# 2019–20 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2019–20 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 65th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League, the Arab Club Champions Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup, the CAF Super Cup and the Tunisian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2019. 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 28) | Youth system |
| 19 | GK | Rami Jridi | (1985-04-25)25 April 1985 (aged 34) | CS Sfax |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | CB | Amine Ben Hamida | (1995-12-15)15 December 1995 (aged 24) | AS Soliman |
| | CB | Afif Jebali | (2000-01-10)10 January 2000 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 5 | CB | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | (1987-01-15)15 January 1987 (aged 32) | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
| 6 | CB | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 29) | US Quevilly-Rouen |
| 12 | CB | Khalil Chemmam | (1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 32) | Youth system |
| 22 | RB | Sameh Derbali | (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 33) | Al Ahli SC |
| 23 | LB | Ilyes Chetti | (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 24) | JS Kabylie |
| 24 | RB | Iheb Mbarki | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 27) | Thonon Évian |
| 26 | LB | Houcine Rabii | (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 (aged 28) | ES Zarzis |
| 30 | CB | Abdelkader Bedrane | (1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 27) | ES Sétif |
| | | Malek Charfi | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 22) | ES Métlaoui |
| | CB | Mohamed Amine Tougai | (2000-01-22)22 January 2000 (aged 19) | NA Hussein Dey |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 3 | DM | Kwame Bonsu | (1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (aged 25) | Asante Kotoko |
| 15 | DM | Fousseny Coulibaly | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 30) | Stade tunisien |
| 17 | LW | Hamdou Elhouni | (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 25) | Desportivo das Aves |
| 29 | CM | Youssef Mosrati | (1999-12-06)6 December 1999 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 18 | CB / DM | Raouf Benguit | (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 23) | Paradou AC |
| 27 | CM | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | (1999-09-06)6 September 1999 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 28 | DM | Mohamed Amine Meskini | (1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (aged 22) | CS Hammam-Lif |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | LW | Billel Bensaha | (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 25) | DRB Tadjenanet |
| 8 | RW | Anice Badri | (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 29) | Royal Excel Mouscron |
| 9 | FW | Ibrahim Ouattara | (1990-08-04)4 August 1990 (aged 29) | CA Bizertin |
| 11 | FW | Taha Yassine Khenissi | (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 27) | CS Sfax |
| 13 | RW | Raed Fedaa | (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 14 | FW | Haythem Jouini | (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 26) | CD Tenerife |
| 16 | FW | Zied Berrima | (2001-09-04)4 September 2001 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| 29 | FW | Junior Lokosa | (1993-08-23)23 August 1993 (aged 26) | Kano Pillars |
| 25 | RW | Fedi Ben Choug | (1995-03-12)12 March 1995 (aged 24) | CA Bizertin |
| | LW | Maher Ben Seghaier | (1996-04-22)22 April 1996 (aged 23) | CA Bizerte |
| 4 | ST / LW | Abderrahmane Meziane | (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 25) | Al Ain |

## 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 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 069.23 | — | Winners | 24 August 2019 | 13 September 2020 |
| Tunisian Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 080.00 | Round of 32 | Runners–up | 11 March 2020 | 27 September 2020 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 | Final | Winners | 20 September 2020 | 20 September 2020 |
| CAF Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 | Final | Runners–up | 14 February 2020 | 14 February 2020 |
| Champions League | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 050.00 | First round | Quarter-finals | 15 September 2019 | 6 March 2020 |
| Club Champions Cup | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 025.00 | First round | Second round | 20 August 2019 | 23 November 2019 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 | Second round | Fifth place | 14 December 2019 | 17 December 2019 |
| Total | 49 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 73 | 32 | +41 | 059.18 |
Updated to match played 27 September 2020 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 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Club Sfaxien | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 51 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Union Monastirienne | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 45 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 43 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Club Africain | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 40 | |
* ↑ Club Africain were deducted 6 points.

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 2 | 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 | RCA | JSK | VIT |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | AS Vita Club | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Espérance de Tunis 4, Raja Casablanca 1.

### knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Tunisian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Championship Cup | Championship Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUN | Moez Ben Cherifia | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | TUN | Rami Jridi | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | TUN | Afif Jebali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | 36 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Khalil Chemmam | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TUN | Amine Ben Hamida | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | TUN | Sameh Derbali | 27 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Iheb Mbarki | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Bedrane | 33 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Amine Tougai | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Raed Fedaa | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Farouk Mimouni | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | GHA | Kwame Bonsu | 34 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Fousseny Coulibaly | 29 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | LBY | Hamdou Elhouni | 39 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | ALG | Raouf Benguit | 42 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ALG | Ilyes Chetti | 33 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 29 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Amine Meskini | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Youssef Mosrati | 16 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Fedi Ben Choug | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | TUN | Houcine Errabei | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | FW | TUN | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Billel Bensaha | 28 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Ibrahim Ouattara | 33 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Taha Yassine Khenissi | 39 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Youssef Abdelli | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | TUN | Zied Berrima | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | ALG | Abderrahmane Meziane | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Maher Ben Seghaier | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Badra Mouelhi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Tayeb Meziani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | TUN | Haythem Jouini | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | TUN | Anice Badri | 20 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 8 June 2019 Source: fr.soccerway.com
* ↑ Includes Tunisian Super Cup, 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 | ACL 4 | CAF Super Cup | Club World Cup | TOTAL |
| 8 | | Anice Badri | FW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 17 | | Hamdou Elhouni | MF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | | Taha Yassine Khenissi | FW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | | Raouf Benguit | MF | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 25 | | Fedi Ben Choug | FW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | | Ibrahim Ouattara | FW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | | Fousseny Coulibaly | MF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | Billel Bensaha | FW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | | Abdelkader Bedrane | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | | Ilyes Chetti | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | Raed Fedaa | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | | Iheb Mbarki | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | Haythem Jouini | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | | Sameh Derbali | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | Kwame Bonsu | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Abderrahmane Meziane | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Youssef Mosrati | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | | Zied Berrima | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 73 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 29 June 2019 | FW | Billel Bensaha | DRB Tadjenanet | Free transfer |
| 29 June 2019 | DF | Abdelkader Bedrane | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2019 | CB / DM | Raouf Benguit | Paradou AC | 742,000 US$ |
| 2 July 2019 | MF | Ilyes Chetti | JS Kabylie | 175,000 US$ |
| 7 July 2019 | FW | Ibrahim Ouattara | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2019 | FW | Fedi Ben Choug | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2019 | GK | Sedki Debchi | AS Gabès | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2019 | MF | Kwame Bonsu | Asante Kotoko | Free transfer |
| 26 August 2019 | MF | Samuel Atvati | Stade Gabèsien | Free transfer |
| 28 December 2019 | DF | Mohamed Amine Tougai | NA Hussein Dey | 200,000 € |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Youssef Abdelli | RC Lens | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2020 | DF | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | AS Soliman | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2020 | FW | Abderrahmane Meziane | Al Ain | 1,500,000 US$ |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 June 2019 | MF | Saad Bguir | Abha Club | Free transfer |
| 12 June 2019 | GK | Ali Jemal | Stade Tunisien | Free transfer |
| éè June 2019 | MF | Franck Kom | Al-Rayyan SC | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2019 | FW | Bilel Mejri | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2019 | MF | Khemaies Maaouani | AS Soliman | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2019 | DF | Ali Machani | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2019 | MF | Ghailene Chaalali | Yeni Malatyaspor | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2019 | GK | Sadok Yeddes | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | FW | Adem Rejaibi | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 14 August 2019 | MF | Ayman Ben Mohamed | Le Havre AC | Free transfer |
| 29 August 2019 | MF | Youcef Belaïli | Al-Ahli | 3,300,000 € |
| 15 January 2020 | FW | Anice Badri | Al-Ittihad | 500,000 US$ |
| 21 January 2020 | FW | Haythem Jouini | Al-Ain | Undisclosed |