The 2026–27 season, is ES Sétif's 56th and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Sétif are participating in this season's editions of the Algerian Cup.

Review Background

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 2026.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Name Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Alexandre Oukidja GK Free agent 16 Zakaria Saidi GK JS Saoura 30 Zakaria Trad GK Youth team Defenders 3 Issam Naim CB CR Belouizdad 4 Hadi Al-Hourani CB Al-Faisaly SC 5 Aïssa Boudechicha LB MC El Bayadh 12 Chemseddine Lakehal CB ES Ben Aknoun 13 Mick Omfia CB Hafia FC 19 Anis Khemaissia LB Al Hilal SC 21 Amine Zenadji RB FC UNA Strassen 23 Slimane Bouteldja CB Olympique Akbou 27 Kamel Hamidi RB MC Alger Midfielders 6 Idris Messahel DM Youth team 8 Mohamed Hamek CM Aubagne 10 Larbi Tabti AM MC Alger 15 Abderrahmane Boungab AM Youth team 22 Dalil Hassen Khodja CM ASO Chlef 25 Salim Akkal DM Le Puy FC 26 Mohamed Reda Boumechra AM USM Khenchela 29 Salifu Mudasiru DM FC Mash'al Forwards 7 Mohamed Islam Belkhir LW CR Belouizdad 9 Riad Benayad ST USM Alger 11 Yousef Abu Jalboush RW Al-Hussein 17 Mohamed Boukerma RW Paradou AC 18 Zakaria Benchaâ ST Al-Fahaheel SC 20 Merouane Zerrouki ST CR Belouizdad 24 Imadeddine Bouchagoura LW Youth team

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 15 June 2026 AM Larbi Tabti MC Alger Free transfer 15 June 2026 AM Mohamed Reda Boumechra USM Khenchela Free transfer 15 June 2026 LW Mohamed Islam Belkhir CR Belouizdad Free transfer 15 June 2026 LB Anis Khemaissia Al Hilal SC Free transfer 15 June 2026 CB Slimane Bouteldja Olympique Akbou Free transfer 15 June 2026 GK Zakaria Trad Youth team First Professional Contract 15 June 2026 DM Idris Messahel Youth team First Professional Contract 15 June 2026 AM Abderrahmane Boungab Youth team First Professional Contract 15 June 2026 LW Imadeddine Bouchagoura Youth team First Professional Contract 9 July 2026 ST Zakaria Benchaâ Al-Fahaheel SC Free transfer 9 July 2026 CM Dalil Hassen Khodja ASO Chlef Free transfer 16 July 2026 DM Salim Akkal Le Puy FC Free transfer 20 July 2026 CB Hadi Al-Hourani Al-Faisaly SC Free transfer 26 July 2026 GK Alexandre Oukidja Unattached Free transfer 1 August 2026 CB Chemseddine Lakehal ES Ben Aknoun Free transfer 9 August 2026 RW Yousef Abu Jalboush Al-Hussein Free transfer 19 August 2026 RB Amine Zenadji FC UNA Strassen Free transfer 27 August 2026 ST Riad Benayad USM Alger Free transfer

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 7 June 2026 GK Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun Olympique Akbou Loan return 15 July 2026 RB Adda Derder MB Rouissat Free transfer 19 July 2026 CB Youcef Douar USM Khenchela Free transfer 19 July 2026 CB Imadeddine Boubekeur USM Khenchela Free transfer 22 July 2026 AM Akram Djahnit Unattached Free transfer (Released) 22 July 2026 CB Ibrahim Bekakchi Unattached Free transfer (Released) 22 July 2026 DM Abderraouf Arib Unattached Free transfer (Released) 22 July 2026 RW Wilfrid Nkaya Unattached Free transfer (Released) 22 July 2026 ST Daniel Gnahoua Unattached Free transfer (Released) 28 July 2026 ST Oussama Bouguerri JS Saoura Free transfer 1 August 2026 DM Oussama Daibeche JS Saoura Free transfer 2 August 2026 AM Kheireddine Toual Al Masry SC Undisclosed 5 August 2026 ST Mohamed Benlebna MB Rouissat Free transfer

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

| To be confirmed | 3 September 2026 | In Progress |- | Algerian Cup

| Round of 64 | To be confirmed | December 2026 | In Progress |- ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches The league fixtures were announced on 3 August 2026.

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"|Alexandre Oukidja |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Saidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Trad |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 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders |- |3 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Issam Naim |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 |- |4 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Hadi Al-Hourani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|5 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Aïssa Boudechicha |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |12 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Chemseddine Lakehal |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|13 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Mick Omfia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |19 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Anis Khemaissia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|21 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Amine Zenadji |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 |- |23 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Slimane Bouteldja |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

|27 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Kamel Hamidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders

|6 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Idris Messahel |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 |- |8 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Hamek |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|10 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Larbi Tabti |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|15 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Abderrahmane Boungab |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |22 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Dalil Hassen Khodja |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 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Salim Akkal |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 |- |26 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Reda Boumechra |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|29 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Salifu Mudasiru |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards |- |7 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Islam Belkhir |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |9 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Riad Benayad |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|11 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Yousef Abu Jalboush |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|17 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Boukerma |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0 |- |18 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Benchaâ |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|2 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|20 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Merouane Zerrouki |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||0

|24 |LW |style="text-align:left"|Imadeddine Bouchagoura |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 |- class="sortbottom" !colspan=4 style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|Total !colspan=2|3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|5 !colspan=2|0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 !colspan=2|0||0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL18 Zakaria Benchaâ ST 2 0 226 Mohamed Reda Boumechra AM 1 0 19 Riad Benayad ST 1 0 111 Yousef Abu Jalboush RW 1 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 5 0 5

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Clean sheetsNameTotal1Alexandre Oukidja 2200016Zakaria Saidi 1100030Zakaria Trad 00000TOTALS3000

Notes

References