2022–23 CS Constantine season

CS Constantine

2022–23 season
Owner	ENTP
President	Mohamed Boulahbib[1]
Head coach	Kheïreddine Madoui (from 13 August 2022)[2] (until 26 February 2023)[3] Lyamine Bougherara (from 27 March 2023)[4]
Stadium	Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium
Ligue 1	2nd
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Brahim Dib (8 goals) All: Brahim Dib (8 goals)
Biggest win	NRB Nezla 1–4 CS Constantine
Biggest defeat	JS Saoura 3–1 CS Constantine MC El Bayadh 3–1 CS Constantine
Home colours Away colours

The 2022–23 season, was CS Constantine's 27th season and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, CS Constantine participated in the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated in 25 August 2022.[5]
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	Soufiane Abed	(2000-05-13)13 May 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
16		GK	Fares Boukerrit	(1998-03-09)9 March 1998 (aged 24)	ASM Oran
23		GK	Chamseddine Rahmani	(1990-09-15)15 September 1990 (aged 32)	Damac
Defenders
4		CB	Ali Abdeladim Mehazem	(2000-01-10)10 January 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
5		CB	Nasreddine Zaalani	(1992-07-26)26 July 1992 (aged 30)	Al-Kholood
12		RB	Oussama Meddahi	(1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 31)	NA Hussein Dey
17		RB	Amir Belaili	(1991-02-10)10 February 1991 (aged 31)	AS Ain M'lila
19		CB	Chamseddine Derradji	(1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 30)	NC Magra
20		CB	Mohamed Amine Madani	(1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 30)	NC Magra
21		RB	Hamza Rebiai	(1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 28)	Olympique de Médéa
25		LB	Seif Eddine Chettih	(1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 31)	RC Relizane
26		LB	Ahmed Maâmeri	(1997-06-25)25 June 1997 (aged 25)	WA Boufarik
Midfielders
6		MF	Mohamed Benchaira	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 30)	JS Kabylie
8		MF	Samir Aiboud	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 29)	CR Belouizdad
11		MF	Aymane Issad Lakdja	(1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 24)	NC Magra
13		MF	Salaheddine Harrari	(1998-06-09)9 June 1998 (aged 24)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
14		MF	Kamel Belmessaoud	(1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 32)	JSM Béjaïa
15		MF	Zakaria Messibah	(1995-10-16)16 October 1995 (aged 27)	Paradou AC
24		MF	Zakaria Kemoukh	(1992-03-06)6 March 1992 (aged 30)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
Forwards
3		FW	Hamza Demane	(1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 33)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
7		FW	Marcellin Koukpo	(1995-04-06)6 April 1995 (aged 27)	CR Belouizdad
9		FW	Abdelhak Abdelhafid	(1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 31)	MC Alger
10		FW	Brahim Dib	(1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 29)	AS Ain M'lila
18		FW	Nasreddine Bouldjedri	(2000-02-29)29 February 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
22		FW	Oualid Ardji	(1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 27)	NA Hussein Dey
27		FW	Ahmed Khaldi	(1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 24)	HB Chelghoum Laïd

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2022	CB	Mohamed Amine Madani	NC Magra	Free transfer	[6]
4 July 2022	FW	Ahmed Khaldi	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer	[7]
13 July 2022	RB	Oussama Meddahi	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	[8]
18 July 2022	MF	Salaheddine Harrari	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer	[9]
20 July 2022	CB	Nasreddine Zaalani	Al-Kholood	Free transfer	[10]
16 August 2022	FW	Hamza Demane	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer	[11]
16 August 2022	FW	Abdelhak Abdelhafid	MC Alger	Free transfer	[11]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
13 June 2022	RB	Mohamed Guemroud	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[12]
13 June 2022	LB	Yassine Salhi	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[12]
3 July 2022	FW	Chouaib Debbih	MC Alger	Free transfer	[13]
4 July 2022	FW	Hamza Belahouel	Unattached	Free transfer	[14]
4 July 2022	FW	Okacha Hamzaoui	Unattached[a]	Free transfer	[14]
4 July 2022	FW	Mohamed Itim	Unattached	Free transfer	[14]
4 July 2022	GK	Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun	Unattached	Free transfer	[14]

1. Guendouz joined Al-Fujairah SC on 27 July 2022.[15]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	14	8	8	39	26	+13	046.67	—	2nd	26 August 2022	15 July 2023
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	16 December 2022	16 February 2023
Total	32	15	8	9	43	29	+14	046.88

Updated to match played 15 July 2023
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CR Belouizdad (C)	30	18	10	2	44	21	+23	64	Qualification for CAF Champions League
2	CS Constantine	30	14	8	8	39	26	+13	50
3	MC Alger	30	12	11	7	21	20	+1	47
4	MC El Bayadh	30	13	7	10	34	25	+9	46
5	JS Saoura	30	11	9	10	32	25	+7	42

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. 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.
(C) Champions

