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Paradou AC

Paradou Athletic Club, known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, the club colours are blue and yellow. Their home stadium, Ahmed Fellak Stadium, has a capacity of some 5,000 spectators but the club receives its opponents in Omar Benrabah Stadium. The club is currently playing in the Algerian League 2.

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Paradou AC
Full nameParadou Athletic Club
Founded16 August 1994 (16 August 1994)
GroundOmar Benrabah Stadium
Capacity14,150
PresidentHacène Zetchi
Head CoachAzzedine Aït Djoudi1
LeagueLeague 2
2025–26Ligue 1, 14th of 16 (relegated)

Paradou Athletic Club (Arabic: نادي أتليتيك بارادو), known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, the club colours are blue and yellow. Their home stadium, Ahmed Fellak Stadium, has a capacity of some 5,000 spectators but the club receives its opponents in Omar Benrabah Stadium. The club is currently playing in the Algerian League 2.

In May 2017, Paradou AC returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after a 10 years absence.

History

The founding members of the Paradou Athlétic Club, include the brothers Kheiredine and Hassen Zetchi. From its first sporting season 1994–95, the Paradou AC reached all levels until it ended up in 2005 in Ligue 1. Several players trained by Paradou AC include Lamouri Djediat, Mokhtar Benmoussa, Hocine El Orfi, Saad Tedjar, Billel Ouali and Hichem Nekkache.2

On 21 May 2026, Paradou AC were relegated to Algerian League 2 after 9 years in the top division.3

Honours

Domestic competitions

Players

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

Current squad

As of 13 July 20264 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  ALG Mohamed Bouderka
5 DF  ALG Ouanisse Bouzahzah
6 DF  ALG Hamza Salem
9 FW  ALG Mohamed Ait El Hadj
12 DF  ALG Salaheddine Zaoui
14 MF  CIV Abdoul Fatahou Ouattara
15 FW  ALG Mohamed Ramdaoui
16 GK  ALG Toufik Moussaoui (captain)
17 MF  ALG Moncef Bisker
18 MF  ALG Abdeldjalil Tahri
19 MF  ALG Mohamed Lamine Tahar
20 MF  ALG Sid Ahmed Lahmer
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF  ALG Imad Reguieg
25 FW  MAD Lalaïna Rafanomezantsoa
26 MF  ALG Taha Yassine Tahar
27 MF  ALG Djafar Zabaiou
29 FW  ALG Abderrahmane Bacha
30 GK  ALG Ahmed Abdelkader
35 DF  ALG Abdelhak Benidder
37 FW  ALG Mohamed Guidoum
60 GK  ALG Mohammed El Koubi
- DF  SEN Moussa Sogué
- FW  MAD Toky Rakotondraibe

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Azzedine Aït Djoudi
Assistant coach Souhaib Zarrouk
Goalkeeping coach Merzak Saidi
Fitness coach Mourad Khemiri

Paradou AC/JMG "El Ankaoui" Academy

In 2007, Paradou AC launched their academy in a partnership with JMG Academy, run by Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou.5 The cost of the academy is estimated to be about €600 000 over 7 years, including the purchase of land at a site in Tessala El Merdja (in the outskirts of Alger), and construction of housing and facilities for the players and staff. The current team is made up of players aged 13 to 15 years old, and they have regularly beaten much older teams, while playing without shoes or a goalie.6 The team is coached by Olivier Guillou and Djamel Aïch.78

Players from Paradou AC to Europe

Player Pos Club League Transfer fee Source
Algeria Hicham Boudaoui MF Nice France Ligue 1 €4,000,000 9
Algeria Youcef Atal DF KV Kortrijk Belgium Belgian First Division A €550,000 10
Algeria Farid El Mellali FW Angers France Ligue 1 Free transfer 1112
Algeria Ramy Bensebaini DF Rennes France Ligue 1 €2,000,000 13
Algeria Adem Zorgane MF Charleroi Belgium Belgian First Division A €1,000,000 14
Algeria Abdelkahar Kadri MF Kortrijk Belgium Belgian First Division A €500,000 1516
Algeria Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali FW Charleroi Belgium Belgian First Division A €750,000 17
Algeria Yassine Titraoui MF Charleroi Belgium Belgian First Division A €1,200,000 18

Players from Paradou AC to other countries

Player Pos Club League Transfer fee Source
Algeria Raouf Benguit MF Espérance ST Tunisia Ligue Professionnelle 1 742,000 $ 19

List of Paradou AC international footballers

Players

Key
† Players participated in the African Cup of Nations
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Bold Still playing competitive football
Paradou AC international footballers
Name Position Date of first cap Debut against Date of last cap Final match
against 		Caps Ref
Algeria Youcef Atal DF 6 Jun 2017  Guinea 11 Jun 2017  Togo 2 20
Algeria Hicham Boudaoui MF 27 Dec 2018  Qatar 7 Jul 2019  Guinea 5 21
Algeria Farid El Melali FW 22 Mar 2018  Tanzania 27 Mar 2018  Iran 2 22
Uganda Allan Okello FW 16 Nov 2020  South Sudan 14 Nov 2021  Mali 6 23
Algeria Haithem Loucif DF 27 Dec 2018  Qatar 22 Mar 2019  Gambia 2 24
Algeria Zakaria Naidji FW 22 Mar 2019  Gambia 22 Mar 2019  Gambia 1 25
Notes

Notes

References

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