2019–20 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season explained

Club:	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Season:	2019–20
Manager:	Moïne Chaâbani
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Hamdi Meddeb
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Stade Hammadi Agrebi
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	Winners
Cup1:	Tunisian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners–up
Cup2:	Super Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup4:	Club Championship
Cup4 Result:	Second round
Cup5:	Club World Cup
Cup5 Result:	Fifth place
Cup6:	CAF Super Cup
Cup6 Result:	Runners–up
League Topscorer:	Anice Badri (6 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Anice Badri (10 goals)
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Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21

In the 2019–20 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 65th 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, the FIFA Club World Cup, the CAF Super Cup and the Tunisian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Moez Ben Cherifia	January 1, 2020	Youth system
19		GK	Rami Jridi	January 1, 2020	CS Sfax
Defenders
4		CB	Amine Ben Hamida	January 1, 2020	AS Soliman
		CB	Afif Jebali	January 1, 2020	Youth system
5		CB	Chamseddine Dhaouadi	January 1, 2020	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
6		CB	Mohamed Ali Yacoubi	January 1, 2020	US Quevilly-Rouen
12		CB	Khalil Chemmam	January 1, 2020	Youth system
22		RB	Sameh Derbali	January 1, 2020	Al Ahli SC
23		LB	Ilyes Chetti	January 1, 2020	JS Kabylie
24		RB	Iheb Mbarki	January 1, 2020	Thonon Évian
26		LB	Houcine Rabii	January 1, 2020	ES Zarzis
30		CB	Abdelkader Bedrane	January 1, 2020	ES Sétif
			Malek Charfi	January 1, 2020	ES Métlaoui
		CB	Mohamed Amine Tougai	January 1, 2020	NA Hussein Dey
Midfielders
3		DM	Kwame Bonsu	January 1, 2020	Asante Kotoko
15		DM	Fousseny Coulibaly	January 1, 2020	Stade tunisien
17		LW	Hamdou Elhouni	January 1, 2020	Desportivo das Aves
29		CM	Youssef Mosrati	January 1, 2020	Youth system
18		CB / DM	Raouf Benguit	January 1, 2020	Paradou AC
27		CM	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane	January 1, 2020	Youth system
28		DM	Mohamed Amine Meskini	January 1, 2020	CS Hammam-Lif
Forwards
7		LW	Billel Bensaha	January 1, 2020	DRB Tadjenanet
8		RW	Anice Badri	January 1, 2020	Royal Excel Mouscron
9		FW	Ibrahim Ouattara	January 1, 2020	CA Bizertin
11		FW	Taha Yassine Khenissi	January 1, 2020	CS Sfax
13		RW	Raed Fedaa	January 1, 2020	Youth system
14		FW	Haythem Jouini	January 1, 2020	CD Tenerife
16		FW	Zied Berrima	January 1, 2020	Youth system
29		FW	Junior Lokosa	January 1, 2020	Kano Pillars
25		RW	Fedi Ben Choug	January 1, 2020	CA Bizertin
		LW	Maher Ben Seghaier	January 1, 2020	CA Bizerte
4		ST / LW	Abderrahmane Meziane	January 1, 2020	Al Ain

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1		Winners	24 August 2019	13 September 2020
Tunisian Cup	Round of 32	Runners–up	11 March 2020	27 September 2020
Super Cup	Final	Winners	20 September 2020
CAF Super Cup	Final	Runners–up	14 February 2020
Champions League	First round	Quarter-finals	15 September 2019	6 March 2020
Club Champions Cup	First round	Second round	20 August 2019	23 November 2019
FIFA Club World Cup	Second round	Fifth place	14 December 2019	17 December 2019
Total Ligue 1 See main article: 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. League table Matches Tunisian Cup See main article: 2019–20 Tunisian Cup. Tunisian Super Cup See main article: 2020 Tunisian Super Cup. CAF Super Cup See main article: 2020 CAF Super Cup (February). FIFA Club World Cup See main article: 2019 FIFA Club World Cup. Champions League See main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League. Group stage Group D knockout stage See main article: 2019–20 CAF Champions League knockout stage. Quarter-finals Club Championship Cup See main article: 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup. Second round Squad information Playing statistics
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Players transferred out during the season Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. width=10 No. width=10 Nat. width=160 Player width=10 Pos. width=40 width=40 width=40 width=40 width=40 CAF Super Cup width=40 Club World Cup width=10 TOTAL 8 FW 6 0 2 0 0 2 10 17 MF 4 1 1 1 0 3 10 11 FW 5 1 0 2 0 0 8 18 MF 1 2 3 0 1 0 7 25 FW 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 9 Ibrahim Ouattara FW 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 15 MF 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 7 FW 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 6 DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 30 DF 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda FW 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 26 MF 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 Raed Fedaa FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 DF 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 MF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Youssef Mosrati MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Own Goals 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 41 8 12 5 1 6 73 Transfers In Date Player To club Transfer fee Source 29 June 2019 FW Free transfer ^[1] 29 June 2019 DF Free transfer ^[2] 2 July 2019 CB / DM ^[3] 2 July 2019 MF ^[4] 7 July 2019 FW Free transfer ^[5] 7 July 2019 FW Free transfer ^[6] 7 July 2019 GK Free transfer ^[7] 25 July 2019 MF Free transfer ^[8] 26 August 2019 MF Free transfer ^[9] 28 December 2019 DF ^[10] 31 December 2019 FW Undisclosed ^[11] 18 January 2020 DF Undisclosed ^[12] 18 January 2020 FW ^[13] ^[14] ^[15] Out Date Player To club Transfer fee Source 1 June 2019 MF Free transfer ^[16] 12 June 2019 GK Free transfer ^[17] éè June 2019 MF Free transfer ^[18] 3 July 2019 FW Free transfer ^[19] 17 July 2019 MF Free transfer 20 July 2019 DF Free transfer ^[20] 22 July 2019 MF Free transfer ^[21] 22 July 2019 GK Free transfer 1 August 2019 FW Free transfer ^[22] 14 August 2019 MF Free transfer ^[23] 29 August 2019 MF 3,300,000 € ^[24] 15 January 2020 FW ^[25] 21 January 2020 FW Undisclosed ^[26] References

