Rivalry between CRB and MCO

The CR Belouizdad–MC Oran rivalry[1], are the matches between CR Belouizdad (CRB) and MC Oran (MCO) and gives rise to an important confrontation.  The first represents Algiers, the capital of the country, the second Oran, the second largest city in the country.  They are both among the most successful clubs in the country.

Rivalry between CRB and MCO
Other namesMC Oran vs CR Belouizdad
LocationAlgeria Algiers & Oran
TeamsMC Oran
CR Belouizdad
First meetingMC Oran 3–2 CR Belcourt
Division Nationale
(13 September 1964)
Latest meetingCR Belouizdad 2–0 MC Oran
Ligue 1
(6 September 2022)
Next meetingMC Oran vs CR Belouizdad
Ligue 1
(TBD 2023)
BroadcastersEPTV Terrestre
StadiumsAhmed Zabana Stadium MC Oran
Stade du 20-Août-1955 CR Belouizdad
Statistics
Meetings total121
Most winsCR Belouizdad (41)
Top scorerKouider Boukessassa (9)
All-time seriesCR Belouizdad: 41
Drawn: 42
MC Oran: 38
Largest victoryCR Belcourt 5–1 MC Oran
Division 1
(30 January 1966)
Longest win streak4 games (CR Belouizdad)

They are also the two clubs having played the greatest number of seasons in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, since they have both always been part of this elite, except for one season.  This confrontation is considered a rivalry in Algeria

History

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The rivalry between the two clubs began in the first season of the national Division 1 championship, organized after the country's independence in 1962. The first match between Mouloudia Club d'Oran and Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad (formerly Belcourt) took place during the third season, of which it marks the opening.

Sunday, September 13, 1964 thus saw the beginning of this Algerian football rivalry, in front of 25,000 spectators. MCO top CRB with goals from Nehari (35th) and Karim Hmida (41st & 47th) to take them 3-0 up after an hour. CRB wakes up in the final half hour of play to reduce the score on a collective work allowing Arab to shake twice the nets of Larbi "Elgool" (57th and 85th).

This first confrontation therefore ends with the victory of the MCO on the score of 3 goals to 2 against the CRB of the time. The return match does not take place: the CRB wins the match by penalty following the suspension of MC Oran and MC Alger from all football activity by the Minister of Sport at the time.

Second professional era (since 2010)

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It was decided by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and the Algerian Football Federation to professionalize the Algerian football championship, starting from the 2010–11 season Thus all the Algerian football clubs which until then enjoyed the status of semi-professional club, will acquire the professional appointment this season. the president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Raouraoua, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism,[2] On 27 September 2012, the National Society of Marketing and Distribution of Petroleum Products Naftal decided to a probable return to sponsoring the MC Oran after an absence of 24 years. As past, Naftal will sponsoring the all sport's sections of Mouloudia Club of Oran.[3] On 6 January 2019, the Hyproc Shipping Company, a firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach signed a protocol and became MC Oran's sponsor. This initiative became after a long time of waiting the petroleum firm Naftal it's nine years ago.[4] However same as Naftal, no final contract was concluded and Hyproc same as Naftal became a minor sponsors only. On July 23, 2019, the CEO of Madar Holding Charafeddine Amara confirmed that an agreement had been reached with CSA/CRB to buy back 67% of the shares, after the CSA/CRB decided in its general meeting to sell only 47% of the shares of the 75% it holds..[5][6]

On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[7] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion for the first time in 19 years and the seventh in its history.[8] A new appeal has been launched by the Wali of Oran Saïd Sayoud to the shareholders of the société sportive par actions (SSPA) of MC Oran in order to withdraw their share in the said company in favor of the club sportif amateur (CSA) to overcome the crisis that smolders.[9] According to the same official, the SSPA/MCO is already in a “bankruptcy situation”, deploring the attitude of the shareholders who have completely abandoned the club, showing no desire to help it get out of the chaotic situation in which it is struggling. for quite some time.[9] On February 21, In a statement made public on the official page of “the wilaya of Oran”, the wali declared his official withdrawal and his non-interference in the affairs of the MCO team.[10] Despite the efforts and sincere intentions he has deployed, he has not, however, seen any real and serious will on the part of the club's leaders leading to a professional sporting project which reflects the ambitions of the supporters to see their club heart managed mat a national enterprise.[10]

All-time head-to-head results

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As of 2 October 2022
Tournament GP CV D MV GoalC GoalM
Ligue Professionnelle 1 111 38 37 36 0 0
Algerian Cup 8 2 4 2 6 6
League Cup 2 1 1 0 5 2
TOTAL 121 41 42 38 0 0
GP: Games Played
CV: CR Belouizdad Victory
D: Draw
MV: MC Oran Victory
GoalC: CR Belouizdad Goals
GoalM: MC Oran Goals

