2021–22 ES Sétif season

ES Sétif

2021–22 season
President	Abdelhakim Serrar
Head coach	Nabil Kouki (until 27 February 2022)[1] Rédha Bendris (c) (from 2 March 2022)[2] (until 19 April 2022) Darko Nović (from 19 April 2022)[3]
Stadium	Stade 8 Mai 1945
Ligue 1	7th
Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Riad Benayad (7 goals) All: Riad Benayad (7 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.	Nat.	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

Pre-season and friendlies

AS Soukra v ES Sétif

3 October 2021 Friendly	AS Soukra	0–5	ES Sétif	Soukra
15:30			Darfalou 19' (pen.) Motrani 39' Fellahi 46' Djahnit 65' Ziti 67'
Note: Lineup for ES Sétif First half - Boudiaf, Belkaroui, Hachoud, Mohra, Ouassaa, Boutiche (Fellahi 34'), Farhi, Benbelaid, Motrani, Darfalou (Bakrar 34'), Bodbous. Second half - Boudiaf, Hachoud (Benayad 70'), Laribi, Nemdil, Ziti, Karaoui, Kendouci, Dali, Deghmoum, Djahnit, Lomotey.

ES Sétif v ES Métlaoui

6 October 2021 Friendly	ES Sétif	1–2	ES Métlaoui	Le Kram
12:00	Djahnit 62'			Stadium: Stade Beji Caid Essebsi
Note: Lineup for ES Sétif - Khedairia, Hachoud (Belkaroui 90'), Laribi, Nemdil, Ziti (Bakrar 80'), Karaoui, Dali (Boutiche 84'), Benbelaid (Fellahi 61'), Djahnit, Djabou (Mohra 80'), Lomotey.

ES Rades v ES Sétif

9 October 2021 Friendly	ES Rades	0–3	ES Sétif	Radès
15:00			Ouassaa 3' Belkaroui 19' Farhi 38'	Stadium: Stade Hedi Ben Romdhane
Note: Lineup for ES Sétif - Ferrahi (Khedairia 46'), Belkaroui, Mohra, Ali Larbi (Dali 67'), Ouassaa (Nemdil 74'), Boutiche (Djahnit 74'), Farhi (Brahimi 50'), Fellahi (Benbelaid 63'), Bodbous (Djabou 63'), Motrani (Lomotey 67'), Bakrar (Darfalou 63').

ES Sétif v MO Constantine

13 October 2021 Friendly	ES Sétif	2–0	MO Constantine	Sétif
16:00	Bodbous 35', 69'			Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945
Note: Lineup for ES Sétif - Bouhalfaya, Belkaroui, Hachoud, Ali Larbi, Brahimi, Boutiche, Farhi, Fellahi (Ferhani 72'), Bodbous, Motrani, Lomotey (Darfalou 58').

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
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

Main article: 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
7	ES Sétif	34	15	9	10	43	24	+19	54[a]
8	MC Alger	34	13	12	9	36	24	+12	51
9	ASO Chlef	34	13	11	10	38	31	+7	50[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: the-sports.org
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.
Notes:

1. Paradou AC finished ahead of ES Sétif on head-to-head points: Paradou AC 1–0 ES Sétif, ES Sétif 0–1 Paradou AC.
2. 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								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	9	10	43	24	+19	54	10	4	3	31	11	+20	5	5	7	12	13	−1

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

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.[4]

ES Sétif v HB Chelghoum Laïd

2 November 2021 Round 1	ES Sétif	1–0	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Sétif
15:00	Kendouci 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Riadh Ammar Khodja

JS Kabylie v ES Sétif

29 October 2021 Round 2	JS Kabylie	0–0	ES Sétif	Tizi Ouzou
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

ES Sétif v ASO Chlef

7 November 2021 Round 3	ES Sétif	0–0	ASO Chlef	Sétif
14:30		Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

MC Oran v ES Sétif

19 November 2021 Round 4	MC Oran	0–0	ES Sétif	Oran
17:00		Report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

ES Sétif v CR Belouizdad

25 November 2021 Round 5	ES Sétif	2–2	CR Belouizdad	Sétif
17:00	Deghmoum 54' Bodabous 88' (pen.)	Report	Bakir 38' Benhamou 42'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

