2015–16 CS Constantine season

In the 2015–16 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 20th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. The National Well Works Company (ENTP), regional leader in drilling whose head office is in Hassi Messaoud, also part of the giant oil group Sonatrach, will officially take over from Tassili Airlines.^[1] This change is motivated by the financial problems encountered by Tassili Airlines and ENTP with share capital of 14,800,000,000 DA, bought the majority of the shares of the SSPA/CS Constantine.^[1]

CS Constantine

2015–16 season
CS Constantine 2015–16 with From Left to Right: Stand Up : Remache - Djeghbala - Aksas - Bencherifa - Boulemdaïs - Si Mohamed. Sitting Voavy - Boucherit - Bezzaz (C) - Djellilahine - Koné.
Owner	ENTP (from 4 April 2016)[1]
Chairman	Mohamed Haddad
Head coach	Hubert Velud (until 18 October 2015)[2] Didier Gomes Da Rosa (from 5 November 2015)[3]
Stadium	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Ligue 1	8th
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Confederation Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Yacine Bezzaz (7) All: Yacine Bezzaz (7)
Home colours Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2014.^[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		Hamza Dahmane	GK	(1990-09-22)22 September 1990 (aged 24)	MC Oran
18		Nadjib Ghoul	GK	(1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 29)	ES Sétif
16		Cédric Si Mohamed	GK	(1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 30)	JSM Béjaïa
Defenders
7		Hamid Bahri	RB	(1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 25)	MO Béjaïa
20		Farid Cheklam	CB	(1984-09-21)21 September 1984 (aged 30)	Najran SC
4		Amine Aksas	CB	(1983-03-05)5 March 1983 (aged 32)	MC Alger
88		Belkacem Remache	RB	(1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 29)	JS Kabylie
28		Amer Belakhdar	LB	(1980-01-20)20 January 1980 (aged 35)	JSM Béjaïa
17		Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	LB	(1988-11-06)6 November 1988 (aged 26)	JS Kabylie
19		Farid Mellouli	CB	(1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 31)	Al-Qadisiyah FC
27		Zineddine Mekkaoui	LB	(1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 28)	JS Kabylie
15		Sofyane Cherfa	CB	(1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 31)	Panthrakikos
Midfielders
26		Sabri Gharbi	DM	(1987-05-26)26 May 1987 (aged 28)	MC Alger
10		Mourad Meghni	AM	(1984-04-16)16 April 1984 (aged 31)	Unattached
13		Abdelhak Sameur	DM	(1990-11-12)12 November 1990 (aged 24)	WA Tlemcen
29		Merouane Anane	DM	(1990-05-31)31 May 1990 (aged 25)	CR Belouizdad
22		Otman Djellilahine	AM	(1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 28)	BEC Tero Sasana
24		Toufik Guerabis	DM	(1991-07-31)31 July 1991 (aged 24)	CSO Amnéville
15		Antar Boucherit	DM	(1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 31)	JS Saoura
10		Mourad Meghni	AM	(198-04-16)16 April 198 (aged 1817)	Unattached
Forwards
5		Yacine Bezzaz	LM / RW / LW	(1981-07-10)10 July 1981 (aged 34)	MC Oran
14		Hamza Boulemdaïs	ST	(1982-11-22)22 November 1982 (aged 32)	JS Kabylie
9		Ahmed Messadia	ST	(1986-06-15)15 June 1986 (aged 29)	JS Kabylie
11		Paulin Voavy	LW	(1987-11-10)10 November 1987 (aged 27)	AS Cannes
25		Koro Koné	ST	(1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 26)	Arles-Avignon
8		Bessam		(1987-12-05)5 December 1987 (aged 27)	JS Kabylie

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	26	34	−8	036.67	—	8th	15 August 2015	27 May 2015
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	Round of 64		18 December 2015
CAF Confederation Cup	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	050.00	First round	Second round	13 March 2016	20 April 2016
Total	35	13	9	13	32	40	−8	037.14

Ligue 1

Main article: 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	MO Béjaïa	30	11	11	8	33	23	+10	44[a]
7	DRB Tadjenanet	30	11	10	9	32	30	+2	43
8	CS Constantine	30	11	9	10	26	32	−6	42
9	USM El Harrach	30	10	11	9	28	27	+1	41
10	MC Oran	30	9	13	8	40	35	+5	40[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. 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. ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.
2. MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0.

