2021–22 Étoile Sportive du Sahel season explained

Club:	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Season:	2021–22
Manager:	Lassaad Dridi (until 4 November 2021)^[1] Roger Lemerre (from 18 November 2021)^[2] (until 7 March 2022)^[3] Lassaad Chabbi (from 8 March 2022)^[4]
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Ridha Charfeddine
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Stade Olympique de Sousse
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	Tunisian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 32
Cup2:	Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Group stage
Prevseason:	2020–21

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.^[5]

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	January 1, 2022	Al-Adalah FC
	GK	Ali Jemal	January 1, 2022	Stade Tunisien
	GK	Rami Gabsi	January 1, 2022	ES Hammam-Sousse
Defenders
	CB	Saddam Ben Aziza	January 1, 2022	AS Gabès
	CB	Bahaeddine Sellami	January 1, 2022	US Ben Guerdane
	CB	Boualem Mesmoudi	January 1, 2022	MC Oran
	CB	Salah Harrabi	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	CB	Ramez Aouani	January 1, 2022	JS Kairouan
	CB	Abdelrazek Bouazra	January 1, 2022	JS Kairouan
	LB	Ghofrane Naouali	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	LB	Baligh Jemmali	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	LB	Houssem Souissi	January 1, 2022	JS Kairouan
	RB	Houcine Benayada	January 1, 2022	CS Constantine
	RB	Anas Sassi	January 1, 2022	JS Kairouan
Midfielders
	DM	Ayoub Ayed	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	DM	Jacques Mbé	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	DM	Salim Boukhanchouche	January 1, 2022	Abha Club
	DM	Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	DM	Malek Baayou	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	DM	Salaheddine Ghedamsi	January 1, 2022	ES Hammam-Sousse
	CM	Abdallah Dagou	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	CM	Achref Afli	January 1, 2022	ES Hammam-Sousse
	CM	Stanley Aniagyei Ampaw	January 1, 2022	Liberty Professionals
		Yassine Amri	January 1, 2022	Club Africain
		Yosri Hamza	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	AM	Fraj Kayramani	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	AM	Abraham Wayo	January 1, 2022	Liberty Professionals
	AM	Yassine Chikhaoui	January 1, 2022	Al Ahli SC
	AM	Oussama Abid	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	AM	Lyes Benyoucef	January 1, 2022	Unattached
Forwards
		Faik Sik Salem	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	LW	Youcef Laouafi	January 1, 2022	ES Sétif
	LW	Firas Iffia	January 1, 2022	Olympique Béja
	LW	Louay Ben Hassine	January 1, 2022	ES Hammam-Sousse
	LW	Aly Soumah	January 1, 2022	Youth system
	RW	Aymen Sfaxi	January 1, 2022	Stade Tunisien
	RW	Tayeb Meziani	January 1, 2022	Espérance de Tunis
	RW	Zinedine Boutmène	January 1, 2022	NA Hussein Dey
	ST	Souleymane Coulibaly	January 1, 2022	Partick Thistle
	ST	Redouane Zerdoum	January 1, 2022	NA Hussein Dey
	ST	Imed Louati	January 1, 2022	Hobro IK
	ST	Vinny Kombe	January 1, 2022	Unattached

Competitions

Overview

Competition

Record

Started round

Final position / round

First match

Last match

Ligue 1 (first round)

3rd

28 October 2021

13 April 2022

Ligue 1 (championship round)

To be confirmed

29 April 2022

In Progress

Tunisian Cup

To be confirmed

In Progress

Champions League

Second round

Group stage

16 October 2021

1 April 2022

Total

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Ligue 1

See main article: 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

First round (Group B)

Results by round

Championship round

Results by round

Tunisian Cup

See main article: 2021–22 Tunisian Cup.

Champions League

See main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League.

Second round

See main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds.

Group stage

Group C

Squad information

Playing statistics

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=10	TOTAL
17			FW	2	0	2	4
8		Yassine Amri	MF	3	0	1	4
9		Vinny Kombe	FW	2	0	1	3
39			FW	1	0	1	2
12		Baligh Jemmali	DF	1	0	1	2
13			FW	1	0	0	1
			FW	0	0	1	1
32		Mohamed Dhaoui	MF	0	0	1	1
22		Aly Soumah	FW	0	0	1	1
			MF	1	0	0	1
10			FW	1	0	0	1
36		Mohamed Iheb Msakni	MF	1	0	0	1
2			DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0	0
Totals				14	0	8	22

Transfers

In

Date		Player	Transfer fee	Source
13 June 2021	GK	Ali Jemal	Free transfer	^[6]
10 July 2021	FW	Vinny Kombe	Free transfer	^[7]
1 August 2021	FW		Free transfer	^[8]
10 August 2021	MF		Free transfer	^[9]
11 August 2021	DF		Free transfer	^[10]
12 August 2021	MF		Free transfer	^[11]
12 January 2022	MF		Loan for one year	^[12]
12 January 2022	MF		Free transfer	^[13]

Out

Date		Transfer fee	Source
2 July 2021	LB	Free transfer	^[14]
2 August 2021	RB	Free transfer	^[15]
5 August 2021	FW	Free transfer
3 December 2021	FW	Free transfer	^[16]
5 January 2022	DF	Free transfer (Released)	^[17]
10 January 2022	FW	Undisclosed	^[18]
16 January 2022	MF	Free transfer	^[19]

References

Notes and References

Web site: Dridi limogé ! . tunisie-foot.com . 4 November 2021 . 19 January 2022.
Web site: Tunisie : Roger Lemerre de retour à l’Etoile Sportive du Sahel . africafootunited.com . 18 November 2021 . 12 January 2022.
Web site: ETOILE DU SAHEL : SOUS LA PRESSION DES FANS, ROGER LEMERRE QUITTE SON POSTE D’ENTRAÎNEUR . africatopsports.com . 7 March 2022 . 26 March 2022.
Web site: Etoile du Sahel : Lassaad Chabbi succède à Roger Lemerre . sport365.fr . 8 March 2022 . 26 March 2022.
Web site: الجماهير تعود رسمياً إلى ملاعب الدوري التونسي . alaraby.co.uk . 17 February 2022 . 12 April 2022.
Web site: NEWS: Ali Jmal signe à l’ESS . lapresse.tn . 13 June 2021 . 14 August 2021.
Web site: Transfert : L’ES Sahel signe le congolais Vinny Kombe Bongonga . africafootunited.com . 10 July 2021 . 14 August 2021.
Web site: Mercato : Youcef Laouafi signe pour trois saisons à l'ES Sahel . . 1 August 2021 . 1 August 2021.
Web site: ESS : Imed Louati débarque . footballtunisien.com . 10 August 2021 . 14 August 2021.
Web site: Transfert : L’ES du Sahel officialise l’arrivée de l’algérien Boualem Mesmoudi . africafootunited.com . 11 August 2021 . 12 August 2021.
Web site: Mercato : Benyoucef rejoint l’ES Sahel (Officiel) . dzfoot.com . 13 August 2021 . 14 August 2021.
Web site: 2022-02-11 . Former Liberty Professionals Duo set to Make Champions League Debut . 2022-03-02 . 442 GH . en-US.
Web site: 12 January 2022 . 12 January 2022.
Web site: Mercato : Ben Ouanes signe pour deux ans à Kasimpasa en Turquie . africafootunited.com . 2 July 2021 . 14 August 2021.
Web site: Transfert : Wajdi Kechrida à Salernitana . ettachkila.com . 31 July 2021 . 14 August 2021.
Web site: Tunisie : Redouane Zerdoum s'engage deux ans avec le Club Africain . dzfoot.com . 3 December 2021 . 29 April 2022.
Web site: ESS : DÉPART D'UN DÉFENSEUR ALGÉRIEN . kawarji.com . 5 January 2022 . 11 January 2022.
Web site: Officiel : Meziani quitte l'Etoile du Sahel et s'engage en faveur d'Abha . dzfoot.com . 11 January 2022 . 11 January 2022.
Web site: Boukhenchouche signe pour 18 mois à la JSK . competition.dz . 16 January 2022 . 16 January 2022.