NC Magra

NC Magra

Full name	Nedjm Chabab Magra
Nickname(s)	NC Magra, NCM
Short name	NCM
Founded	1 January 1998; 26 years ago (1998-01-01) as Nedjm Chabab Magra
Ground	Boucheligue Brothers Stadium
Capacity	5000
President	Azzedine Bennacer
Head Coach	Lyamine Bougherara[1]
League	Ligue 1
2023–24	Ligue 1, 12th of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Nedjm Chabab Magra (Arabic: نجم شباب مقرة), known as NC Magra or NCM for short, is an Algerian football club based in the city of Magra in the M'Sila Province. The club was founded in 1998 and its colours are Blue and white. Their home stadium, Boucheligue Brothers Stadium, has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

In 2004, NC Magra reached the semi-finals of the 2003–04 Algerian Cup. However, in the semi-finals, they lost 3–0 to JS Kabylie.^[2]

On 5 May 2018, NC Magra were promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 after winning 2017–18 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur "Group Centre".^[3]

In 2020–21 season NC Magra signed a number of young players, and the goal was to ensure that they remained in the Ligue 1, and with the establishment of the League Cup competition, the club had ambitions and despite its involvement with large clubs, it was able to overcome it in the form of CS Constantine, CR Belouizdad and USM Alger. To reach the final of the first tournament in its history where he faced JS Kabylie and was defeated by penalty kicks.^[4]

On August 14, 2024, Azzedine Bennacer was re-elected as president of NC Magra for a new term. In a statement to the media, Bennacer once again called for the arrival of a national company, like other professional clubs, to take over the destiny of SSPA NC Magra.^[5] Bennacer added "We have been informed that the club is going to be bought by the Groupe Cosider. We are still waiting for the arrival of the company in question. I can assure that within forty-eight hours the transfer of ownership will be completed. We are up to date with our balance sheets and accounting." Regarding the stadium works and the disputes at the CRL level, the president expects help from local authorities.^[5]

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

As of 5 February 2024^{[update][6][7]} Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALG Mohamed Tayeb Cherif 3 DF  ALG Moncef Merouani 4 DF  ALG Chemseddine Lakehal 5 DF  ALG M'Hamed Merouani 6 MF  ALG Zakaria Kemoukh 7 FW  ALG Yanis Boughanem 8 MF  ALG Karm Benkouider 11 FW  ALG Hamza Demane 12 MF  ALG Alouane Benharat 13 GK  ALG Abdelkader Salhi 14 MF  ALG Fouad Hadded 15 FW  ALG Mounib Benmerzoug

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  ALG Salaheddine Chemouri 17 DF  ALG Aymen Attou 18 DF  ALG Ibrahim Bekakchi 19 MF  ALG Chakib Berkani 20 FW  ALG Bouzid Dadache 21 DF  ALG Amir Laidouni 22 DF  ALG Achref Aïb 23 FW  ALG Nasreddine Bouldjedri 24 MF  ALG Mohammed Bourahla (captain) 25 DF  ALG Sabri Cheraitia 26 FW  ALG Laid Saidi 27 FW  ALG Imad Moussaoui

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  ALG Ismail Ghanemi 31 MF  ALG Mostafa Berkane

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 MF  ALG Anis Cheniti

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