goals one match

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N Date Player Match Score
1 10 September 1976 Abdeslam Bousri MC Alger – Luo Union 6–3
2 10 September 1976 Ali Bencheikh MC Alger – Luo Union 6–3
3 18 December 1976 Omar Betrouni MC Alger – Hafia FC 3–0
4 7 June 1980 Lakhdar Belloumi MC Alger – Stella Club d'Adjamé 3–1
5 3 April 2011 Brahim Bedbouda MC Alger – Dynamos 3–0
6 16 September 2011 Réda Babouche MC Alger – Wydad Casablanca 3–1
7 18 February 2017 Abderahmane Hachoud MC Alger – Bechem United 4–1
8 15 April 2017 Sid Ahmed Aouedj MC Alger – Young Africans 4–0
9 20 June 2017 Hichem Nekkache MC Alger – Mbabane Swallows 2–0
10 17 March 2018 Hichem Nekkache MC Alger – Mountain FM 6–0
11 19 December 2020 Abdelhak Abdelhafid MC Alger – Buffles du Borgou 5–1
12 28 December 2020 Samy Frioui MC Alger – CS Sfaxien 2–0

Non-CAF competitions goals

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List of all-time appearances

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This list of all-time appearances for MC Alger in African competitions contains football players who have played for MC Alger in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 15 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in MC Alger
Statistics correct as of game against Wydad AC on May 22, 2021

# Name Position CCL CWC CCC SC TOTAL Date of first cap Debut against Date of last cap Final match against
1   Abderahmane Hachoud RB 21 – 13 – 34 14 Feb 2015 Sahel SC 22 May 2021 Wydad AC
2   Walid Derrardja ST 9 – 12 – 21 12 Feb 2017 Bechem United 28 Aug 2018 ES Sétif
3   Bouzid Mahiouz DF 21 – – – 21 30 Apr 1976 Al-Ahly Benghazi 27 Sep 1980 Canon Yaoundé
4   Hichem Nekkache ST 8 – 12 – 20 18 Feb 2017 Bechem United 28 Aug 2018 ES Sétif
5   Abdeslam Bousri FW 20 – – – 20 13 May 1976 Al-Ahly Benghazi 7 Jun 1980 Stella Adjamé
6   Faouzi Chaouchi GK 5 – 14 – 19 14 Feb 2015 Sahel SC 4 May 2018 Difaâ El Jadidi
7   Omar Betrouni FW 18 – – – 18 30 Apr 1976 Al-Ahly Benghazi 27 May 1979 Union Douala
8   Abdelouahab Zenir DF 18 – – – 18 29 May 1976 Al Ahly 27 Sep 1980 Canon Yaoundé
9   Mohamed Ait Mouhoub GK 13 3 – – 16 30 Apr 1976 Al-Ahly Benghazi 11 May 1984 RC Bobo Dioulasso
10   Anwar Bachta MF 15 – – – 15 30 Apr 1976 Al-Ahly Benghazi 1 Apr 1979 Al Ahli SC
11   Zoubir Bachi MF 15 – – – 15 30 Apr 1976 Al-Ahly Benghazi 27 May 1979 Union Douala
12   Ali Bencheikh MF 11 4 – – 15 30 Apr 1976 Al-Ahly Benghazi 25 May 1984 Al Ahly

African opponents by cities

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Notes

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  1. ^ MC Alger announced that the first leg match against Watanga played at Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers, after the agreement between the two sides.[20]

References

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  10. ^ "1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs". RSSSF.
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  12. ^ "1984 African Cup Winners' Cup". RSSSF.
  13. ^ "2000 CAF Champions League". RSSSF.
  14. ^ "2007 CAF Confederation Cup". rsssf.com.[dead link]
  15. ^ "2008 CAF Confederation Cup". rsssf.com.[dead link]
  16. ^ "2011 CAF Champions League". RSSSF.
  17. ^ "2015 CAF Confederation Cup". RSSSF.
  18. ^ "2017 CAF Confederation Cup". RSSSF.
  19. ^ "2018 CAF Champions League". RSSSF.
  20. ^ "C1 CAF – MC Alger vs Watanga FC aller retour en Algérie ? le verdict est tombé (Officiel)". Fennec Football. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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