2024–25 ES Sétif season

ES Sétif

2024–25 season
Owner	Sonelgaz
President	Abdelhamid Rais
Head coach	Rédha Bendris (from 10 July 2024)[1]
Stadium	8 May 1945 Stadium
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2024–25 season, is ES Sétif's 54th and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Sétif are participating in the Algerian Cup. On June 27, 2024 The federal office approved the calendar for the 2024–25 Ligue 1 season with the aim of ending on May 31, 2025. The first round is scheduled for September 14, this delay is motivated both by an extended end of the 2023–24 season but also by the holding of early presidential elections which will take place on September 7, 2024.^[2][3] However, the Ligue de Football Professionnel decided to postpone the start of the Ligue 1 by a week, on September 21.^[4]

Review

Background

On July 9, 2024 ES Setif announced in a press release that it was parting ways with its coach Ammar Souayah. Following this termination of contract, ESS sports director Abdelkarim Bira wanted to honor the Tunisian coach who took over at the head of the club last February.^[5] The next day, ES Setif signed a contract with the former coach of ES Mostaganem, Reda Bendriss.^[1] His arrival was announced a long time ago, Where Bendriss signed for two seasons. It's just a return home for the Setif native who was a player for ten years at ES Setif before spending a spell as assistant coach and then interim at the helm of ES Setif in 2021–22.^[1] On July 19, after a disagreement with the general manager Abdelkrim Bira, Malik Zorgane and Mourad Delhoum leave the administrative staff of ES Sétif.^[6] The latter have visibly given in to public pressure, which is demanding big names in this summer transfer window.^[6] All their proposals to strengthen the squad of the first team were rejected by the club's management, in particular the Nigerian attackers Tosin, Mrezigue and Ghacha. Not wanting their names to be associated with a failed casting, the two men preferred to withdraw.^[6]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 June 2024.^[7][8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
25		Zakaria Saidi	GK	(1996-08-05)5 August 1996 (aged 28)	JS Saoura
1		Tarek Bousseder	GK	(2000-11-28)28 November 2000 (aged 23)	ES Ben Aknoun
		Ala Eddine Bouaoune	GK	(2002-11-10)10 November 2002 (aged 21)	Reserve team
Defenders
5		Youcef Douar	CB	(1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 27)	Paradou AC
2		Drice Chaabi (C.)	CB	(1997-09-20)20 September 1997 (aged 26)	Francs Borains
27		Imadeddine Boubekeur	CB	(1995-07-10)10 July 1995 (aged 29)	Al-Arabi SC
16		Moriba Diarra	CB	(1995-12-30)30 December 1995 (aged 28)	Stade Malien
83		Abderrazak Mohra	CB	(2004-01-05)5 January 2004 (aged 20)	Reserve team
6		Houari Ferhani	LB	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 31)	Olympic Safi
3		Abdelmoumen Chikhi	LB	(1996-02-29)29 February 1996 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad
22		Oussama Gattal	RB	(1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 27)	JS Kabylie
65		Mohamed Imad Reguieg	RB	(2002-06-02)2 June 2002 (aged 22)	MC Oran
Midfielders
18		Taher Benkhelifa	DM	(1994-06-10)10 June 1994 (aged 30)	USM Alger
14		Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé	DM	(1999-12-31)31 December 1999 (aged 24)	Al-Taraji Club
32		Bassem Mechaar	DM	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 21)	Reserve team
24		Amir Nouri	CM	(1994-07-10)10 July 1994 (aged 30)	Unattached
7		Salah Abd Etouab Bouchama	AM	(2001-10-22)22 October 2001 (aged 22)	Reserve team
8		Akram Djahnit	AM	(1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 33)	USM Alger
10		Salam Jiddou	AM	(2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 24)	AS Monaco U21
12		Augustine Oladapo	AM	(1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 29)	TP Mazembe
Forwards
88		Youcef Taki Eddine Aouissi	LW	(2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 21)	Reserve team
61		Mohamed Messaoud Salem	LW	(2003-07-03)3 July 2003 (aged 21)	Reserve team
26		Moulay Abdelaziz Abdelkader	RW	(1999-04-20)20 April 1999 (aged 25)	ASO Chlef
17		Mohamed Boukerma	RW	(2001-08-05)5 August 2001 (aged 23)	Paradou AC
21		Abderrahmane Bacha	SS	(1999-12-21)21 December 1999 (aged 24)	USM Alger
19		Abdouel Ali Hadji	ST	(1997-06-25)25 June 1997 (aged 27)	ES Ben Aknoun

