2023–24 MC Alger season

MC Alger
2023–24 season
Owner	Sonatrach
President	Mohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem
Head coach	Patrice Beaumelle
Stadium	Omar Benrabah Stadium; Stade du 5 Juillet
Ligue 1	1st
Algerian Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Youcef Belaïli; (14 goals); All: ; Youcef Belaïli; (16 goals)
Biggest win	MC Alger 4–0 ES Ben Aknoun
Biggest defeat	CS Constantine 2–1 MC Alger
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[3]

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).^[4] 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 ».^[5]

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.^[6] The next day Hadj Redjem signing two seasons with international defender Djamel Benlamri coming from the Emirates.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10] On August 21, MC Alger signed a contract with Ivorian striker Youssouf Dao for two seasons coming from Sparta Prague.^[11] 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.^[12]

Season run-in

The Greens and Reds are imposing an infernal pace on the other competitors and the gap is widening little by little. MC Alger solid leader of the Ligue 1 has so far collected 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 maths. With a boss-sized Belaïli and players in good shape like Naidji, Bayazid, and Zoungrana to name just a few, the Green and Red have been on cloud nine since the start of the current year.^[13] 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 glories Omar Betrouni and Ali Bencheikh, this is the second time they have united through a sponsorship contract after that of the 2018–2020 period.^[14]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 July 2024.^[15]^[16]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Transfer fees	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Abdelatif Ramdane	GK	(2001-05-19)19 May 2001 (aged 22)	JS Kabylie	2022	2025		16	0
2	Seifeddine Belkhir	GK	(2001-01-21)21 January 2001 (aged 22)	Youth system		2028	Academy Player	1	0
16	Oussama Litim	GK	(1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 33)	Al-Ain	2021	2026	Free transfer	45	0
Defenders
4	Djamel Benlamri	CB	(1989-12-25)25 December 1989 (aged 33)	Al-Wasl	2023	2025	Free transfer	27	0
5	Ayoub Abdellaoui (C.)	CB	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 30)	Ettifaq FC	2022	2026	Free transfer	59	4
14	Hamza Mouali	LB	(1998-01-16)16 January 1998 (aged 25)	Stade Lavallois	2023	2026		38	0
17	Kamel Hamidi	RB	(1996-05-01)May 1, 1996 (aged 27)	MC Oran	2021	2025		82	1
19	Ayoub Ghezala	CB	(1995-12-06)December 6, 1995 (aged 27)	USM Annaba	2021	2026		80	2
20	Réda Halaïmia	RB	(1996-08-28)August 28, 1996 (aged 27)	Beerschot	2022	2026	Free transfer	60	1
27	Abdelkader Menezla	CB	(2001-01-06)January 6, 2001 (aged 22)	USM Bel Abbès	2022	2026		19	0
Midfielders
3	Massinissa Benchelouche	MF	(2001-10-11)11 October 2001 (aged 21)	Youth system	2023	2025	Academy Player	0	0
6	Mohamed Benkhemassa	DM	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 30)	Ismaily SC	2023	2027	Free transfer	37	1
8	Feth-Allah Tahar	RW	(1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 29)	ASO Chlef	2021	2026		84	2
12	Mohamed Zougrana	DM	(2001-10-29)29 October 2001 (aged 21)	ASEC Mimosas	2023	2028	300,000 €	34	4
13	Dalil Hassen Khodja	MF	(1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 24)	ES Ben Aknoun	2023	2027		18	0
15	Ammar El Orfi	CM	(1998-11-03)3 November 1998 (aged 24)	NC Magra	2023	2025	Free transfer	9	0
21	Larbi Tabti	AM	(1993-04-23)23 April 1993 (aged 30)	Free agent	2024	2026	Free transfer	16	0
22	Khalid Dahmani	MF	(1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 23)	ASO Chlef	2022	2026		29	0
25	Badreddine Touki	DM	(1999-09-25)25 September 1999 (aged 23)	WA Boufarik	2021	2026		60	0
26	Moundhir Bouzekri	MF	(2001-12-16)16 December 2001 (aged 21)	Youth system	2022	2026	Academy Player	17	1
Forwards
7	Sofiane Bayazid	FW	(1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 26)	USM Khenchela	2023	2026	50,000,000 DA	34	10
9	Romaric Ouattara	FW	(2004-10-14)14 October 2004 (aged 19)	Stade d'Abidjan	2024	2028	Undisclosed	8	2
10	Youcef Belaïli	FW	(1992-03-14)14 March 1992 (aged 31)	Ajaccio	2023	2025	Free transfer	26	16
11	Youssouf Dao	FW	(1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 25)	Sparta Prague B	2023	2025		15	1
18	Khayreddine Merzougui	FW	(1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 31)	CR Belouizdad	2022	2024	Free transfer	48	15
24	Zakaria Naidji	FW	(1995-01-19)19 January 1995 (aged 28)	Stade Lavallois	2023	2026	200,000 €	34	12

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
16 July 2023	FW	Ibrahim Morsli	ASO Chlef	Loan return
19 July 2023	MF	Mohamed Zougrana	ASEC Mimosas	300,000 €	^[6]
20 July 2023	DF	Djamel Benlamri	Al-Wasl	Free transfer	^[7]
27 July 2023	FW	Sofiane Bayazid	USM Khenchela	Undisclosed	^[8]
9 August 2023	FW	Youcef Belaïli	Ajaccio	Free transfer	^[9]
14 August 2023	MF	Dalil Hassen Khodja	ES Ben Aknoun	Free transfer	^[17]
17 August 2023	MF	Mehdi Zerkane	Nîmes Olympique	Free transfer	^[18]
19 August 2023	MF	Ammar El Orfi	NC Magra	Free transfer	^[19]
21 August 2023	FW	Youssouf Dao	Sparta Prague B	Free transfer	^[11]
30 August 2023	FW	Zakaria Naidji	Stade Lavallois	Free transfer	^[12]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
20 January 2024	FW	Romaric Ouattara	Stade d'Abidjan	Undisclosed	^[20]
4 February 2024	MF	Larbi Tabti	Free agent	Free transfer	^[21]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
9 June 2023	GK	Farid Chaâl	Al-Najma	Free transfer	^[22]
17 June 2023	DF	Boualem Mesmoudi	Free agent	Free transfer	^[23]
18 June 2023	DF	Houari Ferhani	Free agent	Free transfer	^[24]
18 July 2023	DF	Aziz Benabdi	Free agent	Free transfer	^[25]
10 August 2023	FW	Abdelmalek Oukil	ES Sétif	Loan	^[26]
16 August 2023	FW	Ibrahim Morsli	Free agent	Free transfer	^[27]
21 August 2023	FW	Joseph Esso	Free agent	Free transfer	^[28]
27 August 2023	FW	Ramzi Haif	US Souf	Free transfer	^[29]
6 September 2023	FW	Razafindranaivo Koloina	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
11 January 2024	FW	Ali Haroun	Free agent	Free transfer (Released)	^[30]
31 January 2024	FW	Chouaib Debbih	Free agent	Free transfer (Released)	^[31]
5 February 2024	MF	Mehdi Zerkane	Free agent	Free transfer (Released)

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
5	DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui	2 years	2026	19 December 2023	^[32]
20	DF	Réda Halaïmia	2 years	2026	20 December 2023	^[33]
6	MF	Mohamed Benkhemassa	2 years	2027	20 December 2023	^[34]
12	MF	Mohamed Zoungrana	1 year	2028	20 December 2023	^[34]

Pre-season and friendlies

29 July 2023 Friendly	Stade Lavallois	1–1	MC Alger	Laval
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser

21 August 2023 Friendly	MC Alger	4–1^[a]	ES Nanterre
	Merzougui Benhaoua Dao	Report

23 August 2023 Friendly	MC Alger	5–1	Stade Lavallois U21
	Belaïli 6' (pen.), 48' Merzougui 21' Bayazid 76' Touki 79'	Report

10 September 2023 Friendly	MC Alger	2–0	NA Hussein Dey	Dar El Beïda
	Naidji 17' Belaïli 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	30	19	8	3	55	20	+35	063.33	—	Winners	16 September 2023	14 June 2024
Algerian Cup	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	083.33	Round of 64	Runners-up	2 February 2024	5 July 2024
Total	36	24	8	4	67	24	+43	066.67

Updated to match played 5 July 2024
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MC Alger (C)	30	19	8	3	55	20	+35	65	Qualification for CAF Champions League
2	CR Belouizdad	30	15	8	7	37	20	+17	53	Qualification for CAF Champions League
3	CS Constantine	30	15	8	7	46	30	+16	53	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	30	15	4	11	40	32	+8	49	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
5	ES Sétif	30	14	6	10	37	37	0	48

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	19	8	3	55	20	+35	65	13	2	0	40	9	+31	6	6	3	15	11	+4

