ES Sétif

Entente Sportive Sétifienne (الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي), known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in 1958 and its colours are black and white. Their home stadium, the 8 May 1945 Stadium, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

ESS is one of the most successful clubs in Algeria, having won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 eight times and the Algerian Cup a record of eight times. They are also one of only three Algerian clubs to have won the CAF Champions League, winning it twice in 1988 and 2014. They have also won the Arab Champions League twice, in 2007 and 2008, as well as three North African Cups in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, they became the first Algerian club to win the CAF Super Cup since the creation of the competition in 1993.

ES Sétif became CAF Champions League champion by defeating DR Congo's AS Vita Club in the 2014 final; and the reigning CAF Super Cup champions, by beating Egypt's Al Ahly in the 2015 Super Cup and the reigning Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions.

History
The club was founded in 1958 by Ali Benaouda and Ali Layass as Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS), the name was later changed to Entente Pétroliers Sétifienne (EPS) in 1977, and again in 1984 it became known as Entente Plastique Sétifienne (EPS) and was then later changed back to Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS).

The first colours of the club were green and the white, and following a confrontation with the French Army in a match with FC Gadir on May 8, 1945, colours changed to black and white as mourning for the events on this day. The Guessab Stadium was the original name for the club's home.

ES Sétif is one of the prestigious top flight Algerian clubs. The club has won the Algerian Cup 8 times, and is the only Algerian team to have won the Afro-Asia cup, in 1989 in Qatar.

Since its foundation, ES Sétif has had 19 presidents, the first being Ibrahim Dokomi. The current president is Hassan Hammar.

African success
In 1988, ES Sétif won the African Cup of Champions Clubs by beating Iwuanyanwu Nationale of Nigeria 4–1 on aggregate in the final. After losing the first leg 1–0 in Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, ES Sétif scored 4 goals in the return leg in Constantine to lift the trophy. ES Sétif were playing in the Algerian second division at time and are the only club in Africa to date to have won the African Cup of Champions Clubs while not being in the top flight.

By winning the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs, ES Sétif qualified for the 1989 Afro-Asian Club Championship, where they faced Al-Sadd of Qatar, winners of the 1988–89 Asian Club Championship. ES Sétif won both legs, 2–0 at home and 3–1 in Doha, to lift the trophy. They are the only Algerian club to have won the competition.

On June 29, 2010, ES Sétif became the first fully professional club in Algeria.

On August 8, 2010, ES Sétif defeated CS Sfaxien of Tunisia 1–0 to win the first-ever edition of the UNAF Super Cup.

Performance in CAF competitions
ES Sétif whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, ES Sétif have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. ES Sétif have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. The first match was against Kampala City FC and it ended in a 1–0 loss, As for the biggest win was in 1991 against ASC Linguère 7–1, and biggest loss was against Union Douala 5–0 in 1981.

After six years of absence, ES Setif returned to continental competitions, this time in the African Cup of Champions Clubs, for the first time The following year and in the same competition, despite falling to the second division, Les Aigles Noirs managed to achieve the title for the first time against Iwuanyanwu Nationale of Nigeria and after the defeat in the First leg 1–0, they achieved an overwhelming victory in the Second leg 4–0 in a match that took place at Stade du 17 Juin in Constantine, After that, they met with Al Sadd SC in the final of the Afro-Asian Club Championship, and won the title for the first time, which is the only one of its kind in the history of Algerian football. In 1991 ES Sétif participated in the last continental participation in the twentieth century, where it reached the semi-finals, and in the Second round, Malik Zorgane scored the first hat-trick for ES Sétif against SC Gagnoa.

Total standings of African Cup participations (1963 to 2022–23)
Pos. = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pa. = Participation; Pld = Matches played CSC = CAF Super Cup; CCL = CAF Champions League; CCWC = CAF Cup Winners' Cup; CAC = CAF Cup; CCC = CAF Confederation Cup


 * CAF Champions League: 12 appearances


 * 1987 – Second Round
 * 1988 – Champion
 * 1989 – First Round
 * 2008 – First Round
 * 2010 – Quarter-finals


 * 2011 – Third Round
 * 2013 – Third Round
 * 2014 – Champion
 * 2015 – Group Stage
 * 2016 – Group Stage -Disqualified


 * 2018 – Semi-finals
 * 2022 – Semi-finals


 * CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances


 * 2009 – Finalist
 * 2011 – Second Round of 8
 * 2012 – First Round


 * 2013 – Group Stage
 * 2021 – Group Stage


 * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances


 * 1981 – Quarter-finals
 * 1991 – Semi-finals


 * CAF Super Cup: 1 appearance


 * 2015 – Champion

Players
Algerian teams are limited to three foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad
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Notable players
Below are the notable former players who have represented ES Sétif in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1958. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with ES Sétif or following his departure.

For a complete list of ES Sétif players, see Category:ES Sétif players


 * Algeria
 * Nacer Adjissa
 * Laid Belhamel
 * Isâad Bourahli
 * Faouzi Chaouchi
 * Abdelmoumene Djabou
 * Lamouri Djediat
 * Farès Fellahi
 * Abderahmane Hachoud
 * Lazhar Hadj Aïssa
 * Samir Hadjaoui
 * Nabil Hemani


 * Algeria
 * Messaoud Koussim
 * Abdelkader Laïfaoui
 * Khaled Lemmouchia
 * Kheïreddine Madoui
 * Hocine Metref
 * Antar Osmani
 * Slimane Raho
 * Abdelhamid Salhi
 * Abdelhakim Serrar
 * Abdelmalek Ziaya
 * Malik Zorgane


 * Africa
 * 🇨🇲 Francis Ambané
 * 🇨🇮 Rémi Adiko
 * 🇨🇮 Serey Die

List of managers
''Information correct as of 9 February 2024. Only competitive matches are counted''.

Rival clubs

 * 🇩🇿 MC Alger (Rivalry)
 * 🇩🇿 CR Belouizdad (Rivalry)
 * 🇩🇿 CS Constantine (Derby)
 * 🇩🇿 MC El Eulma (Derby)
 * 🇩🇿 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj (Derby)
 * 🇩🇿 MO Béjaïa (Rivalry)