The Algerian Cup also known the Republic Cup, is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993.
Association Sportive Madinet d'Oran, known as ASM Oran or ASMO for short, is an Algerian football club based in Oran and founded in 1933. The club colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Habib Bouakeul Stadium, has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The club plays in the Algerian Ligue 2. The club was famous for its youth program, which has produced many Algerian talents over the years. Because of this, the club is nicknamed El-Madrassa.
Mouloudia Club Oranais, known as Mouloudia d'Oran, commonly referred to as MC Oran for short, is a football club based in Oran, Algeria. Founded on 1 January 1917 and formed again on 14 May 1946, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouahrania from 1971 to 1977, Mouloudia Pétroliers d'Oran from 1977 to 1987 and Mouloudia d'Oran from 1987 to 1989. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Ahmed Zabana Stadium, has a capacity of 40,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Lakhdar Belloumi is an Algerian former football player and manager. A former attacking midfielder, he is widely considered as the best Algerian player of all time and one of the best players in Africa. He is said to have invented the "Blind Pass". He was named the fourth-best African player of the century by IFFHS. He holds the record as the most capped Algerian player with 100 national caps and is also the third best goalscorer of the Algerian national team in all time with 28 goals.
The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the Algerian football league system. Administered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, it is contested by 16 clubs, with the two lowest-placed teams at the end of each season being relegated to the Ligue 2 and replaced by the top two teams in that division. In 2009 it was known as Championnat d'Algérie D1 Nedjma and from 2010 to 2014, it was known as Ligue Professionnelle 1 Nedjma as it is sponsored by Kuwaiti telecommunications company Nedjma. From 2014, the league is officially known as Ligue Professionnelle 1 Mobilis as it is sponsored by Algerian telecommunications company Mobilis.
Miloud Hadefi Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Belgaïd, in the Bir El Djir suburb of Oran, Algeria. Completed in 2019, it is used mostly for football matches. It has a capacity of 40,143 people. The value of construction work of the stadium was about 142,3 million US$, it is an olympic stadium with the athletics track and it is a part of the Miloud Hadefi Olympic Complex which is the first big complex in Algeria exceeding the Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex in Algiers and it is also the first stadium entirely covered in Algeria. The stadium expected to be special for the Algeria national football team with Stade du 5 Juillet and Nelson Mandela Stadium, and also clubs of Oran especially MC Oran.
Medhi Amine El Mouttaqi Benatia is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, who is currently the sporting director of Ligue 1 club Marseille. Benatia is well known for his tenures throughout France, Italy, and Germany, he represented Morocco at the international level, making 66 international appearances, and most notably captained them to their first World Cup in twenty years.
Karim Maroc is a former Algerian international football player. He spent the majority of his club career in France with various clubs including Olympique Lyon and Stade Brestois. He finished his career in Oran, Algeria playing with MC Oran.
Football in Algeria (soccer) is the country's most popular sport. The country's top domestic league is organised into two national divisions, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, overseen by the Algerian Football Federation.
Si-Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani is a former Algerian footballer.
Si-Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for CA Bordj Bou Arréridj in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
Moussa Abdelmadjid Tahraoui Douma is an Algerian professional footballer. He is currently unattached after last playing for Asswehly S.C. in the Libyan Premier League.
Moulay Haddou is a retired Algerian international footballer. He last played for MC Oran in the Algerian Championnat National.
Omar Belatoui is an Algerian football manager, former international player. He was capped 31 times for Algeria.
Benatia is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
In the 2014–15 season, MC Oran competed in the Ligue 1 for the 49th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.
Events from 2020 in Algeria.
Hadj Habib Derbouz Draoua, commonly known as Habib Draoua and also called Hadj Draoua was a professional Algerian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was also a manager.
The CR Belouizdad–MC Oran rivalry, are the matches between CR Belouizdad (CRB) and MC Oran (MCO) and gives rise to an important confrontation. The first represents Algiers, the capital of the country, the second Oran, the second largest city in the country. They are both among the most successful clubs in the country.
