# 2021–22 ES Sétif season

In the 2021–22 season, ES Sétif competed in the Ligue 1 for the 52nd season. It was their 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competed in Ligue 1 and the Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 October 2021. 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 32) | USM Bel Abbès |
| 16 | GK | Zakaria Bouhalfaya | (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 (aged 24) | NC Magra |
| 23 | GK | Mokhtar Ferrahi | (1996-01-24)24 January 1996 (aged 25) | Paradou AC |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | LB | Younes Abdelhak Ouassaa | (1999-07-04)4 July 1999 (aged 22) | RC Arbaâ |
| 4 | CB | Amine Biaz | (1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 5 | RB | Mohamed Khoutir Ziti | (1989-04-19)19 April 1989 (aged 32) | Nasr Benghazi |
| 8 | LB | Houari Ferhani | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 28) | JS Kabylie |
| 12 | RB | Mohamed Ali Larbi | (1995-10-02)2 October 1995 (aged 26) | ASM Oran |
| 13 | RB | Abdelkrim Nemdil | (1989-10-03)3 October 1989 (aged 32) | USM El Harrach |
| 18 | CB | Hocine Laribi | (1991-11-17)17 November 1991 (aged 30) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 20 | RB | Abdelhak Debbari | (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 28) | MO Béjaïa |
| 22 | LB | Belkacem Brahimi | (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 27) | MC Alger |
| 26 | CB | Hichem Belkaroui | (1990-08-24)24 August 1990 (aged 31) | MC Oran |
| 44 | CB | Ibrahim Hachoud | (2000-03-05)5 March 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | MF | Ahmed Kendouci | (1999-06-22)22 June 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 7 | MF | Akram Djahnit | (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 30) | Al-Arabi |
| 10 | MF | Abdelmoumene Djabou | (1987-01-31)31 January 1987 (aged 34) | MC Alger |
| 14 | MF | Amir Karaoui | (1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 34) | MC Alger |
| 15 | MF | Abderrahim Deghmoum | (1998-12-02)2 December 1998 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 19 | MF | Youcef Dali | (1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 21 | MF | Amine Benbelaid | (1992-03-25)25 March 1992 (aged 29) | WA Tlemcen |
| 25 | MF | Abdelkader Boutiche | (1996-10-26)26 October 1996 (aged 25) | MC Oran |
| 27 | MF | Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima | (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 (aged 24) | Club Africain |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | FW | Riad Benayad | (1998-11-02)2 November 1998 (aged 23) | Paradou AC |
| 11 | FW | Zoubir Motrani | (1995-07-24)24 July 1995 (aged 25) | MC Oran |
| 17 | FW | Ibrahim Bodabous | (1996-08-03)3 August 1996 (aged 24) | Al-Ahly SC |
| 24 | FW | Daniel Lomotey | (1999-08-16)16 August 1999 (aged 21) | WAFA |

## 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 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 044.12 | — | 7th | 2 November 2021 | 17 June 2022 |
| Champions League | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 042.86 | First round | Semi-finals | 11 September 2021 | 14 May 2022 |
| Total | 48 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 043.75 |
Updated to match played 17 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 55 |
| 6 | Paradou AC | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 54 |
| 7 | ES Sétif | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 54 |
| 8 | MC Alger | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 51 |
| 9 | ASO Chlef | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 50 |
* 1 2 Paradou AC finished ahead of ES Sétif on head-to-head points: Paradou AC 1–0 ES Sétif, ES Sétif 0–1 Paradou AC.
* ↑ ASO Chlef finished ahead of US Biskra on head-to-head goal difference: US Biskra 2–1 ASO Chlef, ASO Chlef 2–0 US Biskra.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 June 2022. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |

### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.

## Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RCA | ESS | AMZ | HOR |
| 1 | Raja CA | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | ES Sétif | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | AmaZulu | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Horoya | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

