2020–21 ES Sétif season

ES Sétif
2020–21 season
President	Kamel Lafi; (from 15 November 2020)
Head coach	Nabil Kouki
Stadium	Stade 8 Mai 1945
Ligue 1	Runners-up
League Cup	Round of 16
Confederation Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohamed El Amine Amoura (15 goals); All: ; Mohamed El Amine Amoura (17 goals)
Highest home attendance	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Lowest home attendance	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Average home league attendance	0 (Note: no one can attend games due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

In the 2020–21 season, ES Sétif is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 51st season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Confederation Cup.

Squad list[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 November 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Sofiane Khedairia	(1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 31)	USM Bel Abbès
16	GK	Said Daas	(1999-05-15)15 May 1999 (aged 21)	Youth system
23	GK	Khairi Barki	(1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 30)	CR Belouizdad
Defenders
4	CB	Amine Biaz	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 21)	Youth system
5	CB	Halim Meddour	(1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 23)	Jeunesse Esch
8	LB	Houari Ferhani	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 27)	JS Kabylie
13	RB	Abdelkrim Nemdil	(1989-10-03)3 October 1989 (aged 31)	USM El Harrach
18	CB	Hocine Laribi	(1991-11-17)17 November 1991 (aged 29)	NA Hussein Dey
20	RB	Abdelhak Debbari	(1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 27)	MO Béjaïa
21	RB	Amir Laidouni	(1999-09-20)20 September 1999 (aged 21)	JSM Skikda
22	CB	Ibrahim Bekakchi	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 28)	JS Saoura
44	CB	Ibrahim Hachoud	(2000-03-05)5 March 2000 (aged 20)	Youth system
Midfielders
3	DM	Messala Merbah	(1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 26)	CS Chebba
6	DM	Ahmed Kendouci	(1999-06-22)22 June 1999 (aged 21)	Youth system
7	AM	Akram Djahnit	(1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 29)	Al-Arabi
12	AM	Bassem Nedjmeddine Charama	(1998-03-21)21 March 1998 (aged 22)	Youth system
14	DM	Amir Karaoui	(1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 33)	MC Alger
15	AM	Abderrahim Deghmoum	(1998-12-02)2 December 1998 (aged 22)	Youth system
19		Youcef Dali	(1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 21)	Youth system
25		Mohamed Djahli	(1998-11-10)10 November 1998 (aged 22)	Youth system
Forwards
9	ST	Habib Bouguelmouna	(1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 32)	USM Bel Abbès
11	LW	Youcef Laouafi	(1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (aged 24)	MC El Eulma
10	LW	Malick Touré	(1995-09-22)22 September 1995 (aged 25)	MO Béjaïa
17		Khier-Anes Belaid	(1999-06-24)24 June 1999 (aged 21)	Youth system
24	ST	Yasser Berbache	(1996-02-08)8 February 1996 (aged 24)	MC El Eulma
26	LW	Ismaïl Saïdi	(1997-04-04)4 April 1997 (aged 23)	WA Tlemcen
27	RW	Houssam Ghacha	(1995-10-22)22 October 1995 (aged 25)	USM Blida
42		Youcef Fellahi	(2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (aged 18)	Youth system
47	LW	Mohamed El Amine Amoura	(2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 20)	Youth system
72		Khalil Darfalou	(2001-06-21)21 June 2001 (aged 19)	Youth system
88		Monsef Bakrar	(2001-01-13)13 January 2001 (aged 19)	Youth system

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	38	21	9	8	69	32	+37	055.26	—	Runners-up	28 November 2020	24 August 2021
League Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	Round of 16		8 May 2021
Confederation Cup	8	3	3	2	7	4	+3	037.50	Preliminary round	Group stage	14 February 2021	28 April 2021
Total	47	24	12	11	77	38	+39	051.06

Updated to match played 24 August 2021
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CR Belouizdad (C)	38	22	13	3	69	27	+42	79	Qualification for Champions League
2	ES Sétif	38	21	9	8	69	32	+37	71^[a]	Qualification for Champions League
3	JS Saoura	38	20	9	9	60	30	+30	69^[b]	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	38	19	8	11	62	39	+23	65
5	JS Kabylie	38	17	10	11	44	33	+11	61	Qualification for Confederation Cup

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: dzfoot.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ On May 16, 2021 after not respecting Covid-19 tests regulation before RC Relizane match, ES Sétif Lost the match 2–0.^[2]
^ On March 13, 2021 after the participation of a penalized player Oussama Meddahi against Paradou AC, JS Saoura Lost the match 3–0.^[3]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	21	8	8	73	34	+39	71	13	5	1	45	11	+34	8	3	7	28	23	+5

Last updated: 24 August 2021.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2021. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

On 22 October 2020, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fixtures were announced.^[4]

28 November 2020 Round 1	USM Alger	0–2	ES Sétif	Bologhine
16:00		Soccerway report	Amoura 87', 90+2'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

5 December 2020 Round 2	ES Sétif	1–1	RC Relizane	Sétif
15:00	Saadi 54'	Soccerway report	Hitala 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Amine Hansal

12 December 2020 Round 3	USM Bel Abbès	0–2	ES Sétif	Sidi Bel Abbès
14:00		Soccerway report	Ghacha 14' Laouafi 62'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

17 December 2020 Round 4	ES Sétif	2–0	NC Magra	Sétif
15:00	Laouafi 24' Saïdi 36'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

27 December 2020 Round 6	ES Sétif	1–0	Paradou AC	Sétif
15:00	Amoura 81'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

1 January 2021 Round 5	NA Hussein Dey	0–1	ES Sétif	Belouizdad
14:30		Soccerway report	Amoura 66'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

9 January 2021 Round 7	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–5	ES Sétif	Bordj Bou Arréridj
14:30	Rahba 52'	Soccerway report	Laouafi 16' (pen.) Ghacha 40', 48' (pen.) Amoura 45' Touré 84'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

16 January 2021 Round 8	ES Sétif	0–1	MC Alger	Sétif
14:30		Soccerway report	Lamara 75'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

22 January 2021 Round 9	CS Constantine	0–1	ES Sétif	El Khroub
14:30		Soccerway report	Kendouci 17'	Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

26 January 2021 Round 10	ES Sétif	0–0	Olympique de Médéa	Sétif
15:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Redouane Necib

30 January 2021 Round 11	CR Belouizdad	1–1	ES Sétif	Belouizdad
14:30	Sayoud 77' (pen.)	Soccerway report	Debbari 35'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

6 February 2021 Round 12	ES Sétif	4–1	MC Oran	Sétif
14:30	Touré 27' Ferhani 42' Kendouci 76' Bakrar 78'	Soccerway report	Belkaroui 30'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

27 February 2021 Round 15	ES Sétif	3–0	ASO Chlef	Sétif
15:00	Kendouci 17', 60' Amoura 66'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

5 March 2021 Round 16	US Biskra	1–0	ES Sétif	Biskra
15:00	Harrari 86'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

21 March 2021 Round 19	ES Sétif	4–1	WA Tlemcen	Sétif
15:00	Bakrar 17' Deghmoum 30' Amoura 35' Kendouci 77'	Soccerway report	Zermane 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

26 March 2021 Round 13	JS Saoura	1–0	ES Sétif	Béchar
15:00	Messaoudi 54'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

30 March 2021 Round 14	ES Sétif	4–0	AS Ain M'lila	Sétif
15:00	Djahnit 5' (pen.) Amoura 17', 45+3' Berbache 74'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

15 April 2021 Round 17	ES Sétif	1–0	JS Kabylie	Sétif
22:30	Bekakchi 60'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

1 May 2021 Round 18	JSM Skikda	0–1	ES Sétif	Skikda
16:00		Soccerway report	Berbache 19'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

4 May 2021 Round 20	ES Sétif	1–1	USM Alger	Sétif
22:30	Ghacha 80' (pen.)	Soccerway report	Benhammouda 55'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

