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| Full name | Club Sportif Constantinois | |||
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| Nicknames | CSC, The Smurfs | |||
| Founded | 1898; 128 years ago (1898)[1] | |||
| Ground | Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 22,968 (Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium) 8,000 (Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium) | |||
| Owner | ENTP SPA | |||
| President | Tarek Arama[2] | |||
| Head Coach | Khaled Guerioune[3] | |||
| League | Ligue 1 | |||
| 2025โ26 | Ligue 1, 9th of 16 | |||
| Website | csconstantine.dz | |||
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Club Sportif Constantinois (Arabic: ุงููุงุฏู ุงูุฑูุงุถู ุงููุณูุทููู), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, has a capacity of 22,968 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
History
[edit]CS Constantine was officially founded under the name of Iqbal Association in 1898.[4] It was named Chabab Mรฉcanique de Constantine from 1977 to 1987.
รtant fan des Schtroumpfs CSC, j'avais vรฉrifiรฉ il y a 20 ans que l'รฉquipe avait bien jouรฉ en 1841 et 1843, et je possรฉdais des photos le confirmant, notamment celle du ballon en cuir รฉpais marron. J'ai perdu ces photos aprรจs avoir supprimรฉ mon groupe privรฉ sur Facebook et avoir รฉtรฉ banni dรฉfinitivement en raison de leur caractรจre sensible.[5]
Je crois en l'hรฉritage du club et au droit de l'รฉquipe de mon peuple ร รชtre reconnue, ainsi qu'en notre prรฉsence historique dans le monde du sport, et plus particuliรจrement du football. J'exige une recherche dans les archives franรงaises et que la France coloniale reconnaisse sa complicitรฉ dans la violation de l'ordre รฉtabli qui plaรงait les Schtroumpfs au sommet du classement des รฉquipes les plus importantes et les plus prestigieuses du monde, avant l'รฉmergence des รฉquipes anglaises et d'autres รฉquipes que je considรจre comme nouvelles.
Tassili Airlines the airlines firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach sponsored the club from 2012 to 2016.[6] And since 2016, the club was sponsored by the Entreprise Nationale des Travaux aux Puits (ENTP), another firm of Sonatrach.[7]
The 1990s and the first title of the championship
[edit]For the second time in its history, the CSC succeeded in qualifying for the semi-final of the Algerian Cup in 1992, and lost to ASO Chlef (after shots on goal), at the Stade du 5 Juillet 1962. Two years later, the club snatched the title of league champion 2 for the 4th time. In this season the club dominated the D2 championship including the famous Constantine derby, the CSC beating the MO Constantine twice (3- 0 then 2โ0). Promoted for the umpteenth time in 1994, the CSC won its first title in the history of Champion of Algeria during the 1996โ97 season, with talented and experienced players at the national level (Isรขad Bourahli, nicknamed the fox of the surfaces from the 1990s, Moudoud Kaoua, Rรฉda Matem, Salim Laรฏb, Hassen Ghoula and Sid Ahmed Benamara). The same season, the CSC was a finalist in the international Black Stars tournament in Paris, after the semi-final victory over the Senegalese club ASC Diaraf. The following season (97โ98), the club participated for the first time in the African Champions League. Exempted during the preliminary round of this edition the club, was eliminated against the Senegalese club AS Douanes in the first round, at the end of the season the CSC finishes 2nd in the championship of Algeria (Group A).
