2016–17 CS Constantine season

In the 2016–17 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 21st season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

CS Constantine

2016–17 season
Head coach	Didier Gomes Da Rosa (until 11 September 2016) Karim Khouda (from 11 September 2016) (until 19 September 2016) Roger Lemerre (from September 2016) (until September 2016) Miguel Ángel Portugal (from November 2016) (until 10 December 2016) Abdelkader Amrani (from 1 January 2017)
Stadium	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine
Ligue 1	9th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Manucho (6) All: Manucho (6)
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Non-competitive

Pre-season

Olympique Tabarka v CS Constantine

21 July 2016 (2016-07-21) Friendly match	Olympique Tabarka	1 – 5	CS Constantine	Hammam Bourguiba, Tunisia
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Aoudia Baïteche Meghni Bezzaz

Mid-season

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	10	9	11	34	33	+1	033.33	—	9th	20 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	25 November 2016	17 December 2016
Total	32	11	9	12	36	35	+1	034.38

Ligue 1

Main article: 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	MC Oran	30	9	13	8	24	25	−1	40[a]
8	NA Hussein Dey	30	11	7	12	38	37	+1	40[a]	Qualification for 2017 Arab Club Championship
9	CS Constantine	30	10	9	11	34	33	+1	39[b]
10	DRB Tadjenanet	30	10	9	11	33	32	+1	39[b]
11	JS Kabylie	30	8	14	8	20	24	−4	38[c]

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. 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. MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0 however goal difference in the first leg MCO (+7) NAH (+2).
2. DRB Tadjenanet ahead of CS Constantine on head-to-head record: CSC–DRB 4–2, DRB–CSC 1–0.
3. JS Kabylie ahead of Olympique de Médéa on head-to-head record: JSK–OMM 0–1, OMM–JSK 1–2.

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	10	9	11	34	33	+1	39	8	5	2	23	13	+10	2	4	9	11	20	−9

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W
Position	5	12	12	13	10	6	6	5	6	7	10	10	11	13	14	14	13	13	11	12	13	12	14	14	14	11	13	13	11	9

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

CS Constantine v ES Sétif

20 August 2016 Round 1	CS Constantine	2–2	ES Sétif	Constantine
21:00	Meghni 23', 45'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	40' (pen.) Nadji 75' Djahnit	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

JS Saoura v CS Constantine

27 August 2016 Round 2	JS Saoura	1–0	CS Constantine	Béchar
19:00	Zaidi 22'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

CS Constantine v MO Béjaïa

10 September 2016 Round 3	CS Constantine	2–2	MO Béjaïa	Constantine
21:00	Cherfa 5' Bencherifa 18'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Algérie 3	45' Messadia 90+3' Betorangal	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Redouane Necib

USM Alger v CS Constantine

17 September 2016 Round 4	USM Alger	1–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
19:00	Meziane 51'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

CS Constantine v DRB Tadjenanet

23 September 2016 Round 5	CS Constantine	4–2	DRB Tadjenanet	Constantine
17:00	Sameur 20' Meghni 53' (pen.) Aoudia 65' Belameiri 90'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	16' Chettal 42' Chibane	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

CS Constantine v USM Bel-Abbès

1 October 2016 Round 6	CS Constantine	3–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Constantine
17:00	Aoudia 7' Meghni 69' (pen.) Belkheir 90+2'	Report Live TV: None	8' Korbiaa	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

CR Belouizdad v CS Constantine

14 October 2016 Round 7	CR Belouizdad	1–2	CS Constantine	Mohamed Belouizdad
16:00	Draoui 26'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	53' Meghni 90+6' Zerara	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Redouane Necib

CS Constantine v RC Relizane

20 October 2016 Round 8	CS Constantine	0–0	RC Relizane	Constantine
17:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Farouk Mial

Olympique de Médéa v CS Constantine

28 October 2016 Round 9	Olympique de Médéa	3–2	CS Constantine	Médéa
15:30	Banouh 45' Hamia 52' (pen.), 80'	Report Live TV: None	25' (pen.) Aoudia 28' (pen.) Zerara	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

CS Constantine v JS Kabylie

4 November 2016 Round 10	CS Constantine	0–1	JS Kabylie	Constantine
16:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3	90+3' Boulaouidet	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

MC Alger v CS Constantine

13 November 2016 Round 11	MC Alger	2–1	CS Constantine	Algiers
18:00	Karaoui 45' Boudebouda 55'	Report Live TV: None	34' Manucho	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

CS Constantine v USM El Harrach

19 November 2016 Round 12	CS Constantine	0–0	USM El Harrach	Constantine
16:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Said Aouina

CA Batna v CS Constantine

3 December 2016 Round 13	CA Batna	0–0	CS Constantine	Batna
15:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium Referee: Merzak Halalchi

CS Constantine v NA Hussein Dey

10 December 2016 Round 14	CS Constantine	1–2	NA Hussein Dey	Constantine
16:00	Manucho 47'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	8' Abid 12' Gasmi	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

MC Oran v CS Constantine

23 December 2016 Round 15	MC Oran	2–1	CS Constantine	Oran
16:00	Bentiba 30' (pen.) Souibaâh 35'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	11' Bezzaz	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

ES Sétif v CS Constantine

21 January 2017 Round 16	ES Sétif	1–0	CS Constantine	Sétif
15:00	Kenniche 77'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

CS Constantine v JS Saoura

27 January 2017 Round 17	CS Constantine	1–0	JS Saoura	Constantine
16:00	Manucho 48'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

MO Béjaïa v CS Constantine

4 February 2017 Round 18	MO Béjaïa	2–2	CS Constantine	Béjaïa
16:00	Lakhdari 43' Messadia 90'	Report Live TV: None	7' Belameiri 64' Manucho	Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

CS Constantine v USM Alger

9 February 2017 Round 19	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Alger	Constantine
16:00	Sameur 51'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

DRB Tadjenanet v CS Constantine

17 February 2017 Round 20	DRB Tadjenanet	1–0	CS Constantine	Tadjenanet
15:00	Demane 76'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Marzouk Brahimi

USM Bel-Abbès v CS Constantine

24 February 2017 Round 21	USM Bel-Abbès	1–0	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Boucheriha 80' (o.g.)	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

CS Constantine v CR Belouizdad

4 March 2017 Round 22	CS Constantine	2–1	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
16:00	Belameiri 15', 22'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	89' Hamia	Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

RC Relizane v CS Constantine

10 March 2017 Round 23	RC Relizane	3–0	CS Constantine	Relizane
16:00	Derrag 26' Benayad 49' (pen.) Mekkaoui 90+2'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / EPTV Terrestre		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

CS Constantine v Olympique de Médéa

18 March 2017 Round 24	CS Constantine	1–1	Olympique de Médéa	Constantine
16:00	Aoudia 11'	Report Live TV: None	69' Saadou	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Said Aouina

JS Kabylie v CS Constantine

6 May 2017 Round 25	JS Kabylie	0–0	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
16:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

CS Constantine v MC Alger

20 May 2017 Round 26	CS Constantine	2–0	MC Alger	Constantine
16:00	Manucho 22' (pen.) Rebih 76'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

USM El Harrach v CS Constantine

26 May 2017 Round 27	USM El Harrach	1–1	CS Constantine	El Harrach
16:00	Aichi 7'	Report Live TV: None	75' Belkheir	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

CS Constantine v CA Batna

7 June 2017 Round 28	CS Constantine	3–1	CA Batna	Constantine
17:00	Manucho 10' Bezzaz 12' Zerara 22'	Report Live TV: None	13' (pen.) Djarbou	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Merzak Halalchi

NA Hussein Dey v CS Constantine

10 June 2017 Round 29	NA Hussein Dey	1–2	CS Constantine	Mohamed Belouizdad
17:00	Gasmi 20' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None	10' Rebih 24' Bezzaz	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

CS Constantine v MC Oran

14 June 2017 Round 30	CS Constantine	1–0	MC Oran	Constantine
17:00	Rebih 3'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

Algerian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Algerian Cup

CS Constantine v ASM Oran

25 November 2016 Round of 64	CS Constantine	2–1	ASM Oran	Constantine
16:00	Belameiri 79', 86'	Report Live TV: None	Masmoudi 89'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Sekhraoui, Salaouadji, Hadji

JS Saoura v CS Constantine

17 December 2016 Round of 32	JS Saoura	1–0	CS Constantine	Béchar
17:00	Bencharif 22'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Benoura, Omari, Ayad

