ES Sétif

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 Stade 8 Mai 1945, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Entente de Sétif
وفاق سطيف
Full nameEntente Sportive Sétifienne
الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي
Nickname(s)E.S.S
El Kahla (The Black One)
Les Aigles Noirs (Black Eagles)
Founded1958
(as Entente Sportive de Sétif)
GroundStade 8 Mai 1945
Capacity25,000[1][2]
PresidentFahd Halfaia
Head CoachNabil Kouki[3]
LeagueLigue Professionnelle 1
2019–20Ligue Professionnelle 1, 3rd

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 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.

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[4] 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).[5]

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 a sign of sadness for the events on this day. The Guessan 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. 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

On August 8, 2010, ES Sétif defeated CS Sfaxien of Tunisia 1–0 to win the first-ever edition of the UNAF Super Cup.[9]

Crest
  • Former logo
  • Present logo

Shirt sponsor & kit manufacturer

Honours

Domestic competitions
Winners (8): 1967–68, 1986–87, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17
Runners-up (3): 1982–83, 1985–86, 2009–10.
Winners (8) – shared record: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1979–80, 1988–89, 2009–10, 2011–12.
Winners (2): 2015, 2017.
Runners-up (2): 2007, 2013.

International competitions
Winners (2): 1988, 2014
Winners (1): 2015
Winners (1): 1989

Regional competitions
  • Arab Champions League
Winners (2): 2007, 2008
Winners (1): 2009
Winners (1): 2010
Winners (1): 2010

Award nominations
  • African Inter-Club Team of the Year
Best team (1): 2014

Players

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

Current squad

22 January 2020, 2020.[10] 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  ALG Sofiane Khedairia
5 DF  ALG Mohamed Benyahia
7 MF  ALG Akram Djahnit (captain)
8 DF  ALG Houari Ferhani
9 FW  ALG Habib Bouguelmouna
10 FW  MLI Malick Touré
11 MF  ALG Zakaria Draoui
13 DF  ALG Abdelkrim Nemdil
14 MF  ALG Amir Karaoui
15 MF  ALG Abderrahim Deghmoum
18 DF  ALG Hocine Laribi
19 DF  ALG Saâdi Radouani
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  ALG Abdelhak Debbari
22 DF  ALG Ibrahim Bekakchi
24 FW  ALG Ismaïl Saïdi
26 FW  ALG Yasser Berbache
27 FW  ALG Houssam Ghacha
29 DF  ALG Youcef Laouafi
30 GK  ALG Oussama Filali
38 DF  ALG Amine Biaz
43 MF  ALG Ahmed Kendouci
44 MF  ALG Ibrahim Hachoud
50 GK  ALG Said Daas
71 FW  ALG Ishak Talal Boussouf

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[11] Name
1964–67 Abdelhamid Kermali
Sept 2, 2004 – Jan 23, 2005 Abdelkrim Bira
Jan 25 , 2005 – Jun 1, 2006 Hervé Revelli
Jun 18, 2005– Nov 30, 2005 Hocine Zekri
Dec 12 , 2005 – Jan 28,2007 Rachid Belhout
Feb 1, 2007 – July 5,2007 Rabah Saâdane
July 11,2007 – Sept 18, 2007 Charles Roessli
Sept 20, 2007 - Nov 3, 2007 Noureddine Saâdi
Dec 3, 2007 – June 30, 2008 Bernard Simondi
Sept 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009 Azzedine Aït Djoudi
Oct 8, 2009 – Aug 18, 2010 Noureddine Zekri
Aug 19, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010 Giovanni Solinas
Jan 13, 2011 – June 30, 2011 Giovanni Dellacasa
Sept 22, 2011 – June 16, 2012 Alain Geiger
July 1, 2012 – Sept 8, 2013 Hubert Velud
Sept 8, 2013 – Sept 26, 2013 Kheirredine Madoui (interim)
Sept 27, 2013 – Dec 8, 2013 Jean-Christian Lang
Dec 8, 2013 – July 5, 2014 Rabah Saâdane
July 8, 2014–;– December, 2015 Kheirredine Madoui
Dec, 2015 – May 27, 2016 Alain Geiger
Jun 1, 2016 – Dec 10, 2016 Abdelkader Amrani
Dec 11, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 Malik Zorgane
Jan , 2017 – Dec 17, 2017 Kheireddine Madoui
Dec 18, 2016 – Dec 31, 2017 Malik Zorgane
Jan , 2018 – Apr , 2018 Abdelhak Benchikha
Apr , 2018 – Jun , 2018 Malik Zorgane
Jun 1, 2018 – Nov 23, 2018 Rachid Taoussi
Nov 25, 2018 – Feb 5, 2019 Noureddine Zekri
Feb 7, 2019 – May 30, 2019 Nabil Neghiz
Jun , 2019 – Oct 17, 2019 Kheireddine Madoui
Oct 26, 2019 – Nabil Kouki

Performance in CAF competitions

The club have 3 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1987 to 1989 and 6 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2008 till now.

  • CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
1981 – Quarter-finals
1991 – Semi-finals
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