Espérance de Tunis

Espérance
Full name Esperance Sportive de Tunis
Nickname(s) Mkachkha, Blood & Gold, Taraji
Founded January 15, 1919
Ground Stade Olympique de Rades
Tunis, Tunisia
Capacity 60,000
Chairman Tunisia Hamdi Meddeb
Manager josé de morais
League CLP-1
2013-14 1st
Espérance's active sections

Football
Handball
Volleyball

Rugby
Swimming
Wrestling

Boxing
Judo

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Arabic: الترجي الرياضي التونسي‎, also known as EST, ES Tunis, Taraji, or Espérance) is a sports club based in Tunis, Tunisia. It fields several sport teams, including football, handball, and volleyball.

It is a team from Tunisia that was founded on January 15, 1919. The Stade Olympique d'El Menzah is the club's home stadium.

Honors & achievements

Performance in national & domestic competitions

Performance in CAF competitions

Performance in UAFA competitions

Performance in other international competitions

Performance in CAF competitions

The club have 7 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1971 to 1995 and 13 appearances in CAF Champions League from 1999 till now.

1971 – withdrew in Second Round
1986 – Quarter-Finals
1989 – Second Round
1990 – Quarter-Finals
1992 – First Round
1994 – Champion
1995 – Quarter-Finals
1999 – Finalist
2000 – Finalist
2001 – Semi-Finals
2002 – Group Stage
2003 – Semi-Finals
2004 – Semi-Finals
2005 – Group Stage
2007 – Group Stage
2010 – Finalist
2011 – Champion
2012 – Finalist
2013 – Semi-Finals
2014 – Group Stage
2014 – Qualified

2006 – Group Stage
2008 – Second Round of 16

1980 – Second Round
1981 – First Round
1987 – Finalist
1998 – Champion

1997 – Champion
1995 – Champion
1999 – Runner-up
2012 – Runner-up

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Tunisia GK Moez Ben Cherifia
3 Tunisia DF Arbi Jabeur
4 Tunisia MF Houcine Ragued
5 Tunisia DF Chamseddine Dhaouadi
6 Tunisia MF Hatem Bejaoui
7 Brazil MF Magno
8 Tunisia FW Idriss Mhirsi
9 Tunisia FW Ahmed Akaichi
10 Tunisia MF Oussama Darragi (Captain)
11 Tunisia MF Chedli Ghrab
13 Tunisia DF Ali Abdi
14 Tunisia FW Haythem Jouini
15 Tunisia MF Khaled Gharsellaoui
No. Position Player
16 Tunisia GK Ali Jmal
17 Tunisia DF Sameh Derbali
18 Cameroon FW Yannick N'Djeng
19 Tunisia FW Hassen Harbaoui
20 Tunisia DF Mohamed Ben Mansour
21 Nigeria FW Emem Eduok
22 Tunisia MF Moez Abboud
23 Tunisia GK Sami Hlel
24 Tunisia MF Iheb Mbarki
25 Tunisia MF Chaalali Ghaylène
26 Ghana DF Harrison Afful
27 Tunisia MF Samti Chamseddine
28 Tunisia DF Mohamed Amine Nefzi

Former personnel

Notable Former Players

Coaches

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

  • Tunisia Ali Ben Neji (2007)
  • Brazil Cabralzinho (Aug 28, 2007–Dec 4, 2007)
  • Tunisia Youssef Zouaoui (Dec 2007–08)
  • Brazil Cabralzinho (May 2008)
  • Tunisia Maher Kanzari (interim) (2008)
  • Portugal José Morais (Nov 17, 2008–March 8, 2009)
  • Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (July 1, 2009–Nov 29, 2010)
  • Tunisia Maher Kanzari (Nov 29, 2010–Dec 27, 2010)
  • Tunisia Nabil Maaloul (Dec 27, 2010–Dec 31, 2011)
  • Switzerland Michel Decastel (Jan 7, 2012–May 31, 2012)
  • Tunisia L. Zouaoui (interim) (May 24, 2012–May 30, 2012)
  • Tunisia Nabil Maaloul (June 1, 2012–Jan 26, 2013)
  • Tunisia Khaled Znaidi (interim) (Feb 2013)
  • Tunisia Maher Kanzari (Feb 4, 2013–Oct 21, 2013)
  • Tunisia Skander Kasri (interim) (Oct 21, 2013–Dec 2, 2013)
  • France Sébastien Desabre (Dec 3, 2013–Jan 19, 2014)
  • Netherlands Ruud Krol (Jan 19, 2014–May 25, 2014)
  • France Sébastien Desabre (May 26, 2014–1?)
  • Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia (Aug 17, 2014–)

Presidents

  • France Louis Montassier (1919)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Malki (1919–23)
  • Tunisia Chedly Zouiten (1923–25)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Zouaoui (1925–26)
  • Tunisia Mustapha Kaak (1926–30)
  • Tunisia Chedly Zouiten (1930–63)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Ben Smaïl (1963–68)
  • Tunisia Ali Zouaoui (1968–71)
  • Tunisia Hassen Belkhodja (1971–81)
  • Tunisia Naceur Knani (1981–84)
  • Tunisia Abdelhamid Achour (1984–85)
  • Tunisia Moncef Zouhir (1985–86)
  • Tunisia Mondher Zenaidi (1986–87)
  • Tunisia Hédi Djilani (1987–89)
  • Tunisia Slim Chiboub (1989–04)
  • Tunisia Aziz Zouhir (2004–07)
  • Tunisia Hamdi Meddeb (2007–)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Title won before Tunisian independence

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