Mouloudia Club d'Alger is a professional football club based in Algiers, Algeria, which plays in Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of MC Alger from 1962, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of the start of the 2023–24 season, MC Alger have had 61 full-time managers.
Background
List of managers Information correct as of 21 June 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.
+Key* Caretaker manager
NameFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostWin% Saïd Hadad September 1962 December 1963382657 Mustapha El Kamal December 1963 July 196548221115 Ali Benfadah August 1965 July 1966332373 Lucien Leduc September 1966 September 19661001 Mustapha El Kamal October 1966 May 1967241635 Omar Hahad September 1967 June 196951271014 Smaïl Khabatou August 1969 May 197148231510 Ali Benfadah May 1971 June 19724122145 Smaïl Khabatou August 1972 June 197472351720 Hamid Zouba August 1974 June 1977113622724 Kamel Lemoui August 1977 May 1978281675 Velimir Naumović Abderrahman Ibrir August 1978 June 1979331887 Velimir Naumović July 1979 10 November 19795122 Amar Boudissa 10 November 1979 June 19803011109 Velimir Naumović Abdelhamid Bacha August 1980 November 198010613 Abdelhamid Bacha November 1980 June 1981229310 Mohamed Salem August 1981 5 December 198114347 Abdennour Kaoua 6 December 1981 June 198355231715 Abdelhamid Kermali August 1983 June 198437151111 Ahmed Arab Abdellatif Bourayou July 1984 28 September 19846213 Abdellatif Bourayou 28 September 1984 June 198536101610 Kamel Lemoui Abdellatif Bourayou Abdelhamid Bacha August 1985 June 19863524101 Abdellatif Bourayou July 1986 June 198740141412 Hamid Zouba July 1987 6 February 198820776 Abdennour Kaoua Abdelwahab Zenir 15 February 1988 July 198817656 Abdelhamid Kermali August 1988 14 December 198943161611 Abdelhamid Kermali November 1998 July 1999241662 Mustapha Aksouh Anouar Bachta August 1990 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Noureddine Saâdi 0000 Hervé Revelli 0000 Jean-Paul Rabier 0000 Robert Nouzaret 0000 Noureddine Saâdi 0000 François Bracci 15 November 20060000 Enrico Fabbro 0000 Jean Thissen 0000 Enrico Fabbro 0000 Mohamed Mekhazni 0000 Ameur Djamil 27 March 2008 12 September 20080000 Alain Michel 21 September 2008 22 November 20094020128 François Bracci 29 November 2009 June 2010261493 Alain Michel June 2010 10 March 201120686 Noureddine Zekri 11 March 2011 19 July 2011207103 Abdelhak Menguellati* June 2011 August 20114022 Abdelhak Benchikha 4 September 2011 5 October 20116213 François Bracci 23 October 2011 9 February 201212543 Kamel Bouhellal 10 February 2012 3 May 201210523 Abdelkrim Bira 4 May 2012 30 June 20124130 Patrick Liewig 20 June 2012 18 August 20120000 Jean-Paul Rabier 21 August 2012 22 September 20123101 Djamel Menad 24 September 2012 9 May 20133015105 Farid Zemiti* 10 May 2013 22 May 20132101 Alain Geiger 5 June 2013 10 November 201311524 Fouad Bouali 18 November 2013 25 May 2014251267 Boualem Charef 27 May 2014 10 November 20149234 Artur Jorge 3 January 2015 8 October 2015241176 Meziane Ighil 13 October 2015 6 February 201614653 Lotfi Amrouche* 6 February 2016 27 May 201615573 Djamel Menad 28 May 2016 1 November 20169423 Kamel Mouassa 2 November 2016 9 July 20173919911 Bernard Casoni 10 August 2017 30 August 201850221216 Rafik Saifi* 15 September 2018 23 October 20187322 Adel Amrouche 24 October 2018 11 March 201917764 Bernard Casoni 4 May 2019 7 December 201920965 Mohamed Mekhazni* 7 December 2019 10 February 20208323 Nabil Neghiz 11 February 2020 4 February 2021201064 Abdelkader Amrani 7 February 2021 12 April 202112363 Nabil Neghiz 23 April 2021 12 August 202124969 Khaled Ben Yahia 1 September 2021 8 June 20223413129 Faruk Hadžibegić 16 July 2022 10 September 20223021 Faouzi Benzarti 25 September 2022 15 February 202314644 Patrice Beaumelle 3 March 2023 16 December 202465361910 Khaled Ben Yahia 17 December 2024 21 June 20252913124 Rhulani Mokwena 21 July 2025 14 March 2026342086 Khaled Ben Yahia 15 March 2026
Trophies #NameL1ACSCLCCAFUMF Total1 Hamid Zouba 2 1 - - 1 - 4 Khaled Ben Yahia 2 - 2 - - - 43 François Bracci 1 1 1 - - - 3 Ali Benfadah 1 1 - - - 1 35 Enrico Fabbro - 1 1 - - - 2 Smaïl Khabatou - 1 - - - 1 27 Abdelhamid Kermali 1 - - - - - 1 Patrice Beaumelle 1 - - - - - 1 Abdennour Kaoua - 1 - - - - 1 Fouad Bouali - 1 - - - - 1 Kamel Amrouche - 1 - - - - 1 Boualem Charef - - 1 - - - 1 Abdelwahab Zenir - - - 1 - - 1 Kamel Lemoui 1 - - - - - 1 Velimir Naumović 1* - - - - - 1 Abderrahman Ibrir 1* - - - - - 1 Bold = current manager
Managers
+List of MC Alger managers by games # Manager Period G W D L Win % Honours2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Hamid Zouba 1974 – 1977, 1987 – 1988 133 69 34 30 2 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 Algerian Cup 1 CAF Champions League2 Smaïl Khabatou 1969 – 1971, 1972 – 1974 120 58 32 30 1 Algerian Cup 1 Maghreb Cup Winners Cup 3 Abdelhamid Kermali 1983 – 1984, 1988 – 1989, 1998 – 1999 104 47 33 24 1 Ligue Professionnelle 14 Ali Benfadah 1965 – 1966, 1971 – 1972 74 45 21 8 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 Algerian Cup 1 Maghreb Cup Winners Cup 5 Mustapha El Kamal 1963 – 1965, 1966 – 1967 72 38 14 20 6 Abdennour Kaoua 1981 – 1983, 1988 72 29 22 21 1 Algerian Cup7 Bernard Casoni 2017 – 2018, 2019 70 31 18 21 8 Patrice Beaumelle 2023 – 2024 65 36 19 10 1 Ligue Professionnelle 19 Khaled Ben Yahia 2021 – 2022, 2024 – 2025 63 26 24 13 2 Algerian Super Cup 2 Ligue Professionnelle 110 Kamel Lemoui 1977 – 1978, 1985 – 1986 63 40 17 6 1 Ligue Professionnelle 111 Alain Michel 2008 – 2009, 2010 – 2011 60 26 20 14 12 François Bracci 2006, 2009 – 2010, 2011 – 2012 57 28 20 9 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 Algerian Cup 1 Algerian Super Cup
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