2010 Algerian Cup Final
# 2010 Algerian Cup Final

The 2010 FA Cup Final saw ES Sétif beat CA Batna to win their seventh Algerian Cup. The match took place on Wednesday, 21 April 2010 at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers and ended 3–0 with a brace by Hocine Metref and an own goal from Saber Chebana. With his two goals, Metref was chosen as the Man of the Match.

## Background

Prior to the 2010 final, ES Sétif had reached the final of the Algerian Cup six times, winning all six of them, while CA Batna had reached the final just once in 1997, losing to USM Alger in the final.

ES Sétif won both of the games between the two sides in the 2009–10 Algerian Championnat National, winning 2–1 at home and 3–0 in Batna.

## Route to the final

| ES Sétif | ES Sétif | Round | CA Batna | CA Batna |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| US Doucen H 8–1 | Ambané 1', 36', Kadri 4', 34', 48', 69' Bouderbal 62', Kaddour 68' | Round of 64 | USB Hassi R’Mel H 2–0 | Kebia 21', 56' |
| MC Saïda H 1–0 | Delhoum 27' | Round of 32 | CS Hamma Loulou A 2–1 | Messaâdia 47', Bensaci 82' |
| WA Tlemcen A 1–1 Penalties: 4-2 | Djediat 87' | Round of 16 | USM Blida H 0–0 Penalties: 4-3 | |
| USM Bel-Abbès H 1–0 | Bencharif 11' | Quarter-finals | MC Alger H 1–0 (aet) | Boukhlouf 90+3' |
| ASO Chlef H 3–1 | Feham 18', Hemani 67', Djediat 84' | Semi-Finals | JS Kabylie H 0–0 Penalties: 7-6 | |

## Match details

| ES Sétif | CA Batna |
| - | - |

Fawzi Chaouchi :

| RB | 17 | Slimane Raho |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 4 | Abdelkader Laïfaoui |
| CB | 6 | Farouk Belkaïd |
| LB | 22 | Mohamed Yekhlef | | 76' |
| RM | 24 | Francis Ambané | | 79' |
| CM | 8 | Khaled Lemmouchia |
| CM | 13 | Mourad Delhoum |
| LM | 23 | Hocine Metref | 37' |
| CF | 19 | Nabil Hemani | 44' | 81' |
| CF | 10 | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa (c) | |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | 5 | Smaïl Diss | | 76' |
| CM | 14 | Lamouri Djediat | | 81' |
| CM | 15 | Bouazza Feham | | 79' |
| GK | | Mohamed Seghir Ferradji |
| DF | | Riad Benchadi |
| CM | | Mehdi Kacem |
| FW | | Lyes Kouriba |
| Manager: ||||
| Noureddine Zekri ||||

Yacine Babouche :

| RB | 15 | Samir Saïd Soualah |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 4 | Saber Chebana |
| CB | 5 | Salim Aribi (c) |
| LB | 7 | Ali Daira |
| RM | 27 | Nacerdine Bensaci | 40' |
| CM | 8 | Lazhar Benhacene |
| CM | 23 | Abdellah Rasmal | | 77' |
| LM | 26 | Amine Elaid Fezzani |
| CF | 24 | Amine Boukhlouf |
| CF | 10 | Mohamed Amir Bourahli | | 57' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| DF | 3 | Toufik Bettoumi | | 77' |
| DF | 17 | Ahmed Messaâdia | | 57' |
| DF | | Hamza Kerboua |
| DF | | Fayçal Ziouar |
| MF | | Ibrahim Kebia |
| FW | | Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou |
| Manager: ||||
| Mustapha Biskri ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Meksous Choukri Bechirène Fourth official: Mohamed Bichari MAN OF THE MATCH Hocine Metref (ES Sétif) | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |
