The 2023–24 season, is ES Sétif's 54th season and the club's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Sétif are participating in the Algerian Cup.
Review
On July 20, 2023, The members of the board of directors of the ESS Black Eagles company published a press release to announce that the contracts signed recently by Abdelhakim Serrar were cancelled. The reason is that all the members of the council recently submitted their collective resignation as part of the takeover of the club by the public company Sonelgaz, the signatures of Kheireddine Madoui in particular as well as the other contracts in negotiation are declared null and void. Sonelgaz made a point of providing some clarifications concerning the operation to buy back the capital of SSPA/ES Sétif in a recent press release. Sonelgaz will announce the acquisition once the paperwork is signed. A roadmap will also be communicated to the public. The latter will answer questions from supporters about the future of the club.
On July 27, ESS Black Eagles held an extraordinary general meeting to ratify the resignation of the Board of Directors, during which Serrar submitted his resignation, so that all the club's shares became the property of Sonelgaz. On August 6, 2023, ES Setif contracted Abdelkader Amrani as a new coach. In addition, several former ESS players have been appointed to several positions. Malik Zorgane will supervise the opposing teams while Mourad Delhoum will be responsible for prospecting young players. Isaad Bourahli has been appointed deputy technical director, while Derradji Bendjaballah has been appointed to the club's board of directors. On August 20, The new owner of ES Sétif organized a grand ceremony to present the players for the 2023–24 season. This ceremony organized at the Ecole supérieure d'Hôtellerie et Restauration of Aïn Benian, in the presence of the CEO of Sonelgaz. Among the 15 players recruited during this off-season, ES Sétif got their hands on two Malian players defender Moriba Diarra and striker Souleymane Coulibaly.
ES Sétif continue its summer preparation at the International Sports Complex Ain Drahem in Tunisia. This second internship began on August 22 and end on September 6. Three days before the first match in Ligue 1 ESS Black Eagles announced the termination of the contract binding it to Amrani and all of its technical staff, disagreement over some points of internal regulations is the reason behind this departure. On September 13, ES Setif signed Franck Dumas as their new coach, with Slimane Raho as his assistant. The chief executive officer (CEO) of Sonelgaz held a working meeting on December 7, 2023, which brought together the technical and administrative teams of ES Sétif. During this meeting it was a question of listening to the concerns of the administrative and technical staff. The CEO of Sonelgaz announced the start of work on the club's sports facilities, including the construction of a training center and the renovation of the Grand Hôtel de France from January.
On May 5, the owner of ES Sétif, Sonelgaz is preparing for next season by appointing Abdelkrim Bira as general manager. Bira will be in charge of the sporting aspect by preparing the summer transfer window but he will also be the club's spokesperson. After a transitional season which saw Sonelgaz erase the club's debts to the tune of 37 billion centimes or almost 2 million euros.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2024.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 Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani Unattached 23 GK Imad Benchlef USM Alger 25 GK Zakaria Saidi JS Saoura Defenders 2 CB Drice Chaabi Francs Borains 3 LB Abdelmoumen Chikhi CR Belouizdad 4 CB Ahmed Guettaf AS Saint-Priest 5 RB Mohamed Khoutir Ziti Nasr Benghazi 12 CB Tarek Aggoun Al-Sahel SC 13 CB Yacine Zeghad NC Magra 16 CB Moriba Diarra Stade Malien 22 LB Belkacem Brahimi MC Alger 65 RB Imad Reguieg MC Oran Midfielders 6 MF Amir Yahia US Souf 7 MF Salah Bouchama Youth system 10 MF Abdou Salam Jiddou Unattached 15 MF Sami Guediri Unattached 18 MF Taher Benkhelifa USM Alger 21 MF Zineddine Benboulaid RC Arbaâ 24 MF Amir Nouri Stade Briochin Forwards 9 FW Saïd Bouchoucha JSM Tiaret 11 FW Ramdane Hitala MC El Bayadh 14 FW Abdesslem Bouchouareb USM Alger 17 FW Abdelmalek Oukil MC Alger 20 FW Aimen Lahmeri JS Saoura 26 FW Abdelaziz Moulay ASO Chlef 27 FW Walid Zamoum JSM Béjaïa
Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 10 August 2023 FW Abdelmalek Oukil MC Alger Loan 14 August 2023 MF Belaid Hamidi CR Belouizdad Loan 15 August 2023 DF Moriba Diarra Stade Malien Free transfer 16 August 2023 DF Zakaria Zaitri JS Saoura Free transfer 17 August 2023 FW Souleymane Coulibaly Karmiotissa Free transfer 17 August 2023 DF Imad Reguig MC Oran Free transfer 17 August 2023 GK Zakaria Saidi JS Saoura Free transfer 17 August 2023 DF Abdelmoumen Chikhi CR Belouizdad Free transfer 17 August 2023 MF Islam Bouloudène CR Belouizdad Free transfer 17 August 2023 MF Zineddine Benboulaid RC Arbaâ Free transfer 17 August 2023 MF Saïd Bouchoucha JSM Tiaret Free transfer 17 August 2023 GK Imad Benchlef USM Alger Free transfer 17 August 2023 FW Aymen Lahmeri JS Saoura Loan 17 August 2023 DF Yacine Zeghad NC Magra Free transfer 17 August 2023 MF Amir Yahia US Souf Free transfer Winter DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 4 February 2024 DF Ahmed Guettaf AS Saint-Priest Free transfer 4 February 2024 FW Ramdane Hitala MC El Bayadh Free transfer 4 February 2024 MF Taher Benkhelifa USM Alger Free transfer 4 February 2024 FW Abdesslem Bouchouareb USM Alger Free transfer 4 February 2024 FW Abdelaziz Moulay ASO Chlef Undisclosed
Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 16 July 2023 FW Zerroug Boucif Paradou AC Loan return 4 August 2023 FW Ghiles Guenaoui CS Constantine Free transfer 5 August 2023 FW Youcef Fellahi CA Bizertin Free transfer 19 August 2023 DF Hamza Salem US Biskra Free transfer 22 August 2023 FW Enow Nkembe CS Constantine Free transfer 25 August 2023 MF Youcef Dali Unattached Free transfer (Released) 25 August 2023 DF Tarek Belouchat Unattached Free transfer (Released) 25 August 2023 FW Mohamed Aimen Akziz Unattached Free transfer (Released) 27 August 2023 DF Kheireddine Benamrane Unattached Free transfer (Released) 27 August 2023 MF Houssem Ouassni Unattached Free transfer (Released) 27 August 2023 MF Bassem Chaouti Unattached Free transfer (Released) 27 August 2023 MF Youcef Serraoui Unattached Free transfer (Released) 27 August 2023 DF Islem Chebbour Unattached Free transfer (Released) Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 9 January 2024 DF Zakaria Zaitri Free agent Free transfer (Released) 9 January 2024 MF Nassim Yattou Free agent Free transfer (Released) 9 January 2024 FW Abdelhak Askar Free agent Free transfer (Released) 19 February 2024 FW Souleymane Coulibaly Free agent Free transfer (Released)
Competitions Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1
| 5th | 15 September 2023 | 14 June 2024 |- | Algerian Cup
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 February 2024 | 9 March 2024 |- ! Total
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.
All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).
Algerian Cup
Squad information Playing statistics
{| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2"|No. ! rowspan="2"| ! rowspan="2"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Ligue 1 ! colspan="3" style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Algerian Cup ! colspan="3"|Total |- !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!! |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19|Goalkeepers |- |1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||0
|23 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Imad Benchlef |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||0
|25 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Saidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |27||26||0 |- |50 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Ala Eddine Bouaoune |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19|Defenders |- |2 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Drice Chaabi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||18||0 |- |3 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Abdelmoumen Chikhi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |21||19||1 |- |4 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Ahmed Guettaf |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |12||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |14||12||1 |- |5 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Khoutir Ziti |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |9||6||0 |- |12 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Tarek Aggoun |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||25||3 |- |13 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Yacine Zeghad |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||7||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |9||8||2 |- |16 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Moriba Diarra |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |13||10||0 |- |22 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Belkacem Brahimi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |8||5||0 |- |65 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Imad Reguieg |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |16||14||0 |- |68 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Rachid Boumessous |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||5||0 |- |71 |DF |style="text-align:left"|Abderrazak Mohra |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19|Midfielders |- |6 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Amir Yahia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |6||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |6||4||0 |- |7 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Salah Bouchama |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||22||1 |- |10 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Abdou Salam Jiddou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||20||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |27||21||1 |- |15 |MF |style="text-align:left"|Sami Guediri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |8||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0