# 1988–89 ES Sétif season

In the 1988–89 season, ES Sétif is competing in the Division 2 for the first time. They competing in Division 2, the Algerian Cup and the Cup of Champions Clubs. ES Sétif changed the name to EP Sétif from 1977 to 1987 and to Entente de Sétif from 1987–88 to 1988–89 seasons, so the club participated under the first name until the quarter-final and under the second name in the semi-final and the final.

## Review

ES Sétif participates in the African Cup of Champions Clubs, they play in the quarter-finals against the Gabonese club FC 105 Libreville, they lose in Libreville (3–1), but achieve a historic comeback at home 3–0. In the semi-final, they faced the Egyptians of Al Ahly SC, at home the black eagles won 2–0, but on the second leg in Cairo, they lost by the same score, however after the penalty shootout they qualify for the final against the Nigerian club Iwuanyanwu Nationale. This was the first time in the history of African football that a second-tier team had for the first time reached a final. ES Sétif plays under the leadership of the godfather of Setif football and the former glory of the National Liberation Front team Mokhtar Arribi.
In the first leg on November 26, 1988, they lost 1–0, in the second leg on December 9, 1988, it was a snowy day, and the road leading to Constantine's Stade 17 Juin was closed, Les Aigles Noirs will experience the first continental coronation after the 4–0 victory with a goal from Zorgane, two minutes later from Abderrazak Rahmani, Andrew Uwe scored against his own goal in the 85th, then Abderrahim Bendjaballah score the fourth goal in the 87th. ESS has become the third Algerian club to win the African Cup of Champions Clubs after MC Alger in 1976 and JS Kabylie in 1981.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1988. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Abdelhakim Serrar | CB | (1961-04-24)24 April 1961 (aged 27) | |
| Antar Osmani | GK | (1960-02-22)22 February 1960 (aged 28) | Reserve team |
| Malik Zorgane | MF | (1965-06-27)27 June 1965 (aged 23) | Reserve team |
| Kamel Adjas | LB | (1963-01-03)3 January 1963 (aged 25) | Reserve team |
| Djamel Nabti | DF | | |
| Ammar Bernaoui | DF | | |
| Dhia Eddine Djihad Boulahdjilet | MF | | |
| Chawki Raïs | FW | | |
| Abderrazak Rahmani | FW | (1960-12-14)14 December 1960 (aged 27) | |
| Nacer Adjissa | MF | (1957-03-31)31 March 1957 (aged 31) | USM Sétif |
| Ammar Doudou | FW | | |
| Fayçal Kessai | GK | | |
| Derradji Bendjaballah | ST | (1959-11-23)23 November 1959 (aged 28) | Reserve team |
| Abderrahim Bendjaballah | ST | (1965-04-13)13 April 1965 (aged 23) | Reserve team |
| Hamid Rahmouni | ST | (1967-10-22)22 October 1967 (aged 20) | Reserve team |
| Mustapha Gharib | FW | | |
| Salah Bourahla | FW | | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Division 2 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 053.13 | — | 1st | 30 September 1988 | 16 June 1989 |
| Algerian Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 083.33 | Round of 64 | Winners | 12 January 1989 | 5 July 1989 |
| Cup of Champions Clubs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 050.00 | Quarter-finals | Winners | 11 September 1988 | 9 December 1988 |
| Total | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 056.82 |

### Division 2
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ES Sétif | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 46 | Promotion to Division 1 |
| 2 | CR Belcourt | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 44 | Promotion to Division 1 |
| 3 | WA Tlemcen | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 40 | |
| 4 | USM Blida | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 38 | |
| 5 | JSM Skikda | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 38 | |
| 6 | GC Mascara | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 34 | |
| 7 | MB Batna | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 33 | |
| 8 | Olympique de Médéa | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 33 | |
| 9 | Olympic Chlef | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 32 | |
| 10 | CS Constantine | 32 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 31 | |
| 11 | CR Témouchent | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 30 | |
| 12 | ES Guelma | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 30 | |
| 13 | IRB El Hadjar | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 29 | |
| 14 | E Sour El Ghozlane | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 29 | Relegation to Régional D3 |
| 15 | RCB Oued Rhiou | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 26 | Relegation to Régional D3 |
| 16 | JS El Biar | 32 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 23 | Relegation to Régional D3 |
| 17 | CRB Mecheria | 32 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 74 | −54 | 8 | Relegation to Régional D3 |
* ↑ CRB Mecheria were deducted 1 point.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |

### African Cup of Champions Clubs
#### Quarter-finals
#### Final
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| Pos | Player | Nat | Division 2 | Division 2 | Division 2 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | African Cup of Champions Clubs | African Cup of Champions Clubs | African Cup of Champions Clubs | Total | Total | Total |
| Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||
| GK | Fayçal Kessai | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Antar Osmani | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||
| DF | Abdelhakim Serrar | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Kamel Adjas | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Djamel Nabti | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ammar Bernaoui | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Bouzid Raïs | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Senoussi | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||
| MF | Malik Zorgane | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Dhia Eddine Djihad Boulahdjilet | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Nacer Adjissa | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Embarek Saci Mattem | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ahmed chadli | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||
| FW | Chawki Raïs | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Abderrazak Rahmani | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Ammar Doudou | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Derradji Bendjaballah | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Abderrahim Bendjaballah | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Hamid Rahmouni | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Mustapha Gharib | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Salah Bourahla | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 32 | 32 | 58 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 84 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Nat. | Player | Pos. | D2 | AC | CL1 | TOTAL |
| | Abderrahim Bendjaballah | FW | 15 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| | Hamid Rahmouni | FW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| | Mustapha Gharib | FW | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| | Abderrazak Rahmani | | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| | Nacer Adjissa | MF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| | Derradji Bendjaballah | FW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | Malik Zorgane | MF | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Ammar Doudou | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 58 | 16 | 10 | 84 |