RC Arbaâ
{{short description|Algerian football club}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = RC Arbaâ
| image = RC Arbaâ (logo).png
| upright = 0.7
| caption =
| fullname = Raed Club Arbaâ
| nickname = RCA, Blues
| founded = {{Start date and age|1941|02|27}}
as Raed Club Arbéen
| ground = Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium
| capacity = 5,000
| chrtitle = President
| chairman =
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager =
| league = Ligue 2
| season = 2024–25
| position = Ligue 2, Group Centre-west, 11th
| current = 2025–26 RC Arbaâ season
| pattern_la1 = _hummellead21tb
| pattern_b1 = _hummellead21tb
| pattern_ra1 = _hummellead21tb
| pattern_sh1 =_hummellead21m
| pattern_so1 =
| leftarm1 = 0000FF
| body1 = 0000FF
| rightarm1 = 0000FF
| shorts1 = 0000FF
| socks1 = 0000FF
| pattern_la2 = _hummellead21w
| pattern_b2 =_hummellead21w
| pattern_ra2 = _hummellead21w
| pattern_sh2 = _hummellead21w
| leftarm2 = FFFFFF
| body2 = FFFFFF
| rightarm2 = FFFFFF
| shorts2 = FFFFFF
| socks2 = FFFFFF
}}
Raed Club Arbaâ ({{langx|ar|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 Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium, has a capacity of some 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
History
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-11442-dna-rc-arba-cr-temouchent-et-crb-ain-fakroun-en-ligue-2.php|title=RC Arba, CR Témouchent et CRB Ain Fakroun en Ligue 2|author=APS|publisher=DZFoot|language=fr|access-date=January 3, 2012|date=May 5, 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-13607-l2-crb-ain-fakroun-champion-sam-et-moc-relegues-en-d3.php|title=CRB Aïn Fakroun champion, SAM et MOC relégués en D3|author=Walid Z.|date=May 3, 2013|publisher=DZFoot|access-date=May 4, 2013|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506024032/http://www.dzfoot.com/news-13607-l2-crb-ain-fakroun-champion-sam-et-moc-relegues-en-d3.php|archive-date=May 6, 2013}}
On July 18, 2021, RC Arbaâ were promoted to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.{{cite web |url=https://lnf-amateur.dz/championnat-de-ligue-2-le-hc-chelghoum-laid-et-le-rc-araba-en-ligue-1/|title=Ligue 2 (Play-offs) 3e journée : le HBCL bat le MCBOS (1–0) et accède en Ligue 1 avec le RCA}}
Managers
- {{flagicon|Algeria}} Samir Boudjaarane
- {{flagicon|Algeria}} Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (2013–2014)
- {{flagicon|Algeria}} Mohamed Mekhazni (2014–2014)
- {{flagicon|Serbia}} Darko Janackovic (2014–2014)
- {{flagicon|Algeria}} Mohamed Mihoubi (2014–2015)
- {{flagicon|Algeria}} Billel Dziri (2015–2015)
- {{flagicon|Serbia}} Darko Janackovic (2015–)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Facebook|akhbarmadinatarbaa}}
{{Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1}}
{{Algerian Ligue 2}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arbaa, RC}}
Category:Association football clubs established in 1941
Category:Football clubs in Algeria
Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubs