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
Nickname	Le Doyen
Leagues	Algerian Basketball Championship
Founded	7 August 1921; 102 years ago (1921-08-07), as Mouloudia Club d'Alger 2008; 15 years ago (2008), as GS Pétroliers
Arena	Hacène Harcha Arena
Capacity	8,000
Location	Algiers, Algeria
Team colours	Green, Red
President	Djaffar Bel Hocine
Head coach	Mohamed Krideche
Championships	20 Algerian Leagues 20 Algerian Cups
Home Away

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 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

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".

External links

• Team profile at Eurobasket.com