Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Espérance (Mkachkha)

Full name	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Nickname(s)	Mkachkha, Blood & Gold, Taraji
Founded	15 January 1919
Ground	Stade Olympique de Rades Tunis, Tunisia
Capacity	60,000
Chairman	Hamdi Meddeb
Manager	Ammar Souayah
League	CLP-1
2014–15	CLP-1, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

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 El Menzah is the club's home stadium.

Honors & achievements

Performance in national & domestic competitions

• Tunisian League: 26
  • 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
• Tunisian Cup: 14
  • Winners: 1939,^{[note 1]} 1957, 1964, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
• 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

Performance in UAFA competitions

• Arab Club Champions Cup: 2
  • Winners: 1993, 2009
  • Finalist: 1986, 1995
• Arab Super Cup: 1
  • Winners: 1996

Performance in other international competitions

• Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1
  • Winners: 1995
• North African Cup Winners Cup: 1
  • Winners: 2008

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 4 MF Hocine Ragued 5 DF Chamseddine Dhaouadi 7 MF Bernard Bulbwa 9 FW Zied Ounalli 10 MF Elyès Jlassi 11 FW Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 12 DF Khalil Chemmam 13 DF Ali Abdi 14 FW Haythem Jouini 17 DF Sameh Derbali

No. Position Player 18 MF Saad Bguir 20 MF Chaker Rguiî 21 FW Emem Eduok 22 MF Moez Abboud 23 GK Sami Hlel 24 MF Iheb Mbarki 25 MF Ghailene Chaalali 26 DF Houcine Rabii 27 MF Chamseddine Samti 28 DF Amine Nefzi 30 DF Mohamed Ali Yacoubi

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

Louis Montassier (1919) 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–)

See also

• Tunisian Triangle

Notes

1. Title won before Tunisian independence

External links

• Official website
• E-S-Tunis.com Supporters website
• Esperance-de-Tunis.net Supporters website
• Café Bab Souika Supporters forum
• E-Speranza Supporters website
• Mkach5a Supporter Website
• taraji-online.com Supporter Website