Étoile Sportive du Sahel
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The Étoile Sportive du Sahel (ESS) is a sports club
from Sousse
in the Sahel
region of Tunisia
, known primarily for its football
team. The club also has sections for handball
, volleyball
, basketball
, judo
and wrestling
. In English
the name means Sport (or Athletic) Star of the Sahel.
Étoile is one of the two clubs in the world, together with Italy
's Juventus F.C.
, to have won all international club competitions organized by their respective continental confederation and the only one in Africa
to have won all CAF club competitions.
administration officially recognized the club on July 17, 1925. In March 1926, Ali Larbi became chairman of the soccer section of the club, which entered the Fédération Tunisienne de Football
.
L'Étoile became the Islamic club in Sousse. Tunisia also had the French
Patriote de Sousse club, the Jewish
Maccabi club, the Italian
La Savoia club and the Maltese
Red Star club: Though communitarian football had been banned officially since 1919 in Tunisia, in reality, it still existed.
ESS's first major honour was the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
title in 1950, but they had to wait 8 years to pick it up again. They won their first Tunisian President Cup
in 1959, and completed a league and cup double in 1963 - becoming one of the first Tunisian teams to do so. But ESS struggled throughout the 1970s and 1980s, although they did manage to win back-to-back league titles in 1986 and 1987. In 1995 Etoile won their first continental trophy, winning the CAF Cup
. 2 years later in 1997 they completed a league and African Cup Winners Cup double, and they continued to impress on the continental stage - they won the African Super Cup in 1998 and the CAF Cup (for the 2nd time) in 1999. But Sahel's problem was that they struggled domestically - a perfect example was when they won the league in 1987 and failed to win it again until 10 years later. It was exactly the same in 1997. They won the African Cup Winners Cup (for the 2nd time) in 2003, and made it to their 1st ever African Champions League final a year later, but lost to Nigerian outfit Enyimba
on penalties. ESS lost in the final of the same competition the following season, being defeated by Egyptian giants Al-Ahly
3-0 over 2 legs. Although, they did have some success that year - winning the Tunisian League Cup for the first time in their history. In 2006 Etoile won the CAF Confederation Cup
for the first time, but continued to struggle in the league. But the 2006-2007 season proved to be possibly the greatest season in the club's history - they won the CLP 1 title and the African Champions League title (for the first time). The final of the Champions League that year was a memorable one, as ESS played Al-Ahly in a repeat of the 2005 final. The first leg finished 0-0 in Sousse
, and with ESS huge underdogs, they won 3-1 in Egypt to take the trophy. But despite this they missed out on the league again the following campaign (after losing on the last day of the season) and then in 2008-2009 they finished 3rd, which meant manager Gernot Rohr
was sacked. Lofti Rhim then became manager but just till October 2009, Lotfi Rhim resignition held Dr Hamed Kammoun (Vice president at that time and currently president) to call the club son Khaled Ben Sassi who did a good performance till the winter of 2009. On December 22, Piet Hamberg became General manager and the first Dutch who take a such position in a Tunisian club. Hamberg could not finish the season and was fired after a defeat against historical rivals club africain 3-0. Coach assistant Mohamed Mkacher and the youth team trainer Naoufel Team were appointed for the rest of the season. A new exprerience with the former Morocco national coach Mohamed Fakher just started on June 2010 along with a huge recruitment campaign for the coming season.
¹titles won prior to independence
Francileudo dos Santos Silva
: (14 goals)
and Club Sportif Sfaxien
. In terms of location, ESS are quite an isolated club, so games against US Monastir and ES Hammam-Sousse
(the latter are from a town just north of Sousse
) are considered local derbies.