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	14	8	8	39	26	+13	50	11	3	1	24	5	+19	3	5	7	15	21	−6

Last updated: 15 July 2023.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W
Position	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.[16]

CS Constantine v USM Khenchela

26 August 2022 Round 1	CS Constantine	3–1	USM Khenchela	Constantine
16:45	Dib 24' Koukpo 63' Khaldi 70'	Report	Sameur 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

JS Kabylie v CS Constantine

1 September 2022 Round 2	JS Kabylie	0–1	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
20:00		Report	Koukpo 12'	Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium Referee: Ali Nader

CS Constantine v HB Chelghoum Laïd

10 September 2022 Round 3	CS Constantine	2–0	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Constantine
16:30	Khaldi 39' Dib 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Bilal Soltani

Paradou AC v CS Constantine

17 September 2022 Round 4	Paradou AC	0–1	CS Constantine	Dar El Beïda
16:30		Report	Ardji 67'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

CS Constantine v MC Oran

24 September 2022 Round 5	CS Constantine	0–0	MC Oran	Constantine
16:30		Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

ES Sétif v CS Constantine

2 October 2022 Round 6	ES Sétif	0–0	CS Constantine	Sétif
18:00		Report		Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

CS Constantine v MC Alger

8 October 2022 Round 7	CS Constantine	0–2	MC Alger	Constantine
15:00		Report	Merzougui 16', 19'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

CS Constantine v US Biskra

21 October 2022 Round 9	CS Constantine	2–1	US Biskra	Constantine
15:00	Koukpo 15' Abdelhafid 47'	Report	Zeghnoun 18'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

RC Arbaâ v CS Constantine

5 November 2022 Round 10	RC Arbaâ	1–2	CS Constantine	Larbaâ
15:00	Toumi 26'	Report	Koukpo 17' Abdelhafid 31'	Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Mohamed Cherif Bouteraa

CS Constantine v NC Magra

9 November 2022 Round 11	CS Constantine	1–0	NC Magra	Constantine
15:00	Lakdja 50'	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Akram Mecharia

CR Belouizdad v CS Constantine

29 November 2022 Round 12	CR Belouizdad	2–1	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
15:00	Belkhir 24', 83'	Report	Lakdja 39'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

JS Saoura v CS Constantine

3 December 2022 Round 8	JS Saoura	3–1	CS Constantine	Béchar
17:00	Bellatreche 12', 21' Saadi 60'	Report	Koukpo 58'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

CS Constantine v ASO Chlef

7 December 2022 Round 13	CS Constantine	3–0	ASO Chlef	Constantine
15:00	Madani 50', 90+2' Khaldi 68'	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

CS Constantine v MC El Bayadh

11 December 2022 Round 14	CS Constantine	3–1	MC El Bayadh	Constantine
15:00	Dib 45+5' Aiboud 66', 75'	Report	Hitala 8'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Zinelaabidine Dakhane

USM Alger v CS Constantine

24 December 2022 Round 15	USM Alger	2–1	CS Constantine	Dar El Beïda
14:30	Ait El Hadj 42' Mahious 79' (pen.)	Report	Aiboud 66'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbali

USM Khenchela v CS Constantine

10 February 2023 Round 16	USM Khenchela	1–1	CS Constantine	Khenchela
15:00	Athmani 5'	Report	Madani 90+2'	Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

HB Chelghoum Laïd v CS Constantine

24 February 2023 Round 18	HB Chelghoum Laïd	1–1	CS Constantine	Chelghoum Laïd
15:00	Himri 80'	Report	Madani 72' (pen.)	Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Zakaria Antar

CS Constantine v JS Kabylie

7 March 2023 Round 17	CS Constantine	0–0	JS Kabylie	Constantine
15:00		Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mehadji Tayeb Bouderbali

MC Oran v CS Constantine

17 March 2023 Round 20	MC Oran	0–0	CS Constantine	Oran
15:00		Report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Bilal Soltani

CS Constantine v ES Sétif

31 March 2023 Round 21	CS Constantine	2–0	ES Sétif	Constantine
15:45	Khaldi 4' Ardji 37'	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

MC Alger v CS Constantine

7 April 2023 Round 22	MC Alger	0–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
22:30		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Mohamed Bouteraa

CS Constantine v Paradou AC

18 April 2023 Round 19	CS Constantine	1–0	Paradou AC	Constantine
15:45	Mokeddem 48' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

CS Constantine v JS Saoura

17 May 2023 Round 23	CS Constantine	2–0	JS Saoura	Constantine
16:00	Madani 23' Dib 61' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

US Biskra v CS Constantine

31 May 2023 Round 24	US Biskra	3–2	CS Constantine	Biskra
18:00	Zeghnoun 4' Boussalem 24', 45'	Report	Benchaira 20' Dib 90'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

CS Constantine v RC Arbaâ

6 June 2023 Round 25	CS Constantine	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Constantine
16:30	Maâmeri 11', 28'	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