NC Magra v ES Sétif

4 December 2021 Round 6	NC Magra	0–2	ES Sétif	Magra
14:30		Report	Kendouci 70' Motrani 75'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

ES Sétif v WA Tlemcen

11 December 2021 Round 7	ES Sétif	1–0	WA Tlemcen	Sétif
17:00	Kendouci 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houssam Benyahia

MC Alger v ES Sétif

17 December 2021 Round 8	MC Alger	2–0	ES Sétif	Algiers
18:00	Rebiai 54' Frioui 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

ES Sétif v CS Constantine

24 December 2021 Round 9	ES Sétif	1–0	CS Constantine	Sétif
16:00	Motrani 24'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

Paradou AC v ES Sétif

28 December 2021 Round 10	Paradou AC	1–0	ES Sétif	Dar El Beïda
14:30	Mouali 51'	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

ES Sétif v Olympique de Médéa

2 January 2022 Round 11	ES Sétif	3–0	Olympique de Médéa	Sétif
18:00	Benayad 53' Djabou 76' Debbari 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelali Ibrir

RC Relizane v ES Sétif

8 January 2022 Round 12	RC Relizane	0–1	ES Sétif	Relizane
14:30	Bousseder  90+4'	Report	Ali Larbi  24' Farhi 36'	Stadium: Tahar Zoughari Stadium Referee: Mohamed Amine Benzohra

NA Hussein Dey v ES Sétif

15 January 2022 Round 13	NA Hussein Dey	0–0	ES Sétif	Belouizdad
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ali Nader

ES Sétif v RC Arbaâ

21 January 2022 Round 14	ES Sétif	3–1	RC Arbaâ	Sétif
15:00	Ziti 24' Bakrar 45+2' Kendouci 70'	Report	Boubakour 49'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nadjib Meziani

JS Saoura v ES Sétif

25 January 2022 Round 15	JS Saoura	1–1	ES Sétif	Béchar
17:00	Hamidi 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Djahnit 44'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

ES Sétif v US Biskra

29 January 2022 Round 16	ES Sétif	2–0	US Biskra	Sétif
15:00	Lakhdari 12' (o.g.) Djahnit 34'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

USM Alger v ES Sétif

7 February 2022 Round 17	USM Alger	1–0	ES Sétif	Bologhine
18:00	Mahious 16' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Gamouh

ES Sétif v JS Kabylie

2 March 2022 Round 19	ES Sétif	1–1	JS Kabylie	Sétif
18:00	Djahnit 27'	Report	Ouattara 34'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

ASO Chlef v ES Sétif

6 March 2022 Round 20	ASO Chlef	0–1	ES Sétif	Chlef
17:00		Report	Laribi 13'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

HB Chelghoum Laïd v ES Sétif

22 March 2022 Round 18	HB Chelghoum Laïd	1–0	ES Sétif	Chelghoum Laïd
15:00	Haddad 83'	Report		Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

ES Sétif v NC Magra

26 March 2022 Round 23	ES Sétif	0–2	NC Magra	Sétif
15:00		Report	Demane 27' (pen.), 45+2'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

ES Sétif v MC Oran

9 April 2022 Round 21	ES Sétif	0–1	MC Oran	Sétif
23:00		Report	Djabout 74'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

ES Sétif v MC Alger

12 April 2022 Round 25	ES Sétif	2–1	MC Alger	Sétif
22:00	Djahnit 1' Ghezala 57' (o.g.)	Report	Abdelhafid 90+3'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Akram Mechairia

Olympique de Médéa v ES Sétif

29 April 2022 Round 28	Olympique de Médéa	1–4	ES Sétif	Médéa
16:45	Mokrani 46'	Report	Bakrar 15' Motrani 28', 67' Benayad 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

ES Sétif v RC Relizane

10 May 2022 Round 29	ES Sétif	7–0	RC Relizane	Sétif
20:00	Djahnit 27' (pen.) Debbari 33' Bakrar 36' Motrani 61' Benayad 71', 81' Deghmoum 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Mohamed Tahar Milia

CR Belouizdad v ES Sétif

18 May 2022 Round 22	CR Belouizdad	1–0	ES Sétif	Belouizdad
17:00	Bourdim 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