Last updated: 14 June 2024.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W
Position	1	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.^[35]

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

16 September 2023 Round 1	MC Alger	4–0	ES Ben Aknoun	Dar El Beïda
16:00	Bayazid 11' Benkhemassa 24' Abdellaoui 56' Belaïli 71' Merzougui 90'	Report	Hadji 39' Meklouche 58'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

22 September 2023 Round 2	CS Constantine	2–1	MC Alger	Constantine
16:00	Messibah 7' Zaalani 30' Dib 82' (pen.) 82' Boussouf 88'	Report	Ghezala 13' Belaïli 17' 75' Benkhemassa 24' Tahar 56'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

30 September 2023 Round 3	MC Alger	2–0	MC El Bayadh	Dar El Beïda
15:45	Dao 13' Belaïli 38' 73'	Report	Kouar 45+1' Belalem 72' Belaribi 86' Bahoussi 89'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Ali Nader

6 October 2023 Round 4	MC Alger	5–3	ES Sétif	Dar El Beïda
15:45	Bayazid 10', 56' 19' Halaïmia 25' Belaïli 53' Merzougui 90+2'	Report	Zaitri 15' Diarra 24' Zeghad 29' Oukil 42' Bouchama 80'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

11 November 2023 Round 5	ASO Chlef	0–1	MC Alger	Chlef
17:00	Mohutsiwa 21' Addadi 66' Souibaâh 90+3' Alili 90+3'	Report	Belaïli 3' (pen.) Benkhemassa 51'	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

17 November 2023 Round 6	MC Alger	4–0	JS Saoura	Algiers
18:00	Naidji 19' Belaïli 53', 90' (pen.) Zoungrana 64' Merzougui 90+5' 90+5'	Report	Bouchiba 2' Baaziz 79'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

25 November 2023 Round 7	US Souf	3–4	MC Alger	El Oued
15:15	Siab 20' Djilani 20' Bassou 36' Benlamri 70' (o.g.) Lalaouna 72' Belamine 90'	Report	Belaïli 8', 33', 73' (pen.) Mouali 26' Naidji 31' 33' Benkhemassa 42' Litim 90+3'	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Rafik Aouina

1 December 2023 Round 8	MC Alger	4–0	NC Magra	Algiers
16:45	Bayazid 6', 37' Naidji 23' Benkhemassa 27' Merzougui 81'	Report	Ghanmi 74'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Houssam Benyahia

7 December 2023 Round 9	Paradou AC	0–1	MC Alger	Algiers
19:00	Boukerma 82' Bendouma 90+3'	Report	Mouali 23' Benkhemassa 45' Abdellaoui 54' Halaïmia 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

16 December 2023 Round 10	MC Alger	3–0	USM Khenchela	Algiers
18:00	Naidji 4', 49', 80' Belaïli 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

29 December 2023 Round 11	USM Alger	0–0	MC Alger	Algiers
18:00	Benzaza 32' Embarek 56' Benbot 88' Dehiri 90+1'	Report	Belaïli 9' Zougrana 21'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
Note: The match was originally to be played on 25 December 2023, but it was postponed due to the fatal traffic accident by MC El Bayadh.^[36]

6 January 2024 Round 12	MC Alger	1–1	JS Kabylie	Algiers
18:00	Dao 31' Naidji 38' Hassen Khodja 78' Benhaoua 87' El Orfi 88'	Report	Boukhanchouche 32' Matouti 89'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

14 January 2024 Round 13	CR Belouizdad	0–0	MC Alger	Algiers
19:00	Bouras 26' Benguit 35' Keddad 58' Jallow 88'	Report	Zougrana 46' Halaïmia 76'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Houssam Benyahia

19 January 2024 Round 14	MC Alger	1–0	US Biskra	Algiers
18:00	Merzougui 59' Boucherit 78' Halaïmia 79' Mouali 90+3'	Report	Khoualed 42'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Yahia Dahar

26 January 2024 Round 15	MC Oran	0–2	MC Alger	Oran
17:00	Nehari 61'	Report	Bayazid 63' Mouali 79' Belharrane 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

16 February 2024 Round 17	MC Alger	2–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
18:00	Belaïli 21' Naidji 42' Mouali 81' 90+4' Merzougui 88' Litim 90+2'	Report	Meddahi 35' Dib 44' Zaalani 90+4'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Billel Bendjahene

