ES Sétif

ES Sétif
Full name Entente Sportive de Sétif
الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي
Nickname(s) E.S.S
El Kahla (The Black One)
Les Aigles Noirs (Black Eagles)
Founded 1958
(as Entente Sportive de Sétif)
Ground Stade 8 Mai 1945
Ground Capacity 25,000[1]
President Hacène Hemmar
Head Coach Kheïreddine Madoui
League Ligue Professionnelle 1
2016–17 Ligue Professionnelle 1, 1st

Entente Sportive de Sétif (Arabic: الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي‎‎) (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃.tɑ̃t spɔʁ.tiv də se.tif]), commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The club was founded in 1958 and plays its games at the Stade 8 Mai 1945.

ESS is one of the most successful clubs in Algeria having won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 eight times and the Algerian Cup a record eight times. They are also one of only three Algerian clubs to have won the CAF Champions League, winning it twice in 1988 and 2014. They have also won the Arab Champions League twice, in 2007 and 2008, as well as three North African Cups in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, they became the first Algerian club to win the CAF Super Cup.

ES Sétif were CAF Champions League champion, after beating DR Congo's AS Vita Club in the 2014 final, the reigning CAF Super Cup, after beating Egypt's Al Ahly in the 2015 Super Cup[2] and the reigning Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions.

History

The club was founded in 1958 by Ali Benaouda and Ali Layass as Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS), the name was later changed to Entente Pétroliers Sétifienne (EPS) in 1977, and again in 1984 it became known as Entente Plastique Sétifienne (EPS) and was then later changed back to Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS).[3]

The first colours of the club were green and the white, and following a confrontation with the French Army in a match with FC Gadir on May 8, 1945 colours changed to black and white as a sign of sadness for the events on this day. The Guessan Stadium was the original name for the club's home.

ES Sétif is one of the prestigious top flight Algerian clubs. The club has won the Algerian Cup 8 times, and is the only Algerian team to have won the Afro-Asia cup, in 1989 in Qatar.

Since its foundation, ES Sétif has had 19 presidents, the first being Ibrahim Dokomi. The current president is Hassan Hammar.

African success

In 1988, ES Sétif won the African Cup of Champions Clubs by beating Iwuanyanwu Nationale of Nigeria 4–1 on aggregate in the final.[4] After losing the first leg 1–0 in Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, ES Sétif scored 4 goals in the return leg in Constantine to lift the trophy. ES Sétif were playing in the Algerian second division at time and are the only club in Africa to date to have won the African Cup of Champions Clubs while not being in the top flight.

By winning the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs, ES Sétif qualified for the 1989 Afro-Asian Club Championship, where they faced Al-Sadd of Qatar, winners of the 1988–89 Asian Club Championship. ES Sétif won both legs, 2–0 at home and 3–1 in Doha, to lift the trophy.[5] They are the only Algerian club to have won the competition.

On June 29, 2010, ES Sétif became the first fully professional club in Algeria.[6]

On August 8, 2010, ES Sétif defeated CS Sfaxien of Tunisia 1–0 to win the first-ever edition of the UNAF Super Cup.[7]

Crest

Equipment

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (8): 1967–68, 1986–87, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17
Runners-up (3): 1982–83, 1985–86, 2009–10
Winners (8) – shared record: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1979–80, 1988–89, 2009–10, 2011–12
Winners (1): 2015
Runners-up (2): 2007, 2014

African competitions

Winners (2): 1988, 2014
Runners-up (1): 2009
Winners (1): 2015

Worldwide competitions

Winners (1): 1989

Regional competitions

Winners (2): 2007, 2008
Winners (1): 2009
Winners (1): 2010
Winners (1): 2010

Award nominations

Best team (1): 2014

Performance in CAF competitions

The club have 3 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1987 to 1989 and 6 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2008 till now.

1981 – Quarter-finals
1991 – Semi-finals

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.