2025–26 CS Constantine season

CS Constantine
2025–26 season
Owner	ENTP SPA
Head coach	Rusmir Cviko; (from 14 July 2025); (until 5 December 2025); Lassaad Dridi; (from 16 December 2025);
Stadium	Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium
Ligue 1	6th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16

The 2025–26 season, is CS Constantine's 30th season and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. In addition to the domestic league, CS Constantine are participating in this season's editions of 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.^[4]

Review

Background

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 17 December 2025.^[5]
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	Zakaria Bouhalfaya	(1997-08-11)11 August 1997 (aged 28)	ES Sétif
16	GK	Mohamed Khenniche	(2005-07-01)1 July 2005 (aged 20)	Youth system
23	GK	Abdelmalek Necir	(1992-09-06)6 September 1992 (aged 32)	NRB Teleghma
Defenders
2	RB	Abderrahmane Benadla	(2005-05-24)24 May 2005 (aged 20)	GC Mascara
5	CB	Mélo Ndiaye	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 30)	Youssoufia Berrechid
8	LB	Houari Baouche	(1995-12-24)24 December 1995 (aged 29)	USM Alger
12	RB	Oussama Meddahi	(1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 34)	NA Hussein Dey
13	CB	Imadeddine Benmoussa	(2005-05-21)21 May 2005 (aged 20)	IRB Laghouat
19	CB	Chamseddine Derradji	(1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 33)	NC Magra
25	CB	Miloud Rebiaï	(1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 31)	CR Belouizdad
27	LB	Abdelmoumen Chikhi	(1996-02-29)29 February 1996 (aged 29)	ES Sétif
29	CB	Achraf Boudrama	(1996-05-25)25 May 1996 (aged 29)	CR Belouizdad
Midfielders
6	DM	Mohamed Benchaira	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 33)	JS Kabylie
10	AM	Brahim Dib	(1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 32)	AS Ain M'lila
14	DM	Salifou Tapsoba	(2002-10-19)19 October 2002 (aged 22)	ES Métlaoui
15	CM	Mostafa Berkane	(2002-10-21)21 October 2002 (aged 22)	NC Magra
18	DM	Messala Merbah	(1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 31)	USM Alger
30	AM	Feth-Allah Tahar	(1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 31)	MC Alger
Forwards
7	LW	Moundhir Bouzekri	(2001-12-16)16 December 2001 (aged 23)	MC Alger
11	LW	Dadi El Hocine Mouaki	(1996-09-11)11 September 1996 (aged 28)	JS Kabylie
17	RW	Rédha Bensayah	(1994-08-22)22 August 1994 (aged 30)	Al-Adalah
20	ST	Ouadjih Khelfaoui	(2005-03-02)2 March 2005 (aged 20)	Youth system
21	ST	Hatem Grine	(2005-08-17)17 August 2005 (aged 20)	Youth system
22	ST	Tosin Omoyele	(1996-08-03)3 August 1996 (aged 29)	USM Khenchela
26	RW	Nassim L'Ghoul	(1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 28)	Bellinzona
NA	RW	Sofian Bahloul	(1999-12-16)16 December 1999 (aged 25)	Unattached

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
25 July 2025	LB	Abdelmoumen Chikhi	ES Sétif	Free transfer
25 July 2025	LB	Abdellah Meddah	ES Mostaganem	Free transfer
25 July 2025	AM	Mostafa Berkane	NC Magra	Free transfer
25 July 2025	LW	Moundhir Bouzekri	MC Alger	Free transfer
25 July 2025	RW	Rédha Bensayah	Al-Adalah FC	Free transfer	^[6]
4 August 2025	DF	Abdelhamid Driss	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[7]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Fee	Source
16 December 2025	RW	Sofian Bahloul	Unattached	Free transfer	^[8]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
14 July 2025	DF	Aimen Bouguerra	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[9]
15 July 2025	FW	Zakaria Benchaâ	Al-Fahaheel SC	Free transfer	^[10]
31 July 2025	DF	Chahine Bellaouel	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[11]
31 July 2025	MF	Abdennour Belhocini	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	^[12]

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	12	5	3	4	15	12	+3	041.67	—	To be confirmed	22 August 2025	In Progress
Algerian Cup	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00	Round of 64	To be confirmed	5 December 2025	In Progress
Total	14	7	3	4	22	13	+9	050.00

Updated to match played 19 December 2025
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	USM Alger	12	4	7	1	14	10	+4	19
6	JS Saoura	13	5	4	4	17	18	−1	19
7	CS Constantine	12	5	3	4	15	12	+3	18
8	CR Belouizdad	11	4	5	2	14	11	+3	17
9	ES Ben Aknoun	11	4	5	2	12	10	+2	17

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: lfp.dz
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.

