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| Full name | Nedjm Chabab Magra | |||
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| Nicknames | NC Magra, NCM | |||
| Short name | NCM | |||
| Founded | 1 January 1998; 27 years ago (1998-01-01) asNedjm Chabab Magra | |||
| Ground | Boucheligue Brothers Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 8,000 | |||
| President | Azzedine Bennacer | |||
| League | Ligue 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1, 15th of 16 (relegated) | |||
 Current season | ||||
Nedjm Chabab Magra (Arabic:نجم شباب مقرة), known asNC Magra orNCM for short, is an Algerianfootball club based in the city ofMagra inM'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 theAlgerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
In 2004, NC Magra reached the semi-finals of the2003–04 Algerian Cup. However, in the semi-finals, they lost 3–0 toJS Kabylie.[1]
On 5 May 2018, NC Magra were promoted to theAlgerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 after winning2017–18Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur "Group Centre".[2]
In2020–21 season NC Magra signed a number of young players, and the goal was to ensure that they remained in theLigue 1, and with the establishment of theLeague Cup competition, the club had ambitions and despite its involvement with large clubs, it was able to overcome it in the form ofCS Constantine,CR Belouizdad andUSM Alger. To reach the final of the first tournament in its history where he facedJS Kabylie and was defeated by penalty kicks.[3]
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.[4] Bennacer added "We have been informed that the club is going to be bought by theGroupe 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 thestadium works and the disputes at the CRL level, the president expects help from local authorities.[4]
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| Season | League | Cup | Other | Africa | Top goalscorer(s)[note 1] | Ref. | |||||||||||
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| Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | 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 | |||||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 9th | 52 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 44 | NP | RU | Akram Demane | 9 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 13th | 45 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 36 | NP | Akram Demane Ramdane Hitala | 5 | |||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 13th | 40 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 36 | SF | Faik Amrane | 6 | |||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 12th | 38 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 32 | R64 | Hamza Demane | 10 | |||||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | R64 | |||||||||||||||
