Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Arabic: الترجي الرياضي التونسي‎), also known as ES Tunis, Espérance ST, Espérance de Tunis or most popular name for nowadays Mkachkha, Blood & Gold, or simply EST for short, is a sports club based in Bab Souika, Tunis, Tunisia. The club was founded in 1919 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home stadium, Stade Olympique de Radès, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Full name	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Nickname(s)	غول إفريقيا
Short name	EST
Founded	15 January 1919 (1919-01-15)
Ground	Stade Olympique de Radès
Chairman	Hamdi Meddeb
Head Coach	Moïne Chaâbani
League	Ligue Professionnelle 1
2018–19	Ligue Professionnelle 1, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Espérance's active sections
Football	Handball	Volleyball
Rugby	Swimming	Wrestling
Boxing	Judo	Esports

Espérance Sportive de Tunis, African Champions League final in 2011

Esperance is the most successful Tunisian club; domestically, they have won 29 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 titles, 15 Tunisian Cup and 4 Tunisian Super Cup. Esperance won a total of 48 domestic trophies, more than any other Tunisian football club. At international level, Esperance has won 12 titles, with 8 organized by Confederation of African Football.

History

The club was founded in Bab Souika which is one of the historic gates of the capital of Tunisia, Tunis on January 15, 1919 in the French protectorate. The club was named Taraji in Arabic after the name of the coffeehouse where the founders used to often meet each other. So far ES Tunis has 29 Tunisian League wins, 15 Tunisian Cups, and 4 Tunisian Supercups. At the continental level, the club has won 4 CAF Champions League, one African Cup Winners' Cup, one CAF Cup, one CAF Super Cup and one Afro-Asian Cup, making it one of the most successful African clubs.[1]

In 2001, Espérance set a new Tunisian record by winning the national title four years in a row, beating the previous record of three, set by Italia de Tunis in 1937.[2] They extended this run to seven consecutive titles in 2004.[2]

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

  Winners (29): 1941–42,[note 1] 1958–59, 1959–60, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

• Tunisian Cup

  Winners (15): 1938–39,[note 1] 1956–57, 1963–64, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2015–16

• Tunisian Super Cup

  Winners (4): 1960, 1993, 2001, 2019

Regional competitions

• Arab Club Champions Cup

  Winners (3): 1993, 2008–09, 2017

  Runners-up (2): 1986, 1995

• Arab Super Cup

  Winners (2): 1996

• North African Cup of Champions

  Runners-up (1): 2009

• North African Cup Winners Cup

  Winners (1): 2008

CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League / African Cup of Champions Clubs

  Winners (4): 1994, 2011, 2018, 2018–19

  Runners-up (4): 1999, 2000, 2010, 2012

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup:

  Winners: 1998

  Runners-up: 1987

• CAF Cup:

  Winners: 1997

• CAF Super Cup:

  Winners: 1995

  Runners-up: 1999, 2012, 2019, 2020

• Afro-Asian Cup:

  Winners: 1995

Current team

As of 26 August 2019

As of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1:

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Moez Ben Cherifia	Tunisia
2	Forward	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda	Tunisia
3	Midfielder	Kwame Bonsu	Ghana
4	Defender	Mohamed Amine Tougai	Algeria
5	Defender	Chamseddine Dhaouadi	Tunisia
6	Defender	Mohamed Ali Yacoubi	Tunisia
7	Forward	Billel Bensaha	Algeria
8	Midfielder	Abderrahmane Meziane	Algeria
9	Forward	Ibrahim Ouattara	Ivory Coast
10	Forward	Hamdou Elhouni	Libya
11	Forward	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Tunisia
12	Defender	Khalil Chemmam (Captain)	Tunisia
13	Forward	Raed Fedaa	Tunisia
14	Forward	Zied Berrima	Tunisia
15	Midfielder	Fousseny Coulibaly	Ivory Coast
16	Forward	Maher Ben Sghaïer	Tunisia
17	Forward	Youssef Abdelli	Tunisia
18	Midfielder	Raouf Benguit	Algeria
19	Goalkeeper	Rami Jridi	Tunisia
20	Forward	Tayeb Meziani	Algeria
21	Goalkeeper	Mohamed Debchi	Tunisia
22	Defender	Sameh Derbali	Tunisia
23	Defender	Ilyes Chetti	Algeria
24	Defender	Iheb Mbarki	Tunisia
25	Midfielder	Fedi Ben Choug	Tunisia
26	Defender	Houcine Rabii	Tunisia
27	Midfielder	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane	Tunisia
28	Midfielder	Mohamed Amine Meskini	Tunisia
29	Forward	Junior Lokosa	Nigeria
30	Defender	Abdelkader Bedrane	Algeria
—	Defender	Samuel Atvati	Nigeria
—	Midfielder	Ghailene Chaalali	Tunisia
—	Midfielder	Youssef Mosrati	Tunisia
—	Goalkeeper	Wassim Karoui	Tunisia
—	Midfielder	Amine Ben Hamida	Tunisia

Former personnel

Coaches

H. Ben Ghachem (1927–30), (1935–36), (1938–39) Hachemi Chérif (19??–42) Habib Draoua (19??–57) Hachemi Chérif (195?–59) Habib Draoua (1959–60) Jean Baratte (1962–63) Abderrahmane Ben Ezzedine (1963–66) Sandor Pazmandy (1966–68) Robert Domergue (1968–69) Abderrahmane Ben Ezzedine (1969–70) Slah Guiza (1971–72) Vladimir Mirka (1972–73) Hmid Dhib (1973–76) Abderrahmane Ben Ezzedine (1976–77) Stjepan Bobek (1976–78) Mokhtar Tlili (1978–81) Hmid Dhib (1982–83) Roger Lemerre (1983–84) Amarildo (1985–87) Antoni Piechniczek (1987–90) Władysław Jan Żmuda (1990–91) Anton Donchevski (1991–92)

Zdzislaw Podedworny (1992–93) Faouzi Benzarti (1993–95) Roberto di Baldos Amilton (1995–96) Faouzi Benzarti (1995–96) Luigi Maifredi (1996) Khaled Ben Yahia (1997) Youssef Zouaoui (1997–00) Antoni Piechniczek (2000) Youssef Zouaoui (2001) Ali Fergani (2001–02) Michel Decastel (July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2003) Faouzi elBenzarti (2003) Youssef Zouaoui (2003–Dec 03) Oscar Fulloné (2003–04) Claude Andrey (2004–05) Mrad Mahjoub (July 1, 2005–06) Khaled Ben Yahia (Jan 1, 2006 – Sept 28, 2006) Jacky Duguépéroux (Oct 6, 2006 – June 30, 2007) Faouzi Benzarti (July 1, 2007 – July 13, 2007) Larbi Zouaoui (July 14, 2007 – Aug 28, 2007) Ali Ben Neji (2007) Cabralzinho (Aug 28, 2007 – Dec 4, 2007)

Youssef Zouaoui (Dec 2007–08) Cabralzinho (May 2008) Maher Kanzari (interim) (2008) José Morais (Nov 17, 2008 – March 8, 2009) Faouzi Benzarti (July 1, 2009 – Nov 29, 2010) Maher Kanzari (Nov 29, 2010 – Dec 27, 2010) Nabil Maaloul (Dec 27, 2010 – Dec 31, 2011) Michel Decastel (Jan 7, 2012 – May 31, 2012) L. Zouaoui (interim) (May 24, 2012 – May 30, 2012) Nabil Maaloul (June 1, 2012 – Jan 26, 2013) Khaled Znaidi (interim) (Feb 2013) Maher Kanzari (Feb 4, 2013 – Oct 21, 2013) Skander Kasri (interim) (Oct 21, 2013 – Dec 2, 2013) Sébastien Desabre (Dec 3, 2013 – Jan 19, 2014) Ruud Krol (Jan 19, 2014 – May 25, 2014) Sébastien Desabre (May 26, 2014 - Aug 16, 2014) Khaled Ben Yahia (Aug 17, 2014 –Dec 31, 2014) José Anigo (2015) Ammar Souayah (2015–2017) Faouzi Benzarti (2017–2018) Khaled Ben Yahia (2018) Moïne Chaâbani (2018–present)

Presidents

Louis Montassier (1919–19) [3] Mohamed Malki (1919–23) Sliman Ben Ali (1923–25) Mohamed Zouaoui (1925–26) Mustapha Kaak (1926–30) Chedly Zouiten (1930–63)

Mohamed Ben Smaïl (1963–68) Ali Zouaoui (1968–71) Hassen Belkhodja (1971–81) Naceur Knani (1981–84) Abdelhamid Achour (1984–85) Moncef Zouhir (1985–86)

Mondher Zenaidi (1986–87) Hédi Djilani (1987–89) Slim Chiboub (1989–04) Aziz Zouhir (2004–07) Hamdi Meddeb (2007–)

Twinning

• Taraji Wadi Al-Nes (Palestinian Club)

Notes

1. Title won before Tunisian independence

References

1. FIFA.com. "FIFA Club World Cup 2018 - News - Esperance return to African summit - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
2. "Esperance rewrite Tunisian football". 2004-06-30. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
3. fr:Louis Montassier

External links

• Official website
• Espérance Sportive de Tunis at FIFA.com