ES Sétif

ES Sétif
Full nameEntente Sportive Sétifienne
Nickname(s)E.S.S
El Kahla (The Black One)
L’Entente
Les Aigles Noirs (Black eagles)
Short nameESS, SET
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958),
as Entente Sportive de Sétif
Ground8 May 1945 Stadium
Capacity25,000
OwnerSonelgaz
PresidentAbdelhamid Rais
ManagerAmmar Souayah
LeagueLigue 1
2022–23Ligue 1, 6th of 16
Current season

Entente Sportive Sétifienne (Arabic: الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي), known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in 1958 and its colours are black and white. Their home stadium, the 8 May 1945 Stadium, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

ESS is one of the most successful clubs in Algeria, having won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 eight times and the Algerian Cup a record of eight times. They are also one of only three Algerian clubs to have won the CAF Champions League, winning it twice in 1988 and 2014. They have also won the Arab Champions League twice, in 2007 and 2008, as well as three North African Cups in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, they became the first Algerian club to win the CAF Super Cup since the creation of the competition in 1993.

ES Sétif became CAF Champions League champion by defeating DR Congo's AS Vita Club in the 2014 final; and the reigning CAF Super Cup champions, by beating Egypt's Al Ahly in the 2015 Super Cup and the reigning Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions.

History

The club was founded in 1958 by Ali Benaouda and Ali Layass as Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS), the name was later changed to Entente Pétroliers Sétifienne (EPS) in 1977, and again in 1984 it became known as Entente Plastique Sétifienne (EPS) and was then later changed back to Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS).

The first colours of the club were green and the white, and following a confrontation with the French Army in a match with FC Gadir on May 8, 1945 colours changed to black and white as mourning for the events on this day. The Guessab Stadium was the original name for the club's home.

ES Sétif is one of the prestigious top flight Algerian clubs. The club has won the Algerian Cup 8 times, and is the only Algerian team to have won the Afro-Asia cup, in 1989 in Qatar.

Since its foundation, ES Sétif has had 19 presidents, the first being Ibrahim Dokomi.[citation needed] The current president is Hassan Hammar.

African success

In 1988, ES Sétif won the African Cup of Champions Clubs by beating Iwuanyanwu Nationale of Nigeria 4–1 on aggregate in the final. After losing the first leg 1–0 in Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, ES Sétif scored 4 goals in the return leg in Constantine to lift the trophy. ES Sétif were playing in the Algerian second division at time and are the only club in Africa to date to have won the African Cup of Champions Clubs while not being in the top flight.

By winning the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs, ES Sétif qualified for the 1989 Afro-Asian Club Championship, where they faced Al-Sadd of Qatar, winners of the 1988–89 Asian Club Championship. ES Sétif won both legs, 2–0 at home and 3–1 in Doha, to lift the trophy. They are the only Algerian club to have won the competition.

On June 29, 2010, ES Sétif became the first fully professional club in Algeria.

On August 8, 2010, ES Sétif defeated CS Sfaxien of Tunisia 1–0 to win the first-ever edition of the UNAF Super Cup.

Crest

Shirt sponsor & kit manufacturer

Honours

Type Competition Titles Winning Seasons
Domestic Ligue 1 8 1968, 1987, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Algerian Cup 8 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1980, 1989, 2010, 2012
Algerian Super Cup 2 2015, 2017
Continental African Champions League 2 1988, 2014
African Super Cup 1 2015
Intercontinental Afro-Asian Cup 1 1989
Regional Arab Club Champions Cup 2 2007, 2008
North African Cup of Champions 1 2009
North African Cup Winners Cup 1 2010
North African Super Cup 1 2010

Performance in CAF competitions

ES Sétif 1989–90 with From Left to Right:
Stand Up : Serrar - Boulehdjilet - Osmani - Nabti - Zorgane - Bernaoui.
Sitting Bendjabellah - Rahmani - Adjissa - Gharib - Adjas.
This team participated in the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs.

ES Sétif whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, ES Sétif have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. ES Sétif have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. The first match was against Kampala City FC and it ended in a 1–0 loss, As for the biggest win was in 1991 against ASC Linguère 7–1, and biggest loss was against Union Douala 5–0 in 1981.

After six years of absence, ES Setif returned to continental competitions, this time in the African Cup of Champions Clubs, for the first time The following year and in the same competition, despite falling to the second division, Les Aigles Noirs managed to achieve the title for the first time against Iwuanyanwu Nationale of Nigeria and after the defeat in the First leg 1–0, they achieved an overwhelming victory in the Second leg 4–0 in a match that took place at Stade du 17 Juin in Constantine, After that, they met with Al Sadd SC in the final of the Afro-Asian Club Championship, and won the title for the first time, which is the only one of its kind in the history of Algerian football. In 1991 ES Sétif participated in the last continental participation in the twentieth century, where it reached the semi-finals, and in the Second round, Malik Zorgane scored the first hat-trick for ES Sétif against SC Gagnoa.

