2015–16 CS Constantine season

CS Constantine
2015–16 season
Chairman	Mohamed Haddad
Head coach	Hubert Velud; (until 18 October 2015); Didier Gomes Da Rosa; (from 5 November 2015)
Stadium	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Ligue 1	8th
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
Confederation Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Yacine Bezzaz (7); All: ; Yacine Bezzaz (7)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

In the 2015–16 season, CS Constantine is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 18th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2014.^[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hamza Dahmane	(1990-09-22) 22 September 1990 (age 34)	MC Oran
18	GK	Nadjib Ghoul	(1985-09-12) 12 September 1985 (age 39)	ES Sétif
16	GK	Cédric Si Mohamed	(1985-01-09) 9 January 1985 (age 39)	JSM Béjaïa
Defenders
7	RB	Hamid Bahri	(1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 35)	MO Béjaïa
20	RB	Farid Cheklam	(1984-09-21) 21 September 1984 (age 40)	Najran SC
4	RB	Amine Aksas	(1983-03-05) 5 March 1983 (age 41)	MC Alger
88	RB	Belkacem Remache	(1985-10-12) 12 October 1985 (age 39)	JS Kabylie
28	RB	Amer Belakhdar	(1980-01-20) 20 January 1980 (age 44)	JSM Béjaïa
17	RB	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	(1988-11-06) 6 November 1988 (age 35)	JS Kabylie
19	RB	Farid Mellouli	(1984-07-07) 7 July 1984 (age 40)	Al-Qadisiyah FC
27	RB	Zineddine Mekkaoui	(1987-01-10) 10 January 1987 (age 37)	JS Kabylie
26	RB	Sabri Gharbi	(1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 (age 37)	MC Alger
15	RB	Sofyane Cherfa	(1984-08-13) 13 August 1984 (age 40)	Panthrakikos
Midfielders
10	CM	Mourad Meghni	(1984-04-16) 16 April 1984 (age 40)	Unattached
13	CM	Abdelhak Sameur	(1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 33)	WA Tlemcen
29	CM	Merouane Anane	(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34)	CR Belouizdad
22	CM	Otman Djellilahine	(1987-02-12) 12 February 1987 (age 37)	BEC Tero Sasana
5	CM	Yacine Bezzaz	(1981-07-10) 10 July 1981 (age 43)	MC Oran
Forwards
14	RW	Hamza Boulemdaïs	(1982-11-22) 22 November 1982 (age 41)	JS Kabylie
9	RW	Ahmed Messadia	(1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 (age 38)	JS Kabylie
11	RW	Paulin Voavy	(1987-11-10) 10 November 1987 (age 36)	AS Cannes
25	RW	Koro Koné	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35)	Arles-Avignon
24	RW	Toufik Guerabis	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33)
8	RW	Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	(1987-12-05) 5 December 1987 (age 36)	JS Kabylie

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Mid-season

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	30	11	9	10	26	34	−8	036.67	—	8th	15 August 2015	27 May 2015
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00	Round of 64		18 December 2015
CAF Confederation Cup	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	050.00	First round	Second round	13 March 2016	20 April 2016
Total	35	13	9	13	32	40	−8	037.14

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	MO Béjaïa	30	11	11	8	33	23	+10	44^[a]
7	DRB Tadjenanet	30	11	10	9	32	30	+2	43
8	CS Constantine	30	11	9	10	26	32	−6	42
9	USM El Harrach	30	10	11	9	28	27	+1	41
10	MC Oran	30	9	13	8	40	35	+5	40^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. 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:

^ ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.
^ MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0.

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	11	9	10	26	32	−6	42	9	4	2	17	9	+8	2	5	8	9	23	−14

Last updated: 31 January 2015.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	2	1	4	5	7	9	7	9	11	12	13	12	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

15 August 2015 Round 1	JS Kabylie	0–1	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
18:00		Report Live TV: None	72' Voavy	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Ghorbal, Seradj, Charchar

22 August 2015 Round 2	CS Constantine	2–1	MC Oran	Constantine
18:00	Aksas 25' Bezzaz 57'	Report	39' Za'abia	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

29 August 2015 Round 3	ES Sétif	2–1	CS Constantine	Sétif
17:40	Korbiaa 37' Benyettou 60'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	19' Koné	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Boukhalfa, Itchiali, Zerhouni

12 September 2015 Round 4	MO Béjaïa	0–0	CS Constantine	Béjaïa
17:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Arab

19 September 2015 Round 5	CS Constantine	0–2	USM Alger	Constantine
17:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3	60' Andria 80' (pen.) Aoudia	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

