2012–13 CS Constantine season

In the 2012–13 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 17th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. On July 13, Roger Lemerre signed a one-year coaching contract, with an option for an additional year. According to CS Constantine's investment manager, Mohamed Boulhabib, the former France national team coach is expected to begin his work on the eve of a friendly match against OGC Nice on July 28 in Constantine.^[3]

CS Constantine

2012–13 season
Owner	Tassili Airlines (from 8 October 2012)[1][2]
Chairman	Mohamed Boulhabib
Head coach	Roger Lemerre (from 14 July 2012)[3]
Stadium	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Ligue 1	3rd
Algerian Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Hamza Boulemdaïs (10) All: Hamza Boulemdaïs (13)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2010.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Lemerre team coach this season.

No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
16		Lounès Gaouaoui	GK	(1977-09-28)28 September 1977 (aged 34)	AS Khroub
1		Abderaouf Natèche	GK	(1982-10-16)16 October 1982 (aged 29)	NA Hussein Dey
92		Cyrille Boukhit	GK	(1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 20)	Rodez AF
		Mohamed Seghir Ferradji	GK	(1975-08-22)22 August 1975 (aged 37)	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
Defenders
29		Abderraouf Zarabi	LB	(1979-03-26)26 March 1979 (aged 33)	JS Kabylie
5		Youcef Nehari	CB	(1984-06-01)1 June 1984 (aged 28)	MC Saida
46		Abdelkader Messaoudi	CB	(1986-06-15)15 June 1986 (aged 26)	USM Annaba
21		Yahia Djilali	CB	(1978-03-14)14 March 1978 (aged 34)	AS Khroub
2		Amine Boulahia	RB	(1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 25)	JSM Béjaïa
28		Amer Belakhdar	LB	(1980-01-20)20 January 1980 (aged 32)	JSM Béjaïa
9		Adlen Griche	CB	(1979-03-03)3 March 1979 (aged 33)	USM El Harrach
Midfielders
4		Yazid Mansouri	CM	(1978-02-25)25 February 1978 (aged 34)	Al-Sailiya SC
6		Gilles Ngomo	DM	(1987-08-23)23 August 1987 (aged 25)	AS Khroub
8		Karim Nait Yahia	RM	(1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 31)	AS Khroub
17		Reda Benhadj Djillali	DM	(1978-05-31)31 May 1978 (aged 34)	Najran SC
86		Bilal Bahloul	LM	(1986-03-28)28 March 1986 (aged 26)	JSM Béjaïa
20		Fouad Allag	DM	(1985-04-17)17 April 1985 (aged 27)	NA Hussein Dey
10		Karim Benounes	AM	(1984-02-09)9 February 1984 (aged 28)	Egri FC
15		Antar Boucherit	DM	(1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 28)	JSM Béjaïa
77		Yacine Bezzaz (C.)	LM	(1981-07-10)10 July 1981 (aged 31)	USM Alger
26		Aziz Tafer	DM	(1984-06-17)17 June 1984 (aged 28)	Gloria Buzău
Forwards
7		Ayoub Ferhat	RW	(1987-07-17)17 July 1987 (aged 25)	MO Constantine
11		Mohamed Tiaïba	ST	(1988-07-26)26 July 1988 (aged 24)	MC El Eulma
14		Hamza Boulemdaïs	ST	(1982-11-22)22 November 1982 (aged 29)	JS Kabylie
25		Nabil Hemani	ST	(1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 33)	JS Kabylie
19		Abdenour Hadiouche	ST	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 27)	JS Kabylie
14		Mehdi Kerrouche	ST	(1985-10-11)11 October 1985 (aged 26)	Swindon Town

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
25 June 2012	DF	Youcef Nehari	MC Saïda	Undisclosed	[4]
25 June 2012	GK	Abderaouf Natèche	NA Hussein Dey	Undisclosed	[4]
25 June 2012	DF	Abdelkader Messaoudi	USM Annaba	Undisclosed	[4]
25 June 2012	MF	Antar Boucherit	JSM Béjaïa	Undisclosed	[5]
26 June 2012	FW	Hamza Boulemdaïs	JS Kabylie	Undisclosed	[6]
29 June 2012	DF	Amine Boulahia	JSM Béjaïa	Undisclosed	[7]
1 July 2012	MF	Reda Benhadj Djillali	Najran SC	Return from loan	[8]
1 July 2012	DF	Amer Belakhdar	JSM Béjaïa	Undisclosed
1 July 2012	GK	Mohamed Seghir Ferradji	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Undisclosed
1 July 2012	MF	Fouad Allag	NA Hussein Dey	Undisclosed
1 July 2012	MF	Karim Benounes	Egri FC	Free transfer
1 July 2012	FW	Mehdi Kerrouche	Swindon Town	Free transfer
12 July 2012	FW	Nabil Hemani	JS Kabylie	Undisclosed	[9]
17 July 2012	DF	Adlen Griche	USM El Harrach	Undisclosed	[10]
1 August 2012	MF	Aziz Tafer	Gloria Buzău	Undisclosed

