Étoile Sportive du Sahel
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League | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | |||
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2022–23 | 1st of 16 (champions) | |||
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The Etoile Sportive du Sahel (
The club was founded on 11 May 1925 after a general meeting under the chairmanship of Chedly Boujemla, Ali Laârbi and Ahmed Zaklaoui, at the headquarters of the Association of the ancient French-
On the continental side, Etoile du Sahel has won more CAF trophies than any other Tunisian team. The club has 1 CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Super Cup titles, 2 CAF Confederation Cup titles and 2 African Cup Winners' Cup.
Internationally, Etoile du Sahel was the first Tunisian club to participate in the
History
Beginnings (1925–1931)
The club was founded during a public meeting at the French-Tunisian school on Laroussi Zarrouk Street, in Sousse. Chedli Boujemla was elected as the first chairman of the multi-sport club. La Soussienne and La Musulmane ("The Muslim") were rejected as club names in favor of Etoile Sportive. Club members eventually settled on Etoile Sportive du Sahel to reflect the goal of representing a broader region than Sousse alone. The Protectorate administration officially recognized the club on 17 July 1925. In March 1926, Ali Larbi became chairman of the soccer section of the club, which entered the Tunisian Football Federation.
Its first team members were Mohamed Bouraoui, Abdelkader Ben Amor, Abdelhamid Baddaï, Sadok Zmentar, Ali Guermachi, Mohamed Mtir, Benaïssa Hicheri, Béchir Dardour et Tahar Kenani.
In March 1926, Ali Laarbi became president of the football section affiliated to the Tunisian Football League (number 4922). After a year of running in which the club played friendly matches, it enters the Honor Promotion Division Center, which corresponds to the second division ranked under the South-South Division of Honor, which awards the title of regional champion.
ESS played in the final of the national championship against the North Champion. The lineup was: Mohamed Bouraoui, Abdelkader Ben Amor, Abdelhamid Baddai, Sadok Zmentar, Sadok Chalouat, Ali Guermachi, Mohamed Mtir, Benaïssa Hicheri, Bashir Dardour and Tahar Kenani.
The club played the leading roles and matured in 1930–1931, where it won the regional championship and then played against the champions of the Southwest (La Gafsienne) and the South (Club Sportif Gabesien). He entered the honor division to no longer experience a lower division demotion.
Stability and improvement (1931–1939)
On 25 June 1931, the club held its general meeting early enough to prepare the new season. The elected committee is composed of:
- Ali Laâdhari (President)
- Abderrahman Limam and Mustapha Ghachem (vice-president)
- Salah Baddaï (Secretary General)
- Bouraoui Nabli (Assistant Secretary)
- Mohamed Letaïef (treasurer)
- Hassine Kamoun (Assistant Treasurer)
- Ahmed Mlayeh and Salem Ben Hmida (members)
Abdelhamid Baddai is appointed coach. With young Habib Sayeh, Mustapha Ksia, Bouraoui Gnaba and Abdessalem Saad joining in quickly, the club won the district championship by scoring 31 goals in fourteen games and conceding ten goals. But it fails at the national level against the Italia, champion of the North (1–3 with a goal of Bashir Dardour and 2–4 with goals of Sadok Zmentar and Bashir Dardour), after leading 2–0 in the middle. time.
In 1934, he hired for the first time a qualified coach, the first Tunisian to obtain the license of the French Football Federation, Mohamed Boudhina, former coach of Esperance Sports Tunis and former player of
The Ligue de Tunisie de Football Association (LTFA) which was a Tunisian body affiliated to the French Football Federation has organized the national competitions during this period of the French protectorate of Tunisia.
Disruptions (1940–1946)
The outbreak of the Second World War disrupts sports activity: the team plays against El Makarem de Mahdia and the Patriote de Sousse in 1941 and a lost final of a Center-South region against the CS Gabèsien in 1942. This period saw the confirmation of great players like Habib Mougou, Sadok Soussi, Abdallah Ghomrasni, Abdelhamid Blal and Aleya Douik. The halting of competitions in the region leads to join the ranks of Grombalia Sports. The team resumed its activity in 1946: they won the Center-South championship but failed against the CA Bizertin in the national final and also lost the final of the Tunisian Cup against the other club of Bizerte, the Patrie Football Club bizertin.
