# 2007–08 ES Sétif season

The 2007–08 season was ES Sétif's 38th season in the Algerian top flight. They competed in National 1, the Algerian Cup, the Super Cup, the CAF Champions League and the Arab Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2007. 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 ||||||
| 19 | GK | Samir Hadjaoui | (1979-02-16)16 February 1979 (aged 28) | CR Belouizdad |
| | GK | Mohamed Seghir Ferradji | (1975-08-22)22 August 1975 (aged 32) | |
| 1 | GK | Abderaouf Natèche | (1982-10-16)16 October 1982 (aged 24) | USM El Harrach |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | CB | Adel Maïza | (1983-03-18)18 March 1983 (aged 24) | CS Constantine |
| 4 | CB / RB | Abdelkader Laifaoui | (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 26) | CR Belouizdad |
| 25 | CB | Hamza Zeddam | (1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 23) | CS Constantine |
| 28 | CB | Mohamed Mehdi Defnoun | (1979-02-06)6 February 1979 (aged 28) | |
| 17 | RB | Slimane Raho | (1975-10-20)20 October 1975 (aged 31) | JS Kabylie |
| | RB | Farès Boudemagh | (1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 27) | OMR El Annasser |
| 27 | LB | Mohamed Yekhlef | (1981-07-12)12 July 1981 (aged 26) | WA Tlemcen |
| 3 | LB | Riad Benchadi | (1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 28) | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 18 | DM | Ali Moumen | (1977-03-31)31 March 1977 (aged 30) | MC Oran |
| 8 | DM | Khaled Lemmouchia | (1981-12-06)6 December 1981 (aged 25) | AS Lyon Duchère |
| 13 | DM | Mourad Delhoum | (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 (aged 22) | Amal Bou Saâda |
| | DM | Alex Somian | (1986-06-09)9 June 1986 (aged 21) | JC d'Abidjan |
| 6 | DM | Azzedine Benchaira | (1978-11-02)2 November 1978 (aged 28) | US Biskra |
| 6 | DM / CM | Serey Dié | (1984-11-07)7 November 1984 (aged 22) | EO Goulette Kram |
| | | Abdelmoumene Bella | (1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 19) | ? |
| 14 | AM / RW | Lamouri Djediat | (1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 26) | Paradou AC |
| | AM / RW | Abdelmoumene Djabou | (1987-01-31)31 January 1987 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 10 | AM | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa | (1984-03-23)23 March 1984 (aged 23) | MSP Batna |
| 21 | AM | Rémi Adiko | (1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 25) | Diables Noirs |
| Forwards ||||||
| | ST | Mohamed Badache | (1976-10-15)15 October 1976 (aged 30) | MC Alger |
| 9 | CF | Abdelmalek Ziaya | (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 23) | ES Guelma |
| 15 | | Farid Touil | (1974-12-10)10 December 1974 (aged 32) | USM Blida |
| 12 | | Fares Mecheri | (1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 28) | AS Lyon-Duchère |
| 11 | | Arezki Hamza Dambri | (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| | | Sofiane Bencharif | (1986-11-08)8 November 1986 (aged 20) | ? |

## 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 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 040.00 | — | 3rd | 23 August 2007 | 26 May 2008 |
| Algerian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 11 January 2008 | 11 January 2008 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 | Final | Runners–up | 1 November 2007 | 1 November 2007 |
| CAF Champions League | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 075.00 | Preliminary round | First round | 15 February 2008 | 6 April 2008 |
| Arab Champions League | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 057.14 | Round 32 | Winner | 16 September 2007 | 22 May 2008 |
| Total | 50 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 046.00 |
Updated to match played 3 June 2019 Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 59 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | ASO Chlef | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 49 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | ES Sétif | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 43 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 42 | Qualification for Arab Champions League |
| 5 | USM Annaba | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 42 | Qualification for Arab Champions League |
* ↑ ES Sétif were deducted 1 point.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 April 2018. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Arab Champions League
### Round of 32
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| ES Sétif | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 |
| Al-Faisaly | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 |
| Raja Casablanca | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 |
| Al-Majd | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 |

### Final
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 1 | Division 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | CAF CL1 | CAF CL1 | Arab CL | Arab CL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | GK | ALG | Samir Hadjaoui | 36 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | GK | ALG | Mohamed Seghir Ferradji | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Abderaouf Natèche | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ALG | Adel Maïza | 39 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Laifaoui | 41 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Hamza Zeddam | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Mehdi Defnoun | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Slimane Raho | 38 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Farès Boudemagh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Yekhlef | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Riad Benchadi | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | ALG | Ali Moumen | 30 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Khaled Lemmouchia | 41 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Mourad Delhoum | 26 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | CIV | Alex Somian | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Azzedine Benchaira | 32 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Serey Dié | 22 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Abdelmoumene Bella | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Lamouri Djediat | 43 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| | MF | ALG | Abdelmoumene Djabou | 22 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa | 20 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CIV | Rémi Adiko | 35 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| | FW | ALG | Mohamed Badache | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Abdelmalek Ziaya | 40 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| 15 | FW | ALG | Farid Touil | 33 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 12 | FW | ALG | Fares Mecheri | 24 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Arezki Hamza Dambri | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Sofiane Bencharif | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
Last updated: 6 october Source: footballdatabase.eu

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | D1 | AC | SC | CL 1 | ACL | TOTAL |
| 15 | | Farid Touil | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 14 | | Lamouri Djediat | MF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | | Abdelmalek Ziaya | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 21 | | Rémi Adiko | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | | Fares Mecheri | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | | Adel Maïza | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | | Abdelmoumene Djabou | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | Mourad Delhoum | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Serey Dié | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | Abdelkader Laifaoui | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | Riad Benchadi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 63 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 26 June 2007 | FW | Fares Mecheri | AS Lyon-Duchère | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | GK | Mohamed Seghir Ferradji | OMR El Annasser | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | GK | Abderaouf Natèche | USM El Harrach | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Abdelkader Laifaoui | CR Belouizdad | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | DF | Hamza Zeddam | CS Constantine | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | MF | Alex Somian | JC d'Abidjan | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | MF | Serey Dié | EO Goulette Kram | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | MF | Ali Moumen | MC Oran | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2007 | MF | Lamouri Djediat | Paradou AC | 230,000 € |
| 1 July 2007 | FW | Mohamed Badache | MC Alger | Undisclosed |