2021–22 CS Constantine season

In the 2021–22 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 26th season. It is their 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.

CS Constantine

2021–22 season
Owner	ENTP
Head coach	Chérif Hadjar (from 4 September 2021)[1] (until 15 February 2022)[2] Kheïreddine Madoui (from 1 March 2022)[3]
Stadium	Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek
Ligue 1	5th
Top goalscorer	League: Marcellin Koukpo (11 goals) All: Marcellin Koukpo (11 goals)
Biggest win	5–0 vs RC Arbaâ (H) (13 March 2022)
Biggest defeat	0–2 vs USM Alger (A) (20 May 2022)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 October 2021.^[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.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun	(1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
16		GK	Fares Boukerrit	(1998-03-09)9 March 1998 (aged 23)	ASM Oran
23		GK	Chamseddine Rahmani	(1990-09-15)15 September 1990 (aged 31)	Damac
Defenders
3		LB	Yacine Salhi	(1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 28)	MO Béjaïa
5		CB	Zidane Mebarakou	(1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 32)	MC Alger
12		RB	Mohamed Guemroud	(1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 27)	AS Ain M'lila
17		RB	Zineddine Benyahia	(1990-02-20)20 February 1990 (aged 31)	AS Ain M'lila
19		CB	Chamseddine Derradji	(1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 29)	NC Magra
21		RB	Hamza Rebiai	(1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 27)	Olympique de Médéa
24		CB	Mohammed Hamza	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 27)	USM Bel Abbès
26		LB	Ahmed Maâmeri	(1997-06-25)25 June 1997 (aged 24)	WA Boufarik
27		RB	Amir Belaili	(1991-02-10)10 February 1991 (aged 30)	AS Ain M'lila
Midfielders
6		MF	Mohamed Benchaira	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 29)	JS Kabylie
8		MF	Samir Aiboud	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad
11		MF	Aymane Issad Lakdja	(1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 23)	NC Magra
15		MF	Zakaria Messibah	(1995-10-16)16 October 1995 (aged 26)	Paradou AC
14		MF	Kamel Belmessaoud	(1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 31)	JSM Béjaïa
18		MF	Sharaf Eldin Shiboub	(1994-06-07)7 June 1994 (aged 27)	Simba Sports Club
Forwards
7		FW	Marcellin Koukpo	(1995-04-06)6 April 1995 (aged 26)	CR Belouizdad
9		FW	Okacha Hamzaoui	(1990-11-29)29 November 1990 (aged 31)	Tractor
10		FW	Chouaib Debbih	(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 29)	AS Ain M'lila
13		FW	Mohamed Itim	(1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (aged 24)	USM Bel Abbès
20		FW	Hamza Belahouel	(1993-06-08)8 June 1993 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad
22		FW	Ilyes Yaiche	(1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 24)	USM Alger
25		FW	Brahim Dib	(1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 28)	AS Ain M'lila

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	34	15	10	9	46	29	+17	044.12	—	5th	22 October 2021	11 June 2022
Total	34	15	10	9	46	29	+17	044.12

Updated to match played 11 June 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	JS Saoura	34	17	9	8	59	23	+36	60	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	34	15	12	7	45	22	+23	57
5	CS Constantine	34	15	10	9	46	29	+17	55
6	Paradou AC	34	16	6	12	43	36	+7	54[a]
7	ES Sétif	34	15	9	10	43	24	+19	54[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: the-sports.org
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. Paradou AC finished ahead of ES Sétif on head-to-head points: Paradou AC 1–0 ES Sétif, ES Sétif 0–1 Paradou AC.

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
34	15	10	9	46	29	+17	55	11	4	2	29	10	+19	4	6	7	17	19	−2

Last updated: 11 June 2022.
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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	W
Position	13	14	10	7	5	6	8	4	7	5	5	2	5	7	6	6	7	9	9	9	8	7	7	5	6	6	5	6	6	8	8	7	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 October 2021.^[5]

CS Constantine v MC Oran

22 October 2021 Round 1	CS Constantine	0–1	MC Oran	Constantine
15:30		Report	Yadaden 57'	Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

CR Belouizdad v CS Constantine

29 October 2021 Round 2	CR Belouizdad	1–1	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
15:00	Merzougui 85'	Report	Koukpo 18'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

CS Constantine v NC Magra

6 November 2021 Round 3	CS Constantine	1–0	NC Magra	Constantine
15:00	Yaiche 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

WA Tlemcen v CS Constantine

20 November 2021 Round 4	WA Tlemcen	0–2	CS Constantine	Tlemcen
15:00		Report	Hamzaoui 47', 58'	Stadium: Stade Akid Lotfi Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

CS Constantine v MC Alger

25 November 2021 Round 5	CS Constantine	3–0	MC Alger	Constantine
14:30	Debbih 34' Belahouel 85' Salhi 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Ali Nader

RC Relizane v CS Constantine

3 December 2021 Round 6	RC Relizane	1–1	CS Constantine	Relizane
15:00	Meguenine 54'	Report	Debbih 33'	Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Malek Ait Ameur