All-Time Top Scorers

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Player Club Ligue 1 Algerian Cup League Cup Total
  Kouider Boukessassa MC Oran, CR Belouizdad 9 9
  Hacène Lalmas CR Belouizdad 7 1 8
  Mourad Meziane MC Oran 7 1 8
  Abdelkader Fréha MC Oran 5 1 6
  Fadel Settara CR Belouizdad 5 1 6
  Islam Slimani CR Belouizdad 5 5
  Ishak Ali Moussa CR Belouizdad 5 5
  Abdelhafid Tasfaout MC Oran 5 5
  Ramzi Bourakba CR Belouizdad 5 5

Hat-tricks

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A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence
Player No. of
goals
Time of goals Representing Final
score
Opponent Tournament
1.   Mourad Meziane 3 22', 28', 78' MC Oran 4–2 CR Belcourt Division 1

Honours

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CR Belouizdad Championship MC Oran Official
Domestic (Official)
9 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 4 Yes
8 Algerian Cup 4 Yes
2 Algerian Super Cup Yes
1 League Cup 1 Yes
International (Non-official)
Arab Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct) 2 No
Arab Super Cup (Defunct) 1 No
20 Total Aggregate 12

League matches

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# Date Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away) Venue
1 13 Sep 1964 MC Oran 3–2 CR Belcourt Nehari   35', Hamida   41', 47' Arab   57', 85' Stade Municipal
2 21 Feb 1965 CR Belcourt 3–0
[note 1]
MC Oran Stade El Annasser
3 19 Sep 1965 MC Oran 1–0 CR Belcourt Hamida   67' 19 juin 1965
4 30 Jan 1966 CR Belcourt 5–1 MC Oran Chenen   7', Zitouni A.   30', 86', Lalmas   64', 81' Beddiar   75' Stade El Annasser
5 27 Nov 1966 MC Oran 1–0 CR Belcourt Embarek   23' 19 juin 1965
6 14 May 1967 CR Belcourt 3–0 MC Oran Lalmas   58', 82', Kalem   67' Stade El Annasser
7 5 Nov 1967 MC Oran 1 – 1 CR Belcourt Krimo   85' Djilali Selmi   56' 19 juin 1965
8 31 Mar 1968 CR Belcourt 1–0 MC Oran Kalem   65' Stade El Annasser
9 15 Sep 1968 MC Oran 1–0 CR Belcourt Fréha   51' 19 juin 1965
10 19 Jan 1969 CR Belcourt 3–2 MC Oran Selmi   29', Lalmas   80', Boudjenoun   89' Hamid Belabbès   18', Fréha   79' Stade El Annasser
11 28 Dec 1969 CR Belcourt 2–0 MC Oran Lalmas   20', Bouhadji   70' (o.g.) Stade El Annasser
12 3 May 1970 MC Oran 3–1 CR Belcourt Fréha  , Meguenine  , Mehdi   Moha   19 juin 1965
82 30 Oct 2011 CR Belouizdad 2–1 MC Oran Bourakba   9', 54' Berradja   3' 20 Août 1955
83 7 May 2011 MC Oran 1–2 CR Belouizdad Aouadj   85' Slimani   3', Kherbache   45' Ahmed Zabana
84 1 Oct 2011 CR Belouizdad 4–1 MC Oran Abdat   20', Aksas   33', Slimani   81', Bourakba   90+2' Belaïli   51' 20 Août 1955
85 4 Feb 2012 MC Oran 1–0 CR Belouizdad El Bahari   6' Ahmed Zabana
86 6 Oct 2012 MC Oran 1 – 1 CR Belouizdad Dagoulou   49' Slimani   42' Ahmed Zabana
87 8 Feb 2013 CR Belouizdad 1–0 MC Oran Slimani   35' 20 Août 1955
88 14 Dec 2013 MC Oran 1–0 CR Belouizdad Chérif   58' Ahmed Zabana
89 17 May 2014 CR Belouizdad 2 – 2 MC Oran Bourakba   4' (65), pen.' Bouaïcha   41', O.Belatoui   90' 20 Août 1955
90 22 Aug 2014 CR Belouizdad 1–0 MC Oran Djediat   45' 20 Août 1955
91 24 Jan 2015 MC Oran 0 – 0 CR Belouizdad Ahmed Zabana
92 19 Sep 2015 MC Oran 3 – 3 CR Belouizdad Moussi   11', 74', Za'abia   81' Yahia-Chérif,   58' (pen.), Niati   72', Aoudou   90+4' Ahmed Zabana
93 12 Feb 2016 CR Belouizdad 2 – 2 MC Oran Nekkache   54', Rebih   90+1' (pen.) Larbi   23', Merouane Dahar   40' 20 Août 1955
94 20 Aug 2016 CR Belouizdad 1 – 1 MC Oran Rebih   4' Nessakh   32' 20 Août 1955
95 14 Feb 2017 MC Oran 0–2 CR Belouizdad Hamia   13', 79' Ahmed Zabana
96 7 Nov 2017 CR Belouizdad 0 – 0 MC Oran 20 Août 1955
97 13 Apr 2018 MC Oran 0–3
[note 2]
CR Belouizdad Draoui   35', 78' Ahmed Zabana
98 29 Sep 2018 CR Belouizdad 0–1 MC Oran Nadji   60' 20 Août 1955
99 3 Mar 2019 MC Oran 1 – 1 CR Belouizdad Nessakh   8' (o.g.) Haïnikoye   58' Ahmed Zabana
100 21 Dec 2019 CR Belouizdad 1 – 1 MC Oran Djerrar   2' Mansouri   85' (pen.) 20 Août 1955
Cancelled [note 3]
101 16 Jan 2021 CR Belouizdad 1 – 1 MC Oran Belahouel   22' Nekkache   26' 20 Août 1955
102 27 Jun 2021 MC Oran 0–3 CR Belouizdad Sayoud   48', Belkhir   51', Khalfallah   63' Ahmed Zabana
103 21 Jan 2022 CR Belouizdad 3–0 MC Oran Bourdim   30', Dadache   71', Khalfallah   88' 20 Août 1955
104 22 May 2022 MC Oran 0 – 0 CR Belouizdad Ahmed Zabana
105 6 Sep 2022 CR Belouizdad 2–0 MC Oran Aribi   14' (pen.), 44' 20 Août 1955
106 17 Apr 2023 MC Oran 3–1 CR Belouizdad Belaribi   5', Saihi   39', Dahar   72' (pen.) Reghba   33' Ahmed Zabana