24 February 2024 Round 18	MC El Bayadh	0–0	MC Alger	El Bayadh
16:00	Messadi 55' Khemaissia 83' Bahoussi 87'	Report	Bayazid 33' Abdellaoui 64' Litim 90+3'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh

2 March 2024 Round 19	ES Sétif	1–0	MC Alger	Sétif
18:00	Benkhelifa 20' 45+5' Nouri 37' Lahmeri 80'	Report	Tabti 39' Benkhemassa 45+5' Belaïli 52' 84'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi

14 March 2024 Round 20	MC Alger	6–3	ASO Chlef	Algiers
22:00	Abdellaoui 38' Benlamri 40' Zougrana 48' 74' Naidji 50', 76' Bayazid 55' Merzougui 90'	Report	Hamra 13' Aliane 40' Bourdim 45+11' Achour 56' Agbagno 81'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

20 March 2024 Round 16	ES Ben Aknoun	2–3	MC Alger	Dar El Beïda
15:30	Benabdi 12' Daoud 37' Zemmamouche 39' Haddouche 59' Hachoud 76'	Report	Bayazid 39' (pen.) Dahmani 45+1' Bencherifa 48' (o.g.) Ghezala 70' Merzougui 79'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

25 March 2024 Round 21	JS Saoura	0–1	MC Alger	Béchar
15:30	Baaziz 47' Mebarki 47' Saâd 89'	Report	Belaïli 29' Benkhemassa 53' Abdellaoui 85' Naidji 89'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

5 April 2024 Round 22	MC Alger	3–0	US Souf	Algiers
22:00	Merzougui 45+3' Zougrana 67' Ouattara 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Abderahmane Sahraoui

19 April 2024 Round 23	NC Magra	0–0	MC Alger	Magra
16:00		Report		Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti

27 April 2024 Round 24	MC Alger	1–0	Paradou AC	Algiers
20:00	Naidji 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

11 May 2024 Round 25	USM Khenchela	1–1	MC Alger	Khenchela
17:00	Sameur 12' (pen.)	Report	Belaïli 22'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

17 May 2024 Round 26	MC Alger	1–0	USM Alger	Algiers
18:00	Zougrana 23'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

26 May 2024 Round 27	JS Kabylie	1–1	MC Alger	Tizi Ouzou
16:45	Berkane 7'	Report	Merzougui 84' (pen.)	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Fodil Oukil

7 June 2024 Round 28	MC Alger	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Baraki
16:45		Report		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium Referee: Rafik Aouina

11 June 2024 Round 29	US Biskra	1–0	MC Alger	Biskra
16:45	Zeghnoun 2'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Alaa Bouab

14 June 2024 Round 30	MC Alger	3–2	MC Oran	Baraki
18:00	Belaïli 4', 52' (pen.) Merzougui 48'	Report	Bengrina 11' Dahar 82'	Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium Referee: Tahar Boudjemaa

Algerian Cup

2 February 2024 Round of 64	NRB Teleghma	0–2	MC Alger	Mila
14:30		Report	Bayazid 45' Merzougui 87'	Stadium: Belkacem Belaid Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi
Note: MC Alger Lineups: Ramdane, Abdellaoui, Hamidi, Ghezala, Halaïmia, Zougrana 85' (El Orfi 85'), Hassen Khodja 85' (Menezla 85'), Dahmani 70' (Boucherit 70'), Belaïli, Naidji, Bayazid 70' (Merzougui 70').

9 March 2024 Round of 32	CR Zaouia	1–4	MC Alger	Blida
15:00	Chihane 21' (pen.)	Report	Naidji 32' Merzougui 57' (pen.) Boucherit 78', 88'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia
Note: MC Alger Lineups: Ramdane, Hamidi, Mouali, Benlamri, Ghezala 86' (Menezla, 86'), Benkhemassa, Zougrana 80' (Touki, 80'), Naidji, Tahar 79' (Tabti, 79'), Merzougui 70' (Romaric, 70'), Bayazid 70' (Boucherit, 70').

30 March 2024 Round of 16	USM Khenchela	1–2	MC Alger	Khenchela
15:30	Sameur 55' (pen.)	Report	Belaïli 11' (pen.) Bayazid 45'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh
Note: MC Alger Lineups: Ramdane, Halaïmia, Mouali, Benlamri, Ghezala, Benkhemassa, Zougrana, Tahar 65' (Menezla, 65'), Belaïli 90+2' (Merzougui 90+2'), Naidji 79' (Boucherit, 79'), Bayazid 79' (Hamidi, 79').

