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Club Sportif Constantinois
النادي الرياضي القسنطيني
Full name	Club Sportif Constantinois ; النادي الرياضي القسنطيني
Nickname(s)	CSC, ; Les Sanafirs (The Smurfs), ; Le Doyen (The Dean)
Founded	26 June 1898
Ground	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Capacity	45,000
President	Tarek Arama
Head Coach	Abdelkader Amrani
League	Ligue Professionnelle 1
2017–18	Ligue Professionnelle 1,1st
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

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Club Sportif Constantinois (Arabic: النادي الرياضي القسنطيني), also known as CS Constantine and CSC, is the oldest Algerian and Arab club. Founded in 1898 in Constantine, Algeria, the home stadium is Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui. The club currently plays in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top tier of the Algerian association football competition. In the 2016-17 league season, CSC drew an average home attendance of 12,000 spectators.

History

The club was founded under the name IKBAL Emancipation in 1898, but in 1909 was closed by the French authorities. The club reappeared under the name of Étoile Club Musulman Constantinois in 1916, but was closed for a second time in 1918. It reappeared under the name of Club Sportif Constantinois on June 26, 1926. It was also named Chabab Mécanique de Constantine from 1977 to 1987.^{[citation needed]}

1926

1926
1952

1952
1977

1977

Tassili Airlines the airlines firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach parained the club from 2012 to 2016^[2]. And since 2016, the club was parained by the Entreprise Nationale des Travaux aux Puits (ENTP), another firm of Sonatrach^[3].

Colours and badge

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).{{cn}

Kits

1952-1953

1971

1996-1997

1997-1998

2000-2001

2003-2004

2012-2013

2013-2014

2015-2016

Crests

1946-1947
2010-2013

2010-2013
2013-2015

Honours

Domestic competitions	International competitions
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Champion (2) : 1996-97, 2017-18. Runners-up (1) : 1970-71. Third place (2) : 1997-98, 2012-13. Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 Champion (6) :1969-70 , 1976-77, 1985-86, 1993-94, 2003-04, 2010-11. Cup of Algeria Semifinalist (2) : 1992, 2012.	CAF Champions League First round : 1998. CAF Confederation Cup Secound round : 2014. Secound round : 2016.

CAF competitions stats

Competition	Participation	Matches Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Diff
CAF Champions League	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
CAF Confederation Cup	2	10	6	0	4	10	14	-4
Total	3	12	6	1	5	11	16	-5

Stadium

CS Constantine's home stadium is Mohamed Hamlaoui known as Stade Chahid Hamlaoui 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 40,000 people. The stadium has been through some renovation in the last few years. In 2007 natural grass was imported from the Netherlands.

Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium

Current squad

As of December 24, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Houssam Limane
3	DF	ALG	Houcine Benayada
6	MF	BFA	Ousmane Jr Sylla
7	MF	ALG	El Hedi Belameiri
9	FW	ALG	Lamine Abid
10	MF	ALG	Yacine Bezzaz (captain)
11	FW	MLI	Moctar Cissé
13	FW	ALG	Sid Ali Lamri
14	DF	ALG	Sofiane Khadir
15	FW	ALG	Mounir Aichi
16	GK	ALG	Chamseddine Rahmani
17	MF	ALG	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ALG	Abdenour Belkheir
19	DF	ALG	Said Arroussi
20	MF	ALG	Cherif Kebaili
21	DF	ALG	Karim Rachedi
22	MF	ALG	Toufik Zerara
23	DF	ALG	Nasreddine Zaalani
25	MF	ALG	Abdelaziz Kebbal
26	FW	ALG	Merouane Dahar
28	MF	ALG	Aboubaker Rebih
29	FW	ALG	Ahmed Gagaa
30	GK	ALG	Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani

Notable players

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

Bezzaz Yacine

Bezzaz Yacine
Meghni Mourad
Si Mohammed Cédric

Si Mohammed Cédric

Foreign players

Managers

Rabah Saadane
François Bracci (2003–04)
Darko Janacković (2008–09)
Mohamed Khezzar (2010–11)
Dutra Dos Santos (July 1, 2011 – Sept 14, 2011)
Rachid Bouarrata (Sept 21, 2011 – Jan 29, 2012)
Rachid Belhout (Feb 10, 2012 – June 1, 2012)
Roger Lemerre (July 14, 2012 – June 1, 2013)
Diego Garzitto (July 1, 2013 – Dec 8, 2013)
Lounès Gaouaoui (interim) (Dec 6, 2013 – Jan 4, 2014)
Bernard Simondi (Jan 5, 2014 – July 1, 2014)
Diego Garzitto (July 2, 2014–)
Hubert Velud (2015)
Didier Gomes Da Rosa (2015-2016)
Ángel Vicario (2016)
Abdelkader Amrani (Since 2016..)

Roger Lemerre
Bernard Simondi
Rabah Saadane
François Bracci

Rival Clubs

MC Alger (Rivalry)
JSM Skikda (Rivalry)
MO Constantine (Derby)
AS Khroub (Derby)
ES Sétif (Derby)

References

^ "LFP - Ligue de Football Professionnelle".
^ "Sonatrach et ses filières reprendront le MCA, le MCO, le CSC et la JSS". Algérie1.com. Abbès Zineb. August 18, 2012.
^ "L'ENTP rachète le CS Constantine". L'EcoNews. M.E.H. April 4, 2016.

External links

[1] "LFP - Ligue de Football Professionnelle".

[2] "Sonatrach et ses filières reprendront le MCA, le MCO, le CSC et la JSS". Algérie1.com. Abbès Zineb. August 18, 2012.

[3] "L'ENTP rachète le CS Constantine". L'EcoNews. M.E.H. April 4, 2016.

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-'''Club Sportif Constantinois''' ({{lang-ar|النادي الرياضي القسنطيني}}), also known as '''CS Constantine''' and '''CSC''', is the oldest [[Algeria]]n and Arab club. Founded in 1898 in [[Constantine, Algeria, the home stadium is [[Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui]]. The club currently plays in the [[Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1]], the top tier of the [[Algeria]]n [[association football]] competition. In the 2016-17 league season, CSC drew an average home attendance of 12,000 spectators.
+'''Club Sportif Constantinois''' ({{lang-ar|النادي الرياضي القسنطيني}}), also known as '''CS Constantine''' and '''CSC''', is the oldest [[Algeria]]n and Arab club. Founded in 1898 in [[Constantine, Algeria]], the home stadium is [[Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui]]. The club currently plays in the [[Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1]], the top tier of the [[Algeria]]n [[association football]] competition. In the 2016-17 league season, CSC drew an average home attendance of 12,000 spectators.
 ==History==

v t e Club Sportif Constantinois
The Club	Players Managers presidents Statistics Seasons Current season
Home stadium	Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
History	History Africa honors
Rivalries	MO Constantine
Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Other teams	CS Constantine Women Team Basketball Boxing Cycling Volleyball Handball Swimming Water polo

v t e Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Champions
14 titles	JS Kabylie (1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08)
10 titles	CR Belouizdad (1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022-23)
8 titles	ES Sétif (1967–68, 1986–87, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17) USM Alger (1962–63, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19) MC Alger (1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2023-24)
4 titles	MC Oran (1970–71, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93)
2 titles	CS Constantine (1996–97, 2017–18)
1 title	Hamra Annaba (1963–64) NA Hussein Dey (1966–67) RC Kouba (1980–81) GC Mascara (1983–84) MO Constantine (1990–91) US Chaouia (1994–95) USM El Harrach (1997–98) ASO Chlef (2010–11)