# 2015–16 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2015–16 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 61st season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 61st consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Confederation Cup and the Tunisian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 16 September 2015. 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 ||||||
| | GK | Moez Ben Cherifia | (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| | GK | Ali Jemal | (1990-06-09)9 June 1990 (aged 25) | US Ben Guerdane |
| Defenders ||||||
| | CB | Ali Machani | (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 (aged 22) | CA Bizerte |
| | CB | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | (1987-01-15)15 January 1987 (aged 28) | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
| | CB | Khalil Chemmam | (1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 28) | Vitória de Guimarães |
| | RB | Iheb Mbarki | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 23) | Thonon Évian |
| | LB | Houcine Rabii | (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 (aged 23) | ES Zarzis |
| Midfielders ||||||
| | | Fousseny Coulibaly | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 26) | Stade Tunisien |
| | | Saad Bguir | (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 21) | Stade Gabèsien |
| | | Ghailene Chaalali | (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| | | Taha Yassine Khenissi | (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 23) | CS Sfaxien |
| | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | (1991-06-23)23 June 1991 (aged 24) | CS Sfaxien |

## 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 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 21 | +39 | 076.67 | — | Runners–up | 16 September 2015 | 12 June 2016 |
| 2015 Tunisian Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 5 August 2015 | 16 August 2015 |
| 2016 Tunisian Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 100.00 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 30 January 2016 | 7 February 2016 |
| 2015 Confederation Cup | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 016.67 | Group stage | Group stage | 28 June 2015 | 12 September 2015 |
| 2016 Confederation Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 050.00 | First round | Play-off round | 12 March 2016 | 17 May 2016 |
| Total | 46 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 86 | 35 | +51 | 065.22 |
Updated to match played 3 June 2019 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Étoile du Sahel (C) | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 77 | 2017 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 21 | +39 | 72 | 2017 CAF Champions League and 2016–17 Arab Club Championship |
| 3 | Club Sfaxien | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 72 | 2017 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 49 | |
| 5 | Club Bizertin | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 41 | |

### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 2015 Confederation Cup
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | ESS | STA | EST |
| 1 | Al-Ahly | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Stade Malien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |

## 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 | Moez Ben Cherifia | 32 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | TUN | Sami Helal | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | TUN | Ali Jemal | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | TUN | Wassim Karoui | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | TUN | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | 35 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | 30 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Ali Machani | 27 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MLI | Ichaka Diarra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | TUN | Sameh Derbali | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Iheb Mbarki | 36 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | TUN | Amine Nefzi | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Fedi Arfaoui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Hamza Letifi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Hatem Bejaoui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Khalil Chemmam | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Ali Abdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | TUN | Houcine Rabii | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | TUN | Hocine Ragued | 43 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Fousseny Coulibaly | 38 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | TUN | Monther Guesmi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Ghailene Chaalali | 26 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| | MF | TUN | Wassim Naghmouchi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | TUN | Edem Rjaibi | 31 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | MLI | Abdoulaye Sissoko | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | TUN | Idriss Mhirsi | 41 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 32 | 13 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Elyas Jelassi | 21 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| | MF | GUI | Daouda Camara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NGA | Bernard Bulbwa | 18 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Chaker Rguiî | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | TUN | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 30 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | MLI | Saliou Guindo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | TUN | Taha Yassine Khenissi | 31 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Haythem Jouini | 31 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| | FW | TUN | Bilel Mejri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Emem Eduok | 19 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | TUN | Zied Ounalli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Last updated: 8 June 2020 Source: footballdatabase.eu

### 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 |
| 29 | | Taha Yassine Khenissi | FW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 14 | | Haythem Jouini | FW | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 18 | | Saad Bguir | MF | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | FW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | | Idriss Mhirsi | MF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | | Edem Rjaibi | MF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | | Elyès Jlassi | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | | Iheb Mbarki | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | | Emem Eduok | FW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | Bernard Bulbwa | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | | Ghailene Chaalali | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Hocine Ragued | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | Ali Machani | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 60 | 11 | 15 | 86 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 2 April 2015 | FW | Bernard Bulbwa | Shuttle SA | Free transfer |
| 5 June 2015 | MF | Chaker Rguiî | ES Zarzis | Free transfer |
| 22 June 2015 | MF | Elyès Jlassi | Stade Tunisien | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Hossein Rebai | ES Zarzis | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Khalil Chemmam | Vitória de Guimarães | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Ichaka Diarra | Djoliba AC | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2015 | DF | Ali Machani | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2015 | MF | Adem Rejaibi | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2015 | FW | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | FC Metz | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2015 | FW | Taha Yassine Khenissi | CS Sfaxien | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2015 | MF | Abdoulaye Sissoko | Stade Malien | Free transfer |
| 18 August 2015 | MF | Saad Bguir | Stade Gabèsien | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2015 | FW | Saliou Guindo | ASEC Mimosas | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2016 | GK | Ali Jemal | US Ben Guerdane | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2016 | MF | Mondher Guesmi | EO Sidi Bouzid | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2016 | MF | Shamsedeene Shawna | Shooting Stars | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 12 June 2015 | GK | Ali Jemal | US Ben Guerdane | Free transfer |
| 28 June 2015 | FW | Oussama Darragi | Al-Raed FC | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2015 | MF | Chedly Ghrab | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2015 | MF | Seddik Mejri | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Hassen Harbaoui | CS Sfaxien | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2015 | DF | Marouane Sahraoui | FC Metz | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2015 | DF | Harrison Afful | Columbus Crew | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2015 | MF | Magno Cruz | Cerezo Osaka | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2015 | DF | Larbi Jabeur | Dhofar Club | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2015 | MF | Khaled Gharsellaoui | Dhofar Club | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2015 | MF | Safouane Ben Salem | JS Kairouan | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2015 | FW | Ahmed Akaichi | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2015 | MF | Hatem Bejaoui | Damac FC | Free transfer |