| Club: | MC Alger |
| Season: | 1997–98 |
| Manager: | Abdelwahab Zenir (until January 1998) Ali Bencheikh & Mohamed Henkouche (from January 1998) (until April 1998) Abdelwahab Zenir (from April 1998) |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | Mohamed Djouad |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Stade du 5 Juillet |
| League: | Division 1 |
| League Result: | 5th |
| Cup1: | Algerian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 64 |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Winners |
| League Topscorer: | Benali, Gacemi (2 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Ameur Benali (4 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1996–97 |
| Nextseason: | 1998–99 |
In the 1997–98 season, MC Alger competed in the Division 1 for the 30th time They competed in Ligue 1, the Algerian Cup, and the Algerian League Cup.
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 1998.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Nat. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| Omar Hamenad | GK | October 2, 1997 | JS Kabylie | ||
| Ali Lezzoum | GK | October 2, 1997 | |||
| Fethi Bensalem | GK | ||||
| Defenders | |||||
| Yacine Slatni | October 2, 1997 | USM Annaba | |||
| Mohamed Mekhazni | October 2, 1997 | JS Kabylie | |||
| Mohamed Belgherbi | ASO Chlef | ||||
| Abdelhamid Nechad | ASM Oran | ||||
| Rafik Khennouf | US Biskra | ||||
| Hakim Benhamlat | October 2, 1997 | ||||
| Sofiane Khiat | |||||
| Said Azzouz | |||||
| Fayçal Allouche | |||||
| Lyès Fatahine | |||||
| Abderrahmane Zitouni | |||||
| Ramzi Bendaoud | |||||
| Midfielders | |||||
| Abdellatif Derriche | USM El Harrach | ||||
| Brahim Ouahid | October 2, 1997 | ||||
| Moussa Benazzouz | |||||
| Mohamed Maâchou | RC Kouba | ||||
| Fethi Benkedjoune | |||||
| Ameur Benali | October 2, 1997 | ASO Chlef | |||
| Abdelkrim Doudène | October 2, 1997 | JS Kabylie | |||
| Nadir Sellou | |||||
| Amar Ammour | October 2, 1997 | MCB Aïn Hedjel | |||
| Brahim Maghrici | JS Kabylie | ||||
| Forwards | |||||
| Bachir Mecheri | October 2, 1997 | MC Oran | |||
| Fodil Dob | October 2, 1997 | Reserve team | |||
| Rafik Saifi | October 2, 1997 | IB Khémis El Khechna | |||
| Hocine Gacemi | October 2, 1997 | CRB Mécheria | |||
| Tayeb Houti | CR Belouizdad | ||||
| Affif Goual | MO Constantine | ||||
| Competition | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division 1 | 5th | 1 January 1998 | 11 June 1998 | |||||||||
| Algerian Cup | Round of 64 | 16 March 1998 | ||||||||||
| League Cup | Round of 64 | Winner | 2 October 1997 | 1 November 1997 | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||
See main article: 1997–98 Algerian Championnat National.
See main article: 1997–98 Algerian Cup.
See main article: 1997–98 Algerian League Cup.
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Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| width=10 | No. | width=10 | Nat. | Player | width=10 | Pos. | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | width=40 | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameur Benali | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Fethi Benkedjoune | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nadir Sellou | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Fodil Dob | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Affif Goual | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16 | ||||||||||