# 2024–25 ES Sétif season

The 2024–25 season, is ES Sétif's 54th and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Sétif are participating in the Algerian Cup. On June 27, 2024 The federal office approved the calendar for the 2024–25 Ligue 1 season with the aim of ending on May 31, 2025. The first round is scheduled for September 14, this delay is motivated both by an extended end of the 2023–24 season but also by the holding of early presidential elections which will take place on September 7, 2024. However, the Ligue de Football Professionnel decided to postpone the start of the Ligue 1 by a week, on September 21.

## Review
### Background

On July 9, 2024 ES Setif announced in a press release that it was parting ways with its coach Ammar Souayah. Following this termination of contract, ESS sports director Abdelkarim Bira wanted to honor the Tunisian coach who took over at the head of the club last February. The next day, ES Setif signed a contract with the former coach of ES Mostaganem, Reda Bendriss. His arrival was announced a long time ago, Where Bendriss signed for two seasons. It's just a return home for the Setif native who was a player for ten years at ES Setif before spending a spell as assistant coach and then interim at the helm of ES Setif in 2021–22. On July 19, after a disagreement with the general manager Abdelkrim Bira, Malik Zorgane and Mourad Delhoum leave the administrative staff of ES Sétif. The latter have visibly given in to public pressure, which is demanding big names in this summer transfer window. All their proposals to strengthen the squad of the first team were rejected by the club's management, in particular the Nigerian attackers Tosin, Mrezigue and Ghacha. Not wanting their names to be associated with a failed casting, the two men preferred to withdraw.
On January 2, 2025, Abdelkrim Bira, technical and sports director, presented his resignation after eight tumultuous months at the head of the club. A decision that comes in a context of increased tensions and recurring obstacles. In a statement to the press, Bira explained the reasons for his departure, citing unbearable pressure, threats to his physical safety, as well as an attack on his dignity. The club's owner Sonelgaz, has accepted the resignation and is planning a meeting to appoint his successor.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 14 June 2024. 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 ||||||
| 25 | Zakaria Saidi | GK | (1996-08-05)5 August 1996 (aged 28) | JS Saoura |
| 1 | Tarek Bousseder | GK | (2000-11-28)28 November 2000 (aged 23) | ES Ben Aknoun |
| | Ala Eddine Bouaoune | GK | (2002-11-10)10 November 2002 (aged 21) | Reserve team |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | Youcef Douar | CB | (1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 27) | Paradou AC |
| 2 | Drice Chaabi (C.) | CB | (1997-09-20)20 September 1997 (aged 26) | Francs Borains |
| 27 | Imadeddine Boubekeur | CB | (1995-07-10)10 July 1995 (aged 29) | Al-Arabi SC |
| 16 | Moriba Diarra | CB | (1995-12-30)30 December 1995 (aged 28) | Stade Malien |
| 83 | Abderrazak Mohra | CB | (2004-01-05)5 January 2004 (aged 20) | Reserve team |
| 6 | Houari Ferhani | LB | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 31) | Olympic Safi |
| 3 | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | LB | (1996-02-29)29 February 1996 (aged 28) | CR Belouizdad |
| 22 | Oussama Gattal | RB | (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 27) | JS Kabylie |
| 65 | Mohamed Imad Reguieg | RB | (2002-06-02)2 June 2002 (aged 22) | MC Oran |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 18 | Taher Benkhelifa | DM | (1994-06-10)10 June 1994 (aged 30) | USM Alger |
| 14 | Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé | DM | (1999-12-31)31 December 1999 (aged 24) | Al-Taraji Club |
| 32 | Bassem Mechaar | DM | (2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 21) | Reserve team |
| 24 | Amir Nouri | CM | (1994-07-10)10 July 1994 (aged 30) | Unattached |
| 7 | Salah Abd Etouab Bouchama | AM | (2001-10-22)22 October 2001 (aged 22) | Reserve team |
| 8 | Akram Djahnit | AM | (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 33) | USM Alger |
| 10 | Salam Jiddou | AM | (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 24) | AS Monaco U21 |
| 12 | Augustine Oladapo | AM | (1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 29) | TP Mazembe |
| Forwards ||||||
| 88 | Youcef Taki Eddine Aouissi | LW | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 21) | Reserve team |
| 61 | Mohamed Messaoud Salem | LW | (2003-07-03)3 July 2003 (aged 21) | Reserve team |
| 26 | Moulay Abdelaziz Abdelkader | RW | (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 (aged 25) | ASO Chlef |
| 17 | Mohamed Boukerma | RW | (2001-08-05)5 August 2001 (aged 23) | Paradou AC |
| 21 | Abderrahmane Bacha | SS | (1999-12-21)21 December 1999 (aged 24) | USM Alger |
| 19 | Abdouel Ali Hadji | ST | (1997-06-25)25 June 1997 (aged 27) | ES Ben Aknoun |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Tarek Bousseder | ES Ben Aknoun | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2024 | CB | Youcef Douar | Paradou AC | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2024 | ST | Abdel-Touab Ali Hadji | ES Mostaganem | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2024 | MF | Akram Djahnit | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2024 | RB | Oussama Gatal | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2024 | LB | Houari Ferhani | Olympic Safi | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2024 | AM | Augustine Oladapo | TP Mazembe | Free transfer |
| 3 September 2024 | FW | Abderrahmane Bacha | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2024 | CB | Imadeddine Boubekeur | Al-Arabi SC | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2024 | DM | Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé | Al-Taraji Club | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2024 | RW | Mohamed Boukerma | Paradou AC | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 21 January 2025 | ST | Karim Bouhmidi | Swift Hesperange | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2025 | ST | Kingsley Eduwo | Club Africain | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2025 | AM | Clément Pitroipa | AS Douanes | Undisclosed |

