2014–15 CS Constantine season

In the 2014–15 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 19th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

CS Constantine

2014–15 season
Owner	Tassili Airlines
Chairman	Omar Bentobal
Head coach	Diego Garzitto (from 7 July 2014)[1] Rachid Belhout
Stadium	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Ligue 1	5th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Hamza Boulemdaïs (14) All: Hamza Boulemdaïs (15)
Home colours Away colours
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2014.
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	Hamza Dahmane	(1990-09-22)22 September 1990 (aged 24)	MC Oran
18		GK	Nadjib Ghoul	(1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 29)	ES Sétif
71		GK	Cédric Si Mohamed	(1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 29)	JSM Béjaïa
Defenders
7		RB	Hamid Bahri	(1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 25)	MO Béjaïa
		RB	Samir Belfodil	(1994-11-07)7 November 1994 (aged 20)	Youth system
4		RB	Ousmane Berthé	(1987-02-05)5 February 1987 (aged 27)	Jomo Cosmos
88		RB	Belkacem Remache	(1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 29)	JS Kabylie
28		RB	Amer Belakhdar	(1980-01-20)20 January 1980 (aged 34)	JSM Béjaïa
22		RB	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	(1988-11-06)6 November 1988 (aged 26)	JS Kabylie
29		RB	Rachid Bouhenna	(1991-06-29)29 June 1991 (aged 23)	AFC Compiègne
17		RB	Lucas Rouabah	(1990-05-09)9 May 1990 (aged 24)	AS Cannes
Midfielders
20		CM	Fouad Allag	(1985-04-17)17 April 1985 (aged 29)	NA Hussein Dey
15		CM	Antar Boucherit	(1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 31)	JS Saoura
10		CM	Abou El Kacem Hadji	(1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 24)	JSM Béjaïa
13		CM	Abdelhak Sameur	(1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 24)	WA Tlemcen
16		CM	Merouane Anane	(1990-05-31)31 May 1990 (aged 24)	CR Belouizdad
21		CM	Elias M'Baye	(1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 25)	AS Yzeure
8		CM	Ahmed Rani	(1987-08-20)20 August 1987 (aged 27)	CS Fola Esch
30		CM	Abdelmalek Djeghbala	(1983-03-01)1 March 1983 (aged 31)	MC Alger
		CM	Otman Djellilahine	(1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 27)	BEC Tero Sasana
		CM	Youssef Laouafi		Youth system
Forwards
14		RW	Hamza Boulemdaïs	(1982-11-22)22 November 1982 (aged 32)	JS Kabylie
99		RW	Ahmed Messadia	(1986-06-15)15 June 1986 (aged 28)	JS Kabylie
11		RW	Paulin Voavy	(1987-11-10)10 November 1987 (aged 27)	AS Cannes
24		RW	Toufik Guerabis	(1991-07-31)31 July 1991 (aged 23)
39		RW	Belkacem Zobiri	(1983-10-23)23 October 1983 (aged 31)	AS Cannes
		RW	Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	(1987-12-05)5 December 1987 (aged 27)	JS Kabylie

Pre-season and friendlies

CS Constantine v Celta de Vigo

25 July 2014 Friendly	CS Constantine	1–0	Celta de Vigo	Constantine
23:00 UTC+1	Boulemdaïs 60' (pen.)	Report[2][3]		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	11	9	10	32	31	+1	036.67	—	5th	16 August 2014	29 May 2015
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	13 December 2014	20 February 2015
Total	33	13	9	11	35	33	+2	039.39

Ligue 1

Main article: 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The Ligue 1 2014-2015 is the fifty-first edition of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the fifth under the name Ligue 1. Division opposes sixteen clubs in a series of thirty meetings. The best in the league qualify for the African cups that are the Champions League (the podium) and Confederation Cup (the third and the winner national cup).

