CS Constantine in African football

CS Constantine in African football

CS Constantine 2015–16 with From Left to Right: Stand Up : Remache - Djeghbala - Aksas - Bencherifa - Boulemdaïs - Si Mohamed. Sitting Voavy - Boucherit - Bezzaz (C) - Djellilahine - Koné.
Club	CS Constantine
Most appearances	Nasreddine Zaâlani 12
Top scorer	Zakaria Benchaâ 4
First entry	1998 CAF Champions League
Latest entry	2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup

CS Constantine, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on two occasions, and the Confederation Cup on two occasions.

History

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 CAF Confederation 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 2–1, As for the biggest defeat result was firstly in 2014 against ASN Nigelec, and the secondly in 2016 against Nasarawa United 4–1, and biggest loss in 2014 against ASEC Mimosas 6–0. 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 Béjaïa and the second against ASN Nigelec in Niger and in both of them they were defeated by the same score 2–0. ^{[1] [2]} 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. ^[3] where CS Constantine ranked second to face in the quarter-finals the defending champions Espérance de Tunis to defeat 3–6 on aggregate. ^[4]

CAF competitions

CS Constantine results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998 [5]	Champions League	First round	AS Douanes	0–0	1–2	1–2
2014 [6]	Confederation Cup	Preliminary round	ASN Nigelec	4–1	0–2	4–3
		First round	Red Lions	2–0	1–0	3–0
		Second round	ASEC Mimosas	1–0	0–6	1–6
2016 [7]	Confederation Cup	First round	Nasarawa United	4–1	0–1	4–2
		Second round	Misr Lel Makkasa	1–0	1–3	2–3
2018–19 [8]	Champions League
		Preliminary round	GAMTEL	0–0	1–0	1–0
		First round	Vipers	1–0	2–0	3–0
		Group stage	Club Africain	0–1	1–0	2nd place
			TP Mazembe	3–0	0–2
			Ismaily	3–2	1–1
		Quarter-finals	Espérance de Tunis	2–3	1–3	3–6
2023–24	Champions League	First round	ES Sahel	0–2	0–1	0–3
2024–25	Confederation Cup	First round	Police FC	2–0	2–1	4–1
		Second round	Nsoatreman	1–0	2–0	3–0
		Group stage	CS Sfaxien	3–0	2–1	2nd place
			Simba	2–1	0–2
			Bravos do Maquis	4–0	2–3
		Quarter-finals		–	–	–

Non-CAF competitions

CS Constantine results in Non-CAF competition

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
2019–20 [9]	Arab Club Champions Cup	First round	Al-Muharraq	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)

Statistics

By season

Information correct as of 19 January 2025.

Key

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Grp = Group stage

PR = Preliminary round R1 = First round R2 = Second round SR16 = Second Round of 16 R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final

Key to colours and symbols: W Winners RU Runners-up

CS Constantine record in African football by season

Season	Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Round
1998	CAF Champions League	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	R1
2014	CAF Confederation Cup	6	4	0	2	8	9	−1	R2
2016	CAF Confederation Cup	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	R2
2018–19	CAF Champions League	12	6	2	4	15	12	+3	QF
2023–24	CAF Champions League	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	R1
2024–25	CAF Confederation Cup	10	8	0	2	19	7	+12
Total		36	20	3	13	49	38	+11

By competition

In Africa

As of 19 January 2025 ^[update] :

CAF competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Champions League	3	16	6	3	7	16	17	2023–24
CAF Confederation Cup	3	20	14	0	6	33	21	2024–25
Total	6	36	20	3	13	49	38

Non-CAF competitions

As of 17 September 2019 ^[update] :

Non-CAF competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Arab Champions League	1	2	1	0	1	3	3	2019–20
Total	1	2	1	0	1	3	3

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against Nsoatreman on September 21, 2024

CAF competitions

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Angola	Bravos do Maquis	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	6	3	+3
Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	2	1	0	1	1	6	−5
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	1	6	−5
Liberia	Red Lions	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Niger	ASN Nigelec	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Nigeria	Nasarawa United	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Uganda	Vipers	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
DR Congo	TP Mazembe	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Egypt	Ismaily	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
	Misr Lel Makkasa	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	6	6	0
Gambia	GAMTEL	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Ghana	Nsoatreman	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Rwanda	Police FC	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Senegal	AS Douanes	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Tanzania	Simba	2	1	0	1	2	3	+0
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Tunisia	Club Africain	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
	Espérance de Tunis	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3
	ES Sahel	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
	CS Sfaxien	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		8	3	0	5	8	10	−2
Total		36	20	3	13	49	38	+11

