GC Mascara

Ghali Mascara
غالي معسكر
Full name	Ghali Club de Mascara; نادي غالي معسكر
Nickname(s)	El-Ghali
Founded	1925; 99 years ago; as Galia Club de Mascara
Ground	The African Unity Stadium,
Capacity	22,000
President	Benali Meriyah
League	Ligue 2
2023–24	Ligue 2, Group Centre-west, 5th
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Ghali Club de Mascara (Arabic: نادي غالي معسكر) or simply GC Mascara or simply GCM for short, is an Algerian football club located in Mascara, Algeria. The club was founded in 1925 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, The African Unity Stadium, has a capacity of 22,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue 2.

History

The club was founded in 1925 in Mascara under the name of Galia Club de 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 Club de Mascara from 1962 to 1979 and from 1987 till now. It was also named Ghali Chabab Baladiat de Mascara (GCB Mascara) from 1977 to 1979 and Ghali Chabab Raï de Mascara (GCR Mascara) from 1979 to 1987.

Honours

Algerian Ligue 1

Champion (1) : 1984

Oran League

Champion (1) : 1951

Performance in CAF competitions

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance

1985 – Quarter-final

Notable players

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.

Abdelaziz Bott
Larbi Chaâbane
Mokhtar Chibani
Mokhtar El-Gotni
Mohamed Henkouche
Mokhtar Kechamli

El-Hadi Khelili
Mahi Khennane
Aoued Meflah
Mohamed Tayeb
Abdelkader "Ghomis" Saâdoun

References

^ "Ligue 1 & 2 : MCA : Le Mouloudia veut 10 000 places à Mascara". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-03.

External links

GC Mascara on Facebook

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[1] "Ligue 1 & 2 : MCA : Le Mouloudia veut 10 000 places à Mascara". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-03.

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v t e 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)
10 titles	CR Belouizdad (1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022-23)
8 titles	ES Sétif (1967–68, 1986–87, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17) USM Alger (1962–63, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19) MC Alger (1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2023-24)
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)