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	26	32	−6	42	9	4	2	17	9	+8	2	5	8	9	23	−14

Last updated: 31 January 2015.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	2	1	4	5	7	9	7	9	11	12	13	12	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

JS Kabylie v CS Constantine

15 August 2015 Round 1	JS Kabylie	0–1	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
18:00		Report Live TV: None	72' Voavy	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Ghorbal, Seradj, Charchar

CS Constantine v MC Oran

22 August 2015 Round 2	CS Constantine	2–1	MC Oran	Constantine
18:00	Aksas 25' Bezzaz 57'	Report	39' Za'abia	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

ES Sétif v CS Constantine

29 August 2015 Round 3	ES Sétif	2–1	CS Constantine	Sétif
17:40	Korbiaa 37' Benyettou 60'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	19' Koné	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Boukhalfa, Itchiali, Zerhouni

MO Béjaïa v CS Constantine

12 September 2015 Round 4	MO Béjaïa	0–0	CS Constantine	Béjaïa
17:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Arab

CS Constantine v USM Alger

19 September 2015 Round 5	CS Constantine	0–2	USM Alger	Constantine
17:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3	60' Andria 80' (pen.) Aoudia	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

CR Belouizdad v CS Constantine

28 September 2015 Round 6	CR Belouizdad	2–0	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
18:00	Yahia-Chérif 35' Feham 88'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Benouza, Mekkaoui, Omari

CS Constantine v USM El Harrach

2 October 2015 Round 7	CS Constantine	2–0	USM El Harrach	Constantine
18:00	Djellilahine 36' Boulemdaïs 63'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Benbraham, Alaoua, Yahi

JS Saoura v CS Constantine

17 October 2015 Round 8	JS Saoura	4–1	CS Constantine	Béchar
18:00	Merbah 21' Belkheir 41' Djallit 55' Hamia 67'	Report Live TV: None	88' Sameur	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bachir, Bouali, Hadj Saïd

CS Constantine v USM Blida

23 October 2015 Round 9	CS Constantine	1–1	USM Blida	Constantine
18:00	Moulaye 6'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	54' (pen.) Noubli	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Bounoua

ASM Oran v CS Constantine

30 October 2015 Round 10	ASM Oran	4–0	CS Constantine	Oran
15:00	Elghoumari 20', 53', 56' Bentiba 90+3' (pen.)	Report Live TV: beIN Sports / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul Referee: Arab, Bioud, Brahim

CS Constantine v RC Relizane

6 November 2015 Round 11	CS Constantine	1–1	RC Relizane	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 85' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None	31' Tiaïba	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boukoussa, Rachedi, Naam

DRB Tadjenanet v CS Constantine

21 November 2015 Round 12	DRB Tadjenanet	1–0	CS Constantine	Tadjenanet
15:00	Hadef 28'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Benouza, Oumari, Ayad

CS Constantine v MC Alger

28 November 2015 Round 13	CS Constantine	1–1	MC Alger	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 50'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	76' Karaoui	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Saïdi, Etchiali, Miraoui

NA Hussein Dey v CS Constantine

10 December 2015 Round 14	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
17:00	Gasmi 49'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Benali

CS Constantine v RC Arbaâ

26 December 2015 Round 15	CS Constantine	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 20' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Amalou

CS Constantine v JS Kabylie

16 January 2016 Round 16	CS Constantine	0–1	JS Kabylie	Constantine
16:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	60' Ferhani	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Aouina, Benaïssa, Kechida

MC Oran v CS Constantine

22 January 2016 Round 17	MC Oran	1–1	CS Constantine	Oran
16:00	Berramla 11'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	56' Boulemdaïs	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Helalchi, Azrine, Doulache

CS Constantine v ES Sétif

29 January 2016 Round 18	CS Constantine	1–0	ES Sétif	Constantine
16:00	Sameur 46'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boukouassa, Bounouioua, Rachedi

CS Constantine v MO Béjaïa

5 February 2016 Round 19	CS Constantine	1–0	MO Béjaïa	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 48' (pen.)	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ghorbal, Itchiali, Hadj Said

USM Alger v CS Constantine

12 February 2016 Round 20	USM Alger	1–1	CS Constantine	Bologhine
18:00	Boudebouda 82'	Report Live TV: None	48' Voavy	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Brahimi, Semsoum, Idir

CS Constantine v CR Belouizdad

27 February 2016 Round 21	CS Constantine	2–1	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
16:00	Bencherifa 18' Bezzaz 40' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None	72' Yahia-Chérif	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: S. Aouina, F. Aouina F, Bennaïssa

USM El Harrach v CS Constantine

5 March 2016 Round 22	USM El Harrach	1–0	CS Constantine	El Harrach
16:00	Younes 22'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Arab, Biod, Maghlout

CS Constantine v JS Saoura

25 March 2016 Round 23	CS Constantine	1–1	JS Saoura	Constantine
18:00	Gharbi 23'	Report Live TV: None	90+5'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mial, Allaoua, Yahi

USM Blida v CS Constantine

2 April 2016 Round 24	USM Blida	0–0	CS Constantine	Blida
16:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Bourrechou

CS Constantine v ASM Oran

15 April 2016 Round 25	CS Constantine	2–0	ASM Oran	Constantine
16:00	Voavy 10' Boulemdaïs 86'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ibrahim, Boulekrinet, Boulekrinet

RC Relizane v CS Constantine

23 April 2016 Round 26	RC Relizane	2–2	CS Constantine	Relizane
16:00	Kherbache 40' Rabhi 51'	Report Live TV: None	34' Bencherifa 38' (pen.) Bezzaz	Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Halalchi, Azrine, Doulache

