Oussama Daibeche

Defensive Midfielder - ES Setif
26 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Oussama Daibeche

17 Edition

The ES Setif Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Kiros hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ES Setif can pretend not to have heard.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 9 of the 36 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Oussama Daibeche keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” ES Setif may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at ES Setif

Sofiane Bendebka was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Words at ES Setif training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aldair Ferreira is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

MC Alger take the points off ES Setif

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kiros

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Merouane Zerrouki

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

An afternoon Mohamed Benlebna will want back

Marked 5.39. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.

In brief

Back issues
11 Edition

The ES Setif Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Zakaria Saidi is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Zakaria Saidi: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

The small margins put ES Setif out

Out, 0‑0 to ES Ben Aknoun, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad

Daniel Gnahoua breaks a bone — 43 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 43 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 8 of the 36 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Player ratings

Rachid Ghezzal, 34, rolls back the years — 7.81

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.81 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad

Tempers go at ES Setif

Sofiane Bendebka was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Real improvement from Kheir Eddine Toual at ES Setif

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Kheir Eddine Toual is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mohamed Benlebna

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

ES Setif come up short against Olympique Akbou

Olympique Akbou left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief