# 2020–21 Étoile Sportive du Sahel season

In the 2020–22 season, Étoile Sportive du Sahel is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 66th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It is their 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They are competing in Ligue 1, the Champions League and the Tunisian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 13 August 2021. 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 | Aymen Mathlouthi | (1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 36) | Al-Adalah FC |
| 16 | GK | Rami Gabsi | (1999-07-31)31 July 1999 (aged 21) | ES Hammam-Sousse |
| | GK | Walid Kridene | (1996-05-04)4 May 1996 (aged 24) | US Ben Guerdane |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Saddam Ben Aziza | (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 29) | AS Gabès |
| 3 | LB | Ghofrane Naouali | (1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 4 | CB | Mohamed Konaté | (1992-10-20)20 October 1992 (aged 28) | Nahdat Berkane |
| 5 | CB | Abdelrazek Bouazra | (1998-07-08)8 July 1998 (aged 22) | JS Kairouan |
| 6 | RB | Wajdi Kechrida | (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 12 | LB | Mortadha Ben Ouanes | (1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 26) | CA Bizertin |
| 13 | CB | Bahaeddine Sellami | (1997-02-06)6 February 1997 (aged 23) | US Ben Guerdane |
| 21 | CB | Salah Harrabi | (1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 26 | RB | Jaouhar Ben Hassen | (1997-08-15)15 August 1997 (aged 23) | US Ben Guerdane |
| | CB | Ramez Aouani | (1999-06-08)8 June 1999 (aged 21) | JS Kairouan |
| | LB | Baligh Jemmali | (2000-12-01)1 December 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | LB | Houssem Souissi | (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 (aged 21) | JS Kairouan |
| | RB | Houcine Benayada | (1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 28) | CS Constantine |
| | RB | Anas Sassi | (1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 22) | JS Kairouan |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | CM | Hamza Lahmar | (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 30) | Youth system |
| 10 | AM | Iheb Msakni | (1988-07-13)13 July 1988 (aged 32) | Al Ahed FC |
| 14 | CM | Abdallah Dagou | (2000-09-21)21 September 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 17 | AM | Yassine Chikhaoui | (1986-09-21)21 September 1986 (aged 34) | Al Ahli SC |
| 18 | AM | Fraj Kayramani | (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 19 | DM | Ayoub Ayed | (2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 20 | DM | Malek Baayou | (1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 25 | DM | Salim Boukhanchouche | (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 29) | Abha Club |
| 29 | DM | Mohamed Amine Ben Amor | (1992-05-03)3 May 1992 (aged 28) | Youth system |
| | DM | Jacques Mbé | (1999-06-17)17 June 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| | DM | Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud | (2000-04-24)24 April 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | CM | Achref Afli | (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 23) | ES Hammam-Sousse |
| | LM | Yassine Amri | (1995-08-18)18 August 1995 (aged 25) | Club Africain |
| | AM | Oussama Abid | (2002-08-10)10 August 2002 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| | LM | Yosri Hamza | (1999-03-02)2 March 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 8 | LW | Aly Soumah | (2000-01-10)10 January 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 9 | ST | Souleymane Coulibaly | (1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 26) | Partick Thistle |
| 11 | ST | Redouane Zerdoum | (1999-01-01)1 January 1999 (aged 22) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 15 | RW | Aymen Sfaxi | (1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 25) | Stade Tunisien |
| 23 | ST | Fakhreddine Ouji | (1998-07-07)7 July 1998 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 24 | LW | Wadhah Zaidi | (1998-09-29)29 September 1998 (aged 22) | US Tataouine |
| 30 | RW | Darwin González | (1994-05-20)20 May 1994 (aged 26) | Deportivo La Guaira |
| | LW | Firas Iffia | (1997-05-19)19 May 1997 (aged 23) | Olympique Béja |
| | RW | Tayeb Meziani | (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 24) | Espérance de Tunis |
| | RW | Zinedine Boutmène | (2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 20) | NA Hussein Dey |

## 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 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 057.69 | — | Runners–up | 6 December 2020 | 19 May 2021 |
| Tunisian Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 6 May 2021 | 30 May 2021 |
| Confederation Cup | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 050.00 | First round | Group stage | 22 December 2020 | 28 April 2021 |
| Total | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 055.26 | | | | |
Updated to match played 13 August 2021 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 |
Last updated: 19 May 2021. Source: Competitive matches

### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
* 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 The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.

## Confederation Cup
### First round
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JAR | CSS | ETS | SAL |
| 1 | ASC Jaraaf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Salitas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Tunisian Cup | Confederation Cup | Confederation Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUN | Aymen Mathlouthi | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | TUN | Rami Gabsi | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | TUN | Walid Kridene | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | TUN | Saddam Ben Aziza | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Ghofrane Naouali | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Mohamed Konaté | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Abdelrazek Bouazra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | TUN | Wajdi Kechrida | 30 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Mortadha Ben Ouanes | 30 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Bahaeddine Sellami | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Salah Harrabi | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | TUN | Jaouhar Ben Hassen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Baligh Jemmali | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Houcine Benayada | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Anas Sassi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | TUN | Hamza Lahmar | 22 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Iheb Msakni | 18 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | LBY | Abdallah Dagou | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TUN | Yassine Chikhaoui | 17 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Fraj Kayramani | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | TUN | Ayoub Ayed | 27 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Malek Baayou | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Salim Boukhanchouche | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Amine Ben Amor | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | CMR | Jacques Mbé | 21 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Yassine Amri | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Oussama Abid | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | GUI | Aly Soumah | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Souleymane Coulibaly | 32 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Redouane Zerdoum | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | TUN | Aymen Sfaxi | 29 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | TUN | Fakhreddine Ouji | 20 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Tayeb Meziani | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Zinedine Boutmène | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 30 | FW | VEN | Darwin González | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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 | CC 3 | TOTAL |
| | | Souleymane Coulibaly | FW | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| | | Aymen Sfaxi | FW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| | | Hamza Lahmar | MF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| | | Tayeb Meziani | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| | | Mortadha Ben Ouanes | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Zinedine Boutmène | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Iheb Msakni | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | | Yassine Chikhaoui | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | | Wajdi Kechrida | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | | Oussama Abid | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Yassine Amri | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Ayoub Ayed | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Salim Boukhanchouche | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Darwin González | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Salah Harrabi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Fakhreddine Ouji | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Aly Soumah | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Jacques Mbé | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Redouane Zerdoum | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 46 | 1 | 12 | 59 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 3 February 2021 | FW | Zinedine Boutmène | NA Hussein Dey | Free transfer |
| 3 February 2021 | FW | Tayeb Meziani | Espérance Sportive de Tunis | Undisclosed |
| 11 February 2021 | DF | Houcine Benayada | Club Africain | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 12 March 2021 | FW | Darwin González | Deportivo La Guaira | Free transfer | |