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Club Sportif Constantinois
Full nameClub Sportif Constantinois
Nickname(s)CSC,
The Smurfs,
The Dean
Founded1898; 126 years ago (1898)[1]
GroundChahid Hamlaoui Stadium
Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium
Capacity22,968 (Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium)
8,000 (Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium)
OwnerENTP SPA
PresidentTarek Arama[2]
Head CoachAbdelkader Amrani[3]
LeagueLigue 1
2023–24Ligue 1, 3rd of 16
Websitehttps://csconstantine.dz/
Current season

Club Sportif Constantinois (Arabic: النادي الرياضي القسنطيني), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1926, and its colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, has a capacity of 22,968 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

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CS Constantine was officially founded under the name of Iqbal Association in 1898.[4] It was named Chabab Mécanique de Constantine from 1977 to 1987.

Tassili Airlines the airlines firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach sponsored the club from 2012 to 2016.[5] And since 2016, the club was sponsored by the Entreprise Nationale des Travaux aux Puits (ENTP), another firm of Sonatrach.[6]

The 1990s and the first title of the championship

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For the second time in its history, the CSC succeeded in qualifying for the semi-final of the Algerian Cup in 1992, and lost to ASO Chlef (after shots on goal), at the Stade du 5 Juillet 1962. Two years later, the club snatched the title of league champion 2 for the 4th time. In this season the club dominated the D2 championship including the famous Constantine derby, the CSC beating the MO Constantine twice (3- 0 then 2–0). Promoted for the umpteenth time in 1994, the CSC won its first title in the history of Champion of Algeria during the 1996–97 season, with talented and experienced players at the national level (Isâad Bourahli, nicknamed the fox of the surfaces from the 1990s, Moudoud Kaoua, Réda Matem, Salim Laïb, Hassen Ghoula and Sid Ahmed Benamara). The same season, the CSC was a finalist in the international Black Stars tournament in Paris, after the semi-final victory over the Senegalese club ASC Diaraf. The following season (97–98), the club participated for the first time in the African Champions League. Exempted during the preliminary round of this edition the club, was eliminated against the Senegalese club AS Douanes in the first round, at the end of the season the CSC finishes 2nd in the championship of Algeria (Group A).

Colours and badge

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Under all three names the club has had the same goals and values: (Popular, Islamic); the same colours: Green   (Hope) and black   (Grief); and the same motto: 'Hope in Grief' (L'esperance en Deuil).[citation needed]

Kits

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1926-1927
1933-1934
1938-1939
1946-1947
1952-1953
1964-1965
1968-1969
1969-1971
1974-1975
1988-1989
1990-1991
1996-1997
1997-1998
1999-2000
2000-2001
2003-2004
2008-2009
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2023-2024

Crests

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  • 1938
    1938
  • 1936-1940
    1936-1940
  • 1946-1947
    1946-1947
  • 1969-1970
    1969-1970
  • 2013-2015
    2013-2015

Honours

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Domestic competitions

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Performance in CAF competitions

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CS Constantine 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, CS Constantine have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. CS Constantine have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. The first continental participation was in 1998 in the CAF Champions League, and the first match was against AS Douanes and ended with a loss 2–1, As for the biggest defeat result was firstly in 2014 against ASN Nigelec, and the secondly in 2016 against Nasarawa United 4–1, and biggest loss in 2014 against ASEC Mimosas 6–0. so that CS Constantine was absent from the African competitions until 2014 Where did it participate in the CAF Confederation Cup, On 8 February 2014 witnessed a historic event when CS Constantine played two matches on the same day, the first in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against MO Béjaïa and the second against ASN Nigelec in Niger and in both of them they were defeated by the same score 2–0.[7][8] the Algerian Football Federation refused to postpone the matches of the championship for the Algerian clubs participating in African competitions because the FAF does not intend to end up with late matches that would disrupt the progress of a calendar allegedly tight because of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it is for this reason that it strongly encouraged the Algerian clubs engaged in African competitions 2014 to withdraw. After winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title CS Constantine returned to the CAF Champions League after 20 years of absence, Qualifying for the group stage was a bit easy after winning against GAMTEL and Vipers putting him in group C with Club Africain, TP Mazembe and Ismaily.[9] where CS Constantine ranked second to face in the quarter-finals the defending champions Espérance de Tunis to defeat 3–6 on aggregate.[10]

1998 – First round
2018–19 – Quarter-finals
2014 – Second round
2016 – Second round

CAF competitions stats

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As of 13 April 2019:

CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Champions League 2 14 6 3 5 16 14 2018–19
CAF Confederation Cup 2 10 6 0 4 14 14 2016
Total 4 24 12 3 9 30 28

Grounds

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Main articles: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium and Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium

CS Constantine's home stadium is Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium which has been their home since its opening in 1976. The previous name of the stadium was Stade 17 Juin, the change was made in memory of Hamlaoui's death, a freedom fighter that died during the Algerian War. It can currently hold up to 22,968 people. The stadium has been through some renovation in the last few years.