RC Arbaâ v ES Sétif

22 May 2022 Round 31	RC Arbaâ	3–1	ES Sétif	Larbaâ
16:00	Bouziane 23' Oukil 45+1' Boubakour 90+4'	Report	Kendouci 67'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

WA Tlemcen v ES Sétif

25 May 2022 Round 24	WA Tlemcen	0–1	ES Sétif	Tlemcen
16:00		Report	Benayad 38'	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Redouane Allou

ES Sétif v JS Saoura

29 May 2022 Round 32	ES Sétif	0–0	JS Saoura	Sétif
20:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

CS Constantine v ES Sétif

1 June 2022 Round 26	CS Constantine	1–0	ES Sétif	Constantine
16:45	Ardji 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

US Biskra v ES Sétif

5 June 2022 Round 33	US Biskra	1–1	ES Sétif	Biskra
19:00	Ounnas 16'	Report	Djahnit 8' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Referee: Hamza Boucetta

ES Sétif v Paradou AC

8 June 2022 Round 27	ES Sétif	0–1	Paradou AC	Sétif
18:45		Report	Boukerma 77'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

ES Sétif v NA Hussein Dey

14 June 2022 Round 30	ES Sétif	5–1	NA Hussein Dey	Sétif
19:45	Bakrar 5', 58' Nemdil 51' (pen.) Kendouci 53' Darfalou 63'	Report	Akziz 78'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

ES Sétif v USM Alger

17 June 2022 Round 34	ES Sétif	3–1	USM Alger	Sétif
18:00	Riad Benayad 4', 66' Bakrar 44' (pen.) Benabed  62'	Report	Belharrane 27' Azri  43'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

First round

Fortune FC v ES Sétif

11 September 2021 (2021-09-11) First leg	Fortune FC	3–0	ES Sétif	Bakau
16:00 UTC±0	Camara 22' Sylva 59' Barry 81'	Report		Stadium: Independence Stadium Referee: Joel Wonka Doe (Liberia)

ES Sétif v Fortune FC

19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) Second leg	ES Sétif	3–0 (3–3 agg.) (5–4 p)	Fortune FC	Sétif
21:00 UTC+1	Sawaneh 4' (o.g.) Benayad 20' Djabou 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Kechaf (Morocco)
	Penalties
	Djahnit Karaoui Deghmoum Kendouci Lomotey		Barry Jarju Sanyang Camara Darboe

Second round

FC Nouadhibou v ES Sétif

17 October 2021 (2021-10-17) First leg	FC Nouadhibou	3–1	ES Sétif	Nouakchott
14:00 UTC±0	Tanjy 54', 75' Bessam 57'	Report	Deghmoum 41'	Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

ES Sétif v FC Nouadhibou

24 October 2021 (2021-10-24) Second leg	ES Sétif	2–0	FC Nouadhibou	Sétif
18:00 UTC+1	Deghmoum 44' Darfalou 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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			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	—

Source: CAF

Horoya v ES Sétif

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) Matchday 1	Horoya	0–1	ES Sétif	Conakry
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Kendouci 47'	Stadium: General Lansana Conté Stadium Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

ES Sétif v Raja Casablanca

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) Matchday 2	ES Sétif	0–1	Raja Casablanca	Algiers[note 1]
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Zrida 71'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)

AmaZulu v ES Sétif

25 February 2022 (2022-02-25) Matchday 3	AmaZulu	1–0	ES Sétif	Durban
18:00 UTC+2	Memela 42'	Report		Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

ES Sétif v AmaZulu

12 March 2022 (2022-03-12) Matchday 4	ES Sétif	2–0	AmaZulu	Algiers[note 1]
20:00 UTC+1	Benayad 11' Djahnit 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

ES Sétif v Horoya

18 March 2022 (2022-03-18) Matchday 5	ES Sétif	3–2	Horoya	Algiers[note 1]
20:00 UTC+1	Djahnit 47' Benayad 87', 90+3'	Report	Baffour 25' Sylla 59'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youssef Sraïri (Tunisia)

Raja Casablanca v ES Sétif

3 April 2022 (2022-04-03) Matchday 6	Raja Casablanca	1–0	ES Sétif	Casablanca
21:00 UTC±0	Hadhoudi 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League knockout stage

