JS Saoura in African football

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.

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		4	1	2	1	2	1	+1
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
South Africa	Orlando Pirates	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Libya	Al Ittihad	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Eswatini	Royal Leopards	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
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

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		24	11	13

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.[note 2]

#	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