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CS Constantine

Club Sportif Constantinois (Arabic: النادي الرياضي القسنطيني), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, has a capacity of 22,968 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club Sportif Constantinois
Full nameClub Sportif Constantinois
Nickname(s)CSC,
The Smurfs,
The Dean
Founded1898; 126 years ago (1898)[1]
GroundChahid Hamlaoui Stadium
Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium
Capacity22,968 (Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium)
8,000 (Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium)
OwnerENTP SPA
PresidentTarek Arama[2]
Head CoachAbdelkader Amrani[3]
LeagueLigue 1
2022–23Ligue 1, 2nd of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

CS Constantine was officially founded under the name of Iqbal Association in 1898.[4] It was named Chabab Mécanique de Constantine from 1977 to 1987.

Tassili Airlines the airlines firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach sponsored the club from 2012 to 2016.[5] And since 2016, the club was sponsored by the Entreprise Nationale des Travaux aux Puits (ENTP), another firm of Sonatrach.[6]

The 1990s and the first title of the championship edit

For the second time in its history, the CSC succeeded in qualifying for the semi-final of the Algerian Cup in 1992, and lost to ASO Chlef (after shots on goal), at the Stade du 5 Juillet 1962. Two years later, the club snatched the title of league champion 2 for the 4th time. In this season the club dominated the D2 championship including the famous Constantine derby, the CSC beating the MO Constantine twice (3- 0 then 2–0). Promoted for the umpteenth time in 1994, the CSC won its first title in the history of Champion of Algeria during the 1996–97 season, with talented and experienced players at the national level (Isâad Bourahli, nicknamed the fox of the surfaces from the 1990s, Moudoud Kaoua, Réda Matem, Salim Laïb, Hassen Ghoula and Sid Ahmed Benamara). The same season, the CSC was a finalist in the international Black Stars tournament in Paris, after the semi-final victory over the Senegalese club ASC Diaraf. The following season (97–98), the club participated for the first time in the African Champions League. Exempted during the preliminary round of this edition the club, was eliminated against the Senegalese club AS Douanes in the first round, at the end of the season the CSC finishes 2nd in the championship of Algeria (Group A).

Colours and badge edit

Under all three names the club has had the same goals and values: (Popular, Islamic); the same colours: Green   (Hope) and black   (Grief); and the same motto: 'Hope in Grief' (L'esperance en Deuil).[citation needed]

Kits edit

1926-1927
1933-1934
1938-1939
1946-1947
1952-1953
1964-1965
1968-1969
1969-1971
1974-1975
1988-1989
1990-1991
1996-1997
1997-1998
1999-2000
2000-2001
2003-2004
2008-2009
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2023-2024

Crests edit

  • 1938
  • 1936-1940
  • 1946-1947
  • 1969-1970
  • 2013-2015

Honours edit

Domestic competitions edit

Performance in CAF competitions edit

CS Constantine 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, CS Constantine have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. CS Constantine have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. The first continental participation was in 1998 in the CAF Champions League, and the first match was against AS Douanes and ended with a loss 2–1, As for the biggest defeat result was firstly in 2014 against ASN Nigelec, and the secondly in 2016 against Nasarawa United 4–1, and biggest loss in 2014 against ASEC Mimosas 6–0. so that CS Constantine was absent from the African competitions until 2014 Where did it participate in the CAF Confederation Cup, On 8 February 2014 witnessed a historic event when CS Constantine played two matches on the same day, the first in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against MO Béjaïa and the second against ASN Nigelec in Niger and in both of them they were defeated by the same score 2–0.[7][8] the Algerian Football Federation refused to postpone the matches of the championship for the Algerian clubs participating in African competitions because the FAF does not intend to end up with late matches that would disrupt the progress of a calendar allegedly tight because of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it is for this reason that it strongly encouraged the Algerian clubs engaged in African competitions 2014 to withdraw. After winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title CS Constantine returned to the CAF Champions League after 20 years of absence, Qualifying for the group stage was a bit easy after winning against GAMTEL and Vipers putting him in group C with Club Africain, TP Mazembe and Ismaily.[9] where CS Constantine ranked second to face in the quarter-finals the defending champions Espérance de Tunis to defeat 3–6 on aggregate.[10]

1998 – First round
2018–19 – Quarter-finals
2014 – Second round
2016 – Second round

CAF competitions stats edit

As of 13 April 2019:

CAF competitions
CompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played
Champions League21463516142018–19
CAF Confederation Cup21060414142016
Total42412393028

Grounds edit

Main articles: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium and Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium

CS Constantine's home stadium is Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium which has been their home since its opening in 1976. The previous name of the stadium was Stade 17 Juin, the change was made in memory of Hamlaoui's death, a freedom fighter that died during the Algerian War. It can currently hold up to 22,968 people. The stadium has been through some renovation in the last few years.

