# 2023–24 CS Constantine season

The 2023–24 season, is CS Constantine's 28th season and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, CS Constantine are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup and the CAF Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 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 ||||||
| 1 | GK | Kheireddine Boussouf | (1987-12-07)7 December 1987 (aged 35) | Paradou AC |
| 16 | GK | Zakaria Bouhalfaya | (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 (aged 26) | ES Sétif |
| 23 | GK | Abdelmalek Necir | (1992-09-06)6 September 1992 (aged 31) | NRB Teleghma |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | CB | Chahine Bellaouel | (2000-12-27)27 December 2000 (aged 22) | CA Bizertin |
| 5 | CB | Nasreddine Zaalani | (1992-07-26)26 July 1992 (aged 31) | Al-Kholood |
| 8 | LB | Houari Baouche | (1995-12-24)24 December 1995 (aged 27) | USM Alger |
| 12 | RB | Oussama Meddahi | (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 32) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 17 | RB | Amir Belaili | (1991-02-10)10 February 1991 (aged 32) | AS Ain M'lila |
| 19 | CB | Chamseddine Derradji | (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 31) | NC Magra |
| 20 | CB | Mohamed Amine Madani | (1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 31) | NC Magra |
| 24 | RB | Aimen Bouguerra | (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (aged 26) | CR Belouizdad |
| 25 | CB | Miloud Rebiaï | (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 29) | CR Belouizdad |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 3 | MF | Salaheddine Harrari | (1998-06-09)9 June 1998 (aged 25) | HB Chelghoum Laïd |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Benchaira | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 31) | JS Kabylie |
| 7 | MF | Abdennour Belhocini | (1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 27) | Club Africain |
| 10 | MF | Brahim Dib | (1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 30) | AS Ain M'lila |
| 15 | MF | Zakaria Messibah | (1995-10-16)16 October 1995 (aged 27) | Paradou AC |
| 18 | MF | Messala Merbah | (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 29) | USM Alger |
| 47 | MF | Hadji Chekal Affari | (2003-03-05)5 March 2003 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | FW | Zakaria Benchaâ | (1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 26) | Unattached |
| 11 | FW | Mounder Temine | (2001-09-15)15 September 2001 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 13 | FW | Nkembe Enow | (1999-11-11)11 November 1999 (aged 23) | ES Sétif |
| 14 | FW | Axel Méyé | (1995-06-06)6 June 1995 (aged 28) | Al-Ahly SC |
| 21 | FW | Amine Benmessabih | (1996-01-02)2 January 1996 (aged 27) | JSM Tiaret |
| 26 | FW | Abdelkader Kaibou | (1997-09-12)12 September 1997 (aged 26) | MC Oujda |
| 27 | FW | Ahmed Khaldi | (1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 25) | HB Chelghoum Laïd |

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

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 20 July 2023 | MF | Messala Merbah | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2023 | FW | Mohamed Amine Benmessabih | JSM Tiaret | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2023 | DF | Chahine Bellaouel | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2023 | FW | Abdelkader Kaibou | MC Oujda | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2023 | MF | Houari Baouche | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2023 | MF | Zakaria Benchaâ | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2023 | FW | Ghiles Guenaoui | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2023 | MF | Abdennour Belhocini | Club Africain | Free transfer |
| 10 August 2023 | MF | Andre Ulrich Zanga | AR Menoua | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2023 | FW | Enow Nkembe | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2023 | DF | Miloud Rebiaï | CR Belouizdad | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2023 | GK | Abdelmalek Necir | NRB Teleghma | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Fee | Source |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | Aimen Bouguerra | CR Belouizdad | Loan | |
| 4 February 2024 | FW | Axel Méyé | Al-Ahly SC | Free transfer | |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 25 June 2023 | FW | Aymane Issad Lakdja | Al-Nasr SC | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2023 | LB | Ahmed Maâmeri | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2023 | GK | Chamseddine Rahmani | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2023 | FW | Marcellin Koukpo | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2023 | MF | Aymen Bendaoud | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2023 | MF | Samir Aiboud | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2023 | FW | Abdelhak Abdelhafid | JS Saoura | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2023 | GK | Sofiane Abed | CA Batna | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2023 | DF | Hamza Rebiai | USM Khenchela | Free transfer |
| 8 September 2023 | FW | Ghiles Guenaoui | Al Masry SC | Free transfer |
| 10 September 2023 | GK | Faris Boukerrit | MC Oran | Free transfer |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 6 December 2023 | MF | Andre Ulrich Zanga | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |
| 11 December 2023 | DF | Seif Eddine Chettih | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) |
| 30 January 2024 | MF | Zakaria Kemoukh | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 4 February 2024 | FW | Oualid Ardji | MC Oran | Free transfer |

## 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 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 050.00 | — | 3rd | 15 September 2023 | 14 June 2024 |
| Algerian Cup | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 040.00 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 4 February 2024 | 23 April 2024 |
| Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 | First round | First round | 18 August 2023 | 26 August 2023 |
| Total | 37 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 045.95 |
Updated to match played 14 June 2024 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MC Alger (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 65 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for CAF Champions League |
| 3 | CS Constantine | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Alger | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup |
| 5 | ES Sétif | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 48 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 June 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.
All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

##### First round
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Algerian Cup | Algerian Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALG | Kheireddine Boussouf | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Zakaria Bouhalfaya | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ALG | Abdelmalek Necir | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ALG | Chahine Bellaouel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Nasreddine Zaalani | 32 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ALG | Houari Baouche | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ALG | Oussama Meddahi | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Amir Belaili | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALG | Chamseddine Derradji | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Amine Madani | 28 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ALG | Aimen Bouguerra | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Miloud Rebiaï | 21 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | ALG | Salaheddine Harrari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Mohamed Benchaira | 36 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ALG | Abdennour Belhocini | 29 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Brahim Dib | 36 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Messibah | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Messala Merbah | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ALG | Hadji Chekal Affari | 28 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ALG | Zakaria Benchaâ | 25 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Mounder Temine | 32 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | CMR | Nkembe Enow | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GAB | Axel Méyé | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ALG | Amine Benmessabih | 21 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ALG | Abdelkader Kaibou | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ALG | Ahmed Khaldi | 28 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | ALG | Wajih Khalfaoui | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALG | Seif Eddine Chettih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CMR | Andre Ulrich Zanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ALG | Zakaria Kemoukh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ALG | Oualid Ardji | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 June 2024 Source: soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 14 June 2024
Includes all competitive matches.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | AC | CL | TOTAL |
| 10 | | Brahim Dib | MF | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 27 | | Ahmed Khaldi | FW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | | Abdennour Belhocini | FW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | | Mounder Temine | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | | Zakaria Benchaâ | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | | Mohamed Amine Madani | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 | | Hadji Chekal Affari | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | Mohamed Benchaira | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | | Miloud Rebiaï | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | | Amine Benmessabih | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | Nasreddine Zaalani | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | Axel Méyé | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | | Aimen Bouguerra | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 46 | 6 | 0 | 52 |