MC Alger (basketball)

MC Alger
Nickname	Le Doyen
Leagues	Algerian Basketball Championship
Founded	7 August 1921; 102 years ago (1921-08-07), as Mouloudia Club d'Alger 2008; 16 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

Active departments of Mouloudia Club d'Alger
Football Handball (Men's) Handball (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Boxing Swimming Fencing Cycling Judo Athletics Karate Table tennis Tennis Weightlifting

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]

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]

MC Alger roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age 00 Merahi, Ramzi 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (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) 30 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993 C 5 Adrar, Mustapha (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 42 – (1982-04-12)12 April 1982 6 Bourkaib, Merouane 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 32 – (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) 38 – (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

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

Arab Championship

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

• Team profile at Eurobasket.com