# Espérance de Tunis–Étoile du Sahel rivalry

The Tunisian Classico is the name given to matches between Espérance de Tunis and Étoile du Sahel football clubs from Tunis and Sousse, Tunisia.

## History

Called in Tunisia Clasico on the model of the Spanish El Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona. It is one of the most important rivalries in Tunisian football. They are considered the most crowned titles in Tunisia, with a total of 102 titles, 17 of which are continental titles. The two teams met for the first time in the 1944–45. Their first match ended in a 0–0 draw. Since then, they have played their matches regularly, with the exception of the 1961–62 season, when Étoile du Sahel was disbanded. The two teams met in the Tunisian Cup final five times. The first was in 1957 and ended with the victory of Espérance de Tunis, For the first time two teams from Tunisia have met in a continental competition in the group stage of the 2005 CAF Champions League and in both matches they ended in a draw, the two teams were both champions and runners-up in the same season seventeen times, including five consecutive times between 1999–2000 and 2003–04.

## All-time head-to-head results

    As of 27 February 2025
| Tournament | GP | ETV | D | ESV |
| Before 1956 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 142 | 56 | 45 | 41 |
| Tunisian Cup | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 |
| Tunisian Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Champions League | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Confederation Cup | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 202 | 83 | 57 | 62 |
* GP: Games Played
* ETV: Espérance de Tunis Victory
* D: Draw
* ESV: Étoile du Sahel Victory

## All-Time Top Scorers

| Player | Club | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | International | Total |
| Taha Yassine Khenissi | Espérance de Tunis | 5 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Michael Eneramo | Espérance de Tunis | 3 | — | — | 3 |

## Honours

| Espérance de Tunis | Championship | Étoile du Sahel |
| International (Official) |||
| 4 | CAF Champions League | 1 |
| — | CAF Confederation Cup | 2 |
| 1 | CAF Super Cup | 2 |
| 1 | CAF Cup (Defunct) | 2 |
| 1 | African Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct) | 2 |
| 1 | Afro-Asian Club Championship (Defunct) | — |
| 8 | Aggregate | 9 |
| Domestic (Official) |||
| 33 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Tunisian Cup | 10 |
| 7 | Tunisian Super Cup | 3 |
| — | League Cup (Defunct) | 1 |
| 54 | Aggregate | 25 |
| International (Defunct and Non-official) |||
| — | Maghreb Champions Cup (Defunct) | 1 |
| — | Maghreb Cup Winners Cup (Defunct) | 1 |
| 0 | Aggregate | 2 |
| International (Non-official) |||
| 3 | Arab Champions League | 1 |
| 1 | Arab Super Cup (Defunct) | — |
| 4 | Aggregate | 1 |
| 66 | Total Aggregate | 37 |