CS Constantine v Olympique de Médéa

18 December 2021 Round 8	CS Constantine	1–0	Olympique de Médéa	Constantine
14:30	Debbih 28'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

ES Sétif v CS Constantine

24 December 2021 Round 9	ES Sétif	1–0	CS Constantine	Sétif
16:00	Motrani 24'	Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

CS Constantine v NA Hussein Dey

28 December 2021 Round 10	CS Constantine	2–1	NA Hussein Dey	Constantine
14:30	Koukpo 76', 89'	Report	Banouh 73'	Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

RC Arbaâ v CS Constantine

2 January 2022 Round 11	RC Arbaâ	0–1	CS Constantine	Boufarik
14:00		Report	Benchaira 83'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Reggaz Referee: Ali Nader

CS Constantine v JS Saoura

7 January 2022 Round 12	CS Constantine	1–0	JS Saoura	Constantine
15:00	Belahouel 68'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

US Biskra v CS Constantine

16 January 2022 Round 13	US Biskra	2–0	CS Constantine	Biskra
15:00	Boukarroum 42' Mokhtar 66'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

CS Constantine v USM Alger

21 January 2022 Round 14	CS Constantine	1–1	USM Alger	Constantine
14:30	Belahouel 16' Mebarakou  26'  46' Koukpo 90+4'	Report	Zouari 27'  76' Bouchina  56' Benbot  90+2'	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saidi

HB Chelghoum Laïd v CS Constantine

25 January 2022 Round 15	HB Chelghoum Laïd	1–1	CS Constantine	Chelghoum Laïd
14:30	Benamrane 31'	Report	Koukpo 6'	Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

CS Constantine v JS Kabylie

30 January 2022 Round 16	CS Constantine	2–1	JS Kabylie	Constantine
14:30	Koukpo 13' Temine 30'	Report	Oukaci 37'	Stadium: Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

Paradou AC v CS Constantine

3 February 2022 Round 7	Paradou AC	1–1	CS Constantine	Dar El Beïda
14:30	Benbouali 41'	Report	Koukpo 24'	Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdellah Benchehida

ASO Chlef v CS Constantine

7 February 2022 Round 17	ASO Chlef	1–0	CS Constantine	Chlef
17:00	Alili 66'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Hamza Boucetta

MC Oran v CS Constantine

25 February 2022 Round 18	MC Oran	2–1	CS Constantine	Oran
15:00	Belmokhtar 2' Djabout 10' (pen.)	Report	Koukpo 52'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

CS Constantine v CR Belouizdad

3 March 2022 Round 19	CS Constantine	1–2	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
14:30	Aiboud 14'	Report	Merzougui 73' Belkhiter 90+8' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

NC Magra v CS Constantine

7 March 2022 Round 20	NC Magra	1–1	CS Constantine	Magra
14:30	Ghanem 10'	Report	Ardji 83'	Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

CS Constantine v WA Tlemcen

13 March 2022 Round 21	CS Constantine	5–0	WA Tlemcen	Constantine
14:30	Belaili 32' Koukpo 47' Lakdja 50' Salhi 57' (pen.) Aiboud 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Riadh Ammar Khodja

MC Alger v CS Constantine

19 March 2022 Round 22	MC Alger	0–0	CS Constantine	Algiers
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

CS Constantine v RC Relizane

26 March 2022 Round 23	CS Constantine	4–0	RC Relizane	Constantine
15:00	Belahouel 34' Lakdja 47' Dib 56' Hamzaoui 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Hamza Boucetta

CS Constantine v Paradou AC

1 April 2022 Round 24	CS Constantine	1–0	Paradou AC	Constantine
16:00	Ardji 77'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Said Aouina

Olympique de Médéa v CS Constantine

12 April 2022 Round 25	Olympique de Médéa	2–1	CS Constantine	Médéa
16:45	Gagaa 49' Baâli 66'	Report	Mebarakou 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

NA Hussein Dey v CS Constantine

22 April 2022 Round 27	NA Hussein Dey	1–4	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
23:30	Benayad 37' (pen.)	Report	Dib 34', 44' (pen.) Aiboud 58' Koukpo 70'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Boutaraa

CS Constantine v RC Arbaâ

29 April 2022 Round 28	CS Constantine	1–1	RC Arbaâ	Constantine
16:45	Dib 42'	Report	Toumi Sief 2'	Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

JS Saoura v CS Constantine

7 May 2022 Round 29	JS Saoura	2–0	CS Constantine	Béchar
17:30	Lahmeri 75' (pen.) Hammia 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ali Nader

CS Constantine v US Biskra

14 May 2022 Round 30	CS Constantine	0–0	US Biskra	Constantine
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

USM Alger v CS Constantine

20 May 2022 Round 31	USM Alger	2–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
18:00	Alilet  47' Benhammouda 53' Meziane 67'	Report	Lakdja  47'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

CS Constantine v HB Chelghoum Laïd

27 May 2022 Round 32	CS Constantine	3–3	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Constantine
16:45	Lakdja 3' Koukpo 28' Aiboud 82'	Report	Demane 4', 89' Khaldi 27'	Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

CS Constantine v ES Sétif

1 June 2022 Round 26	CS Constantine	1–0	ES Sétif	Constantine
16:45	Ardji 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

