2024–25 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

Espérance de Tunis
2024–25 season
President	Hamdi Meddeb
Head coach	Miguel Cardoso; (until 22 October); Skander Kasri; (caretaker, from 22 October to 10 November); Laurențiu Reghecampf; (from 10 November)
Stadium	Stade Hammadi Agrebi
Ligue 1	5th
Tunisian Cup	Round of 32
Super Cup	2022: Final; 2024: Final
CAF Champions League	Group stage
FIFA Club World Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Yassine Meriah; Youcef Belaïli; Rodrigo Rodrigues (2); All: ; Youcef Belaïli (8)
Biggest win	Espérance de Tunis 8–0 Dekedaha; (21 September 2024)
Biggest defeat	Espérance de Zarzis 1–0 Espérance de Tunis; (20 October 2024)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 14 December 2024.

The 2024–25 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season is the 106th season in existence and the club's 70th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football.

In addition to the 2022–23 edition of the Tunisian Super Cup, Espérance de Tunis are participating in this season editions of the domestic league, the Tunisian Cup, the Tunisian Super Cup, the CAF Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup.^[1]^[2]

Squad list

Note: Flags indicate the national team, defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Staff

Skander Kasri (Vice manager) (from 10 November)
Viorel Dinu (assistant manager) (from 10 November)
Chamseddine Dhaouadi (assistant manager)
Daniel Zdranca (goalkeeper manager) (from 10 November)
Bogdan Merișanu (fitness manager) (from 10 November)
Léo Djaoui (fitness manager) (from 24 November)
Walid Charchari (Analyst) (from 24 November)
Yassine Ben Ahmed (doctor)
Fábio Fernandes (assistant manager) (until 22 October)
Wassim Naouara (goalkeeper manager) (until 22 October)
Carlos Miguel Silva (fitness manager) (until 22 October)
Mohamed Sabri Bouazizi (fitness manager) (until 22 October)
Pedro Azevedo (Analyst) (until 22 October)
João Araújo (Analyst) (until 22 October)

Unregistered players

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Amenallah Memmiche	(2004-04-20) 20 April 2004 (age 20)	2023	Youth system
16	Mohamed Mokhtar Aifaoui	—	2024	Youth system
26	Mohamed Sedki Debchi	(1999-10-28) 28 October 1999 (age 25)	2019	AS Gabès
32	Bechir Ben Saïd	(1992-11-29) 29 November 1992 (age 32)	2024	US Monastir
Defenders
2	Mohamed Ben Ali	(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29)	2022	CS Sfaxien
3	Koussay Smiri	(2004-07-17) 17 July 2004 (age 20)	2024	Youth system
5	Yassine Meriah (C)	(1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 (age 31)	2022	Al Ain
6	Hamza Jelassi	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 33)	2024	Étoile du Sahel
13	Raed Bouchniba	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 21)	2022	Youth system
15	Mohamed Amine Tougai	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24)	2020	NA Hussein Dey
20	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	(1995-12-15) 15 December 1995 (age 29)	2016	Youth system
22	Ayman Ben Mohamed	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 30)	2024	Guingamp
35	Aziz Kodhai	(2004-08-07) 7 August 2004 (age 20)	2024	Youth system
Midfielders
4	Mohamed Wael Derbali	(2003-06-18) 18 June 2003 (age 21)	2023	Olympique Béja
8	Houssem Tka	(2000-08-16) 16 August 2000 (age 24)	2023	US Monastir
10	Yan Sasse	(1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 27)	2023	Wellington Phoenix
12	Wajdi Issaoui	(2005-01-08) 8 January 2005 (age 19)	2024	Youth system
14	Onuche Ogbelu	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003 (age 21)	2023	Nasarawa United
17	Zakaria El Ayeb	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)	2023	Youth system
18	Roger Aholou	(1993-12-30) 30 December 1993 (age 30)	2024	Raja CA
19	Mootez Zaddem	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)	2022	Valmiera
21	Abdramane Konaté	(2006-06-25) 25 June 2006 (age 18)	2024	San Pédro
23	Larry Azouni	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30)	2024	Al Faisaly
31	Haytham Dhaou	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19)	2024	Youth system
34	Mohamed Aloui	(2004-07-17) 17 July 2004 (age 20)	2024	Youth system
Forwards
7	Youssef Abdelli	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 26)	2024	Étoile du Sahel
9	Rodrigo Rodrigues	(1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 28)	2023	Juventude
11	Youcef Belaïli	(1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 32)	2024	MC Alger
24	Elias Mokwana	(1999-07-25) 25 July 1999 (age 25)	2024	Sekhukhune United
27	Kebba Sowe	(2005-08-08) 8 August 2005 (age 19)	2023	AS Soliman
28	Zinedine Kada	(2005-08-01) 1 August 2005 (age 19)	2024	Youth system
29	Oussama Bouguerra	(1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 27)	2023	Olympique Béja
30	Koussay Maacha	(2007-05-21) 21 May 2007 (age 17)	2024	Youth system
33	Amenallah Frikhi	—	2024	Youth system
Manager	Laurențiu Reghecampf	(1975-09-19) 19 September 1975 (age 49)	2024	Al Tai