16 May 2021 Round 21	RC Relizane	2–2	ES Sétif	Relizane
16:00	Feham 52' (pen.) Elmenaouer 58'	Soccerway report	Ghacha 7' (pen.), 63'	Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

22 May 2021 Round 22	ES Sétif	8–0	USM Bel Abbès	Sétif
17:00	Djahnit 11' (pen.) Amoura 21', 33' Kendouci 23' Laouafi 63' Berbache 82' Ghacha 90+1' Saâdi 90+4'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelkader Belhabib

26 May 2021 Round 23	NC Magra	2–2	ES Sétif	Magra
17:00	Fegas 74', 90' (pen.)	Soccerway report	Deghmoum 51' Berbache 85'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

30 May 2021 Round 24	ES Sétif	3–2	NA Hussein Dey	Sétif
17:00	Kendouci 8' Amoura 42' Debbari 86'	Soccerway report	Chouiter 78', 90+3'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Walid Lahrache

10 June 2021 Round 25	Paradou AC	0–3	ES Sétif	Dar El Beïda
17:00		Soccerway report	Deghmoum 14' Ghacha 40' Amoura 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

20 June 2021 Round 26	ES Sétif	2–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Sétif
17:45	Ghacha 45' (pen.) Djahnit 80' (pen.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

28 June 2021 Round 27	MC Alger	3–2	ES Sétif	Algiers
17:45	Lamara 38' Hachoud 68' Esso 87'	Soccerway report	Amoura 17', 27'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

1 July 2021 Round 28	ES Sétif	1–0	CS Constantine	Sétif
17:45	Kendouci 58'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Said Aouina

4 July 2021 Round 29	Olympique de Médéa	3–1	ES Sétif	Médéa
17:10	Dadache 4', 31' Baâli 5'	Soccerway report	Ghacha 90'	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houssam Benyahia

8 July 2021 Round 30	ES Sétif	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Sétif
21:00		Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

13 July 2021 Round 31	MC Oran	4–0	ES Sétif	Oran
21:00	Motrani 19', 69' Benhamou 43' Khettab 90'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

17 July 2021 Round 32	ES Sétif	2–2	JS Saoura	Sétif
21:00	Djabou 50' Kendouci 90+6'	Soccerway report	Saâd 45' Amrane 69'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

23 July 2021 Round 33	AS Ain M'lila	2–1	ES Sétif	Aïn M'lila
21:00	Djabout 9' Debbih 75'	Soccerway report	Laribi 35'	Stadium: Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

27 July 2021 Round 34	ASO Chlef	1–1	ES Sétif	Chlef
21:00	Ouis 6'	Soccerway report	Merbah 53'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ali Nader

9 August 2021 Round 35	ES Sétif	4–0	US Biskra	Sétif
21:00	Djahnit 11' (pen.) Djabou 32', 69' Lomotey 90'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Redouane Necib

18 August 2021 Round 36	JS Kabylie	1–3	ES Sétif	Tizi Ouzou
21:00	Nezla 66'	Soccerway report	Kendouci 49' Djabou 57' Bakrar 82'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

21 August 2021 Round 37	ES Sétif	2–0	JSM Skikda	Sétif
21:00	Djahnit 45+1' Lomotey 58'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Elhadj Chihaoui

24 August 2021 Round 38	WA Tlemcen	1–0	ES Sétif	Tlemcen
17:30	Touil 66'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

Algerian League Cup[edit]

8 May 2021 Round of 16	ES Setif	1–2	WA Tlemcen	Sétif
22:30	Ghacha 6'		Zermane 32' Lakehal 73'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani
Note: Lineup for ES Sétif - Khedairia, Debbari, Laouafi, Laribi (Fellahi, 81'), Bekakchi, Karaoui (Laidouni, 81'), Merbah (Dali, 69'), Kendouci, Deghmoum, Lomotey (Amoura, 57'), Ghacha.