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
1 January 2013	MF	Bilal Bahloul	JSM Béjaïa	Undisclosed	[11]
6 January 2013	FW	Mohamed Tiaiba	MC El Eulma	Undisclosed	[12]
7 January 2013	FW	Abdenour Hadiouche	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[13]
10 January 2013	DF	Abderraouf Zarabi	MC Oran	Undisclosed	[14]
15 January 2013	GK	Lounès Gaouaoui	AS Khroub	Free transfer	[15]
16 January 2013	MF	Billal Sebaihi	USM El Harrach	Loan

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
5 June 2012	DF	Mohamed Khoutir Ziti	ES Sétif	Undisclosed	[16]
1 July 2012	DF	Zineddine Mekkaoui	JS Kabylie	Free transfer
1 July 2012	MF	Bilal Bahloul	JSM Béjaïa	Undisclosed
3 July 2012	GK	Amara Daïf	USM Alger	Free transfer	[17]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
27 April 2013	DF	Abderraouf Zarabi	PK-35 Vantaa	Free transfer	[18]
27 April 2013	MF	Karim Benounes	PK-35 Vantaa	Free transfer	[18]

Pre-season and friendlies

CS Constantine v OGC Nice

28 July 2012 Friendly	CS Constantine	1–3	OGC Nice	Constantine
22:00 UTC+1	K. Coulibaly 14' (o.g.)	Report[19]	Traoré 32' Monzón 73' K. Coulibaly 80'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui
Note: Lineup for CS Constantine First half – Natache, Boulahia, Belakhdar, Djilali, Zarabi, Mansouri (c), Gil, Nait Yahia, Boucherit, Boulemdais, Bezzaz. Second half – Feradji, Haouche, Belakhdar, Djilali (Griche, 62'), Zarabi, Ferhat Ayoub, Gil, Mansouri (Efossa, 67'), Benhadj, Kerrouche, Bezzaz (Bouamria, 67').

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	13	13	4	37	20	+17	043.33	—	3rd	15 September 2012	21 May 2013
Algerian Cup	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	075.00	Round of 64	Quarter-final	14 December 2012	29 March 2013
Total	34	16	13	5	48	25	+23	047.06

Updated to match played 9 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES Sétif (C)	30	18	5	7	55	27	+28	59	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	USM El Harrach[a]	30	17	6	7	38	22	+16	57
3	CS Constantine	30	13	13	4	37	20	+17	52	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
4	USM Alger[b]	30	15	6	9	32	15	+17	51
5	MC Alger[c]	30	15	8	7	33	24	+9	50

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2013. Source: DZFoot
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:

1. USM El Harrach, the 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up, withdrew after the draw was held.^[20] Sporting Praia Cruz, the 2013 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship champion, were allowed by the CAF to replace them in the draw.^[21]
2. USM Alger, the 2012–13 Algerian Cup winner, withdrew before the start of the competition.
3. In a match between USM El Harrach and MC Alger the last refused to play in the Stade 1er Novembre 1954, but the LFP refused to change the pitch, Despite the presence of USM El Harrach, the referees and supporters, but the Mouloudia team did not attend. the club will receive a penalty, according to Article 84 of the Disciplinary Code of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF), "a match lost by penalty. Defalcation of three (03) points, One million dinars (1,000,000 dinars) fine for the club. "The offending club will be deprived of its compensation due for television rights.^[22][23]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	13	4	37	20	+17	52	10	4	1	22	9	+13	3	9	3	15	11	+4

Last updated: 29 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	6	6	6	8	3	2	3	4	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

USM Alger v CS Constantine

15 September 2012 Round 1	USM Alger	1–1	CS Constantine	Algiers
18:00	Daham 26'	Report	27' Boulemdaïs	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

CS Constantine v MC Oran

18 September 2012 Round 2	CS Constantine	4–3	MC Oran	Constantine
18:00	Benhadj 4' Boulemdaïs 31', 62' Bezzaz 39'	Report	19' Kouriba 42' Chérif 82' Aoued	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Bichari

ASO Chlef v CS Constantine

22 September 2012 Round 3	ASO Chlef	1–1	CS Constantine	Chlef
18:00	Gharbi 17'	Report	67' Boulemdaïs	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Mohamed Ghorbal

