JS Saoura in African football

JS Saoura in African football

Club	JS Saoura
Most appearances	Mohamed El Amine Hammia 14
Top scorer	Mohamed El Amine Hammia 4
First entry	2017 CAF Champions League
Latest entry	2021–22 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	Enugu Rangers	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2018–19[4]	Champions League	Preliminary Round	SC Gagnoa	2–0	0–0	2–0
		First round	Ittihad Tanger	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Group stage	Simba	2–0	0–3	3rd place
			Al-Ahly	1–1	0–3
			AS Vita Club	1–0	2–2
2021–22[5]	Confederation Cup	Second round	ASAC Concorde	1–1	2–1	3–2
		Play-off round	Hearts of Oak	4–0	0–2	4–2
		Group stage	Orlando Pirates	–	–
			Winner of PR16	–	–
			Al Ittihad	–	–

Non-CAF competitions[]

Non-CAF competition record

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
2019–20	Arab Club Champions Cup	Preliminary round	Volcan Club	5–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid)
			ASAS Djibouti Télécom	1–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid)
			CA Bizertin	1–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid)
		First round	Al-Shabab	1–3 (Stade 20 Août 1955, Béchar) 2–0 (Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh)

Statistics[]

By season[]

Information correct as of 5 December 2021.

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	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3
Total		16	6	6	4	18	15	+3

By competition[]

In Africa[]

As of 18 October 2021:

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	1	4	2	1	1	7	4	2021–22
Total	3	16	6	6	4	18	15

Non-CAF competitions[]

As of 1 October 2019:

Non-CAF competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Arab Champions League	1	5	3	0	2	8	5	2019–20
Total	1	5	3	0	2	8	5

Statistics by country[]

Statistics correct as of game against Hearts of Oak on December 5, 2021

CAF competitions[]

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ivory Coast	SC Gagnoa	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Morocco	Ittihad Tanger	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Tanzania	Simba	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Egypt	Al-Ahly	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Ghana	Hearts of Oak	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
DR Congo	AS Vita Club	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Nigeria	Enugu Rangers	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	+0
Mauritania	ASAC Concorde	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Total		16	6	6	4	18	15	+3

Non-CAF competitions[]

Result summary by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Comoros	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Djibouti	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Total	5	3	0	2	8	5	+3

African competitions goals[]

Statistics correct as of game against Hearts of Oak on December 5, 2021

Position	Player	TOTAL	CL1	CCC
=	Mohamed El Amine Hammia	4	4	–
=		4	–	4
=	Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	3	3	–
=	Oussama Bellatreche	2	–	2
=	Abdeldjalil Taki Eddine Saâd	1	–	1
=	Abderrahmane Bourdim	1	1	–
=	Mohamed Boulaouidet	1	1	–
=	Ziri Hammar	1	1	–
=	El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté	1	1	–
Totals		18	11	7

Two goals one match[]

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

Non-CAF competitions goals[]

P	Player	Goals
1	Billel Messaoudi	3
2	Oussama Meddahi	1
=	Mohamed El Amine Hammia	1
=	Fateh Talah	1
=	Nacereddine Khoualed	1
=	Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	1

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. As well as participating in UAFA Club Championship for those who have exceeded the limit of 10 African matches only.

Gold Still playing competitive football in JS Saoura.^{[note 1]}

#	Name	Position	CL1	CCC	SC	TOTAL	UAFA	TOTAL	Date of first cap	Debut against	Date of last cap	Final match against
1		AM	14	0	–	14	2	16	10 Feb 2017	Enugu Rangers	—	—
2	Messala Merbah	AM	11	0	–	11	–	11	10 Feb 2017	Enugu Rangers	16 Mar 2019	Al-Ahly
3	Hamza Zaidi	LW	10	0	–	10	1	11	10 Feb 2017	Enugu Rangers	16 Mar 2019	Al-Ahly
4	Ibrahim Bekakchi	CB	10	0	–	10	–	10	27 Nov 2018	SC Gagnoa	16 Mar 2019	Al-Ahly

African opponents by cities[]

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