Total standings of African Cup participations (1963 to 2022–23)

Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA CSC CCL CCWC CAC CCC
Pa. Pld Pa. Pld Pa. Pld Pa. Pld Pa. Pld
1 JS Kabylie 206 101 38 67 261 181 1 1 17 118 2 14 4 28 5 45
2 ES Sétif 145 61 37 47 219 162 1 1 12 94 2 12 5 36
3 USM Alger 145 69 34 42 233 143 9 80 5 25 1 6 4 34
4 CR Belouizdad 79 32 20 27 96 76 6 50 2 10 4 20
5 MC Alger 72 31 13 28 110 92 7 48 1 4 4 20
6 MC Oran 48 19 10 19 70 52 3 20 3 12 2 8 2 8

Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pa. = Participation; Pld = Matches played
CSC = CAF Super Cup; CCL = CAF Champions League; CCWC = CAF Cup Winners' Cup;
CAC = CAF Cup; CCC = CAF Confederation Cup

Players

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

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Algeria ALG Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani
2 DF Algeria ALG Drice Chaabi (captain)
3 DF Algeria ALG Abdelmoumen Chikhi
4 DF Algeria ALG Ahmed Guettaf
5 DF Algeria ALG Mohamed Khoutir Ziti
6 MF Algeria ALG Amir Yahia
7 FW Algeria ALG Salah Bouchama
9 FW Algeria ALG Saïd Bouchoucha
10 MF Mali MLI Abdou Salam Jiddou
11 FW Algeria ALG Ramdane Hitala
12 DF Algeria ALG Tarek Aggoun
13 DF Algeria ALG Yacine Zeghad
14 FW Algeria ALG Abdesslem Bouchouareb
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Algeria ALG Sami Guediri
16 DF Mali MLI Moriba Diarra
17 FW Algeria ALG Abdelmalek Oukil (on loan from MC Alger)
18 MF Algeria ALG Taher Benkhelifa
20 FW Algeria ALG Aimen Lahmeri (on loan from JS Saoura)
21 MF Algeria ALG Zineddine Benboulaid
22 DF Algeria ALG Belkacem Brahimi
24 MF Algeria ALG Amir Nouri
23 GK Algeria ALG Imad Benchlef
25 GK Algeria ALG Zakaria Saidi
26 FW Algeria ALG Abdelaziz Moulay
27 FW Algeria ALG Walid Zamoum
65 DF Algeria ALG Imad Reguieg

Reserve Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF Algeria ALG Bassem Mechaar
61 FW Algeria ALG Mohamed Messaoud Salem
68 DF Algeria ALG Rachid Boumessous
No. Pos. Nation Player
71 DF Algeria ALG Abderrazak Mohra
88 FW Algeria ALG Youcef Aouissi
90 FW Algeria ALG Rafik Douib

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach Ammar Souayah
Assistant coach Hafedh Guitouni
Goalkeeping coach Sofiane Kaouane
Fitness coach Arezki Boukhlef

Management

Position Staff
President Abdelhamid Rais
Director General Nabil Gouasmia
Sporting Director Dhia Eddine Boulahdjilet
Financial Director

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented ES Sétif in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1958. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with ES Sétif or following his departure.

For a complete list of ES Sétif players, see Category:ES Sétif players

Managerial history

Dates Name
1964–67 Algeria Abdelhamid Kermali
Sept 2, 2004 – Jan 23, 2005 Algeria Abdelkrim Bira
Jan 25 , 2005 – Jun 1, 2006 France Hervé Revelli
Jun 18, 2005– Nov 30, 2005 Algeria Hocine Zekri
Dec 12 , 2005 – Jan 28,2007 Algeria Rachid Belhout
Feb 1, 2007 – July 5, 2007 Algeria Rabah Saâdane
July 11, 2007 – Sept 18, 2007 Switzerland Charles Roessli
Sept 20, 2007 - Nov 3, 2007 Algeria Noureddine Saâdi
Dec 3, 2007 – June 30, 2008 France Bernard Simondi
Sept 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009 Algeria Azzedine Aït Djoudi
Oct 8, 2009 – Aug 18, 2010 Algeria Noureddine Zekri
Aug 19, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010 Italy Giovanni Solinas
Jan 13, 2011 – June 30, 2011 Italy Giovanni Dellacasa
Sept 22, 2011 – June 16, 2012 Switzerland Alain Geiger
July 1, 2012 – Sept 8, 2013 France Hubert Velud
Sept 8, 2013 – Sept 26, 2013 Algeria Kheirredine Madoui (interim)
Sept 27, 2013 – Dec 8, 2013 France Jean-Christian Lang
Dec 8, 2013 – July 5, 2014 Algeria Rabah Saâdane
July 8, 2014–;– December, 2015 Algeria Kheirredine Madoui
Dec, 2015 – May 27, 2016 Switzerland Alain Geiger
Jun 1, 2016 – Dec 10, 2016 Algeria Abdelkader Amrani
Dec 11, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 Algeria Malik Zorgane
Jan , 2017 – Dec 17, 2017 Algeria Kheireddine Madoui
Dec 18, 2016 – Dec 31, 2017 Algeria Malik Zorgane
Jan , 2018 – Apr , 2018 Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha
Apr , 2018 – Jun , 2018 Algeria Malik Zorgane
Jun 1, 2018 – Nov 23, 2018 Morocco Rachid Taoussi
Nov 25, 2018 – Feb 5, 2019 Algeria Noureddine Zekri
Feb 7, 2019 – May 30, 2019 Algeria Nabil Neghiz
Jun , 2019 – Oct 17, 2019 Algeria Kheireddine Madoui
Oct 26, 2019 – Feb 28, 2022 Tunisia Nabil Kouki
Feb 28, 2022 – Apr 17, 2022 Algeria Rédha Bendris
Apr 17, 2022 – Jun 17, 2022 Serbia Darko Nović
Jul 14, 2022 – Nov 20, 2022 Egypt Hossam El Badry
Nov 27, 2022 – Jan 8, 2023 Algeria Khaled Lemmouchia (interim)
Jan 8, 2023 – Feb 19, 2023 Tunisia Chiheb Ellili
Feb 25, 2023 – Jul 15, 2023 Algeria Billel Dziri
Aug 6, 2023 – Sep 12, 2023 Algeria Abdelkader Amrani
Sep 13 2023 – Feb 9, 2024 France Franck Dumas
Feb 10, 2024 – Tunisia Ammar Souayah