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Houssam Limane	2	0	1	0	1	0
16	GK	ALG	Cédric Si Mohamed	24	0	23	0	1	0
Defenders
29	DF	ALG	Hamid Bahri	21	0	19	0	2	0
3	DF	ALG	Houcine Benayada	28	0	26	0	2	0
17	DF	ALG	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	26	1	24	1	2	0
	DF	ALG	Amine Boucheriha	2	0	2	0	0	0
15	DF	ALG	Sofyane Cherfa	19	1	19	1	0	0
26	DF	ALG	Arslane Mazari	9	0	9	0	0	0
23	DF	ALG	Nasreddine Zaâlani	25	0	23	0	2	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ALG	El Hedi Belameiri	25	6	23	4	2	2
5	MF	ALG	Yacine Bezzaz	22	3	20	3	2	0
	MF	ALG	Amir Bourekeb	2	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	ALG	Messaoud Gharbi	26	0	24	0	2	0
	MF	ALG	Touhami Guermati	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF	ALG	Abdelaziz Kebbal	8	0	8	0	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Mourad Meghni	8	5	8	5	0	0
13	MF	ALG	Abdelhak Sameur	24	2	22	2	2	0
4	MF	ALG	Elyes Seddiki	2	0	2	0	0	0
22	MF	ALG	Toufik Zerara	24	3	24	3	0	0
Forwards
11	FW	ALG	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	21	4	20	4	1	0
18	FW	ALG	Abdenour Belkheir	28	2	26	2	2	0
	FW	ALG	Cherif Kebaili	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW	CIV	Manucho	24	6	22	6	2	0
28	FW	ALG	Aboubaker Rebih	13	3	13	3	0	0
37	FW	ALG	Adem Redjehimi	3	0	3	0	0	0
6	FW	ALG	Mohamed Taib	19	0	18	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
	MF	ALG	Toufik Guerabis	11	0	10	0	1	0
	MF	ALG	Karim Baiteche	14	0	12	0	2	0
	GK	ALG	Nadjib Ghoul	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Farid Mellouli	8	0	7	0	1	0

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

Goalscorers

Squad list

As of 15 January 2017.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALG Houssam Limane 3 DF  ALG Houcine Benayada 4 MF  ALG Elyes Seddiki 5 MF  ALG Yacine Bezzaz 6 MF  ALG Mohamed Taib 7 MF  ALG El Hadi Belameiri 10 MF  ALG Mourad Meghni 11 FW  ALG Mohamed Amine Aoudia 13 MF  ALG Abdelhak Sameur 15 DF  ALG Sofyane Cherfa 16 GK  ALG Cédric Si Mohamed 17 MF  ALG Mohamed Walid Bencherifa

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ALG Abdenour Belkheir 20 FW  CIV Manucho 21 MF  ALG Messaoud Gharbei 22 MF  ALG Toufik Zerara 23 DF  ALG Nasreddine Zaâlani 25 MF  ALG Abdelaziz Kebbal 26 DF  ALG Arslane Mazari 28 MF  ALG Aboubaker Rebih 29 DF  ALG Hamid Bahri 30 GK  FRA Anthony Martin 37 FW  ALG Adem Redjehimi 40 GK  ALG Rami Bezzaz 47 MF  ALG Youcef Boukous

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
19 June 2016	AM	Karim Baïteche	USM Alger	Free transfer	[2]
19 July 2016	CB / RB	Houcine Benayada	USM Alger	Free	[3]
30 June 2016	CF	Manucho	USM Alger	Loan	[4]
1 July 2016	DM	Mohamed Taib	USM Alger	Free	[5]
1 July 2016	CF	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	USM Alger	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2016	DM	Toufik Zerara	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2016	AM	El Hedi Belameiri	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2016	LB	Sofiane Ben Braham	MC Alger	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2016	RW	Abdenour Belkheir	JS Saoura	Free transfer	[10]
1 July 2016	DF	Messaoud Gharbi	USM El Harrach	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CB	Nasreddine Zaâlani	RC Arbaâ	Free transfer	[6]
9 January 2016	GK	Anthony Martin	Vendée Luçon Football	Free
11 January 2017	CB	Arslane Mazari	DRB Tadjenanet	Free transfer
12 January 2017	LW	Aboubaker Rebih	CR Belouizdad	????
14 January 2017	AM	Elyes Seddiki	MC Alger	45,000 €

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2016	CF	Ahmed Messadia	MO Béjaïa	Free	[11]
1 July 2016	MF	Paulin Voavy	Misr Lel-Makkasa	Free	[12]
1 July 2016	CF	Koro Issa Ahmed Koné	Unattached	Free
1 July 2016	AM	Otman Djellilahine	Unattached	Free
1 July 2016	LB	Amer Belakhdar	NARB Reghaïa	Free transfer
5 July 2016	LB	Zineddine Mekkaoui	RC Relizane	Free transfer
14 July 2016	CF	Hamza Boulemdaïs	ES Sétif	Free	[13]
19 July 2016	CB	Farid Cheklam	MO Béjaïa	Free	[14]
25 July 2016	RB	Belkacem Remache	RC Relizane	Free transfer
28 July 2016	CB	Sabri Gharbi	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer
31 July 2016	CB	Amine Aksas	RC Arbaâ	Free
3 August 2016	LW	Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	Al-Ansar	Free transfer
14 January 2017	DM	Toufik Guerabis	DRB Tadjenanet	Free
7 January 2017	AM	Karim Baiteche	JS Kabylie	Free	[15]
8 January 2017	GK	Nadjib Ghoul	USM Bel-Abbès	Free
2017	DF	Farid Mellouli	ES Sétif	Free