## League matches

| # | Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Goals (home) | Goals (away) |
| 1 | 7 November 1982 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Lassaad 68' | — |
| 1 | 6 March 1983 | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Hsoumi 75' (pen.), Ben Fattoum 88' | Dhiab 89' (pen.) |
| 85 | 3 October 1999 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | | |
| 86 | 11 May 2000 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 87 | 14 October 2000 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 88 | 10 March 2001 | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | | |
| 89 | 23 December 2001 | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | | — |
| 90 | 20 April 2002 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 – 2 | Étoile du Sahel | Traoré 40', Melki 42', 63' | Jaziri 44', Sané 90' |
| 91 | 28 September 2002 | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | | |
| 92 | 23 February 2003 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 93 | 23 November 2003 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | | — |
| 94 | 12 June 2004 | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | | |
| 95 | 2 October 2004 | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |
| 96 | 20 February 2005 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 97 | 27 November 2005 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 2 | Étoile du Sahel | | |
| 98 | 16 April 2006 | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | | |
| 99 | 18 October 2006 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | | — |
| 100 | 31 March 2007 | Étoile du Sahel | 3 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Ben Frej 2', Ogunbiyi 39', Gelson Silva 61' | Zaiem 83' |
| 101 | 9 March 2008 | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 2 | Étoile du Sahel | — | |
| 102 | 22 May 2008 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | | — |
| 103 | 20 December 2008 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Eneramo 46' |
| 104 | 13 May 2009 | Espérance de Tunis | 4 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | Darragi 23', Eneramo 42', 48', Ntsama 75' | Bukari 71' |
| 105 | 27 September 2009 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Chemmam 18' |
| 106 | 13 March 2010 | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |
| 107 | 23 July 2010 | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |
| 108 | 9 January 2011 | Étoile du Sahel | 5 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Bueno 12', Santos 45', Jaziri 54', Abdennour 79', Diarra 85' | Ayari 54' |
| 109 | 7 March 2012 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | N'Djeng 45+3' | — |
| 110 | 24 June 2012 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Chemmam 73', Aouadhi 88' |
| 111 | 15 May 2013 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | Belakhal 90+7' | — |
| 112 | 29 May 2013 | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | Belaïli 46', Derbali 75' | Dramé 5' |
| 113 | 29 September 2013 | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 2 | Étoile du Sahel | Msakni 65', Akaichi 86' | Brigui 23', Dramé 31' |
| 114 | 5 February 2014 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 115 | 9 November 2014 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Chaalali 71' | — |
| 116 | 23 April 2015 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Mouihbi 26' (pen.) | Jouini 46' (pen.) |
| 117 | 24 December 2015 | Étoile du Sahel | 3 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | Lahmar 30' (pen.), 35', Akaichi 53' | — |
| 118 | 25 May 2016 | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 2 | Étoile du Sahel | Bguir 30', Khenissi 52' | Lahmar 55' (pen.), 78' |
| 119 | 9 April 2017 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Diogo Acosta 68' | Khenissi 59' |
| 120 | 18 May 2017 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Chaalali 13', Machani 30', Khenissi 49' | — |
| 121 | 26 November 2017 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 122 | 15 February 2018 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 – 2 | Étoile du Sahel | Belaïli 17', Khenissi 85' (pen.), Jouini 90+11' | Talbi 36' (o.g.), Bangoura 44' |
| 123 | 28 November 2018 | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |
| 124 | 18 May 2019 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 125 | 15 January 2020 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Elhouni 32' | — |
| 126 | 15 August 2020 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Aribi 19' | Khenissi 90+3' |
| 127 | 1 January 2021 | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Marzouki 28', Chaalali 90+3' | — |
| 128 | 13 March 2021 | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | Sfaxi 4', Ben Ouanes 51' | — |
| 129 | 15 May 2022 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Bouazra 12' (o.g.) | — |
| 130 | 23 June 2022 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Benayada 75' (pen.) | Ben Hammouda 23' |
| 131 | 12 January 2023 | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Ben Romdhane 8', 90' | — |
| 132 | 30 January 2023 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | Jaziri 79' | Badri 42', Ouahabi 86' |
| 133 | 25 April 2023 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Benayad 59' | — |
| 134 | 10 June 2023 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 135 | 8 March 2024 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Rodrigues 80' |
| 136 | 12 May 2024 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 – 2 | Étoile du Sahel | Rodrigues 18', Ghacha 59', Meriah 85' (pen.) | Aouani 13', Barhoumi 68' |
| 137 | 3 November 2024 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Belaïli 63' | , [[Ilyes Mokwana [Mokwana]] 88' |
| 138 | 26 February 2025 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |

## Tunisian Cup results

| # | Date | Round | Home team | Score | Away team | Goals (home) | Goals (away) |
| 1 | 31 March 1957 | Final | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | | |
| 2 | 1958 | Quarter-finals | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | | — |
| 3 | 1 May 1959 | Final | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | | |
| 4 | 31 May 1959 | Replay | Étoile du Sahel | 3 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | | |
| 5 | 8 January 1960 | Round of 32 | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | | |
| 6 | 1961 | Quarter-finals | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | | — |
| 7 | 9 December 1962 | Round of 32 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | | — |
| 8 | 16 May 1971 | Semi-finals | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |
| 9 | 21 May 1971 | Replay | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | | |
| 10 | 1974 | SF 1st leg | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | | |
| 11 | 1974 | SF 2nd leg | Étoile du Sahel | 4 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | | |
| 12 | 19 January 1975 | Round of 16 | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | | — |
| 13 | 19 January 1986 | Round of 32 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | — | |
| 14 | 10 December 1989 | Semi-finals | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | — | |
| 15 | 8 December 1991 | Final | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | Ali Ben Neji 27' (pen.), Khalil Berbeche 66' | Riadh Amara 16' |
| 16 | 19 June 1994 | Semi-finals | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | | — |
| 17 | 30 June 1996 | Semi-finals | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | | — |
| 18 | 20 June 2001 | Semi-finals | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 1 (pen. 7–6) | Espérance de Tunis | | |
| 19 | 2 March 2003 | Quarter-finals | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | | — |
| 20 | 5 November 2004 | Semi-finals | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 0 (pen. 4–3) | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |
| 21 | 27 February 2005 | Round of 16 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 1 (pen. 4–3) | Étoile du Sahel | | |
| 22 | 6 July 2008 | Final | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | Aboucherouane 12', 79' | Meriah 17' |
| 23 | 15 April 2009 | Quarter-finals | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Bouazzi 45+1' | — |
| 24 | 25 July 2011 | Final | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Darragi 43' |
| 25 | 16 August 2016 | Quarter-finals | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Khenissi 63' |
| 26 | 26 May 2021 | Round of 16 | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | — | Mbé 35' |

## Tunisian Super Cup results

| # | Date | Round | Home team | Score | Away team | Goals (home) | Goals (away) |
| 1 | 1986 | Final | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 1 (pen. 5–4) | Espérance de Tunis | | |

