2025–26 ES Sétif season

The 2025–26 season, is ES Sétif's 55th and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, ES Sétif are participating in the Algerian Cup. The Algerian Professional Football League (LFP) officially released the calendar for the 2025–26 Ligue 1 Mobilis season on July 10, 2025. The Ligue 1 will kick off on Thursday, August 21, 2025, and conclude with the 30th and final matchday on May 16, 2026. As in recent years, league matches will be held every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, offering better scheduling balance and improved logistical conditions for clubs and broadcasters.

Review Background On June 30, 2025, ES Sétif appointed Azzedine Arab as their new sporting director. A medical doctor by training, Arab previously led the club in 2020 and served as interim president of the Algerian Football Federation in 2023. His return follows the departures of Abdelkrim Bira and Abdelmoumene Djabou. Arab is tasked with restoring stability to a struggling sports department since the club’s acquisition by Sonelgaz.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2026.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Name Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun GK Olympique Akbou 16 Zakaria Saidi GK JS Saoura 30 Ala Eddine Bouaoune GK Reserve team Defenders 3 Issam Naim CB CR Belouizdad 4 Imadeddine Boubekeur CB Al-Arabi SC 5 Youcef Douar CB Paradou AC 12 Adda Derder RB RC Kouba 13 Mick Omfia CB Hafia FC 22 Ibrahim Bekakchi CB NC Magra 26 Aïssa Boudechicha LB MC El Bayadh 27 Kamel Hamidi RB MC Alger Midfielders 6 Oussama Daibeche DM CR Belouizdad 8 Mohamed Hamek CM Aubagne 10 Akram Djahnit AM USM Alger 11 Kheireddine Toual AM USM Alger 14 Abderraouf Arib DM Reserve team 21 Hachemi Benslimane AM CS Constantine 29 Salifu Mudasiru DM FC Mash'al Forwards 7 Wilfrid Nkaya RW AS Otôho 9 Mohamed Benlebna ST CR Belouizdad 17 Mohamed Boukerma RW Paradou AC 19 Daniel Gnahoua ST AFAD Djékanou 20 Merouane Zerrouki ST CR Belouizdad 28 Youcef Gherbi ST Reserve team

Transfers In Summer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 1 July 2025 ST Mohamed Benlebna CR Belouizdad U21 Free transfer 16 July 2025 FW Isaad Lakdja Safa SC Free transfer 15 July 2025 CB Issam Abdelhamid Naim CR Belouizdad U21 Free transfer 16 July 2025 DF Lahcene Bouziane USM El Harrach Free transfer 16 July 2025 DF Kamel Hamidi MC Alger Free transfer 19 July 2025 RB Adda Derder RC Kouba Free transfer 20 July 2025 MF Oussama Daibeche CR Belouizdad Free transfer 23 July 2025 LW Gibril Sillah Azam Free transfer 26 July 2025 DF Aïssa Boudechicha MC El Bayadh Free transfer 27 July 2025 DM Salifu Mudasiru FC Mash'al Free transfer 27 July 2025 AM Hachemi Benslimane CS Constantine U21 Free transfer 31 July 2025 LW Abeddy Biramahire Rayon Sports Undisclosed Winteer DatePlayerMoving fromFeeSource 16 January 2026 GK Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun Olympique Akbou Loan 28 January 2026 CB Mick Omfia Hafia FC Undisclosed 28 January 2026 RW Wilfrid Nkaya AS Otôho Undisclosed 28 January 2026 ST Daniel Gnahoua AFAD Djékanou Undisclosed 31 January 2026 CM Mohamed Hamek Aubagne Undisclosed

Out Summer DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 19 July 2025 DM Taher Benkhelifa Unattached Free transfer (Released) 19 July 2025 DM Bassem Mechaar Unattached Free transfer (Released) 19 July 2025 ST Karim Bouhmidi Unattached Free transfer (Released) 19 July 2025 RB Mohamed Imad Reguieg Unattached Free transfer (Released) 19 July 2025 FW Abdelmouine Ferdjioui Unattached Free transfer (Released) 26 July 2025 AM Clément Pitroipa Unattached Free transfer (Released) 26 July 2025 LW Mohamed Messaoud Salem Unattached Free transfer (Released) 3 August 2025 ST Kingsley Eduwo Unattached Free transfer (Released) 3 August 2025 RB Oussama Gattal Unattached Free transfer (Released) 7 August 2025 SS Abderrahmane Bacha Unattached Free transfer (Released)

Winter DatePlayerMoving toFeeSource 5 January 2026 CB Lahcene Bouziane Unattached Free transfer (Released) 5 January 2026 LB Houari Ferhani Unattached Free transfer (Released) 5 January 2026 RW Issad Lakdja Unattached Free transfer (Released) 5 January 2026 LW Gibril Sillah Unattached Free transfer (Released) 5 January 2026 ST Abeddy Biramahire Unattached Free transfer (Released) 21 January 2026 AM Salah Bouchama NBE SC 170,000 € 22 January 2026 GK Tarek Bousseder CR Belouizdad Free transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions Overview

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches The league fixtures were announced on 31 July 2025.

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).

Algerian Cup

Squad information Appearances and goals

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|1 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Hatem Bencheikh El Fegoun |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |5||4||0

|16 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Zakaria Saidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||22||0

|30 |GK |style="text-align:left"|Ala Eddine Bouaoune |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Defenders |- |3 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Issam Naim |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |16||13||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |19||15||0

|4 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Imadeddine Boubekeur |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |28||28||4 |- |5 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Youcef Douar |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |21||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |23||19||0

|12 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Adda Derder |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |14||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |15||4||0

|13 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Mick Omfia |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |11||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |11||10||0 |- |22 |CB |style="text-align:left"|Ibrahim Bekakchi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||7||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |14||7||0

|26 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Aïssa Boudechicha |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||24||0

|27 |RB |style="text-align:left"|Kamel Hamidi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |25||25||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |28||28||6 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Midfielders |- |6 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Daibeche |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |22||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |25||25||0 |- |8 |CM |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Hamek |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||11||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |13||11||3

|10 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Akram Djahnit |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||17||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|4 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|1 |23||20||5

|11 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Kheireddine Toual |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |28||22||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |3||3||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |31||25||3 |- |14 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Abderraouf Arib |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||0

|21 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Hachemi Benslimane |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |2||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||1||0

|29 |DM |style="text-align:left"|Salifu Mudasiru |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |21||19||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |22||20||0

|54 |AM |style="text-align:left"|Abderrahmane Boungab |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||0||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Forwards

|7 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Wilfrid Nkaya |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||4||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||4||0

|9 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Benlebna |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |13||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |1||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |14||1||3

|17 |RW |style="text-align:left"|Mohamed Boukerma |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |20||7||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|3 |3||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |23||7||3

|19 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Daniel Gnahoua |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |11||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |11||2||0

|20 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Merouane Zerrouki |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |26||23||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|9 |3||2||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |29||25||9

|28 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Youcef Gherbi |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |2||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |6||0||0

|41 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Oussama Bouguerri |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |10||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |10||0||0

|57 |ST |style="text-align:left"|Imadeddine Bouchagoura |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |4||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |0||0||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |4||1||0 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |colspan=19" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:center"|Players transferred out during the season |-style="font-style:italic" |8 |LB |style="text-align:left"|Houari Ferhani |style="border-right: 1pt black solid"| |11||10||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |1||1||style="border-right: 1pt black solid"|0 |12||11||0

2025–26 ES Sétif season

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