Entente Sportive Sétifienne (), known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in 1958 and its colours are black and white. Their home stadium, the 8 May 1945 Stadium, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
ESS is one of the most successful clubs in Algeria, having won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 eight times and the Algerian Cup a record of eight times. They are also one of only three Algerian clubs to have won the CAF Champions League, winning it twice in 1988 and 2014. They have also won the Arab Champions League twice, in 2007 and 2008, as well as three North African Cups in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, they became the first Algerian club to win the CAF Super Cup since the creation of the competition in 1993.
ES Sétif became CAF Champions League champion by defeating DR Congo's AS Vita Club in the 2014 final; and the reigning CAF Super Cup champions, by beating Egypt's Al Ahly in the 2015 Super Cup and the reigning Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions.
History The club was founded in 1958 by Ali Benaouda and Ali Layass as Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS), the name was later changed to Entente Pétroliers Sétifienne (EPS) in 1977, and again in 1984 it became known as Entente Plastique Sétifienne (EPS) and was then later changed back to Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS).
The first colours of the club were green and the white, and following a confrontation with the French Army in a match with FC Gadir on May 8, 1945, colours changed to black and white as mourning for the events on this day. The Guessab Stadium was the original name for the club's home.
ES Sétif is one of the prestigious top flight Algerian clubs. The club has won the Algerian Cup 8 times, and is the only Algerian team to have won the Afro-Asia cup, in 1989 in Qatar.
Since its foundation, ES Sétif has had 19 presidents, the first being Ibrahim Dokomi. The current president is Hassan Hammar.
African success In 1988, ES Sétif won the African Cup of Champions Clubs by beating Iwuanyanwu Nationale of Nigeria 4–1 on aggregate in the final. After losing the first leg 1–0 in Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, ES Sétif scored 4 goals in the return leg in Constantine to lift the trophy. ES Sétif were playing in the Algerian second division at time and are the only club in Africa to date to have won the African Cup of Champions Clubs while not being in the top flight.
By winning the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs, ES Sétif qualified for the 1989 Afro-Asian Club Championship, where they faced Al-Sadd of Qatar, winners of the 1988–89 Asian Club Championship. ES Sétif won both legs, 2–0 at home and 3–1 in Doha, to lift the trophy. They are the only Algerian club to have won the competition.
On June 29, 2010, ES Sétif became the first fully professional club in Algeria.
On August 8, 2010, ES Sétif defeated CS Sfaxien of Tunisia 1–0 to win the first-ever edition of the UNAF Super Cup.
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Honours TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning seasonsDomesticLigue 181968, 1987, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017Algerian Cup81963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1980, 1989, 2010, 2012Algerian Super Cup22015, 2017ContinentalAfrican Champions League21988, 2014African Super Cup12015IntercontinentalAfro-Asian Cup11989RegionalArab Club Champions Cup22007, 2008North African Cup of Champions12009North African Cup Winners Cup12010North African Super Cup12010
Performance in CAF competitions
ES Sétif 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, ES Sétif have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. ES Sétif have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. The first match was against Kampala City FC and it ended in a 1–0 loss, As for the biggest win was in 1991 against ASC Linguère 7–1, and biggest loss was against Union Douala 5–0 in 1981.
After six years of absence, ES Setif returned to continental competitions, this time in the African Cup of Champions Clubs, for the first time The following year and in the same competition, despite falling to the second division, Les Aigles Noirs managed to achieve the title for the first time against Iwuanyanwu Nationale of Nigeria and after the defeat in the First leg 1–0, they achieved an overwhelming victory in the Second leg 4–0 in a match that took place at Stade du 17 Juin in Constantine, After that, they met with Al Sadd SC in the final of the Afro-Asian Club Championship, and won the title for the first time, which is the only one of its kind in the history of Algerian football. In 1991 ES Sétif participated in the last continental participation in the twentieth century, where it reached the semi-finals, and in the Second round, Malik Zorgane scored the first hat-trick for ES Sétif against SC Gagnoa.
Total standings of African Cup participations (1963 to 2022–23) Pos.TeamPldWDLGFGACSCCCLCCWCCACCCCPa.PldPa.PldPa.PldPa.PldPa.Pld1JS Kabylie213107386826518422171222144305452ES Sétif145613747219162111294212−−5363USM Alger14569344223314311980525164344CR Belouizdad793220279676−−650210−−4205MC Alger7231132811092−−74814−−4206MC Oran481910197052−−3203122828
Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pa. = Participation; Pld = Matches played CSC = CAF Super Cup; CCL = CAF Champions League; CCWC = CAF Cup Winners' Cup; CAC = CAF Cup; CCC = CAF Confederation Cup
CAF Champions League: 12 appearances
1987 – Second Round 1988 – Champion 1989 – First Round 2008 – First Round 2010 – Quarter-finals
2011 – Third Round 2013 – Third Round 2014 – Champion 2015 – Group Stage 2016 – Group Stage -Disqualified
2018 – Semi-finals 2022 – Semi-finals
CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances
2009 – Finalist 2011 – Second Round of 8 2012 – First Round
2013 – Group Stage 2021 – Group Stage
CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
1981 – Quarter-finals 1991 – Semi-finals
CAF Super Cup: 1 appearance
2015 – Champion
ES Sétif in African football
Players Algerian teams are limited to four foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad .
Personnel Current technical staff
Position Staff Head coach Hamada Sedki Assistant coach Mohamed El-Gamal Goalkeeping coach Lounès Gaouaoui Fitness coach Wajih Belaïd
Management
Position Staff President Nabil Kebaili Director General Sporting Director Farid Mellouli Financial Director
Notable players Below are the notable former players who have represented ES Sétif in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1958. 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 ES Sétif or following his departure.
For a complete list of ES Sétif players, see :Category:ES Sétif players
Algeria Nacer Adjissa Laid Belhamel Isâad Bourahli Faouzi Chaouchi Abdelmoumene Djabou Lamouri Djediat Farès Fellahi Abderahmane Hachoud Lazhar Hadj Aïssa Samir Hadjaoui Nabil Hemani
Algeria Messaoud Koussim Abdelkader Laïfaoui Khaled Lemmouchia Kheïreddine Madoui Hocine Metref Antar Osmani Slimane Raho Abdelhamid Salhi Abdelhakim Serrar Abdelmalek Ziaya Malik Zorgane
Africa Francis Ambané Rémi Adiko Serey Die
Managerial history Dates Name 1961–63 Mokhtar Arribi 1963–64 El Hadi Benmahmoud 1964–65 Mokhtar Arribi 1965 Khelifa Kemicha 1965–67 Abdelhamid Kermali 1967–68 Mokhtar Arribi 1968–71 Abdelhamid Kermali 1971–72 Mokhtar Arribi 1972–73 Mokhtar Arribi El Hadi Benmahmoud 1973–74 El Hadi Benmahmoud 1974–77 Abdelhamid Kermali 1977–78 Benkniouar 1978–79 Victor 1979–81 Mokhtar Arribi 1981–83 Abdelhamid Kermali 1983–84 Mokhtar Arribi 1984–85 Abdelhamid Kermali 1985–87 Mokhtar Arribi 1987 Bilov 1987–89 Mokhtar Arribi 1989–90 Bouzid Cheniti Hadj Noureddine 1990–91 Bouzid Cheniti 1991–92 Bouzid Ilyes Bouzid Cheniti Boulahdjilet 1992–93 Hadj Noureddine Said Hadj Mansour 1993–94 Abdelhamid Kermali 1994–95 Boulahdjilat Bouzid Cheniti 1995–96 Bouzid Cheniti Abdelhamid Salhi Boulahdjilat 1996–97 Boulahdjilat Abdelkrim Bira 1997–98 Bikart Abdelkrim Khalfa 1998–99 Abdelkrim Khalfa Noureddine Saâdi 1999–00 Noureddine Saâdi Said Hadj Mansour 2000–01 Said Hadj Mansour & Abdelkrim Khalfa 2001–02 Safih Noureddine Saâdi 2002–03 Boualem Charef Said Hadj Mansour Dates NameSept 2, 2004 – Jan 23, 2005 Abdelkrim Bira Jan 25, 2005 – Jun 1, 2006 Hervé Revelli Jun 18, 2005– Nov 30, 2005 Hocine Zekri Dec 12, 2005 – Jan 28, 2007 Rachid Belhout Feb 1, 2007 – July 5, 2007 Rabah SaâdaneJuly 11, 2007 – Sept 18, 2007 Charles Roessli Sept 20, 2007 - Nov 3, 2007 Noureddine Saâdi Dec 3, 2007 – June 30, 2008 Bernard Simondi Sept 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009 Azzedine Aït Djoudi Oct 8, 2009 – Aug 18, 2010 Noureddine Zekri Aug 19, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010 Giovanni Solinas Jan 13, 2011 – June 30, 2011 Giovanni Dellacasa Sept 22, 2011 – June 16, 2012 Alain Geiger July 1, 2012 – Sept 8, 2013 Hubert Velud Sept 8, 2013 – Sept 26, 2013 Kheirredine Madoui (interim) Sept 27, 2013 – Dec 8, 2013 Jean-Christian Lang Dec 8, 2013 – July 5, 2014 Rabah Saâdane July 8, 2014–;– December, 2015 Kheirredine Madoui Dec, 2015 – May 27, 2016 Alain Geiger Jun 1, 2016 – Dec 10, 2016 Abdelkader Amrani Dec 11, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016 Malik Zorgane Jan, 2017 – Dec 17, 2017 Kheireddine Madoui Dec 18, 2016 – Dec 31, 2017 Malik Zorgane Jan, 2018 – Apr, 2018 Abdelhak Benchikha Apr, 2018 – Jun, 2018 Malik Zorgane Jun 1, 2018 – Nov 23, 2018 Rachid Taoussi Nov 25, 2018 – Feb 5, 2019 Noureddine Zekri Feb 7, 2019 – May 30, 2019 Nabil Neghiz Jun, 2019 – Oct 17, 2019 Kheireddine Madoui Oct 26, 2019 – Feb 28, 2022 Nabil Kouki Feb 28, 2022 – Apr 17, 2022 Rédha Bendris Apr 17, 2022 – Jun 17, 2022 Darko Nović Jul 14, 2022 – Nov 20, 2022 Hossam El Badry Nov 27, 2022 – Jan 8, 2023 Khaled Lemmouchia (interim) Jan 8, 2023 – Feb 19, 2023 Chiheb Ellili Feb 25, 2023 – Jul 15, 2023 Billel Dziri Aug 6, 2023 – Sep 12, 2023 Abdelkader Amrani Sep 13 2023 – Feb 9, 2024 Franck Dumas Feb 10, 2024 – Jun 14, 2024 Ammar Souayah Jul 10, 2024 – Jan 21, 2025 Rédha Bendris Jan 21, 2025 – Jun 20, 2024 Nabil Kouki Jul 14, 2025 – Oct 2, 2025 Antoine Hey Oct 2, 2025 – Oct 30, 2025 Taoufik Rouabah Nov 18, 2025 – Feb 15, 2026 Milutin Sredojević Feb 15, 2026 – Jun 6, 2026 Lotfi Amrouche Jul 1, 2026 – Hamada Sedki
List of managers Information correct as of 1 July 2026. Only competitive matches are counted.
+Key* Caretaker manager