2025–26 MC Oran season

MC Oran
2025–26 season
Owner	Hyproc Shipping Company
President	Sidi Mohamed Hadjioui; (from 2 July 2025)
Head coach	Hubert Velud; (from 10 August 2025); (until 18 August 2025)
Stadium	Miloud Hadefi Stadium
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64

The 2025–26 season, is MC Oran's 60th season and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, MC Oran are participating in the Algerian Cup. The Algerian Professional Football League (LFP) officially released the calendar for the 2025–26 Ligue 1 Mobilis season on July 10, 2025. The Ligue 1 will kick off on Thursday, August 21, 2025, and conclude with the 30th and final matchday on May 16, 2026. As in recent years, league matches will be held every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, offering better scheduling balance and improved logistical conditions for clubs and broadcasters.^[4]

Review

Background

On July 2, 2025, a new management team was appointed at SSPA/MCO by Hyproc Shipping Company, the club’s owning company. On this occasion, Hyproc CEO Adil Cherouati officially installed Sidi Mohamed Hadjioui as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors, succeeding Chakib Boumediene Ghomari. Several new members were also appointed to the board: Abderrahim Aouan, Fouzi Boudalia, Larbi Tarik, as well as Baroudi Bellellou, who currently serves as president of the amateur sports club CSA/MCO.^[1]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 July 2025.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	Chamseddine Rahmani	GK	(1990-09-15)15 September 1990 (aged 34)	JS Kabylie	2024	2026	21	0
1	Léonard Aggoune	GK	(1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 27)	FC Rouen	2024	2026	11	0
30	Anis Mendil	GK	(2005-11-14)14 November 2005 (aged 19)	Reserve team	2024	2025	1	0
Defenders
2	Kelyan Guessoum	CB	(1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 26)	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2024	2027	23	0
3	Abdelkarim Mammar	CB	(1996-10-21)21 October 1996 (aged 28)	Degerfors IF	2024	2027	30	1
5	Tarek Aggoun	CB	(1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 27)	ES Sétif	2024	2026	20	1
24	Ahmed Kerroum	CB	(2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 25)	ASO Chlef	2024	2026	48	5
12	Abdelkader Belharrane	RB	(2000-08-11)August 11, 2000 (aged 25)	USM Alger	2023	2025	52	0
14	Hamida Salah	LB	(1992-05-23)23 May 1992 (aged 33)	NC Magra	2024	2026	22	0
NA	Oussama Kaddour	LB	(1997-05-12)12 May 1997 (aged 28)	USM Khenchela	2025	2028	0	0
NA	Abderrahim Hamra	CB	(1997-07-21)21 July 1997 (aged 28)	ASO Chlef	2025	2028	0	0
NA	Mokhtar Belkhiter	RB	(1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 33)	ASO Chlef	2025	2027	0	0
Midfielders
8	Juba Aguieb	AM	(1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 28)	ASO Chlef	2024	2026	31	2
10	Chahreddine Boukholda	AM	(1996-05-24)24 May 1996 (aged 29)	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2024	2027	18	3
13	Seddik Senhadji	DM	(2000-11-03)3 November 2000 (aged 24)	CR Témouchent	2022	2026	36	0
NA	Chakib Aoudjane	CM	(1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 29)	ES Mostaganem	2025	2027	0	0
NA	Gape Mohutsiwa	DM	(1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 28)	ASO Chlef	2025	2027	0	0
NA	Omar Embarek	DM	(1998-11-11)11 November 1998 (aged 26)	USM Alger	2025	2027	0	0
Forwards
18	Mohamed Sylla	ST	(2001-11-12)12 November 2001 (aged 23)	RC Abidjan	2024	2027	18	1
27	Yacine Aliane	LW	(1999-08-28)28 August 1999 (aged 25)	ASO Chlef	2024	2027	20	0
7	Maxwell Baakoh	RW	(1995-10-08)8 October 1995 (aged 29)	USM Khenchela	2024	2026	23	2
28	Mounir Mehdi Mahadene	ST	(2005-04-03)3 April 2005 (aged 20)	Reserve team	2024	2026	4	0

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
7 July 2025	DF	Oussama Kaddour	USM Khenchela	Free transfer	^[5]
14 July 2025	DF	Abderrahim Hamra	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[6]
16 July 2025	MF	Chakib Aoudjane	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer	^[7]
24 July 2025	MF	Gape Mohutsiwa	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[8]
25 July 2025	DF	Mokhtar Belkhiter	ASO Chlef	Free transfer	^[9]
17 August 2025	DM	Omar Embarek	USM Alger	Free transfer	^[10]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
25 July 2025	MF	Abdelhafid Benamara	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer	^[11]
25 July 2025	FW	Zoubir Motrani	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer	^[11]
31 July 2025	FW	Karim Aribi	Al-Talaba SC	Free transfer	^[12]
7 August 2025	DF	Oussama Benatia	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[13]

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition	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	In Progress	In Progress
Algerian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 64	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Updated to match played 26 May 2025
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
10	MC Alger
11	MC El Bayadh
12	MC Oran
13	Olympique Akbou
14	Paradou AC	Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2

First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2025. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 May 2025.
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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2025. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 July 2025.^[14]

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Win Draw Loss Postponed

21 August 2025 Round 1	MC Oran	2–1	ES Ben Aknoun	Bir El Djir
18:00	Moulay 60' Boukholda 65'	Report	Mammar 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houiya Dhekra VAR: Mehdi Oukil