CS Constantine play also in Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium.

  • Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Players edit

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

Current squad edit

As of 5 February 2024.[11][12]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  ALGKheireddine Boussouf
3MF  ALGSalaheddine Harrari
4DF  ALGChahine Bellaouel
5DF  ALGNasreddine Zaalani
6MF  ALGMohamed Benchaira
7MF  ALGAbdennour Belhocini
8DF  ALGHouari Baouche
9FW  ALGZakaria Benchaâ
10MF  ALGBrahim Dib (captain)
11FW  ALGMounder Temine
12DF  ALGOussama Meddahi
13FW  CMRNkembe Enow
14FW  GABAxel Méyé
No.Pos. NationPlayer
15MF  ALGZakaria Messibah
16GK  ALGZakaria Bouhalfaya
17DF  ALGAmir Belaili
18MF  ALGMessala Merbah
19DF  ALGChamseddine Derradji
20DF  ALGMohamed Amine Madani
21FW  ALGMohamed Amine Benmessabih
23GK  ALGAbdelmalek Necir
24DF  ALGAimen Bouguerra (on loan from CR Belouizdad)
25DF  ALGMiloud Rebiaï
26FW  ALGAbdelkader Kaibou
27FW  ALGAhmed Khaldi
47MF  ALGHadji Chekal Affari

Reserve Squad edit

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
No.Pos. NationPlayer

Personnel edit

Current technical staff edit

PositionStaff
Head coachAbdelkader Amrani
Assistant coachAzzedine Rahim
Goalkeeping coachLyes Benhaha
Fitness coachMedjahed Belaïd

Notable players edit

Below are the notable former players who have represented CS Constantine in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1926. 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 CS Constantine or following his departure.

For a complete list of CS Constantine players, see Category:CS Constantine players

Meghni Mourad

Managers edit

List of managers edit

Information correct as of 3 October 2023. Only competitive matches are counted.

Key
*Caretaker manager
NameFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostGFGAGDWin%
José Dutra dos Santos11 July 2011[13]14 September 2011[14]101000+00
Rachid Bouarrata27 September 2011[15]29 January 2012[16]153751619−320
Rachid Belhout10 February 2012[17]19 May 2012167452221+143.75
Roger Lemerre14 July 2012[18]21 May 201334161354825+2347.06
Diego Garzitto30 June 2013[19]5 December 2013[20]135621310+338.46
Lounès Gaouaoui*6 December 20134 January 2014430152+375
Bernard Simondi5 January 2014[21]24 May 2014238692432−834.78
Diego Garzitto7 July 2014[22]11 November 2014[23]104331311+240
Rachid Belhout16 November 2014[24]25 February 2015[25]239682222+039.13
Hubert Velud2 July 2015[26]18 October 2015[27]8314711−437.5
Didier Gomes Da Rosa5 November 2015[28]11 September 2016[29]2710892726+137.04
Miguel Ángel Portugal2 November 2016[30]10 December 2016502325−30
Abdelkader Amrani1 January 20176 November 2018[31]602719146349+1445
Denis Lavagne17 December 2018[32]24 December 2019[33]472010175748+942.55
Karim Khouda30 December 2019[34]15 March 2020105321811+750
Abdelkader Amrani24 June 2020[35]21 January 2021[36]714245−114.29
Miloud Hamdi4 February 2021[37]11 August 20212611873021+942.31
Chérif Hadjar4 September 2021[38]15 February 2022[39]178541812+647.06
Kheïreddine Madoui1 March 2022[40]26 February 2023[41]3517995433+2148.57
Lyamine Bougherara27 March 2023[42]3 October 2023[43]166281817+137.5
Abdelkader Amrani21 October 2023[44]

Rival clubs edit

References edit

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