# 2017–18 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2017–18 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 63rd season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League, the Arab Club Champions Cup and the Tunisian Cup.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2017. 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 26) | Youth system |
| 23 | GK | Ali Jemal | (1990-06-09)9 June 1990 (aged 27) | US Ben Guerdane |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | | Malek Charfi | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 20) | ES Métlaoui |
| 2 | | Ali Machani | (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 (aged 24) | CA Bizerte |
| 3 | | Ferid Matri | (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 23) | FC Le Mont |
| 4 | | Montassar Talbi | (1998-05-26)26 May 1998 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 5 | | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | (1987-01-15)15 January 1987 (aged 30) | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
| 12 | | Khalil Chemmam | (1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 30) | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 22 | | Sameh Derbali | (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 31) | Al Ahli SC |
| 24 | | Iheb Mbarki | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 25) | Thonon Évian |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 3 | | Chamseddine Chaona | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 7 | | Adam Rejaibi | (1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 23) | CA Bizerte |
| 10 | | Änis Ben-Hatira | (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 29) | Gaziantepspor |
| 15 | | Fousseny Coulibaly | (1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 28) | Stade Tunisien |
| 17 | | Maher Ben Sghaïer | (1996-04-22)22 April 1996 (aged 21) | CA Bizerte |
| 18 | | Saad Bguir | (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 23) | Stade Gabèsien |
| 20 | | Ayman Ben Mohamed | (1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (aged 23) | Bohemian |
| 21 | | Mohamed Ali Moncer | (1991-04-28)28 April 1991 (aged 26) | CS Sfaxien |
| 25 | | Ghailene Chaalali | (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 26 | | Houcine Rabii | (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 (aged 26) | ES Zarzis |
| 28 | | Mohamed Amine Meskini | (1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (aged 20) | CS Hammam-Lif |
| 30 | | Franck Kom | (1991-09-18)18 September 1991 (aged 26) | Karlsruher SC |
| | | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | (1999-09-06)6 September 1999 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| | | Ferjani Sassi | (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 25) | FC Metz |
| Forwards ||||||
| 8 | | Anice Badri | (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (aged 27) | Royal Excel Mouscron |
| 9 | | Bilel Mejri | (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 11 | | Youcef Belaïli | (1992-03-14)14 March 1992 (aged 25) | Angers SCO |
| 14 | | Haythem Jouini | (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 24) | CD Tenerife |
| 29 | | Taha Yassine Khenissi | (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 25) | CS Sfaxien |
| | | Michael Eneramo | (1985-11-26)26 November 1985 (aged 32) | Ettifaq FC |
| | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | (1991-06-23)23 June 1991 (aged 26) | 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 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 065.38 | — | Winners | 15 August 2017 | 10 May 2018 |
| Tunisian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 4 February 2018 | 4 February 2018 |
| 2017 Champions League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 16 September 2017 | 23 September 2017 |
| 2018 Champions League | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 050.00 | Preliminary round | Winners | 10 February 2018 | 9 November 2018 |
| Club Champions Cup | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 100.00 | Group stage | Winners | 24 July 2017 | 6 August 2017 |
| Total | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 062.50 |
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 | Espérance de Tunis (C) | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Club Africain | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 47 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 47 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Club Sfaxien | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 46 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Club Bizertin | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 37 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Club Africain are ahead on head-to-head record: Club Africain 1–0 Étoile du Sahel (week 8), Étoile du Sahel 0–1 Club Africain (week 21)
* ↑ Club Bizertin were deducted 6 points by FIFA for not paying a former player.

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 2018 Champions League
### Preliminary round
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | EST | KCC | ROL |
| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13 | Quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | Quarter-finals | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | KCCA | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Township Rollers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

## Club Championship Cup
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Merrikh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Al-Hilal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |

### Final
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Tunisian Cup | Tunisian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Championship Cup | Championship Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUN | Moez Ben Cherifia | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | TUN | Ali Jemal | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | TUN | Malek Charfi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Ali Machani | 19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Ferid Matri | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | TUN | Montassar Talbi | 19 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Chamseddine Dhaouadi | 32 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | TUN | Khalil Chemmam | 36 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | TUN | Sameh Derbali | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Iheb Mbarki | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | BEN | Chamseddine Chaona | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | TUN | Adam Rejaibi | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Änis Ben-Hatira | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Fousseny Coulibaly | 37 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TUN | Maher Ben Sghaïer | 24 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 31 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Aymen Ben Mohamed | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Moncer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Ghailene Chaalali | 27 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | TUN | Houcine Rabii | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Mohamed Amine Meskini | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CMR | Franck Kom | 36 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | TUN | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | TUN | Anice Badri | 35 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Bilel Mejri | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Youcef Belaïli | 14 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Haythem Jouini | 25 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | TUN | Taha Yassine Khenissi | 26 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| | MF | TUN | Ferjani Sassi | 22 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | NGA | Michael Eneramo | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 18 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Maher Ben Sghaïer | CA Bizerte | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Haythem Jouini | CD Tenerife | Loan Return |
| 6 July 2017 | MF | Franck Kom | Karlsruher SC | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2017 | MF | Mohamed Amine Meskini | CS Hammam-Lif | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2017 | MF | Änis Ben-Hatira | Gaziantepspor | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2017 | FW | Michael Eneramo | Ettifaq FC | Free transfer |
| 22 December 2017 | DF | Sameh Derbali | Al Ahli SC | Free transfer |
| 26 January 2018 | MF | Youcef Belaïli | Angers SCO | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Mohamed Ali Moncer | Al Ittihad Alexandria | Loan Return |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2017 | ? | Hamza Ben Abda | CA Bizerte | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2017 | DF | Hichem Belkaroui | Moreirense | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2017 | FW | Mohamed Zubya | Al-Ittihad | Free transfer |
| 15 September 2017 | MF | Elyès Jlassi | Stade tunisien | Free transfer |
| 29 January 2018 | MF | Ferjani Sassi | Al-Nassr FC | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | Ettifaq FC | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Michael Eneramo | Türk Ocağı Limasol SK | Free transfer |
| 28 February 2018 | DF | Ferid Matri | Étoile Carouge FC | Free transfer |