# 2016–17 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2016–17 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 62nd season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League and the Tunisian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2016. 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 26) | Youth system |
| 23 | GK | Ali Jemal | (1990-06-09)9 June 1990 (aged 27) | US Ben Guerdane |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Ali Machani | (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 (aged 24) | CA Bizerte |
| 3 | CB | Ferid Matri | (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 23) | FC Le Mont |
| 4 | CB | Montassar Talbi | (1998-05-26)26 May 1998 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 5 | CB | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | (1987-01-15)15 January 1987 (aged 30) | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
| 12 | CB | Khalil Chemmam | (1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 30) | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 24 | RB | Iheb Mbarki | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 25) | Thonon Évian |
| 26 | LB | Houcine Rabii | (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 (aged 25) | ES Zarzis |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | | Adam Rejaibi | (1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 23) | CA Bizerte |
| 15 | | Fousseny Coulibaly | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 28) | Stade Tunisien |
| 18 | | Saad Bguir | (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 23) | Stade Gabèsien |
| 20 | | Ayman Ben Mohamed | (1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (aged 22) | Bohemian |
| 21 | | Mohamed Ali Moncer | (1991-04-28)28 April 1991 (aged 26) | CS Sfaxien |
| 25 | | Ghailene Chaalali | (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 13 | | Ferjani Sassi | (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 25) | FC Metz |
| Forwards ||||||
| 8 | | Anice Badri | (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 26) | Royal Excel Mouscron |
| 9 | | Bilel Mejri | (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 29 | | Taha Yassine Khenissi | (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 25) | CS Sfaxien |
| 11 | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | (1991-06-23)23 June 1991 (aged 26) | CS Sfaxien |

## 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 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 8 | +29 | 066.67 | — | Winners | 10 September 2016 | 18 May 2017 |
| 2016 Tunisian Cup | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 | Quarter-finals | Winners | 16 August 2016 | 27 August 2016 |
| 2017 Tunisian Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 075.00 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 30 November 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| 2017 Champions League | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 042.86 | First round | Quarter-finals | 11 March 2017 | 23 September 2017 |
| Total | 38 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 62 | 18 | +44 | 065.79 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### First round

Group A

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 29 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 2 | Club Africain | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 27 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 3 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 22 | Qualification to the championship group |
| 4 | Stade Gabèsien | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 18 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 5 | Avenir de Gabès | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 17 | Qualification to the relegation group |

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Championship round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 26 | 2018 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 22 | 2018 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Club Africain | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 16 | 2018 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Club Sfaxien | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | |
| 5 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 9 | |

##### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Champions League
### First round
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | MSD | STG | VIT |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Quarter-finals | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saint George | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 5 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | AS Vita Club | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Saint George 1–0 AS Vita Club, AS Vita Club 2–1 Saint George (Saint George won on away goals).

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Tunisian Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUN | Moez Ben Cherifia | 36 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | TUN | Ali Jemal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | TUN | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | 34 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Ali Machani | 25 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Hichem Belkaroui | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Ferid Matri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUN | Montassar Talbi | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Iheb Mbarki | 37 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| | DF | TUN | Amine Nefzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Hatem Bejaoui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Khalil Chemmam | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | TUN | Houcine Rabii | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TUN | Ayman Ben Mohamed | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | CIV | Fousseny Coulibaly | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Monther Guesmi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Ferjani Sassi | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Ghailene Chaalali | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | TUN | Edem Rjaibi | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Youssef Khemiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 19 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Elyas Jelassi | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NGA | Bernard Bulbwa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Moncer | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | TUN | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 19 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | TUN | Anice Badri | 33 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | LBY | Mohamed Zubya | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | TUN | Taha Yassine Khenissi | 36 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Bilel Mejri | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Last updated: 8 June 2020 Source: footballdatabase.eu

### 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 | TOTAL |
| 29 | | Taha Yassine Khenissi | FW | 14 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | | Anice Badri | FW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | FW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | | Saad Bguir | MF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | | Ferjani Sassi | MF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | | Edem Rjaibi | MF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | Bilel Mejri | MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | | Ghailene Chaalali | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | | Mohamed Ali Moncer | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | Ali Machani | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | Khalil Chemmam | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Elyas Jelassi | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | | Iheb Mbarki | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | | Fousseny Coulibaly | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 14 | 11 | 62 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 2 July 2016 | MF | Malek Miladi | EO Sidi Bouzid | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2016 | MF | Youssef Khemiri | EO Sidi Bouzid | Free transfer |
| 9 July 2016 | MF | Ferjani Sassi | FC Metz | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2016 | DF | Hichem Belkaroui | Nacional | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | FW | Mohamed Zubya | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | FW | Anice Badri | Royal Excel Mouscron | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Ayman Ben Mohamed | Bohemian | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Mohamed Ali Moncer | CS Sfaxien | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2017 | DF | Ferid Matri | FC Luzern | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 18 June 2016 | FW | Nouhoum Samassékou | US Tataouine | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Daouda Camara | US Tataouine | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Ali Abdi | Club Africain | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | MF | Nidhal Ben Salem | Olympique Béja | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | MF | Hamza Ben Cherifia | Olympique Béja | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2016 | MF | Idriss Mhirsi | Red Star | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2016 | DF | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | Çaykur Rizespor | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2016 | MF | Hocine Ragued | Emirates Club | Free transfer |
| 29 August 2016 | FW | Samuel Eduok | Kasımpaşa | Free transfer |
| 13 September 2016 | DF | Sameh Derbali | Olympique Béja | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2016 | MF | Radhouène Khalfaoui | Olympique Béja | Free transfer |
| 19 September 2016 | DF | Ichaka Diarra | Speranța Nisporeni | Free transfer |