JS Kabylie v CS Constantine

5 June 2022 Round 33	JS Kabylie	1–3	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
19:00	Mouaki 49'	Report	Ardji 24' Dib 78' (pen.) Bouldjedri 83'	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

CS Constantine v ASO Chlef

11 June 2022 Round 34	CS Constantine	2–0	ASO Chlef	Constantine
16:45	Zermane 12' Bouldjedri 27'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ramdane Benabdelmalek Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun	1	0	1	0
16	GK	ALG	Fares Boukerrit	9	0	9	0
23	GK	ALG	Chamseddine Rahmani	25	0	25	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Seif Eddine Chettih	12	0	12	0
3	DF	ALG	Yassine Salhi	19	2	19	2
5	DF	ALG	Zidane Mebarakou	28	1	28	1
12	DF	ALG	Mohamed Guemroud	29	0	29	0
19	DF	ALG	Chamseddine Derradji	25	0	25	0
21	DF	ALG	Hamza Rebai	29	0	29	0
26	DF	ALG	Ahmed Maâmeri	6	0	6	0
27	DF	ALG	Amir Belaili	17	1	17	1
42	DF	ALG	Islam Zermane	2	1	2	1
Midfielders
4	MF	ALG	Zakaria Kemoukh	11	0	11	0
6	MF	ALG	Mohamed Benchaira	29	1	29	1
8	MF	ALG	Samir Aiboud	26	4	26	4
14	MF	ALG	Kamel Belmessaoud	15	0	15	0
15	MF	ALG	Zakaria Messibah	25	0	25	0
71	MF	ALG	Mounder Temine	13	1	13	1
Forwards
7	FW	BEN	Marcellin Koukpo	27	11	27	11
9	FW	ALG	Okacha Hamzaoui	22	3	22	3
10	FW	ALG	Chouaib Debbih	25	3	25	3
11	FW	ALG	Aymane Issad Lakdja	15	3	15	3
13	FW	ALG	Mohamed Itim	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ALG	Hamza Belahouel	23	3	23	3
22	FW	ALG	Oualid Ardji	9	4	9	4
25	FW	ALG	Brahim Dib	30	5	30	5
72	FW	ALG	Nasreddine Bouldjedri	14	2	14	2
Players transferred out during the season
22	FW	ALG	Ilyes Yaiche	10	1	10	1

Last updated: 11 June 2022
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.	L 1	TOTAL
7		Marcellin Koukpo	FW	11	11
25		Brahim Dib	FW	5	5
8		Samir Aiboud	MF	4	4
22		Oualid Ardji	FW	4	4
20		Hamza Belahouel	FW	3	3
11		Aymane Issad Lakdja	FW	3	3
10		Chouaib Debbih	FW	3	3
9		Okacha Hamzaoui	FW	3	3
3		Yassine Salhi	DF	2	2
72		Nasreddine Bouldjedri	FW	2	2
5		Zidane Mebarakou	DF	1	1
27		Amir Belaili	DF	1	1
6		Mohamed Benchaira	MF	1	1
71		Mounder Temine	MF	1	1
22		Ilyes Yaiche	FW	1	1
42		Islam Zermane	DF	1	1
Own Goals				0	0
Totals				46	46

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
17 July 2021	MF	Hadji Chekkal	Reserve team	First Professional Contract	[6]
13 August 2021	DM	Mohamed Benchaira	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	[7]
18 August 2021	FW	Hamza Belahouel	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[8]
31 August 2021	DM	Zakaria Messibah	Paradou AC	Loan for one year	[9]
2 September 2021	DM	Chouaib Debbih	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer	[10]
2 September 2021	ST	Marcellin Koukpo	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[11]
4 September 2021	CM	Samir Aiboud	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[12]
8 September 2021	LB	Amir Belaili	AS Aïn M'lila	Free transfer	[13]
8 September 2021	FW	Mohamed Itim	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	[14]
9 September 2021	CB	Mohammed Hamza	USM Bel Abbès	Free transfer	[15]
10 September 2021	GK	Fares Boukerrit	ASM Oran	Free transfer	[16]
16 September 2021	FW	Okacha Hamzaoui	Unattached	Free transfer	[17]
29 September 2021	RB	Hamza Rebai	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[18]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
25 July 2021	MF	Nassim Yettou	Unattached	Free transfer	[19]
18 August 2021	ST	Abdelhakim Amokrane	Al-Shorta SC	Free transfer	[20]
18 August 2021	CB	Nasreddine Zaâlani	Unattached[a]	Free transfer	[22]
20 September 2021	GK	Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[23]
20 September 2021	FW	Lamine Abid	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer	[24]
2 October 2021	FW	Adem Redjehimi	USM Annaba	Free transfer	[25]
15 October 2021	FW	Youcef Djahnit	US Biskra	Free transfer	[26]
20 October 2021	LB	Brahim Boudebouda	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	[27]
31 January 2022	LW	Ilyes Yaiche	Qadsia SC	Free transfer	[28]

1. Zaâlani joined Olympique Khouribga on 9 September 2021.^[21]