2022–23 ES Sétif season explained

Club:	ES Sétif
Season:	2022–23
Manager:	Hossam El Badry (from 13 July 2022)^[1] (until 20 November 2022)^[2] Khaled Lemmouchia (from 27 November 2022)^[3] (until 8 January 2023) Chiheb Ellili (from 8 January 2023)^[4] (until 19 February 2023)^[5] Billel Dziri (from 25 February 2023)^[6]
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Abdelhakim Serrar
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	8 May 1945 Stadium
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	7th
Cup1:	Algerian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 32
League Topscorer:	Ahmed Kendouci (8 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Ahmed Kendouci (8 goals)
Prevseason:	2021–22
Nextseason:	2023–24
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In the 2022–23 season, ES Sétif are competing in the Ligue 1 for the 53rd season and the Algerian Cup. It is their 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They are competing in Ligue 1.

Season summary

On March 6, 2023 the general manager of the company ESS Black Eagles Brahim El Arbaoui indicated that the administration of the club, represented by the chairman of the board of directors Abdelhakim Serrar, will officially enter into negotiations with the Sonelgaz on the possible takeover by this group of the majority of the club's shares.^[7] On May 29, 2023 The CEO of Sonelgaz traveled to Setif to meet with the Wali of Setif and the directors of the ES Setif, in order to complete the agreement and buy the majority of the shares in ES Setif.^[8]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 February 2023.^[9]
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	January 1, 2023	Unattached
16		GK	Zakaria Bouhalfaya	January 1, 2023	NC Magra
23		GK	Mokhtar Ferrahi	January 1, 2023	Paradou AC
Defenders
2		CB	Drice Chaabi	January 1, 2023	Francs Borains
3		LB	Tarek Belouchat	January 1, 2023	Olympique de Médéa
4		CB	Ibrahim Hachoud	January 1, 2023	Youth system
5		RB	Mohamed Khoutir Ziti	January 1, 2023	Nasr Benghazi
12		CB	Hamza Salem	January 1, 2023	US Biskra
13		CB	Islem Chebbour	January 1, 2023	Paradou AC
22		LB	Belkacem Brahimi	January 1, 2023	MC Alger
25		RB	Kheireddine Benamrane	January 1, 2023	HB Chelghoum Laïd
Midfielders
6		MF	Saïd Arab	January 1, 2023	Unattached
8		MF	Larbi Tabti	January 1, 2023	CR Belouizdad
10		MF	Abdelmoumene Djabou	January 1, 2023	MC Alger
14		MF	Nassim Yattou	January 1, 2023	Unattached
15		MF	Sami Guediri	January 1, 2023	Unattached
17		MF	Houssem Ouassni	January 1, 2023	HB Chelghoum Laïd
18		MF	Bassem Chaouti	January 1, 2023	MC Oran
19		MF	Youcef Dali	January 1, 2023	Youth system
20		MF	Youcef Serraoui	January 1, 2023	MC Saïda
21		MF	Fouad Ghanem	January 1, 2023	NC Magra
Forwards
7		FW	Zerroug Boucif	January 1, 2023	Paradou AC
9		FW	Mohamed Aimen Akziz	January 1, 2023	NA Hussein Dey
11		FW	Abdelhak Askar	January 1, 2023	RC Kouba
24		FW	Nkembe Enow	January 1, 2023	Cancún F.C.
26		FW	Ghiles Guenaoui	January 1, 2023	Paradou AC
27		FW	Walid Zamoum	January 1, 2023	JSM Béjaïa

Transfers

In

Summer

Date		Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
27 July 2022	MF			Free transfer	^[10]
27 July 2022	MF	Ayoub Tazouti		Free transfer
27 July 2022	CB			Free transfer
27 July 2022	LB	Mohamed Riad Hmida		Free transfer	^[11]
27 July 2022	MF			Free transfer	^[12]
27 July 2022	FW	Zerroug Boucif		Loan
28 July 2022	CB	Mohamed Amar Boudouh		Free transfer	^[13]
28 July 2022	FW	Ghiles Guenaoui		Free transfer
28 July 2022	MF			Free transfer	^[14]
29 July 2022	GK	Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani		Free transfer	^[15]
2 August 2022	FW	Abdelhak Haskar		Free transfer	^[16]
8 August 2022	CB	Islem Chebbour		Free transfer	^[17]
10 August 2022	RB	Kheireddine Benamrane		Free transfer	^[18]
13 August 2022	CB	Drice Chaabi		Free transfer
13 August 2022	MF	Youcef Serraoui		Free transfer	^[19]
16 August 2022	FW	Mohamed Aimen Akziz		Free transfer
17 August 2022	CB	Hamza Salem		Free transfer	^[20]
17 August 2022	FW	Walid Zamoum		Free transfer	^[21]
17 August 2022	CB	Kousseila Temericht		Free transfer
18 August 2022	MF	Bassam Chaouti		Free transfer	^[22]
18 August 2022	LB	Tarek Belouchat		Free transfer	^[23]
19 August 2022	FW	Alassane Razak Keita		Free transfer	^[24]
24 August 2022	MF			Free transfer	^[25]
25 August 2022	MF			Free transfer
25 August 2022	FW	Godwin Chika		Free transfer

Winter

Date		Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
31 January 2023	MF			Free transfer	^[26] ^[27] ^[28]
1 February 2023	MF			Free transfer
1 February 2023	MF	Fouad Ghanem		Free transfer
1 February 2023	MF	Houssem Eddine Ouassini		Free transfer
1 February 2023	FW	Nkembe Enow		Free transfer

Out

Summer

Date		Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
19 June 2022	LB			Free transfer	^[29]
1 July 2022	FW			Loan return
17 July 2022	RB			Free transfer	^[30]
20 July 2022	FW	Monsef Bakrar		Free transfer	^[31]
23 July 2022	GK			Free transfer	^[32]
25 July 2022	CB	Hocine Laribi		Free transfer	^[33]
27 July 2022	FW			Free transfer	^[34]
2 August 2022	RB	Abdelkrim Nemdil		Free transfer
7 August 2022	CB			Free transfer	^[35]
7 August 2022	MF	Ayoub Tazouti		Free transfer
7 August 2022	LB	Mohamed Riad Hmida		Free transfer
7 August 2022	CB	Mohamed Amar Boudouh		Free transfer
15 August 2022	MF	Abdelkader Boutiche		Free transfer	^[36]
16 August 2022	FW	Ibrahim Bodabous		Free transfer	^[37]
17 August 2022	LB	Younes Abdelhak Ouassaa		Free transfer
17 August 2022	MF			Free transfer	^[38]
19 August 2022	MF			Free transfer	^[39]
22 August 2022	MF			Free transfer	^[40]
24 August 2022	MF			Free transfer	^[41]
24 August 2022	MF	Alassane Razak Keita		Free transfer
24 August 2022	FW	Zoubir Motrani		Free transfer	^[42]
25 August 2022	MF				^[43]
25 August 2022	MF			Free transfer
25 August 2022	MF	Amine Benbelaid		Free transfer