CS Constantine v JSM Béjaïa

29 September 2012 Round 4	CS Constantine	2–2	JSM Béjaïa	Constantine
17:45	Boulemdaïs 70', 88' (pen.)	Report	58' Bahloul 73' Derrag	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Merzak Halalchi

USM Bel-Abbès v CS Constantine

6 October 2012 Round 5	USM Bel-Abbès	0–2	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:00		Report	69', 74' Boulemdaïs	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Farouk Mial

CS Constantine v CR Belouizdad

16 October 2012 Round 6	CS Constantine	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
16:30	Bezzaz 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

JS Saoura v CS Constantine

20 October 2012 Round 7	JS Saoura	0–0	CS Constantine	Béchar
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

MC Alger v CS Constantine

23 October 2012 Round 8	MC Alger	1–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
18:00	Djallit 12' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Benouza

CS Constantine v JS Kabylie

3 November 2012 Round 9	CS Constantine	1–2	JS Kabylie	Constantine
17:45	Boulemdaïs 10'	Report	61' Rial 84' Messadia	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Bichari

CA Bordj Bou Arréridj v CS Constantine

10 November 2012 Round 10	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	1–1	CS Constantine	Bordj Bou Arréridj
18:00	Belkheïr 69'	Report	64' Belakhdar	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Merzak Halalchi

CS Constantine v WA Tlemcen

17 November 2012 Round 11	CS Constantine	2–0	WA Tlemcen	Constantine
18:00	Bezzaz 42' Allag 59'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

MC El Eulma v CS Constantine

24 November 2012 Round 12	MC El Eulma	1–0	CS Constantine	El Eulma
18:00	Gharbi 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

CS Constantine v CA Batna

1 December 2012 Round 13	CS Constantine	2–0	CA Batna	Constantine
17:45	Bezzaz 35' Djilali 39'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Farouk Mial

USM El Harrach v CS Constantine

8 December 2012 Round 14	USM El Harrach	1–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
15:00	Kerim 23'	Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

CS Constantine v ES Sétif

21 December 2012 Round 15	CS Constantine	0–0	ES Sétif	Constantine
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Merzak Halalchi

CS Constantine v USM Alger

15 January 2013 Round 16	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Alger	Constantine
15:00	Hadiouche 5'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Farouk Mial

MC Oran v CS Constantine

19 January 2013 Round 17	MC Oran	1–1	CS Constantine	Oran
15:00	Chérif 51'	Report	36' Tiaïba	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

CS Constantine v ASO Chlef

26 January 2013 Round 18	CS Constantine	1–0	ASO Chlef	Constantine
15:00	Boulahia 26'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Ghorbal

JSM Béjaïa v CS Constantine

2 February 2013 Round 19	JSM Béjaïa	0–0	CS Constantine	Béjaïa
17:45		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Mohamed Bachir

CS Constantine v USM Bel-Abbès

9 February 2013 Round 20	CS Constantine	2–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Constantine
15:00	Boulemdaïs 70' Boucherit 86' (pen.)	Report	13' El Bahari	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

CR Belouizdad v CS Constantine

16 February 2013 Round 21	CR Belouizdad	1–1	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
15:00	Khoudi 73'	Report	8' (o.g.) Harkat	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

CS Constantine v JS Saoura

23 February 2013 Round 22	CS Constantine	2–1	JS Saoura	Constantine
15:00	Tiaiba 45' Bezzaz 82'	Report	90+5' Daouda	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Merzak Halalchi

CS Constantine v MC Alger

9 March 2013 Round 23	CS Constantine	0–0	MC Alger	Constantine
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Benouza

JS Kabylie v CS Constantine

19 March 2013 Round 24	JS Kabylie	1–1	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
15:00	Chalali 26'	Report	59' Boulahia	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Mohamed Ghorbal

CS Constantine v CA Bordj Bou Arréridj

6 April 2013 Round 25	CS Constantine	1–0	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Constantine
18:45	Djilali 27'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Bachir

WA Tlemcen v CS Constantine

20 April 2013 Round 26	WA Tlemcen	0–0	CS Constantine	Tlemcen
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

CS Constantine v MC El Eulma

4 May 2013 Round 27	CS Constantine	3–0	MC El Eulma	Constantine
17:00	Boulahia 52' Nait Yahia 62' Tiaiba 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Merzak Halalchi

CA Batna v CS Constantine

11 May 2013 Round 28	CA Batna	1–4	CS Constantine	Batna
17:00	Ngomo 22' (o.g.)	Report	15', 41' Hadiouche 85' Ferhat 88' Tiaiba	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Bichari

