MC Alger (handball)

Mouloudia Club d'Alger (Arabic: نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian handball team that was founded on 1964, it is also considered as the most titled handball club in Africa(90 titles), as a division of MC Alger. They play their home games in Hacène Harcha Arena, which has a capacity of 8,000 people.

MC Alger
Full name	Mouloudia Club d'Alger
Short name	MCA
Founded	1964; 61 years ago (1964), as Mouloudia Club d'Alger 2008; 17 years ago (2008), as GS Pétroliers
Arena	Hacène Harcha Arena
Capacity	8,000
President	Djaffar Bel Hocine
Head coach	Reda Zeguili
League	Algerian Handball Championship
Club colours
Home Away

History

Logo of GS Pétroliers

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.^[1][2][3]

Honours

National titles

• Algerian Handball Championship
  • Winners (28; record): 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Algerian Handball Cup
  • Winners (30; record): 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022
• Algerian Handball Supercup
  • Winners (2; record): 2016, 2018

International titles (handball)

• African Handball Champions League
  • Winners (11): 1983, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
  • Runner-ups (2): 1985, 2010
• African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners (9; record): 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • Runner-up (3): 1989, 1990, 1996
• African Handball Super Cup
  • Winners (9; record): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Runner-up (1): 2010
• Arab Club Handball Championship
  • Winners (2): 1989, 1991
  • Runner-up (1): 1993
• IHF Super Globe

Seventh Place : 1997

Third place : 2007

• Double

Winners (21): 1981–82, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17

• Triple Crown

Winners (9): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09