Winter

Date		Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
18 December 2022	FW	Godwin Chika		Released	^[44]
28 January 2023	MF				^[45]
31 January 2023	MF			Released	^[46]
6 February 2023	CB	Kousseila Temericht		Released	^[47]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1		6th	27 August 2022	15 July 2023
Algerian Cup			20 December 2022	14 February 2023
Total Ligue 1 See main article: 2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Matches The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.^[48] Algerian Cup See main article: 2022–23 Algerian Cup. Squad information Playing statistics No. Player Ligue 1 Algerian Cup Total Goalkeepers 1 GK Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani 4 4 −4 0 0 0 4 4 −4 16 GK Zakaria Bouhalfaya 20 20 −22 2 2 −1 22 22 −23 23 GK Mokhtar Ferrahi 6 6 −6 0 0 0 6 6 −6 Defenders 2 CB Drice Chaabi 27 27 1 2 2 0 29 29 1 3 LB Tarek Belouchat 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 CB Ibrahim Hachoud 22 22 0 0 0 0 22 22 0 5 RB Mohamed Khoutir Ziti 20 17 0 0 0 0 20 17 0 12 CB Hamza Salem 22 18 1 2 2 0 24 20 1 13 CB Islem Chebbour 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 LB Belkacem Brahimi 24 16 0 2 2 2 26 18 2 21 DF Kousseila Temericht 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 25 LB Kheireddine Benamrane 11 5 0 1 1 0 12 6 0 Midfielders 6 CM Saïd Arab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 AM Larbi Tabti 20 16 1 2 2 0 22 18 1 10 RW Abdelmoumene Djabou 13 9 0 1 1 0 14 10 0 14 DM Nassim Yattou 26 25 1 1 1 1 27 26 2 15 MF Sami Guediri 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 17 MF Houssem Eddine Ouassini 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 18 CM Bassam Chaouti 14 7 0 0 0 0 14 7 0 19 MF Youcef Dali 8 2 0 1 0 0 9 2 0 20 MF Youcef Serraoui 10 5 0 1 0 0 11 5 0 21 MF Fouad Ghanem 5 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 32 MF Bassem Mechaar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43 AM Salah Bouchama 21 14 0 1 1 0 22 15 0 68 MF Rachid Boumessous 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 CM Ahmed Kendouci 11 0 8 0 0 0 11 0 8 24 DM Duval Wapiwo 4 4 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 Forwards 7 LW Zerroug Boucif 8 2 3 0 0 0 8 2 3 9 CF Mohamed Aimen Akziz 5 2 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 11 FW Abdelhak Askar 22 16 3 1 0 0 23 16 3 24 CF Nkembe Enow 12 10 5 0 0 0 12 10 5 26 LW Ghiles Guenaoui 21 20 7 2 2 1 23 22 8 27 LW Walid Zamoum 22 18 3 2 2 0 24 20 3 42 CF Youcef Fellahi 12 2 0 1 1 0 13 3 0 61 FW Mohamed Messaoud Salem 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 88 FW Youcef Aouissi 12 5 1 1 1 0 13 6 1 90 FW Rafik Douib 3 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 2 17 CF Godwin Chika 9 8 2 0 0 0 9 8 2 Total 30 38 2 6 32 44 Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. width=10 No. width=10 Nat. width=140 Player width=10 Pos. width=40 width=40 width=10 TOTAL 6 MF 8 0 8 26 Ghiles Guenaoui FW 7 1 8 24 Nkembe Enow FW 5 0 5 27 Walid Zamoum FW 3 0 3 11 Abdelhak Askar FW 3 0 3 7 Zerroug Boucif FW 3 0 3 17 Godwin Chika FW 2 0 2 90 Rafik Douib FW 0 2 2 22 DF 0 2 2 14 MF 1 1 2 9 Mohamed Aimen Akziz FW 1 0 1 8 MF 1 0 1 88 Youcef Aouissi FW 1 0 1 12 Hamza Salem DF 1 0 1 2 Drice Chaabi DF 1 0 1 43 Salah Bouchama MF 1 0 1 Own Goals 0 0 0 Totals 38 6 44 References

Notes and References

1. Web site: ES Sétif : Un égyptien à la barre technique . dzfoot.com . 13 July 2022 . 14 July 2022.
2. Web site: ES Sétif : Le contrat de Hossam Al Badry résilié à l'amiable . footalgerien.com . 21 November 2022 . 29 November 2022.
3. Web site: ES Sétif : Khaled Lemouchia devient entraîneur adjoint . dzfoot.com . 27 November 2022 . 29 November 2022.
4. Web site: Chiheb Ellili s'engage avec l'ES Sétif . tunisie-actu.com . 8 January 2023 . 8 January 2023.
5. Web site: ESS : Séparation à l'amiable avec Chiheb Ellili. dzfoot.com . 19 February 2023 . 24 February 2023.
6. Web site: ESS : Le club annonce son nouvel entraineur . lalgerieaujourdhui.dz . 25 February 2023 . 25 February 2023.
7. Web site: ES Sétif : Négociations pour un rachat par Sonelgaz . dzfoot.com . 7 March 2023 . 8 March 2023.
8. Web site: ES Sétif : Sonelgaz avance dans le dossier de rachat . dzfoot.com . 30 May 2023 . 30 May 2023.
9. Web site: FICHE DU CLUB: ES SÉTIF.
10. Web site: Algérie: l'ES Setif signe trois nouveaux joueurs . africafootunited.com . 27 July 2022 . 27 July 2022.
11. Web site: Algérie: Mohamed Riad Hmida signe en faveur de l'ES Setif . africafootunited.com . 28 July 2022 . 28 July 2022.
12. Web site: ESS : Tabti et Zerroug nouvelles recrues . mediafootdz.dz . 28 July 2022 . 28 July 2022.
13. Web site: ES Sétif : Mohamed Ammar Boudouh et Ghiles Guenaoui signent pour trois ans . mediafootdz.dz . 28 July 2022 . 28 July 2022.
14. Web site: Algérie: Chahreddine Boukholda sengage avec l'Entente Setifienne . africafootunited.com . 29 July 2022 . 29 July 2022.
15. Web site: Algérie: l'ES Setif annonce la signature de Anis Osmani . africafootunited.com . 29 July 2022 . 29 July 2022.
16. Web site: ES Sétif : Abdelhak Haskar onzième recrue . footalgerien.com . 2 August 2022 . 2 August 2022.
17. Web site: Mercato : L'ES Sétif signe sa douzième recrue . dzfoot.com . 9 August 2022 . 9 August 2022.
18. Web site: annasronline.com . annasronline.com . 10 August 2022 . 10 August 2022.
19. Web site: Mercato : Youcef Serraoui s'engage avec l'ES Sétif . dzfoot.com . 14 August 2022 . 14 August 2022.
20. Web site: ES Sétif : Hamza Salem signe pour trois saisons . mediafootdz.dz . 20 August 2022 . 20 August 2022.
21. Web site: ادارة الوفاق تقدم الرباعي الجديد . annasronline.com . 20 August 2022 . 20 August 2022.
22. Web site: شاوتي يرسم انضمامه لسطيف بعد تسريحه من لجنة المنازعات . bola.dz . 21 August 2022 . 21 August 2022.
23. Web site: وفاق سطيف يدعم صفوفه بمدافع جديد . ennaharonline.com . 25 August 2022 . 25 August 2022.
24. Web site: Football: L'Entente signe l'Ivoirien Kaita . rivalite-dz.com . 19 August 2022 . 19 August 2022.
25. Web site: وفاق سطيف يعلن إبرام صفقة جديدة . elbilad.net . 24 August 2022 . 24 August 2022.
26. Web site: Mercato : Said Arab s'engage avec l'ES Sétif . dzfoot.com . 1 February 2023 . 1 February 2023.
27. Web site: ES Sétif : le club annonce l'arrivée de trois joueurs . mediafootdz.dz . 6 February 2023 . 6 February 2023.
28. Web site: أربعة لاعبين يدعمون تعداد وفاق سطيف . elkhabar.com . 5 February 2023 . 8 February 2023.
29. Web site: MCA : Ferhani, deuxième recrue du Mouloudia . dzfoot.com . 19 June 2022 . 30 June 2022.
30. Web site: وفاق سطيف يعلن عن طلاق بالتراضي مع دباري . ennaharonline.com . 18 July 2022 . 18 July 2022.
31. Web site: WELCOME MONSEF BAKRAR . nkistra.com . 20 July 2022 . 20 July 2022.
32. Web site: Mercato : Sofiane Khedaïria file en Arabie saoudite . lescore.dz . 23 July 2022 . 23 July 2022.
33. Web site: وفاق سطيف يفسخ عقد لاعبه بالتراضي . elkhabar.com . 25 July 2022 . 25 July 2022.
34. Web site: Mercato : l'USM Alger signe Khalil Darfalou . maghrebactu.com . 28 July 2022 . 28 July 2022.
35. Web site: ES Sétif : Al-Badry écarte 4 nouvelles recrues . mediafootdz.dz . 9 August 2022 . 9 August 2022.
36. Web site: USMO : l'Algérien Abdelkader Boutiche signe pour 3 saisons . directinfo.webmanagercenter.com . 15 August 2022 . 15 August 2022.
37. Web site: وفاق سطيف : بودبوس ينهي رحلته مع الوفاق . echabakasport.com . 16 August 2022 . 16 August 2022.
38. Web site: لاعب من وفاق سطيف يغادر النادي لهذا السبب . dzmatch.dz . 17 August 2022 . 17 August 2022.
39. Web site: فرحي يتوصل إلى إتفاق مع مولودية وجدة المغربي . ennaharonline.com . 19 August 2022 . 19 August 2022.
40. Web site: وفاق سطيف ز الوفاق ينجح في ضم لاعب أجنبي مكان زانغا . echabakasport . 20 August 2022 . 20 August 2022.
41. Web site: الوفاق يسرح الثنائي كايتا و زانغا . annasronline.com . 24 August 2022 . 24 August 2022.
42. Web site: مطراني يعود ويوقع لموسمين في الحمراوة . bola.dz . 24 August 2022 . 25 August 2022.
43. Web site: Football: L'Entente signe l'Ivoirien Kaita . lescore.dz . 25 August 2022 . 25 August 2022.
44. Web site: ES Sétif : Le nigérian Godwin libéré . footalgerien.com . 18 December 2022 . 8 January 2023.
45. Web site: Officiel : Ahmed Kendouci s'engage avec Al Ahly . dzfoot.com . 28 January 2023 . 28 January 2023.
46. Web site: اللاعب دوفال وابيو يمضي على وثيقة فسخ عقده مع النادي . facebook.com . 31 January 2023 . 31 January 2023.
47. Web site: وفاق سطيف يفسخ عقد لاعبه . elkhabar.com . 6 February 2023 . 6 February 2023.
48. Web site: Ligue 1 (2022-2023) : le calendrier du championnat dévoilé . .mediafootdz.dz . 19 July 2022 . 19 July 2022.