US Monastir

US 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 Tunisia Ahmed Belli
Manager Tunisia Mourad Okbi
League CLP-1
2013-14 CLP-1, 10th

Union Sportive Monastirienne (Arabic: الاتحاد الرياضي المنستيري‎, often referred to 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.

US Monastir's alternate logo used in the away shirt.

Players

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 Hichem Zahani
3 Tunisia DF Ahmed Ayadi
4 Tunisia DF Amine Kamoun
5 Tunisia MF Hatem Ait Lachkar
6 Ivory Coast FW Junior Karamoko
7 Tunisia DF Wajdi Saidani
9 Tunisia FW Marouane Troudi
10 Tunisia MF Zied Machmoum
11 Tunisia MF Wajdi Jabbari
15 Tunisia DF Mohamed Houssem Slimène
16 Tunisia GK Makram Bediri
No. Position Player
18 Tunisia FW Salim Bouafif
19 Tunisia MF Hossine Messadi
21 Tunisia DF Rami Belhaj Salem
23 Ivory Coast MF Dape Marius Gnabouyou
24 Tunisia DF Wael Sammoud
25 Tunisia DF Abdallah Berrabeh
27 Tunisia MF Ali Gharbi
28 Tunisia FW Hamza Messadi
29 Tunisia MF Mehdi Zaouali
31 Tunisia DF Aymen Ben Amor
33 Ivory Coast MF Claude Signone

Former Managers

  • Tunisia Hassouna Denguezli (1957–58)
  • Tunisia Slaïem (1958–59)
  • Tunisia Mokhtar Ben Nacef (1959–60)
  • Germany Rudi Gutendorf (1960–61)
  • Tunisia Ahmed Benfoul (1961–62)
  • Loscey (1962–67)
  • Tunisia Ameur Hizem (1967–68)
  • Tunisia Mostpha Jouili (1968–70)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Georgeovic (1970–72)
  • Tunisia Hamadi Hnia (1972–73)
  • Tunisia Ahmed Chkir (1973–74)
  • Tunisia Mostpha Jouili (1974–75)
  • Tunisia Kamel Benzarti (1975–76)
  • Tunisia Ameur Hizem (1976–78)
  • Tunisia Hedhili Ammar, Tunisia Khmaies Chkir,
    Tunisia Zouhaier Jaafar (1978–79)
  • Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (1979–82)
  • Germany Schult (1982–83)
  • Romania Radu, Tunisia Ameur Hizem (1983–84)
  • Algeria Abdelhamid Zouba, Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (1984–85)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (1985–87)
  • Tunisia Ameur Dhib (1987–88)
  • Germany Gerhard (1988–89)
  • France Dominique Bathenay, Tunisia Nouri Besbes,
    Tunisia Salah Gdich (1989–90)
  • Germany Hawner Tchilin (1990–91)
  • Algeria Bouzid Chniti, Tunisia Ridha El May (1991–92)
  • Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (1992–93)
  • Tunisia Ameur Hizem, Tunisia Lotfi Rhim, Tunisia Hédi Kouni,
    Tunisia Kamel Chebli (1993–94)
  • Tunisia Ridha El May, Tunisia Zouhaier Jaafar (1994–95)
  • Tunisia Salah Gdich (1995–96)
  • France Jean-Yves Chay, Tunisia Youssef Soriati (1996–97)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (1997–99)
  • Tunisia Habib Mejri, Tunisia Mokhtar Tlili (1999–00)
  • Algeria Ali Fergani (2000–01)
  • Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (2001–04)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Rhim (2004–05)
  • Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (2005–06)
  • Tunisia Kais Yaacoubi, Tunisia Samir Jouili (2006–07)
  • Germany Tony Hey (June 1, 2007–Aug 30, 2007)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Rhim (2007–08), (July 1, 2008–June 4, 2009)
  • Tunisia Samir Jouili, Belgium Henri Depireux (2009–10)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Rhim (Dec 16, 2009–April 16, 2010)
  • Tunisia Jalel Kadri, Tunisia Faycal Ezzidi (2010–11)
  • Algeria Rachid Belhout (July 19, 2011–Dec 18, 2011)
  • Serbia Dragan Cvetković (Jan 4, 2012–Sept 30, 2012)
  • Tunisia Chiheb Ellili (July 1, 2012–April 4, 2013)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (July 10, 2013–Oct 10, 2013)
  • Tunisia Oussama Melliti (interim) (Oct 11, 2013–Nov 11, 2013)
  • Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (Nov 11, 2013–Dec 5, 2013)
  • Tunisia Mourad Okbi (Dec 7, 2013–)

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