Round 2	Olympique Akbou	–	MC Oran
:

Round 3	MC Oran	–	ES Mostaganem	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 4	MC Oran	–	JS Kabylie	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 5	MC Alger	–	MC Oran
:

Round 6	MC Oran	–	Paradou AC	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 7	USM Khenchela	–	MC Oran
:

Round 8	MC Oran	–	JS Saoura	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 9	MC El Bayadh	–	MC Oran
:

Round 10	MC Oran	–	CS Constantine	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 11	MB Rouissat	–	MC Oran
:

Round 12	MC Oran	–	ES Sétif	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 13	ASO Chlef	–	MC Oran
:

Round 14	MC Oran	–	CR Belouizdad	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 15	USM Alger	–	MC Oran
:

Round 16	ES Ben Aknoun	–	MC Oran
:

Round 17	MC Oran	–	Olympique Akbou	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 18	ES Mostaganem	–	MC Oran
:

Round 19	JS Kabylie	–	MC Oran
:

Round 20	MC Oran	–	MC Alger	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 21	Paradou AC	–	MC Oran
:

Round 22	MC Oran	–	USM Khenchela	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 23	JS Saoura	–	MC Oran
:

Round 24	MC Oran	–	MC El Bayadh	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 25	CS Constantine	–	MC Oran
:

Round 26	MC Oran	–	MB Rouissat	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 27	ES Sétif	–	MC Oran
:

Round 28	MC Oran	–	ASO Chlef	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Round 29	CR Belouizdad	–	MC Oran
:

Round 30	MC Oran	–	USM Alger	Bir El Djir
:				Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium

Algerian Cup

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 15 July 2025

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				0		0	0		0	0		0

Last updated: 26 May 2025
Source: [ soccerway.com]

Goalscorers

As of 26 May 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	TOTAL
				0	0	0
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				0	0	0

Clean sheets

As of 15 July 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	L 1	AC	Total
			0	0	0	0	0
			0	0	0	0	0
			0	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS		0	0	0	0

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b "La direction d'Hyproc l'a (enfin) annoncé. Hedjioui, nouveau président du MCO". Le carrefour d'Algerie. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
^ "MCO : L'arivée d'Hubert Velud officialisée". DZfoot. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
^ "MCO : Hubert Velud quitte déjà le navire ! (vidéo)". DZfoot. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
^ "Ligue 1 : La LFP détaille un calendrier 25/26 complet !". DZfoot. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
^ "MC Oran : Oussama Kaddour 1ère recrue". Media Foot. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
^ "MCO : Une première recrue estivale". DZfoot. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
^ "Mercato : le MCO s'offre une 3e recrue et prolonge les contrats de deux joueurs". Media Foot. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
^ "Transferts : le Botswanais Edwin rejoint MCO". Competition. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
^ "Transferts : Belkhiter rejoint le MCO". Competition. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
^ "MCO : Embarek enfin officialisé !". Competition. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Motrani et Benamara (MCO) en renforts". L'expression. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
^ "Officiellement.. Al-Student recrute l'attaquant algérien Karim Aribi". Ysscores. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
^ "Transferts : Benattia pour quatre saisons à la JSK". Competition. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
^ "Ligue 1 (2025-2026) : un début de saison explosif pour les cadors". Competition. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

[La-direction-dHyproc-la--enfin--annonc.-Hedjioui--nouveau-prsident-du-MCO-1] "La direction d'Hyproc l'a (enfin) annoncé. Hedjioui, nouveau président du MCO". Le carrefour d'Algerie. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.

[mco-larivee-dhubert-velud-officialisee-2] "MCO : L'arivée d'Hubert Velud officialisée". DZfoot. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

[mco-hubert-velud-quitte-deja-le-navire-video-3] "MCO : Hubert Velud quitte déjà le navire ! (vidéo)". DZfoot. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

[4] "Ligue 1 : La LFP détaille un calendrier 25/26 complet !". DZfoot. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.

[mc-oran-oussama-kaddour-1ere-recrue-5] "MC Oran : Oussama Kaddour 1ère recrue". Media Foot. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

[mco-une-premiere-recrue-estivale-6] "MCO : Une première recrue estivale". DZfoot. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

[mercato-le-mco-soffre-une-3e-recrue-et-prolonge-les-contrats-de-deux-joueurs-7] "Mercato : le MCO s'offre une 3e recrue et prolonge les contrats de deux joueurs". Media Foot. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

[transferts-le-botswanais-edwin-rejoint-mco-8] "Transferts : le Botswanais Edwin rejoint MCO". Competition. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

[transferts-belkhiter-rejoint-le-mco-9] "Transferts : Belkhiter rejoint le MCO". Competition. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

[10] "MCO : Embarek enfin officialisé !". Competition. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.

[motrani-et-benamara-mco-en-renforts-11] "Motrani et Benamara (MCO) en renforts". L'expression. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

[Officiellement-Al-Student-recrute-l'attaquant-algérien-Karim-Aribi-12] "Officiellement.. Al-Student recrute l'attaquant algérien Karim Aribi". Ysscores. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

[transferts-benattia-pour-quatre-saisons-a-la-jsk-13] "Transferts : Benattia pour quatre saisons à la JSK". Competition. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

[14] "Ligue 1 (2025-2026) : un début de saison explosif pour les cadors". Competition. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

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MC Oran seasons
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