JS Saoura in African football
ClubJS Saoura
Most appearancesMohamed El Amine Hammia 21
Top scorerMohamed El Amine Hammia 5
First entry2017 CAF Champions League
Latest entry2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup

JS Saoura, 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 one occasion.

History

JS Saoura 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, JS Saoura is the first club from the south of Algeria to participate in a continental competition, and that was in 2017 in the CAF Champions League as the runner-up of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and they eliminated in the preliminary round against Enugu Rangers and the first continental goal scored by Abderrahmane Bourdim.[1] Two years later, JS Saoura returned to participate in the same competition, where they qualified for the group stage with Al-Ahly, AS Vita Club and Simba of Tanzania.[2] In the first round, JS Saoura was defeated by Simba 3-0. away from home, then achieved two draws against AS Vita Club and Vita Club, then two victories against Vita Club and Simba, and in the last round, it was defeated against AS Vita Club, ending the group stage in third place with 8 points.

CAF competitions

JS Saoura results in CAF competition
Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
2017[3] Champions League Preliminary Round Nigeria Enugu Rangers 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2018–19[4] Champions League Preliminary Round Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 2–0 0–0 2–0
First round Morocco Ittihad Tanger 2–0 0–1 2–1
Group stage Tanzania Simba 2–0 0–3 3rd place
Egypt Al-Ahly 1–1 0–3
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 1–0 2–2
2021–22[5] Confederation Cup Second round Mauritania ASAC Concorde 1–1 2–1 3–2
Play-off round Ghana Hearts of Oak 4–0 0–2 4–2
Group stage[note 1] South Africa Orlando Pirates 0–2 0–2 3rd place
Eswatini Royal Leopards 2–0 2–0
Libya Al Ittihad 1–0 1–1
2022–23 Confederation Cup Second round Ivory Coast Gagnoa 0–0 0–1 0–1

Non-CAF competitions

Non-CAF competition record
Season Competition Round Opposition Score
2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup Preliminary round Comoros Volcan Club 5–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid)
Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid)
Tunisia CA Bizertin 1–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid)
First round Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1–3 (Stade 20 Août 1955, Béchar)
2–0 (Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh)
2023 Arab Club Champions Cup First round Kuwait Kuwait SC 1–0 (Al-Kuwait Sports Club Stadium], Kuwait City)
1–1 (Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran)

Statistics

By season

Information correct as of 15 October 2022.
Key
JS Saoura record in African football by season
Season Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Round
2017 CAF Champions League 2 0 2 0 1 1+0 PR
2018–19 CAF Champions League 10 4 3 3 10 10+0 Grp
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup 10 5 2 3 13 9+4 Grp
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup 2 0 1 1 0 1−1 R2
Total 249872421+3

By competition

In Africa

As of 15 October 2022:

CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Champions League 2 12 4 5 3 11 11 2018–19
CAF Confederation Cup 2 12 5 3 4 13 10 2022–23
Total 4 24 9 8 7 24 21

Non-CAF competitions

As of 21 March 2023:

Non-CAF competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Arab Champions League 2 7 3 1 3 9 7 2023
Total 2 7 3 1 3 9 7

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against SC Gagnoa on October 15, 2022

CAF competitions

Country Club P W D L GF GA GD
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 412121+1
Subtotal 412121+1
Morocco Morocco Ittihad Tanger 210121+1
Subtotal 210121+1
Tanzania Tanzania Simba 210123−1
Subtotal 210123−1
Egypt Egypt Al-Ahly 201114−3
Subtotal 201114−3
Ghana Ghana Hearts of Oak 210142+2
Subtotal 210142+2
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo AS Vita Club 211032+1
Subtotal 211032+1
Nigeria Nigeria Enugu Rangers 202011+0
Subtotal 202011+0
Mauritania Mauritania ASAC Concorde 211032+1
Subtotal 211032+1
South Africa South Africa Orlando Pirates 200204−4
Subtotal 200204−4
Libya Libya Al Ittihad 211021+1
Subtotal 211021+1
Eswatini Eswatini Royal Leopards 220040+4
Subtotal 220040+4
Total 249872421+3

Non-CAF competitions

Result summary by country
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 200215−4
Comoros Comoros 110050+5
Djibouti Djibouti 110010+1
Kuwait Kuwait 201112−1
Tunisia Tunisia 110010+1
Total 731397+2

African competitions goals

Statistics correct as of game against SC Gagnoa on October 15, 2022

Position Player TOTAL CL1 CCC
1Algeria Mohamed El Amine Hammia541
2Algeria Aimen Lahmeri44
=Algeria Oussama Bellatreche44
4Algeria Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif33
5Algeria Abdeldjalil Saâd11
=Algeria Abderrahmane Bourdim11
=Algeria Mohamed Boulaouidet11
=Algeria Ziri Hammar11
=Algeria Belaid Hamidi11
=Algeria Mohamed Amine Ouis11
=Algeria Ismaïl Saâdi11
=Senegal El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté11
Totals241113

Two goals one match

N Date Player Match Score
1 16 October 2021 Aimen Lahmeri ASAC Concorde – JS Saoura 1–2
2 5 December 2021 Oussama Bellatreche JS Saoura – Hearts of Oak 4–0

Non-CAF competitions goals

P Player Goals
1Algeria Billel Messaoudi3
2Algeria Oussama Meddahi1
=Algeria Mohamed El Amine Hammia1
=Algeria Fateh Talah1
=Algeria Nacereddine Khoualed1
=Algeria Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif1

List of all-time appearances

This list of all-time appearances for JS Saoura in African competitions contains football players who have played for JS Saoura in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 10 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in JS Saoura.[note 2]

# Name Position CL1 CCC SC TOTAL Date of first cap Debut against Date of last cap Final match against
1Algeria Mohamed El Amine HammiaAM1472110 Feb 2017Enugu Rangers
2Algeria Adel BouchibaDM9112027 Nov 2018SC Gagnoa
3Algeria Imadeddine BoubekeurCB39125 Dec 2018SC Gagnoa
4Algeria Aimen LahmeriLW3111312 Jan 2019Simba
5Algeria Oussama BellatrecheRW121216 Oct 2021ASAC Concorde
6Algeria Messala MerbahAM111110 Feb 2017Enugu Rangers16 Mar 2019Al-Ahly
7Algeria Hamza ZaidiLW101010 Feb 2017Enugu Rangers16 Mar 2019Al-Ahly
8Algeria Abdeldjalil SaâdAM111116 Oct 2021ASAC Concorde
9Algeria Ibrahim BekakchiCB101027 Nov 2018SC Gagnoa16 Mar 2019Al-Ahly

African opponents by cities

Notes

  1. JS Saoura play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 20 Août 1955, Béchar, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  2. Statistics correct as of game against Gagnoa on October 15, 2022.

References

  1. "Le dur apprentissage des Bécharis". djazairess.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. "Une première pour la JS Saoura". elwatan.com. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. "2017 CAF Champions League". RSSSF.
  4. "2018–19 CAF Champions League". RSSSF.
  5. "2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup". RSSSF.
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