The 2023–24 season, is MC Alger's 55th season and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, MC Alger are participating in the Algerian Cup.

Review Background In a recent press release, August 7, 2023, the Mouloudia Club d'Alger announced the renewal of its contract with its equipment supplier Puma. This new lease links the Algiers club to the German company specializing in the manufacturing of sporting goods for the next two seasons. On 5 October 2023 MC Alger announced the appointment of the club's former player Mohamed Khazrouni to the position of general coordinator of the first team, as a reminder, the position of general coordinator of the first team has been vacant since the departure of Fayçal Badji. The MC Alger sports center has risen from the ground better yet, he’s moving forward with sure steps. According to an internal source, it should be ready by the end of the current year. The photo of the chairman of the board of directors of the MCA from the top of a glass building alone symbolizes the state of progress of the training and training center of the MC Alger in Zéralda. According to an authorized source, this complex, which will include an administrative building, a hotel, two conference rooms and two training fields, one of which will be made of hybrid grass, will be ready in December 2023.

Pre-season MC Alger squad returned to training on September 3, 2023, after a break of a few days decided by Patrice Beaumelle. After a first preparation course in Rennes in France, Youcef Belaili's teammates will continue with a second part in the Capital. They trained at École supérieure d'hôtellerie et restauration d'Alger (ESHRA). Beaumelle added « I am satisfied with the boys’ performance. They were able to repeat the scales and continue to create automatisms. We were able to recover all the players along with those who could not travel for the preparation. I'm trying to do a squad tour and get everyone ready for the start of the championship ».

First-team transfers (summer transfer window)

After the end of last season, club president Mohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem announced that the club would make major signings, MC Alger has its first summer recruit he is ASEC Mimosas midfielder Mohamed Zougrana, The Ivorian international has signed up for a period of four years. The amount of the transfer is estimated at 200,000 euros according to some sources. The next day Hadj Redjem signing two seasons with international defender Djamel Benlamri coming from the Emirates. On July 27, Sofiane Bayazid striker USM Khenchela joined Mouloudia for three seasons who managed to redeem his letter of release. According to several consistent sources, the amount of the transfer would be 4 billion centimes.

On August 9, after long negotiations the algerian international Youcef Belaïli joined MC Alger for two seasons, who had been without a club since April after terminating his contract with Ajaccio, Belaïli who will wear number 10 sought through his father to find a club in Europe but it was ultimately in Algeria that he bounced around for 8 years. Belaïli signs contract with the highest salary ever received by a player in Ligue 1, sources close to the matter assure that the two parties had agreed that the monthly salary would be around 1.5 billion with an advance of 8 months. On August 21, MC Alger signed a contract with Ivorian striker Youssouf Dao for two seasons coming from Sparta Prague. On August 30, Zakaria Naidji is officially a Mouloudia d’Alger player two days after the announcement of his departure from Stade Lavallois and signed a three-year contract.

