2023–24 MC Alger season

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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

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). 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 ».

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. The next day Hadj Redjem signing two seasons with international defender Djamel Benlamri coming from the Emirates. 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.

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. 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. On August 21, MC Alger signed a contract with Ivorian striker Youssouf Dao for two seasons coming from Sparta Prague. 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.

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. 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.

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

Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match !G !W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Win %
 * Ligue 1
 * Ligue 1


 * N/A
 * style="background:gold;"| Winners
 * 16 September 2023
 * 14 June 2024
 * Algerian Cup
 * Algerian Cup

! Total
 * Round of 64
 * style="background:silver;"|Runners-up
 * 2 February 2024
 * 5 July 2024

Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.

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

Appearances and goals


{| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2"|No. ! rowspan="2"|Pos ! rowspan="2"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Nat ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Ligue 1 ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Algerian Cup ! colspan="3"|Total !App!!St!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|G !App!!St!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|G !App!!St!!G !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|30||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|55 !colspan=2|5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|12 !colspan=2|35||67
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Goalkeepers
 * 1
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdelatif Ramdane
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 10||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 16||16||0
 * 2
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Seifeddine Belkhir
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||0
 * 16
 * GK
 * style="text-align:left"|Oussama Litim
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 19||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 19||19||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Defenders
 * 4
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Djamel Benlamri
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 23||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 27||23||0
 * 5
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Ayoub Abdellaoui
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 28||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 32||31||3
 * 14
 * LB
 * style="text-align:left"|Hamza Mouali
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 27||26||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 32||31||0
 * 17
 * RB
 * style="text-align:left"|Kamel Hamidi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 15||7||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 5||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 20||11||0
 * 19
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Ayoub Ghezala
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 21||12||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 26||17||1
 * 20
 * RB
 * style="text-align:left"|Réda Halaïmia
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 29||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 33||30||1
 * 27
 * CB
 * style="text-align:left"|Abdelkader Menezla
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 7||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 11||1||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Midfielders
 * 3
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Massinissa Benchelouche
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||0
 * 6
 * DM
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Benkhemassa
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 24||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 29||27||1
 * 8
 * AM
 * style="text-align:left"|Feth-Allah Tahar
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 23||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 27||22||0
 * 12
 * DM
 * style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Zougrana
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|🇨🇮
 * 28||26||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3
 * 6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 34||32||4
 * 13
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Dalil Hassen Khodja
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 17||7||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 18||8||0
 * 15
 * CM
 * style="text-align:left"|Ammar El Orfi
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 7||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 9||1||0
 * 21
 * AM
 * style="text-align:left"|Larbi Tabti
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 12||7||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 4||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 16||8||0
 * 22
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Khalid Dahmani
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 10||7||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 11||8||0
 * 25
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Badreddine Touki
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 12||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 13||4||0
 * 26
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Moundhir Bouzekri
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||1||0
 * 67
 * MF
 * style="text-align:left"|Oussama Benhaoua
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||1||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Forwards
 * 7
 * CF
 * style="text-align:left"|Sofiane Bayazid
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 28||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|8
 * 6||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 34||27||10
 * 9
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Romaric Ouattara
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|🇨🇮
 * 5||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 8||3||2
 * 10
 * LW
 * style="text-align:left"|Youcef Belaïli
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 21||21||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|14
 * 5||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 26||26||16
 * 11
 * CF
 * style="text-align:left"|Youssouf Dao
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|🇨🇮
 * 15||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 15||4||1
 * 18
 * CF
 * style="text-align:left"|Khayreddine Merzougui
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 28||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|9
 * 5||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 33||10||11
 * 24
 * CF
 * style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Naidji
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 28||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|11
 * 6||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 34||33||12
 * 41
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Mehdi Boucherit
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 11||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1
 * 4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2
 * 15||1||3
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Fares Belaili
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||0||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Players transferred out during the season
 * 21
 * AM / RW
 * style="text-align:left"|Mehdi Zerkane
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||0||0
 * 9
 * ST
 * style="text-align:left"|Ali Haroun
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||0
 * 23
 * LW
 * style="text-align:left"|Chouaib Debbih
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * FW
 * style="text-align:left"|Fares Belaili
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 2||0||0
 * -bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
 * colspan=19|Players transferred out during the season
 * 21
 * AM / RW
 * style="text-align:left"|Mehdi Zerkane
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 3||0||0
 * 9
 * ST
 * style="text-align:left"|Ali Haroun
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 1||0||0
 * 23
 * LW
 * style="text-align:left"|Chouaib Debbih
 * style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * 0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0
 * 0||0||0
 * - class="sortbottom"

Goalscorers


Includes all competitive matches.

Clean sheets


Includes all competitive matches.