# 2020–21 MC Alger season

In the 2020–21 season, MC Alger is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 52nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 November 2020. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Farid Chaâl | (1994-07-03)3 July 1994 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| 2 | GK | Abdelkader Salhi | (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 27) | Unattached |
| 16 | GK | Ahmed Boutagga | (1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 23) | USM Blida |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | CB | Nabil Saâdou | (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 30) | JS Kabylie |
| 6 | RB | Miloud Rebiai | (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 27) | ES Sétif |
| 12 | | Mohamed Merouani | (1997-08-29)29 August 1997 (aged 23) | ASO Chlef |
| 13 | LB | Belkacem Brahimi | (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 26) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 15 | LB | Nabil Lamara | (1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 27) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 17 | CB | Mouad Hadded | (1997-02-22)22 February 1997 (aged 23) | JSM Skikda |
| 20 | RB | Walid Alati | (1991-08-01)1 August 1991 (aged 29) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 27 | RB | Abderahmane Hachoud | (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 32) | ES Setif |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | DM | Chamseddine Harrag | (1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 28) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 8 | AM | Abderrahmane Bourdim | (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 26) | JS Saoura |
| 10 | RW | Abdelmoumene Djabou | (1987-01-31)31 January 1987 (aged 33) | ES Sétif |
| 18 | CM | Toufik Addadi | (1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 30) | JS Kabylie |
| 22 | DM | Isla Daoudi Diomande | (1998-04-28)28 April 1998 (aged 22) | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj |
| 24 | AM | Abdellah El Moudene | (1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 26) | Paradou AC |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | ST | Abdelhak Abdelhafid | (1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 29) | MC Oran |
| 14 | LW | Mehdi Benaldjia | (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 29) | JS Kabylie |
| 19 | | Sofiane Abdellaoui | (1999-03-20)20 March 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 21 | RW | Abdenour Belkheir | (1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 31) | CS Constantine |
| 23 | ST | Samy Frioui | (1991-09-07)7 September 1991 (aged 29) | Larissa |
| 25 | LW | Billel Bensaha | (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 26) | ES Tunis |
| 26 | LW | Badreddine Dahlal | (1999-09-01)1 September 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | — | To be confirmed | 8 December 2020 | In Progress |
| League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 8 May 2021 | 8 May 2021 |
| Champions League | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 033.33 | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | 28 November 2020 | 22 May 2021 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Updated to match played 7 March 2020 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 6 | MC Oran | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 60 | |
| 7 | MC Alger | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 57 | |
| 8 | CS Constantine | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 57 | |
| 9 | NC Magra | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 52 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. Source: Competitive matches

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

### Matches

On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.

## Champions League
### Preliminary round
### Group stage
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | MCA | ZAM | TEU |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Teungueth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

### knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Farid Chaâl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | ALG | Abdelkader Salhi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Ahmed Boutagga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Nabil Saâdou | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ALG | Miloud Rebiai | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | ALG | Belkacem Brahimi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Nabil Lamara | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Mouad Hadded | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Walid Alati | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Abderahmane Hachoud | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Chamseddine Harrag | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Abderrahmane Bourdim | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Merouani | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Benaldjia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Toufik Addadi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CIV | Isla Daoudi Diomande | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Abdelhak Abdelhafid | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Sofiane Abdellaoui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ALG | Abdenour Belkheir | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | ALG | Samy Frioui | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 25 | FW | ALG | Billel Bensaha | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | ALG | Badreddine Dahlal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | FW | ALG | Aymen Rahmani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 24 | MF | ALG | Abdellah El Moudene | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Abdelmoumene Djabou | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Last updated: 1 June 2020 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | LC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 23 | | Samy Frioui | FW | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | | Abdelhak Abdelhafid | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | | Nabil Lamara | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | Abderrahmane Bourdim | MF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | | Billel Bensaha | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | Miloud Rebiai | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | Abdelmoumene Djabou | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | | Belkacem Brahimi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 0 | 8 | 21 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Mouad Hadded | JSM Skikda | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2020 | MF | Isla Daoudi Diomande | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | Free transfer |
| 8 September 2020 | GK | Abdelkader Salhi | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 16 September 2020 | FW | Abdelhak Abdelhafid | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 24 September 2020 | DF | Nabil Saâdou | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 29 September 2020 | MF | Toufik Addadi | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 22 October 2020 | LW | Billel Bensaha | Espérance de Tunis | Loan for one year |
| 30 March 2021 | FW | Joseph Esso | Dreams FC | 180,000 € |
| 11 April 2021 | FW | Féthi Tahar | ASO Chlef | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 September 2020 | FW | Hichem Nekkache | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2020 | GK | Abdelatif Ramdane | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 6 September 2020 | FW | Walid Derrardja | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 7 October 2020 | DF | Zidane Mebarakou | CS Constantine | Free transfer |
| 26 October 2020 | DF | Abdelhak Saïla | USM Bel Abbès | Loan for one year |
| 26 October 2020 | MF | Mehdi Ouertani | USM Bel Abbès | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | Abdellah El Moudene | Mouloudia Oujda | Free transfer (Released) |
| 15 February 2021 | MF | Abdelmoumene Djabou | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
* ↑ Djabou joined ES Sétif on 8 April 2021.

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | Source |
| 27 | RB | Abderahmane Hachoud | 2 years | 2022 | 8 September 2020 | |
| 8 | AM | Abderrahmane Bourdim | 2 years | 2022 | 13 September 2020 | |