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Mouloudia Club d'Alger is a professional football club based in Algiers, Algeria, which plays in Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of MC Alger from 1962, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of the start of the 2023–24 season, MC Alger have had 61 full-time managers.
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Information correct as of 14 December 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.
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| Name | From | To | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saïd Hadad | September 1962 | December 1963 | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 68.42 |
| Mustapha El Kamal | December 1963 | July 1965 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 45.83 |
| Ali Benfadah | August 1965 | July 1966 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 69.7 |
 Lucien Leduc [note 1] | September 1966 | September 1966 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mustapha El Kamal | October 1966 | May 1967 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 66.67 |
| Omar Hahad | September 1967 | June 1969 | 51 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 52.94 |
| Smaïl Khabatou | August 1969 | May 1971 | 48 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 47.92 |
| Ali Benfadah | May 1971 | June 1972 | 41 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 53.66 |
| Smaïl Khabatou | August 1972 | June 1974 | 72 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 48.61 |
| Hamid Zouba | August 1974 | June 1977 | 113 | 62 | 27 | 24 | 54.87 |
| Kamel Lemoui | August 1977 | May 1978 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 57.14 |
 Velimir Naumović Abderrahman Ibrir | August 1978 | June 1979 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 54.55 |
| Velimir Naumović | July 1979 | 10 November 1979 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Amar Boudissa | 10 November 1979 | June 1980 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 36.67 |
| Velimir Naumović Abdelhamid Bacha | August 1980 | November 1980 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
| Abdelhamid Bacha | November 1980 | June 1981 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 40.91 |
| Mohamed Salem | August 1981 | 5 December 1981 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21.43 |
| Abdennour Kaoua | 6 December 1981 | June 1983 | 55 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 41.82 |
| Abdelhamid Kermali | August 1983 | June 1984 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 40.54 |
| Ahmed Arab Abdellatif Bourayou | July 1984 | 28 September 1984 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.33 |
| Abdellatif Bourayou | 28 September 1984 | June 1985 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 27.78 |
| Kamel Lemoui Abdellatif Bourayou Abdelhamid Bacha | August 1985 | June 1986 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 68.57 |
| Abdellatif Bourayou | July 1986 | June 1987 | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 35 |
| Hamid Zouba | July 1987 | 6 February 1988 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 35 |
| Abdennour Kaoua Abdelwahab Zenir | 15 February 1988 | July 1988 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 35.29 |
| Abdelhamid Kermali [note 2] | August 1988 | 14 December 1989 | 43 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 37.21 |
| Abdelhamid Kermali | November 1998 | July 1999 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 66.67 |
| Alain Michel | 21 September 2008 | 22 November 2009 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 50 |
| François Bracci | 29 November 2009 [1] | June 2010 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 53.85 |
| Alain Michel | June 2010 | 10 March 2011 [2] | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| Noureddine Zekri | 11 March 2011 [3] [4] | 19 July 2011 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| Abdelhak Menguellati* | June 2011 | August 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Abdelhak Benchikha | 4 September 2011 [5] | 5 October 2011 [6] | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.33 |
| François Bracci | 23 October 2011 [7] | 9 February 2012 [8] | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 41.67 |
| Kamel Bouhellal | 10 February 2012 [9] | 3 May 2012 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
| Abdelkrim Bira | 4 May 2012 [10] | 30 June 2012 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| Patrick Liewig | 20 June 2012 [11] | 18 August 2012 [12] [13] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Paul Rabier | 21 August 2012 [14] | 22 September 2012 [15] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 |
| Djamel Menad | 24 September 2012 [15] | 9 May 2013 [16] | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 50 |
| Farid Zemiti * | 10 May 2013 | 22 May 2013 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
 Alain Geiger | 5 June 2013 [17] | 10 November 2013 [18] | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 45.45 |
