2017–18 CS Constantine season

In the 2017–18 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 20th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

CS Constantine

2017–18 season
Chairman	Tarek Arama
Head coach	Abdelkader Amrani
Stadium	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Ligue 1	Winners
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Lamine Abid (16) All: Lamine Abid (16)
Home colours

Summary season

In the new season the CS Constantine laid off ten players,[1] 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.[2] after he led the team for six months last season.[3] 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.[4][5] 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 25th, this pre-season internship, the second after the Constantine reunion which ran from July 15 to 19.[6] the first friendly match against US Monastir ended in favor of Les Sanafir with a single goal.[7] 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,[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12] 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.

Pre-season

25 July 2017 Friendly match	US Monastir	0 – 1	CS Constantine	Hammam Bourguiba, Tunisia
00:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	88' Belameiri	Stadium: ?

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	16	9	5	36	26	+10	053.33	N/A	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	Team	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
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	Qualification for the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup
5	MC Alger	30	12	8	10	41	32	+9	44

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	9	5	36	26	+10	57	11	4	0	22	9	+13	5	5	5	14	17	−3

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

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 August 2017 Round 1	CS Constantine	3–1	NA Hussein Dey	Constantine
19:00	Belameiri  52', 68' Zerara  58'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	67' Boulaouidet	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

8 September 2017 Round 2	DRB Tadjenanet	2–1	CS Constantine	Tadjenanet
17:00	Attouche  31' Belmokhtar  34'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	41' Sylla	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

15 September 2017 Round 3	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Constantine
17:45	Cissé  43' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Merzak Halalchi

23 September 2017 Round 4	USM El Harrach	1–1	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
17:00	Mellel  14' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: None	26' Cissé	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Said Aouina

29 September 2017 Round 5	CS Constantine	1–0	MC Alger	Constantine
17:00	Abid  71'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

13 October 2017 Round 6	US Biskra	1–2	CS Constantine	Biskra
16:00	Bagili  86'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	36', 59' Abid	Stadium: El Alia Sports Complex Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

17 October 2017 Round 7	CS Constantine	2–1	ES Sétif	Constantine
17:45	Abid  88' Arroussi  90'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	52' (o.g.) Benayada	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Merzak Halalchi

21 October 2017 Round 8	CR Belouizdad	0–0	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

27 October 2017 Round 9	CS Constantine	1–1	Olympique de Médéa	Constantine
16:00	Abid  51'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	4' Boucherit	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

4 November 2017 Round 10	CS Constantine	4–2	JS Saoura	Constantine
16:00	Abid  15', 21' Madani  23' (o.g.) Lamri  29'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	52' Saâd  76' Yahia-Chérif	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

11 November 2017 Round 11	USM Alger	1–2	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:00	Yaya  11'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	57' Abid  74' Dahar	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

17 November 2017 Round 12	CS Constantine	1–0	MC Oran	Constantine
17:00	Abid  58'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

1 December 2017 Round 13	JS Kabylie	1–2	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Saadou  28'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	67', 84' Abid	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

8 December 2017 Round 14	CS Constantine	1–1	USM Blida	Constantine
17:00	Rebih  27'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	73' Ouamri	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

16 December 2017 Round 15	Paradou AC	2–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:00	Cheraitia  3' Naidji  83'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

6 January 2018 Round 16	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
16:00	Yousfi  75'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	3' Cissé	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

20 January 2018 Round 17	CS Constantine	2–1	DRB Tadjenanet	Constantine
16:00	Abid  20' Zerara  88'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	72' (pen.) Dousse	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Abderrazek Hallalchi

26 January 2018 Round 18	USM Bel-Abbès	1–2	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Bouguelmouna  86'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	13' Arroussi  56' Abid	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

9 February 2018 Round 19	CS Constantine	0–0	USM El Harrach	Constantine
17:45		Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Said Aouina

16 February 2018 Round 20	MC Alger	3–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
17:00	Souibaâh  6' Bendebka  28' Amada  79' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie / beIN Sports		Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

23 February 2018 Round 21	CS Constantine	1–0	US Biskra	Constantine
17:00	Abid  5'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

2 March 2018 Round 22	ES Sétif	1–0	CS Constantine	Sétif
18:00	Haddouche  33'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

10 March 2018 Round 23	CS Constantine	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
16:00	Zerara  6'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

31 March 2018 Round 24	Olympique de Médéa	0–0	CS Constantine	Médéa
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

6 April 2018 Round 25	JS Saoura	1–0	CS Constantine	Béchar
16:00	Bourdim  71' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

20 April 2018 Round 26	CS Constantine	2–1	USM Alger	Constantine
16:00	Cherifi  53' (o.g.) Belameiri  90+4'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	51' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

24 April 2018 Round 27	MC Oran	1–1	CS Constantine	Aïn Témouchent[note 1]
16:00	Tiaïba  87'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	17' (pen.) Abid	Stadium: Omar Oucief Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

4 May 2018 Round 28	CS Constantine	2–1	JS Kabylie	Constantine
16:00	Lamri  39' Abid  65'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	41' Yettou	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Merzak Halalchi

12 May 2018 Round 29	USM Blida	1–2	CS Constantine	Blida
16:00	Aissa El Bey  32'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	56', 90' (pen.) Lamri	Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

18 May 2018 Round 30	CS Constantine	0–0	Paradou AC	Constantine
22:30		Soccerway report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

Algerian Cup

29 December 2017 Round of 64	CS Constantine	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Constantine
16:00	Belkheir  79' (pen.) Zerara  85' (pen.)	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / TV Tamazight 4	9' Khiat	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

16 January 2018 Round of 32	USM Alger	1–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
16:00	Sayoud  60'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

Squad information

Playing statistics

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

Last updated: 19 May 2018
Source: fr.soccerway.com

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	Source
28 June 2017	GK	Chamseddine Rahmani	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	[14]
2 July 2017	FW	Lamine Abid	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	[15]
12 July 2017	DF	Ousmane Sylla	Rail Club du Kadiogo	Free transfer	[16][17]
17 July 2017	DF	Said Arroussi	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[4][5]
17 July 2017	MF	Sid Ali Lamri	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[4][5]
17 July 2017	DF	Sofiane Khadir	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	[4][5]
26 July 2017	FW	Moctar Cissé	KF Tirana	Free transfer	[18]
7 January 2018	MF	Ahmed Gagaâ	Paradou AC	Loan for 18 months

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
30 June 2017	DF	Arslane Mazari	USM El Harrach	End of contract
30 June 2017	MF	Mourad Meghni	Retired	N/A
30 June 2017	FW	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	Unattached	End of contract
30 June 2017	FW	Manucho	USM Alger	Return from loan	[19]
5 July 2017	GK	Cédric Si Mohamed	US Biskra	Free transfer	[20]
28 July 2017	MF	Abdelhak Sameur	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[21]

Notes

1. MC Oran play away from home and behind closed doors because of the violence in a meeting in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against CR Belouizdad.[13]

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