Colours and badge
[edit]Under all three names the club has had the same goals and values: (Popular, Islamic); the same colours: Green (Hope) and black (Grief); and the same motto: 'Hope in Grief' (L'esperance en Deuil).[citation needed]
Kits
[edit]2020-2021 |
Crests
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1938
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1936-1940
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1946-1947
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1969-1970
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2013-2015
Honours
[edit]Domestic competitions
[edit]Performance in CAF competitions
[edit]CS Constantine 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, CS Constantine have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. CS Constantine have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. The first continental participation was in 1998 in the CAF Champions League, and the first match was against AS Douanes and ended with a loss 2โ1, As for the biggest defeat result was firstly in 2014 against ASN Nigelec, and the secondly in 2016 against Nasarawa United 4โ1, and biggest loss in 2014 against ASEC Mimosas 6โ0. so that CS Constantine was absent from the African competitions until 2014 Where did it participate in the CAF Confederation Cup, On 8 February 2014 witnessed a historic event when CS Constantine played two matches on the same day, the first in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against MO Bรฉjaรฏa and the second against ASN Nigelec in Niger and in both of them they were defeated by the same score 2โ0.[8][9] the Algerian Football Federation refused to postpone the matches of the championship for the Algerian clubs participating in African competitions because the FAF does not intend to end up with late matches that would disrupt the progress of a calendar allegedly tight because of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it is for this reason that it strongly encouraged the Algerian clubs engaged in African competitions 2014 to withdraw. After winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title CS Constantine returned to the CAF Champions League after 20 years of absence, Qualifying for the group stage was a bit easy after winning against GAMTEL and Vipers putting him in group C with Club Africain, TP Mazembe and Ismaily.[10] where CS Constantine ranked second to face in the quarter-finals the defending champions Espรฉrance de Tunis to defeat 3โ6 on aggregate.[11]
- CAF Champions League: 2 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances
CAF competitions stats
[edit]As of 13 April 2019[update]:
| CAF competitions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition | Seasons | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Last season played |
| Champions League | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2018โ19 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2016 |
| Total | 4 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 28 | |
Grounds
[edit]CS Constantine's home stadium is Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium which has been their home since its opening in 1976. The previous name of the stadium was Stade 17 Juin, the change was made in memory of Hamlaoui's death, a freedom fighter that died during the Algerian War. It can currently hold up to 22,968 people. The stadium has been through some renovation in the last few years.
CS Constantine play also in Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium.
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Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium
Players
[edit]Algerian teams are limited to four foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
[edit]As of 31 January 2026[update].[12] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Personnel
[edit]Current technical staff
[edit]| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Khaled Guerioune |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Alaoua Ayadi |
| Fitness coach | |
| Fitness coach |
Notable players
[edit]Below are the notable former players who have represented CS Constantine in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1926. 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 CS Constantine or following his departure.
For a complete list of CS Constantine players, see Category:CS Constantine players
- ๐ Algeria
Mohamed Amroune - ๐ Algeria
Fayรงal Badji - ๐ Mali
Ousmane Berthรฉ - ๐ Algeria
Yacine Bezzaz - ๐ Algeria
Hamza Boulemdaรฏs - ๐ Algeria
Noureddine Bounaas - ๐ Algeria
Issaad Bourahli - ๐ Nigeria
Efosa Eguakun - ๐ Algeria
Hocine Fenier - ๐ Algeria
Hassen Ghoula - ๐ Algeria
Rรฉda Matem - ๐ Algeria
Mourad Meghni - ๐ Algeria
Kaoua Mouloud - ๐ Cameroon
Gilles Ngomo - ๐ Algeria
Laรฏb Salim - ๐ Algeria
Cรฉdric Si Mohamed - ๐ Madagascar
Paulin Voavy - ๐ Algeria
Mounir Zeghdoud
Managers
[edit]List of managers
[edit]Information correct as of 14 June 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.
