MC Alger (men's volleyball)

MC Alger

Full name	Mouloudia Club d'Alger
Short name	MCA
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947), as Mouloudia Club d'Alger 2008; 17 years ago (2008), as GS Pétroliers
Ground	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Chairman	Djaffar Bel Hocine
Uniforms
Home Away

Mouloudia Club d'Alger (Arabic: نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian volleyball team that was founded on 1947, as a division of MC Alger. They play their home games in Hacène Harcha Arena, which has a capacity of 8,000 people.

History

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.[1][2][3]

Previous names

• Mouloudia Chaâbia d'Alger (1947-1977)
• Mouloudia Pétroliers d'Alger (1977-1988)
• Mouloudia Club d'Alger (1988-2008)
• Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers (2008–2020present)

Honors

National achievements

• Algerian Championship :

Winners (10 titles) : (1989, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013)

• Algerian Cup :

Winners (11 titles) : (1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)

International achievements

• African Club Championship :

Winners (2 titles) : (1988, 2007)

Runners up (4x vice champions) : (1989, 1990, 1991, 1997)

Head coaches

Dates	Name	Note
? - 2007	Krimou Bernaoui	Went to a club in the United Arab Emirates
2007 - ?	Tarek Nehai[4]	Former player (in the 1990s)

As of 2014

Notable players

• Tarek Nehai

References

1. "Fusion MCA-GSP : l'AGex du MCA largement en faveur de la fusion".
2. "Algérie: Le MC Alger récupère treize sections sportives du GSP".
3. "MCA : Le Mouloudia approuve la fusion avec le GSP".
4. "MCA - Volley-ball Tarek Nehai succède à Bernaoui à la barre technique". Vitaminedz. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2019-03-26.

External links

• (in French) Site officiel de Sonatrach (sections sport)