The club was founded in 1958 by Ali Benaouda and Ali Layass as Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS), the name was later changed to Entente Pétroliers Sétifienne (EPS) in 1977, and again in 1984 it became known as Entente Plastique Sétifienne (EPS) and was then later changed back to Entente Sportive Sétifienne (ESS). The first colours of the club were green and the white, and following a confrontation with the French Army in a match with
FC Gadir on May 8, 1945, colours changed to black and white as mourning for the events on this day. The Guessab Stadium was the original name for the club's home. ES Sétif is one of the prestigious top flight Algerian clubs. The club has won the
Algerian Cup 8 times, and is the only Algerian team to have won the Afro-Asia cup, in 1989 in
Qatar. Since its foundation, ES Sétif has had 19 presidents, the first being Ibrahim Dokomi. The current president is Hassan Hammar.
African success In 1988, ES Sétif won the
African Cup of Champions Clubs by beating
Iwuanyanwu Nationale of
Nigeria 4–1 on aggregate in the final. After losing the first leg 1–0 in
Liberty Stadium,
Ibadan, ES Sétif scored 4 goals in the return leg in
Constantine to lift the trophy. ES Sétif were playing in the
Algerian second division at time and are the only club in Africa to date to have won the
African Cup of Champions Clubs while not being in the top flight. By winning the
1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs, ES Sétif qualified for the 1989
Afro-Asian Club Championship, where they faced
Al-Sadd of
Qatar, winners of the
1988–89 Asian Club Championship. ES Sétif won both legs, 2–0 at home and 3–1 in
Doha, to lift the trophy. They are the only
Algerian club to have won the competition. On June 29, 2010, ES Sétif became the first fully professional club in
Algeria. On August 8, 2010, ES Sétif defeated
CS Sfaxien of
Tunisia 1–0 to win the first-ever edition of the
UNAF Super Cup.
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