Confederation Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

23 December 2020 (2020-12-23) First leg	Renaissance	Cancelled^{[note 1]}	ES Sétif	N'Djamena
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: André Kolissala (Central African Republic)

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05) Second leg	ES Sétif	Cancelled	Renaissance	Sétif
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors)

Play-off round[edit]

14 February 2021 (2021-02-14) First leg	Asante Kotoko	1–2	ES Sétif	Kumasi
16:00 UTC±0	Opoku 70'	Report	Amoura 74' Kendouci 81'	Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon)

21 February 2021 (2021-02-21) Second leg	ES Sétif	0–0 (2–1 agg.)	Asante Kotoko	Sétif
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ENY	ORL	ESS	AHL
1	Enyimba	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	2–1	2–1
2	Orlando Pirates	6	2	3	1	5	2	+3	9^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	2–1	—	0–0	3–0
3	ES Sétif	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	8		3–0	0–0	—	1–0
4	Al Ahly Benghazi	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7		1–0	0–0	1–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0) and on head-to-head goals scored (2). Head-to-head away goals scored: Enyimba 1, Orlando Pirates 0.

10 March 2021 (2021-03-10) Matchday 1	ES Sétif	0–0	Orlando Pirates	Accra (Ghana)^{[note 2]}
19:00 (19:00 UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

17 March 2021 (2021-03-17) Matchday 2	Al Ahly Benghazi	1–0	ES Sétif	Cairo (Egypt)^{[note 3]}
19:00 (21:00 UTC+2)	Alwadawi 3'	Report		Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

4 April 2021 (2021-04-04) Matchday 3	Enyimba	2–1	ES Sétif	Aba
13:00 (14:00 UTC+1)	Oladapo 40' Omoyele 60'	Report	Bakrar 13'	Stadium: Enyimba International Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

11 April 2021 (2021-04-11) Matchday 4	ES Sétif	3–0	Enyimba	Sétif
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Karaoui 31' Amoura 45+2' Djahnit 65' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) Matchday 5	Orlando Pirates	0–0	ES Sétif	Johannesburg
13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Orlando Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28) Matchday 6	ES Sétif	1–0	Al Ahly Benghazi	Sétif
21:00 (22:00 UTC+1)	Alqmati 2' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Squad information[edit]

Playing statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			League Cup			Conf. Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Sofiane Khedairia		34	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	43	0	0
16	GK	Said Daas		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Khairi Barki		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Defenders
4	CB	Amine Biaz		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	CB	Halim Meddour		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
8	LB	Houari Ferhani		12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	1
13	RB	Abdelkrim Nemdil		37	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	45	0	0
18	CB	Hocine Laribi		15	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	20	0	1
20	RB	Abdelhak Debbari		36	0	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	44	0	2
21	RB	Amir Laidouni		17	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	21	0	0
22	CB	Ibrahim Bekakchi		32	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	37	0	1
44	CB	Ibrahim Hachoud		14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	0	0
Midfielders
3	DM	Messala Merbah		26	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	32	0	1
6	DM	Ahmed Kendouci		34	0	10	1	0	0	8	0	1	43	0	11
7	AM	Akram Djahnit		18	0	5	0	0	0	6	0	1	24	0	6
12	AM	Houdail Bassem Charama		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DM	Amir Karaoui		31	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	40	0	1
15	AM	Abderrahim Deghmoum		27	0	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	35	0	3
19	MF	Youcef Dali		26	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	33	0	0
25	MF	Mohamed Djahli		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	LW	Mohamed El Amine Amoura		35	0	15	1	0	0	8	0	2	44	0	17
	AM	Abdelmoumene Djabou		13	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	4
Forwards
9	ST	Habib Bouguelmouna		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	LW	Malick Touré		8	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	0	2
11	LW	Youcef Laouafi		23	0	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	29	0	4
17	FW	Khier Anes Belaïd		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	ST	Yasser Berbache		19	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	0	4
26	LW	Ismaïl Saadi		18	0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	25	0	3
27	RW	Houssam Ghacha		25	0	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	30	0	11
28	FW	Daniel Lomotey		9	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	12	0	2
42	FW	Youcef Fellahi		13	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0
88	FW	Monsef Bakrar		17	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	20	0	4
	FW	Aymen Belbey		4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
Total				38		69	1		1	8		7	47		77

Goalscorers[edit]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	LC	CC 3	TOTAL
47	Mohamed El Amine Amoura	MF	15	0	2	17
27	Houssam Ghacha	FW	10	1	0	11
6	Ahmed Kendouci	MF	8	0	1	9
11	Youcef Laouafi	DF	4	0	0	4
24	Yasser Berbache	FW	4	0	0	4
15	Abderrahim Deghmoum	MF	3	0	0	3
7	Akram Djahnit	MF	3	0	0	3
26	Ismaïl Saadi	FW	3	0	0	3
10	Malick Touré	FW	2	0	0	2
88	Monsef Bakrar	FW	2	0	1	2
20	Abdelhak Debbari	DF	2	0	0	2
8	Houari Ferhani	DF	1	0	0	1
14	Amir Karaoui	MF	0	0	1	1
22	Ibrahim Bekakchi	DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	1	1
Totals			56	1	7	64

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
5 October 2020	GK	Khairi Barki	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[9]
15 October 2020	MF	Messala Merbah	CS Chebba	Free transfer
29 January 2021	FW	Daniel Lomotey	WAFA	118,000 $	^[10]
8 April 2021	MF	Abdelmoumene Djabou	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[11]
8 April 2021	DF	Nasreddine Benlebna	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	^[11]
11 April 2021	DF	Mohamed Khoutir Ziti	Nasr Benghazi	Free transfer	^[12]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
10 July 2020	FW	Ishak Talal Boussouf	Kortrijk	800,000 €	^[13]
6 August 2020	MF	Zakaria Draoui	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[14]
17 August 2020	DF	Saâdi Radouani	USM Alger	Free transfer	^[15]

New contracts[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
1	GK	Sofiane Khedairia	1 years	2022	23 August 2020	^[16]
9	FW	Habib Bouguelmouna	2 years	2022	13 September 2020	^[17]
14	DM	Amir Karaoui	2 years	2022	14 September 2020	^[18]

Notes[edit]

^ Renaissance failed to appear for the first leg in N'Djamena following disputes between the Ministry of Youth and Sports in the country and the Chadian Football Federation, which prevented the club from playing the match in their home country. A decision will be made by CAF regarding this incident.^[5]
^ The ES Sétif v Orlando Pirates match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, was played outside Algeria at Accra Sports Stadium, Accra (Ghana) due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Algeria on travelers from South Africa out of concern of the variant 501.V2.^[6]
^ The Al Ahly Benghazi v ES Sétif match, originally scheduled to be played at Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi, was played outside Libya at Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo (Egypt) due to unavailability.^[7]^[8]

References[edit]

^ "Kamel Lafi, nouveau président". liberte-algerie.com. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ "Affaire de la rencontre RC Relizane – ES Sétif : Match perdu pour les deux équipes, sans attribution des points !". DZFoot.com. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 : La Saoura sanctionnée, la LFP mise en cause". DZFoot.com. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "LFP : Le calendrier de Ligue 1 2020/2021". dzfoot.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Ligue des champions/Renaissance FC-ESS annulé". Algeria Press Service (in French). 24 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "وفاق سطيف الجزائري يستضيف أورلاندو بايرتس الجنوب أفريقي في غانا" [Ghana set to host CCC tie between Algeria's ES Sétif and Orlando Pirates of South Africa]. Shorouk News (in Arabic). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "Benina Martyrs stadium to host Libya football team's CAF matches". The Libya Observer. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ "الأهلي بنغازي يواجه وفاق سطيف في القاهرة" [Al Ahly Benghazi set to face ES Sétif in Cairo]. Al Wasat Libya (in Arabic). 3 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ "ESS : Khairi Barki de retour à l'Entente". DZFoot.com. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ "Mercato : Sétif attire un buteur ghanéen". DZFoot.com. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Mercato : Djabou de retour à l'ES Sétif". DZFoot.com. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ "ESS : Mohamed Khoutir Ziti fait son retour". DZFoot.com. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Mercato : Boussouf vers la Belgique ?". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
^ "CRB : Zakaria Draoui revient au club". DZFoot.com. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "USMA : Redouani et Achour signent". DZFoot.com. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
^ "ESS : Khedairia prolonge jusqu'en 2022". DZFoot.com. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "ES Sétif : Bouguelmouna rempile pour deux saisons". footalgerien.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "ESS : Karaoui prolonge, régularisation de plusieurs joueurs". DZFoot.com. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[table_hth_ESS0.19373517771891-3] On May 16, 2021 after not respecting Covid-19 tests regulation before RC Relizane match, ES Sétif Lost the match 2–0.^[2]

