ES Sétif

ESS

Full name	Entente Sportive de Sétif الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي
Nickname(s)	E.S.S El Kahla (The Black One) Les Aigles Noirs (Black Eagles)
Founded	1958 (as Entente Sportive de Sétif)
Ground	Stade 8 Mai 1945
Capacity	25,000[1]
President	Hacène Hemmar
Manager	Abdelkader Amrani
League	Ligue Professionnelle 1
2015–16	Ligue Professionnelle 1, 5th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Entente Sportive de Sétif (Arabic: الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي‎‎) (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃.tɑ̃t spɔʁ.tiv də se.tif]), commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The club was founded in 1958 and plays its games at the Stade 8 Mai 1945.

ESS is one of the most successful clubs in Algeria having won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 seven 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 were CAF Champions League champion, after beating DR Congo's AS Vita Club in the 2014 final, the reigning CAF Super Cup, after beating Egypt's Al Ahly in the 2015 Super Cup^[2] 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).^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

On August 8, 2010, ES Sétif defeated CS Sfaxien of Tunisia 1–0 to win the first-ever edition of the UNAF Super Cup.^[7]

Equipment

• 2014–15: Joma

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Algerian Ligue 1

Winners (7): 1967–68, 1986–87, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

Runners-up (3): 1982–83, 1985–86, 2009–10

• Algerian Cup

Winners (8) – shared record: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1979–80, 1988–89, 2009–10, 2011–12

• Algerian Super Cup

Winners (1): 2015

Runners-up (2): 2007, 2014

African competitions

• CAF Champions League

Winners (2): 1988, 2014

• CAF Confederation Cup

Runners-up (1): 2009

• CAF Super Cup

Winners (1): 2015

Worldwide competitions

• Afro-Asian Club Championship

Winners (1): 1989

Regional competitions

• Arab Champions League

Winners (2): 2007, 2008

• North African Cup of Champions

Winners (1): 2009

• North African Cup Winners Cup

Winners (1): 2010

• North African Super Cup

Winners (1): 2010

Performance in CAF Competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 9 appearances

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.

1987 – Second Round 1988 – Champion 1989 – First Round

2008 – First Round 2010 – Group Stage 2011 – Third Round 2013 – Third Round

2014 – Champion 2015 – Group Stage 2016 – Group Stage - Disqualified

• CAF Confederation Cup: 4 appearances

2009 – Finalist 2011 – Second Round of 8

2012 – First Round 2013 – Group Stage

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1981 – Quarter-finals

1991 – Semi-finals

• CAF Super Cup: 1 appearance

2015 – Champion Current squad As of January 14, 2015: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Sofiane Khedairia 2 DF Sofiane Bouchar 3 DF Farès Hachi 4 DF Said Arroussi 5 MF Tam Beng 6 MF Ibrahim Amada 7 MF Akram Djahnit 8 MF Hamza Aït Ouamar 10 MF Abdelmoumene Djabou 12 FW Abdelhakim Amokrane 13 FW Sid Ali Lamri 14 FW Hamza Boulemdaïs No. Position Player 15 DF Abdelkader Bedrane 16 GK Omar Saadoune 20 FW Ryad Kenniche 21 MF Issam Baouz 24 DF Mohamed Khoutir Ziti 25 DF Miloud Rebiai 23 FW Rachid Nadji 27 MF Zakaria Haddouche 30 GK Kheiri Bakri 31 MF Islam Bekir – GK Abderaouf Belhani 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 Algeria Nacer Adjissa Laid Belhamel Isâad Bourahli Faouzi Chaouchi Abdelmoumene Djabou Lamouri Djediat Farès Fellahi Abderahmane Hachoud Lazhar Hadj Aïssa Samir Hadjaoui Nabil Hemani Algeria Messaoud Koussim Abdelkader Laïfaoui Khaled Lemmouchia Kheïreddine Madoui Hocine Metref Antar Osmani Slimane Raho Abdelhamid Salhi Abdelhakim Serrar Abdelmalek Ziaya Malik Zorgane Africa Francis Ambané Rémi Adiko Serey Die Managerial History Dates[8] Name 1964–67 Abdelhamid Kermali July 1, 2005 – Jan 1, 2006 Hervé Revelli 2005–06 Hocine Zekri 2006–07 Rachid Belhout 2007 Rabah Saâdane 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 June, 2016–;– Abdelkader Amrani References http://www.entente-setif.com/Le-Stade.html "Black Eagles' draw enough to ascend Africa's summit". FIFA.com. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/alg09.html Boesenberg, Eric (December 1, 1998). "African Club Competitions 1988". RSSSF. Retrieved April 11, 2012. Morrison, Neil (January 13, 2011). "Afro-Asian Club Championship". RSSSF. "L'ES Sétif désormais club professionnel". DZFoot. June 29, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2012. Ghanmi, Monia (August 8, 2010). "First UNAF Super Cup heads to Setif". Maghrebia. Barnes et al. (2001), pp. 54–57. External links Official website Official club logo