2024–25 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

Espérance de Tunis
2024–25 season
President	Hamdi Meddeb
Head coach	Miguel Cardoso
Stadium	Stade Hammadi Agrebi
Ligue 1	Preseason
Tunisian Cup	Round of 32
Tunisian Super Cup	2021–22: Final; 2023–24: Final
CAF Champions League	Second round
African Football League	TBD
FIFA Club World Cup	Group stage
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season will be the 106th season in existence and the club's 70th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football.

In addition to the 2022–23 season edition of the Tunisian Super Cup, Espérance de Tunis will participate in this season's editions of the domestic league, the Tunisian Cup, the Tunisian Super Cup, the CAF Champions League, the African Football League and the FIFA Club World Cup.^[1]

Squad list

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

Staff:

Fábio Fernandes (assistant manager)
Chamseddine Dhaouadi (assistant manager)
Wassim Naouara (goalkeeper manager)
Carlos Miguel Silva (fitness manager)
Mohamed Sabri Bouazizi (fitness manager)
Pedro Azevedo (Analyst)
João Araújo (Analyst)
Yassine Ben Ahmed (doctor)

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Amenallah Memmiche	(2004-04-20) 20 April 2004 (age 20)	2023	Youth system
12	Moez Ben Cherifia (C)	(1991-06-24) 24 June 1991 (age 33)	2009	Youth system
26	Mohamed Sedki Debchi	(1999-10-28) 28 October 1999 (age 24)	2019	AS Gabès
—	Bechir Ben Saïd	(1992-11-29) 29 November 1992 (age 31)	2024	US Monastir
Defenders
2	Mohamed Ben Ali	(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29)	2022	CS Sfaxien
3	Amenallah Majhed	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 20)	2023	Youth system
5	Yassine Meriah	(1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 (age 31)	2022	Al Ain
13	Raed Bouchniba	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 20)	2022	Youth system
15	Mohamed Amine Tougai	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24)	2020	NA Hussein Dey
20	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	(1995-12-15) 15 December 1995 (age 28)	2016	Youth system
22	Hani Amamou	(1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 26)	2021	CS Sfaxien
30	Oussama Shili	(1996-11-30) 30 November 1996 (age 27)	2023	Stade Tunisien
—	Ayman Ben Mohamed	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 29)	2024	Guingamp
—	Hamza Jelassi	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 32)	2024	Étoile du Sahel
Midfielders
4	Mohamed Wael Derbali	(2003-06-18) 18 June 2003 (age 21)	2023	Olympique Béja
8	Houssem Tka	(2000-08-16) 16 August 2000 (age 23)	2023	US Monastir
10	Yan Sasse	(1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 27)	2023	Wellington Phoenix
14	Onuche Ogbelu	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003 (age 21)	2023	Nasarawa United
17	Zakaria El Ayeb	(2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 23)	2023	Youth system
23	Ghaith Ouahabi	(2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 (age 21)	2022	Youth system
25	Ghailene Chaalali	(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 30)	2020	Yeni Malatyaspor
32	Montassar Triki	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 22)	2021	Youth system
34	Roger Aholou	(1993-12-30) 30 December 1993 (age 30)	2024	Raja CA
Forwards
9	Rodrigo Rodrigues	(1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 28)	2023	Juventude
11	Oussama Bouguerra	(1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 26)	2023	Olympique Béja
18	Houssam Ghacha	(1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 (age 28)	2023	Antalyaspor
21	Aziz Abid	(2003-04-03) 3 April 2003 (age 21)	2022	Youth system
24	Bilel Sahli	(2003-11-06) 6 November 2003 (age 20)	2023	Napoli
27	Kebba Sowe	(2005-08-08) 8 August 2005 (age 18)	2023	AS Soliman
29	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda	(1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 26)	2022	AS Soliman
—	Youssef Abdelli	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 25)	2024	Étoile du Sahel
Manager	Miguel Cardoso	(1972-05-28) 28 May 1972 (age 52)	2024	Rio Ave

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type	Source
1 July 2024	DF	Ghassen Mahersi	US Tataouine	End of loan	^[2]
	MF	Wael Chaieb	US Tataouine
	GK	Wassim Karoui	AS Soliman
	FW	Rayen Hamrouni	AS Soliman
	FW	Achref Jebri	Espérance de Zarzis
	MF	Aziz Fellah	AS Gabès
	FW	Mouhib Selmi	AS Gabès
	GK	Hamza Ghanmi	US Tataouine
	FW	Riad Benayad	Raja CA
	DF	Zinedine Sassi	AS Soliman
4 July 2024	GK	Bechir Ben Saïd	US Monastir	Free transfer	^[3]
5 July 2024	DF	Ayman Ben Mohamed	Guingamp		^[4]
11 July 2024	FW	Youssef Abdelli	Étoile du Sahel		^[5]
24 July 2024	DF	Hamza Jelassi	Étoile du Sahel		^[6]
1 August 2024	MF	Mootez Zaddem	Al Masry	End of loan	—

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Type	Source
1 July 2024	FW	Zied Berrima	Stade Tunisien	End of contract	^[7]
	DF	Hani Amamou	Raja CA		—
	GK	Moez Ben Cherifia	Free agent
	DF	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida
	MF	Ghailene Chaalali
	DF	Zied Machmoum
4 July 2024	FW	André Bukia		Mutual termination	^[8]
18 July 2024	FW	Houssam Ghacha	USM Alger	Transfer	^[9]