### Out
#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee | Source |
| 14 January 2025 | ST | Abdouel Ali Hadji | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) | |
| 16 January 2025 | AM | Salam Jiddou | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) | |

## 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 |
| Ligue 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 050.00 | — | To be confirmed | 19 September 2024 | In Progress |
| Algerian Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | To be confirmed | To be confirmed | In Progress | In Progress |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 050.00 |
Updated to match played 19 September 2024 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | MC El Bayadh | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 25 |
| 9 | CS Constantine | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 26 |
| 10 | ES Sétif | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 28 |
| 11 | USM Khenchela | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 23 |
| 12 | MC Oran | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 21 |
* 1 2 3 Ranked on head-to-head points: JS Saoura (9); MC El Bayadh (6); CS Constantine (3); ES Sétif (3) → CS Constantine (3); ES Sétif (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: 27 September 2024. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 July 2024.
All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Algerian Cup
## Squad information
### Appearances and goals

    As of 18 June 2024
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers |
| 25 | GK | Zakaria Saidi | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Tarek Bousseder | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | Ala Eddine Bouaoune | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |
| 5 | CB | Youcef Douar | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | CB | Drice Chaabi | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | CB | Imadeddine Boubekeur | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | CB | Moriba Diarra | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | CB | Abderrazak Mohra | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | LB | Houari Ferhani | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | LB | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | RB | Oussama Gatal | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | RB | Mohamed Imad Reguieg | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |
| 18 | DM | Taher Benkhelifa | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DM | Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DM | Bassem Mechaar | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | CM | Amir Nouri | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | AM | Salah Abd Etouab Bouchama | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | AM | Akram Djahnit | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | AM | Salam Jiddou | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | AM | Augustine Oladapo | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |
| 88 | LW | Youcef Taki Eddine Aouissi | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | LW | Mohamed Messaoud Salem | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | RW | Moulay Abdelaziz Abdelkader | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | RW | Mohamed Boukerma | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | SS | Abderrahmane Bacha | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | ST | Abdouel Ali Hadji | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2024 Source: Soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 19 September 2024
Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L1 | AC | TOTAL |
| 8 | | Akram Djahnit | AM | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 18 June 2024