JS Saoura, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on two occasions and the Confederation Cup on one occasion.

History JS Saoura 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, JS Saoura is the first club from the south of Algeria to participate in a continental competition, and that was in 2017 in the CAF Champions League as the runner-up of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and they eliminated in the preliminary round against Enugu Rangers and the first continental goal scored by Abderrahmane Bourdim. Two years later, JS Saoura returned to participate in the same competition, where they qualified for the group stage with Al-Ahly, AS Vita Club and Simba of Tanzania. In the first round, JS Saoura was defeated by Simba 3-0. away from home, then achieved two draws against AS Vita Club and Vita Club, then two victories against Vita Club and Simba, and in the last round, it was defeated against AS Vita Club, ending the group stage in third place with 8 points.

CAF competitions + JS Saoura results in CAF competition Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate2017Champions League Preliminary Round Enugu Rangers1–10–0 1–1 (a)2018–19Champions League Preliminary Round SC Gagnoa2–00–0 2–0 First round Ittihad Tanger2–00–1 2–1 Group stage Simba2–00–3 3rd place Al-Ahly1–10–3 AS Vita Club1–02–22021–22Confederation Cup Second round ASAC Concorde1–12–1 3–2 Play-off round Hearts of Oak4–00–2 4–2 Group stage Orlando Pirates0–20–2 3rd place Royal Leopards2–02–0 Al Ittihad1–01–12022–23Confederation Cup Second round Gagnoa0–00–1 0–1

Non-CAF competitions + Non-CAF competition record Season Competition Round Opposition Score 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup Preliminary round Volcan Club 5–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid) ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid) CA Bizertin 1–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid) First round Al-Shabab 1–3 (Stade 20 Août 1955, Béchar)2–0 (Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh) 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup First round Kuwait SC 1–0 (Al-Kuwait Sports Club Stadium], Kuwait City)1–1 (Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran)

Statistics

By season Information correct as of 15 October 2022. Key

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Grp = Group stage

PR = Preliminary round R1 = First round R2 = Second round SR16 = Second Round of 16 R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final

Key to colours and symbols: W Winners RU Runners-up

+JS Saoura record in African football by seasonSeasonCompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDRound2017CAF Champions League202011+0PR2018–19CAF Champions League104331010+0Grp2021–22CAF Confederation Cup10523139+4Grp2022–23CAF Confederation Cup201101−1R2 Total249872421+3

By competition

In Africa :

CAF competitionsCompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played Champions League 2 12 4 5 3 11 11 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup 2 12 5 3 4 13 10 2022–23Total4249872421

Non-CAF competitions :

Non-CAF competitionsCompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played Arab Champions League 2 7 3 1 3 9 7 2023Total2731397

Statistics by country Statistics correct as of game against SC Gagnoa on October 15, 2022

CAF competitions CountryClub Ivory CoastSC Gagnoa412121+1 Subtotal412121+1 MoroccoIttihad Tanger210121+1 Subtotal210121+1 TanzaniaSimba210123−1 Subtotal210123−1 EgyptAl-Ahly201114−3 Subtotal201114−3 GhanaHearts of Oak210142+2 Subtotal210142+2 DR CongoAS Vita Club211032+1 Subtotal211032+1 NigeriaEnugu Rangers202011+0 Subtotal202011+0 MauritaniaASAC Concorde211032+1 Subtotal211032+1 South AfricaOrlando Pirates200204−4 Subtotal200204−4 LibyaAl Ittihad211021+1 Subtotal211021+1 EswatiniRoyal Leopards220040+4 Subtotal220040+4 Total249872421+3

Non-CAF competitions

+ Result summary by countryCountryPldWDLGFGAGD Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 Comoros 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 Djibouti 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 Kuwait 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 Tunisia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 Total731397+2

African competitions goals Statistics correct as of game against SC Gagnoa on October 15, 2022

PositionPlayerTOTAL1 Mohamed El Amine Hammia 5412 Aimen Lahmeri 4–4= Oussama Bellatreche 4–44 Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif 33–5 Abdeldjalil Saâd 1–1= Abderrahmane Bourdim 11–= Mohamed Boulaouidet 11–= Ziri Hammar 11–= Belaid Hamidi 1–1= Mohamed Amine Ouis 1–1= Ismaïl Saâdi 1–1= El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté 11–Totals241113

Two goals one match DatePlayerMatchScore116 October 2021Aimen LahmeriASAC Concorde – JS Saoura 1–225 December 2021Oussama BellatrecheJS Saoura – Hearts of Oak 4–0

Non-CAF competitions goals PlayerGoals1 Billel Messaoudi 32 Oussama Meddahi 1= Mohamed El Amine Hammia 1= Fateh Talah 1= Nacereddine Khoualed 1= Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif 1

List of all-time appearances This list of all-time appearances for JS Saoura in African competitions contains football players who have played for JS Saoura in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 10 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in JS Saoura. #NamePositionTOTALDate of first capDebut againstDate of last capFinal match against1 Mohamed El Amine Hammia 14 7 – 21 Enugu Rangers 2 Adel Bouchiba 9 11 – 20 SC Gagnoa 3 Imadeddine Boubekeur 3 9 – 12 SC Gagnoa 4 Aimen Lahmeri 3 11 – 13 Simba 5 Oussama Bellatreche – 12 – 12 ASAC Concorde 6 Messala Merbah 11 – – 11 Enugu Rangers Al-Ahly7 Hamza Zaidi 10 – – 10 Enugu Rangers Al-Ahly8 Abdeldjalil Saâd – 11 – 11 ASAC Concorde 9 Ibrahim Bekakchi 10 – – 10 SC Gagnoa Al-Ahly1 – 0 – 0 1 – 0 – 0

African opponents by cities

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