Sport
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Zoubeir Baya Houssem Bejaoui Raouf Ben Amor Lamine Ben Aziza
Raouf Ben Aziza Slim Ben Belgacem Saber Ben Frej
Walid Ben Mansour Mejdi Ben Mohamed Bassem Ben Nasr Souheïl Ben Radhia
Khaled Ben Sassi Karim Ben Tahar Imed Ben Younes
Riadh Bouazizi Mounir Boukadida
Marouène Boulaarès Raouf Bouzaiène Hakim Braham Abderrazzak Chebbi
Amine Chermiti
Abdelmajid Chetali
Yassine Chikhaoui
Bassem Chouchane Ferid Chouchane
José Clayton Alaya Douik Yasser El-Hamrouni Yahia Fitouri Wadiï Ben Haj Frej Kamel Gabsi Jamel Garna Afouène Gharbi
Kais Ghodhbane Radhouène Gouider Mohieddine Hbacha Mohsen Hbacha Karim Haggui
Msaddek Hasnaoui Lotfi Hsoumi Ahmed Jaouachi
Ziad Jaziri Nafaâ Jebali Riadh Jelassi
Othman Jenayah Hamed Kammoun
Mahmoud Kanoun Salem Kedadi Mahmoud Khemiri Mohamed Mahfoudh Amri Melki Khaled Melliti
Imed Mhedhebi
Imed Mizouri Mohamed Mkacher
Emir Mkademi
Bechir Mogaadi
Habib Mougou Hachemi Ouahchi Samir Raouène Ridha Rouetbi Radhouane Salhi
Francileudo Santos
Rachid Sehili Mohamed Houssem Slimène Nadim Thabet Mejdi Traoui
Marouène Tritar Nader Werda
Chaker Zouaghi Kais Zouaghi
Africa: Samir Amirèche
Abderrazk Djanit Billel Dziri
Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Francois Koufana Eyengue
Daniel Wansi
Gilson Silva
Brahima Coné Touré Karamoko Kader Keita Kandia Traoré
Bacassou
Louis Agyemang
Charles Asampong Taylor
Sadat Bukari
Moussa Narry
Frank Osei Oumar Kalabane
Mohamed Sakho
Soumah Momo Wandal Tarik El Taib
El Arbi Hababi
Austin Ejide Charles Negedu
Onyekachi Nwoha
Ogochukwu Obiakor Emeka Opara
Louis Gomis
Youssou Mbengué Ibrahima N'Dayie Vincent Bossou
Fwayo Tembo
Americas: Alex Salas Cicero
da Lima Everson
Ismael Parreira José da Silva José Filho José Lopez
Maicon Reinaldo
Ruggiero
Mauricio Mendoza
Europe: Dimitri Gorkov Ivan Pasemov Oleg Khoujlev
Raouf Ben Amor Ammar Ben Ahmed Mohsen Hbacha Amor Dhib Faouzi Benzarti
Ammar Souayeh
A. Ibrahimi Rabah Saadane
Mahieddine Khalef
Asparuh Nikodimov
José Dos Santos Ivan Buljan
Mehmed Baždarević
Bernard Casoni
Roger Chrétin Jean Fernandez
Ivica Todorov
Bernard Simondi
(2004)
Georges Berry Ivan Chteline Alexeï Paramanov Nicolaï Koudiev Bozidar Drenovac
Dragan
Mohamed Fakhir
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
from Sousse
Sousse
Sousse is a city in Tunisia. Located 140 km south of the capital Tunis, the city has 173,047 inhabitants . Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The name may be of Berber origin: similar names are found in Libya and in...
in the Sahel
Sahel, Tunisia
Sahel is an area of Tunisia. It forms the central part of the eastern shore, from the south of Hammamet to Mahdia. Its main town is Sousse, called "the Pearl of the Sahel".-Politics:* Habib Bourguiba;* Zine El Abidine Ben Ali;* Kamel Morjane;...
region of Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
, known primarily for its football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team. The club also has sections for handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
and wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
. In English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
the name means Sport (or Athletic) Star of the Sahel.
Étoile is one of the two clubs in the world, together with Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
's Juventus F.C.
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
, to have won all international club competitions organized by their respective continental confederation and the only one in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
to have won all CAF club competitions.
History
The club was founded during a public meeting at the French-Arabic school on Laroussi Zarrouk Street, in Sousse. Chedli Boujemla was elected as the first chairman of the multi-sport club. La Soussienne and La Musulmane ("The Muslim") were rejected as club names in favor of L'Étoile Sportive. Club members eventually settled on L'Étoile Sportive du Sahel to reflect the goal of representing a broader region than Sousse alone. The ProtectorateProtectorate
In history, the term protectorate has two different meanings. In its earliest inception, which has been adopted by modern international law, it is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity...
administration officially recognized the club on July 17, 1925. In March 1926, Ali Larbi became chairman of the soccer section of the club, which entered the Fédération Tunisienne de Football
Fédération Tunisienne de Football
The Fédération Tunisienne de Football is the governing body of football in Tunisia. It was established in 1956.-Clubs:Clubs that have participated in the Division Nationale de Football between 1956 and 1996:*AMS Association Mégrine Sportive...
.