Quarter-finals

ES Sétif v Espérance de Tunis

15 April 2022 (2022-04-15) First leg	ES Sétif	0–0	Espérance de Tunis	Algiers[note 1]
22:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Espérance de Tunis v ES Sétif

22 April 2022 (2022-04-22) Second leg	Espérance de Tunis	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	ES Sétif	Tunis
22:00 UTC+1		Report	Djabou 21'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Semi-finals

Al Ahly v ES Sétif

7 May 2022 (2022-05-07) First leg	Al Ahly	4–0	ES Sétif	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Tau 30', 90' Mohamed 54' Sherif 72'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

ES Sétif v Al Ahly

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14) Second leg	ES Sétif	2–2	Al Ahly	Algiers[note 1]
20:00 UTC+1	Kendouci 45' Benayad 61'	Report	Abdel Kader 2' Sherif 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Champions League			Total
				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				34		43	14		15	48		58

1. 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				2	1	3
Totals				21	13	34

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
13 August 2021	LB	Younes Ouassaa	RC Arbaâ	Free transfer	[5]
17 August 2021	MF	Amine Benbelaid	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	[6]
24 August 2021	MF	Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima	Club Africain	Free transfer	[7]
24 August 2021	MF	Ibrahim Bodbous	Al-Ahly SC	Free transfer	[7]
24 August 2021	MF	Riad Benayad	Paradou AC	Loan for one year	[7]
24 August 2021	AM	Djamil Benabed	MC Oran	Free transfer	[7]
29 August 2021	RB	Mohamed Amine Ali Larbi	ASM Oran	Free transfer	[8]
2 September 2021	MF	Abdelkader Boutiche	MC Oran	Free transfer	[9]
2 September 2021	FW	Zoubir Motrani	MC Oran	Free transfer	[9]
7 September 2021	CB	Hicham Belkaroui	MC Oran	Free transfer	[10]
7 September 2021	GK	Zakaria Bouhalfaya	NC Magra	Undisclosed	[11]
21 September 2021	RB	Mohamed Ali Larbi	ASM Oran	Free transfer	[12][13]
26 September 2021	LB	Belkacem Brahimi	MC Alger	Free transfer	[14]
29 September 2021	GK	Mokhtar Ferrahi	Paradou AC	Free transfer	[15]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
16 July 2021	FW	Houssam Ghacha	Antalyaspor	Free transfer	[16]
1 August 2021	DF	Youcef Laouafi	Étoile du Sahel	Free transfer	[17]
15 August 2021	LW	Ismaïl Saâdi	JS Saoura	Free transfer	[18]
18 August 2021	MF	Messala Merbah	USM Alger	Free transfer	[19]
19 August 2021	DF	Ibrahim Bekakchi	USM Alger	Free transfer	[20]
26 August 2021	LW	Mohamed El Amine Amoura	FC Lugano	1,200,000 €	[21]
14 September 2021	MF	Mohamed Djahli	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[22]
16 September 2021	FW	Yasser Berbache	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[23]
16 September 2021	GK	Said Daas	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[24]
23 September 2021	RB	Amir Laidouni	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[25]
5 October 2021	FW	Khier-Anes Belaïd	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[26]
8 October 2021	GK	Khairi Barki	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer	[27]
7 October 2021	LB	Nasreddine Benlebna	RC Relizane	Free transfer	[28]

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
1	GK	Sofiane Khedairia	1 years	2023	5 August 2021
20	RB	Abdelhak Debbari	2 years	2023	15 August 2021	[29]
13	RB	Abdelkrim Nemdil	2 years	2023	15 August 2021	[29]
18	CB	Hocine Laribi	2 years	2023	15 August 2021	[29]
7	AM	Akram Djahnit	3 years	2024	15 August 2021
5	RB	Mohamed Khoutir Ziti	2 years	2024	23 August 2021	[30]
44	CB	Ibrahim Hachoud	2 years	2024	23 August 2021	[30]
72	FW	Khalil Darfalou	2 years	2024	23 August 2021	[30]
19	MF	Youcef Dali	2 years	2024	23 August 2021	[30]

Notes

1. ES Sétif play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, which did not meet CAF requirements.

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