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CS Constantine

2018–19 season
Chairman	Tarek Arama
Head coach	Abdelkader Amrani (until 6 November 2018) Denis Lavagne (from 17 December 2018)
Stadium	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui
Ligue 1	7th
Algerian Cup	Semi-finals
Super Cup	Runners–up
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ismaïl Belkacemi (8) All: Ismaïl Belkacemi (10)
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In the 2018–19 season, CS Constantine competed in the Ligue 1 for the 23rd season, as well as the Champions League, and the Algerian Cup.

Pre-season

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Mid-season

Overview

Updated to match played 28 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

1. CR Belouizdad were deducted 3 points.
2. CR Belouizdad are Algerian Cup winners.

Results summary

Last updated: 28 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 August 2018 Round 1	CS Constantine	1–1	NA Hussein Dey	Constantine
21:00	Beldjilali 81'	Soccerway report	Khacef 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

28 August 2018 Round 3	CS Constantine	1–0	JS Saoura	Constantine
19:00	Belkacemi 9'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

1 September 2018 Round 4	MO Béjaïa	1–0	CS Constantine	Béjaïa
17:45	Dahar 10'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

10 September 2018 Round 5	CS Constantine	3–0	USM Bel Abbès	Constantine
19:00	Lamri 43', 68' Abid 58'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

21 September 2018 Round 7	CS Constantine	2–0	Paradou AC	Constantine
17:00	Belkacemi 60', 77'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

5 October 2018 Round 9	CS Constantine	1–1	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
17:00	Belkacemi 36'	Soccerway report	Djarrar 74'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Farouk Mial

11 October 2018 Round 10	ES Sétif	2–0	CS Constantine	Sétif
17:45	Rebiai 48', 61'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

15 October 2018 Round 8	MC Alger	2–1	CS Constantine	Algiers
17:45	Hachoud 15' Bendebka 88'	Soccerway report	Salhi 26'	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

10 November 2018 Round 14	CS Constantine	3–3	DRB Tadjenanet	Constantine
17:00	Abid 8' Aichi 19' Chahrour 83'	Soccerway report	Aribi 11', 89' Bensaha 18'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

15 November 2018 Round 15	USM Alger	2–1	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:45	Benyahia 69' Hamia 83'  84'	Soccerway report	Belkacemi 39'	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Farouk Mial

19 November 2018 Round 12	JS Kabylie	0–2	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
17:45		Soccerway report	Beldjilali 22' Lamri 49'	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

4 January 2019 Round 16	NA Hussein Dey	0–1	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
15:00		Soccerway report	Abid 74'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

15 January 2019 Round 17	CS Constantine	1–0	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Constantine
17:45	Bencherifa 58'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

27 January 2019 Round 19	CS Constantine	1–0	MO Béjaïa	Constantine
17:00	Debbari 20' (o.g.)	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

4 February 2019 Round 20	USM Bel Abbès	0–4	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Soccerway report	Bahamboula 24' Lamri 45' Belkacemi 58' Beldjilali 61'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

12 February 2019 Round 22	Paradou AC	1–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:45	Benayad 25'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

2 April 2019 Round 25	CS Constantine	1–1	ES Sétif	Constantine
17:00	Djabout 64'	Soccerway report	Bakir 80'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mustapha Bessiri

21 April 2019 Round 26	Olympique de Médéa	1–0	CS Constantine	Médéa
16:00	Abdelhafid 23'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

27 April 2019 Round 18	JS Saoura	3–1	CS Constantine	Béchar
18:00	Farhi 66', 85' Hammar 89'	Soccerway report	Bahamboula 62'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

1 May 2019 Round 23	CS Constantine	2–0	MC Alger	Constantine
17:00	Bencherifa 37' Belkacemi 40'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

6 May 2019 Round 24	CR Belouizdad	2–1	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
16:00	Balegh 12' Bechou 54'	Soccerway report	Yettou 6'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

11 May 2019 Round 27	CS Constantine	2–0	JS Kabylie	Constantine
22:30	Abid 26' Benayada 44'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ali Nader

16 May 2019 Round 28	MC Oran	1–0	CS Constantine	Oran
22:30	Guertil 34'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

26 May 2019 Round 30	CS Constantine	1–3	USM Alger	Constantine
22:30	Belkacemi 34'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports	Meziane 32' Ibara 39' Meftah 85'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

Algerian Cup

27 December 2018 Round of 64	CS Constantine	3–1	RC Bougaa	Constantine
17:00	Belkheir 28' Belkacemi 65' Abid 77'		Benzit 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Yazid Ibrir

23 January 2019 Round of 16	MB Rouissat	1–2	CS Constantine	Ghardaïa
15:00	Bouti Sayeh 1'		51' Yettou 79' Benayada	Stadium: OPOW Stadium Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