L'Étoile became the Islamic club in Sousse. Tunisia also had the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Patriote de Sousse club, the Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
Maccabi club, the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
La Savoia club and the Maltese
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
Red Star club: Though communitarian football had been banned officially since 1919 in Tunisia, in reality, it still existed.
ESS's first major honour was the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The CLP-1 or "Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1" is the top division of the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. It was created in 1921.-History:...
title in 1950, but they had to wait 8 years to pick it up again. They won their first Tunisian President Cup
Tunisian President Cup
The "Tunisian President Cup" mostly known as the Tunisian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Tunisian football. It was created in 1922.-Winners before independence:*1922/23 : Avant Garde *1923/24 : Racing Club...
in 1959, and completed a league and cup double in 1963 - becoming one of the first Tunisian teams to do so. But ESS struggled throughout the 1970s and 1980s, although they did manage to win back-to-back league titles in 1986 and 1987. In 1995 Etoile won their first continental trophy, winning the CAF Cup
CAF Cup
The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runner-ups of member associations who haven't qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or the African Cup Winners' Cup.-Format:Only runner-ups of...
. 2 years later in 1997 they completed a league and African Cup Winners Cup double, and they continued to impress on the continental stage - they won the African Super Cup in 1998 and the CAF Cup (for the 2nd time) in 1999. But Sahel's problem was that they struggled domestically - a perfect example was when they won the league in 1987 and failed to win it again until 10 years later. It was exactly the same in 1997. They won the African Cup Winners Cup (for the 2nd time) in 2003, and made it to their 1st ever African Champions League final a year later, but lost to Nigerian outfit Enyimba
Enyimba
Enyimba International Football Club, or simply Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Premier League. Their name means People's Elephant in Igbo language and is also the nickname used for the city of Aba...
on penalties. ESS lost in the final of the same competition the following season, being defeated by Egyptian giants Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly Sports Club , commonly known as simply Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century"...
3-0 over 2 legs. Although, they did have some success that year - winning the Tunisian League Cup for the first time in their history. In 2006 Etoile won the CAF Confederation Cup
CAF Confederation Cup
The CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.-Qualification:...
for the first time, but continued to struggle in the league. But the 2006-2007 season proved to be possibly the greatest season in the club's history - they won the CLP 1 title and the African Champions League title (for the first time). The final of the Champions League that year was a memorable one, as ESS played Al-Ahly in a repeat of the 2005 final. The first leg finished 0-0 in Sousse
Sousse
Sousse is a city in Tunisia. Located 140 km south of the capital Tunis, the city has 173,047 inhabitants . Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The name may be of Berber origin: similar names are found in Libya and in...
, and with ESS huge underdogs, they won 3-1 in Egypt to take the trophy. But despite this they missed out on the league again the following campaign (after losing on the last day of the season) and then in 2008-2009 they finished 3rd, which meant manager Gernot Rohr
Gernot Rohr
Gernot Rohr is a German manager and former footballer, who currently managed the Gabon national football team.-Managerial career:...
was sacked. Lofti Rhim then became manager but just till October 2009, Lotfi Rhim resignition held Dr Hamed Kammoun (Vice president at that time and currently president) to call the club son Khaled Ben Sassi who did a good performance till the winter of 2009. On December 22, Piet Hamberg became General manager and the first Dutch who take a such position in a Tunisian club. Hamberg could not finish the season and was fired after a defeat against historical rivals club africain 3-0. Coach assistant Mohamed Mkacher and the youth team trainer Naoufel Team were appointed for the rest of the season. A new exprerience with the former Morocco national coach Mohamed Fakher just started on June 2010 along with a huge recruitment campaign for the coming season.
| Etoile's active sections | ||
|---|---|---|
 Football |
 Handball Team handball Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team... |
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 Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
 Wrestling Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practised throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games. It is, along with track and field, one of the oldest organized sports in history... |
 Judo Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... |
Honours & Achievements
Étoile Sportive du Sahel was the first African squad to have won all official club competition recognized by Confederation of African Football .Performance in national & domestic competitions
- Tunisian LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1The CLP-1 or "Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1" is the top division of the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. It was created in 1921.-History:...
: 8
-
- 1958, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2007
- Tunisian President CupTunisian President CupThe "Tunisian President Cup" mostly known as the Tunisian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Tunisian football. It was created in 1922.-Winners before independence:*1922/23 : Avant Garde *1923/24 : Racing Club...