### Knockout stage
#### Semi-finals
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Nat | App | St | G | App | St | G | App | St | G |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Sofiane Khedairia | | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Zakaria Bouhalfaya | | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Mokhtar Ferrahi | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 3 | LB | Younes Ouassaa | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | CB | Amine Biaz | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | RB | Mohamed Khoutir Ziti | | 16 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 1 |
| 8 | LB | Houari Ferhani | | 21 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| 12 | RB | Mohamed El Amine Ali Larbi | | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | RB | Abdelkrim Nemdil | | 28 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 34 | 1 |
| 18 | CB | Hocine Laribi | | 17 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| 22 | LB | Belkacem Brahimi | | 21 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 0 |
| 20 | RB | Abdelhak Debbari | | 18 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 27 | 2 |
| 26 | CB | Hichem Belkaroui | | 22 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Abderrazak Mohra | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | CB | Ibrahim Hachoud | | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Ahmed Kendouci | | 29 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 43 | 39 | 8 |
| 7 | MF | Akram Djahnit | | 25 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 38 | 35 | 7 |
| 10 | MF | Abdelmoumene Djabou | | 16 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | Amir Karaoui | | 30 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 38 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Youcef Dali | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Amine Benbelaid | | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Abdelkader Boutiche | | 26 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 30 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Ibrahim Farhi | | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Riad Benayad | | 20 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 12 |
| 11 | FW | Zoubir Motrani | | 20 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 5 |
| 15 | FW | Abderrahim Deghmoum | | 27 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 34 | 4 |
| 17 | FW | Ibrahim Bodabous | | 21 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | Daniel Lomotey | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Youcef Fellahi | | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Monsef Bakrar | | 21 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 6 |
| 34 | FW | Khalil Darfalou | | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 34 | 43 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 48 | 48 | 58 |
* ↑ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 7 | | Akram Djahnit | MF | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | | Riad Benayad | FW | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | | Ahmed Kendouci | MF | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | | Abdelmoumene Djabou | MF | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | | Abderrahim Deghmoum | MF | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | | Ibrahim Bodabous | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | Zoubir Motrani | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | | Abdelhak Debbari | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | | Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Mohamed Khoutir Ziti | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | Mohamed Ali Larbi | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | | Monsef Bakrar | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | | Khalil Darfalou | FW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 21 | 13 | 34 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 13 August 2021 | LB | Younes Ouassaa | RC Arbaâ | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2021 | MF | Amine Benbelaid | WA Tlemcen | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2021 | MF | Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima | Club Africain | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2021 | MF | Ibrahim Bodbous | Al-Ahly SC | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2021 | MF | Riad Benayad | Paradou AC | Loan for one year |
| 24 August 2021 | AM | Djamil Benabed | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 29 August 2021 | RB | Mohamed Amine Ali Larbi | ASM Oran | Free transfer |
| 2 September 2021 | MF | Abdelkader Boutiche | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 2 September 2021 | FW | Zoubir Motrani | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2021 | CB | Hicham Belkaroui | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2021 | GK | Zakaria Bouhalfaya | NC Magra | Undisclosed |
| 21 September 2021 | RB | Mohamed Ali Larbi | ASM Oran | Free transfer |
| 26 September 2021 | LB | Belkacem Brahimi | MC Alger | Free transfer |
| 29 September 2021 | GK | Mokhtar Ferrahi | Paradou AC | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 16 July 2021 | FW | Houssam Ghacha | Antalyaspor | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2021 | DF | Youcef Laouafi | Étoile du Sahel | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2021 | LW | Ismaïl Saâdi | JS Saoura | Free transfer |
| 18 August 2021 | MF | Messala Merbah | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2021 | DF | Ibrahim Bekakchi | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 26 August 2021 | LW | Mohamed El Amine Amoura | FC Lugano | 1,200,000 € |
| 14 September 2021 | MF | Mohamed Djahli | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 16 September 2021 | FW | Yasser Berbache | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 16 September 2021 | GK | Said Daas | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 23 September 2021 | RB | Amir Laidouni | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 5 October 2021 | FW | Khier-Anes Belaïd | Olympique de Médéa | Free transfer |
| 8 October 2021 | GK | Khairi Barki | AS Aïn M'lila | Free transfer |
| 7 October 2021 | LB | Nasreddine Benlebna | RC Relizane | Free transfer |

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date |
| 1 | GK | Sofiane Khedairia | 1 years | 2023 | 5 August 2021 |
| 20 | RB | Abdelhak Debbari | 2 years | 2023 | 15 August 2021 |
| 13 | RB | Abdelkrim Nemdil | 2 years | 2023 | 15 August 2021 |
| 18 | CB | Hocine Laribi | 2 years | 2023 | 15 August 2021 |
| 7 | AM | Akram Djahnit | 3 years | 2024 | 15 August 2021 |
| 5 | RB | Mohamed Khoutir Ziti | 2 years | 2024 | 23 August 2021 |
| 44 | CB | Ibrahim Hachoud | 2 years | 2024 | 23 August 2021 |
| 72 | FW | Khalil Darfalou | 2 years | 2024 | 23 August 2021 |
| 19 | MF | Youcef Dali | 2 years | 2024 | 23 August 2021 |