| Club: | MC Alger |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Manager: | Djamel Menad Kamel Mouassa [1] |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | Omar Gharib |
| Stadium: | Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers |
| League: | Ligue 1 |
| League Result: | Runners–up |
| Cup1: | Algerian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2: | Confederation Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Group stage |
| Cup3: | Super Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Runners–up |
| League Topscorer: | Abderahmane Hachoud (7) Hichem Nekkache (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Hichem Nekkache (10) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
In the 2016–17 season, MC Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 46th season, as well as the Algerian Cup, Super Cup and the Confederation Cup.
| Competition | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | 20 August 2016 | 14 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| Algerian Cup | 26 November 2016 | 24 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| Algerian Super Cup | 1 November 2016 | |||||||||||
| Confederation Cup | 12 February 2017 | 20 June 2017 | ||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||
See main article: 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
See main article: 2016 Algerian Super Cup.
See main article: 2016–17 Algerian Cup.
See main article: 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.
See main article: 2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage.
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|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
| Date | Player | From club | Transfer fee | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2016 | FW | Undisclosed | [3] | ||
| 8 June 2016 | DF | Undisclosed | [4] | ||
| 11 June 2016 | FW | Undisclosed | [5] | ||
| 11 June 2016 | FW | Undisclosed | |||
| 23 June 2016 | FW | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
| 23 June 2016 | DF | Undisclosed | |||
| 27 June 2016 | FW | Undisclosed | [7] | ||
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Undisclosed | [8] | ||
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Undisclosed | |||