: 7
-
- 1959, 1963, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1996
- Finalist: 1939¹, 1946¹, 1950¹, 1954¹, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1967, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2008,2011
- Tunisian League Cup: 1
-
- 2005
- Tunisian Super CupTunisian Super CupThe Tunisian Super Cup is a Tunisian association football competition, which takes place in an annual match between the Tunisian League champion team and the winners of the Tunisian Cup.-Unofficial edition:-Official edition:-Performance by club:...
: 1
-
- 1973
Performance in CAF competitions
- African Champions League 1
-
- 2007
- Runner-up: 2004, 2005
- CAF Confederation CupCAF Confederation CupThe CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.-Qualification:...
: 1
-
- 2006
- African Cup Winners' CupAfrican Cup Winners' CupThe African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederations Cup...
: 2
-
- 1997, 2003
- CAF CupCAF CupThe CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runner-ups of member associations who haven't qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or the African Cup Winners' Cup.-Format:Only runner-ups of...
: 2
-
- 1995, 1999
- Runner-up: 1996, 2001
- African Super Cup: 2
-
- 1998, 2008
- Runner-up: 2004, 2007
Performance in other international competitions
- FIFA Club World CupFIFA Club World CupThe FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
: 0
-
- 2007 - Fourth Place
- Maghreb Champions CupMaghreb Champions CupThe Maghreb Champions Cup was a North African football competition which regrouped the winners of the leagues from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya .- Winners :-Winners by team:-Winners by country:-External links:*...
: 1
-
- 1972
- Maghreb Cup Winners CupMaghreb Cup Winners CupThe Maghreb Cup Winners Cup was a North African football competition which regrouped the cup winners from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya .- Winners :-External links:*...
: 1
-
- 1975
¹titles won prior to independence
Top scorers
Habib Mougou : (25 goals) Habib Mougou : (28 goals) Othman Jenayah : (15 goals) Abdesselam Adhouma : (17 goals) Abdesselam Adhouma : (16 goals) Raouf Ben Aziza : (20 goals) Raouf Ben Aziza : (22 goals) Francileudo dos Santos SilvaFrancileudo Santos
Francileudo Silva dos Santos , simply known as Santos is a Brazilian-born Tunisian football player.-Career:He was discovered by Belgian club Standard Liège while playing in Brazil for minor club Sampaio Correa...
: (14 goals)
Rivalries
Etoile's most fierce rivalry is with Esperance Sportive de Tunis, as the teams are 2 of Tunisia's finest. Similary, they also have a rivalry with Club AfricainClub Africain
The Club Africain , also known as CA or Al Nadi Al Ifriki, is a Tunisian omnisport club founded in 1920 in Tunis. Club Africain football section is best known for its section of football...
and Club Sportif Sfaxien
Club Sportif Sfaxien
Club Sportif Sfaxien is a multi-sport club from Sfax in Tunisia.-History:The club was founded in 1928 as Club Tunisien, playing in green and red stripes. The team was promoted to the Tunisian First Division in 1947...
. In terms of location, ESS are quite an isolated club, so games against US Monastir and ES Hammam-Sousse
ES Hammam-Sousse
Espoir Sportif de Hammam-Sousse , often referred to as ESHS is a football club from Hammam-Sousse in Tunisia. Founded in 1954, the team plays in yellow and black colors...
(the latter are from a town just north of Sousse
Sousse
Sousse is a city in Tunisia. Located 140 km south of the capital Tunis, the city has 173,047 inhabitants . Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The name may be of Berber origin: similar names are found in Libya and in...
) are considered local derbies.
Current squad
Staff
Management- President: Hafed Hmayed
- 1st Vice president: https://www.facebook.com/pages/esssimply-the-BEST-2/126290560754756?ref=pb
- Vice presidents: Hachemi Maâlel (development strategies), Béchir Ben Ali (Communication, Marketing and external affairs), Ridha Ben Othmane (Law), Slah Ben Ahmed (Infrastructures), Moncef Kaboudi (Football-youth), Radhi Ben Ali (Basket-ball), Hassen Ben Ameur (Supporters)
- Commissions presidents: Moneem Ben Ali (Volleyball), Kamel Gana (Handball), Mounir Belkhiria (Individual Sports), Raouf Ben Amor (Sportive), Khaled Belhaj Ali (Financial), Béchir Belhaj Yahia (Media), Dr. Jalel Dahmen (Health), Sadok Khalfallah (Organisation)
- Permanenet departments: Hassine Bouslama (Human Resources), Mohamed Chiheb Ben Hamouda (Media), Mehdi Haoua (Marketing), Mohamed Ali Mhedhebi (Organisation and tickets), Hakim Brahem (Football), Hédi Khemiri (indoor Sports)
- Secrétary Général: Bechir Jabbes
- Financial Général: Ridha Ayeche
Sport
- Head Coach: Mondher Kbayer
- Assistant Coach: Mohamed El Mkacher
- Physical Coach: Foued Ftaiti
- Goalkeeping Coach: Tarak Abdelalim
- Adjoint: Najib Amara
- Doctor: Sami Ben Yahia
- Masseur: Anis Ben Ayed
- Masseur: Marouène Kacem
- Material Chef: Habib Bouazra
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Selected Reserve/Youth Team players
Former Players
Beji Abdou Abdesselem Adhouma Habib Akid Kamel Azzabi Lotfi Baccouche Samir BakaouSamir Bakaou
Samir Bakaou is a Tunisian football midfielder who played for Tunisia. He also played for Al-Wahda, GAIS and Västra Frölunda IF- Record at FIFA Tournaments :-External links:*...
