# NC Magra

Nedjm Chabab Magra (Arabic: نجم شباب مقرة), known as NC Magra or NCM for short, is an Algerian football club based in the city of Magra in the M'Sila Province. The club was founded in 1998 and its colours are Blue and white. Their home stadium, Boucheligue Brothers Stadium, has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

## History

In 2004, NC Magra reached the semi-finals of the 2003–04 Algerian Cup. However, in the semi-finals, they lost 3–0 to JS Kabylie.
On 5 May 2018, NC Magra were promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 after winning 2017–18 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur "Group Centre".
In 2020–21 season NC Magra signed a number of young players, and the goal was to ensure that they remained in the Ligue 1, and with the establishment of the League Cup competition, the club had ambitions and despite its involvement with large clubs, it was able to overcome it in the form of CS Constantine, CR Belouizdad and USM Alger. To reach the final of the first tournament in its history where he faced JS Kabylie and was defeated by penalty kicks.
On August 14, 2024, Azzedine Bennacer was re-elected as president of NC Magra for a new term. In a statement to the media, Bennacer once again called for the arrival of a national company, like other professional clubs, to take over the destiny of SSPA NC Magra. Bennacer added "We have been informed that the club is going to be bought by the Groupe Cosider. We are still waiting for the arrival of the company in question. I can assure that within forty-eight hours the transfer of ownership will be completed. We are up to date with our balance sheets and accounting." Regarding the stadium works and the disputes at the CRL level, the president expects help from local authorities.

## Players

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

### Current squad

As of 5 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Mohamed Tayeb Cherif |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Moncef Merouani |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Chemseddine Lakehal |
| 5 | DF | ALG | M'Hamed Merouani |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Kemoukh |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Yanis Boughanem |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Karm Benkouider |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Hamza Demane |
| 12 | MF | ALG | Alouane Benharat |
| 13 | GK | ALG | Abdelkader Salhi |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Fouad Hadded |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Mounib Benmerzoug |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Salaheddine Chemouri |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Aymen Attou |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Ibrahim Bekakchi |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Chakib Berkani |
| 20 | FW | ALG | Bouzid Dadache |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Amir Laidouni |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Achref Aïb |
| 23 | FW | ALG | Nasreddine Bouldjedri |
| 24 | MF | ALG | Mohammed Bourahla (captain) |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Sabri Cheraitia |
| 26 | FW | ALG | Laid Saidi |
| 27 | FW | ALG | Imad Moussaoui |

### Reserve Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | ALG | Ismail Ghanemi |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Mostafa Berkane |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | ALG | Anis Cheniti |

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Lyamine Bougherara |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Tahar Mardef |
| Fitness coach | Farid Zeghdoudi |

## Statistics
### Recent seasons

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup | Other | Africa | Africa | Top goalscorer(s) | Top goalscorer(s) |
| Season | Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Cup | Other | Africa | Africa | Name | Goals |
| 2015–16 | DNA | 4th | 46 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 27 | PRR | | | | | |
| 2016–17 | DNA | 4th | 51 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 30 | R64 | | | | | |
| 2017–18 | DNA | 1st | 63 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 31 | R32 | | | | | |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 2nd | 53 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 25 | R16 | | | | Ayache Ziouache | 8 |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 16th | 19 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 30 | R64 | | | | Akram Demane | 3 |
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 9th | 52 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 44 | NP | RU | | | Akram Demane | 9 |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 13th | 45 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 36 | NP | | | | Akram Demane Ramdane Hitala | 5 |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 13th | 40 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 36 | SF | | | | Faik Amrane | 6 |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 12th | 38 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 32 | R64 | | | | Hamza Demane | 10 |
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | | | | | | | | | R64 | | | | | |