Privileged position at the national level (1947–1955)
From 1946 to 1947, the Tunisian football championship was organized at the national level. The team that has never left the national division that called "Division of Excellence". In 1947, the team settled in fourth place in the local league in addition to the early exit of the cup from the round of 16 against the US Béja and Habib Mougou scored 13 goals to be the scorer of the team followed by Hamed Douik with 6 goals.
In the following year, ES Sahel maintained the same position in the league and was defeated in the Cup against Patrie Football Club bizertin in the semi-final. Mougou was the team's top scorer for the second year in a row with 11 goals.
In 1949 the team advanced and a finished second in the tournament and Habib Mougou was again a scorer with 10 goals and withdrew from the cup in the quarter-finals against the CS Hammam-Lif.
The team waited until 1950 to win their first league title, and Habib Mougou was the national league's top scorer with 20 goals, but he lost the cup final to CS Hammam-Lif again. ESS's first major honour was the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title in 1950, but they had to wait 8 years to pick it up again.
In the year that followed this season, the team finished sixth in the championship, as was Bechir Jerbi, the team's top scorer, ending the domination of Mogou, in addition to the exit from the quarter-final against CS Hammam-Lif for the third year.
The tournament was interrupted in 1952 because of the political events and the demands for Tunisia's independence from France. This did not prevent the end of the cup competition in which ES Sahel lost to
The tournament came back two years later and the team finished in fourth place and Habib Mougou scored 11 goals and the team lost in the cup against CS Hammam-Lif in the final.
In the following year, the team was in the same position finished us the fact that he was defeated in the cup against the same team but from the quarter-finals. Habib also finished the season with 12 goals.
They also reached the quarter-finals of the North African Cup in 1950 by eliminating the Racing de Casablanca, the oldest Moroccan clubs still active.
Post-independence and dissolution (1956–1961)
After the independence of the country, the club often oscillated between first and third place. He played four successive finals of the Tunisian Cup but won only one, and won the championship in 1958. They won their first
The team settled in the second place of the Tunisian league which was organized by the
Berry remained in charge for the season, where ES Sahel won the league title and reached the Tunisian Cup final before losing to Stade Tunisien 2–0. In 1959, the team finished second in the local league, but won the Tunisian Cup for the first time in their history after beating ES Tunis in the final 3–2.
In 1960, the team's level dropped as they finished at the seventh place in the league and was defeated in the Cup final against Stade Tunisien 2–0.
The 1961 season was catastrophic for ES Sahel after being defeated in the Cup from the quarter-final against Esperance 2–0 and the team which was in third place and competing for the title until the round 17 before being dissolved.
His rivalry with Esperance sportive de Tunis unleashes passions and excesses occur after a match lost in the quarterfinals of the Cup in 1961, against the rival of always (0–2). The national authorities then decide to dissolve the club; the youth and sports directorate issued a statement indicating that the President of the Republic received, on 20 March at 5 pm, at his home in Monastir, the steering committee to inform his members of his deep dissatisfaction: that the incidents which occurred during the match in question are likely to feed the animosity and the hatred in the hearts of the young people and to sow discord among them ... As these incidents reached a such as the safety of citizens may be in danger, as the leaders of the association in question have not lived up to their duty and to bring all football officials in Tunisia to meditate on in this example, the President of the Republic has decided – in addition to ongoing legal proceedings – to dissolve the association of the Etoile Sportive du Sahel and to suspend its leaders and players.
Outstanding results (1962–1978)
Back, after a year of dissolution, it is a period of ostentation during which the club wins titles at the national and Maghreb. Two figures symbolize this period: President Hamed Karoui (1961–1981) and Abdelmajid Chetali, player until 1970 then coach (1971–1978).
The team's return to the competition was accompanied by the arrival of Yugoslavian coach Božidar Drenovac and was able to win the league title and the Tunisian Cup after beating Club Africain 2–1 to achieve the first-ever double for the team. In the next season, the team finished the season in sixth place and defeated them in the quarter-finals of the Cup against Stade Tunisien in the quarter-finals 2–0. Drenovac continued to lead the team to 1965 where they finished third in the league but withdrew from the cup early after the sudden defeat to AS Marsa 1–0 to end the five-year-old Yugoslav coach.