CS Constantine v USM El Harrach

18 May 2013 Round 29	CS Constantine	0–0	USM El Harrach	Constantine
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Farouk Mial

ES Sétif v CS Constantine

21 May 2013 Round 30	ES Sétif	1–3	CS Constantine	Sétif
17:00	Aoudia 45+2'	Report	13', 60' Belakhdar 63' Bezzaz	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Algerian Cup

USM Annaba v CS Constantine

14 December 2012 Round of 64	USM Annaba	0–3	CS Constantine	Annaba
15:00		[citation needed]	12' Boulemdaïs 26' Nehari 39' Hemani	Stadium: May 19, 1956 Stadium Referee: Mokhtar Amalou

CS Constantine v USM Bel-Abbès

28 December 2012 Round of 32	CS Constantine	5–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Constantine
15:00	Hemani 2' Bezzaz 4' (pen.) Boulemdaïs 9', 54' Nait Yahia 14'	[citation needed]	38' El Bahari	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Emrid

CS Constantine v USM Blida

2 March 2013 Round of 16	CS Constantine	3–1	USM Blida	Constantine
14:00	Boucherit 15' (pen.) Tiaiba 35' Hemani 70'	[citation needed]	25' Melika	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Farouk Mial

MC Alger v CS Constantine

29 March 2013 Quarter-final	MC Alger	3–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
17:00	Bouguèche 42' Ghazi 45' Djallit 90+3' (pen.)	[citation needed]		Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Djamel Haimoudi

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Abderaouf Natèche		25	24	-14	4	4	-5	29	28	-19
16	GK	Lounès Gaouaoui		2	2	-0	0	0	-0	2	2	-0
Defenders
46	DF	Abdelkader Messaoudi		9	6	0	2	0	0	11	6	0
28	DF	Amer Belakhdar		23	19	3	4	1	0	27	20	3
9	DF	Adlen Griche		23	22	0	3	3	0	26	25	0
2	DF	Amine Boulahia		24	23	3	4	4	0	28	27	0
5	DF	Youcef Nehari		9	8	0	2	2	1	11	10	1
	DF	Réda Haouche		3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
21	DF	Yahia Djilali		21	21	2	4	4	0	25	25	2
Midfielders
4	MF	Yazid Mansouri		6	6	0	0	0	0	6	6	0
77	MF	Yacine Bezzaz		23	23	6	3	3	1	26	26	7
20	MF	Fouad Allag		22	16	1	4	3	0	26	19	1
15	MF	Antar Boucherit		29	28	1	4	4	1	33	32	2
17	MF	Reda Benhadj Djillali		11	7	1	0	0	0	11	7	1
6	MF	Gilles Ngomo		21	20	0	3	3	0	24	23	0
26	MF	Aziz Tafer		16	13	0	2	2	0	18	15	0
8	MF	Karim Nait Yahia		21	17	1	3	3	1	24	20	2
	MF	Charaf Eddine Kassis		2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
86	MF	Bilal Bahloul		13	12	0	2	0	0	15	12	0
Forwards
7	FW	Ayoub Ferhat		20	5	1	1	0	0	21	5	1
11	FW	Mohamed Tiaiba		12	7	4	2	2	1	14	9	5
25	FW	Nabil Hemani		18	9	0	4	4	3	22	13	3
19	FW	Abdenour Hadiouche		14	6	3	0	0	0	14	6	3
14	FW	Hamza Boulemdaïs		29	27	10	3	2	3	32	29	13
Players transferred out during the season
NA	GK	Mohamed Seghir Ferradji		4	4	-6	0	0	-0	4	4	-6
29	DF	Abderraouf Zarabi		3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
10	MF	Karim Benounes		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total				30		37	4		11	34		48

Last updated: 9 April 2025
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	TOTAL
14		Hamza Boulemdaïs	ST	10	3	13
77		Yacine Bezzaz	LM	6	1	7
11		Mohamed Tiaiba	ST	4	1	5
19		Abdenour Hadiouche	ST	3	0	3
28		Amer Belakhdar	LB	3	0	3
2		Amine Boulahia	RB	3	0	3
25		Nabil Hemani	ST	0	3	3
21		Yahia Djilali	CB	2	0	2
15		Antar Boucherit	DM	1	1	2
8		Karim Nait Yahia	RM	1	1	2
20		Fouad Allag	DM	1	0	1
17		Reda Benhadj Djillali	DM	1	0	1
7		Ayoub Ferhat	RW	1	0	1
5		Youcef Nehari	CB	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Totals				37	11	48