12 March 2019 QF 1st leg	CS Constantine	1–1	MC Oran	Constantine
15:00	Belkacemi 89'	Report	El Moudene 80'	Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

28 March 2019 QF 2nd leg	MC Oran	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	CS Constantine	Oran
17:00	Nadji 58'		Zaâlani 68'	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Said Aouina
	Penalties
	Nadji Halaïmia Boudebouda Mansouri Aouadj Mahammedi		Abid Belkheir Lamri Benayada Djabout Gagaa

17 April 2019 SF 1st leg	CS Constantine	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
17:00	Abid 68'			Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

24 April 2019 SF 2nd leg	CR Belouizdad	2–0 (a.e.t.)	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
16:00	Adel Djerrar 74' Rayen Hais Benderrouya 99'			Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Missoum Benabdellah

Algerian Super Cup

The 2018 Algerian Super Cup is the 11th edition of the Algerian Super Cup, a competition with only one match, organized by the Professional Football League (LFP) and the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) since 2013. The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champion competes against the winner of the Algerian Cup.

Therefore, CS Constantine, the 2017-2018 champion of Algeria, played against USM Bel Abbès, winner of the 2017–18 Algerian Cup. The rules of the game are: the duration of the game is 90 minutes and in case of a tie, a session of penalties is performed to separate the teams. Three substitutions are allowed for each team.

1 November 2018	CS Constantine	0–1	USM Bel Abbès	Blida
17:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie / Al-Kass Sports	Lamara 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

Champions League

Preliminary round

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) First leg	CS Constantine	0–0	GAMTEL	Constantine
17:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) Second leg	GAMTEL	0–1	CS Constantine	Bakau
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Belkacemi 2'	Stadium: Independence Stadium Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

First round

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) First leg	CS Constantine	1–0	Vipers	Constantine
19:00 UTC+1	Beldjilali 14'	Report		Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) Second leg	Vipers	0–2	CS Constantine	Wakiso Town
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Djabout 64' Bencherifa 70'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TPM	CSC	CA	ISM
1	TP Mazembe	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11	Quarter-finals		—	2–0	8–0	2–0
2	CS Constantine	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			3–0	—	0–1	3–2
3	Club Africain	6	3	1	2	5	9	−4	10			0–0	0–1	—	1–0
4	Ismaily	6	0	2	4	4	11	−7	2			1–1	1–1	0–3 (awd.)	—

1. ^ Goal difference in all group matches: CS Constantine +2, Club Africain –4.
2. The CAF announced on 23 January 2019 that Ismaily were disqualified for aggressive fans behaviors, including consistently throwing rocks and water bottles on the assistant referee and the away fans, and other incidents at their home match against Club Africain on 18 January 2019. All results of matches played by Ismaily were annulled and not taken into consideration according to the regulations. However, following an appeal by Ismaily, the CAF decided on 10 February 2019 to reinstate Ismaily to the competition.
3. On 19 February 2019, following the suspension of the match involving Ismaily and Club Africain due to the aggressive behaviors Ismaily fans shown during the match, CAF decided to consider the match forfeited by Ismaily with a result of 3–0 in favour of Club Africain. The match was originally suspended on the 83rd minute with the score 1–2 for Club Africain.

11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) 1	Club Africain	0–1	CS Constantine	Radès
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Belkheir 89'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 2	CS Constantine	3–0	TP Mazembe	Constantine
20:00 UTC+1	Benayada 51' Zaâlani 65' Lamri 80'	Report		Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 3	Ismaily	1–1	CS Constantine	Alexandria
18:00 UTC+2	Shilongo 69'	Report	Hamdy 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 4	CS Constantine	3–2	Ismaily	Constantine
17:00 UTC+1	Zaâlani 45+2' Yettou 67' Bahamboula 81'	Report	Hamdy 13' Shilongo 50'	Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

