Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Full name

Espérance Sportive de Tunis
الترجي الرياضي التونسي

Nickname(s)

Mkachkha, Blood & Gold, Taraji

Short name

EST

Founded

15 January 1919

Ground

Stade Olympique de Radès
Tunis, Tunisia

Capacity

60,000

Chairman

Hamdi Meddeb

Manager

Faouzi Benzarti

League

CLP-1

2016–17

1st

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Espérance's active sections
Football	Handball	Volleyball
Rugby	Swimming	Wrestling
Boxing	Judo

Espérance Sportive de Tunis, African Champions League final in 2011

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Arabic: الترجي الرياضي التونسي‎‎), also known as EST, ES Tunis, Espérance ST, Espérance de Tunis 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 El Menzah is the club's home stadium.

Honors & achievements

Performance in national & domestic competitions

Tunisian League: 27
- Winners: 1942,^{[note 1]} 1959, 1960, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017
Tunisian Cup: 15
- Winners: 1939,^{[note 1]} 1957, 1964, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 ,2016
Tunisian Super Cup: 3
- Winners: 1960, 1993, 2001

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 2
- Winners: 1994, 2011
- Finalist: 1999, 2000, 2010, 2012
African Cup Winners' Cup: 1
- Winners: 1998
- Finalist: 1987
CAF Super Cup: 1
- Winners: 1995
- Finalist: 1999, 2012
CAF Cup: 1
- Winners: 1997
Afro-asian club championship: 1
- Winners: 1995

Performance in UAFA competitions

Arab Club Champions Cup: 3
- Winners: 1993, 2009, 2017
- Finalist: 1986, 1995
Arab Super Cup: 1
- Winners: 1996

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League / African Cup of Champions Clubs: 21 appearances

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

2015 – Second Round

CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2006 – Group Stage

2008 – Second Round of 16

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 4 appearances

1980 – Second Round

1981 – First Round

1987 – Finalist

1998 – Champion

CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1997 – Champion

CAF Super Cup: 3 appearances

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	GK	Moez Ben Cherifia
2	DF	Ali Machani
3	DF	Ferid Matri
4	DF	Montasar Talbi
5	DF	Chamseddine Dhaouadi
6	MF	Mondher Guesmi
7	FW	Edem Rjaibi
8	FW	Anice Badri
9	FW	Bilel Mejri
10	MF	Elyès Jlassi
11	FW	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
12	DF	Khalil Chemmam
13	MF	Ferjani Sassi

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Haythem Jouini
15	MF	Fousseny Coulibaly
16	GK	Wassim Karoui
17	MF	Maher Ben Sghaier
18	MF	Saad Bguir
20	MF	Aymen Ben Mohamed
21	MF	Mohamed Ali Moncer
23	GK	Ali Jemal
25	MF	Ghailene Chaalali
26	DF	Houcine Rabii
28	DF	Mohamed Amine Nefzi
29	FW	Taha Yassine Khenissi
--	MF	Franck Kom

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 Benzarti (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, 2014–1?)
Khaled Ben Yahia (Aug 17, 2014–1?)
José Anigo (2015)
Ammar Souayah (2015–)

Presidents

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

1 2 Title won before Tunisian independence

External links

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2016–17	Ben Guerdane CA Bizertin Club Africain CS Sfaxien EO Sidi Bouzid ES Métlaoui ES Sahel ES Tunis ES Zarzis Gabès Hammam-Lif Kairouan Marsa Olympique Béja Stade Gabèsien Tataouine

Football in Tunisia

Tunisian Football Federation

League system

Men	CLP-1 CLP-2 CLP-3

Domestic cups

Men	Tunisian Cup League Cup Tunisian Super Cup

Lists

Clubs

Men's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons

CAF Champions League winners

African Cup of Champions Clubs

CAF Champions League

CAF Confederation Cup winners
African Cup Winners' Cup	1975: Tonnerre Yaoundé 1976: Shooting Stars 1977: Enugu Rangers 1978: Horoya 1979: Canon Yaoundé 1980: Mazembe 1981: Union Douala 1982: El Mokawloon SC 1983: El Mokawloon SC 1984: Al Ahly 1985: Al Ahly 1986: Al Ahly 1987: Gor Mahia 1988: Bizertin 1989: Al-Merrikh 1990: BCC Lions 1991: Power Dynamos 1992: Africa Sports 1993: Al Ahly 1994: DC Motema Pembe 1995: Kabylie 1996: El Mokawloon SC 1997: Étoile du Sahel 1998: Espérance 1999: Africa Sports 2000: Zamalek 2001: Kaizer Chiefs 2002: Wydad Casablanca 2003: Étoile du Sahel
CAF Cup	1992: Shooting Stars 1993: Stella Club 1994: Bendel Insurance 1995: Étoile du Sahel 1996: KAC Marrakech 1997: Espérance 1998: Sfaxien 1999: Étoile du Sahel 2000: Kabylie 2001: Kabylie 2002: Kabylie 2003: Raja Casablanca
CAF Confederation Cup	2004: Hearts of Oak 2005: FAR Rabat 2006: Étoile du Sahel 2007: Sfaxien 2008: Sfaxien 2009: Stade Malien 2010: FUS Rabat 2011: MAS Fez 2012: Léopards 2013: Sfaxien 2014: Al-Ahly 2015: Étoile du Sahel

CAF Super Cup winners

CAF Super Cup

1993: Africa Sports
1994: Zamalek
1995: Espérance
1996: Orlando Pirates
1997: Zamalek
1998: Étoile du Sahel
1999: ASEC Mimosas
2000: Raja Casablanca
2001: Hearts of Oak
2002: Al Ahly
2003: Zamalek
2004: Enyimba
2005: Enyimba
2006: Al Ahly
2007: Al Ahly
2008: Étoile du Sahel
2009: Al Ahly
2010: Mazembe
2011: Mazembe
2012: MAS Fez
2013: Al Ahly
2014: Al Ahly
2015: ES Sétif
2016: Mazembe
2017: Mamelodi Sundowns

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