RC Arbaâ

Raed Club Arbaâ (Arabic: أمل الأربعاء), known as RC Arbaâ or simply RCA for short, is an Algerian football club located in Larbaâ. The club was founded in 1941 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, the Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium, has a capacity of some 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

RC Arbaâ

Full name	Raed Club Arbaâ
Nickname(s)	RCA, Blues
Founded	February 27, 1941; 84 years ago (1941-02-27) as Raed Club Arbéen
Ground	Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium
Capacity	5,000
League	Ligue 2
2023–24	Ligue 2, Group Centre-west, 11th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

In 2012, RC Arba finished first in the Groupe Centre of the 2011–12 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur to win promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, marking their return to the second division after a twelve-year absence.^[1] The following season, they finished second in the 2012-13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 to win promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 for the first time.^[2]

On July 18, 2021, RC Arbaâ were promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.^[3]

Managers

• Samir Boudjaarane
• Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (2013–2014)
• Mohamed Mekhazni (2014–2014)
• Darko Janackovic (2014–2014)
• Mohamed Mihoubi (2014–2015)
• Billel Dziri (2015–2015)
• Darko Janackovic (2015–)