Zoubeir Baya Houssem Bejaoui Raouf Ben Amor Lamine Ben Aziza
Lamine Ben Aziza
Lamine Ben Aziza is a Tunisian football goalkeeper who played for Tunisia in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Étoile Sportive du Sahel.-External links:*...
Raouf Ben Aziza Slim Ben Belgacem Saber Ben Frej
Saber Ben Frej
Saber Ben Frej is a Tunisian footballer.-Club career:During the first half of the 2007-08 season, Ben Frej scored 9 goals in 13 games for Etoile du Sahel, before his move to Le Mans UC72 in January 2008 and on 4 January 2010 his club have released the Tunisian defender, who becomes a free...
Walid Ben Mansour Mejdi Ben Mohamed Bassem Ben Nasr Souheïl Ben Radhia
Souheïl Ben Radhia
Souheïl Ben Radhia is a Tunisian footballer who currently plays for Widzew Łódź in the Polish Ekstraklasa.-Career:On March 2, 2010 Widzew Łódź signed him from Étoile Sportive du Sahel....
Khaled Ben Sassi Karim Ben Tahar Imed Ben Younes
Imed Ben Younes
Imed Ben Younes is a Tunisian football player.He played for a few clubs, including Étoile Sahel and CS Sfaxien.He played for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
Riadh Bouazizi Mounir Boukadida
Mounir Boukadida
Mounir Boukadida is a retired Tunisian football defender.He was a member of the Tunisian national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-External links:...
Marouène Boulaarès Raouf Bouzaiène Hakim Braham Abderrazzak Chebbi
Amine Chermiti
Amine Chermiti
Mohamed Amine Chermiti is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a striker for FC Zürich.-Club career:Chermiti has been mentioned as one of the African players of the year due to his performance in the African Champions League, where he scored eight goals in the tournament...
Abdelmajid Chetali
Abdelmajid Chetali
Abdelmajid Chetali is a Tunisian former footballer and manager. As a player he played for the Tunisian national team in 70 matches, scoring 4 goals, and as a manager, he led them in their first ever World Cup appearance in 1978, where Tunisia became the first African team to win a World Cup...
Yassine Chikhaoui
Yassine Chikhaoui
Yassine Chikhaoui is a Tunisian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Zürich.-Club career:He was signed by FC Zürich on 5 year contract on 23 May 2007....
Bassem Chouchane Ferid Chouchane
Ferid Chouchane
Ferid Chouchane is a retired Tunisian football defender.He was a member of the Tunisian national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-External links:* at National Football Teams...
José Clayton Alaya Douik Yasser El-Hamrouni Yahia Fitouri Wadiï Ben Haj Frej Kamel Gabsi Jamel Garna Afouène GharbiAfouène Gharbi
Afouène Gharbi is a Tunisian footballer. He currently plays for the Libyan Premier League club Shat as a midfielder.-Career:...
Kais Ghodhbane Radhouène Gouider Mohieddine Hbacha Mohsen Hbacha Karim Haggui
Karim Haggui
Karim Haggui is a Tunisian football defender. He currently plays for Hannover 96.- Early career :Haggui started his career in 1998 with AS Kasserine in his home town, eventually moving to Etoile du Sahel two years later and starting his professional career there in 2003...
Msaddek Hasnaoui Lotfi Hsoumi Ahmed Jaouachi
Ahmed Jaouachi
Ahmed El-Jaouachi is a Tunisian football goalkeeper.He previously played for a few clubs, including US Monastir, CS Sfaxien. Currently, he competes for Étoile Sahel, with which he participated in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup....
