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MC Alger (basketball)

Mouloudia Club d'Alger (Arabic: نادي مولودية الجزائر), 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.[1]

History

The team was originally part of the Mouloudia Club d'Alger (MC Alger) club, but became a part of Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers (Arabic: المجمع الرياضي البترولي; 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.[2][3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[7][8][9]

Roster (Men)

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Season-by-season record

Honours

National

Super Division

Algerian Cup

International

Arab Championship

Notes

  1. ^ On March 15, 2020, the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to stop the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[10]
  2. ^ The Algerian Basketball Federation (FABB) decided to cancel the Algerian Cup for this season and replace it with the Coupe Fédérale, in which only the 20 teams in the Super Division competed.[11]

References

  1. ^ "GS Pétroliers basketball". sebbar.kazeo.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Championnat national de basket-ball : 4e titre consécutif pour le GS Pétroliers". algeriepatriotique.com. 16 Jul 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Basketball - Coupe d'Algérie : 7e trophée de suite pour le GS Pétroliers". radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Le Groupe sportif des pétroliers d'Alger marque-t-il le pas ?". djazairess.com. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Sonatrach se débarrasse du MCA et crée le GSP". djazairess.com. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ "GSP, FAP qualify to the regular season of Basketball Africa League 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Fusion MCA-GSP : l'AGex du MCA largement en faveur de la fusion".
  8. ^ "Algérie: Le MC Alger récupère treize sections sportives du GSP".
  9. ^ "MCA : Le Mouloudia approuve la fusion avec le GSP".
  10. ^ "الجزائر تعلن إيقاف النشاط الرياضي بسبب كورونا". btolat.com. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Coupe fédérale : le WOB et l'USMA derniers qualifiés pour les quarts". Radio Algerie. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

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