Boualem Amirouche
RCK 1962-1979 · Verified
The one-club man. Seventeen seasons in the same shirt, 11 caps for Algeria (1966-71), the 1968 AFCON · and a reputation, upheld by his peers, as an exceptional player. The absolute symbol of Kouba loyalty.
The legends of RC Kouba
National heroes and neighbourhood heroes: the Raed's memory belongs as much to World Cup stars as to the quiet servants of the Kouba school. This gallery will grow with verified contributions.
Green-and-white pantheon
Salah Assad
RCK 1975-1982 · Verified
The left winger who dazzled the 1982 World Cup: two goals in Spain, runner-up for the African Ballon d'Or, and that mythical dribble, "el-ghorraf", born on Kouba's pitches. Champion with the Raed in 1981 before joining Mulhouse.
Mehdi Cerbah
RCK 1981-1986 · Verified
Voted Algeria's best goalkeeper of the 20th century. 1981 champion with the Raed, hero of the 1982 World Cup and the historic win over West Germany. He passed away in 2021, mourned by the whole family of Algerian football.
Mohamed Kaci-Saïd
1981 champion · Verified
Midfielder of the 1981 title side, Algerian international at the 1986 World Cup and the 1984 and 1988 AFCONs (third place). The elegance and engine of the great Raed team.
Abdelkader Zerrar
Player 1966-70 · Coach 1970-1987 · Verified
The architect. A former player of the club and of the FLN/ALN team, he led the Raed for seventeen years, to the 1981 championship and the Super Cup. He retired after the 1987 tragedy. Died in 2013.
Mustapha Benouenniche
Founder · President · Verified
First president and honorary president for life: under his impetus the club was born in 1945, then the 1964 football school. The founding father of the green-and-white house.
The 1981 generation · the title XI
Core documented by the team photograph and the press; spellings and exact positions being consolidated.
Mehdi Cerbah
Goalkeeper
Mohamed Kaci-Saïd
Midfielder
Hocine Boumaraf
Defender
Safsafi
Defender
Rachid Bouzama
Midfielder
Redouane Drici
Midfielder
Nordine Meghichi
Forward
Youcef Kaboul
Defender
Hamid Selmi
Midfielder
Salah Assad
Left winger
Mohamed Chaïb
Left-back
Eternal memory · the fallen of 1987
On 12 February 1987, six Raed players lost their lives in the crash of the team bus on the road to Touggourt: Mohamed Kab, Saïd Chakir, Abdelkader Saâdi, Hocine Boualdja, Saâdi Guezou and Abderrazak Rouibi. The portal dedicates this page to them; their detailed portraits will be added with the help of families and club veterans. Verified
Local heroes · call for contributions
Mokhtar Neggazi, Saïd Mebarki, Mohamed Fertah, the Aït Cheggou brothers and so many others belong to the club's popular memory, but their careers remain poorly documented online. Did you play for RCK, or did your relatives? Share photos, licences and memories to complete this gallery · every published profile will be verified and sourced.