Non-CAF competitions

Result summary by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0
Total	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0

African competitions goals

Statistics correct as of game against Simba on January 19, 2025

Position	Player	TOTAL	CCL	CCC
1	Zakaria Benchaâ	6	–	6
2	Brahim Dib	3	–	3
3	Ismaïl Belkacemi	2	2	–
=	Tosin Omoyele	2	–	2
=	Mounder Temine	2	–	2
=	Dadi El Hocine Mouaki	2	–	2
=	Adil Djabout	2	2	–
=	Nassim Yettou	2	2	–
=	Dylan Bahamboula	2	2	–
=	Nasreddine Zaâlani	2	2	–
=	Yacine Bezzaz	2	–	2
=	Mourad Meghni	2	–	2
=	Paulin Voavy	2	–	2
=	Zahir Zerdab	2	–	2
=	Abdelhakim Sameur	2	–	2
16	Houcine Benayada	1	1	–
=	Kaddour Beldjilali	1	1	–
=	Hassen Ghoula	1	1	–
=	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	1	1	–
=	Abdenour Belkheir	1	1	–
=	Sid Ali Lamri	1	1	–
=	Eyemen Henaini	1	–	1
=	Karim Naït Yahia	1	–	1
=	Ahmed Messadia	1	–	1
=	Abdennour Belhocini	1	–	1
=	Miloud Rebiaï	1	–	1
=	Chahine Bellaouel	1	–	1
=	Own Goals	2	–	2
Totals		49	16	33

Two goals one match

N	Date	Player	Match	Score
1	13 Sep 2024	Zakaria Benchaâ	Nsoatreman – CS Constantine	0–2
2	12 Jan 2025	Zakaria Benchaâ	CS Constantine – CS Sfaxien	3–0

Non-CAF competitions goals

P Player Goals 1 Ismaïl Belkacemi 1

P Player Goals = Abdelhakim Amokrane 1

P Player Goals = Adil Djabout 1

List of All-time appearances

This List of All-time appearances for CS Constantine in African competitions contains football players who have played for CS Constantine in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 10 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in CS Constantine.

#	Name	Position	CL1	CCC	SC	TOTAL	Date of first cap	Debut against	Date of last cap	Final match against
1	Walid Bencherifa	MF	8	4	–	12	13 March 2016	Nasarawa United	13 Apr 2019	Espérance de Tunis
=	Nasreddine Zaâlani	DF	12	–	–	12	27 Nov 2018	GAMTEL	13 Apr 2019	Espérance de Tunis
3	Chamseddine Rahmani	GK	11	–	–	11	27 Nov 2018	GAMTEL	6 Apr 2019	Espérance de Tunis
=	Houcine Benayada	DF	11	–	–	11	27 Nov 2018	GAMTEL	13 Apr 2019	Espérance de Tunis
=	Islam Chahrour	DF	11	–	–	11	27 Nov 2018	GAMTEL	13 Apr 2019	Espérance de Tunis
6	Yassine Salhi	DF	10	–	–	10	27 Nov 2018	GAMTEL	13 Apr 2019	Espérance de Tunis
=	Fouad Haddad	MF	10	–	–	10	5 Dec 2018	GAMTEL	13 Apr 2019	Espérance de Tunis
=	Kaddour Beldjilali	MF	10	–	–	10	27 Nov 2018	GAMTEL	13 Apr 2019	Espérance de Tunis
=	Sid Ali Lamri	FW	10	–	–	10	5 Dec 2018	GAMTEL	16 Mar 2019	TP Mazembe
=	Ismail Belkacemi	FW	10	–	–	10	27 Nov 2018	GAMTEL	16 Mar 2019	TP Mazembe

African opponents by cities

Lafia

Abidjan

Monrovia

Kajjansi

Faiyum

Lubumbashi

Dakar

Banjul

Niamey

Ismaïlia

Tunis

References

1. "Insolite : le CS Constantine contraint de jouer deux matchs le même jour". afrik-foot.com. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
2. "Insolite : le CS Constantine jouera deux matchs demain !". DZFoot.com . 7 February 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
3. "CAF LIGUE DES CHAMPIONS : CS CONSTANTINE QUALIFIÉ, LES RÉSULTATS DU JOUR". africatopsports.com. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
4. "LDC: L'ESPÉRANCE N'A PAS TREMBLÉ CONTRE LE CS CONSTANTINE". africatopsports.com. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
5. "1998 CAF Champions League". RSSSF .
6. "2014 CAF Confederation Cup". RSSSF .
7. "2016 CAF Confederation Cup". RSSSF .
8. "2018–19 CAF Champions League". RSSSF .
9. "2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup". RSSSF .