14 April 2024 Quarter-finals	WA Tlemcen	0–2	MC Alger	Algiers
20:30		Report	Belaïli 45' (pen.) Ouattara 79'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Ghada Mehat
Note: MC Alger Lineups: Ramdane, Abdellaoui, Ghezala, Hamidi, Mouali, Benkhemassa 87' (Benlamri, 87'), Zougrana 84' (El Orfi 84'), Tahar 71' (Bayazid 71'), Belaïli, Naidji 87' (Tabti, 87'), Merzougui 71' (Ouattara 71').

23 April 2024 Semi-finals	MC Alger	2–1 (a.e.t.)	CS Constantine	Oran
21:00	Zougrana 78' Abdellaoui 115'	Report	Madani 19'	Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham
Note: MC Alger Lineups: Ramdane, Abdellaoui, Hamidi 109' (Halaïmia 109'), Ghezala, Mouali, Benkhemassa 115' (Menezla 115'), Zougrana 99' (Tabti, 99'), Tahar 46' (Boucherit 46'), Belaïli, Naidji 109' (Merzougui 109'), Bayazid 46' (Ouattara 46').

5 July 2024 Final	MC Alger	0–1	CR Belouizdad	Algiers
17:00		Report	Keddad 42'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal
Note: MC Alger Lineups: Ramdane, Abdellaoui, Benlamri, Halaïmia, Mouali, Benkhemassa, Zougrana, Tabti, Belaïli, Naidji, Bayazid 67' (Boucherit 67').

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 5 July 2024^[update]

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Abdelatif Ramdane		10	10	0	6	6	0	16	16	0
2	GK	Seifeddine Belkhir		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
16	GK	Oussama Litim		19	19	0	0	0	0	19	19	0
Defenders
4	CB	Djamel Benlamri		23	20	0	4	3	0	27	23	0
5	CB	Ayoub Abdellaoui		28	27	2	4	4	1	32	31	3
14	LB	Hamza Mouali		27	26	0	5	5	0	32	31	0
17	RB	Kamel Hamidi		15	7	0	5	4	0	20	11	0
19	CB	Ayoub Ghezala		21	12	1	5	5	0	26	17	1
20	RB	Réda Halaïmia		29	27	1	4	3	0	33	30	1
27	CB	Abdelkader Menezla		7	1	0	4	0	0	11	1	0
Midfielders
3	MF	Massinissa Benchelouche		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DM	Mohamed Benkhemassa		24	22	1	5	5	0	29	27	1
8	AM	Feth-Allah Tahar		23	18	0	4	4	0	27	22	0
12	DM	Mohamed Zougrana		28	26	3	6	6	1	34	32	4
13	MF	Dalil Hassen Khodja		17	7	0	1	1	0	18	8	0
15	CM	Ammar El Orfi		7	1	0	2	0	0	9	1	0
21	AM	Larbi Tabti		12	7	0	4	1	0	16	8	0
22	MF	Khalid Dahmani		10	7	0	1	1	0	11	8	0
25	MF	Badreddine Touki		12	4	0	1	0	0	13	4	0
26	MF	Moundhir Bouzekri		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
67	MF	Oussama Benhaoua		2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Forwards
7	CF	Sofiane Bayazid		28	22	8	6	5	2	34	27	10
9	FW	Romaric Ouattara		5	3	1	3	0	1	8	3	2
10	LW	Youcef Belaïli		21	21	14	5	5	2	26	26	16
11	CF	Youssouf Dao		15	4	1	0	0	0	15	4	1
18	CF	Khayreddine Merzougui		28	8	9	5	2	2	33	10	11
24	CF	Zakaria Naidji		28	27	11	6	6	1	34	33	12
41	FW	Mehdi Boucherit		11	1	1	4	0	2	15	1	3
	FW	Fares Belaili		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
21	AM / RW	Mehdi Zerkane		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	ST	Ali Haroun		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	LW	Chouaib Debbih		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				30		55	5		12	35		67

Last updated: 5 July 2024
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 5 July 2024^[update]

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
10	Youcef Belaïli	FW	14	2	16
24	Zakaria Naidji	FW	11	1	12
18	Khayreddine Merzougui	FW	9	2	11
7	Sofiane Bayazid	FW	8	2	10
12	Mohamed Zougrana	MF	3	1	4
41	Mehdi Boucherit	FW	1	2	3
5	Ayoub Abdellaoui	DF	2	1	3
9	Romaric Ouattara	FW	1	1	2
6	Mohammed Benkhemassa	MF	1	0	1
11	Youssouf Dao	FW	1	0	1
20	Réda Halaïmia	DF	1	0	1
19	Ayoub Ghezala	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals			2	0	2
Totals			55	12	67