[table_hth_JSS0.19373517771891-5] On March 13, 2021 after the participation of a penalized player Oussama Meddahi against Paradou AC, JS Saoura Lost the match 3–0.^[3]

[table_hth_ENY0.3791094601057-9] Tied on head-to-head points (3), on head-to-head goal difference (0) and on head-to-head goals scored (2). Head-to-head away goals scored: Enyimba 1, Orlando Pirates 0.

[Chad-8] Renaissance failed to appear for the first leg in N'Djamena following disputes between the Ministry of Youth and Sports in the country and the Chadian Football Federation, which prevented the club from playing the match in their home country. A decision will be made by CAF regarding this incident.^[5]

[ESSORL-11] The ES Sétif v Orlando Pirates match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, was played outside Algeria at Accra Sports Stadium, Accra (Ghana) due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Algeria on travelers from South Africa out of concern of the variant 501.V2.^[6]

[14] The Al Ahly Benghazi v ES Sétif match, originally scheduled to be played at Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi, was played outside Libya at Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo (Egypt) due to unavailability.^[7]^[8]

[1] "Kamel Lafi, nouveau président". liberte-algerie.com. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

[2] "Affaire de la rencontre RC Relizane – ES Sétif : Match perdu pour les deux équipes, sans attribution des points !". DZFoot.com. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[4] "Ligue 1 : La Saoura sanctionnée, la LFP mise en cause". DZFoot.com. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[6] "LFP : Le calendrier de Ligue 1 2020/2021". dzfoot.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[Renaissance-7] "Ligue des champions/Renaissance FC-ESS annulé". Algeria Press Service (in French). 24 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[10] "وفاق سطيف الجزائري يستضيف أورلاندو بايرتس الجنوب أفريقي في غانا" [Ghana set to host CCC tie between Algeria's ES Sétif and Orlando Pirates of South Africa]. Shorouk News (in Arabic). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[12] "Benina Martyrs stadium to host Libya football team's CAF matches". The Libya Observer. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[13] "الأهلي بنغازي يواجه وفاق سطيف في القاهرة" [Al Ahly Benghazi set to face ES Sétif in Cairo]. Al Wasat Libya (in Arabic). 3 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[15] "ESS : Khairi Barki de retour à l'Entente". DZFoot.com. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[16] "Mercato : Sétif attire un buteur ghanéen". DZFoot.com. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[mercato-djabou-de-retour-a-les-setif-17] "Mercato : Djabou de retour à l'ES Sétif". DZFoot.com. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[18] "ESS : Mohamed Khoutir Ziti fait son retour". DZFoot.com. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[19] "Mercato : Boussouf vers la Belgique ?". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[20] "CRB : Zakaria Draoui revient au club". DZFoot.com. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[21] "USMA : Redouani et Achour signent". DZFoot.com. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[22] "ESS : Khedairia prolonge jusqu'en 2022". DZFoot.com. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[23] "ES Sétif : Bouguelmouna rempile pour deux saisons". footalgerien.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[24] "ESS : Karaoui prolonge, régularisation de plusieurs joueurs". DZFoot.com. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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