2024–25 ES Sétif season

The 2024–25 season, is ES Sétif's 54th and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Sétif are participating in the Algerian Cup. On June 27, 2024, The federal office approved the calendar for the 2024–25 Ligue 1 season with the aim of ending on May 31, 2025. The first round is scheduled for September 14, this delay is motivated both by an extended end of the 2023–24 season but also by the holding of early presidential elections which will take place on September 7, 2024. However, the Ligue de Football Professionnel decided to postpone the start of the Ligue 1 by a week, on September 21.

Review Background On July 9, 2024, ES Sétif announced in a press release that it was parting ways with its coach Ammar Souayah. Following this termination of contract, ESS sports director Abdelkarim Bira wanted to honor the Tunisian coach who took over at the head of the club last February. The next day, ES Sétif signed a contract with the former coach of ES Mostaganem, Reda Bendriss. His arrival was announced a long time ago, Where Bendriss signed for two seasons. It's just a return home for the Sétif native who was a player for ten years at ES Sétif before spending a spell as assistant coach and then interim at the helm of ES Sétif in 2021–22. On July 19, after a disagreement with the general manager Abdelkrim Bira, Malik Zorgane and Mourad Delhoum leave the administrative staff of ES Sétif. The latter have visibly given in to public pressure, which is demanding big names in this summer transfer window. All their proposals to strengthen the squad of the first team were rejected by the club's management, in particular the Nigerian attackers Tosin, Mrezigue and Ghacha. Not wanting their names to be associated with a failed casting, the two men preferred to withdraw.

On January 2, 2025, Abdelkrim Bira, technical and sports director, presented his resignation after eight tumultuous months at the head of the club. A decision that comes in a context of increased tensions and recurring obstacles. In a statement to the press, Bira explained the reasons for his departure, citing unbearable pressure, threats to his physical safety, as well as an attack on his dignity. The club's owner Sonelgaz, has accepted the resignation and is planning a meeting to appoint his successor.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2025.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 Goalkeepers1 Tarek Bousseder GK ES Ben Aknoun23 Ala Eddine Bouaoune GK Reserve team25 Zakaria Saidi GK JS Saoura Defenders2 Drice Chaabi (C.) CB Francs Borains3 Abdelmoumen Chikhi LB CR Belouizdad5 Youcef Douar CB Paradou AC6 Houari Ferhani LB Olympic Safi16 Moriba Diarra CB Stade Malien20 Imad Reguieg RB MC Oran22 Oussama Gattal RB JS Kabylie27 Imadeddine Boubekeur CB Al-Arabi SC43 Abderrazak Mohra CB Reserve team Midfielders7 Salah Bouchama AM Reserve team8 Akram Djahnit AM USM Alger10 Clément Pitroipa AM AS Douanes12 Augustine Oladapo AM TP Mazembe14 Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé DM Al-Taraji Club18 Taher Benkhelifa DM USM Alger24 Amir Nouri CM Unattached Forwards11 Mohamed Messaoud Salem LW Reserve team15 Karim Bouhmidi LW Swift Hesperange17 Mohamed Boukerma RW Paradou AC19 Kingsley Eduwo ST Club Africain21 Abderrahmane Bacha SS USM Alger

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 1 July 2024 GK Tarek Bousseder ES Ben Aknoun Free transfer 1 July 2024 CB Youcef Douar Paradou AC Free transfer 11 July 2024 ST Abdel-Touab Ali Hadji ES Mostaganem Free transfer 21 July 2024 MF Akram Djahnit USM Alger Free transfer 23 July 2024 RB Oussama Gatal JS Kabylie Free transfer 1 August 2024 LB Houari Ferhani Olympic Safi Free transfer 4 August 2024 AM Augustine Oladapo TP Mazembe Free transfer 3 September 2024 FW Abderrahmane Bacha USM Alger Free transfer 10 September 2024 CB Imadeddine Boubekeur Al-Arabi SC Free transfer 10 September 2024 DM Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé Al-Taraji Club Free transfer 10 September 2024 RW Mohamed Boukerma Paradou AC Free transfer

Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 21 January 2025 ST Karim Bouhmidi Swift Hesperange Undisclosed 25 January 2025 ST Kingsley Eduwo Club Africain Undisclosed 26 January 2025 AM Clément Pitroipa AS Douanes Undisclosed

Out Summer

Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 14 January 2025 ST Abdouel Ali Hadji Unattached Free transfer (Released) 16 January 2025 AM Salam Jiddou Unattached Free transfer (Released)

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches The league fixtures were announced on 11 July 2024.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Algerian Cup

Squad information Appearances and goals

{| class="wikitable mw-datatable sortable nowrap" style="text-align:center; font-size:96%;" ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|No. ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Player ! rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"| ! colspan="3" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center;"|Total |- !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!!style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| !!!!! |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center" |Goalkeepers

|1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Tarek Bousseder |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||27||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |31||31||0

|23 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Ala Eddine Bouaoune |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|25 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Saidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||3||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders

|2 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Drice Chaabi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||28||3 |- |3 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Abdelmoumen Chikhi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |23||17||0 |- |5 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Youcef Douar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||21||0

|6 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Houari Ferhani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||18||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |27||20||0 |- |16 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Moriba Diarra |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||21||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |4||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |26||22||1

|20 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Imad Reguieg |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |11||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |13||5||0

|22 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Gatal |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |23||22||1

|27 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Imadeddine Boubekeur |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |27||24||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |30||26||3

|43 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Abderrazak Mohra |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |12||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||4||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders |- |7 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Salah Bouchama |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||20||3

|8 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Akram Djahnit |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |12||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||8||3 |- |10 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Clément Pitroipa |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |15||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |17||12||0

|12 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Augustine Oladapo |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |30||29||0 |- |14 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |19||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |23||13||0 |- |18 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Taher Benkhelifa |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |18||16||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |20||18||0

|24 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Amir Nouri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |5||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||3||0

|32 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Bassem Mechaar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards |- |9 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Kingsley Eduwo |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||9||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |15||10||3 |- |11 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Messaoud Salem |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |16||8||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |19||10||0 |- |15 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Karim Bouhmidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |12||6||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |14||7||1

|17 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Boukerma |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||14||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |23||16||2 |- |21 |SS |style="text-align:left"|Abderrahmane Bacha |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |21||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |24||13||3 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Players transferred out during the season |- style="font-style:italic" |10 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Salam Jiddou |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |7||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |8||1||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |19 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Abdouel Ali Hadji |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |7||5||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |7||5||0 |- style="font-style:italic" |26 |RW

2024–25 ES Sétif season

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