Season run-in MC Alger leads Ligue 1 with 27 points in 10 Ligue 1 matches, a lead of nine points over the runner-up JS Saoura. Only CR Belouizdad can get closer to five points by winning its three late matches. Belaïli, Naidji, Bayazid, and Zoungrana have been regular contributors to the current season. On January 10, 2024, MC Alger and Ooredoo have signed a sponsorship partnership for a period of two years, the signing ceremony between the president of MC Alger Mohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem and the CEO of Ooredoo Roni Tohme took place in the presence of several figures from the capital club including former players Omar Betrouni and Ali Bencheikh, this is the second time they have united through a sponsorship contract after that of the 2018–2020 period.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 July 2024.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Nat. Name Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signedin Contractends Transfer fees Apps Goals Goalkeepers1 Abdelatif Ramdane GK JS Kabylie 2022 20251602 Seifeddine Belkhir GK Youth system 2028 Academy Player1016 Oussama Litim GK Al-Ain 2021 2026 Free transfer450 Defenders4 Djamel Benlamri CB Al-Wasl 2023 2025 Free transfer2705 Ayoub Abdellaoui (C.) CB Ettifaq FC 2022 2026 Free transfer59414 Hamza Mouali LB Stade Lavallois 2023 202638017 Kamel Hamidi RB MC Oran 2021 202582119 Ayoub Ghezala CB USM Annaba 2021 202680220 Réda Halaïmia RB Beerschot 2022 2026 Free transfer60127 Abdelkader Menezla CB USM Bel Abbès 2022 2026190 Midfielders3 Massinissa Benchelouche MF Youth system 2023 2025 Academy Player 006 Mohamed Benkhemassa DM Ismaily SC 2023 2027 Free transfer 3718 Feth-Allah Tahar RW ASO Chlef 2021 202684212 Mohamed Zougrana DM ASEC Mimosas 2023 2028 300,000 €34413 Dalil Hassen Khodja MF ES Ben Aknoun 2023 202718015 Ammar El Orfi CM NC Magra 2023 2025 Free transfer9021 Larbi Tabti AM Free agent 2024 2026 Free transfer16022 Khalid Dahmani MF ASO Chlef 2022 202629025 Badreddine Touki DM WA Boufarik 2021 202660026 Moundhir Bouzekri MF Youth system 2022 2026 Academy Player171 Forwards7 Sofiane Bayazid FW USM Khenchela 2023 2026 50,000,000 DA34109 Romaric Ouattara FW Stade d'Abidjan 2024 2028 Undisclosed8210 Youcef Belaïli FW Ajaccio 2023 2025 Free transfer261611 Youssouf Dao FW Sparta Prague B 2023 202515118 Khayreddine Merzougui FW CR Belouizdad 2022 2024 Free transfer481524 Zakaria Naidji FW Stade Lavallois 2023 2026 200,000 €3412

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 16 July 2023 FW Ibrahim Morsli ASO Chlef Loan return 19 July 2023 MF Mohamed Zougrana ASEC Mimosas 300,000 € 20 July 2023 DF Djamel Benlamri Al-Wasl Free transfer 27 July 2023 FW Sofiane Bayazid USM Khenchela Undisclosed 9 August 2023 FW Youcef Belaïli Ajaccio Free transfer 14 August 2023 MF Dalil Hassen Khodja ES Ben Aknoun Free transfer 17 August 2023 MF Mehdi Zerkane Nîmes Olympique Free transfer 19 August 2023 MF Ammar El Orfi NC Magra Free transfer 21 August 2023 FW Youssouf Dao Sparta Prague B Free transfer 30 August 2023 FW Zakaria Naidji Stade Lavallois Free transfer

Winter DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 20 January 2024 FW Romaric Ouattara Stade d'Abidjan Undisclosed 4 February 2024 MF Larbi Tabti Free agent Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 9 June 2023 GK Farid Chaâl Al-Najma Free transfer 17 June 2023 DF Boualem Mesmoudi Free agent Free transfer 18 June 2023 DF Houari Ferhani Free agent Free transfer 18 July 2023 DF Aziz Benabdi Free agent Free transfer 10 August 2023 FW Abdelmalek Oukil ES Sétif Loan 16 August 2023 FW Ibrahim Morsli Free agent Free transfer 21 August 2023 FW Joseph Esso Free agent Free transfer 27 August 2023 FW Ramzi Haif US Souf Free transfer 6 September 2023 FW Razafindranaivo Koloina Unattached Free transfer (Released) Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 11 January 2024 FW Ali Haroun Free agent Free transfer (Released) 31 January 2024 FW Chouaib Debbih Free agent Free transfer (Released) 5 February 2024 MF Mehdi Zerkane Free agent Free transfer (Released)

New contracts PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource5 Ayoub Abdellaoui20 Réda Halaïmia6 Mohamed Benkhemassa12 Mohamed Zoungrana

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions Overview

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1

| style="background:gold;"| Winners | 16 September 2023 | 14 June 2024 |- | Algerian Cup

| Round of 64 | style="background:silver;"|Runners-up | 2 February 2024 | 5 July 2024 |- ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches The league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Algerian Cup

Squad information Appearances and goals

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