US Monastir (football)

US Monastirienne
	Union Sportive Monastirienne
Full name	Union Sportive Monastirienne
Nickname(s)	Abna Ribat
Founded	March 17, 1923
Ground	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet; Monastir, Tunisia
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Ahmed Belli
Manager	Lassaad Chabbi
League	Ligue 1
2018–19	7th
Home colours	Away colours

Union Sportive Monastirienne (Arabic: الاتحاد الرياضي المنستيري), also known as USM or USMo, is a football club from Monastir in Tunisia. Founded in 1923 under the name Ruspina Sports, it was renamed Union Sportive Monastirienne in 1942. The new name reflects the union between Ruspina Sports and other clubs in town (swimming, petanque, etc.) and the Nationalists union of Monastir (like Mustapha Ben Jannet). The team plays in blue and white colors, on its own Mustapha Ben Jannet stadium (capacity of 20,000). They train in the El Moraudi club hotel port El Kantaoui.

Former Managers

Hassouna Denguezli (1957–58)
Slaïem (1958–59)
Mokhtar Ben Nacef (1959–60)
Rudi Gutendorf (1960–61)
Ahmed Benfoul (1961–62)
Loscey (1962–67)
Ameur Hizem (1967–68)
Mostpha Jouili (1968–70)
Georgeovic (1970–72)
Hamadi Hnia (1972–73)
Ahmed Chkir (1973–74)
Mostpha Jouili (1974–75)
Kamel Benzarti (1975–76)
Ameur Hizem (1976–78)
Hedhili Ammar, Khmaies Chkir,
Zouhaier Jaafar (1978–79)
Faouzi Benzarti (1979–82)
Schult (1982–83)

Radu, Ameur Hizem (1983–84)
Abdelhamid Zouba, Lotfi Benzarti (1984–85)
Lotfi Benzarti (1985–87)
Ameur Dhib (1987–88)
Gerhard (1988–89)
Dominique Bathenay, Nouri Besbes,
Salah Gdich (1989–90)
Hawner Tchilin (1990–91)
Bouzid Chniti, Ridha El May (1991–92)
Faouzi Benzarti (1992–93)
Ameur Hizem, Lotfi Rhim, Hédi Kouni,
Kamel Chebli (1993–94)
Ridha El May, Zouhaier Jaafar (1994–95)
Salah Gdich (1995–96)
Jean-Yves Chay, Youssef Soriati (1996–97)
Lotfi Benzarti (1997–99)
Habib Mejri, Mokhtar Tlili (1999–00)
Ali Fergani (2000–01)

Faouzi Benzarti (2001–04)
Lotfi Rhim (2004–05)
Faouzi Benzarti (2005–06)
Kais Yaacoubi, Samir Jouili (2006–07)
Tony Hey (June 1, 2007 – Aug 30, 2007)
Lotfi Rhim (2007–08), (July 1, 2008 – June 4, 2009)
Samir Jouili, Henri Depireux (2009–10)
Lotfi Rhim (Dec 16, 2009 – April 16, 2010)
Jalel Kadri, Faycal Ezzidi (2010–11)
Rachid Belhout (July 19, 2011 – Dec 18, 2011)
Dragan Cvetković (Jan 4, 2012 – Sept 30, 2012)
Chiheb Ellili (July 1, 2012 – April 4, 2013)
Lotfi Benzarti (July 10, 2013 – Oct 10, 2013)
Oussama Melliti (interim) (Oct 11, 2013 – Nov 11, 2013)
Faouzi Benzarti (Nov 11, 2013 – Dec 5, 2013)
Mourad Okbi (Dec 7, 2013–)

External links

(Fr), (Ar) Official website

v t e Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Ligue Nationale du Football Professionnel
Seasons	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
2023–24 clubs	Avenir de Marsa Avenir de Soliman Club Africain Club Bizertin Club Sfaxien El Gawafel de Gafsa Étoile de Métlaoui Étoile du Sahel Espérance de Tunis Olympique Béja Stade Tunisien Union de Ben Guerdane Union Monastirienne Union de Tataouine
Competition	Teams Players foreign Managers (Winners) Stadiums Broadcasters
Statistics	All-time Table Top scorers by season Champions
Associated competitions	Tunisian Cup Tunisian Super Cup CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
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