Algerian Cup results

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# Date Round Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away) Venue
1 3 February 1968 R16 CR Belcourt 2–1 MC Oran Selmi   43', Matem   80' Fréha   60' Stade El Annassers
2 11 May 1969 SF MC Oran 1 – 1 CR Belcourt Nehari   47' Achour   30' Stade du 19 juin 1965
3 28 May 1969 SF replay CR Belcourt 2–0 MC Oran Djemaa   44', Lalmas   84' Stade d'El Anasser
4 16 March 1974 R16 MC Oran 2–0 CR Belcourt Stade Trois-Frères Amarouche
5 23 April 1978 SF MP Oran 0 – 0 CR Belcourt
6 27 April 1978 SF replay CR Belcourt 0 – 0
(pen. 5–4)
MP Oran
7 15 February 1985 R32 MP Oran 0 – 0
(pen. 5–3)
CR Belcourt Stade Maamar Sahli
8 15 May 2000 R16 MC Oran 2–1 CR Belouizdad Haddou   10', A.Y.Selmi   30' (o.g.) Settara   18' Stade Ahmed Kaïd

League Cup results

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# Date Round Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away) Venue
1 25 January 1996 SF MC Oran 2 – 2
(pen. 4–3)
CR Belouizdad Meziane   44' (pen.), Mezoued   56' Mounir Dob   10', Bensaleh   87' Ahmed Zabana Stadium
2 19 March 2000 Final CR Belouizdad 3 – 0 MC Oran Mezouar   21', 33', Boutaleb   54' Stade 5 Juillet 1962

Shared player history

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Players who have played for both clubs

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Coaches who managed both clubs

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Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 results

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The tables list the place each team took in each of the seasons.

64–65 65–66 66–67 67–68 68–69 69–70 70–71 71–72 72–73 73–74 74–75 75–76 76–77 77–78 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82
No. of teams 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 16 14 14 14 16 15 16
CR Belouizdad 1 1 3 3 1 1 6 2 12 4 6 11 2 9 7 2 12 7
MC Oran 6 5 6 2 2 7 1 4 9 8 3 9 4 8 3 6 9 5
82–83 83–84 84–85 85–86 86–87 87–88 88–89 89–90 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00
No. of teams 16 16 20 20 20 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 12
CR Belouizdad 7 12 10 4 4 16 x 8 8 9 10 4 7 12 6 6 2 1
MC Oran 5 10 2 5 2 1 7 2 10 1 1 9 2 2 2 4 5 2
00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
No. of teams 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
CR Belouizdad 1 4 5 13 13 7 10 10 4 9 5 4 6 13 6 4 6 12
MC Oran 8 5 6 6 9 12 6 14 x 15 7 13 13 12 3 10 7 4
18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
No. of teams 16 16 20 18 16 16
CR Belouizdad 8 1 1 1
MC Oran 10 8 6 11

Notes

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  1. ^ MC Oran was suspended with MC Alger for a fixed period following the incidents between the two clubs during the 14th Round, the day before Eid al-Fitr in January 1965 at Stade du 20-Août-1955 while both teams were at the top of the standings. Consequently, MCO finished 6th and MCA was relegated to D2.
  2. ^ The game was suspended in the 81st minute, it was decided to give lost match to MC Oran (who had lost 0–2 anyway), with a score of 0–3 for CR Belouizdad, more than 200.000 DA of fine as well as the privation of the share due to the rights of television for the match in question.[11]
  3. ^ Second leg match between MC Oran and CR Belouizdad 2019–20 season has been canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[12][13]

References

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  10. ^ a b "MC Oran : le wali annonce son retrait officiel et renonce à "sauver" le club !". ennaharonline.com. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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