GC Mascara

Ghali Mascara
غالي معسكر
Full name	Ghali Club de Mascara; نادي غالي معسكر
Nickname(s)	El-Ghali
Founded	1925; as Galia Club de Mascara
Ground	Stade de l'Unité Africaine, Mascara
Capacity	22,000[1]
President	Benali Meriyah
Head Coach	Madjdi Kourdi
League	Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
2017–18	Ligue Professionnelle 2, 14th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

Ghali Club de Mascara (Arabic: نادي غالي معسكر‎) or simply Ghali Mascara is an Algerian football club located in Mascara, Algeria. founded in 1925. The club colours are green and white. Their venue, Stade de l'Unité Africaine, has a capacity of 22,000. The club is currently playing in the Championnat National Amateur.

History

The club was founded in 1925 in Mascara under the name of Galia Club Mascara. It's one of the first Muslim teams in the French Algeria and was one of the important clubs before and after independence of the country. The team was named Ghali Chabab Raï Mascara (GCR Mascara) between 1977 and 1987.

Honours

Oran League

Champion (1) : 1951

Algerian Ligue 1

Champion (1) : 1984

Performance in CAF competitions

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance

1985 – Quarter-final

Current squad

As of August 24, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Walid Haroun
-	GK	Mohamed Réda Younes
-	MF	Omar Kherbache
-	DF	Billal Tayebi
-	MF	Hichem Baghdouce
-	FW	Aimen Abdelaziz Lahmeri
-	DF	Oussama Ould Sadat
-	FW	Ali Hamamouch
-	DF	Mohammed Amine Hamiani
-	DF	Nasreddine Benlebna
-	MF	Cherif Siam

No.	Position	Player
-	FW	Mohammed Lamine Kassem
-	DF	Fatah Achour
-	FW	Abdenacer Bensaci
-	MF	Walid Zoubir Talbi
-	FW	Hamid Djaouchi
-	MF	Ammar Loukkab
-	FW	Ayoub Boukert
-	MF	Dahou El Hendi
-	FW	Noureddine Azzouz
-	DF	Noureddine Daikh
-	DF	Nasser Maddour

Notable players

Lakhdar Belloumi
with GC Mascara in 1984

Lakhdar Belloumi who is ranked amongst the top Algerian players of all time spent majority of his career with the club.

Below are the notable former players who have represented GC Mascara in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1925. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with GC Mascara or following his departure.

For a complete list of GC Mascara players, see Category:GC Mascara players.

Algeria

Yacine Amaouche
Mokhtar Baghdous
Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci
Lakhdar Belloumi
Benbella Benmiloud
Abdelkader Benzaoui
Abdelaziz Bott
Larbi Chaâbane
Mokhtar Chibani

Algeria

Mokhtar El-Gotni
Mohamed Henkouche
Mokhtar Kechamli
El-Hadi Khelili
Mahi Khennane
Aoued Meflah
Mohamed Tayeb
Abdelkader "Ghomis" Saâdoun

References

↑ http://www.lebuteur.com/article/detail?id=48968&titre=mca-le-mouloudia-veut-10-000-places-a-mascara

Sources

Team profile – competition.dz
File of GC Mascara – sports.info
GC Mascara fan website

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Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Champions
14 titles	JS Kabylie (1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08)
8 titles	ES Setif (1967–68, 1986–87, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17)
7 titles	USM Alger (1962–63, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2015–16) MC Alger (1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1998–99, 2009–10)
6 titles	CR Belouizdad (1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1999–00, 2000–01)
4 titles	MC Oran (1970–71, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93)
2 titles	CS Constantine (1996–97, 2017–18)
1 title	Hamra Annaba (1963–64) NA Hussein Dey (1966–67) RC Kouba (1980–81) GC Mascara (1983–84) MO Constantine (1990–91) US Chaouia (1994–95) USM El Harrach (1997–98) ASO Chlef (2010–11)

Ligue 2
2016-17	A Bou Saâda AS Khroub ASM Oran ASO Chlef CA Bordj Bou Arreridj CRB Aïn Fakroun GC Mascara JSM Béjaïa JSM Skikda MC El Eulma MC Saïda Paradou AC RC Arbaâ US Biskra USM Blida WA Boufarik
Former teams	AB Merouana DRB Tadjenanet CA Batna CS Constantine ESM Koléa ES Mostaganem JS Saoura MSP Batna NA Hussein Dey OM Arzew Olympique de Médéa RC Kouba RC Relizane US Chaouia USM Annaba USM Bel-Abbès USM Blida USMM Hadjout WA Tlemcen
Associated competitions	Algerian Cup Algerian Super Cup
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Prospects	Promotion to Ligue 1; Relegation to Ligue Nationale