# 2021–22 Étoile Sportive du Sahel season

In the 2021–22 season, Étoile Sportive du Sahel is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 67th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It is their 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They are competing in Ligue 1, the Champions League and the Tunisian Cup. On February 17, The Tunisian Ministry of Sports announced in an official statement, the resumption of the local football league competition in the presence of the fans after a long absence that extended over the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia, which imposed the holding of competitions behind closed doors, The new procedures apply to the competitions of the opening round of the second leg of the Ligue Professionnelle 1, with 50% distributed among the fans of the two teams.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 13 August 2021. 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 | Aymen Mathlouthi | (1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 37) | Al-Adalah FC |
| | GK | Ali Jemal | (1990-06-09)9 June 1990 (aged 31) | Stade Tunisien |
| | GK | Rami Gabsi | (1999-07-31)31 July 1999 (aged 22) | ES Hammam-Sousse |
| Defenders ||||||
| | CB | Saddam Ben Aziza | (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 30) | AS Gabès |
| | CB | Bahaeddine Sellami | (1997-02-06)6 February 1997 (aged 24) | US Ben Guerdane |
| | CB | Boualem Mesmoudi | (1994-04-15)15 April 1994 (aged 27) | MC Oran |
| | CB | Salah Harrabi | (1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | CB | Ramez Aouani | (1999-06-08)8 June 1999 (aged 22) | JS Kairouan |
| | CB | Abdelrazek Bouazra | (1998-07-08)8 July 1998 (aged 23) | JS Kairouan |
| | LB | Ghofrane Naouali | (1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | LB | Baligh Jemmali | (2000-12-01)1 December 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| | LB | Houssem Souissi | (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 (aged 22) | JS Kairouan |
| | RB | Houcine Benayada | (1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 29) | CS Constantine |
| | RB | Anas Sassi | (1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 23) | JS Kairouan |
| Midfielders ||||||
| | DM | Ayoub Ayed | (2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| | DM | Jacques Mbé | (1999-06-17)17 June 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | DM | Salim Boukhanchouche | (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 30) | Abha Club |
| | DM | Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud | (2000-04-24)24 April 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| | DM | Malek Baayou | (1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | DM | Salaheddine Ghedamsi | (1998-08-26)26 August 1998 (aged 23) | ES Hammam-Sousse |
| | CM | Abdallah Dagou | (2000-09-21)21 September 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| | CM | Achref Afli | (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 24) | ES Hammam-Sousse |
| | CM | Stanley Aniagyei Ampaw | (2002-12-26)26 December 2002 (aged 19) | Liberty Professionals |
| | | Yassine Amri | (1995-08-18)18 August 1995 (aged 26) | Club Africain |
| | | Yosri Hamza | (1999-03-02)2 March 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | AM | Fraj Kayramani | (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | AM | Abraham Wayo | (2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 18) | Liberty Professionals |
| | AM | Yassine Chikhaoui | (1986-09-21)21 September 1986 (aged 35) | Al Ahli SC |
| | AM | Oussama Abid | (2002-08-10)10 August 2002 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| | AM | Lyes Benyoucef | (1996-03-02)2 March 1996 (aged 25) | Unattached |
| Forwards ||||||
| | | Faik Sik Salem | (2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| | LW | Youcef Laouafi | (1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (aged 25) | ES Sétif |
| | LW | Firas Iffia | (1997-05-19)19 May 1997 (aged 24) | Olympique Béja |
| | LW | Louay Ben Hassine | (2000-04-02)2 April 2000 (aged 21) | ES Hammam-Sousse |
| | LW | Aly Soumah | (2000-01-10)10 January 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| | RW | Aymen Sfaxi | (1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 26) | Stade Tunisien |
| | RW | Tayeb Meziani | (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 25) | Espérance de Tunis |
| | RW | Zinedine Boutmène | (2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 21) | NA Hussein Dey |
| | ST | Souleymane Coulibaly | (1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 27) | Partick Thistle |
| | ST | Redouane Zerdoum | (1999-01-01)1 January 1999 (aged 23) | NA Hussein Dey |
| | ST | Imed Louati | (1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 28) | Hobro IK |
| | ST | Vinny Kombe | (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 25) | Unattached |