| Fouad Bouali | 18 November 2013 [19] | 25 May 2014 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 48 |
| Boualem Charef | 27 May 2014 [20] | 10 November 2014 [21] | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22.22 |
 Artur Jorge | 3 January 2015 [22] | 8 October 2015 [23] | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 45.83 |
| Meziane Ighil | 13 October 2015 [24] | 6 February 2016 [25] | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 42.86 |
| Lotfi Amrouche* | 6 February 2016 | 27 May 2016 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 33.33 |
| Djamel Menad | 28 May 2016 [26] | 1 November 2016 [27] | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 44.44 |
| Kamel Mouassa | 2 November 2016 [28] | 9 July 2017 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 28.21 |
| Bernard Casoni | 10 August 2017 [29] | 30 August 2018 [30] | 50 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 44 |
| Rafik Saifi * | 15 September 2018 | 23 October 2018 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.86 |
| Adel Amrouche | 24 October 2018 [31] | 11 March 2019 [32] | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 41.18 |
| Bernard Casoni | 4 May 2019 [33] | 7 December 2019 [34] | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 45 |
| Mohamed Mekhazni * | 7 December 2019 | 10 February 2020 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37.5 |
| Nabil Neghiz | 11 February 2020 [35] | 4 February 2021 [36] | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 50 |
| Abdelkader Amrani | 7 February 2021 [37] | 12 April 2021 [38] | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| Nabil Neghiz | 23 April 2021 [39] | 12 August 2021 [40] | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37.5 |
 Khaled Ben Yahia | 1 September 2021 [41] | 8 June 2022 [42] | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 38.24 |
 Faruk Hadžibegić | 16 July 2022 [43] | 10 September 2022 [44] | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Faouzi Benzarti | 25 September 2022 [45] | 15 February 2023 [46] | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 42.86 |
| Patrice Beaumelle | 3 March 2023 [47] | 16 December 2024 [48] | 65 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 55.38 |
| # | Name | L1 | AC | SC | LC | CAF | UMF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamid Zouba | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| 2 | François Bracci | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Ali Benfadah | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Enrico Fabbro | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Smaïl Khabatou | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Abdelhamid Kermali | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Patrice Beaumelle | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Abdennour Kaoua | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Fouad Bouali | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Kamel Amrouche | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Boualem Charef | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Abdelwahab Zenir | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Kamel Lemoui | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Velimir Naumović | 1* | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Abderrahman Ibrir | 1* | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Bold = current manager
| # | Manager | Period | G | W | D | L | Win % | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamid Zouba | 1974 – 1977, 1987 – 1988 | 133 | 69 | 34 | 30 | 54.87 | 2 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 Algerian Cup 1 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Smaïl Khabatou | 1969 – 1971, 1972 – 1974 | 120 | 58 | 32 | 30 | 48.33 | 1 Algerian Cup 1 Maghreb Cup Winners Cup |
| 3 | Abdelhamid Kermali | 1983 – 1984, 1988 – 1989, 1998 – 1999 | 104 | 47 | 33 | 24 | 45.19 | 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 4 | Ali Benfadah | 1965 – 1966, 1971 – 1972 | 74 | 45 | 21 | 8 | 60.81 | 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 Algerian Cup 1 Maghreb Cup Winners Cup |
| 5 | Mustapha El Kamal | 1963 – 1965, 1966 – 1967 | 72 | 38 | 14 | 20 | 52.78 | |
| 6 | Abdennour Kaoua | 1981 – 1983, 1988 | 72 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 40.28 | 1 Algerian Cup |
| 7 | Bernard Casoni | 2017 – 2018, 2019 | 70 | 31 | 18 | 21 | 44.29 | |
| 8 | Patrice Beaumelle | 2023 – 2024 | 65 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 55.38 | 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 9 | Kamel Lemoui | 1977 – 1978, 1985 – 1986 | 63 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 63.49 | 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 10 | Alain Michel | 2008 – 2009, 2010 – 2011 | 60 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 43.33 | |
| 11 | François Bracci | 2006, 2009 – 2010, 2011 – 2012 | 57 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 49.12 | 1 Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 Algerian Cup 1 Algerian Super Cup |
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