Friendlies

3 August 2024 Friendly

Espérance de Tunis

v

Raja CA

Tunisia

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Starting round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Starting round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	—	Preseason	17–18 August 2024	17–18 May 2025
Tunisian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 32	Round of 32	14–15 December 2024	2024–2025
2022 Tunisian Super Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Final	Final	2024
2024 Tunisian Super Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Final	Final	2024
CAF Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Second round	Second round	13–15 September 2025	2024–2025
African Football League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	TBD	TBD	2024	2024
FIFA Club World Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Group stage	Group stage	June 2025	2025
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—			17–18 August 2024	2025

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

The draw date has not been set yet.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	ES Métlaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Étoile du Sahel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Espérance de Tunis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Espérance de Zarzis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	JS El Omrane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 17 August 2024. Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground
Result
Position
Points

First match(es) will be played on 17 or 18 August 2024. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17–18 August 2024 Round 1

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31 August – 1 September 2024 Round 2

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25–26 September 2024 Round 3

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28–29 September 2024 Round 4

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2–3 October 2024 Round 5

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19–20 October 2024 Round 6

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13–14 November 2024 Round 7

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23–24 November 2024 Round 8

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30 November – 1 December 2024 Round 9

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21–22 December 2024 Round 10

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25–26 December 2024 Round 11

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28–29 December 2024 Round 12

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4–5 January 2025 Round 13

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11–12 January 2025 Round 14

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15–16 January 2025 Round 15

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25–26 January 2025 Round 16

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1–2 February 2025 Round 17

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8–9 February 2025 Round 18

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12–13 February 2025 Round 19

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22–23 February 2025 Round 20

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1–2 March 2025 Round 21

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5–6 March 2025 Round 22

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8–9 March 2025 Round 23

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15–16 March 2025 Round 24

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29–30 March 2025 Round 25

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26–27 April 2025 Round 26

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3–4 May 2025 Round 27

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7–8 May 2025 Round 28

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14–15 May 2025 Round 29

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17–18 May 2025 Round 30

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Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitive matches

Tunisian Cup

Espérance de Tunis will enter the tournament in the round of 32, as they will be part of the 2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

2022 Tunisian Super Cup

The Tunisian Super Cup of the 2022–23 season, originally scheduled to be played on 30 December 2022, was rescheduled to be played this season, on 3 January 2024, due to the unavailability of Stade Hammadi Agrebi.

2024	Espérance de Tunis	v	CS Sfaxien	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

2024 Tunisian Super Cup

2024	Espérance de Tunis	v	Stade Tunisien	Tunis
				Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024.^[10]

Second round

13–15 September 2024 (2024-09) First leg	FR2 winner	v	Espérance de Tunis
--:-- UTC+3

20–22 September 2024 (2024-09) Second leg	Espérance de Tunis	v	FR2 winner	Tunis
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

African Football League

FIFA Club World Cup

On 26 April 2024, Espérance de Tunis secured a slot in the FIFA Club World Cup via CAF 4-year ranking following a 1–0 away win against Mamelodi Sundowns.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mamelodi Sundowns and ES Tunis reach Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25". FIFA. 26 April 2024.
^ "في يوم واحد.. عودة 11 لاعبًا إلى صفوف الترجي". winwin (in Arabic). 1 July 2024.
^ "بن سعيد مكشخ لمدة ثلاث سنوات". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 4 July 2024.
^ "أيمن بن محمد مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 5 July 2024.
^ "يوسف العبدلي مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 11 July 2024.
^ "حمزة الجلاصي مكشخ لموسمين". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 24 July 2024.
^ "أمضى المهاجم صاحب 23 سنة زياد برّيمة عقدا مع الملعب التونسي لمدة 3 مواسم قادما من الترجي الرياضي التونسي". Stade Tunisien (in Arabic). 3 July 2024.
^ "Chers membres du club et chers supporters". André Bukia (in French). 4 July 2024.
^ "راني هنا". USM Alger (in Arabic). 18 July 2024.
^ "CAF to conduct Preliminary Draw of 2024/25 CAF Interclub season on Thursday". Confederation of African Football. 10 July 2024.

External links

Taraji Plus

[FIFA_Club_World_Cup-1] "Mamelodi Sundowns and ES Tunis reach Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25". FIFA. 26 April 2024.

[2] "في يوم واحد.. عودة 11 لاعبًا إلى صفوف الترجي". winwin (in Arabic). 1 July 2024.

[3] "بن سعيد مكشخ لمدة ثلاث سنوات". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 4 July 2024.

[4] "أيمن بن محمد مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 5 July 2024.

[5] "يوسف العبدلي مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 11 July 2024.

[6] "حمزة الجلاصي مكشخ لموسمين". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 24 July 2024.

[7] "أمضى المهاجم صاحب 23 سنة زياد برّيمة عقدا مع الملعب التونسي لمدة 3 مواسم قادما من الترجي الرياضي التونسي". Stade Tunisien (in Arabic). 3 July 2024.

[8] "Chers membres du club et chers supporters". André Bukia (in French). 4 July 2024.

[9] "راني هنا". USM Alger (in Arabic). 18 July 2024.

[10] "CAF to conduct Preliminary Draw of 2024/25 CAF Interclub season on Thursday". Confederation of African Football. 10 July 2024.

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