MC Alger (basketball)

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]

MC Alger
MC Alger logo
NicknameLe Doyen
LeaguesAlgerian Basketball Championship
Founded
  • 7 August 1921 (1921-08-07), as Mouloudia Club d'Alger
  • 2008 (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

History

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 re-scheduled 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
Season Regular season Algerian Cup African competitions
Division Pos Pts P W L GF GA
1988–89 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
1989–90 Super Division A000000
1990–91 Super Division A000000 Semifinalist
1991–92 Super Division A000000
1992–93 Super Division A000000 Champion
1993–94 Super Division A000000
1994–95 Super Division A000000 Runner-up
1995–96 Super Division A000000
1996–97 Super Division A000000 Round of 16
1997–98 Super Division A000000 Runner-up
1998–99 Super Division A000000
1999–00 Super Division AChampion402218400
2000–01 Super Division AChampion000000 Runner-up
2001–02 Super Division A000000
2002–03 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2003–04 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2004–05 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2005–06 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2006–07 Super Division ARunner-up000000 Round of 16
2007–08 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion
2008–09 Super Division ARunner-up000000 Runner-up
2009–10 Super Division AChampion000000
2010–11 Super Division AChampion603030028141654 Champion
2011–12 Super Division AChampion583028227861792 Champion
2012–13 Super Division ARunner-up33181621502970 Champion
2013–14 Super Division AChampion35181711219978 Champion
2014–15 Super Division AChampion472423118391369 Champion
2015–16 Super Division AChampion502624221541663 Champion
2016–17 Super Division AChampion000000 Champion 1 Champions Cup6th4–3
2017–18 National 1Champion573027623941780 Champion 2 Champions Cup8th3–5
2018–19 National 1Champion15013200 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

National

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

Arab Championship

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

References
  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".
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