## International results

| # | Season | Round | Round | Home team | Score | Away team | Goals (home) | Goals (away) |
| 1 | 2005 Champions League | Group stage | 1st leg | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | — | — |
| 2 | 2005 Champions League | Group stage | 2nd leg | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | Ltaïef 31' | Melliti 6' |
| 3 | 2006 Confederation Cup | Group stage | 1st leg | Étoile du Sahel | 1 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | Ben Frej 71' (pen.) | — |
| 4 | 2006 Confederation Cup | Group stage | 2nd leg | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 3 | Étoile du Sahel | ? 22' | Nafkha 20', ? 63', Chikhaoui 82' |
| 5 | 2008 Confederation Cup | Play-off round | 1st leg | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 0 | Espérance de Tunis | Chermiti 18', Ogunbiyi 50' | — |
| 6 | 2008 Confederation Cup | Play-off round | 2nd leg | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |
| 7 | 2012 Champions League | Group stage | 1st leg | Espérance de Tunis | 1 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Mouelhi 41' (pen.) | — |
| 8 | 2012 Champions League | Group stage | 2nd leg | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Aouadhi 41', N'Djeng 74' |
| 9 | 2015 Confederation Cup | Group stage | 1st leg | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | — | Jemal 49' |
| 10 | 2015 Confederation Cup | Group stage | 2nd leg | Étoile du Sahel | 2 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Bounedjah 90' (pen.), 90+3' | Jouini 25' |
| 11 | 2018 Champions League | Quarter-finals | 1st leg | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 1 | Étoile du Sahel | Dhaouadi 2', Derbali 77' | Jemal 28' |
| 12 | 2018 Champions League | Quarter-finals | 2nd leg | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 1 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Coulibaly 87' |
| 13 | 2021–22 Champions League | Group stage | Matchday 3 | Espérance de Tunis | 0 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | — | — |
| 14 | 2021–22 Champions League | Group stage | Matchday 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Bedrane 66', Ben Romdhane 77' |
| 15 | 2023–24 Champions League | Group stage | Matchday 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 2 – 0 | Étoile du Sahel | Sasse 60', Meriah 64' (pen.) | — |
| 16 | 2023–24 Champions League | Group stage | Matchday 5 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 – 2 | Espérance de Tunis | — | Sasse 26', El Ayeb 41' |

## Shared player history
### Players who have played for both clubs

* Imed Ben Younes (Étoile du Sahel 1995–98, Espérance de Tunis 2003)
* Chamseddine Dhaouadi (Étoile du Sahel 2011–12, Espérance de Tunis 2013–20)
* Mejdi Traoui (Étoile du Sahel 2002–08, Espérance de Tunis 2010–14)
* Franck Kom (Étoile du Sahel 2011–16, Espérance de Tunis 2017–19)
* José Clayton (Étoile du Sahel 1995–98, Espérance de Tunis 2001–05)
* Kandia Traoré (Espérance de Tunis 2001, Étoile du Sahel 2002, 2004–05)
* Amine Ltaïef (Espérance de Tunis 2000–02 & 2005–09, Étoile du Sahel 2011–13)
* Karim Aouadhi (Espérance de Tunis 2012–14, Étoile du Sahel 2018–19)
* Riadh Jelassi (Étoile du Sahel 1995–2000, Espérance de Tunis 2001–04)
* Hamdi Nagguez (Étoile du Sahel 2013–18, Espérance de Tunis 2020–21)
* Mootez Zaddem (Étoile du Sahel 2021–22, Espérance de Tunis 2022–present)
* Youssef Abdelli (Espérance de Tunis 2020 & 2024–present, Étoile du Sahel 2023–24)
* Hamza Jelassi (Étoile du Sahel 2023–24, Espérance de Tunis 2024–present)
* Fedi Ben Choug (Espérance de Tunis 2019–22, Étoile du Sahel 2024–present)
* Houssem Dagdoug (Espérance de Tunis 2022–23, Étoile du Sahel 2024–present)
* Cedrik Gbo (Espérance de Tunis 2019–24, Étoile du Sahel 2024–present)

### Coaches who managed both clubs

* Roger Lemerre (Espérance de Tunis 1983–84, Étoile du Sahel 2013–14 & 2018–19 & 2021–2022)
* Michel Decastel (Espérance de Tunis 2001–03, Étoile du Sahel 2008)
* Faouzi Benzarti (Étoile du Sahel 1986–87, 1991–92, 2006–07, 2012, 2014–17, 2019 & 2023, Espérance de Tunis 1993–94, 2003, 2007, 2008–10 & 2017)

## Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 results

The tables list the place each team took in each of the seasons.
| Season | 55–56 | 56–57 | 57–58 | 58–59 | 59–60 | 60–61 | 61–62 | 62–63 | 63–64 | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 | 69–70 | 70–71 | 71–72 | 72–73 | 73–74 | 74–75 | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 |
| EST | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | x | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| ESS | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | x | x | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Season | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 |
| EST | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ESS | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Season | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| EST | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| ESS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 |