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This article is about the Algerian football club. For other uses, see Mouloudia (disambiguation).For the basketball team, see MC Oran Basketball . For the handball team, see MC Oran Handball.
MC Oran
مولودية وهران
Full name Mouloudia Club d'Oran
نادي مولودية وهرانNickname(s) Hamraoua Founded May 14, 1946
as Mouloudia Club d'OranGround Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Oran
(Capacity: 40,000)President Youcef Djebbari Manager Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani League Ligue Professionnelle 1 2010–11 7th place Website Club home page 
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current seasonMouloudia Club d'Oran (Arabic: نادي مولودية وهران, English: Mouloudia Club of Oran), referred to as MC Oran or MCO for short, is a football club based in Oran in Algeria. MC Oran is also a multi-sports club and it's also known by it handball team. It's founded in 1946, MC Oran was the only club to have Algerian disputed till 2008 all of the national championship seasons of first division (D1) since 1963, at its launch. However, the team was finally relegated at the end of the 2007/2008 season, finishing 13th in the 16-team league but the club return after only one season into the first division.
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History
MC Oran, Algerian champion in 1988
It was in the night of Tuesday, May 14, 1946, the event of the Muslim holiday "Leilat al-Mawlid al-Ennabaoui Echarif" (celebration of the birth of the prophet Muhammad), which meets five persons in the local area of Ali Bentouati in Lamur – (currently El-Hamri). They agree to found a club to be called Mouloudia Club of Oran. Among the founders, there were Ali Bentouati, Mohamed Bessoul, Omar Rouane Serrik, Boumefraa (one of the founders of USM Oran), and Mahmoud Sayah Miloud Bendraou (Mouloudia's first president of cyclism section), wealthy merchant in El-Hamri. The founding ceremony of Mouloudia was attended by Cheïkh Said Zamouchi, delegated by the influential Sheikh Si Tayeb Al-Mahaji member of Association des oulémas musulmans algériens.
The club has a great history, and especially during the golden years (70', 80' and the 90'), it have many great Algerian football players and even Africa, like Lakhdar Belloumi, Tedj Bensaoula, Karim Maroc, as well as children of the club for generations as Abdelkader Freha, Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci, Miloud Hadefi, Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani, Abdelhafid Tasfaout ...etc.
During all this time, the club had won many national and international titles, it has nevertheless just managed to escape relegation twice. The first time in 1970, by winning a decisive match against CR Belouizdad. The following season, the Mouloudia wins with the same players his first title of champion of Algeria. The second time when MC Oran would escape relegation was in 1983. Curiously, the following season also, in 1984, won the Cup of Algeria with a new wave of talented young players such as Mourad Meziane, Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani, Bachir Mecheri, Arezki Lebbah, led by Abdellah Mecheri, against DNC Algiers.
Crest
MC Oran has had some crests in its history. The first, adopted in the 70th, lasted until the national sports reform by the Algerian governement in 1977. The second crest was used from this reform when the national companies taked the diffirent Algerians clubs in 1977 until 1989 when MC Oran taken by Naftal was called MP Oran (Mouloudia Pétrolière d'Oran), From 1989, the national companies retired from the Clubs, the club takes its old name MC Oran (Mouloudia Club d'Oran), however there was various creps from this year till now but there was one more famouse and credible crest.
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MC Orans crest, before 1977
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MP Oran's crest, 1977–1989
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MC Oran's crest, 1989–present
Stadium
MC Oran fans in Ahmed Zabana StadiumThe club, one of the most popular in Algeria, plays at the Ahmed Zabana Stadium (40,000 capacity), in the popular district of El Hamri. The team supporters are nicknamed Hamraoua (named after the neighbourhood), and the team's colors are red and white.
