# 2017–18 CS Constantine season

In the 2017–18 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 22nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

## Summary season

In the new season the CS Constantine laid off ten players, including The goalkeeper in the last four seasons Cédric Si Mohamed, and defender Arslane Mazari, Midfield former international Mourad Meghni due to repeated injuries, Abdelhak Sameur and attackers Mohamed Amine Aoudia and Ivorian Manucho Which ended his loan period, After that coach Abdelkader Amrani renewed his contract with the CS Constantine for two seasons. after he led the team for six months last season. and then put a list of the names of the players who must be brought, the first international goalkeeper Chamseddine Rahmani from MO Béjaïa then the striker Lamine Abid from NA Hussein Dey for two seasons the first foreign player this season contracted with him is the international Burkinabé Ousmane Sylla for three seasons, five days after that the team contracted with three players and they are Said Arroussi, Sid Ali Lamri from ES Sétif and Sofiane Khadir from MO Béjaïa. Then the last player to sign with him was Mali international Moctar Cissé from Albanian club KF Tirana.
Like every season the team prepared for this season in Tunisia and in the city of Hammam Bourguiba during the period from July 20 to 31, a preparation camp ahead of the new season of Ligue 1 which will begin on August 25, this pre-season internship, the second after the Constantine reunion which ran from July 15 to 19. the first friendly match against US Monastir ended in favor of Les Sanafir with a single goal. this second cycle of pre-season preparation will be followed by another internship in Gammarth between 6 and 18 August which will be devoted to the physical aspect of the technico-tactical part with friendly matches in the program. After the end of both internships in Tunisia and returning to Algeria in preparation for the first round in Ligue 1, CSC aspires to play the first roles this season.
The first match was against NA Hussein Dey at home and won 3–1 two of them for El Hedi Belameiri after that in the first away game was defeated against the DRB Tadjenanet 2–1 starting from the third round the team looked great results and the victory against USM Bel-Abbès with a single goal from Moctar Cissé then at the top of the fifth round against MC Alger, they scored a valuable win from the new player Lamine Abid, two weeks after that they managed to achieve the first victory outside the home against US Biskra double Abid to take the lead with 13 points, four days later and in the east Derby against ES Sétif and after he was late with a goal until the 88 minutes managed to achieve a historic victory after scoring two goals in two minutes. then CS Constantine followed the positive results and maintain his lead in the 11th round against USM Alger, the CSC achieved surprise by winning two goals after they were late by goal in the first half after the game coach Amrani said that winning the championship is not the goal of the team and that there are still 19 games. but in round 13 and against JS Kabylie they won a valuable win and it is the second win away from home, two goals from Abid who reached the tenth goal of the season, and then declared Amrani that winning the championship became a goal after it became the elves from the big teams such as ES Sétif and USM Alger. the start of this season is the best since his ascension in 2011–12 season and is looking for his second title after the first season 1996–97.

### Mid-season
## 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 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 053.33 | — | Winners | 26 August 2017 | 18 May 2018 |
| Algerian Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 29 December 2017 | 16 January 2018 |
| Total | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 053.13 |
Updated to match played 19 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CS Constantine (C) | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 57 | Qualification for the 2018–19 Champions League |
| 2 | JS Saoura | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for the 2018–19 Champions League |
| 3 | NA Hussein Dey | 30 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 49 | Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup |
| 4 | MC Oran | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 45 | |
| 5 | MC Alger | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 44 | Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 January 2016. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Houssam Limane | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Chamseddine Rahmani | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 19 | DF | ALG | Said Arroussi | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Houcine Benayada | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Walid Bencherifa | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Khadir | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Nasreddine Zaâlani | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ALG | El Hedi Belameiri | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Yacine Bezzaz | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Abdelaziz Kebbal | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Sid Ali Lamri | 29 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BFA | Ousmane Jr Sylla | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ALG | Toufik Zerara | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ALG | Mounir Aichi | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ALG | Ahmed Gagaâ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ALG | Lamine Abid | 27 | 16 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Abdenour Belkheir | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MLI | Moctar Cissé | 23 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ALG | Merouane Dahar | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Aboubaker Rebih | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ALG | Karim Rachedi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ALG | Adem Redjem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 29 | DF | ALG | Hamid Bahri | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Youcef Zerguine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers
## Squad list

As of August 25, 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ALG | Houssam Limane |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Houcine Benayada |
| 6 | MF | BFA | Ousmane Jr Sylla |
| 7 | MF | ALG | El Hedi Belameiri |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Taib |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Lamine Abid |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Yacine Bezzaz (captain) |
| 11 | FW | MLI | Moctar Cissé |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Sid Ali Lamri |
| 14 | DF | ALG | Sofiane Khadir |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Sofyane Cherfa |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Chamseddine Rahmani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Walid Bencherifa |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Abdenour Belkheir |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Said Arroussi |
| 22 | MF | ALG | Toufik Zerara |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Nasreddine Zaâlani |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Abdelaziz Kebbal |
| 26 | FW | ALG | Merouane Dahar |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Aboubaker Rebih |
| 29 | DF | ALG | Hamid Bahri |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani |
| - | FW | ALG | Youcef Zerguine |
| - | MF | ALG | Cherif Kebaili |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 28 June 2017 | GK | Chamseddine Rahmani | MO Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2017 | FW | Lamine Abid | NA Hussein Dey | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2017 | DF | Ousmane Sylla | Rail Club du Kadiogo | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2017 | DF | Said Arroussi | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2017 | MF | Sid Ali Lamri | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2017 | DF | Sofiane Khadir | MO Béjaïa | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2017 | FW | Moctar Cissé | KF Tirana | Free transfer |
| 7 January 2018 | MF | Ahmed Gagaâ | Paradou AC | Loan for 18 months |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Arslane Mazari | USM El Harrach | End of contract |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Mourad Meghni | Retired | — |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Mohamed Amine Aoudia | Unattached | End of contract |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Manucho | USM Alger | Return from loan |
| 5 July 2017 | GK | Cédric Si Mohamed | US Biskra | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2017 | MF | Abdelhak Sameur | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |