# 2021–22 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2021–22 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 67th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League, the Tunisian Cup, 2019–20 Tunisian Super Cup and the 2020–21 Tunisian Super Cup.
On the domestic front, Espérance de Tunis delivered two trophies out of possible four, winning the Ligue 1, in the last round after a late 2–1 win against US Ben Guerdane, and the 2020–21 Tunisian Super Cup, but they left the Tunisian Cup against CS M'saken after a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes and a 6–5 loss on penalties.
On the continental front, Espérance de Tunis left the Champions League from the quarter-finals after a surprise loss to ES Sétif with a score of 1–0 on aggregate.
This season was the last for the two team legends, Khalil Chemmam and Sameh Derbali, who announced their retirement at the end of the season.

## Squad list

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Moez Ben Cherifia | (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 (aged 31) | Youth system |
| 16 | Farouk Ben Mustapha | (1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 32) | Al Shabab |
| 19 | Mohamed Sedki Debchi | (1999-10-28)28 October 1999 (aged 22) | AS Gabès |
| 31 | Wassim Karoui | (1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Sameh Derbali | (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 35) | Al Ahli Tripoli |
| 4 | Mohamed Amine Tougai | (2000-01-22)22 January 2000 (aged 22) | NA Hussein Dey |
| 6 | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 31) | Quevilly-Rouen |
| 12 | Khalil Chemmam (C) | (1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 34) | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 20 | Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida | (1995-12-15)15 December 1995 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| 22 | Hani Amamou | (1997-09-16)16 September 1997 (aged 24) | CS Sfaxien |
| 23 | Ilyes Chetti | (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 27) | JS Kabylie |
| 29 | Zied Machmoum | (1993-01-18)18 January 1993 (aged 29) | US Monastir |
| 30 | Abdelkader Bedrane | (1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 30) | ES Sétif |
| 32 | Raed Fedaa | (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 34 | Bilel Chabbar | (2000-03-31)31 March 2000 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Midfielders |||||
| 5 | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | (1999-09-06)6 September 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 11 | Sabir Bougrine | (1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 25) | Neftchi Baku |
| 15 | Fousseny Coulibaly | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 32) | US Monastir |
| 24 | Fedi Ben Choug | (1995-03-12)12 March 1995 (aged 27) | CA Bizertin |
| 25 | Ghailene Chaalali | (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 28) | Malatyaspor |
| 26 | Montassar Triki | (2001-08-29)29 August 2001 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 28 | Mohamed Amine Meskini | (1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (aged 25) | CS Hammam-Lif |
| 35 | Ghaith Ouahabi | (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| Forwards |||||
| 3 | Rached Arfaoui | (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 26) | AS Soliman |
| 7 | Alaeddine Marzouki | (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 31) | CS Sfaxien |
| 8 | Anice Badri | (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 31) | Al-Ittihad |
| 9 | Zied Berrima | (2001-09-04)4 September 2001 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 10 | Hamdou Elhouni | (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 28) | Desportivo das Aves |
| 14 | Kingsley Eduwo | (1996-06-19)19 June 1996 (aged 26) | Al Urooba |
| 17 | Anayo Iwuala | (1999-03-20)20 March 1999 (aged 23) | Enyimba |
| 21 | David Koffi | (2001-01-16)16 January 2001 (aged 21) | AFAD Djékanou |
| 33 | Farouk Mimouni | (2001-06-13)13 June 2001 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 37 | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | (1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 23) | AS Soliman |
| Coach | Nabil Maâloul | (1962-12-25)25 December 1962 (aged 59) | Kuwait SC |
Staff:
* Anis Boussaïdi (assistant coach)
* Hamdi Kasraoui (goalkeeper coach)
* Sabri Bouazizi (fitness coach)
* Aymen Mathlouthi (fitness coach)
* Yassine Ben Ahmed (doctor)
* Lassad Lamari (physiotherapist)
* Nabil Ghazouani (physiotherapist)
* Seifeddine Dziri (physiotherapist)

