MC Alger (basketball)

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MC Alger
MC Alger logo
NicknameLe Doyen
LeaguesAlgerian 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
ArenaHacène Harcha Arena
Capacity8,000
LocationAlgiers, Algeria
Team coloursGreen, Red
   
PresidentDjaffar Bel Hocine
Head coachMohamed Krideche
Championships20 Algerian Leagues
20 Algerian Cups
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]

History[edit]

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]

Season-by-season record[edit]

Season Regular season Algerian Cup African competitions
Division Pos Pts P W L GF GA
1988–89 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champion
1989–90 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990–91 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinalist
1991–92 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992–93 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champion
1993–94 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994–95 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runner-up
1995–96 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996–97 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0 Round of 16
1997–98 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runner-up
1998–99 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Super Division A Champion 40 22 18 4 0 0
2000–01 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runner-up
2001–02 Super Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champion
2003–04 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champion
2004–05 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champion
2005–06 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champion
2006–07 Super Division A Runner-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 Round of 16
2007–08 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champion
2008–09 Super Division A Runner-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runner-up
2009–10 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Super Division A Champion 60 30 30 0 2814 1654 Champion
2011–12 Super Division A Champion 58 30 28 2 2786 1792 Champion
2012–13 Super Division A Runner-up 33 18 16 2 1502 970 Champion
2013–14 Super Division A Champion 35 18 17 1 1219 978 Champion
2014–15 Super Division A Champion 47 24 23 1 1839 1369 Champion
2015–16 Super Division A Champion 50 26 24 2 2154 1663 Champion
2016–17 Super Division A Champion 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champion 1 Champions Cup 6th 4–3
2017–18 National 1 Champion 57 30 27 6 2394 1780 Champion 2 Champions Cup 8th 3–5
2018–19 National 1 Champion 15 0 13 2 0 0 Champion
2019–20 National 1 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 National 1 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 1 BAL RS 0–3
2021–22 National 1

Honours[edit]

National[edit]

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[edit]

Arab Championship

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

References[edit]

  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".

External links[edit]

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