Ziad Jaziri Nafaâ Jebali Riadh Jelassi
Riadh Jelassi
Riadh Jelassi is a Tunisian football striker.He was a member of the Tunisian national team at the World Cups in 1998 and 2002. He scored 5 goals in 20 appearances for Tunisia.-External links:* at National Football Teams...
Othman Jenayah Hamed Kammoun
Mahmoud Kanoun Salem Kedadi Mahmoud Khemiri Mohamed Mahfoudh Amri Melki Khaled Melliti
Khaled Melliti
Khaled Melliti is a Tunisian football midfielder who mesures for 78 kg. He currently plays for French Ligue 2 side FC Istres....
Imed Mhedhebi
Imed Mhedhebi
Imed Mhedhebi or Mhadhbi is a former Tunisian football winger.He was a member of the Tunisian national team that participated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and won the 2004 African Cup of Nations....
Imed Mizouri Mohamed Mkacher
Mohamed Mkacher
Mohamed Mkacher is a Tunisian football defender who currently, as of May 2006, plays for Club Africain.He was a member of the Tunisian national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Clubs:*1996-2002: Etoile Sahel...
Emir Mkademi
Emir Mkademi
Emir Mkademi is a Tunisian football defender.He was a member of the Tunisian national team during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-External links:* at National Football Teams...
Bechir Mogaadi
Bechir Mogaadi
Bechir Mogaadi is an Tunisian footballer who plays for FK Karvan.-External links:*...
Habib Mougou Hachemi Ouahchi Samir Raouène Ridha Rouetbi Radhouane Salhi
Radhouane Salhi
Radhouane Salhi is a former Tunisian football player who was in the Tunisia national football team squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. At that time, he was playing for Étoile Sahel. Salhi played as a goalkeeper for Etoile Sahel....
Francileudo SantosFrancileudo Santos
Francileudo Silva dos Santos , simply known as Santos is a Brazilian-born Tunisian football player.-Career:He was discovered by Belgian club Standard Liège while playing in Brazil for minor club Sampaio Correa...
Rachid Sehili Mohamed Houssem Slimène Nadim Thabet Mejdi Traoui
Mejdi Traoui
Mejdi Traoui is a Tunisian footballer. He currently plays for Espérance Sportive de Tunis.-Career:On May 1, 2008, Traoui signed a contract at Red Bull Salzburg until summer 2011. He made two substitute appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzburg during 2008...
Marouène Tritar Nader Werda
Nader Werda
Nader Ouarda, born in 21 June 1974, is a retired Tunisian footballer. He played as Offensive Midfielder. Following his playing career, he became a manager.-Career:He has played for the following Tunisian clubs during the sixteen years of his career:...
Chaker Zouaghi Kais Zouaghi
Africa: Samir Amirèche
Samir Amirèche
Samir Amirèche is an Algerian international football player who is currently playing as a defender for French amateur side UJA Alfortville.-References:...
Abderrazk Djanit Billel Dziri
Billel Dziri
Billel Dziri is a retired Algerian football player. He played most of his career with USM Alger, and had spells with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Tunisia, CS Sedan Ardennes in France's Ligue 1...
Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Mouritala Ogunbiyi is a Nigeria-born, Beninese football midfielder. He currently plays in France for Nîmes Olympique....
Francois Koufana Eyengue
Francois Xavier Koufana Eyengue
Koufana Francois is a Cameroonian professional football player. He plays for CA Batna in Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Further reading:* -External links:...
Daniel Wansi
Daniel Wansi
Daniel Wansi is a Cameroonian football striker who plays for El Gouna FC in the Egyptian Premier League.-Career:...
Gilson Silva
Gilson Manuel Silva Alves
Gilson Manuel Silva Alves also known as Ja is a Cape Verdean football forward who plays for Étoile du Sahel in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-International career:...
Brahima Coné Touré Karamoko Kader Keita Kandia Traoré
Kandia Traoré
Kandia Émile Traoré is a football striker who plays for SM Caen.-Club career:He started his career at Tunisian club Esperance de tunis, before moving to Le Havre in 2005, in January 2008, he signed a three and a half deal with Sochaux...
Bacassou
Louis Agyemang
Louis Agyemang
Louis Agyemang is a Ghanaian footballer, who currently plays for Medeama SC.- Career :Agyemang has snubbed Accra Hearts of Oak and signed up with Kumasi Asante Kotoko in a bid to resurrect a career that has gone downhill in the last few years.His previous club was when he was on loan at Dynamos in...