## 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 (first round) | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 035.71 | — | 3rd | 28 October 2021 | 13 April 2022 |
| Ligue 1 (championship round) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | — | To be confirmed | 29 April 2022 | In Progress |
| Tunisian Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | Round of 32 | To be confirmed | In Progress | In Progress |
| Champions League | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 025.00 | Second round | Group stage | 16 October 2021 | 1 April 2022 |
| Total | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 031.82 | | | | |
Updated to match played 13 April 2022 Source: Competitions

## Ligue 1
### First round (Group B)
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Africain | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 25 | Advance to Playoff |
| 2 | Union Monastirienne | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 23 | Advance to Playoff |
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 22 | Advance to Playoff |
| 4 | Avenir de Rejiche | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | Qualification for Ranking games |
| 5 | Avenir de Soliman | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 17 | Qualification for Ranking games |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 April 2022. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

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

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.

### Championship round
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Union de Ben Guerdane | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Club Sfaxien and Union Monastirienne were added 2 points (2nd of the groups in the first round).
* ↑ Club Africain and Espérance de Tunis were added 3 points (1st of the groups in the first round).
* 1 2 Étoile du Sahel and Union de Ben Guerdane were added 1 point (3rd of the groups in the first round).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 June 2022. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

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

## Champions League
### 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 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Tunisian Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | TUN | Aymen Mathlouthi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | TUN | Ali Jemal | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | TUN | Rami Gabsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Saddam Ben Aziza | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Bahaeddine Sellami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Salah Harrabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Ramez Aouani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Abdelrazek Bouazra | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Ghofrane Naouali | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Baligh Jemmali | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | TUN | Houssem Souissi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ALG | Houcine Benayada | 23 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Anas Sassi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Kechiche | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | TUN | Zied Boughattas | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Ayoub Ayed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CMR | Jacques Mbé | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Malek Baayou | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | TUN | Salaheddine Ghedamsi | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | LBY | Abdallah Dagou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Achref Afli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | TUN | Yassine Amri | 28 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| | MF | TUN | Yosri Hamza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Dhaoui | 24 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Fraj Kayramani | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TUN | Yassine Chikhaoui | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | TUN | Oussama Abid | 24 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ALG | Lyes Benyoucef | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Iheb Msakni | 20 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Faik Sik Salem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Youcef Laouafi | 24 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Firas Iffia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Louay Ben Hassine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GUI | Aly Soumah | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | TUN | Aymen Sfaxi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ALG | Zinedine Boutmène | 24 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | CIV | Souleymane Coulibaly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | TUN | Imed Louati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COD | Vinny Kombe | 22 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| | DF | ALG | Boualem Mesmoudi | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Tayeb Meziani | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ALG | Salim Boukhanchouche | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Redouane Zerdoum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 13 April 2022
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 | TOTAL |
| 17 | | Yassine Chikhaoui | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | | Yassine Amri | MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | | Vinny Kombe | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 39 | | Souleymane Coulibaly | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | | Baligh Jemmali | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | | Youcef Laouafi | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Tayeb Meziani | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | | Mohamed Dhaoui | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | | Aly Soumah | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | Stanley Ampaw | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Zinedine Boutmène | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | | Mohamed Iheb Msakni | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | Saddam Ben Aziza | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 0 | 8 | 22 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 13 June 2021 | GK | Ali Jemal | Stade Tunisien | Free transfer |
| 10 July 2021 | FW | Vinny Kombe | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2021 | FW | Youcef Laouafi | ES Sétif | Free transfer |
| 10 August 2021 | MF | Imed Louati | Hobro IK | Free transfer |
| 11 August 2021 | DF | Boualem Mesmoudi | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2021 | MF | Lyes Benyoucef | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 12 January 2022 | MF | Stanley Ampaw | Liberty Professionals | Loan for one year |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 2 July 2021 | LB | Mortadha Ben Ouanes | Kasımpaşa | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2021 | RB | Wajdi Kechrida | Salernitana 1919 | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2021 | FW | Fakhreddine Ouji | US Ben Guerdane | Free transfer |
| 3 December 2021 | FW | Redouane Zerdoum | Club Africain | Free transfer |
| 5 January 2022 | DF | Boualem Mesmoudi | Unattached | Free transfer (Released) |
| 10 January 2022 | FW | Tayeb Meziani | Abha Club | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2022 | MF | Salim Boukhanchouche | JS Kabylie | Free transfer |