Notes and References

1. Web site: MCA. Bensaha dribble le MCA et signera à l'EST . competition.dz . 29 June 2019.
2. Web site: Mercato : Abdelkader Bedrane rejoint l'Espérance . dzfoot.com . 30 June 2019.
3. Web site: Raouf Benguit, nouvelle recrue algérienne de l’EST . mosaiquefm.net . 2 July 2019.
4. Web site: Ilyes Chetti signe à l’Espérance . mosaiquefm.net . 2 July 2019.
5. Web site: L'Espérance de Tunis s'offre Ibrahim Ouattara (CA Bizertin) (officiel) . orangefootballclub.com . 2 August 2019.
6. Web site: Officiel: Fedi Ben Choug à l'Espérance . mosaiquefm.net . 2 August 2019.
7. Web site: LE GARDIEN SEDKI DEBCHI À L'ESPÉRANCE . e-s-tunis.com . 2 August 2019.
8. Web site: KWAME BONSU : LE GHANÉEN DÉBARQUE À L’ESPÉRANCE DE TUNIS . africatopsports.com . 2 August 2019.
9. Web site: Espérance de Tunis : Atvati signe pour 3 ans . news.gnet.tn . 30 August 2019.
10. Web site: Mercato : Tougai à l'Espérance, c'est fait ! . dzfoot.com . 30 August 2019.
11. Web site: Youssef Abdelli, deuxième recrue de l'Espérance de Tunis . kapitalis.com . 5 February 2020.
12. Web site: Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda rejoint l'EST . mosaiquefm.net . 5 February 2020.
13. Web site: Abderrahmane Meziane nouvelle recrue de l’EST . mosaiquefm.net . 18 January 2020.
14. Web site: Mercato : Meziane débarque à l'Espérance de Tunis . dzfoot.com . 18 January 2020.
15. Web site: Mercato : Meziane a coûté 1,5 million de dollars à l'EST . dzfoot.com . 19 January 2020.
16. Web site: Saad Bguir quitte l'Espérance Tunis pour l'Arabie Saoudite (officiel) . orangefootballclub.com . 2 August 2019.
17. Web site: Ali Jemal signe au Stade Tunisien . e-s-tunis.com . 2 August 2019.
18. Web site: Franck Kom rejoint Al Rayyan SC . news.gnet.tn . 2 August 2019.
19. Web site: L'attaquant Bilel Méjri rejoint l'Etoile du Sahel . jawharafm.net . 2 August 2019.
20. Web site: Ali Machani quitte l’Espérance de Tunis . news.gnet.tn . 8 August 2019.
21. Web site: Ghailene Chaalali (ES Tunis) signe au Yeni Malatyaspor . football365.fr . 2 August 2019.
22. Web site: ES Tunis : Adem Rejaibi revient au CA Bizertin . news.gnet.tn . 2 August 2019.
23. Web site: Aymen Ben Mohamed signe au Havre . mosaiquefm.net . 2 August 2019.
24. Web site: ALG : Ahly Djeddah s’offre Youcef Belaïli pour 3 ans . footafrique.com . 29 August 2019 . 29 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190829195810/http://www.footafrique.com/2019/08/29/alg-ahly-djeddah-soffre-youcef-belaili-pour-3-ans/ . dead .
25. Web site: ANICE BADRI SIGNE À AL ITTIHAD . e-s-tunis.com . 18 January 2020.
26. Web site: Haythem Jouini signe avec Al-Aïn Club . actuexpress.net . 22 January 2020 . 11 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200911175537/https://actuexpress.net/haythem-jouini-signe-avec-al-ain-club/ . dead .