CS Constantine
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History
CS Constantine was officially founded under the name of Iqbal Association in 1927.[1] It was named Chabab Mécanique de Constantine from 1977 to 1987.
Tassili Airlines the airlines firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach sponsored the club from 2012 to 2016.[2] And since 2016, the club was sponsored by the Entreprise Nationale des Travaux aux Puits (ENTP), another firm of Sonatrach.[3]
The 1990s and the first title of the championship
For the second time in its history, the CSC succeeded in qualifying for the semi-final of the Algerian Cup in 1992, and lost to ASO Chlef (after shots on goal), at the Stade du 5 Juillet 1962. Two years later, the club snatched the title of league champion 2 for the 4th time. In this season the club dominated the D2 championship including the famous Constantine derby, the CSC beating the MO Constantine twice (3- 0 then 2–0). Promoted for the umpteenth time in 1994, the CSC won its first title in the history of Champion of Algeria during the 1996–97 season, with talented and experienced players at the national level (Isâad Bourahli, nicknamed the fox of the surfaces from the 1990s, Moudoud Kaoua, Réda Matem, Salim Laïb, Hassen Ghoula and Sid Ahmed Benamara). The same season, the CSC was a finalist in the international Black Stars tournament in Paris, after the semi-final victory over the Senegalese club ASC Diaraf. The following season (97–98), the club participated for the first time in the African Champions League. Exempted during the preliminary round of this edition the club, was eliminated against the Senegalese club AS Douanes in the first round, at the end of the season the CSC finishes 2nd in the championship of Algeria (Group A).
Colours and badge
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Crests
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Honours
Domestic competitions
Performance in CAF competitions
CS Constantine whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, CS Constantine have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. CS Constantine have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. The first continental participation was in 1998 in the CAF Champions League, and the first match was against AS Douanes and ended with a loss 2–1, As for the biggest defeat result was firstly in 2014 against ASN Nigelec, and the secondly in 2016 against Nasarawa United 4–1, and biggest loss in 2014 against ASEC Mimosas 6–0. so that CS Constantine was absent from the African competitions until 2014 Where did it participate in the CAF Confederation Cup, On 8 February 2014 witnessed a historic event when CS Constantine played two matches on the same day, the first in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against MO Béjaïa and the second against ASN Nigelec in Niger and in both of them they were defeated by the same score 2–0.[4][5] the Algerian Football Federation refused to postpone the matches of the championship for the Algerian clubs participating in African competitions because the FAF does not intend to end up with late matches that would disrupt the progress of a calendar allegedly tight because of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it is for this reason that it strongly encouraged the Algerian clubs engaged in African competitions 2014 to withdraw. After winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title CS Constantine returned to the CAF Champions League after 20 years of absence, Qualifying for the group stage was a bit easy after winning against GAMTEL and Vipers putting him in group C with Club Africain, TP Mazembe and Ismaily.[6] where CS Constantine ranked second to face in the quarter-finals the defending champions Espérance de Tunis to defeat 3–6 on aggregate.[7]
- CAF Champions League: 2 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances
CAF competitions stats
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| Competition | Seasons | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Last season played |
| Champions League | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2018–19 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2016 |
| Total | 4 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 28 | |
Grounds
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CS Constantine play also in Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium.
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Players
Algerian teams are limited to two foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
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Reserve Squad
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Personnel
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Abdelkader Amrani |
| Assistant coach | Azzedine Rahim |
| Goalkeeping coach | Lyes Benhaha |
| Fitness coach | Medjahed Belaïd |
Notable players
Below are the notable former players who have represented CS Constantine in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1926. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with CS Constantine or following his departure.