CS Constantine play also in Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium.

  • Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium
    Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Players

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Algerian teams are limited to two foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

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As of 26 August 2024.[11][12] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Algeria ALG Kheireddine Boussouf
4 DF Algeria ALG Chahine Bellaouel
6 MF Algeria ALG Mohamed Benchaira
7 MF Algeria ALG Abdennour Belhocini
8 DF Algeria ALG Houari Baouche
9 FW Algeria ALG Zakaria Benchaâ
10 MF Algeria ALG Brahim Dib (captain)
11 FW Algeria ALG Mounder Temine
12 DF Algeria ALG Oussama Meddahi
13 FW Cameroon CMR Nkembe Enow
14 FW Gabon GAB Axel Méyé
16 GK Algeria ALG Zakaria Bouhalfaya
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Algeria ALG Amir Belaili
18 MF Algeria ALG Messala Merbah
19 DF Algeria ALG Chamseddine Derradji
20 FW Algeria ALG Dadi El Hocine Mouaki
21 FW Algeria ALG Mohamed Amine Benmessabih
22 FW Nigeria NGA Tosin Omoyele
23 GK Algeria ALG Abdelmalek Necir
25 DF Algeria ALG Miloud Rebiaï
26 FW Algeria ALG Abdelkader Kaibou
29 DF Algeria ALG Acheref Boudrama
— DF Senegal SEN Mélo Ndiaye
— FW State of Palestine PLE Anas Baniouwda

Reserve Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Personnel

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Current technical staff

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Position Staff
Head coach Abdelkader Amrani
Assistant coach Azzedine Rahim
Goalkeeping coach Lyes Benhaha
Fitness coach Medjahed Belaïd

Notable players

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Below are the notable former players who have represented CS Constantine in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1926. 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 CS Constantine or following his departure.

For a complete list of CS Constantine players, see Category:CS Constantine players

Meghni Mourad

Managers

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List of managers

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Information correct as of 14 June 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Key
* Caretaker manager
Name From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win%
Brazil José Dutra dos Santos 11 July 2011[13] 14 September 2011[14] 1 0 1 0 0
Algeria Rachid Bouarrata 27 September 2011[15] 29 January 2012[16] 15 3 7 5 20
Algeria Rachid Belhout 10 February 2012[17] 19 May 2012 16 7 4 5 43.75
France Roger Lemerre 14 July 2012[18] 21 May 2013 34 16 13 5 47.06
Italy Diego Garzitto 30 June 2013[19] 5 December 2013[20] 13 5 6 2 38.46
Algeria Lounès Gaouaoui* 6 December 2013 4 January 2014 4 3 0 1 75
France Bernard Simondi 5 January 2014[21] 24 May 2014 23 8 6 9 34.78
Italy Diego Garzitto 7 July 2014[22] 11 November 2014[23] 10 4 3 3 40
Algeria Rachid Belhout 16 November 2014[24] 25 February 2015[25] 23 9 6 8 39.13
France Hubert Velud 2 July 2015[26] 18 October 2015[27] 8 3 1 4 37.5
France Didier Gomes Da Rosa 5 November 2015[28] 11 September 2016[29] 27 10 8 9 37.04
Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal 2 November 2016[30] 10 December 2016 5 0 2 3 0
Algeria Abdelkader Amrani 1 January 2017 6 November 2018[31] 60 27 19 14 45
France Denis Lavagne 17 December 2018[32] 24 December 2019[33] 47 20 10 17 42.55
Algeria Karim Khouda 30 December 2019[34] 15 March 2020 10 5 3 2 50
Algeria Abdelkader Amrani 24 June 2020[35] 21 January 2021[36] 7 1 4 2 14.29
Algeria Miloud Hamdi 4 February 2021[37] 11 August 2021 26 11 8 7 42.31
Algeria Chérif Hadjar 4 September 2021[38] 15 February 2022[39] 17 8 5 4 47.06
Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui 1 March 2022[40] 26 February 2023[41] 35 17 9 9 48.57
Algeria Lyamine Bougherara 27 March 2023[42] 3 October 2023[43] 16 6 2 8 37.5
Algeria Abdelkader Amrani 21 October 2023[44] 29 June 2024[45] 31 15 10 6 48.39

Rival clubs

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