Pentagon Challenge - Season 4 (2026/27)
Season 2026/27 - CS Constantine - Algerian Ligue 1 The season preview has us down as 4th favourites to win the league. Pre-season was mostly very good, with one draw amongst a series of wins. We were drawn against Génération Foot from Senegal in the Preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, which we ended up with a relatively comfortable 6-2 aggregate win after winning the home leg 4-0, although we didn't look so impressive in the away leg. We were then drawn against Mamelodi Sundowns for the First Round and as they've been the dominant force in South Africa for over 10 years, I expected that to be the end of our run. However, we scored a shock 5-1 win at home, and followed up with a 2-1 in South Africa to win the tie quite comfortably. After this, it goes to the group stage which has seen us drawn in a group which looks very tough, with Kaizer Chiefs from South Africa, Red Arrows from Zambia and Al-Ahly who have dominated Egypt, which is the highest reputation league i...