The MC Oran Post
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
Ahmed Hassan, 35, rolls back the years — 7.83
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.83 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Tempers go at MC Oran
Yacine Aliane was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Graduation day at MC Oran
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Kelyan Guessoum falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match2 Sep 2028
A bad afternoon for MC Oran against Olympique Akbou
1‑2 to Olympique Akbou, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Kenneth Omeruo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market4 Sep 2028
MC Oran promote Amine Benaceur from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Amine Benaceur has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market4 Sep 2028
One of our own: Mourad Belaili joins the MC Oran first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mourad Belaili is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market4 Sep 2028
Sofiane Mrezigue steps up from the MC Oran academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sofiane Mrezigue has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Adam Guedioura joins the MC Oran first team
- Squad Aiman Riahi has improved at 24, which nobody expected
- Match MC Oran hit back inside 3 minutes