# 2014–15 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2014–15 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 60th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League, the Confederation Cup and the Tunisian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 November 2014. 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 23) | Youth system |
| 16 | GK | Ali Jmal | (1990-06-09)9 June 1990 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 32 | GK | Sami Hlel | (1988-10-19)19 October 1988 (aged 26) | Stade Gabèsien |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | | Larbi Jabeur | (1985-05-25)25 May 1985 (aged 29) | CA Bizertin |
| 5 | | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | (1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 27) | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
| 17 | | Sameh Derbali | (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 28) | Youth system |
| 20 | | Mohamed Ben Mansour | (1988-07-19)19 July 1988 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| 21 | | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 24) | Club Africain |
| 24 | | Iheb Mbarki | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 22) | Thonon Évian |
| 28 | | Mohamed Amine Nefzi | (1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 22) | CS Hammam-Lif |
| 29 | | Ahmed Brahim Naili | (1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 2 | | Ali Abdi | (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 21) | Stade Tunisien |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | | Hocine Ragued | (1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 31) | Kardemir Karabükspor |
| 10 | | Oussama Darragi | (1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 27) | FC Sion |
| 18 | | Khaled Gharsellaoui | (1990-07-29)29 July 1990 (aged 24) | EGS Gafsa |
| | | Moez Abboud | (1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| 26 | | Harrison Afful | (1986-06-24)24 June 1986 (aged 28) | West African Football Academy |
| 23 | | Chamseddine Samti | (1996-05-12)12 May 1996 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| | | Wassim Naghmouchi | (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| 27 | | Safouane Ben Salem | (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | | Fousseny Coulibaly | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 25) | US Monastir |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | | Mohamed Ali Mhadhbi | (1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 24) | CA Bizertin |
| 8 | | Idriss Mhirsi | (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 9 | | Ahmed Akaichi | (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 25) | FC Ingolstadt 04 |
| 14 | | Haythem Jouini | (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 15 | | Yannick N'Djeng | (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 24) | FC Sion |
| 25 | | Daouda Camara | (1994-03-12)12 March 1994 (aged 20) | Hafia FC |
| | | Emem Eduok | (1994-01-31)31 January 1994 (aged 20) | Dolphins |
| | | Ghailene Chaalali | (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| | | Magno Cruz | (1988-05-20)20 May 1988 (aged 26) | Red Bull Bragantino |
| | | Hassen Harbaoui | (1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 27) | CA Bizertin |

## 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 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 056.67 | — | 3rd | 14 August 2014 | 31 May 2015 |
| Tunisian Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 21 February 2015 | 21 February 2015 |
| 2014 Champions League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 | Group stage | Group stage | 26 July 2014 | 24 August 2014 |
| 2015 Champions League | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 075.00 | First round | Second round | 15 March 2015 | 3 May 2015 |
| Confederation Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 050.00 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 17 May 2015 | 6 June 2015 |
| Total | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 69 | 29 | +40 | 057.50 |
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 | Club Africain (C) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 65 | Qualification to the 2016 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 63 | Qualification to the 2016 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Espérance de Tunis | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 60 | Qualification to the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Club Sfaxien | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 47 | |
| 5 | Espérance de Zarzis | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 45 | |
* ↑ 1 point was deducted from Étoile du Sahel for refusing to play the Round 20 game against Club de Hammam-Lif.

### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 2014 CAF Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | CSS | ESS | EST | AHB |
| 1 | CS Sfaxien | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | ES Sétif | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Al-Ahly Benghazi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Tunisian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Confederation Cup | Confederation Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUN | Moez Ben Cherifia | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | TUN | Ali Jmal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | TUN | Sami Helal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | TUN | Larbi Jabeur | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | TUN | Sameh Derbali | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Ben Mansour | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Iheb Mbarki | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Amine Nefzi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | TUN | Ahmed Brahim Naili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Ali Abdi | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Hatem Bejaoui | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | TUN | Hocine Ragued | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Mhadhebi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Oussama Darragi | 14 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Khaled Gharsellaoui | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Moez Abboud | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GHA | Harrison Afful | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | TUN | Chamseddine Samti | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Wassim Naghmouchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | TUN | Safouane Ben Salem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | CIV | Fousseny Coulibaly | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Ben Hamouda | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Seifeddine Akremi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | TUN | Idriss Mhirsi | 25 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Ahmed Akaichi | 25 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Haythem Jouini | 20 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CMR | Yannick N'Djeng | 22 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | GUI | Daouda Camara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NGA | Emem Eduok | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Ghailene Chaalali | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Magno Cruz | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Hassen Harbaoui | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Jemaïl Khemir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 8 June 2019 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 | CL 1 | CC 3 | TOTAL |
| 9 | | Ahmed Akaichi | FW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| | | Emem Eduok | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 15 | | Yannick N'Djeng | FW | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | | Oussama Darragi | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | | Haythem Jouini | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | | Harrison Afful | MF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| | | Ghailene Chaalali | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | | Larbi Jabeur | DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Hassen Harbaoui | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | Idriss Mhirsi | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | | Iheb Mbarki | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Fousseny Coulibaly | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Magno Cruz | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Hocine Ragued | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Youssef Khemiri | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Moez Aboud | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Wassim Naghmouchi | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Seif Jerbi | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 69 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Moussa Marega | Amiens SC | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2014 | DF | Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | Club Africain | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2014 | MF | Fousseny Coulibaly | US Monastir | Free transfer |
| 12 September 2014 | FW | Hassen Harbaoui | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 15 December 2014 | AM | Magno Cruz | Red Bull Bragantino | Free transfer |
| 22 December 2014 | MF | Chedly Ghrab | Stade Gabèsien | Free transfer |
| 22 December 2014 | LB | Hatem Bejaoui | Stade Tunisien | Free transfer |
| 22 December 2014 | FW | Emem Eduok | Dolphins | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 12 June 2014 | LW | Youcef Belaïli | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 5 July 2014 | GK | Wassim Naouara | CA Bizertin | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2014 | LB | Khalil Chemmam | Vitória de Guimarães | Free transfer |
| 20 September 2014 | AM | Iheb Msakni | Al Ahed | Free transfer |
| 22 December 2014 | MF | Seifeddine Jerbi | Stade Tunisien | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2015 | FW | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | AS Marsa | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2015 | LB | Seifeddine Akremi | Stade Tunisien | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2015 | FW | Moussa Marega | Marítimo | Free transfer |