The team management continued to recruit foreign coaches to coach
In 1970, the club appointed the club's son
In 1975, the team finished third in the season for the second time. The team also managed to win the Cup again by defeating
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Line-up of the team in 1971
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Line-up winning the 1973 Maghreb Champions Cup
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Line-up winning the 1974 Tunisian Cup
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Line-up winning the 1975 Tunisian Cup
Local stability (1978–1993)
ES Sahel finished in the third place in the local championship and was defeated by JS Kairouan 1–0 in the Tunisian Cup in the round of 16 to leave early. The 1980 season was similar to the previous one after finishing in the same position and went out in the cup of the same round against CS Sfaxien 1–0. In the following season, the president Hamed Karoui left the team to devote himself to political work after 20 years as president of the team. The club's son Mohsen Habacha was also appointed as coach of the team and despite the fact that the team reached fourth place in the league, he managed to win the Tunisian Cup after beating Stade Tunisien 3–1. In 1982, ESS remained in the same positions and finished third in the league and went out in the quarterfinals of the Cup against CA Bizertin 2–1. In 1983, the team came in the sixth place in the local league despite winning the Tunisian Cup after winning the final against the AS Marsa 2–1.
In 1984 the team finished third in the championship and came out of the Cup in the 16th round against CS Hammam-Lif 2–1. The following year, the team finished fourth and also lost in the cup against CS Sfaxien 2–1 in the quarter-finals. Coach
Jenayah era: Continental brilliance (1993–2006)
After the appointment of Othman Jenayah as president of the team,
The team then signed with coach
In 2003,
At the end of the year, Abdelmajid Chetali took charge of the team after reaching the final of the African Champions League for the first time in their history before being defeated against Enyimba in the final on penalty shootout. In 2005, the team went out of the final round of the cup against Espérance on penalties and took second place in the tournament after equal points with CS Sfaxien before FIFA decided to settle for the latter. In July of the same year, the team signed a contract with the Bosnian coach Mehmed Baždarević who managed to reach the final of the 2005 CAF Champions League for the second time in their history and after the FAR Rabat exceeded the second round and Raja Casablanca in the semi-finals, but was defeated again in the final against Al-Ahly 3–0. In the local Cup, the team went out against CS Hammam-Lif 2–1. Baždarević was fired by Étoile on 12 April 2006, after a 1–0 home defeat to US Monastir in their final league game which cost them the Tunisian championship with just one point behind Espérance in the league. The team signed two days later with coach Faouzi Benzarti to lead the team next season.
African domination and rise to the international level (2006–2008)
In May 2007, Moez Driss announced the sudden dismissal of Faouzi Benzarti from the team's training before the start of the CAF Champions League. The
The win enabled the team to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan for the first time in their history to meet one of the best clubs in the world, like AC Milan as the European champions of 2007 and Boca Juniors also after winning the Copa Libertadores. In the quarter-finals, the team met
In the third-place match, ESS tied the host and the Asian champions Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 after the goal of Chermiti for his team before the end of the game with a quarter of an hour, but the penalty shootout led to the victory of the Japanese team. ESS ended the World Cup in fourth place in his first appearance. After these performances, ES Sahel found itself as first in Tunisia and Africa in the IFFHS club ranking.
Locally, ES Sahel was just around the corner to maintain the league title, especially as it was the best club in Tunisia in that period before the title went to the Club Africain in the last round narrowed by just two points. Marchand announced his departure so the management appointed Swiss coach Michel Decastel to lead the team. The team reached the final of the Cup before losing to Espérance 2–1 in a game that was widely contested after the German referee Florian Meyer refused 3 correct goals for the team. In spite of the absence of the CAF Champions League this year, ES Sahel continued their performances surpassing Espérance in the first round 2–0, JS Kabylie,
Disappointments (2008–2013)
The team came in third place in the local league, which prevented ESS from participating in the African Champions League. The team came out also of the Cup of Tunisia in the quarter-finals after the defeat against Espérance 1–0 which contributed to the departure of Rohr from the team. The former coach of US Monastir Lotfi Rhim has been appointed as coach of the team in May 2009, which witnessed the group stage of the African Champions League after overcoming ASO Chlef and Al Ahly Tripoli in the first round.