28 September 2015 Round 6	CR Belouizdad	2–0	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
18:00	Yahia-Chérif 35' Feham 88'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Benouza, Mekkaoui, Omari

2 October 2015 Round 7	CS Constantine	2–0	USM El Harrach	Constantine
18:00	Djellilahine 36' Boulemdaïs 63'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Benbraham, Alaoua, Yahi

17 October 2015 Round 8	JS Saoura	4–1	CS Constantine	Béchar
18:00	Merbah 21' Belkheir 41' Djallit 55' Hamia 67'	Report Live TV: None	88' Sameur	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bachir, Bouali, Hadj Saïd

23 October 2015 Round 9	CS Constantine	1–1	USM Blida	Constantine
18:00	Moulaye 6'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	54' (pen.) Noubli	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Bounoua

30 October 2015 Round 10	ASM Oran	4–0	CS Constantine	Oran
15:00	Elghoumari 20', 53', 56' Bentiba 90+3' (pen.)	Report Live TV: beIN Sports / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul Referee: Arab, Bioud, Brahim

6 November 2015 Round 11	CS Constantine	1–1	RC Relizane	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 85' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None	31' Tiaïba	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boukoussa, Rachedi, Naam

21 November 2015 Round 12	DRB Tadjenanet	1–0	CS Constantine	Tadjenanet
15:00	Hadef 28'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Benouza, Oumari, Ayad

28 November 2015 Round 13	CS Constantine	1–1	MC Alger	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 50'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	76' Karaoui	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Saïdi, Etchiali, Miraoui

10 December 2015 Round 14	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
17:00	Gasmi 49'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Benali

26 December 2015 Round 15	CS Constantine	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 20' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Amalou

16 January 2016 Round 16	CS Constantine	0–1	JS Kabylie	Constantine
16:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	60' Ferhani	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Aouina, Benaïssa, Kechida

22 January 2016 Round 17	MC Oran	1–1	CS Constantine	Oran
16:00	Berramla 11'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	56' Boulemdaïs	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Helalchi, Azrine, Doulache

29 January 2016 Round 18	CS Constantine	1–0	ES Sétif	Constantine
16:00	Sameur 46'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boukouassa, Bounouioua, Rachedi

5 February 2016 Round 19	CS Constantine	1–0	MO Béjaïa	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 48' (pen.)	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ghorbal, Itchiali, Hadj Said

12 February 2016 Round 20	USM Alger	1–1	CS Constantine	Bologhine
18:00	Boudebouda 82'	Report Live TV: None	48' Voavy	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Brahimi, Semsoum, Idir

27 February 2016 Round 21	CS Constantine	2–1	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
16:00	Bencherifa 18' Bezzaz 40' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None	72' Yahia-Chérif	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: S. Aouina, F. Aouina F, Bennaïssa

5 March 2016 Round 22	USM El Harrach	1–0	CS Constantine	El Harrach
16:00	Younes 22'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Arab, Biod, Maghlout

25 March 2016 Round 23	CS Constantine	1–1	JS Saoura	Constantine
18:00	Gharbi 23'	Report Live TV: None	90+5'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mial, Allaoua, Yahi

2 April 2016 Round 24	USM Blida	0–0	CS Constantine	Blida
16:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Frères Brakni Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Bourrechou

15 April 2016 Round 25	CS Constantine	2–0	ASM Oran	Constantine
16:00	Voavy 10' Boulemdaïs 86'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ibrahim, Boulekrinet, Boulekrinet

23 April 2016 Round 26	RC Relizane	2–2	CS Constantine	Relizane
16:00	Kherbache 40' Rabhi 51'	Report Live TV: None	34' Bencherifa 38' (pen.) Bezzaz	Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Halalchi, Azrine, Doulache

30 April 2016 Round 27	CS Constantine	1–0	DRB Tadjenanet	Constantine
16:00	Aksas 55'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Brahimi, Bounoua, Bourouba

13 May 2016 Round 28	MC Alger	3–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:30	Derrardja 21' Gourmi 44' Boucherit 90+4'	Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Al Kass Sports / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Ghorbal, Etchali, Hadj Saïd

20 May 2016 Round 29	CS Constantine	1–0	NA Hussein Dey	Constantine
17:30	Ahmed 28'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Benali

27 May 2016 Round 30	RC Arbaâ	1–2	CS Constantine	Larbaâ
17:30	Bakir 6'	Report Live TV: None	89' Meghni 90' Voavy	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Guettoum, Benaissa, Aouina

Algerian Cup

18 December 2015 Round of 64	MC El Eulma	1–0 (a.e.t.)	CS Constantine	El Eulma
16:00	Madani 116'	Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Mial, Salaouadji et Bourouba