Charles Asampong Taylor
Charles Asampong Taylor
Kweku Charles Bismark Taylor Asampong is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for Bechem Chelsea...
Sadat Bukari
Sadat Bukari
Sadat Bukari is a football striker and Attacking Midfielder who plays for Maccabi Haifa.- Career :Bukari was rumored to have signed a deal with Brondby in August 2008. He has played for West Ham United in England, All Stars F.C...
Moussa Narry
Moussa Narry
Moussa Narry is a Ghanaian-Nigerien football midfielder who currently plays for Le Mans UC 72.- Career :...
Frank Osei Oumar Kalabane
Oumar Kalabane
Oumar Kalabane is a professional footballer from Guinea. He currently plays as a defender.-Club career:Kalabane spent two seasons with AJ Auxerre in Ligue 1, appearing in 20 league matches...
Mohamed Sakho
Mohamed Sakho
Mohamed Sakho , is a Guinean footballer, who currently plays for the Bank Asya 1. Lig team, Denizlispor.-Career:...
Soumah Momo Wandal Tarik El Taib
Tarik El Taib
Tariq Ibrahim Mohammad al Tayib, , also written as Tareq Al Tayeb, is a Libyan football midfielder. He currently plays for Kuwaiti Premier League Side Al Naser.-Club career:...
El Arbi Hababi
El Arbi Hababi
El Arbi Hababi is a Moroccan former footballer who played at international level, competing at the 1994 FIFA World Cup....
Austin Ejide Charles Negedu
Charles Negedu
Charles Negedu is a football player, who currently plays for Olympique Beja.-Career:Negedu began his career with Kaduna United F.C. who was 2007 promoted to the Nigerian Premier League team and left 15 January 2009 his native Nigeria to sign with Tunisian top club ES Sahel an five years contract...
Onyekachi Nwoha
Onyekachi Nwoha
Onyekachi Paul Nwoha is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Fujairah Sports Cultural Club.- Club career:Onyekachi Nwoha began his career with FC Spiders, before he transferred to Enyimba International F.C. in 2001. He played for the Aba based team for one year before moving to League rival Enugu...
Ogochukwu Obiakor Emeka Opara
Emeka Opara
Emeka Opara is a Nigerian football striker who is currently playing for FK Khazar Lenkoran.- Career :In 2006, he had an impressive run of form in the CAF Confederation Cup while playing for Tunisian club Étoile Sportive du Sahel, taking them to the final of the competition, whilst netting eight...
Louis Gomis
Louis Gomis (footballer born 1974)
Louis Gomis is a retired Senegalese football player. Most notably he played in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Nuremberg.He is working as a coach and plays at Galactics International F.C. since 2009-Player Experience:...
Youssou Mbengué Ibrahima N'Dayie Vincent Bossou
Vincent Bossou
Vincent Bossou is a Togolese football player, who is currently playing for Navibank Sài Gòn.-Career:The defender began his career by Maranatha F.C. and joined on 15 January 2010 to Étoile Sportive du Sahel who signed a two years contract...
Fwayo Tembo
Fwayo Tembo
Fwayo Tembo is a Zambian football player who currently plays for FC Basel. He grew up in the shanty compound of Mtendere in the city of Lusaka.-Career:...
Americas: Alex Salas Cicero
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief...
da Lima Everson
Everson Pereira da Silva
Everson Pereira da Silva is a Brazilian football player, he currently plays for TuS Koblenz.-Football career:...
Ismael Parreira José da Silva José Filho José Lopez
José López
José Lopez may refer to:*José López Portillo y Rojas , Mexican writer and politician*José López Rega , Argentine politician*José López Rubio , Spanish writer & director...
Maicon Reinaldo
Reinaldo
Reinaldo can refer to:*Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira , Brazilian football player*Reinaldo Elias da Costa , Brazilian football player*Reinaldo Felisbino , Brazilian football player...
Ruggiero
Ruggiero
Ruggiero refers to a musical scheme which is at times harmonic and at times melodic. It is seen in 16th and 17th century music, for both vocal and instrumental pieces and improvisations. It most likely comes from reciting formulas used to perform Orlando Furioso, an epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto....
Mauricio Mendoza
Mauricio Mendoza
Mandoza Renteria Mauricio is a Colombian football player, who plays for Gyeongnam FC in K-League.On 18 February 2011, Gyeongnam FC was officially announced the signing of Mandoza.-External links:* at soccerway.com...
