# 1997–98 ES Sétif season

The 1997–98 season, is ES Sétif's 32nd season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Sétif are participating in the Algerian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 9 October 1997. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| | GK | Ammar Belhani | (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 25) | Reserve team |
| Defenders ||||||
| | | Réda Bendriss | (1976-09-16)16 September 1976 (aged 21) | Reserve team |
| | | Amar Debbouche | (1973-06-06)6 June 1973 (aged 24) | |
| | | Smail Khaled | (1975-09-08)8 September 1975 (aged 22) | |
| Midfielders ||||||
| | DM | Laid Belhamel | (1977-11-12)12 November 1977 (aged 19) | Reserve team |
| | | Kheïreddine Madoui | (1977-03-27)27 March 1977 (aged 20) | Reserve team |
| | | Malik Zorgane | (1965-06-27)27 June 1965 (aged 32) | US Monastir |
| | AM | Djallal Achacha | (1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 18) | Reserve team |
| | | Mohamed Tribèche | (1964-06-14)14 June 1964 (aged 33) | WA Boufarik |
| Forwards ||||||
| | ST | Hamid Rahmouni | (1967-10-22)22 October 1967 (aged 29) | MC Alger |
| | | Redouane Benmessahel | | MC Alger |
| | | Hamza Houari | (1972-06-21)21 June 1972 (aged 25) | |

## 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 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | +0 | 028.57 | — | | 1 January 1998 | 11 June 1998 |
| Algerian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 27 March 1998 | 27 March 1998 |
| League Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 066.67 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 2 October 1997 | 9 October 1997 |
| Total | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | +0 | 033.33 |

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | USM Alger (Q) | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 25 | Qualified for the championship final |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 22 | |
| 3 | ES Mostaganem | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 21 | |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 18 | |
| 5 | MC Alger | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | AS Aïn M'lila | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 15 | |
| 7 | WA Boufarik | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 8 | USM Blida | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 12 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2024. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### League Cup
## Squad information
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
| Nat. | Player | Pos. | D1 | AC | LC | TOTAL |
| | Hamid Rahmouni | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | Mehdaoui | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | Daoud | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Derbal | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Mohamed Tribèche | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Laid Belhamel | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Djallal Achacha | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Kheïreddine Madoui | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 15 | 1 | 8 | 24 |