Assists

As of 5 July 2024^[update]

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
10	Youcef Belaïli	FW	12	2	14
24	Zakaria Naidji	FW	5	1	6
11	Youssouf Dao	FW	4	0	4
8	Fethallah Tahar	MF	3	0	3
20	Réda Halaïmia	DF	2	0	2
17	Kamel Hamidi	DF	2	0	2
12	Mohamed Zougrana	MF	1	1	2
6	Mohamed Benkhemassa	MF	1	0	1
67	Oussama Benhaoua	MF	1	0	1
7	Sofiane Bayazid	FW	1	0	1
14	Hamza Mouali	DF	1	0	1
9	Romaric Ouattara	FW	0	1	1
41	Mehdi Boucherit	FW	0	1	1
Totals			31	6	37

Penalties

Date	Name	Opponent	Scored?
11 November 2023	Youcef Belaïli	ASO Chlef	Y
17 November 2023		JS Saoura	Y
25 November 2023		US Souf	Y
9 March 2024	Khayreddine Merzougui	CR Zaouia	Y
30 March 2024	Youcef Belaïli	USM Khenchela	Y
14 April 2024	Youcef Belaïli	WA Tlemcen	Y
26 May 2024	Khayreddine Merzougui	JS Kabylie	Y
14 June 2024	Youcef Belaïli	MC Oran	Y

Clean sheets

As of 5 July 2024^[update]

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	L 1	AC	Total
1		Abdelatif Ramdane	16	8	8	2	10
2		Seifeddine Belkhir	1	1	0	0	0
16		Oussama Litim	19	16	11	0	11
		TOTALS		25	19	2	21

Notes

^ The match was played in three halves of 30 minutes each.

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[MC_Alger_vs_ES_Nanterre-35] The match was played in three halves of 30 minutes each.

[1] "MC Alger : Le club renouvelle son contrat avec Puma". DZfoot. August 8, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[2] "MC Alger : Khazrouni intègre la direction du Mouloudia". DZfoot. October 5, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[mca-une-source-autorisee-l-a-confirme-a-el-moudjahid-reception-du-centre-d-entrainement-de-zeralda-en-decembre-3] "MCA, Une source autorisée l'a confirmé à El Moudjahid : Réception du centre d'entraînement de Zéralda en décembre". El Moudjahid. November 1, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[4] "MC Alger : L'équipe continue sa préparation à Alger". DZfoot. September 4, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[5] "Beaumelle (MC Alger) : « On se prépare en silence »". DZfoot. September 8, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[mca-un-international-ivoirien-debarque-6] "MCA : un international ivoirien débarque". Mediafootdz. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

[mercato-djamel-benlamri-signe-au-mca-7] "Mercato : Djamel Benlamri signe au MCA". dzfoot.com. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

[mercato-bayazid-rejoint-le-mc-alger-8] "Mercato: Bayazid rejoint le MC Alger". Le Score. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

[mca-signature-de-belaili-officiel-9] "MCA : Signature de Belaili, officiel !". dzfoot.com. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

[10] "Le MCA s'offre le «roi» Belaïli". Competition. August 9, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[mca-livoirien-youssouf-daou-a-signe-11] "Football: MCA: l'Ivoirien, Youssouf Daou a signé". rivalite.dz. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[mca-lattaquant-zakaria-naidji-a-signe-12] "MCA : L'attaquant Zakaria Naidji a signé". dzfoot.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

[13] "Ligue 1 : Qui pourra arrêter le Mouloudia d'Alger ?". DZfoot. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[14] "MC Alger : Ooredoo nouveau sponsor". Le Score. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[15] "FICHE DU CLUB: MC ALGER".

[16] "Joueurs du MC Alger".

[17] "MC Alger : Hassen-Khodja 7e recrue". mediafootdz.dz. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[18] "MCA : Le club officialise l'arrivée de Zerkane". dzfoot.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[19] "Mercato: El Orfi signe au MC Alger". lescore.dz. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

[20] "MC Alger : Romaric Ouattara signe jusqu'en 2028". mediafootdz.dz. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

[21] "MCA : Tabti s'engage pour 2 ans". competition.dz. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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[24] "MC Alger : Houari Ferhani quitte le Mouloudia". africafootunited.com. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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