The relegated the previous season, JSM Bejaia on CA Bordj Bou Arreridj and CRB Ain Fakroun are replaced by USM Bel-Abbès, Ligue 2 in 2013-2014 after a year's absence, the ASM Oran, 7 years after his last appearance at the highest national level, and NA Hussein Dey relegated to Ligue 2 during the 2010–2011 season.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	MC Oran	30	11	11	8	19	19	0	44	2016 CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM El Harrach	30	13	4	13	30	32	−2	43
5	CS Constantine	30	11	9	10	32	31	+1	42[a]	2016 CAF Confederation Cup
6	CR Belouizdad	30	11	9	10	27	34	−7	42[a]
7	ASM Oran	30	11	8	11	33	37	−4	41[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2015. 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
Notes:

1. CSC 3-1 CRB; CRB 1-1 CSC
2. USMA 1-2 ASMO; ASMO 1-0 USMA

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	11	9	10	32	31	+1	42	8	6	1	23	11	+12	3	3	9	9	20	−11

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	2	2	3	5	5	7	4	6	8	9	10	9	10	10	11	9	6	6	10	5

Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2014. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

CS Constantine v CR Belouizdad

16 August 2014 1	CS Constantine	3–1	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
19:00	Boulemdaïs 28', 55' Sameur 44'	Report	66' Cherfaoui	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Benouza, Bouhassoun, Omari

RC Arbaâ v CS Constantine

23 August 2014 2	RC Arbaâ	0–1	CS Constantine	Larbaâ
17:00		Report	32' Rouabah	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Bourouba

CS Constantine v USM El Harrach

13 September 2014 3	CS Constantine	4–1	USM El Harrach	Constantine
19:00	Boulemdaïs 14', 37', 53' Hadji 73'	Report	90' Abid	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Benbraham, Chebala, Aloua

CS Constantine v MC El Eulma

19 September 2014 4	CS Constantine	2–2	MC El Eulma	Constantine
17:45	Boulemdaïs 26' (pen.) Sameur 43'	Report	37', 57' Chenihi	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Halalchi, Bachir, Doulache

MC Oran v CS Constantine

27 September 2014 5	MC Oran	2–1	CS Constantine	Oran
19:00	Za'abia 8' Nekkache 41'	Report	75' Voavy	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

CS Constantine v USM Alger

2 October 2014 6	CS Constantine	2–1	USM Alger	Constantine
19:00	Allag 13' Remache 79'	Report	90+5' Seguer	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ghorbal, Cherchar, Seradj

MO Béjaïa v CS Constantine

18 October 2014 7	MO Béjaïa	2–0	CS Constantine	Béjaïa
18:00	Rahal 45' (pen.) Dehouche 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Bassiri, Halem, Bourchou

CS Constantine v USM Bel-Abbès

25 October 2014 8	CS Constantine	0–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Constantine
17:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Bichari, Gourari, Salaouadji

NA Hussein Dey v CS Constantine

31 October 2014 9	NA Hussein Dey	2–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
16:00	Ouznadji 54', 83'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boukhalfa, Benali, Zerhouni

CS Constantine v JS Saoura

8 November 2014 10	CS Constantine	0–0	JS Saoura	Constantine
18:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Bouslimani, Rimouche, Belbachir

ASO Chlef v CS Constantine

22 November 2014 11	ASO Chlef	0–3	CS Constantine	Chlef
16:00		Report	18' Hadji 63' Voavy 73' Messadia	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Amalou, Azerine, Bourouba

CS Constantine v ASM Oran

29 November 2014 12	CS Constantine	1–0	ASM Oran	Constantine
16:00	Boulemdaïs 10'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

MC Alger v CS Constantine

6 December 2014 13	MC Alger	0–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Benacer

CS Constantine v ES Sétif

21 December 2014 14	CS Constantine	1–2	ES Sétif	Constantine
17:00	Boulemdaïs 39'	Report	19' Djahnit 79' (pen.) Gasmi	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Benouza, Ghomari, Hallam

