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NC Magra
Full name	Nedjm Chabab Magra
Nickname(s)	NC Magra, NCM
Short name	NCM
Founded	1 January 1998; 26 years ago; as Nedjm Chabab Magra
Ground	Boucheligue Brothers Stadium
Capacity	8,000
President	Azzedine Bennacer
Head Coach	Lyamine Bougherara
League	Ligue 1
2023–24	Ligue 1, 12th of 16
	Current season

Nedjm Chabab Magra (Arabic: نجم شباب مقرة), known as NC Magra or NCM for short, is an Algerian football club based in the city of Magra in the M'Sila Province. The club was founded in 1998 and its colours are Blue and white. Their home stadium, Boucheligue Brothers Stadium, has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

History

In 2004, NC Magra reached the semi-finals of the 2003–04 Algerian Cup. However, in the semi-finals, they lost 3–0 to JS Kabylie.^[2]

On 5 May 2018, NC Magra were promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 after winning 2017–18 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur "Group Centre".^[3]

In 2020–21 season NC Magra signed a number of young players, and the goal was to ensure that they remained in the Ligue 1, and with the establishment of the League Cup competition, the club had ambitions and despite its involvement with large clubs, it was able to overcome it in the form of CS Constantine, CR Belouizdad and USM Alger. To reach the final of the first tournament in its history where he faced JS Kabylie and was defeated by penalty kicks.^[4]

On August 14, 2024, Azzedine Bennacer was re-elected as president of NC Magra for a new term. In a statement to the media, Bennacer once again called for the arrival of a national company, like other professional clubs, to take over the destiny of SSPA NC Magra.^[5] Bennacer added "We have been informed that the club is going to be bought by the Groupe Cosider. We are still waiting for the arrival of the company in question. I can assure that within forty-eight hours the transfer of ownership will be completed. We are up to date with our balance sheets and accounting." Regarding the stadium works and the disputes at the CRL level, the president expects help from local authorities.^[5]

Players

Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024^[update]^[6]^[7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Mohamed Tayeb Cherif
3	DF	ALG	Moncef Merouani
4	DF	ALG	Chemseddine Lakehal
5	DF	ALG	M'Hamed Merouani
6	MF	ALG	Zakaria Kemoukh
7	FW	ALG	Yanis Boughanem
8	MF	ALG	Karm Benkouider
11	FW	ALG	Hamza Demane
12	MF	ALG	Alouane Benharat
13	GK	ALG	Abdelkader Salhi
14	MF	ALG	Fouad Hadded
15	FW	ALG	Mounib Benmerzoug


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	ALG	Salaheddine Chemouri
17	DF	ALG	Aymen Attou
18	DF	ALG	Ibrahim Bekakchi
19	MF	ALG	Chakib Berkani
20	FW	ALG	Bouzid Dadache
21	DF	ALG	Amir Laidouni
22	DF	ALG	Achref Aïb
23	FW	ALG	Nasreddine Bouldjedri
24	MF	ALG	Mohammed Bourahla (captain)
25	DF	ALG	Sabri Cheraitia
26	FW	ALG	Laid Saidi
27	FW	ALG	Imad Moussaoui

Reserve Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	DF	ALG	Ismail Ghanemi
31	MF	ALG	Mostafa Berkane


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	MF	ALG	Anis Cheniti

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Lyamine Bougherara
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach	Tahar Mardef
Fitness coach	Farid Zeghdoudi

Statistics

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Other	Africa	Top goalscorer(s)^{[note 1]}		Ref.
Season	Division	Pos	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup	Other	Africa	Name	Goals
2015–16	DNA	4th	46	30	12	10	8	34	27	PRR
2016–17	DNA	4th	51	30	14	9	7	42	30	R64
2017–18	DNA	1st	63	30	18	9	3	59	31	R32
2018–19	Ligue 2	2nd	53	30	16	9	5	37	25	R16			Ayache Ziouache	8
2019–20	Ligue 1^{[note 2]}	16th	19	22	4	7	11	16	30	R64			Akram Demane	3	^[10]
2020–21	Ligue 1	9th	52	38	14	10	14	38	44	NP	RU		Akram Demane	9	^[11]
2021–22	Ligue 1	13th	45	34	13	6	15	31	36	NP			Akram Demane Ramdane Hitala	5	^[12]
2022–23	Ligue 1	13th	40	30	11	7	12	35	36	SF			Faik Amrane	6	^[13]
2023–24	Ligue 1	12th	38	30	9	11	10	30	32	R64			Hamza Demane	10	^[14]
2024–25	Ligue 1									R64					^[15]

Notes

^ Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
^ On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[8] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.^[9]