Achievements
MC Oran is one of the most successful teams of Algeria.[1]
National titles
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- Champion: 1971, 1988, 1992, 1993
- Second: 1968, 1969, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000
- Algerian Cup: 4
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- Winner: 1975, 1984, 1985, 1996
- Finalist: 1998, 2002
- Algerian League Cup: 1
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- Winner: 1995
- Finalist: 2000
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- Finalist: 1992
International titles
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- Finalist: 1989
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- Finalist: 2001
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- Winner: 1997, 1998
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- Winner: 1999
Performance in International competitions
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 3 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
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- 2005 – Second round
- CAF Cup: 2 appearances
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- 1996 – Quarter-Finals
- 1998 – First round
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances
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- 1985 – Second round
- 1986 – Second round
- 1997 – Quarter-Finals
Performance in UAFA competitions
- Arab Champions League: 4 appearances
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- 1988: Preliminary round
- 2001: Runner-up
- 2004: 1st round
- 2008: 1st round
- Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearance
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- 1997 – Winner
- 1998 – Winner
- Arab Super Cup: 2 appearances
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- 1998 – 4th place
- 1999 – Winner
International statistics
- CAF statistics
Matchs Points Wins Draws Louses Goals for Goals against Goal average 44 62 18 8 18 66 49 +17 - UAFA statistics
Matchs Points Wins Draws Louses Goals for Goals against Goal average 31 ... 12 5 12 41 50 -9 Current squad
As of September 7, 2011.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Houari El Ghoul 2 DF Omar Slimi 3 DF Sofiane Bengoureïne 4 DF Abderaouf Zemmouchi 6 MF Abdelmadjid Benatia 8 MF Abdelkader Harizi 9 MF Sid Ahmed Aouedj 10 FW Youcef Belaïli 11 DF Sid Ahmed Fayçal Briki 12 MF Sofiane Bouterbiat 14 MF Touhami Tiah 15 MF Zine El-Abidine Sebbah 16 GK Ahmed Fellah 17 MF Khalid Leghzal No. Position Player 19 
FW Eudes Dagoulou 20 DF Hachemi Boussaada 22 DF Chafik Bourzama 23 FW Nasreddine El Bahari 24 MF Mohamed Tahar 25 MF Mohamed Bentiba 26 GK Mohamed Reda Ouamane 29 DF Kada Kechamli 
31 DF Mohamed Amine Zidane 34 FW Hicham Cherif 35 FW Mohamed Feddal 36 FW Ilyès Kadri 41 FW Lyès Kouriba Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player DF Zoubir Ouasti (at ASM Oran until end of season) DF Farid Bellabes (at USM Alger until end of season) DF Benaoumeur Akram (at ES Mostaganem until end of season) MF Seddik Berradja (at MC Alger until end of season) MF Mohamed Djallal Aïssaoui (at USM El Harrach until end of season) No. Position Player FW Bouabdellah Daoud (at RC Kouba until end of season) FW Karim Braham Chaouch (at Paradou AC until end of season) FW Karim Meddahi (at ES Mostaganem until end of season) FW Kouider Boukessassa (Retired) FW Chemseddine Chellali (No club) Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player GK Nekaâ DF Mohamed Guitarni No. Position Player MF Oussama Sabri FW Mohamed Amine Abed Abbasi Current Technical Staff
Position Name Manager Tahar Cherif El-OuazzaniAssistant Manager Ferhat MaghfourTechnical Assistant Physical Fitness Coach Hafid BentaziGoalkeeping Coach Mokhtar MahiMental Coach TBD Medical Director Benaoumeur BendahouPhysiotherapist Houari DardjellabReserve Team Coach TBD Notable players
For a complete list of MC Oran players, see Category:MC Oran players.
Below is a list of the legendary history player of MC Oran.[3]
- Goalkeepers
- Reda Acimi
- Abdeslam Benabdellah
- Nacer Benchiha
- Baroudi Berkane-Krachai
- Nacerdine Drid
- Mohamed Hadjadji (Chamia)
- Hichem Mezaïr
- Mohamed Ounes
- Karim Saoula
- Bachir Sbaa
- Defenders
- Houari Beddiar
- Abdelafid Belabbes
- Omar Belatoui
- Abdelmadjid Belgot
- Ali Benhalima
Gilles Augustin Binya- Abdelaziz Bot
- Djelloul Bouhadji
- Lahouari Chaib
- Boubakeur Chalabi
- Mokhtar Chergui
- Taieb Foussi
- Moulay Haddou