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
12	5	3	4	15	12	+3	18	4	2	0	10	4	+6	1	1	4	5	8	−3

Last updated: 19 December 2025.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W		W
Position	1	8

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 July 2025.^[13]

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

22 August 2025 Round 1	MC El Bayadh	0–2	CS Constantine	El Bayadh
17:00		Soccerway LFP	Rebiaï 27' Khelfaoui 85'	Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

30 August 2025 Round 2	ES Mostaganem	2–0	CS Constantine	Mostaganem
19:00	Benkhelifa 22' Askar 70'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium Referee: Anes Azrine

5 September 2025 Round 3	CS Constantine	2–0	MB Rouissat	Constantine
18:00	Berkane 36' Dib 90+2'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Tahar Boudjemaa

11 September 2025 Round 4	ES Sétif	2–1	CS Constantine	Sétif
17:45	Zerrouki 49', 69'	Soccerway LFP	Tahar 22'	Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium Referee: Youcef Taieb Bouderbal

19 September 2025 Round 5	CS Constantine	2–2	ASO Chlef	Constantine
17:45	Mouaki 66', 77'	Soccerway LFP	Sadahine 33' Avotor 68'	Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia VAR: Alaa Bouab

28 September 2025 Round 6	CR Belouizdad	2–2	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
16:00	Benayada 45+6' (pen.) Laouafi 87' (pen.)	Soccerway LFP	Dib 27' Benchaira 58'	Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal VAR: Tahar Boudjemaa

4 October 2025 Round 7	CS Constantine	1–1	USM Alger	Constantine
17:45	Dib 43'	Soccerway LFP	Draoui 7' (pen.)	Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Yahia Dehar VAR: Fateh Harkat

18 October 2025 Round 8	ES Ben Aknoun	1–0	CS Constantine	Belouizdad
15:00	Lakehal 76'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

25 October 2025 Round 9	CS Constantine	2–1	Olympique Akbou	Constantine
17:00	Tahar 11' Dib 53'	Soccerway LFP	Hamroune 78'	Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Fateh Harkat

1 November 2025 Round 10	MC Oran	1–0	CS Constantine	Bir El Djir
18:00	Moulay 56'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Referee: Tahar Boudjemaa

9 November 2025 Round 11	CS Constantine	1–0	JS Kabylie	Constantine
17:45	L'Ghoul 63'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Houssam Benyahia

19 December 2025 Round 13	CS Constantine	2–0	Paradou AC	Constantine
17:00	Mouaki 80' Omoyele 90+4'	Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Alaa Bouab

26 December 2025 Round 14	USM Khenchela	–	CS Constantine	Khenchela
14:30		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium

6 January 2026 Round 12	MC Alger	–	CS Constantine	Douéra
:		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Ali La Pointe Stadium

10 January 2026 Round 15	CS Constantine	–	JS Saoura	Constantine
:		Soccerway LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

22 January 2026 Round 16	CS Constantine	–	MC El Bayadh	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

29 January 2026 Round 17	CS Constantine	–	ES Mostaganem	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Round 18	MB Rouissat	–	CS Constantine	Ouargla
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 19	CS Constantine	–	ES Sétif	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Round 20	ASO Chlef	–	CS Constantine	Chlef
:		[ Soccerway] [ https://www.lfp.dz/en/match/89163LFP]		Stadium: Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium

Round 21	CS Constantine	–	CR Belouizdad	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Round 22	USM Alger	–	CS Constantine	Algiers
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet

Round 23	CS Constantine	–	ES Ben Aknoun	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Round 24	Olympique Akbou	–	CS Constantine	Béjaïa
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium

Round 25	CS Constantine	–	MC Oran	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Round 26	JS Kabylie	–	CS Constantine	Tizi Ouzou
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium

Round 27	CS Constantine	–	MC Alger	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Round 28	Paradou AC	–	CS Constantine	Dar El Beïda
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium

Round 29	CS Constantine	–	USM Khenchela	Constantine
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Round 30	JS Saoura	–	CS Constantine	Béchar
:		[ Soccerway] LFP		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Algerian Cup

5 December 2025 Round of 64	CS Constantine	4–1 (a.e.t.)	JS El Biar	Constantine
16:00	Benchaira 45+2' Bensayah 93', 113' Grine 117'	Report	Bensahaila 47'	Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbal

11 December 2025 Round of 32	CS Constantine	3–0	CR Témouchent	Constantine
17:00	Dib 20' Tahar 22' Mouaki 56'	Report		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Referee: Rafik Aouina

16 January 2026 Round of 16	CS Constantine	–	ES Sétif	Constantine
16:00		Report		Stadium: Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 11 December 2025

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	Ligue 1			Algerian Cup			Total
No.	Pos	Player	Nat	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Zakaria Bouhalfaya		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Mohamed Khenniche		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Abdelmalek Necir		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	RB	Abderrahmane Benadla		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	CB	Mélo Ndiaye		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	LB	Houari Baouche		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	RB	Oussama Meddahi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	CB	Imadeddine Benmoussa		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
19	CB	Chamseddine Derradji		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
25	CB	Miloud Rebiaï		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
27	LB	Abdelmoumen Chikhi		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
29	CB	Achraf Boudrama		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	DM	Mohamed Benchaira		0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0
10	AM	Brahim Dib		0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
14	DM	Salifou Tapsoba		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	CM	Mostafa Berkane		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DM	Messala Merbah		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
30	AM	Feth-Allah Tahar		0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0
32	CM	Mounder Ayoune		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	LW	Moundhir Bouzekri		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
11	LW	Dadi El Hocine Mouaki		0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0
17	RW	Rédha Bensayah		0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
20	ST	Ouadjih Khelfaoui		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	ST	Hatem Grine		0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
22	ST	Tosin Omoyele		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	RW	Nassim L'Ghoul		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
NA	RW	Sofian Bahloul		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total				0		0	0		0	0		0

Last updated: 11 December 2025
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 19 December 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Player	Pos.	L1	AC	TOTAL
10	Brahim Dib	AM	4	1	5
11	Dadi El Hocine Mouaki	LW	3	1	4
30	Feth-Allah Tahar	AM	2	1	3
17	Rédha Bensayah	RW	0	2	2
6	Mohamed Benchaira	DM	1	1	2
25	Miloud Rebiaï	CB	1	0	1
20	Ouadjih Khelfaoui	ST	1	0	1
15	Mostafa Berkane	CM	1	0	1
26	Nassim L'Ghoul	RW	1	0	1
21	Hatem Grine	ST	0	1	1
22	Tosin Omoyele	ST	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			15	7	22

Clean sheets

As of 19 December 2025

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	L1	AC	Total
1		Zakaria Bouhalfaya	11	11	2	1	3
16		Mohamed Khenniche	0	0	0	0	0
23		Abdelmalek Necir	3	2	2	0	2
		TOTALS		13	4	1	5

Notes

References

^ "CSC : Cviko remplace Madoui". DZfoot. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
^ "CSC : Cviko claque la porte !". competition.dz. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
^ "CS Constantine : Lassaad Dridi nouvel entraîneur". mediafootdz.dz. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
^ "Ligue 1 : La LFP détaille un calendrier 25/26 complet !". DZfoot. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
^ "Players".
^ "Le CSC s'offre les services de Redha Bensayah". sport24dz.com. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
^ "CSC : Driss s'engage, Zeddam pisté". competition.dz. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
^ "CSC : Bahloul ouvre le bal du mercato hivernal". competition.dz. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
^ "MCA : Une première recrue estivale". dzfoot.com. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
^ "Mercato : Zakaria Benchaâ quitte le CSC pour le golfe". dzfoot.com. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
^ "JSK : Bellaouel, 4e recrue". competition.dz. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
^ "Transferts : Belhocini rejoint le CRB pour trois saisons". competition.dz. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
^ "Ligue 1 (2025-2026) : un début de saison explosif pour les cadors". Competition. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

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[2] "CSC : Cviko claque la porte !". competition.dz. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.

[3] "CS Constantine : Lassaad Dridi nouvel entraîneur". mediafootdz.dz. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.

[4] "Ligue 1 : La LFP détaille un calendrier 25/26 complet !". DZfoot. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.

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[6] "Le CSC s'offre les services de Redha Bensayah". sport24dz.com. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

[7] "CSC : Driss s'engage, Zeddam pisté". competition.dz. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

[8] "CSC : Bahloul ouvre le bal du mercato hivernal". competition.dz. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.

[9] "MCA : Une première recrue estivale". dzfoot.com. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

[10] "Mercato : Zakaria Benchaâ quitte le CSC pour le golfe". dzfoot.com. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

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