Entente Sportive Sétifienne, known as Entente de Sétif and commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif, Algeria. The team competes in Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top tier of Algerian football, and is one of the country's successful and historically significant clubs. This unofficial ES Sétif flag (Arabic: علم وفاق سطيف غير الرسمي; French: drapeau non officiel de l'ES Sétif) features the club's official emblem set against a black-and-white vertically striped background, a design inspired by the team's iconic home jersey and long-standing visual identity.
| Flag Proportion: | 3:5 (standard flag ratio) |
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| Flag Format: | Animated GIF (25-frame loop) |
| Flag Usage: | Fan-made / unofficial digital flag |
The ES Sétif logo and colors are rooted in a painful and historically significant event in the history of both the club and Algeria. The center of the round club emblem features black-and-white vertical stripes in the team's traditional colors, with the abbreviation "ESS" prominently displayed. This central section is surrounded on its upper, right, and left sides by a stylized golden eagle, while the club's founding year, "1958", appears beneath it. The outer black ring, bordered in white, bears the club's name in Arabic, "الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي", and in French, "ENTENTE SPORTIVE SÉTIFIENNE". The club originally used green and white as its colors, but changed them to black and white following the May 8, 1945 massacre in Sétif, when French forces killed thousands of Algerians. Black was adopted as a symbol of mourning for those who lost their lives, while white represents peace and innocence. This history is reflected in the club's nickname "الكحلة" (al-Kaḥla, The Black One), as well as "L'Entente". The eagle is another defining symbol of ES Sétif and is associated with the nickname "Les Aigles Noirs" (The Black Eagles). It represents strength, leadership, pride, and a fighting spirit. Together, the black-and-white colors, golden eagle, founding year, bilingual inscriptions, and distinctive striped design express ES Sétif's historical identity, remembrance of a defining tragedy, and enduring sporting tradition.
| Team name: | Entente Sportive Sétifienne |
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| Team nicknames: | الكحلة (al-Kaḥla, The Black One), النسر الأسود; L'Aigle Noir (The Black Eagles) |
| Team abbreviation: | ESS |
| Founded: | 1958 |
| Location: | Sétif, Algeria |
| Stadium: | 8 May 1945 Stadium |
| Capacity: | 25,000 |
| League: | Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| Team Colors: | Black and white |
| Championships: | 8 |
| Second places: | 4 |
| Mascots: | - |
