# 2011–12 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2011–12 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 58th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup and the CAF Super Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2011. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Moez Ben Cherifia | (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 22 | GK | Wassim Naouara | (1986-01-26)26 January 1986 (aged 25) | CS Korba |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | CB | Banana Yaya | (1991-07-29)29 July 1991 (aged 20) | Achille FC |
| 5 | RB | Aymen Ben Amor | (1985-09-07)7 September 1985 (aged 26) | CS Sfaxien |
| 6 | CB | Idrissa Coulibaly | (1987-12-19)19 December 1987 (aged 24) | Al Ahli SC |
| 12 | CB | Khalil Chemmam | (1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 17 | RB | Sameh Derbali | (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 25) | Olympique Béja |
| 20 | CB | Mohamed Ben Mansour | (1988-07-19)19 July 1988 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 25 | CB | Mohamed Bachtobji | (1980-04-01)1 April 1980 (aged 31) | Club Africain |
| 25 | CB | Seifallah Hosni | (1985-10-11)11 October 1985 (aged 26) | Stade tunisien |
| 26 | RB | Harrison Afful | (1986-06-24)24 June 1986 (aged 25) | Asante Kotoko |
| 29 | CB | Walid Hichri | (1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 25) | CA Bizertin |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | DM | Hocine Ragued | (1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 28) | Kardemir Karabükspor |
| 10 | AM | Oussama Darragi | (1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 10 | AM | Hamza Baghouli | (1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 23) | CA Bizertin |
| 13 | DM | Karim Aouadhi | (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 25) | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 18 | LW | Wajdi Bouazzi | (1985-08-16)16 August 1985 (aged 26) | AS Kasserine |
| 19 | DM | Khaled Mouelhi | (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 30) | Lillestrøm SK |
| 21 | CM | Mejdi Traoui | (1983-12-13)13 December 1983 (aged 28) | Red Bull Salzburg |
| 23 | DM | Khaled Korbi | (1985-12-16)16 December 1985 (aged 26) | Stade Tunisien |
| 24 | CM | Oussama Boughanmi | (1990-01-05)5 January 1990 (aged 21) | EA Guingamp |
| 27 | CM | Safouane Ben Salem | (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 28 | LW | Youssef Msakni | (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 (aged 21) | Stade tunisien |
| 30 | AM | Iheb Msakni | (1987-07-18)18 July 1987 (aged 24) | Stade tunisien |
| 31 | LW | Youcef Belaïli | (1992-03-14)14 March 1992 (aged 19) | MC Oran |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | FW | Khaled Ayari | (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 21) | AS Ariana |
| 8 | AM | Idriss Mhirsi | (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 17) | Youth system |
| 11 | FW | Taha Yassine Khenissi | (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 19) | ES Zarzis |
| 14 | FW | Mohamed Ali Slama | (1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 23) | ES Zarzis |
| 15 | FW | Yannick N'Djeng | (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 21) | JSM Béjaïa |
| | LW | Didier Lebri | (1983-08-13)13 August 1983 (aged 28) | AS Marsa |
| 23 | FW | Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey | (1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 24) | Berekum Chelsea |
| | ST | Jean-David Beauguel | (1992-03-21)21 March 1992 (aged 19) | Toulouse FC |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Ligue 1 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 073.33 | — | Winners | 15 November 2011 | 17 May 2012 |
| Tunisian Cup | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 050.00 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 20 June 2013 | 29 June 2013 |
| CAF Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | Final | Runners–up | 25 February 2012 | 25 February 2012 |
| 2011 Champions League | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 050.00 | Group stage | Winners | 16 July 2011 | 12 November 2011 |
| 2012 Champions League | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 050.00 | First round | Second round | 24 March 2012 | 13 May 2012 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 | Quarter-finals | Fifth place | 11 December 2011 | 14 December 2011 |
| Total | 51 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 95 | 36 | +59 | 060.78 |
Updated to match played 3 June 2019 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | CA Bizertin | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 65 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 56 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Etoile du Sahel | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 49 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | AS Marsa | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 47 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 April 2018. Source: Competitive matches

### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 2011 Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance ST | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Wydad AC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Al-Ahly | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | MC Alger | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Wydad AC and Al-Ahly are ranked by their head-to-head records (decided by away goals).

### knockout stage
#### Final
## CAF Super Cup
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Tunisian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUN | Moez Ben Cherifia | 47 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | TUN | Wassim Naouara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | TUN | Aymen Ben Amor | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MLI | Idrissa Coulibaly | 26 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Khalil Chemmam | 35 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | TUN | Sameh Derbali | 39 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Ben Mansour | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Bachtobji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GHA | Harrison Afful | 30 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | TUN | Walid Hichri | 45 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Seifallah Hosni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | TUN | Hamza Baghouli | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Karim Aouadhi | 28 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Wajdi Bouazzi | 45 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | TUN | Khaled Mouelhi | 36 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | TUN | Mejdi Traoui | 36 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | TUN | Oussama Boughanmi | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | TUN | Safouane Ben Salem | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Youssef Msakni | 41 | 22 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | TUN | Iheb Msakni | 26 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Youcef Belaïli | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Hocine Ragued | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Khaled Korbi | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Zine El Abidine Souissi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | TUN | Khaled Ayari | 23 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | TUN | Idriss Mhirsi | 15 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Taha Yassine Khenissi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Mohamed Ali Slama | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CMR | Yannick N'Djeng | 43 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | CIV | Didier Lebri | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Jean David Beauguel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CMR | Banana Yaya | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Oussama Darragi | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Last updated: 8 June 2019 Source: fr.soccerway.com
* ↑ Includes the CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | TC | CL 1 | CAF Super Cup | Club World Cup | TOTAL |
| 28 | | Youssef Msakni | FW | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | | Yannick N'Djeng | FW | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 18 | | Wajdi Bouazzi | MF | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | | Karim Aouadhi | MF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | | Khaled Mouelhi | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 30 | | Iheb Msakni | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | | Khalil Chemmam | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | | Walid Hichri | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | Idriss Mhirsi | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | Khaled Ayari | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | | Mejdi Traoui | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | Oussama Darragi | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | | Didier Lebri | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Hamza Baghouli | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | Idrissa Coulibaly | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | | Sameh Derbali | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | | Harrison Afful | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Banana Yaya | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 61 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 95 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 9 June 2011 | FW | Mohamed Ali Slama | ES Zarzis | 240,000 DT |
| 9 July 2011 | FW | Yannick N'Djeng | JSM Béjaïa | €700,000 |
| 7 August 2011 | DF | Idrissa Coulibaly | Al Ahli SC | Free transfer |
| 27 December 2011 | MF | Karim Aouadhi | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2012 | MF | Iheb Msakni | Stade tunisien | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 19 January 2012 | DF | Yaya Banana | FC Sochaux | Free transfer | |
| 21 February 2012 | MF | Oussama Darragi | FC Sion | Free transfer | |