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
1 July 2024	GK	Tarek Bousseder	ES Ben Aknoun	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2024	CB	Youcef Douar	Paradou AC	Free transfer	[10][9]
11 July 2024	ST	Abdel-Touab Ali Hadji	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer	[11][9]
21 July 2024	MF	Akram Djahnit	USM Alger	Free transfer	[12][9]
23 July 2024	RB	Oussama Gatal	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[9]
1 August 2024	LB	Houari Ferhani	Olympic Safi	Free transfer	[9]
4 August 2024	AM	Augustine Oladapo	TP Mazembe	Free transfer	[13][9]
3 September 2024	FW	Abderrahmane Bacha	USM Alger	Free transfer	[14][9]
10 September 2024	CB	Imadeddine Boubekeur	Al-Arabi SC	Free transfer	[15][9]
10 September 2024	DM	Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé	Al-Taraji Club	Free transfer	[16][9]
10 September 2024	RW	Mohamed Boukerma	Paradou AC	Free transfer	[9]

Out

Summer

Pre-season and friendlies

USM Alger v ES Sétif

23 August 2024 Friendly	USM Alger	1–1	ES Sétif	Tabarka, Tunisia
17:30 UTC+1	Belkacemi 39' (pen.)	Report[17]	Djahnit ?'	Stadium: La Cigale Tabarka Sport

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00	—	To be confirmed	19 September 2024	In Progress
Algerian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Total	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00

Updated to match played 19 September 2024
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2024–25 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JS Kabylie	13	7	3	3	20	13	+7	24	Qualification for CAF Champions League
2	CS Constantine	12	5	5	2	12	9	+3	20[a]
3	ES Sétif	14	5	5	4	14	13	+1	20[a]	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4	MC Alger	11	4	6	1	8	6	+2	18[b]
5	MC Oran	13	5	3	5	12	11	+1	18[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: CS Constantine 3; ES Sétif 0.
2. Head-to-head points: MC Alger 3; MC Oran 0.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 27 September 2024.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2024. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 July 2024.^[18]

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

ES Sétif v MC El Bayadh

19 September 2024 Round 1	ES Sétif	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Sétif
18:00	Djahnit 11' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine VAR: Lahlou Benbraham

CR Belouizdad v ES Sétif

27 September 2024 Round 2	CR Belouizdad	0–0	ES Sétif	Algiers
16:00		Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

ES Sétif v NC Magra

4 October 2024 Round 3	ES Sétif	0–0	NC Magra	Sétif
18:00		Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Youcef Gamouh VAR: Lotfi Bekouassa

JS Saoura v ES Sétif

11 October 2024 Round 4	JS Saoura	3–2	ES Sétif	Béchar
16:00	Souibaâh 7' Belmiloud 45+4' Bentaleb 86'	Report	Chaabi 38' (pen.), 66'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

ES Sétif v ES Mostaganem

18 October 2024 Round 5	ES Sétif	1–0	ES Mostaganem	Sétif
18:00	Mouley 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Rafik Aouina

CS Constantine v ES Sétif

25 October 2024 Round 6	CS Constantine	2–1	ES Sétif	Constantine
16:00	Tahar 6' Belhocini 40'	Report	Bacha 21'	Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

ES Sétif v ASO Chlef

2 November 2024 Round 7	ES Sétif	1–0	ASO Chlef	Sétif
17:45	Boubekeur 17'	Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

MC Oran v ES Sétif

7 November 2024 Round 8	MC Oran	1–0	ES Sétif	Bir El Djir
19:30	Aguieb 61'	Report		Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Oukil VAR: Anes Azrine

Olympique Akbou v ES Sétif

23 November 2024 Round 10	Olympique Akbou	0–1	ES Sétif	Béjaïa
15:00		Report	Bacha 48'	Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine VAR: Akram Mechairia