Europe: Dimitri Gorkov Ivan Pasemov Oleg Khoujlev
Presidents
- Chédly Boujemla (1925-26)
- Ali Laârbi (1926-27)
- Ali Laâdhari (1929-32)
- M'hammed Maârouf (1932-35)
- Hamed Akacha (1935-44)
- M'hamed Ghachem (1944-53)
- Sadok Mellouli (1953-54)
- Abdelhamid Sakka (1954-56)
- Ali Driss (1956-59)
- Mohamed Atoui (1959-60)
- Ali Driss (1960-61)
- Hamed Karoui (1961-81)
- Adeljelil Bouraoui (1981-84)
- Hamadi Mestiri (1984-88)
- Adeljelil Bouraoui (1988-90)
- Hamadi Mestiri (1990-93)
- Othman Jenayah (1993-06)
- Moez Driss (2006-09)
- Hamed Kammoun (2009-2011)
- Hafedh Hmaied (2011-today)
Selected Former Coaches
Ahmed Ajlani Lotfi Benzarti Ali Dardour Mohamed Boudhina Habib Mougou Abdelmajid ChetaliAbdelmajid Chetali
Abdelmajid Chetali is a Tunisian former footballer and manager. As a player he played for the Tunisian national team in 70 matches, scoring 4 goals, and as a manager, he led them in their first ever World Cup appearance in 1978, where Tunisia became the first African team to win a World Cup...
Raouf Ben Amor Ammar Ben Ahmed Mohsen Hbacha Amor Dhib Faouzi Benzarti
Faouzi Benzarti
Faouzi Benzarti , , is a Tunisian former footballer and currently works as coach. He is recently manager of the Club Africain...
Ammar Souayeh
A. Ibrahimi Rabah Saadane
Rabah Saadane
Rabah Saâdane is a retired Algerian professional football player whose playing career was abruptly interrupted at the age of 27 by a car accident...
Mahieddine Khalef
Mahieddine Khalef
Mahieddine Khalef is an Algerian football manager. Most notably he was the co-manager of the Algeria national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, together with Rachid Mekloufi.-References:...
Asparuh Nikodimov
Asparuh Nikodimov
Asparuh "Paro" Donev Nikodimov is a former Bulgarian football player and later coach.He represented Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cups in 1970 and 1974.-References:...
José Dos Santos Ivan Buljan
Ivan Buljan
Ivan Buljan is Croatian sport manager and a former Yugoslavian footballer, he was a member of the Yugoslavia squad at the FIFA World Cup 1974 and the 1976 European Football Championship....
Mehmed BaždarevićMehmed Baždarevic
Mehmed Baždarević is a Bosnian football manager and former football midfielder. He is the current manager of the French Ligue 1 club Sochaux-Montbéliard. Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar Sarajevo and Sochaux-Montbéliard, among others...
Bernard Casoni
Bernard Casoni
Bernard Casoni is a football manager, currently managing Evian Thonon Gaillard FC. In his playing career he played for Olympique Marseille and France at Euro 1992....
Roger Chrétin Jean Fernandez
Jean Fernandez
Jean Fernandez is a football manager, currently manages AS Nancy. He has previously managed FC Metz and Olympique Marseille, where French national team star Franck Ribéry saw him as a mentor...
Ivica TodorovIvica Todorov
Ivica Todorov, known in France as Yves Todorov is a Serbian-French football coach who is currently manager of Arab Contractors.He previously coached the Congo national side, a job which he took up in April 2008...
Bernard Simondi
Bernard Simondi
Bernard Simondi is an French former footballer and coach. He currently manages Al Ahli.He played for SC Toulon, Stade Lavallois, FC Tours and AS Saint-Étienne....
(2004)
Georges Berry Ivan Chteline Alexeï Paramanov Nicolaï Koudiev Bozidar Drenovac
Božidar Drenovac
Božidar Drenovac was a Serbian football player and manager.Still young he joined Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija in 1936, making his senior debut in the 1938–39 Yugoslav First League...
Dragan
Drăgan
Drăgan can be:* Drăgan River , tributary of the Crişul Repede River in Romania* Drăgan River , tributary of the Florei River in RomaniaFamily name:* Iosif Constantin Drăgan, Romanian and Italian businessman, writer and historian...
Mohamed Fakhir
Mohamed Fakhir
Mohamed Fakhir is a former Moroccan football player who used to play for Raja Casablanca. Fakhir has also been a manager for several Moroccan clubs and the Morocco national football team...