For a complete list of CS Constantine players, see Category:CS Constantine players
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Amroune
- Template:Flagicon Fayçal Badji
- Template:Flagicon Ousmane Berthé
- Template:Flagicon Yacine Bezzaz
- Template:Flagicon Hamza Boulemdaïs
- Template:Flagicon Noureddine Bounaas
- Template:Flagicon Issaad Bourahli
- Template:Flagicon Efosa Eguakun
- Template:Flagicon Hocine Fenier
- Template:Flagicon Hassen Ghoula
- Template:Flagicon Réda Matem
- Template:Flagicon Mourad Meghni
- Template:Flagicon Kaoua Mouloud
- Template:Flagicon Gilles Ngomo
- Template:Flagicon Laïb Salim
- Template:Flagicon Cédric Si Mohamed
- Template:Flagicon Paulin Voavy
- Template:Flagicon Mounir Zeghdoud
Managers
List of managers
Information correct as of 14 June 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.
| * | Caretaker manager |
| Name | From | To | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win% |
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| Template:Flagicon José Dutra dos Santos | 11 July 2011[10] | 14 September 2011[11] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Template:Flagicon Rachid Bouarrata | 27 September 2011[12] | 29 January 2012[13] | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| Template:Flagicon Rachid Belhout | 10 February 2012[14] | 19 May 2012 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 43.75 |
| Template:Flagicon Roger Lemerre | 14 July 2012[15] | 21 May 2013 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 47.06 |
| Template:Flagicon Diego Garzitto | 30 June 2013[16] | 5 December 2013[17] | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 38.46 |
| Template:Flagicon Lounès Gaouaoui* | 6 December 2013 | 4 January 2014 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 |
| Template:Flagicon Bernard Simondi | 5 January 2014[18] | 24 May 2014 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34.78 |
| Template:Flagicon Diego Garzitto | 7 July 2014[19] | 11 November 2014[20] | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| Template:Flagicon Rachid Belhout | 16 November 2014[21] | 25 February 2015[22] | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 39.13 |
| Template:Flagicon Hubert Velud | 2 July 2015[23] | 18 October 2015[24] | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 37.5 |
| Template:Flagicon Didier Gomes Da Rosa | 5 November 2015[25] | 11 September 2016[26] | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37.04 |
| Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Portugal | 2 November 2016[27] | 10 December 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Template:Flagicon Abdelkader Amrani | 1 January 2017 | 6 November 2018[28] | 60 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 45 |
| Template:Flagicon Denis Lavagne | 17 December 2018[29] | 24 December 2019[30] | 47 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 42.55 |
| Template:Flagicon Karim Khouda | 30 December 2019[31] | 15 March 2020 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 50 |
| Template:Flagicon Abdelkader Amrani | 24 June 2020[32] | 21 January 2021[33] | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14.29 |
| Template:Flagicon Miloud Hamdi | 4 February 2021[34] | 11 August 2021 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 42.31 |
| Template:Flagicon Chérif Hadjar | 4 September 2021[35] | 15 February 2022[36] | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 47.06 |
| Template:Flagicon Kheïreddine Madoui | 1 March 2022[37] | 26 February 2023[38] | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 48.57 |
| Template:Flagicon Lyamine Bougherara | 27 March 2023[39] | 3 October 2023[40] | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 37.5 |
| Template:Flagicon Abdelkader Amrani | 21 October 2023[41] | 29 June 2024[42] | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 48.39 |
Statistics
Recent seasons
Below, the CS Constantine season-by-season record after independence of Algeria :
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| Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Name | Goals | |||||||
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 5th | 42 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 31 | R16 | Hamza Boulemdaïs | 15 | |||||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 8th | 42 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 32 | R64 | Confederation Cup | R2 | Yacine Bezzaz | 7 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 9th | 39 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 33 | R32 | Manucho | 6 | |||||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 1st | 57 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 26 | R32 | Lamine Abid | 16 | |||||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 7th | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 24 | SF | RU | Champions League | QF | Ismaïl Belkacemi | 10 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1Template:Refn | 5th | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | R16 | Arab Club Champions Cup | R1 | Lamine Abid | 10 | |||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 8th | 57 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 31 | NP | PR | Abdelhakim Amokrane | 8 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 5th | 55 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 29 | NP | Marcellin Koukpo | 11 | |||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 2nd | 50 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 26 | R32 | Brahim Dib | 8 | |||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 3rd | 53 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 30 | SF | Champions League | R1 | Brahim Dib | 13 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | R64 | Confederation Cup | QF | |||||||||||||
Rival clubs
- Template:Flagicon MC Alger (Rivalry)
- Template:Flagicon JSM Skikda (Rivalry)
- Template:Flagicon MO Constantine (Derby)
- Template:Flagicon AS Khroub (Derby)
- Template:Flagicon ES Sétif (Derby)
- Template:Flagicon Club Africain (Rivalry)
Notes
References
External links
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