RC Arbaâ

Raed Club Arbaâ (Arabic: أمل الأربعاء), known as RC Arbaâ or simply RCA for short, is an Algerian football club located in Larbaâ. The club was founded in 1941 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, the Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf, has a capacity of some 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue 1.

RC Arbaâ
Full nameRaed Club Arbaâ
Nickname(s)RCA, Blues
FoundedFebruary 27, 1941 (1941-02-27)
as Raed Club Arbéen
GroundIsmaïl Makhlouf Stadium
Capacity5,000
PresidentAhmed Boukhalfa
Head CoachFaiçal Kebbiche[1]
LeagueLigue Professionnelle 1
2020–21Ligue 2, 2nd (promoted)

In 2012, RC Arba finished first in the Groupe Centre of the 2011-12 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur to win promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, marking their return to the second division after a twelve-year absence.[2] The following season, they finished second in the 2012-13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 to win promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 for the first time.[3]

On July 18, 2021, RC Arbaâ promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[4]

Players

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

Current squad

As of 15 February 2022.[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ALG Ahmed Walid Chouih
2 DF  ALG Aymen Chaaraoui
4 DF  ALG Idir Mokeddem
5 DF  ALG Ibrahim Saidani
6 MF  ALG Abdelbasset Dahou
7 FW  ALG Sid Ali Kabri
8 MF  ALG Mohamed Billal Rait (captain)
9 FW  ALG Oussama Kismoun
10 FW  ALG Aboubakr Kessili
11 FW  ALG Abdelmalek Oukil
12 MF  ALG Abderrazak Remili
14 MF  ALG Abdallah Mostfaoui
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  ALG Chams-Eddine Haddad
16 GK  ALG Zinedine Abassi
17 DF  ALG Salaheddine Benlaribi
18 MF  ALG Mehdi Boubakour
19 DF  ALG Salim Brahmi
20 MF  ALG Mohamed Akram Belmessous
22 FW  ALG Seif Zine Toumi
23 MF  ALG Yacine Deghmani
24 MF  ALG Mohamed Amine Bouziane
25 MF  ALG Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia
26 FW  ALG Hocine Diafi
27 GK  ALG Abdelmoumen Sifour (on loan from USM Alger)

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Staff
Head coachFaiçal Kebbiche
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coachReda Gueritli
Fitness coachSamir Amara

Managers

References
  1. "نتيجة سلسلة النتائج السلبية المحققة مؤخرا إدارة الأمل تتوصل لفسخ العقد مع الطاقم الفني بالتراضي".
  2. APS (May 5, 2012). "RC Arba, CR Témouchent et CRB Ain Fakroun en Ligue 2" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  3. Walid Z. (May 3, 2013). "CRB Aïn Fakroun champion, SAM et MOC relégués en D3" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on May 6, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  4. "Ligue 2 (Play-offs) 3e journée : le HBCL bat le MCBOS (1-0) et accède en Ligue 1 avec le RCA".
  5. "FICHE DU CLUB: RC ARBAA".
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