Mamelodi Sundowns CAF Opponents: ES Setif

ES Setif
With Mamelodi Sundowns the only team yet to clinch the CAF Champions League title in Group B, here's a lowdown on the Algerian giants and why Sundowns should not take them lightly. Read: Downs Keen To Swap Strike Duo For Vila? - Entente Sportive de Sétif are commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short. - The club was established in 1958 and play its games at the Stade 8 Mai 1945. - Also known as the Black Eagles, Sétif is one of the most successful clubs in Algeria having won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 seven times and the Algerian Cup a record eight times. - They are amongst only three Algerian clubs to have won the CAF Champions League, winning it twice in 1988 and 2014. - ES Setif are the reigning champions of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 but are set to lose out on defending their title as they are sat in fourth spot in the 2015/16 campaign with one match left to play. - In 2015, they became the first Algerian club to win the CAF Super Cup after beating Egypt's Al Ahly 6-5 on penalties following a 1-1 draw. - Setif will hope for a taste in defeating a South African opposition as they have never come up against a South African team.