MC Oran
Mouloudia Club Oranais (Arabic: نادي مولودية وهران), 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 (Arabic: مولودية نفط وهران, MP Oran for a short) 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.
| Full name | Mouloudia Club Oranais نادي مولودية وهران | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Mouloudia | |||
| Founded | 14 May 1946 Proclaimed 1 January 1917 as Mouloudia Club Musulman Oranais | |||
| Ground | Miloud Hadefi Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 40,143 | |||
| Owner | Hyproc SC (90.34%) Small shareholders (9.66%) | |||
| President | Chakib Ghomari | |||
| Head Coach | Youcef Bouzidi | |||
| League | Ligue 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1, 10th of 16 | |||
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Until 2008, MC Oran was the only club in Algeria to have participated in every single season of the first division since its inception in 1962. However, the club was relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season but returned after just one season in the Algerian Championnat National 1.