JS Kabylie v CS Constantine

31 December 2014 15	JS Kabylie	2–1	CS Constantine	Algiers
15:00	Ihadjadene 19' Abdul-Raheem 84'	Report	37' Boulemdaïs	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ghorbal, Serradj, Cherchar

CR Belouizdad v CS Constantine

20 January 2015 16	CR Belouizdad	1–1	CS Constantine	Algiers
17:00	Chebira 55'	Report	17' Sameur	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Saidi, Bechirène, Rezgane

CS Constantine v RC Arbaâ

24 January 2015 17	CS Constantine	2–0	RC Arbaâ	Constantine
16:00	Boulemdaïs 52', 61' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mial, Idir, Semsoum

USM El Harrach v CS Constantine

31 January 2015 18	USM El Harrach	1–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
15:00	Abid 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Ayad

MC El Eulma v CS Constantine

6 February 2015 19	MC El Eulma	3–0	CS Constantine	El Eulma
16:00	Maïza 55' Hemitti 62' Derrardja 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Bichari, Gourari, Belbachir

CS Constantine v MC Oran

14 February 2015 20	CS Constantine	0–0	MC Oran	Constantine
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Bourouba

USM Alger v CS Constantine

24 February 2015 21	USM Alger	2–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
18:00	Benmoussa 30' Belaïli 32'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

CS Constantine v MO Béjaïa

7 March 2015 22	CS Constantine	1–0	MO Béjaïa	Constantine
16:00	Voavy 10'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ghorbal, Serradj, Cherchar

USM Bel-Abbès v CS Constantine

20 March 2015 23	USM Bel-Abbès	2–0	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Khali 15', 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bichari, Salouadji, Baioud

CS Constantine v NA Hussein Dey

10 April 2015 24	CS Constantine	2–2	NA Hussein Dey	Constantine
16:00	Boucherit 30' Messadia 40'	Report	11' Ouhadda 88' Ndouasel	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boukhalfa, Allaoua, Yahia

JS Saoura v CS Constantine

17 April 2015 25	JS Saoura	1–1	CS Constantine	Béchar
16:00	Tiouli 45'	Report	43' (pen.) Boucherit	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bekouassa, Bourouba, Rachedi

CS Constantine v ASO Chlef

25 April 2015 26	CS Constantine	1–0	ASO Chlef	Constantine
17:00	Boucherit 33' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ghorbal, Serradj, Cherchar

ASM Oran v CS Constantine

9 May 2015 27	ASM Oran	0–1	CS Constantine	Oran
17:00		Report	15' Moulaye Ahmed	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Benbraham, Allaoua, Yahi

CS Constantine v MC Alger

16 May 2015 28	CS Constantine	1–1	MC Alger	Constantine
17:00	Boulemdaïs 52'	Report	79' Hachoud	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Arab, Bezine, Hamlaoui

ES Sétif v CS Constantine

23 May 2015 29	ES Sétif	2–0	CS Constantine	Sétif
17:00	Benyettou 32' Dagoulou 44'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Bekouassa, Hamlaoui, Bounoua

CS Constantine v JS Kabylie

29 May 2015 30	CS Constantine	3–1	JS Kabylie	Constantine
17:00	Boulemdaïs 9', 90' Sameur 14'	Report	21' (pen.) Rial	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mial, Allaoua, Yahi

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Algerian Cup

CS Constantine v MC Alger

13 December 2014 Round of 64	CS Constantine	2–1 (a.e.t.)	MC Alger	Constantine
16:00	Boulemdaïs 23' (pen.) Guerabis 98'	Repport	9' (o.g.) Bouba	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

CS Constantine^[4] v USM Bel-Abbès

26 December 2014 Round of 32	CS Constantine[5]	1–0 (a.e.t.)	USM Bel-Abbès	Constantine
16:00	Voavy 114'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Benbraham,Alaoua, Cheballa

CS Constantine v USM Bel-Abbès

5 January 2015 Replay	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Blida
16:00	Sameur 35'	Repport		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker

JS Kabylie v CS Constantine

February 20, 2015 Round of 16	JS Kabylie	1–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
16:00	Ihadjadène 9'	Repport		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Benacer

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Hamza Dahmane	2	0	2	0	0	0
18	GK	ALG	Nadjib Ghoul	2	0	2	0	0	0
71	GK	ALG	Cédric Si Mohamed	26	0	26	0	0	0
Defenders
7	DF	ALG	Hamid Bahri	11	0	11	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Samir Belfodil	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	MLI	Ousmane Berthé	16	0	16	0	0	0
88	DF	ALG	Belkacem Remache	28	1	28	1	0	0
28	DF	ALG	Amer Belakhdar	7	0	7	0	0	0
22	DF	ALG	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	29	0	29	0	0	0
29	DF	ALG	Rachid Bouhenna	19	0	19	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Lucas Rouabah	8	2	8	2	0	0
30	DF	ALG	Abdelmalek Djeghbala	16	0	16	0	0	0
Midfielders
20	MF	ALG	Fouad Allag	21	0	21	0	0	0
15	MF	ALG	Antar Boucherit	14	3	14	3	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Abou El Kacem Hadji	17	2	17	2	0	0
13	MF	ALG	Abdelhak Sameur	27	4	27	4	0	0
16	MF	ALG	Merouane Anane	9	0	9	0	0	0
21	MF	ALG	Elias M'Baye	8	0	8	0	0	0
8	MF	ALG	Ahmed Rani	12	0	12	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Otman Djellilahine	10	0	10	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Youssef Laouafi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
14	FW	ALG	Hamza Boulemdaïs	23	14	23	14	0	0
99	FW	ALG	Ahmed Messadia	21	2	21	2	0	0
11	FW	MAD	Paulin Voavy	26	3	26	3	0	0
24	FW	ALG	Toufik Guerabis	27	0	27	0	0	0
39	FW	ALG	Belkacem Zobiri	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	MTN	Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	11	1	11	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
	DF	CMR	Bouba Aminou	11	0	11	0	0	0

Last updated: 11 June 2018
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Ligue 1	Cup	TOTAL
14		Hamza Boulemdaïs	FW	14	1	15
13		Abdelhak Sameur	MF	4	1	5
15		Antar Boucherit	MF	4	0	4
11		Paulin Voavy	FW	3	0	3
10		Abou El Kacem Hadji	MF	2	0	2
99		Ahmed Messadia	FW	2	0	2
17		Lucas Rouabah	DF	2	0	2
24		Toufik Guerabis	FW	0	1	1
88		Belkacem Remache	FW	1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				32	3	35

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2014	GK	Hamza Dahmane	MC Oran	Free transfer
1 July 2014	MF	Abou El Kacem Hadji	RC Arbaâ	Free transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	JS Kabylie	Free transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Lucas Rouabah	AS Cannes	Free transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Belkacem Remache	JS Kabylie	Free transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Hamid Bahri	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer
1 July 2014	MF	Merouane Anane	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer
1 July 2014	FW	Toufik Guerabis	CSO Amneville	Free transfer
1 July 2014	FW	Belkacem Zobiri	AS Cannes	Free transfer
5 July 2014	FW	Ahmed Messadia	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[6]
5 July 2014	MF	Elias M'Baye	AS Yzeure	Free transfer
9 July 2014	FW	Paulin Voavy	AS Cannes	Free transfer	[7]
21 July 2014	DF	Abdelmalek Djeghbala	MC Alger	Free transfer	[8]
13 July 2014	GK	Nadjib Ghoul	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[9]
20 July 2014	MF	Ahmed Rani	CS Fola Esch	Free transfer	[10]
24 July 2014	DF	Bouba Aminou	Espérance de Tunis	Loan for six months
11 November 2014	DF	Antar Boucherit	JS Saoura	Free transfer	[11]
13 January 2015	FW	Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[12]
15 January 2015	MF	Otman Djellilahine	BEC Tero Sasana	Free transfer

Out