However, ESS failed to qualify for the semi-finals after being defeated against
The resignation of Hamed Kammoun from the presidency of the team in May 2011 to the emergence of a major crisis in the team affected the performance of the team which knew 4 coaches in one season which was bad for the fans of ES Sahel after the fourth position in the league in 2012. The Cup of Tunisia was not terminated because of political events in Tunisia in 2011. The team's new management, headed by Hafedh Hmaied, was unable to end the crisis in the team. Ridha Charfeddine was appointed to this post in May 2012. ESS qualified for the group stage of the 2012 CAF Champions League. The riot at Stade Olympique de Sousse on August 18, 2012, led to make a decision by the CAF to exclude them from the tournament. This contributed to the aggravation of the team's crises.
Local and continental return (2013–2019)
In February 2013, former Cameroon coach Denis Lavagne was appointed to lead the team to qualify for the playoff phase of the local championship and competed for the last round before finishing in third place. In fact, ESS was champions in the first half of the last round. And despite the team exceeded JSM Béjaïa in the first round, the team failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup after losing to CS Sfaxien and Stade Malien. As for the 2012 Tunisian Cup, which was completed in 2013, ES Sahel managed to win it after beating CS Sfaxien 1–0 to be the first trophy they have won in the last five years.
In December 2013, Frenchman Roger Lemerre was hired to lead the team. He managed to win the 2014 Tunisian Cup for the second time in the final after beating CS Sfaxien in the final. The team signed with Serbian Dragan Cvetković, who did not stay in office more than a month after the catastrophic results of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup by finishing last in the group to be replaced by coach Faouzi Benzarti.
The team finished the season in second place of the
This African title win allowed ESS to play in the
The team's managing director appointed the former coach of TP Mazembe, Hubert Velud to coach the team, leaving the quarter-finals of the Cup against CS Hammam-Lif on penalties before coming in second place in the league after competing with Espérance in the last round. Continentally, The team managed to move beyond the group stage of the African Champions League, bypassing the two teams of Sudan: Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh, and to beat Al Ahli Tripoli in the quarter-finals 2–0 to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time in 10 years where they won the competition. But ESS lost to Al-Ahly 7–3 to get out of the competition and the dismissal of the French coach Velud. Most of the members of the administration, such as Ziad Jaziri and Hussein Jenayah, resigned.
With the arrival of Algerian coach
Decline and away from the stadium (2019–present)
The 2–0 victory over Club Africain in June 2019 was the last match held at the Stade Olympique de Sousse before its closure and the launch of its expansion, which coincided with the team's decline in results.
Rivalries
The
In terms of location, ESS are quite an isolated club, so games against
Étoile Sportive du Sahel – Espérance Sportive de Tunis
The two teams met for the first time in the league during the 1944–1945 criterium; their first match ended in a draw 0–0. They met regularly from 1946 to 1947, after the unification of the north and south Championships, except in 1961–1962 when the Etoile Sportive du Sahel was dissolved.
Before independence, the two teams met only 16 times, Espérance won 7 of them and Étoile in 5 matches while the teams tied on 4 occasions. Espérance scored 22 goals while Étoile scored 20 goals
In the national championship, which was founded after independence, the statistics are very close. Espérance won 46 games and Étoile in 38, while 42 games ended with a draw and Espérance scored 130 goals while ESS scored 117 goals.
In the Tunisian Cup, despite winning Espérance in 12 games and ESS won in 11 and tied in 3, but Étoile Sportive du Sahel scored 27 goals while Espérance scored 25 goals.
But in the African competitions, both in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup, the cusp tends in the caf confederation league to ESS who won 5 games while Espérance won 4 matches in the caf champions league and the teams tied in 3 of them.
Competitions | Pld | ESS | EST | Draw |
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Before independence | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Tunisian League | 134 | 41 | 50 | 43 |
Tunisian Cup | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
CAF Champions League | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
CAF Confederation Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 188 | 62 | 73 | 53 |
Étoile Sportive du Sahel – Club Africain
In the national championship, which was founded in 1956, Club Africain won 45 games and Étoile du Sahel in 42, while 38 games ended with a draw and Club Africain scored 129 goals while ESS scored 124 goals.
In the Tunisian Cup, despite winning Étoile Sportive du Sahel in 10 games and CA won in only 7 and tied in 3, but Club Africain scored 21 goals while ES Sahel scored 20 goals.
In the Tunisian Super Cup, there is just one match between the teams with a large victory for ESS which won 5–2.
Outside of Tunisia, the two teams met in one match in the Arab cup final, which ended in favour of CA in the extra time.
Competitions | Pld | ESS | CA | Draw |
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Tunisian League | 132 | 45 | 45 | 42 |
Tunisian Cup | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
Tunisian Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Arab Cup Winners' Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 156 | 56 | 53 | 47 |
Étoile Sportive du Sahel – Club Sportif Sfaxien
The two teams met for the first time in the league in December 1955; their first match ended for CS Sfaxien 3–1. They met regularly from 1946 to 1947, the reunion season for the North and South Championships, except in except in 1961–1962 when the Etoile Sportive du Sahel was dissolved.
In the national championship, which was founded in 1956, Étoile du Sahel won 54 games and Club Sfaxien in 31, while 43 games ended with a draw and ESS scored 154 goals while CSS scored 116 goals.
In the Tunisian Cup, Étoile du Sahel won in 3 games and Club Sfaxien in 2, while 2 games ended with a draw.
But in the African competitions, both in the CAF Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup, the cusp tends to CSS who won 3 games while ÉSS won 1 match and the teams tied in 4 of them.
Competitions | Pld | ESS | CSS | Draw |
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Tunisian League | 133 | 55 | 34 | 44 |
Tunisian Cup | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
CAF Confederation Cup | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
CAF Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 143 | 59 | 39 | 50 |
Official Honours
Étoile Sportive du Sahel was the first African club to have won all official club competitions recognized by the
Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons |
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Domestic | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 11 | 1949–50, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1971–72, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1996–97, 2006–07, 2015–16, 2022–23 |
Tunisian Cup | 10 | 1958–59, 1962–63, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1995–96, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15 | |
Tunisian League Cup
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1 | 2004–05 | |
Tunisian Super Cup | 3 | 1973, 1986, 1987 | |
Continental | CAF Champions League | 1 | 2007 |
CAF Confederation Cup | 2 | 2006, 2015 | |
African Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 1997, 2003 | |
CAF Cup | 2 | 1995, 1999 | |
CAF Super Cup | 2 | 1998 , 2008 | |
Regional | Arab Club Champions Cup | 1 | 2018–19 |
Maghreb Champions Cup | 1 | 1972 | |
Maghreb Cup Winners' Cup
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1 | 1975 | |
International | FIFA Club World Cup | 0 | Fourth Place: 2007 |
Statistics
African competitions
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National competitions
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Tunisian Clubs Competitions | |||
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Year | Tunisian League | Tunisian Cup | Super Cup |
1925–26 | did not enter | did not enter | Started in 1960 |
1926–27 | did not enter | ||
1927–28 | Not held | ||
1928–29 | Not held | ||
1929–30 | Round of 32 | ||
1930–31 | Round 1 | ||
1931–32 | Round of 16 | ||
1932–33 | Round of 16 | ||
1933–34 | Round 1 | ||
1934–35 | Round of 16 | ||
1935–36 | did not enter | ||
1936–37 | Semi-final | ||
1937–38 | Round of 16 | ||
1938–39 | Runner-up | ||
1939–40 | Not held | ||
1940–41 | Not held | ||
1941–42 | Semi-final | ||
1942–43 | Not held | ||
1943–44 | Not held | ||
1944–45 | Round of 16 | ||
1945–46 | Runner-up | ||
1946–47 | Fourth Place | Round of 16 | |
1947–48 | Fourth Place | Semi-final | |
1948–49 | Runner-up | Quarter-final | |
1949–50 | Winner | Runner-up | |
1950–51 | 6th Place | Quarter-final | |
1951–52 | Fifth Place | Not held | |
1952–53 | Not held | Not held | |
1953–54 | Fifth Place | Runner-up | |
1954–55 | Fourth Place | Semi-final | |
1955–56 | Runner-up | Quarter-final | |
1956–57 | Third Place | Runner-up | |
1957–58 | Winner | Runner-up | |
1958–59 | Runner-up | Winner | |
1959–60 | 7th Place | Runner-up | did not enter |
1960–61 | Dissolved | Quarter-final | Dissolved |
1961–62 | Dissolved | Dissolved | Dissolved |
1962–63 | Winner | Winner | Not held |
1963–64 | 6th Place | Quarter-final | Not held |
1964–65 | Third Place | Round of 32 | Not held |
1965–66 | Winner | Quarter-final | Runner-up |
1966–67 | Runner-up | Runner-up | Not held |
1967–68 | Fourth Place | Round of 32 | did not enter |
1968–69 | Fifth Place | Round of 32 | Not held |
1969–70 | Third Place | Round of 32 | did not enter |
1970–71 | Fourth Place | Semi-final | Not held |
1971–72 | Winner | Quarter-final | Winner |
1972–73 | Runner-up | Quarter-final | Winner |
1973–74 | Third Place | Winner | Not held |
1974–75 | Third Place | Winner | Not held |
1975–76 | Runner-up | Semi-final | Not held |
1976–77 | Fifth Place | Round of 16 | Not held |
1977–78 | Third Place | not held | Not held |
1978–79 | Third Place | Round of 32 | did not enter |
1979–80 | Third Place | Round of 32 | Not held |
1980–81 | Fourth Place | Winner | Not held |
1981–82 | Third Place | Quarter-final | Not held |
1982–83 | 6th Place | Winner | Not held |
1983–84 | Third Place | Round of 32 | did not enter |
1984–85 | Fourth Place | Quarter-final | did not enter |
1985–86 | Winner | Round of 32 | Winner |
1986–87 | Winner | Round of 32 | Winner |
1987–88 | Fifth Place | Semi-final | Not held |
1988–89 | Third Place | Semi-final | Not held |
1989–90 | Fourth Place | Round of 32 | Not held |
1990–91 | Third Place | Runner-up | Not held |
1991–92 | Fifth place | Semi-final | Not held |
1992–93 | 9th Place | Semi-final | Not held |
1993–94 | Runner-up | Runner-up | did not enter |
1994–95 | Third Place | Round of 16 | did not enter |
1995–96 | Runner-up | Winner | Not held |
1996–97 | Winner | Quarter-final | Not held |
1997–98 | Third Place | Quarter-final | Not held |
1998–99 | Fourth Place | Round of 16 | Not held |
1999–2000 | Runner-up | Semi-final | Not held |
2000–01 | Runner-up | Runner-up | did not enter |
2001–02 | Runner-up | Round of 16 | Not held |
2002–03 | Runner-up | Quarter-final | Not held |
2003–04 | Runner-up | Semi-final | Not held |
2004–05 | Runner-up | Round of 16 | Not held |
2005–06 | Runner-up | Round of 16 | Not held |
2006–07 | Winner | Quarter-final | Not held |
2007–08 | Runner-up | Runner-up | Not held |
2008–09 | Third Place | Quarter-final | Not held |
2009-10 | Third Place | Round of 32 | Not held |
2010-11 | Runner-up | Runner-up | Not held |
2011-12 | Fourth Place | Winner | Not held |
2012-13 | Third Place | did not enter | Not held |
2013-14 | Third Place | Winner | Not held |
2014-15 | Runner-up | Winner | Not held |
2015-16 | Winner | Quarter-final | Not held |
2016-17 | Runner-up | Quarter-final | Not held |
2017-18 | Third Place | Runner-up | Not held |
2018–19 | Runner-up | Runner-up | Withdrew |
2019–20 | Fourth Place | Round of 16 | did not enter |
2020–21 | Runner-up | Round of 16 | did not enter |
2021–22 | Fifth Place | Round of 32 | did not enter |
2022–23 | Winner | Round of 16 | Runner-up |
Individual honours
Top Scorers
Name | Season | Goals |
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Habib Mougou | 1955–56 | 25 goals |
Habib Mougou | 1957–58 | 28 goals |
Othman Jenayah | 1969–70 | 15 goals |
Abdesselam Adhouma | 1970–71 | 17 goals |
Abdesselam Adhouma | 1973–74 | 16 goals |
Raouf Ben Aziza | 1975–76 | 20 goals |
Raouf Ben Aziza | 1977–78 | 22 goals |
/ Francileudo Santos | 1998–99 | 14 goals |
Ahmed Akaichi
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2010–11 | 14 goals |
Baghdad Bounedjah | 2013–14 | 14 goals |
Aymen Sfaxi | 2020–21 | 09 goals |
Tunisian Golden Boot
Year | Name |
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1970 | Othman Jenayah |
1978 | Raouf Ben Aziza |
1986 | Kamel Azzabi |
1995 | Zoubeir Baya |
1996 | Zoubeir Baya |
2006 | Yassine Chikhaoui |
2007 | Amine Chermiti |
2016 | Hamza Lahmar |
2019 | Wajdi Kechrida |
African Competitions Golden Boot
Year | Name |
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2007 | Amine Chermiti |
Arab Golden Boot
Year | Name |
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1999 | Kaies Ghodhbane |
IFFHS rankings
Club world rankingFootballdatabase club's points 2 August 2020.[2]
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CAF club rankingsFootballdatabase club's points 2 August 2020.
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National club rankingsFootballdatabase club's points 2 August 2020.
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CAF rankings
Rank | Club | Points |
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1 | Al Ahly | 90 |
2 | Étoile du Sahel | 60 |
3 | Espérance de Tunis
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59 |
4 | Zamalek | 56 |
5 | TP Mazembe | 49 |
6 | Vita Club
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44 |
7 | ASEC Mimosas | 43 |
8 | JS Kabylie | 39 |
9 | Canon Yaoundé | 36 |
10 | Hearts of Oak
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31 |
Rank | Club | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018–19 | Total |
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1 | Espérance de Tunis | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 63.5 |
2 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 63 |
3 | Wydad Casablanca
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0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 63 |
4 | Al-Ahly | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 57 |
5 | Étoile du Sahel | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 50 |
6 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 49 |
7 | Zamalek | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 44 |
8 | Horoya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
9 | RS Berkane
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0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 28 |
10 | USM Alger | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
Personnel
Management
Position | Name |
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President | Othman Jenayah |
Vice-president | Fahmi Naifer |
Football Section Head | Foued Chetali |
Sporting director | Ziad Jaziri |
Financial Director | Karim Akrout |
Law Director (Spokesman) |
Kais Ben Ahmed |
General Coordinator | Amine Raies |
Coaching Staff
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Ahmed Ajlani |
Assistant coach | Taoufik Zaaboub |
Saïf Ghezal | |
Mohamed Ali Nafkha | |
Goalkeeping coach | Kabil Ben Othmane |
Physical coach | Ahmed Berriri |
Anas Azozi | |
Fitness coach | Zaid Chelly |
Bayrem Ben Mansour | |
Raouf Mathlouthi | |
Video analyst | Aymen Abouda |
Team doctor | Faycel Khachnaoui |
Players
Current squad
As of 23 August 2023[update] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Notes:
- ‡ Suspended in 2012 and resumed in 2013.
Presidents
Since its creation, Hamed Karoui remains the one who was the longest president of the club (twenty years from 1961 to 1981). In July 2007, the former player of the club, Othman Jenayah, was named honorary president.
N° | Nat | Name | Period | N° | Nat | Name | Period | |
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1 | Chedly Boujemla | 1925–1926 | 13 | Hamed Karoui | 1961–1981 | |||
2 | Ali Laârbi | 1926–1927 | 14 | Abdeljelil Bouraoui | 1981–1984 | |||
3 | Younès Bouraoui | 1927–1929 | 15 | Hamadi Mestiri | 1984–1988 | |||
4 | Ali Laâdhari | 1929–1932 | 16 | Abdeljelil Bouraoui | 1988–1990 | |||
5 | Mohammed Maârouf | 1932–1935 | 17 | Hamadi Mestiri | 1990–1993 | |||
6 | Hamed Akacha | 1935–1944 | 18 | Othman Jenayah | 1993–2006 | |||
7 | Mohamed Ghachem | 1944–1953 | 19 | Moez Driss | 2006–2009 | |||
8 | Sadok Mellouli | 1953–1954 | 20 | Hamed Kammoun | 2009–2011 | |||
9 | Abdelhamid Sakka | 1954–1956 | 21 | Hafedh Hmaied | 2011–2012 | |||
10 | Ali Driss | 1956–1959 | 22 | Ridha Charfeddine | 2012–2021 | |||
11 | Mohamed Atoui | 1959–1960 | 23 | Maher Karoui | 2021–2022 | |||
12 | Ali Driss | 1960–1961 | 24 | Othman Jenayah | 2022– |
Infrastructure
Home stadium
The home stadium of Étoile du Sahel is the Olympic Stadium of Sousse which is a multi-purpose stadium in Sousse that was inaugurated in 1973. For many decades, Sousse footballers knew only the clay surfaces and knew the turf surfaces only when the stadium was inaugurated with an initial capacity of 10,000 places. Another expansion was carried out in 1999 to bring the capacity of the stadium to 28,000 seats for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, a reorganization of the gallery of honor was carried out, from a capacity of 70 to 217 places. It hosted 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1994 African Cup of Nations, 2001 Mediterranean Games and 2004 African Cup of Nations.
In November 2017, on a visit to the President of the Republic, Beji Caid Essebsi, to Sousse, he gave an indication of the beginning of the expansion of the stadium and thus in 2019, the inauguration ceremony of the beginning of works of the Stadium in order to be able to accommodate 40,000 spectators instead of the current capacity.
The cost of completing the total works was estimated initially at 32 million dinars, including 4 million dinars as a contribution from the Municipality of Sousse and 2 million dinars from the contribution of the team and coastal and is expected to include the expansion of the stadium, which was expected to extend for 27 months, especially covered runways and open runways in the east and north and south will also include works. The Municipality of Sousse decided to enable the team to play local matches at the
Youth Training Center
Taking the example of the
The youth training center is hosting 8 types of young football talent active in national and regional championships. Each category includes 20 players and 3 goalkeepers, adding that each category includes a coach, an assistant coach, a goalkeeping coach, a physical coach and a doctor.
Colors and logos
The Étoile Sportive du Sahel has opted from its origin for the colors red and white of the flag of Tunisia. At home, the player wears a red jersey with a five-pointed white star, white shorts and red socks. Outside of Sousse, the player wears a white jersey with a five-pointed red star, red shorts and white socks, or also in blue kits.
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Logo of the team from its foundation in 1925 until independence in 1956
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Logo of the team after independence until this moment
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Étoile du Sahel's Press Conference Room Logo
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Colors of Étoile Sportive du Sahel
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Colors of Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Supporters
Several groups take care of the shows preceding the matches or the beginning of the second half, commonly called dakhla. Brigade Rouge, created in 2001, is a group of supporters belonging to the barra brava movement.
Two sources of funding allow the club to survive: sales of by-products (t-shirts, caps, sweaters, scarves, albums, etc.), donations from powerful businessmen and fans. Other groups appeared such as Fanatics in 2003, Saheliano in April 2007, Hools Squad and Red Fans in 2009 or No Fear in 2010.
Name | Abbreviation | Creation Date | Mentality |
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Brigade Rouge | BR.01 | 2001 | Barra brava |
Fanatics | F.03 | 2003 | Ultras |
Saheliano | S.07 | 2007 | Ultras |
Hools Squad | H.09 | 2009 | Ultras |
Red Fans | RF.09 | 2009 | Barra brava |
No Fear | NF.10 | 2010 | Ultras |
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsor |
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1995–1998 | Adidas | Coca-Cola |
1998–2001 | ||
2001–2003 | ||
2003–2006 | ||
2006–2009 | ||
2009–2011 | Diadora | Orange |
2011–2012 | Nike | |
2012–2017 | Macron | Ooredoo |
2017–2018 | Adidas | |
2018–2021 | Macron | SsangYong
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2021– | Umbro | Tunisie Telecom |
Notes
- ^ African club competitions recognized by CAF Archived 28 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine – Record Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation
- ^ "Club World Ranking by footballdatabase". footballdatabase. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
External links
- (in Arabic and French) Official website
- Official Instagram Page