ES Sétif v MC Alger

1 December 2024 Round 11	ES Sétif	0–0	MC Alger	Sétif
17:30		Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Bilel Soltani VAR: Lahlou Benbraham

USM Khenchela v ES Sétif

7 December 2024 Round 12	USM Khenchela	2–3	ES Sétif	Khenchela
15:00	Aiboud 45+1' Djaouchi 84'	Report	Boubekeur 55' Chaabi 77' Gattal 90+2'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

ES Sétif v JS Kabylie

13 December 2024 Round 13	ES Sétif	2–2	JS Kabylie	Sétif
17:00	Diarra 45+1' Chaabi 69'	Report	Madani 67' (pen.) Sarr 90+1'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Akram Mechairia VAR: Fateh Harkat

ES Sétif v Paradou AC

17 December 2024 Round 9	ES Sétif	1–2	Paradou AC	Sétif
17:30	Bacha 62'	Report	Kohili 6' Boulbina 70'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Yahia Dehar

ES Sétif v USM Alger

21 December 2024 Round 14	ES Sétif	1–1	USM Alger	Sétif
17:00	Bouchama 90+10'	Report	Ghacha 30'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa VAR: Lahlou Benbraham

US Biskra v ES Sétif

Round 15	US Biskra	–	ES Sétif	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

MC El Bayadh v ES Sétif

Round 16	MC El Bayadh	–	ES Sétif	El Bayadh
:				Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

ES Sétif v CR Belouizdad

Round 17	ES Sétif	–	CR Belouizdad	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

NC Magra v ES Sétif

Round 18	NC Magra	–	ES Sétif	Magra
:				Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium

ES Sétif v JS Saoura

Round 19	ES Sétif	–	JS Saoura	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

ES Mostaganem v ES Sétif

Round 20	ES Mostaganem	–	ES Sétif	Mostaganem
:				Stadium: Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium

ES Sétif v CS Constantine

Round 21	ES Sétif	–	CS Constantine	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

ASO Chlef v ES Sétif

Round 22	ASO Chlef	–	ES Sétif	Chlef
:				Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium

ES Sétif v MC Oran

Round 23	ES Sétif	–	MC Oran	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

Paradou AC v ES Sétif

Round 24	Paradou AC	–	ES Sétif	Dar El Beïda
:				Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium

ES Sétif v Olympique Akbou

Round 25	ES Sétif	–	Olympique Akbou	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

MC Alger v ES Sétif

Round 26	MC Alger	–	ES Sétif	Douera
:				Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium

ES Sétif v USM Khenchela

Round 27	ES Sétif	–	USM Khenchela	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

USM Alger v ES Sétif

Round 28	USM Alger	–	ES Sétif	Algiers
:				Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet

JS Kabylie v ES Sétif

Round 29	JS Kabylie	–	ES Sétif	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

ES Sétif v US Biskra

Round 30	ES Sétif	–	US Biskra	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Algerian Cup

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 18 June 2024^[update]

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
25	GK	Zakaria Saidi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	Tarek Bousseder		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Ala Eddine Bouaoune		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
5	CB	Youcef Douar		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	CB	Drice Chaabi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	CB	Imadeddine Boubekeur		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	CB	Moriba Diarra		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
83	CB	Abderrazak Mohra		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	LB	Houari Ferhani		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	LB	Abdelmoumen Chikhi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	RB	Oussama Gatal		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	RB	Mohamed Imad Reguieg		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
18	DM	Taher Benkhelifa		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DM	Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DM	Bassem Mechaar		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	CM	Amir Nouri		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	AM	Salah Abd Etouab Bouchama		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	AM	Akram Djahnit		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	AM	Salam Jiddou		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	AM	Augustine Oladapo		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
88	LW	Youcef Taki Eddine Aouissi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	LW	Mohamed Messaoud Salem		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	RW	Moulay Abdelaziz Abdelkader		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	RW	Mohamed Boukerma		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	SS	Abderrahmane Bacha		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	ST	Abdouel Ali Hadji		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				0		0	0		0	0		0

Last updated: 23 May 2024
Source: Soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 19 September 2024^[update]

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	TOTAL
8		Akram Djahnit	AM	1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				1	0	1

Clean sheets

As of 18 June 2024^[update]

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