8 March 2019 (2019-03-08) 5	CS Constantine	0–1	Club Africain	Constantine
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Compaoré 45'	Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 6	TP Mazembe	2–0	CS Constantine	Lubumbashi
15:00 UTC+2	Muleka 14' (pen.) Mputu 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) First leg	CS Constantine	2–3	Espérance de Tunis	Constantine
20:00 UTC+1	Djabout 49' Yettou 71'	Report	Belaïli 6' (pen.) Coulibaly 47' Yacoubi 74'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) Second leg	Espérance de Tunis	3–1	CS Constantine	Radès
20:00 UTC+1	Bguir 23', 27' Kom 86'	Report	Bahamboula 62'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup		Super Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Houssam Limane	14	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
16	GK	ALG	Chamseddine Rahmani	33	0	18	0	3	0	1	0	11	0
30	GK	ALG	Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	ALG	Houcine Benayada	41	3	24	1	5	1	1	0	11	1
14	DF	ALG	Sofiane Khadir	17	0	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF	ALG	Said Arroussi	21	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
20	DF	ALG	Islam Chahrour	36	1	20	1	4	0	1	0	11	0
23	DF	ALG	Nasreddine Zaâlani	38	3	21	0	4	1	1	0	12	2
28	DF	ALG	Yacine Salhi	32	1	18	1	3	0	1	0	10	0
	DF	ALG	Karm Benkouider	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Amine Boucheriha	14	0	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar	16	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF	ALG	Fouad Haddad	35	0	20	0	4	0	1	0	10	0
10	MF	ALG	Kaddour Beldjilali	34	3	21	2	2	0	1	0	10	1
17	MF	ALG	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	36	3	22	2	5	0	1	0	8	1
22	MF	ALG	Nassim Yettou	23	4	10	1	5	1	0	0	8	2
24	MF	CGO	Dylan Bahamboula	22	4	12	2	4	0	0	0	6	2
Forwards
9	FW	ALG	Lamine Abid	30	6	19	4	4	2	0	0	7	0
11	FW	ALG	Adil Djabout	31	4	19	2	4	0	0	0	8	2
13	FW	ALG	Sid Ali Lamri	44	5	27	4	6	0	1	0	10	1
15	FW	ALG	Mounir Aichi	20	1	12	1	2	0	1	0	5	0
18	FW	ALG	Abdenour Belkheir	30	2	16	0	6	1	1	0	7	1
25	FW	ALG	Ismaïl Belkacemi	44	12	28	8	5	2	1	0	10	2
26	FW	ALG	Nassim Zitouni	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	FW	ALG	Ahmed Gagaa	18	0	11	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
27	FW	CMR	Arouna Dang Bissene	9	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Players transferred out during the season
22	MF	BFA	Abdoul Rahim Salam Kagambega	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	BFA	Ousmane Sylla	11	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Last updated: 11 June 2018
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

Squad list

As of August 10, 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 Sylla 7 MF  ALG Mohamed El Amine Belmokhtar 8 MF  ALG Fouad Haddad 9 FW  ALG Lamine Abid 10 MF  ALG Kaddour Beldjilali 11 FW  ALG Adil Djabout 13 FW  ALG Sid Ali Lamri 14 DF  ALG Sofiane Khadir 15 FW  ALG Mounir Aichi 16 GK  ALG Chamseddine Rahmani

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ALG Mohamed Walid Bencherifa 18 FW  ALG Abdenour Belkheir 19 DF  ALG Said Arroussi 20 DF  ALG Islam Chahrour 22 MF  BFA Abdoul Rahim Salam Kagambega 23 DF  ALG Nasreddine Zaâlani 24 FW  ALG Ismaïl Belkacemi 26 FW  ALG Nassim Zitouni 28 DF  ALG Yacine Salhi 29 FW  ALG Ahmed Gagaa 30 GK  ALG Mohamed Lotfi Anis Osmani

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
4 June 2018	DF	islam Chahrour	Paradou AC	Free transfer
5 June 2018	AM / CM	Kaddour Beldjilali	USM Alger	Free transfer (Released)
6 June 2018	MF	Yacine Salhi	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer
12 June 2018	FW	Mohamed Amine Belmokhtar	DRB Tadjenanet	Free transfer
14 June 2018	FW	Adil Djabout	JS Kabylie	Free transfer (Released)
7 August 2018	FW	Nassim Zitouni	Dunav Ruse	Free transfer (Released)
9 January 2019	FW	Dylan Bahamboula	Astra Giurgiu	Free transfer
12 January 2019	FW	Arouna Dang Bissene	Kabuscorp	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
12 June 2018	MF	Merouane Dahar	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer
4 July 2018	MF	Toufik Zerara	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Free transfer
9 July 2018	FW	Karim Rachedi	USM El Harrach	Free transfer
11 July 2018	MF	Yacine Bezzaz	MC El Eulma	Free transfer
9 August 2018	FW	Moctar Cissé	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer
9 August 2018	MF	Abdelaziz Kebbal	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer
22 August 2018	MF	El Hedi Belameiri	Alki Oroklini	Free transfer
2 January 2019	MF	Ousmane Sylla	AS Ain M'lila	Loan
2 January 2019	MF	Abdoul Rahim Salam Kagambega	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)
2 January 2019	FW	Nassim Zitouni	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)

Notes

1. The Ismaily v CS Constantine on Matchday 3, originally scheduled on 1 February 2019, 18:00 local time, was re-scheduled to 23 February 2019, 18:00 local time, after the reinstatement of Ismaily.
2. The Ismaily v CS Constantine and Ismaily v TP Mazembe matches were played behind closed doors due to crowd trouble during the Ismaily v Club Africain match.
3. The CS Constantine v Ismaily on Matchday 4, originally scheduled on 12 February 2019, 17:00 local time, was re-scheduled to 2 March 2019, 17:00 local time, after the reinstatement of Ismaily.

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