Mouloudia Club d'Alger (), 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.
History The team was originally part of the Mouloudia Club d'Alger (MC Alger) club, but became a part of Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers (; 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. 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. 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. The season was later rescheduled 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.
Roster (Men)
Season-by-season record SeasonRegular seasonPlayoffsAlgerian CupAfrican competitionsDivisionPosPtsPWL1988–89Super Division A1st Winners1989–90Super Division A 1990–91Super Division A Semifinalist1991–92Super Division A 1992–93Super Division A Winners1993–94Super Division A 1994–95Super Division A Runner-up1995–96Super Division A Semi-finals1996–97Super Division A 5th 25 16 9 7 Quarter-finalsRound of 161997–98Super Division A 3rd 28 17 11 6 Semi-finalsRunner-up1998–99Super Division A 1999–00Super Division A 2nd 40 22 18 4 1st2000–01Super Division A1st Runner-up2001–02Super Division A 2nd2002–03Super Division A 1stWinners2003–04Super Division A1st Winners2004–05Super Division A1st Winners2005–06Super Division A1st Winners2006–07Super Division A2nd Round of 162007–08Super Division A 1st 52 26 26 0 1stWinners2008–09Super Division A 2nd 20 10 10 0 2ndRunner-up2009–10Super Division A 1st 30 15 15 0 1st2010–11Super Division A 1st 60 30 30 0 1stWinners2011–12Super Division A1st 58 30 28 2 Winners2012–13Super Division A 2nd 33 18 16 2 2ndWinners2013–14Super Division A 1st 35 18 17 1 1stWinners2014–15Super Division A 1st 47 24 23 1 1stWinners2015–16Super Division A 1st 50 26 24 2 1stWinners2016–17Super Division A 1st 28 14 14 0 1stWinners1 Champions Cup 6th 4–32017–18National 1 1st 57 30 27 6 1stWinners2 Champions Cup 8th 3–52018–19National 11st 15 0 13 2 Winners2019–20National 1Canceled2020–211 BAL0–32021–22Super Division 0 0 0 0 Semifinalist2022–23Super Division 0 0 0 0 2023–24Super Division 3rd 52 30 24 6 3rdQuarterfinalist
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
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References
External links Team profile at Eurobasket.com