JS Saoura in African football
# JS Saoura in African football

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. 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. 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 | Champions League | Preliminary Round | Enugu Rangers | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 (a) |
| 2018–19 | Champions League | Preliminary Round | SC Gagnoa | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2018–19 | Champions League | First round | Ittihad Tanger | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 2018–19 | Champions League | Group stage | Simba | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3rd place |
| 2018–19 | Champions League | Group stage | Al-Ahly | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3rd place |
| 2018–19 | Champions League | Group stage | AS Vita Club | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3rd place |
| 2021–22 | Confederation Cup | Second round | ASAC Concorde | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2021–22 | Confederation Cup | Play-off round | Hearts of Oak | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| 2021–22 | Confederation Cup | Group stage | Orlando Pirates | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3rd place |
| 2021–22 | Confederation Cup | Group stage | Royal Leopards | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3rd place |
| 2021–22 | Confederation Cup | Group stage | Al Ittihad | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3rd place |
| 2022–23 | Confederation Cup | Second round | 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 | Volcan Club | 5–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid) |
| 2019–20 | Arab Club Champions Cup | Preliminary round | ASAS Djibouti Télécom | 1–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid) |
| 2019–20 | Arab Club Champions Cup | Preliminary round | CA Bizertin | 1–0 (Stade Municipal de Berrechid, Berrechid) |
| 2019–20 | Arab Club Champions Cup | First round | 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 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.

### 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 | SC Gagnoa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Morocco | Ittihad Tanger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Tanzania | Simba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
| Egypt | Al-Ahly | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
| Ghana | Hearts of Oak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| DR Congo | AS Vita Club | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| Nigeria | Enugu Rangers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 |
| Mauritania | ASAC Concorde | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| South Africa | Orlando Pirates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
| Libya | Al Ittihad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Eswatini | Royal Leopards | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
| Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 21 | +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 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 |

## African competitions goals

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

| Position | Player | TOTAL | CL1 | CCC |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mohamed El Amine Hammia | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Aimen Lahmeri | 4 | – | 4 |
| = | Oussama Bellatreche | 4 | – | 4 |
| 4 | Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif | 3 | 3 | – |
| 5 | Abdeldjalil Saâd | 1 | – | 1 |
| = | Abderrahmane Bourdim | 1 | 1 | – |
| = | Mohamed Boulaouidet | 1 | 1 | – |
| = | Ziri Hammar | 1 | 1 | – |
| = | Belaid Hamidi | 1 | – | 1 |
| = | Mohamed Amine Ouis | 1 | – | 1 |
| = | Ismaïl Saâdi | 1 | – | 1 |
| = | El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté | 1 | 1 | – |
| Totals | Totals | 24 | 11 | 13 |

### 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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.

Gold Still playing competitive football in JS Saoura.

| # | Name | Position | CL1 | CCC | SC | TOTAL | Date of first cap | Debut against | Date of last cap | Final match against |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mohamed El Amine Hammia | AM | 14 | 7 | – | 21 | 10 Feb 2017 | Enugu Rangers | — | — |
| 2 | Adel Bouchiba | DM | 9 | 11 | – | 20 | 27 Nov 2018 | SC Gagnoa | — | — |
| 3 | Imadeddine Boubekeur | CB | 3 | 9 | – | 12 | 5 Dec 2018 | SC Gagnoa | — | — |
| 4 | Aimen Lahmeri | LW | 3 | 11 | – | 13 | 12 Jan 2019 | Simba | — | — |
| 5 | Oussama Bellatreche | RW | – | 12 | – | 12 | 16 Oct 2021 | ASAC Concorde | — | — |
| 6 | Messala Merbah | AM | 11 | – | – | 11 | 10 Feb 2017 | Enugu Rangers | 16 Mar 2019 | Al-Ahly |
| 7 | Hamza Zaidi | LW | 10 | – | – | 10 | 10 Feb 2017 | Enugu Rangers | 16 Mar 2019 | Al-Ahly |
| 8 | Abdeldjalil Saâd | AM | – | 11 | – | 11 | 16 Oct 2021 | ASAC Concorde | — | — |
| 9 | Ibrahim Bekakchi | CB | 10 | – | – | 10 | 27 Nov 2018 | SC Gagnoa | 16 Mar 2019 | Al-Ahly |
