# 2020–21 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2020–21 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 66th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 66th 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 September 2020. 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 29) | Youth system |
| 16 | GK | Farouk Ben Mustapha | (1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 31) | Al Shabab |
| 19 | GK | Mohamed Sedki Debchi | (1999-10-28)28 October 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | CB | Mohamed Amine Tougai | (2000-01-22)22 January 2000 (aged 20) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 6 | CB | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 30) | US Quevilly-Rouen |
| 12 | CB | Khalil Chemmam | (1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 33) | Youth system |
| 20 | CB | Amine Ben Hamida | (1995-12-15)15 December 1995 (aged 25) | AS Soliman |
| 21 | RB | Hamdi Nagguez | (1992-10-28)28 October 1992 (aged 28) | Sūduva |
| 22 | RB | Sameh Derbali | (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 34) | Al Ahli SC |
| 23 | LB | Ilyes Chetti | (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 25) | JS Kabylie |
| 26 | LB | Houcine Rabii | (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 (aged 29) | ES Zarzis |
| 30 | CB | Abdelkader Bedrane | (1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 28) | ES Sétif |
| 34 | CB | Bilel Chabbar | (2000-03-31)31 March 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 2 | DM | Badreddine Mouelhi | (1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 5 | CM | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | (1999-09-06)6 September 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 15 | DM | Fousseny Coulibaly | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 31) | Stade tunisien |
| 18 | CB / DM | Raouf Benguit | (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 24) | Paradou AC |
| 24 | AM | Fedi Ben Choug | (1995-03-12)12 March 1995 (aged 25) | CA Bizertin |
| 25 | CM / AM | Ghailene Chaalali | (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 26) | Yeni Malatyaspor |
| 28 | DM | Mohamed Amine Meskini | (1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (aged 23) | CS Hammam-Lif |
| 37 | CM | Montassar Triki | (2001-08-29)29 August 2001 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 40 | DM | Cedrik Gbo | (2002-09-09)9 September 2002 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 3 | | Basit Abdul Khalid | (1996-08-10)10 August 1996 (aged 24) | FK Makedonija |
| 7 | AM | Alaeddine Marzouki | (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 30) | CS Sfaxien |
| 8 | | Anice Badri | (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 30) | Al-Ittihad |
| 9 | FW | Zied Berrima | (2001-09-04)4 September 2001 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 10 | LW | Hamdou Elhouni | (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 26) | Desportivo das Aves |
| 11 | FW | Taha Yassine Khenissi | (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 28) | CS Sfax |
| 13 | | Nassim Ben Khalifa | (1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 28) | Grasshopper |
| 17 | ST / LW | Abderrahmane Meziane | (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 26) | Al Ain |
| 27 | LW | Maher Ben Seghaier | (1996-04-22)22 April 1996 (aged 24) | CA Bizerte |
| 32 | RW | Raed Fedaa | (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 35 | | William Togui | (1996-08-07)7 August 1996 (aged 24) | Mechelen |

## 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 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 073.08 | — | Winners | 6 December 2020 | 19 May 2021 |
| Tunisian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 26 May 2021 | 26 May 2021 |
| Champions League | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | +0 | 041.67 | First round | Semi-finals | 23 December 2020 | 29 June 2021 |
| Total | 39 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 061.54 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 60 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Union de Ben Guerdane | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Avenir de Soliman | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 40 | |
| 5 | Club Sfaxien | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 40 | Qualification for Confederation Cup as Tunisian Cup winners |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Champions League
### First round
### Group stage
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | MCA | ZAM | TEU |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Teungueth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Knockout stage
## 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 |
| 1 | GK | TUN | Moez Ben Cherifia | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | TUN | Farouk Ben Mustapha | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | TUN | Mohamed Sedki Debchi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Khalil Chemmam | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TUN | Amine Ben Hamida | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | TUN | Sameh Derbali | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Bedrane | 29 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Amine Tougai | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Raed Fedaa | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | TUN | Farouk Mimouni | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Hamdi Nagguez | 34 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ALG | Ilyes Chetti | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | TUN | Alaeddine Marzouki | 23 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Fousseny Coulibaly | 31 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Abderrahmane Meziane | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Raouf Benguit | 32 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 35 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Amine Meskini | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Youssef Mosrati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | TUN | Fedi Ben Choug | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Ghailene Chaalali | 18 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | TUN | Houcine Errabei | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | TUN | Maher Ben Seghaier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | TUN | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | GHA | Basit Abdul Khalid | 24 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | TUN | Anice Badri | 27 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | LBY | Hamdou Elhouni | 24 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Taha Yassine Khenissi | 30 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | SUI | Nassim Ben Khalifa | 16 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Youssef Abdelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | TUN | Zied Berrima | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | CIV | William Togui | 19 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 40 | FW | CIV | Cedrik Gbo | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Badra Mouelhi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | L 1 | TC | SC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 5 | | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | CM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | | Taha Yassine Khenissi | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | | Anice Badri | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | | Hamdou Elhouni | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 35 | | William Togui | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | | Raouf Benguit | CB/DM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | | Alaeddine Marzouki | AM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | | Basit Abdul Khalid | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | | Abdelkader Bedrane | CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | | Ghailene Chaalali | AM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | | Nassim Ben Khalifa | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | | Fousseny Coulibaly | DM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | | Hamdi Nagguez | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | | Fedi Ben Choug | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 51 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 2 July 2020 | RB | Hamdi Nagguez | Sūduva | Free transfer |
| 10 July 2020 | CM / AM | Ghailene Chaalali | Yeni Malatyaspor | Free transfer |
| 28 August 2020 | AM | Alaeddine Marzouki | CS Sfaxien | Free transfer |
| 27 October 2020 | GK | Farouk Ben Mustapha | Al Shabab | Free transfer |
| 20 November 2020 | FW | Nassim Ben Khalifa | Grasshopper | Free transfer |
| 18 January 2021 | FW | Anice Badri | Al-Ittihad | Free transfer |
| 25 January 2021 | FW | Basit Abdul Khalid | FK Makedonija | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2021 | FW | William Togui | Mechelen | Loan for six months |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 2 September 2020 | | Rayen Mzoughi | US Tataouine | Free transfer |
| 13 September 2020 | CB | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | Al-Shamal | Free transfer |
| 30 September 2020 | RB | Iheb Mbarki | Wadi Degla | Free transfer |
| 16 October 2020 | | Kabil Othmani | AS Soliman | Free transfer |
| 22 October 2020 | LW | Billel Bensaha | MC Alger | Loan for one year |
| 24 October 2020 | FW | Naceur Atoui | AS Soliman | Free transfer |
| 24 October 2020 | MF | Alaâ Ben Salah | AS Soliman | Free transfer |
| 24 October 2020 | DF | Rayen Yaakoubi | AS Soliman | Free transfer |
| 24 October 2020 | RW | Youssef Abdelli | US Monastir | Free transfer |
| 9 November 2020 | FW | Ibrahim Ouattara | Al-Ahly SC | Loan for one year |
| 12 November 2020 | CB | Afif Jebali | ES Métlaoui | Loan for one year |
| 4 December 2020 | DM | Kwame Bonsu | Cleopatra FC | Free transfer |
| 3 February 2021 | FW | Tayeb Meziani | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | Undisclosed |