CS Constantine v DRB Tadjenanet

30 April 2016 Round 27	CS Constantine	1–0	DRB Tadjenanet	Constantine
16:00	Aksas 55'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Brahimi, Bounoua, Bourouba

MC Alger v CS Constantine

13 May 2016 Round 28	MC Alger	3–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:30	Derrardja 21' Gourmi 44' Boucherit 90+4'	Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Al Kass Sports / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Ghorbal, Etchali, Hadj Saïd

CS Constantine v NA Hussein Dey

20 May 2016 Round 29	CS Constantine	1–0	NA Hussein Dey	Constantine
17:30	Ahmed 28'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Benali

RC Arbaâ v CS Constantine

27 May 2016 Round 30	RC Arbaâ	1–2	CS Constantine	Larbaâ
17:30	Bakir 6'	Report Live TV: None	89' Meghni 90' Voavy	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Guettoum, Benaissa, Aouina

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Algerian Cup

MC El Eulma v CS Constantine

18 December 2015 Round of 64	MC El Eulma	1–0 (a.e.t.)	CS Constantine	El Eulma
16:00	Madani 116'	Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Mial, Salaouadji et Bourouba

Confederation Cup

Main article: 2016 CAF Confederation Cup

First round

Main article: 2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

Nasarawa United v CS Constantine

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) first leg	Nasarawa United	1–0	CS Constantine	Abuja
14:00 UTC+1	Azango 84'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

CS Constantine v Nasarawa United

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) Second leg	CS Constantine	4–1	Nasarawa United	Constantine
18:00 UTC+1	Bezzaz 45+1' (pen.) Messadia 76' Meghni 78' Voavy 83'	Report	67' Bature	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)

Second round

CS Constantine v Misr Lel Makkasa

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) first leg	CS Constantine	1–0	Misr Lel Makkasa	Constantine
18:00 UTC+1	Meghni 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

Misr Lel Makkasa v CS Constantine

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) Second leg	Misr Lel Makkasa	3–1	CS Constantine	Faiyum
18:00 UTC+2	Poku 13' Gaber 50', 83'	Report	Voavy 76'	Stadium: Faiyum Stadium Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup		Confederation Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Hamza Dahmane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	ALG	Nadjib Ghoul	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
16	GK	ALG	Cédric Si Mohamed	29	0	26	0	1	0	2	0
Defenders
7	DF	ALG	Hamid Bahri	20	1	16	1	0	0	4	0
20	DF	ALG	Farid Cheklam	17	0	12	0	1	0	4	0
4	DF	ALG	Amine Aksas	17	2	15	2	0	0	2	0
88	DF	ALG	Belkacem Remache	21	0	19	0	1	0	1	0
28	DF	ALG	Amer Belakhdar	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	31	2	26	2	1	0	4	0
19	DF	ALG	Farid Mellouli	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ALG	Zineddine Mekkaoui	14	0	12	0	1	0	1	0
26	DF	ALG	Sabri Gharbi	21	1	16	1	1	0	4	0
15	DF	ALG	Sofyane Cherfa	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
10	MF	ALG	Mourad Meghni	14	3	11	1	0	0	3	2
13	MF	ALG	Abdelhak Sameur	29	2	25	2	1	0	3	0
29	MF	ALG	Merouane Anane	14	0	12	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	ALG	Otman Djellilahine	23	1	20	1	1	0	2	0
5	MF	ALG	Yacine Bezzaz	32	8	27	7	1	0	4	1
Forwards
14	FW	ALG	Hamza Boulemdaïs	30	3	28	3	0	0	2	0
9	FW	ALG	Ahmed Messadia	23	1	19	0	1	0	3	1
11	FW	MAD	Paulin Voavy	28	5	24	3	0	0	4	2
25	FW	NIG	Koro Issa Ahmed Koné	14	1	10	1	1	0	3	0
24	FW	ALG	Toufik Guerabis	30	0	25	0	1	0	4	0
8	FW	MTN	Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	21	2	18	2	1	0	2	0
Players transferred out during the season
	MF	ALG	Antar Boucherit	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Abdelmalek Djeghbala	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
21 June 2015	DF	Amine Aksas	MC Alger	Free transfer	[5]
21 June 2015	DF	Farid Cheklam	Najran SC	Free transfer	[5]
21 June 2015	DF	Zineddine Mekkaoui	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[5]
21 June 2015	DF	Sabri Gharbi	MC Alger	Free transfer	[5]
25 June 2015	MF	Yacine Bezzaz	MC Oran	Free transfer	[6]
15 July 2015	FW	Koro Issa Ahmed Koné	Dijon FCO	Free transfer	[7]
11 January 2016	DF	Sofyane Cherfa	Panthrakikos	Free transfer	[8]
13 January 2016	DF	Farid Mellouli	Al-Qadisiyah FC	Free transfer	[9]

Out