# 2020–21 ES Sétif season

In the 2020–21 season, ES Sétif is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 51st season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Confederation Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 November 2020. 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 ||||||
| 1 | GK | Sofiane Khedairia | (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 31) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 16 | GK | Said Daas | (1999-05-15)15 May 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 23 | GK | Khairi Barki | (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 30) | CR Belouizdad |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | CB | Amine Biaz | (1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 5 | CB | Halim Meddour | (1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 23) | Jeunesse Esch |
| 8 | LB | Houari Ferhani | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 27) | JS Kabylie |
| 13 | RB | Abdelkrim Nemdil | (1989-10-03)3 October 1989 (aged 31) | USM El Harrach |
| 18 | CB | Hocine Laribi | (1991-11-17)17 November 1991 (aged 29) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 20 | RB | Abdelhak Debbari | (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 27) | MO Béjaïa |
| 21 | RB | Amir Laidouni | (1999-09-20)20 September 1999 (aged 21) | JSM Skikda |
| 22 | CB | Ibrahim Bekakchi | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 28) | JS Saoura |
| 44 | CB | Ibrahim Hachoud | (2000-03-05)5 March 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 3 | DM | Messala Merbah | (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 26) | CS Chebba |
| 6 | DM | Ahmed Kendouci | (1999-06-22)22 June 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 7 | AM | Akram Djahnit | (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 29) | Al-Arabi |
| 12 | AM | Bassem Nedjmeddine Charama | (1998-03-21)21 March 1998 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 14 | DM | Amir Karaoui | (1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 33) | MC Alger |
| 15 | AM | Abderrahim Deghmoum | (1998-12-02)2 December 1998 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 19 | | Youcef Dali | (1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 25 | | Mohamed Djahli | (1998-11-10)10 November 1998 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | ST | Habib Bouguelmouna | (1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 32) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 11 | LW | Youcef Laouafi | (1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (aged 24) | MC El Eulma |
| 10 | LW | Malick Touré | (1995-09-22)22 September 1995 (aged 25) | MO Béjaïa |
| 17 | | Khier-Anes Belaid | (1999-06-24)24 June 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 24 | ST | Yasser Berbache | (1996-02-08)8 February 1996 (aged 24) | MC El Eulma |
| 26 | LW | Ismaïl Saïdi | (1997-04-04)4 April 1997 (aged 23) | WA Tlemcen |
| 27 | RW | Houssam Ghacha | (1995-10-22)22 October 1995 (aged 25) | USM Blida |
| 42 | | Youcef Fellahi | (2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| 47 | LW | Mohamed El Amine Amoura | (2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 72 | | Khalil Darfalou | (2001-06-21)21 June 2001 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 88 | | Monsef Bakrar | (2001-01-13)13 January 2001 (aged 19) | Youth system |

## 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 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 32 | +37 | 055.26 | — | Runners-up | 28 November 2020 | 24 August 2021 |
| League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 8 May 2021 | 8 May 2021 |
| Confederation Cup | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 037.50 | Preliminary round | Group stage | 14 February 2021 | 28 April 2021 |
| Total | 47 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 051.06 |
Updated to match played 24 August 2021 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad (C) | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 79 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | ES Sétif | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 32 | +37 | 71 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 69 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 65 | |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
* ↑ On May 16, 2021 after not respecting Covid-19 tests regulation before RC Relizane match, ES Sétif Lost the match 2–0.
* ↑ On March 13, 2021 after the participation of a penalized player Oussama Meddahi against Paradou AC, JS Saoura Lost the match 3–0.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 August 2021. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Matches

On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.

## Confederation Cup
### First round
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ENY | ORL | ESS | AHL |
| 1 | Enyimba | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | ES Sétif | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Al Ahly Benghazi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0) and on head-to-head goals scored (2). Head-to-head away goals scored: Enyimba 1, Orlando Pirates 0.

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Conf. Cup | Conf. Cup | Conf. Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Sofiane Khedairia | | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Said Daas | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Khairi Barki | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | CB | Amine Biaz | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | Halim Meddour | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | LB | Houari Ferhani | | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | RB | Abdelkrim Nemdil | | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | CB | Hocine Laribi | | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | RB | Abdelhak Debbari | | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | RB | Amir Laidouni | | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | CB | Ibrahim Bekakchi | | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | CB | Ibrahim Hachoud | | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DM | Messala Merbah | | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DM | Ahmed Kendouci | | 34 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | AM | Akram Djahnit | | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | AM | Houdail Bassem Charama | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DM | Amir Karaoui | | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | AM | Abderrahim Deghmoum | | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | Youcef Dali | | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Mohamed Djahli | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | LW | Mohamed El Amine Amoura | | 35 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 17 |
| | AM | Abdelmoumene Djabou | | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | ST | Habib Bouguelmouna | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | LW | Malick Touré | | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | LW | Youcef Laouafi | | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | FW | Khier Anes Belaïd | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | ST | Yasser Berbache | | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | LW | Ismaïl Saadi | | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | RW | Houssam Ghacha | | 25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 11 |
| 28 | FW | Daniel Lomotey | | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 42 | FW | Youcef Fellahi | | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | Monsef Bakrar | | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| | FW | Aymen Belbey | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 38 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 47 | 77 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | LC | CC 3 | TOTAL |
| 47 | | Mohamed El Amine Amoura | MF | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 27 | | Houssam Ghacha | FW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | | Ahmed Kendouci | MF | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | | Youcef Laouafi | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | | Yasser Berbache | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | | Abderrahim Deghmoum | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | Akram Djahnit | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | | Ismaïl Saadi | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | | Malick Touré | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | | Monsef Bakrar | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | | Abdelhak Debbari | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | Houari Ferhani | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | Amir Karaoui | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | | Ibrahim Bekakchi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 56 | 1 | 7 | 64 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 5 October 2020 | GK | Khairi Barki | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 15 October 2020 | MF | Messala Merbah | CS Chebba | Free transfer |
| 29 January 2021 | FW | Daniel Lomotey | WAFA | 118,000 $ |
| 8 April 2021 | MF | Abdelmoumene Djabou | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 8 April 2021 | DF | Nasreddine Benlebna | USM Bel Abbès | Free transfer |
| 11 April 2021 | DF | Mohamed Khoutir Ziti | Nasr Benghazi | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 10 July 2020 | FW | Ishak Talal Boussouf | Kortrijk | 800,000 € |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Zakaria Draoui | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2020 | DF | Saâdi Radouani | USM Alger | Free transfer |

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date |
| 1 | GK | Sofiane Khedairia | 1 years | 2022 | 23 August 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Habib Bouguelmouna | 2 years | 2022 | 13 September 2020 |
| 14 | DM | Amir Karaoui | 2 years | 2022 | 14 September 2020 |