Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Taraji Sportive de Tunis
Full name	Taraji Sportive de Tunis
Nickname(s)	غول إفريقيا
Short name	EST
Founded	15 January 1919; 105 years ago
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
	Current season

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.

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	GK	Moez Ben Cherifia	Tunisia
2	FW	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda	Tunisia
3	MF	Kwame Bonsu	Ghana
4	DF	Mohamed Amine Tougai	Algeria
5	DF	Chamseddine Dhaouadi	Tunisia
6	DF	Mohamed Ali Yacoubi	Tunisia
7	FW	Billel Bensaha	Algeria
8	MF	Abderrahmane Meziane	Algeria
9	FW	Ibrahim Ouattara	Ivory Coast
10	FW	Hamdou Elhouni	Libya
11	FW	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Tunisia
12	DF	Khalil Chemmam (Captain)	Tunisia
13	FW	Raed Fedaa	Tunisia
14	FW	Zied Berrima	Tunisia
15	MF	Fousseny Coulibaly	Ivory Coast
16	FW	Maher Ben Sghaïer	Tunisia
17	FW	Youssef Abdelli	Tunisia
18	MF	Raouf Benguit	Algeria
19	GK	Rami Jridi	Tunisia
20	FW	Tayeb Meziani	Algeria
21	GK	Mohamed Debchi	Tunisia
22	DF	Sameh Derbali	Tunisia
23	DF	Ilyes Chetti	Algeria
24	DF	Iheb Mbarki	Tunisia
25	MF	Fedi Ben Choug	Tunisia
26	DF	Houcine Rabii	Tunisia
27	MF	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane	Tunisia
28	MF	Mohamed Amine Meskini	Tunisia
29	FW	Junior Lokosa	Nigeria
30	DF	Abdelkader Bedrane	Algeria
—	DF	Samuel Atvati	Nigeria
—	MF	Youssef Mosrati	Tunisia
—	GK	Wassim Karoui	Tunisia
—	MF	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]^{[circular reference]}
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

^ ^a ^b Title won before Tunisian independence

References

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

External links

[independence-3] Title won before Tunisian independence

[1] FIFA.com. "FIFA Club World Cup 2018 - News - Esperance return to African summit - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[:0-2] "Esperance rewrite Tunisian football". 2004-06-30. Retrieved 2019-07-10.

[4] r:Louis Montassier

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1970s	1975: Tonnerre Yaoundé 1976: Shooting Stars 1977: Enugu Rangers 1978: Horoya 1979: Canon Yaoundé
1980s	1980: TP Mazembe 1981: Union Douala 1982: Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab 1983: Al-Mokawloon-Al Arab 1984: Al-Ahly 1985: Al-Ahly 1986: Al-Ahly 1987: Gor Mahia 1988: CA Bizertin 1989: Al-Merrikh
1990s	1990: BCC Lions 1991: Power Dynamos 1992: Africa Sports 1993: Al-Ahly 1994: DC Motema Pembe 1995: JS Kabylie 1996: Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab 1997: Étoile du Sahel 1998: Espérance de Tunis 1999: Africa Sports
2000s	2000: Zamalek 2001: Kaizer Chiefs 2002: Wydad AC 2003: Étoile du Sahel