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Name | From | Type |
| 1 July 2021 | Rached Arfaoui | AS Soliman | Transfer |
| 9 August 2021 | Anayo Iwuala | Enyimba | Transfer |
| 12 August 2021 | Zied Machmoum | US Monastir | Transfer |
| 12 August 2021 | Percious Boah | Dreams FC | Transfer |
| 14 August 2021 | David Koffi | AFAD Djékanou | Transfer |
| 15 September 2021 | Moussa Konaté | Dijon | Loan |
| 7 December 2021 | Hani Amamou | CS Sfaxien | Free transfer |
| 3 January 2022 | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | AS Soliman | Loan |
| 10 January 2022 | Sabir Bougrine | Neftchi Baku | Transfer |
| 28 January 2022 | Kingsley Eduwo | Al Urooba | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Name | To | Type |
| 1 July 2021 | William Togui | Mechelen | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | Ibrahim Ouattara | Al Ahly Benghazi | End of contract |
| 1 July 2021 | Maher Ben Sghaïer | US Monastir | End of contract |
| 1 July 2021 | Aymen Mahmoud | Al-Arabi | End of contract |
| 1 July 2021 | Afif Jebali | Al-Mina'a | End of contract |
| 1 July 2021 | Houcine Rabii | CS Hammam-Lif | End of contract |
| 1 July 2021 | Taha Yassine Khenissi | Kuwait SC | End of contract |
| 29 July 2021 | Youssef Mosrati | AS Soliman | Loan |
| 29 July 2021 | Basit Abdul Khalid | Sheriff Tiraspol | Mutual termination |
| 1 August 2021 | Samuel Atvati | ES Métlaoui | Loan |
| 5 August 2021 | Abderrahmane Meziane | USM Alger | Mutual termination |
| 19 August 2021 | Moumen Rahmani | US Tataouine | Loan |
| 1 September 2021 | Hamdi Nagguez | Zamalek | Mutual termination |
| 1 September 2021 | Mouhib Selmi | CS Hammam-Lif | Loan |
| 8 September 2021 | Abdelraouf Benguit | MC Alger | Unilateral termination |
| 10 September 2021 | Badreddine Mouelhi | AS Soliman | Loan |
| 10 September 2021 | Hamza Ghanmi | ES Métlaoui | Loan |
| 2 October 2021 | Billel Bensaha | JS Kabylie | Transfer |
| 19 January 2022 | Percious Boah | CS Hammam-Lif | Loan |
| 28 January 2022 | Moussa Konaté | Dijon | Temination of loan |
| 31 January 2022 | Nour Beji | ES Zarzis | Loan |
| 11 March 2022 | Cedrik Gbo | OH Leuven | Loan |
| 24 March 2022 | Nassim Ben Khalifa | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Mutual termination |

## 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 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 058.33 | First round | Winners | 27 October 2021 | 26 June 2022 |
| Tunisian Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 050.00 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 3 June 2022 | 8 June 2022 |
| 2019–20 Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | Final | Runners–up | 18 September 2021 | 18 September 2021 |
| 2020–21 Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | Final | Winners | 25 September 2021 | 25 September 2021 |
| Champions League | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 050.00 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 17 October 2021 | 22 April 2022 |
| Total | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 055.26 | | | 18 September 2021 | 26 June 2022 |
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 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 27 | Advance to Playoff |
| 2 | Club Sfaxien | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 21 | Advance to Playoff |
| 3 | Union de Ben Guerdane | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 21 | Advance to Playoff |
| 4 | Union de Tataouine | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 21 | Qualification for Ranking games |
| 5 | Club Bizertin | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 19 | Qualification for Ranking games |

##### Results by round

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

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Playoff
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 24 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Union Monastirienne | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 22 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Club Sfaxien | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 16 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Club Africain | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 15 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Étoile du Sahel | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 13 | |
* 1 2 Club Africain and Espérance de Tunis were added 3 points (1st of the groups in the first round).
* 1 2 Club Sfaxien and Union Monastirienne were added 2 points (2nd of the groups in the first round).
* ↑ Étoile du Sahel and Union de Ben Guerdane were added 1 point (3rd of the groups in the first round).

##### Results by round

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

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### 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
NB: As Group A winners, Espérance were added 3 points that are not counted in this summary.

### Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Second round
#### Group stage
##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | CRB | ESS | GAL |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Jwaneng Galaxy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Tunisian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | TUN | Moez Ben Cherifia | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Sameh Derbali | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | TUN | Rached Arfaoui | 26 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Amine Tougai | 30 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 32 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | TUN | Alaeddine Marzouki | 21 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | TUN | Anice Badri | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Zied Berrima | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | LBY | Hamdou Elhouni | 25 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Sabir Bougrine | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Khalil Chemmam | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Kingsley Eduwo | 20 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Fousseny Coulibaly | 31 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | TUN | Farouk Ben Mustapha | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Anayo Iwuala | 31 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | GK | TUN | Mohamed Sedki Debchi | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida | 27 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CIV | David Koffi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | TUN | Hani Amamou | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Ilyes Chetti | 21 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | TUN | Fedi Ben Choug | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Ghailene Chaalali | 29 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | TUN | Montassar Triki | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Amine Meskini | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | TUN | Zied Machmoum | 21 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Bedrane | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | TUN | Wassim Karoui | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | TUN | Raed Fedaa | 23 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | TUN | Farouk Mimouni | 16 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | TUN | Bilel Chabbar | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | TUN | Ghaith Ouahabi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | TUN | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | 17 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Ghassen Mahersi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Aziz Abid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Malek Mehri | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Raed Bouchniba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Khalil Guenichi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Abderrazak Ben Ammar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | GHA | Percious Boah‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SEN | Moussa Konaté‡ | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | CIV | Cedrik Gbo‡ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SUI | Nassim Ben Khalifa‡ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Soccerway
* $^‡$ Player left the club mid-season

### Goals

| Rank | Player | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Kingsley Eduwo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Anayo Iwuala | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Farouk Mimouni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Mohamed Amine Tougai | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Fousseny Coulibaly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Hamdou Elhouni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Alaeddine Marzouki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Sabir Bougrine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Nassim Ben Khalifa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ghailene Chaalali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Moussa Konaté | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Zied Machmoum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rached Arfaoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Zied Berrima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Abdelkader Bedrane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Raed Fedaa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | David Koffi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Anice Badri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ilyes Chetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 36 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 55 |