List of Espérance Sportive de Tunis seasons

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Espérance Sportive de Tunis is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was formed in Bab Souika in 1919 as Espérance sportive de Tunis, and played their first competitive match in 1919, when they entered the 1919–20 .

The club has won a total of 60 major trophies, including the national championship a record 29 times also won the Tunisian Cup a record 15 times, the Tunisian Super Cup 4 time, the CAF Champions League 4 time, the CAF Cup Winners' Cup 1 time, the CAF Cup 1 time, the CAF Super Cup 1 time, the Afro-Asian Cup 1 time, and the UAFA Club Cup 3 time.

This is a list of the seasons played by Espérance Sportive de Tunis from 1957 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Ligue 1. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Tunisian football:

Seasons overview[edit]

Season League Cup Other Africa Top goalscorer(s)[1]
Division Pos Pts P W D L GF GA Name Goals
1957–58 National 2nd 67 28 16 7 5 57 35 Quarter-final Mohamed Salah Nahali 13
1958–59 National 1st 66 26 18 4 4 63 25 Runners–up Abdelmajid Tlemçani 32
1959–60 National 1st 65 24 19 3 2 65 23 R32 Abdelmajid Tlemçani 22
1960–61 National 2nd 51 20 14 3 3 48 14 Semi-final Winner Abdelmajid Tlemçani 12
1961–62 National 3rd 55 22 12 9 1 35 14 Semi-final Chedly Laaouini 16
1962–63 National 10th 41 22 7 5 10 36 32 R32 Rached Meddeb 8
1963–64 National 2nd 51 22 10 9 3 32 15 Winner Abdeljabar Machouche 8
1964–65 National 6th 44 22 7 8 7 21 21 R16
1965–66 National 5th 47 22 9 7 6 18 14 R16
1966–67 National 7th 45 22 8 7 7 33 23 Quarter-final
1967–68 National 7th 42 22 6 8 8 23 23 R32 Abdeljabar Machouche 9
1968–69 National 6th 52 26 8 10 8 28 28 Runners–up
1969–70 National 1st 63 26 14 9 3 31 13 R16 Belghith 9
1970–71 National 8th 52 24 14 3 4 33 10 Runners–up Runners–up Cup of Champions Clubs Second round Abdeljabar Machouche 9
1971–72 National 9th 49 26 7 9 10 24 20 Semi-final
1972–73 National 3rd 60 26 13 8 5 35 18 Semi-final
1973–74 National 2nd 60 26 11 12 3 38 22 Semi-final
1974–75 National 1st 64 26 16 6 4 44 18 R16 Zoubeir Boughnia 24
1975–76 National 1st 62 26 14 8 4 36 20 Runners–up Témime Lahzami 12
1976–77 National 7th 54 26 9 10 7 46 34 R16 Abdelmajid Gobantini 11
1977–78 National 6th 53 26 10 7 9 34 33 Winner Tarak Dhiab 13
1978–79 National 4th 59 26 12 9 5 38 24 Winner
1979–80 National 2nd 60 26 9 16 1 32 16 Winner Runners–up Cup Winners' Cup Second round
1980–81 National 3rd 61 26 16 3 7 39 21 Semi-final Cup Winners' Cup First round
1981–82 National 1st 64 26 14 10 2 42 12 R16 Riadh Fahem 13
1982–83 National 3rd 60 26 12 10 4 40 16 Quarter-final
1983–84 National 5th 58 26 12 8 6 28 15 Quarter-final
1984–85 National 1st 64 26 15 8 3 32 15 R32
1985–86 National 2nd 57 26 9 13 4 30 17 Winner Runners–up Cup of Champions Clubs Quarter-Finals
1986–87 National 3rd 73 26 12 11 3 35 16 Semi-final Runners–up Bassem Jeridi 10
1987–88 National 1st 81 26 15 10 1 48 13 R32 Cup Winners' Cup Runners–up Nabil Maâloul 14
1988–89 National 1st 85 26 18 5 3 46 19 Winner Cup of Champions Clubs Second round
1989–90 National 2nd 83 26 16 9 1 44 11 R16 Cup of Champions Clubs Quarter-Finals
1990–91 National 1st 82 26 16 8 2 31 13 Winner
1991–92 National 3rd 67 26 11 8 7 28 17 R16
1992–93 National 1st 43 26 18 7 1 43 15 Semi-final Kenneth Malitoli 18
1993–94 National 1st 43 26 19 5 2 52 12 Semi-final Winner Kenneth Malitoli 14
1994–95 Ligue 1 2nd 37 26 16 5 5 52 23 Semi-final Cup of Champions Clubs Winner
CAF Super Cup Winner
1995–96 Ligue 1 3rd 52 26 15 7 4 36 21 Semi-final Cup of Champions Clubs Quarter-Finals
Afro-Asian Club Championship Winner
1996–97 Ligue 1 2nd 61 26 18 7 1 53 15 Winner CAF Cup Winner Sami Laaroussi 14
1997–98 Ligue 1 1st 69 26 22 3 1 63 10 Semi-final Cup Winners' Cup Winner Ziad Tlemçani 15
1998–99 Ligue 1 1st 38 14 11 3 0 31 8 Winner Champions League Runners–up
CAF Super Cup Runners–up
1999–2000 Ligue 1 1st 60 22 19 3 0 53 7 Semi-final Champions League Runners–up Ali Zitouni 19
2000–01 Ligue 1 1st 57 22 18 3 1 38 8 Semi-final Champions League Semi-final
2001–02 Ligue 1 1st 46 22 13 7 2 40 19 Not played Winner Champions League Group stage Kandia Traoré 13
2002–03 Ligue 1 1st 57 22 18 3 1 47 17 Semi-final Champions League Group stage
2003–04 Ligue 1 1st 53 22 17 2 3 38 13 Runners–up Champions League Semi-final
Arab Champions League Group stage
2004–05 Ligue 1 4th 55 26 15 10 1 43 15 Runners–up Champions League Group stage
2005–06 Ligue 1 1st 56 26 17 5 4 42 21 Winner Amine Ltifi 16
2006–07 Ligue 1 3rd 49 26 13 10 3 40 26 Winner Champions League Group stage
2007–08 Ligue 1 3rd 49 26 14 4 8 36 18 Winner
2008–09 Ligue 1 1st 60 26 18 6 2 50 21 Semi-final Arab Champions League Winner Michael Eneramo 18
2009–10 Ligue 1 1st 54 26 16 6 4 56 24 R16 Champions League Runners–up Michael Eneramo 13
2010–11 Ligue 1 1st 64 26 20 4 2 50 18 Winner Champions League Winner Oussama Darragi 20
2011–12 Ligue 1 1st 69 30 22 3 5 61 22 Semi-final CAF Super Cup Runners–up Yannick N'Djeng 20
FIFA Club World Cup Sixth place
Champions League Runners–up
2012–13 Ligue 1 2nd 41 20 13 2 5 35 18 R?? Champions League Semi-final Haythem Jouini 8
2013–14 Ligue 1 1st 66 30 19 9 2 48 15 Quarter-final Champions League Group stage Ahmed Akaichi 15
2014–15 Ligue 1 3rd 60 30 17 9 4 52 21 Quarter-final Champions League Second round Ahmed Akaichi 14
2015–16 Ligue 1 2nd 72 30 23 3 4 60 21 Winner Confederation Cup Play-off round Taha Yassine Khenissi 15
2016–17 Ligue 1 1st 55 24 16 7 1 37 8 Semi-final Champions League Quarter-finals Taha Yassine Khenissi 24
2017–18 Ligue 1 1st 58 26 17 7 2 46 19 R32 Champions League Winner Taha Yassine Khenissi 11
Arab Club Champions Cup Winner
2018–19 Ligue 1 1st 56 26 17 5 4 37 15 Semi-final Winner Champions League Winner Taha Yassine Khenissi 14
Arab Club Champions Cup First round
CAF Super Cup Runners–up
FIFA Club World Cup Fifth place
2019–20 Ligue 1 1st 62 26 18 8 0 41 12 Runners–up Winner Champions League Quarter-finals Anice Badri 10
Arab Club Champions Cup Second round
CAF Super Cup Runners–up
FIFA Club World Cup Fifth place
2020–21 Ligue 1 1st 60 26 19 3 4 37 16 Round of 32 Runners–up Champions League Semi-final Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane 10
2021–22 Ligue 1 1st 51 24 14 6 4 36 14 Round of 16 Winner Champions League Quarter-finals Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda 11
2022–23 Ligue 1 2nd 55 28 16 7 5 45 18 Runners-up Champions League Semi-finals Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane 14

Key[edit]

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Honours[edit]

As of the 2022–23 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis have won a total of 65 titles (regional competitions not considered), of which 53 were achieved domestically and 12 in international competitions. The club's most recent honour is the 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

National[edit]

Competition Titles Winning years or seasons
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 32 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, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Tunisian Cup 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 6 1960, 1993, 2001, 2019, 2020, 2020–21

African[edit]

Competition Titles Winning years or seasons
CAF Champions League 4 1994, 2011, 2018, 2019
CAF Cup Winners' Cup 1 1998
CAF Cup 1 1997
Afro-Asian Cup 1 1995
CAF Super Cup 1 1995

Regional[edit]

Competition Titles Winning years or seasons
UAFA Club Cup 3 1993, 2009, 2017
Arab Super Cup 1 1996
North African Cup Winners Cup 1 2008

Doubles and trebles[edit]

  • Doubles: (1988–89, 1990–91, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2010–11)
  • Trebles: (2010–11)

Footnotes[edit]

  • A Figures include goals in League, Cup, League Cup, African competitions, and the Super Cup.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Title won before Tunisian independence

References[edit]

  1. ^ Goals in all competitions (Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Tunisian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.