MC Alger (handball)

Mouloudia Club d'Alger (Arabic: نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian handball team that was founded on 1964, it is also considered as the most titled handball club in Africa(90 titles), as a division of MC Alger. They play their home games in Hacène Harcha Arena, which has a capacity of 8,000 people.

MC Alger
Full nameMouloudia Club d'Alger
Short nameMCA
Founded
  • 1964 (1964), as Mouloudia Club d'Alger
  • 2008 (2008), as GS Pétroliers
ArenaHacène Harcha Arena
Capacity8,000
PresidentDjaffar Bel Hocine
Head coachReda Zeguili
LeagueAlgerian Handball Championship
Club colours   
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Home
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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

History
Logo of GS Pétroliers

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]

Honours

National titles
  • Algerian Handball Championship
    • Winners (28; record): 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Algerian Handball Cup
    • Winners (30; record): 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022
  • Algerian Handball Supercup
    • Winners (2; record): 2016, 2018

International titles (handball)
Seventh Place : 1997
Third place : 2007
  • Double
Winners (21): 1981–82, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17
  • Triple Crown
Winners (9): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09

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".


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