- Miloud Hadefi
- Mokhtar Kechamli
- Abdellah Kechra
- Abdelkrim Kherif
- Arezki Lebbah
- Ouanes Mechkour (Siki)
- Slimane Raho
- Midfielders
- Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci
- Lakhdar Belloumi
- Sid Ahmed Benamara
- Boutkhil Benyoucef
- Cheïkh Benzerga
- Sofiane Daoud
- Djelloul Djelli
- Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani
- Kader Firoud
- Necerdine Gaïd
- Karim Maroc
- Senoussi Medjahed
- Fayçal Megueni
- Brahim Arafat Mezouar
- Ali Moumen
- Benyacoub Sebbah
- Abdelhafid Tasfaout
- Sid Ahmed Zerrouki
- Strikers
- Samir Benkenida
- Habib Benmimoun
- Tedj Bensaoula
- Mohamed Bouhizeb
- Kouider Boukessassa
- Haddou Chaib
- Bouabdellah Daoud
- Abdelkader Freha
- Afif Goual
- Mehdi Harmel
- El-Hadi Khelili
- Ali Meçabih
- Bachir Mecheri (Baby)
- Mourad Meziane
- Mohamed Salem
- Abdelkader Tlemcani
Captains
- Kader Firoud
- Mohamed Salem
- Abdelkader Freha
- Abdellah Kechra
- Miloud Hadefi
- Bachir Sbaa
- Reda Acimi
- Gilles Augustin Binya
- Sofiane Daoud
- Kada Kechamli
- Hichem Mezaïr
- Zoubir Ouasti
Managers
List of managers of MC Oran Name Years Lahouari Sebaa1946-56 ...? Chibani Bahi
Abdelkader Amer1962-63 Miloud Nehari
Benali Aroumia1963-64 Habib Derbouz (Hadj Draoua)
Benali Aroumia (2)1964-65 Cheikh Ouaddah1965-67 Hadj Hadefi1967-70 
Carlos Gómez1970-71 Amar Mahi
Souilem Gnaoui1971-72 Zoubir Benaïcha1972-76 Saïd Amara1976-79 Najmeddine Belayachi
Hadj Maghfour1980-81 Habib Derbouz (Hadj Draoua) (2)
Abdellah Kechra1982-83 Abdellah Mecheri
Abdellah Kechra (2)1983-85 Abdellah Mecheri (2)
Boris1985-86 Boris (2)
Hadj Bouhadji1986-87 Name Years Amar Rouaï1987-89 Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj
Miloud Hadefi1989-92 Abdellah Mecheri (3)1992-94 Ali Fergani
Lakhdar Belloumi1994-95 Mohamed Henkouche
Habib Benmimoun1995-97 
Said Hadj Mansour
Habib Benmimoun (2)1997-98 Abdelkader Amrani1998 Nacer Benchiha
Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani1998-99 Nacer Benchiha1999-01 Abdelkader Amrani (2)
Lakhdar Belloumi (2)2001-02 Abdellah Mechri (4)
Tedj Bensaoula2002 Mohamed Henkouche (2)2002-03 
Hervé Revelli2003-04 Nacerdine Drid2004 Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj (2)2004-05 Mohamed Henkouche (3)2005 Nacerdine Drid2005-06 Name Years Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj (3)2006 Abdellah Mechri (5)2006 Mohamed Lekkak2006-07 Carlos Enrico Gomes2007 Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj (4)2007-08 Carlos Enrico Gomes (2)2008 Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani (2)
Fayçal Megueni2008 Mohamed Nadjib Medjadj (5)2008 Omar Belatoui2008-09 Said Hadj Mansour (2)2009 Abdelkader Maatalah2009-10 Omar Belatoui2010 Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani (3)2010-11 Sid Ahmed Slimani2011 Alain Michel2011 Said Hadj Mansour (3)2011 Mohamed Henkouche (4)2011 Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani (4)2011- Presidents
Name From To Titles (official) Omar Rouane Serrik1946 .... × Kadda Hadj Fali.... .... × H'mida Belazreg.... .... × Boumediene Bentabet.... .... × Mohamed Benkada1974 1975 1 Baghdadi Seddiki1975 1981 × Ghalem Chaouch1982 1991 3 Youcef Djebbari1991 1994 2 Belkacem Elimam1994 2000 5 Youcef Djebbari2000 2003 × Mourad Meziane2003 2006 × Youcef Djebbari2006 2008 × Belkacem Elimam2008 2010 × Tayeb Mehiaoui2010 2011 × Youcef Djebbari2011 .... × Sponsor
- Aigle Azur
- Propalgérie
- Adidas
Equipement
MC Oran signed a 2-year contract with American sports firm Sarson Sports USA for the latter to provide jerseys and team equipment to the team.
The old equipment was made by French firm Le Coq Sportif.
References
- ^ "MC Oran titles". mouloudia.com. MC Oran. http://www.mouloudia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=60. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ^ "Squad season 2011/2012". mouloudia.com. MC Oran. http://www.mouloudia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=901%3Ailyes-kouriba-ess-officiellement-hamraoui-depart-vers-tunis-ce-jeudi-via-alger-par-le-vol-de-14h35&catid=35%3Alatest&Itemid=54. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ "Legendary players of MC Oran". mouloudia.com. MC Oran. http://www.mouloudia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=66. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
External links
- (French) Official website
- (French) Official fans website
- (Arabic) El-Hamrawa – forum website
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