NC Magra v CS Constantine

1 July 2023 Round 26	NC Magra	2–1	CS Constantine	Magra
17:00	Bourahla 2' Amrane 55' (pen.)	Report	Zaalani 28'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

CS Constantine v CR Belouizdad

4 July 2023 Round 27	CS Constantine	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
17:00		Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

ASO Chlef v CS Constantine

7 July 2023 Round 28	ASO Chlef	3–2	CS Constantine	Chlef
17:15	Kerroum 15' Souibaâh 25', 53'	Report	Abdelhafid 49' Dib 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

MC El Bayadh v CS Constantine

10 July 2023 Round 29	MC El Bayadh	3–1	CS Constantine	El Bayadh
17:15	Khalfallah 18' Barka 34' Hitala 60'	Report	Dib 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

CS Constantine v USM Alger

15 July 2023 Round 30	CS Constantine	3–0	USM Alger	Constantine
17:15	Maâmeri 14' Dib 33' (pen.) Khaldi 77'	Report		Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Algerian Cup

NRB Nezla v CS Constantine

16 December 2022 Round of 64	NRB Nezla	1–4	CS Constantine	Touggourt
14:00	Kerboussa 60'	Report	Khaldi 11' Aiboud 19' Demane 35', 43'	Stadium: 10000 Places Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi
Note: Lineups for CS Constantine - Boukerrit, Belaili, Rebiai, Madani (Derradji, 69'), Chettih, Chekal, Belmessaoud (Bendaoud, 46'), Aiboud, Lakdja, Khaldi (Harrari, 46'), Demane.

Paradou AC v CS Constantine

16 February 2023 Round of 32	Paradou AC	2–0	CS Constantine	Dar El Beïda
14:30	Bouzida 50' Berkoune 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Referee: Bilal Soltani
Note: Lineups for CS Constantine - Rahmani, Meddahi, Maâmeri, Madani, Zaalani, Benchaira, Belmessaoud (Messibah, 75'), Ardji, Abdelhafid, Khaldi (Demane, 75'), Koukpo (Harrari, 67').

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Soufiane Abed	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	GK	ALG	Fares Boukerrit	5	0	4	0	1	0
23	GK	ALG	Chamseddine Rahmani	27	0	26	0	1	0
Defenders
4	DF	ALG	Ali Abdeladim Mehazem	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ALG	Nasreddine Zaalani	20	1	19	1	1	0
12	DF	ALG	Oussama Meddahi	24	0	23	0	1	0
17	DF	ALG	Amir Belaili	23	0	22	0	1	0
19	DF	ALG	Chamseddine Derradji	19	0	18	0	1	0
20	DF	ALG	Mohamed Amine Madani	30	5	28	5	2	0
21	DF	ALG	Hamza Rebai	4	0	3	0	1	0
25	DF	ALG	Seif Eddine Chettih	5	0	4	0	1	0
26	DF	ALG	Ahmed Maâmeri	29	0	26	0	3	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ALG	Mohamed Benchaira	24	1	23	1	1	0
8	MF	ALG	Samir Aiboud	11	4	10	3	1	1
11	MF	ALG	Aymane Issad Lakdja	20	2	19	2	1	0
13	MF	ALG	Salaheddine Harrari	15	0	13	0	2	0
14	MF	ALG	Kamel Belmessaoud	20	0	18	0	2	0
15	MF	ALG	Zakaria Messibah	20	0	19	0	1	0
24	MF	ALG	Zakaria Kemoukh	14	0	14	0	0	0
47	MF	ALG	Belhadj Chekal	15	0	14	0	1	0
48	MF	ALG	Aymen Bendaoud	3	0	2	0	1	0
Forwards
3	FW	ALG	Hamza Demane	17	2	15	0	2	2
7	FW	BEN	Marcellin Koukpo	27	5	26	5	1	0
9	FW	ALG	Abdelhak Abdelhafid	19	3	18	3	1	0
10	FW	ALG	Brahim Dib	13	3	13	3	0	0
18	FW	ALG	Nasreddine Bouldjedri	9	0	9	0	0	0
22	FW	ALG	Oualid Ardji	26	2	25	2	1	0
27	FW	ALG	Ahmed Khaldi	27	6	25	5	2	1
71	FW	ALG	Mounder Temine	7	0	7	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 15 July 2023
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 15 July 2023^[update]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
10		Brahim Dib	FW	8	0	8
27		Ahmed Khaldi	FW	5	1	6
7		Marcellin Koukpo	FW	5	0	5
20		Mohamed Amine Madani	DF	5	0	5
8		Samir Aiboud	MF	3	1	4
9		Abdelhak Abdelhafid	FW	3	0	3
26		Ahmed Maâmeri	DF	3	0	3
11		Aymane Issad Lakdja	MF	2	0	2
22		Oualid Ardji	FW	2	0	2
3		Hamza Demane	FW	0	2	2
6		Mohamed Benchaira	MF	1	0	1
5		Nasreddine Zaalani	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Totals				39	4	43

Notes

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