CS Constantine
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Club Sportif Constantinois , known as CS Constantine or CSC for short, is an Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

n football club based in Constantine
Constantine, Algeria
Constantine is the capital of Constantine Province in north-eastern Algeria. It was the capital of the same-named French département until 1962. Slightly inland, it is about 80 kilometres from the Mediterranean coast, on the banks of Rhumel river...

. It was founded in 1926. Their home stadium is Stade Chahid Hamlaoui
Stade Chahid Hamlaoui
Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, known as Stade Chahid Hamlaoui is a multi-use stadium in Constantine, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 40,000 people. It serves as a home ground for CS Constantine, and MO Constantine....

. The club currently plays in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top tier of Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

n football.

History

The big story of the Dean

More than a football club, the CSC is a story, a legend which has its roots in the lands of Constantine. through the years of its existence is the history of Algeria and men who have brought honor to the country running.

Algerian sports talk can be done without speaking of the Dean of Deans: CCS, the first sports club football in Algeria.

Despite pressure colonialists and painful historical events that gripped our country, this sports association lasted over time under three different symbols:

– IKBAL Emancipation from 1898 to 1915.

– The Star Club Muslim Constantine from 1916 to 1918

– The CSC since June 26, 1926.

Three acronyms but one club, with the same goals, values ​​and the same colors ..
1898 – 1909
IKBAL EMANCIPATION
In the late 19th century, after more than 50 years of colonial rule since the capture of Constantine in 1837, a group of friends had the idea of ​​promoting culture and sport and Constantine created the CSBC (Salah Bey Constantine Circle ).

Thus, the CSBC, which had its headquarters in Sidi Djellas (in the old town) in 1898 gave birth to a football club, the IKBAL Emancipation, the first committee will meet at the farm Bencheikh Lefgoun Sarkin.
The colors were Green and Black expectancy resulting in mourning.

The CSBC issued a large number of cultural associations and sports other than football with the support of all who responded favorably Constantine to engage in different activities. (Theater, music, scootisme etc.).

Thus, this period was the great start of the movement culture and sport in our country and especially in Constantine, whose name is engraved in history.
Their situations were obviously deemed irregular by many colonists who were against the existence of any activity of Muslim society of Constantine.

The growing activity of the indigenous Muslims was not without leaving the colonizers and so insensitive, pressure in pressure, the colonial forces arrived to carry out its withdrawal in 1909.
1916 – 1918
MUSLIM STAR CLUB Constantine :
The football club IKBAL Emancipation in 1916 but will reappear with the same colors but this time under the name of the Star Club Constantine Muslim Turkish coffee Fandouk Zait operated at the time by Si Mohamed Hajar.
In 1916, the Star Club defeated the Muslim Constantine AS Montpellier in Algiers during a meeting held at the field maneuver on the score of 2–0 goals scored by Fedaoui Lamri Zellagui and Ahmed.
The Star Club Champion becomes Muslim Constantine in Algeria.
The same year he won the African Cup North, defeating Stade Gaulois Tunis by 4 goals 2, after qualifying first at the expense of the Red Star of Algiers classified under the second national championship.
CSConstantine :
The Star Club Muslim Constantine had a short life due to the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and resigned himself to die after the armistice signed November 11, 1918, under the constraint of colonial power.

Stadium

CS Constantine's home stadium is Stade Chahid Hamlaoui which has been their home since its opening in 1976. The previous name of the stadium was Stade 17 Juin, the change was made in memory of Hamlaoui's death, a freedom fighter that died during the Algerian War. It can currently hold up to 50,00 people. The stadium has been through some renovation in the last few years. In 2007 natural grass was imported from the Netherlands.

Current squad

As of August 25, 2011

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented CS Constantine in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1926. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with CS Constantine or following his departure.


For a complete list of CS Constantine players, see :Category:CS Constantine players
Mohamed Amroune
Mohamed Amroune
Mohamed Seif Edine Amroune is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for MO Constantine in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.-Club career:...

 Fayçal Badji
Fayçal Badji
Fayçal Badji is a retired Algerian international football player. He spent the majority of his playing career in Algeria, with a brief spell with Erzurumspor in the Turkish Super Lig...

 Yacine Bezzaz
Yacine Bezzaz
Yacine Bezzaz is an Algerian football midfielder currently playing for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Club career:On July 28, 2011, Bezzaz reached an agreement to terminate his contract with Troyes...

 Mounir Zeghdoud
Mounir Zeghdoud
Mounir Zeghdoud , Algeria, is an Algerian football player who plays for JSM Béjaïa in the Algerian league.Zeghdoud made 34 appearances for the Algeria national football team.-Honours:...


Managers

  • 2003/2004 :
    François Bracci
    François Bracci
    François Bracci is French association football manager and former player, currently coaching MC Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He obtained a total number of 18 international caps for the France national football team...

  • 2011/2011 :
    Mouhemmed Nesar
  • 2011/2011 :
    José Dutra dos Santos
  • 2011/pres. :
    Rachid Bouarrata
    Rachid Bouarrata
    Rachid Bouarrata is an Algerian association football manager and former player. he is coaching CS Constantine in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-References:...


Domestic Competitions

  • Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1:
Winner (1) : 1996–97
  • Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2:
Winner (2) : 2003–04, 2010–11
2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
-League table:-Results:...


Performance in CAF competitions

  • CAF Champions League
    CAF Champions League
    The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...

    :
1998 – First round

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