List of managers

Information correct as of 9 February 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Key
* Caretaker manager
Name From To Matches Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Win%
Algeria Mokhtar Arribi 1961 1964
Algeria Mokhtar Arribi 1965 1969
Algeria Mokhtar Arribi 1979 1981
Algeria Mokhtar Arribi 1983 1984
Algeria Mokhtar Arribi 1986 1989
Algeria Abdelkrim Bira 2 September 2004 23 January 2005
France Hervé Revelli 25 January 2005 1 June 2006
Algeria Hocine Zekri 18 June 2006 30 November 2006
Algeria Rachid Belhout 12 December 2006 28 January 2007
Algeria Rabah Saâdane 1 February 2007 5 July 2007
Switzerland Charles Roessli 11 July 2007 18 September 2007
Algeria Noureddine Saâdi 20 September 2007 3 November 2007
France Bernard Simondi 3 December 2007 30 June 2008
Algeria Rachid Belhout 22 September 2009
Algeria Ali Mechiche 20 September 2009 8 December 2009
Algeria Noureddine Zekri 8 October 2009 18 August 2010
Italy Giovanni Solinas 19 August 2010 31 December 2010
Italy Giovanni Dellacasa 13 January 2011 30 June 2011
Switzerland Alain Geiger 22 September 2011 16 June 2012 36 22 5 9 69 47 +22 61.11
France Hubert Velud 4 July 2012 7 September 2013 48 27 9 12 84 49 +35 56.25
Algeria Kheirredine Madoui * 8 September 2013 26 September 2013 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 66.67
France Jean-Christian Lang 27 September 2013 7 December 2013 9 4 4 1 9 7 +2 44.44
Algeria Rabah Saâdane 8 December 2013 5 July 2014 27 14 7 6 39 23 +16 51.85
Algeria Kheirredine Madoui 8 July 2014 7 November 2015 70 26 28 16 88 73 +15 37.14
Switzerland Alain Geiger 14 November 2015 27 May 2016 27 12 9 6 37 22 +15 32.43
Algeria Abdelkader Amrani 1 June 2016 14 December 2016 15 7 4 4 22 14 +8 46.67
Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui 24 December 2016 17 December 2017 35 8 8 4 45 24 +21 22.86
Algeria Malik Zorgane * 17 December 2017 29 December 2017 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100
Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha 30 December 2017 25 April 2018 17 6 4 7 27 17 +10 35.29
Algeria Malik Zorgane * 25 April 2018 June 2018 5 0 1 4 5 10 −5 0
Morocco Rachid Taoussi 1 June 2018 23 November 2018 25 11 6 8 27 22 +5 44
Algeria Noureddine Zekri 24 November 2018 5 February 2019 9 5 1 3 11 6 +5 55.56
Algeria Nabil Neghiz 7 February 2019 30 May 2019 15 7 3 5 19 12 +7 46.67
Algeria Kheirredine Madoui 22 July 2019 12 October 2019 7 2 1 4 10 9 +1 28.57
Tunisia Nabil Kouki 26 October 2019 27 February 2022 89 46 23 20 135 68 +67 51.69
Serbia Darko Novic 17 April 2022 17 June 2022 14 6 3 5 25 16 +9 42.86
Egypt Hossam El Badry 13 July 2022 20 November 2022 10 5 3 2 16 12 +4 50
Algeria Khaled Lemmouchia * 27 November 2022 8 January 2023 6 2 2 2 11 4 +7 33.33
Tunisia Chiheb Ellili 8 January 2023 19 February 2023 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 33.33
Algeria Billel Dziri 25 February 2023 15 July 2023 12 3 4 5 11 12 -1 25
Algeria Abdelkader Amrani 6 August 2023 12 September 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France Franck Dumas 13 September 2023 9 February 2024 17 9 3 5 24 21 +3 52.94

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