# 2015–16 ES Sétif season

In the 2015–16 season, ES Sétif competed in the Ligue 1 for the 46th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 August 2015. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Squad No. | Position | Name | Date Of Birth (Age) | Moving from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Sofiane Khedairia | (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35) | Le Mans FC |
| 26 | GK | Abderaouf Belhani | (1986-11-26) 26 November 1986 (age 37) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 22 | GK | Amar Saadoune | (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 31) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | RB | Said Arroussi | (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 2 | RB | Sofiane Bouchar | (1994-05-21) 21 May 1994 (age 30) | Youth system |
| 20 | RB | Ryad Kenniche | (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31) | USM El Harrach |
| 12 | RB | Farès Hachi | (1989-11-05) 5 November 1989 (age 34) | Grenoble Foot 38 |
| 25 | RB | Miloud Rebiai | (1993-12-12) 12 December 1993 (age 30) | WA Tlemcen |
| 17 | RB | Djamel Benlamri | (1989-12-25) 25 December 1989 (age 34) | JS Kabylie |
| 18 | RB | Amine Megateli | (1987-05-04) 4 May 1987 (age 37) | JSM Béjaïa |
| 36 | RB | Ayeche Ziouache | (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 21 | CM | Issam Baouz | (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 33) | Villemomble Sports |
| 57 | CM | El Hedi Belameiri | (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33) | CSO Amnéville |
| 19 | CM | Eudes Dagoulou | (1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 34) | MC Oran |
| 13 | CM | Sid Ali Lamri | (1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 (age 33) | MSP Batna |
| 16 | CM | Mohamed Billal Rait | (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38) | RC Arbaâ |
| 29 | CM | Toufik Zerara | (1986-02-03) 3 February 1986 (age 38) | JSM Béjaïa |
| 14 | CM | Mourad Delhoum | (1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 (age 39) | JS Kabylie |
| 6 | CM | Ibrahim Amada | (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 34) | USM El Harrach |
| | CM | Abdelmoumene Djabou | (1987-01-31) 31 January 1987 (age 37) | Club Africain |
| | CM | Mohamed Mekdache | (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 (age 29) | Youth system |
| 27 | CM | Zakaria Haddouche | (1993-08-19) 19 August 1993 (age 31) | ASO Chlef |
| Forwards ||||||
| | RW | Akram Djahnit | (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 33) | Al-Arabi SC |
| 9 | RW | Abdelmalek Ziaya | (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40) | USM Alger |
| - | RW | Mohamed Benyettou | (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989 (age 34) | MC Oran |
| - | RW | Abdelhakim Amokrane | (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30) | DRB Tadjenanet |
| | RW | Yasser Berbache | (1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 28) | Youth system |
| | RW | Ismaïl Saïdi | (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 27) | Youth system |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 036.67 |
| Algerian Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 075.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 016.67 |
| CAF Champions League | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 025.00 |
| Algerian Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | 45 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 037.78 |
| Competition | Start round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Ligue 1 | — | 5th | 15 August 2015 | 27 May 2015 |
| Algerian Cup | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 19 December 2015 | 4 March 2016 |
| CAF Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 27 June 2015 | 11 September 2015 |
| Algerian Super Cup | Final | winners | 1 November 2015 | 1 November 2015 |
| CAF Champions League | Preliminary round | Second round | 13 March 2016 | 19 April 2016 |

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 45 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 45 | |
| 5 | ES Sétif | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 44 | |
| 6 | MO Béjaïa | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 44 | |
| 7 | DRB Tadjenanet | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 43 | |
* 1 2 JS Kabylie ahead of CR Belouizdad on head-to-head record: JSK–CRB 1–0, CRB–JSK 1–1.
* 1 2 ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 January 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 2015 Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USM | MER | ESS | MCE |
| 1 | USM Alger | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Al-Merrikh | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | ES Sétif | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | MC El Eulma | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Sofiane Khedairia | 33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ALG | Abderaouf Belhani | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ALG | Amar Saadoune | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ALG | Said Arroussi | 28 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Bouchar | 35 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Ryad Kenniche | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ALG | Farès Hachi | 36 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Miloud Rebiai | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Djamel Benlamri | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Amine Megateli | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ALG | Ayeche Ziouache | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 21 | MF | ALG | Issam Baouz | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | ALG | El Hedi Belameiri | 23 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | CTA | Eudes Dagoulou | 30 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Sid Ali Lamri | 34 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Billal Rait | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Zahir Nemdil | 20 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ALG | Toufik Zerara | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Mourad Delhoum | 25 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAD | Ibrahim Amada | 31 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Abdelmoumene Djabou | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mohamed Mekdache | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Yanis Rafik Bessam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Mehdi Boubakour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Haddouche | 26 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| | FW | ALG | Sofiane Younès | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Akram Djahnit | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Abdelmalek Ziaya | 24 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Abdelhakim Amokrane | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Yasser Berbache | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Ismaïl Saïdi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Mansour Benothmane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Ilyes Korbiaa | 19 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| | MF | ALG | Walid Chenine | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Merouane Dahar | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Mohamed Benyettou | 21 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers
## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 8 June 2015 | MF | Walid Chenine | US Colomiers | Undisclosed |
| 8 June 2015 | FW | Adam Tobbal | Fulham U21 | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2015 | DF | Farès Hachi | Grenoble Foot 38 | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2015 | DF | Miloud Rebiai | WA Tlemcen | €15,000 |
| 2 July 2015 | DF | Djamel Benlamri | JS Kabylie | €50,000 |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Ryad Kenniche | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2015 | MF | Zakaria Haddouche | ASO Chlef | €40,000 |
| 25 July 2015 | MF | Ibrahim Amada | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 30 December 2015 | MF | Abdelhakim Amokrane | DRB Tadjenanet | Return from loan |
| 7 January 2016 | MF | Abdelmoumene Djabou | Club Africain | Free transfer |
| 14 January 2016 | MF | Akram Djahnit | Al-Arabi SC | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 18 June 2015 | DF | Abdelghani Demmou | MC Alger | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2015 | DF | Farid Mellouli | Al-Qadsiah FC | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Mohamed Lagraâ | JS Saoura | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2015 | MF | Akram Djahnit | Al-Arabi SC | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2016 | FW | Merouane Dahar | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 10 January 2016 | FW | Mohamed Benyettou | Al Shabab | 700,000 $ |
| 11 January 2016 | MF | Walid Chenine | RC Relizane | Free transfer |