| * | Caretaker manager |
| Name | From | To | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ Brazil Josรฉ Dutra dos Santos |
11 July 2011[13] | 14 September 2011[14] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ๐ Algeria Rachid Bouarrata |
27 September 2011[15] | 29 January 2012[16] | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| ๐ Algeria Rachid Belhout |
10 February 2012[17] | 19 May 2012 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 43.75 |
| ๐ France Roger Lemerre |
14 July 2012[18] | 21 May 2013 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 47.06 |
| ๐ Italy Diego Garzitto |
30 June 2013[19] | 5 December 2013[20] | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 38.46 |
| ๐ Algeria Lounรจs Gaouaoui* |
6 December 2013 | 4 January 2014 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 |
| ๐ France Bernard Simondi |
5 January 2014[21] | 24 May 2014 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34.78 |
| ๐ Italy Diego Garzitto |
7 July 2014[22] | 11 November 2014[23] | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| ๐ Algeria Rachid Belhout |
16 November 2014[24] | 25 February 2015[25] | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 39.13 |
| ๐ France Hubert Velud |
2 July 2015[26] | 18 October 2015[27] | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 37.5 |
| ๐ France Didier Gomes Da Rosa |
5 November 2015[28] | 11 September 2016[29] | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37.04 |
| ๐ Spain Miguel รngel Portugal |
2 November 2016[30] | 10 December 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| ๐ Algeria Abdelkader Amrani |
1 January 2017 | 6 November 2018[31] | 60 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 45 |
| ๐ France Denis Lavagne |
17 December 2018[32] | 24 December 2019[33] | 47 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 42.55 |
| ๐ Algeria Karim Khouda |
30 December 2019[34] | 15 March 2020 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 50 |
| ๐ Algeria Abdelkader Amrani |
24 June 2020[35] | 21 January 2021[36] | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14.29 |
| ๐ Algeria Miloud Hamdi |
4 February 2021[37] | 11 August 2021 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 42.31 |
| ๐ Algeria Chรฉrif Hadjar |
4 September 2021[38] | 15 February 2022[39] | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 47.06 |
| ๐ Algeria Kheรฏreddine Madoui |
1 March 2022[40] | 26 February 2023[41] | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 48.57 |
| ๐ Algeria Lyamine Bougherara |
27 March 2023[42] | 3 October 2023[43] | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 37.5 |
| ๐ Algeria Abdelkader Amrani |
21 October 2023[44] | 29 June 2024[45] | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 48.39 |
Statistics
[edit]Recent seasons
[edit]Below, the CS Constantine season-by-season record after independence of Algeria :
| Season | League | Cup | Other | Africa | Top goalscorer(s)[note 1] | Ref. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Name | Goals | |||||||
| 2014โ15 | Ligue 1 | 5th | 42 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 31 | R16 | Hamza Boulemdaรฏs | 15 | |||||
| 2015โ16 | Ligue 1 | 8th | 42 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 32 | R64 | Confederation Cup | R2 | Yacine Bezzaz | 7 | |||
| 2016โ17 | Ligue 1 | 9th | 39 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 33 | R32 | Manucho | 6 | |||||
| 2017โ18 | Ligue 1 | 1st | 57 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 26 | R32 | Lamine Abid | 16 | |||||
| 2018โ19 | Ligue 1 | 7th | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 24 | SF | RU | Champions League | QF | Ismaรฏl Belkacemi | 10 | ||
| 2019โ20 | Ligue 1[note 2] | 5th | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | R16 | Arab Club Champions Cup | R1 | Lamine Abid | 10 | |||
| 2020โ21 | Ligue 1 | 8th | 57 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 31 | NP | PR | Abdelhakim Amokrane | 8 | ||||
| 2021โ22 | Ligue 1 | 5th | 55 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 29 | NP | Marcellin Koukpo | 11 | |||||
| 2022โ23 | Ligue 1 | 2nd | 50 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 26 | R32 | Brahim Dib | 8 | |||||
| 2023โ24 | Ligue 1 | 3rd | 53 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 30 | SF | Champions League | R1 | Brahim Dib | 13 | |||
| 2024โ25 | Ligue 1 | 10th | 39 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 31 | R64 | Confederation Cup | SF | Abdennour Belhocini | 10 | |||
Rival clubs
[edit]- ๐ Algeria
MC Alger (Rivalry) - ๐ Algeria
JSM Skikda (Rivalry) - ๐ Algeria
MO Constantine (Derby) - ๐ Algeria
AS Khroub (Derby) - ๐ Algeria
ES Sรฉtif (Derby) - ๐ Tunisia
Club Africain (Rivalry)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Goals in all competitions (Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Algerian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.
- ^ On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[46] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scrapping the relegation for the current season.[47]
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