Confederation Cup

First round

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) first leg	Nasarawa United	1–0	CS Constantine	Abuja
14:00 UTC+1	Azango 84'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) Second leg	CS Constantine	4–1	Nasarawa United	Constantine
18:00 UTC+1	Bezzaz 45+1' (pen.) Messadia 76' Meghni 78' Voavy 83'	Report	67' Bature	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)

Second round

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) first leg	CS Constantine	1–0	Misr Lel Makkasa	Constantine
18:00 UTC+1	Meghni 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) Second leg	Misr Lel Makkasa	3–1	CS Constantine	Faiyum
18:00 UTC+2	Poku 13' Gaber 50', 83'	Report	Voavy 76'	Stadium: Faiyum Stadium Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup		Confederation Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Hamza Dahmane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	ALG	Nadjib Ghoul	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
16	GK	ALG	Cédric Si Mohamed	29	0	26	0	1	0	2	0
Defenders
7	DF	ALG	Hamid Bahri	20	1	16	1	0	0	4	0
20	DF	ALG	Farid Cheklam	17	0	12	0	1	0	4	0
4	DF	ALG	Amine Aksas	17	2	15	2	0	0	2	0
88	DF	ALG	Belkacem Remache	21	0	19	0	1	0	1	0
28	DF	ALG	Amer Belakhdar	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	31	2	26	2	1	0	4	0
19	DF	ALG	Farid Mellouli	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ALG	Zineddine Mekkaoui	14	0	12	0	1	0	1	0
26	DF	ALG	Sabri Gharbi	21	1	16	1	1	0	4	0
15	DF	ALG	Sofyane Cherfa	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
10	MF	ALG	Mourad Meghni	14	3	11	1	0	0	3	2
13	MF	ALG	Abdelhak Sameur	29	2	25	2	1	0	3	0
29	MF	ALG	Merouane Anane	14	0	12	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	ALG	Otman Djellilahine	23	1	20	1	1	0	2	0
5	MF	ALG	Yacine Bezzaz	32	8	27	7	1	0	4	1
Forwards
14	FW	ALG	Hamza Boulemdaïs	30	3	28	3	0	0	2	0
9	FW	ALG	Ahmed Messadia	23	1	19	0	1	0	3	1
11	FW	MAD	Paulin Voavy	28	5	24	3	0	0	4	2
25	FW	NIG	Koro Issa Ahmed Koné	14	1	10	1	1	0	3	0
24	FW	ALG	Toufik Guerabis	30	0	25	0	1	0	4	0
8	FW	MTN	Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	21	2	18	2	1	0	2	0
Players transferred out during the season
	MF	ALG	Antar Boucherit	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Abdelmalek Djeghbala	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
21 June 2015	DF	Amine Aksas	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[4]
21 June 2015	DF	Farid Cheklam	Najran SC	Free transfer	^[4]
21 June 2015	DF	Zineddine Mekkaoui	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[4]
21 June 2015	DF	Sabri Gharbi	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[4]
25 June 2015	MF	Yacine Bezzaz	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[5]
15 July 2015	FW	Koro Issa Ahmed Koné	Dijon FCO	Free transfer	^[6]
11 January 2016	DF	Sofyane Cherfa	Panthrakikos	Free transfer	^[7]
13 January 2016	DF	Farid Mellouli	Al-Qadisiyah FC	Free transfer	^[8]

Out

References

^ "Velud limogé, Bouali pressenti". liberte-algerie.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "CS Constantine : Didier Gomes Da Rosa pressenti pour le poste d'entraineur". fr.starafrica.com.
^ Effectif Pro
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "CHEKLAM, AKSAS, GHARBI, ET MEKKAOUI OFFICIELLEMENT AU CSC". csconstantine.net. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Yacine Bezzaz signe pour deux saisons au CS Constantine". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "L'Ivoirien Koro Koné rejoint le CS Constantine". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Sofiane Chorfa signe pour 2 ans au CSC". csconstantine.net. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Mellouli au CSC pour 2 ans". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[table_hth_ESS0.25155186059491-4] ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.

[table_hth_MCO0.25155186059491-5] MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0.

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[2] "CS Constantine : Didier Gomes Da Rosa pressenti pour le poste d'entraineur". fr.starafrica.com.

[3] Effectif Pro

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[7] "Yacine Bezzaz signe pour deux saisons au CS Constantine". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[8] "L'Ivoirien Koro Koné rejoint le CS Constantine". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[9] "Sofiane Chorfa signe pour 2 ans au CSC". csconstantine.net. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[10] "Mellouli au CSC pour 2 ans". lebuteur.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

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