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type	Source
1 July 2024	MF	Wael Chaieb	US Tataouine	End of loan	^[3]
	GK	Wassim Karoui	AS Soliman
	FW	Riad Benayad	Raja CA
	DF	Zinedine Sassi	AS Soliman
4 July 2024	GK	Bechir Ben Saïd	US Monastir	Free transfer	^[4]
5 July 2024	DF	Ayman Ben Mohamed	Guingamp		^[5]
11 July 2024	FW	Youssef Abdelli	Étoile du Sahel		^[6]
24 July 2024	DF	Hamza Jelassi	Étoile du Sahel		^[7]
31 July 2024	FW	Youcef Belaïli	MC Alger	Transfer	^[8]^[9]
1 August 2024	MF	Mootez Zaddem	Al Masry	End of loan	^[10]
1 August 2024	FW	Elias Mokwana	Sekhukhune United	Transfer	^[11]
6 August 2024	MF	Larry Azouni	Al Faisaly	Free transfer	^[12]
7 August 2024	MF	Abdramane Konaté	San Pédro	Transfer	^[13]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Type	Source
1 July 2024	FW	Zied Berrima	Stade Tunisien	End of contract	^[14]
	GK	Moez Ben Cherifia	Olympique Béja		^[15]
	MF	Ghailene Chaalali	Al Ahli Tripoli		^[16]
	DF	Hani Amamou	Raja CA		^[17]
	DF	Zied Machmoum	Free agent		—
4 July 2024	FW	André Bukia	Free agent	Mutual termination	^[18]
18 July 2024		Houssam Ghacha	USM Alger	Transfer	^[19]
1 August 2024		Mouhib Selmi	AS Gabès	Transfer	^[20]
2 August 2024	DF	Oussama Shili	Club Africain	Mutual termination	^[21]
28 August 2024	FW	Achref Jebri	Espérance de Zarzis	Loan	^[22]
	DF	Ghassen Mahersi		Transfer	^[23]
	MF	Khalil Guenichi		Loan	^[24]
18 September 2024	MF	Aziz Fellah	AS Gabès	Loan	^[25]
19 September 2024	FW	Aziz Abid	Olympique Béja	Mutual termination	^[26]
20 September 2024	MF	Khairi Meddaoui	Stade Gabèsien	Loan	^[27]
20 September 2024	DF	Aziz Knani	Olympique Béja		^[28]
21 September 2024	MF	Montassar Triki	AS Soliman		^[29]
	GK	Hamza Ghanmi		Transfer
	FW	Rayen Hamrouni		Loan
	FW	Salmen Trabelsi
	DF	Amenallah Majhed
5 October 2024	FW	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda	Ghazl El Mahalla	Transfer	^[30]

Friendlies

27 July 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	11–0	JS Soukra	Tunis
19:00	Ogbelu 8' Ben Ali 15' Tka 23' Kada 25', 40', 45' Sasse 43' Sowe 54', 66' Dhaou 68' Majhed 81'			Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Referee: Majdi Bellagha

31 July 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	10–0	AS Soukra	Tunis
19:00	Sasse 7' Tougai 15' Sowe 37' Kada 47', 66' Jebri 69', 80', 90' Bouchniba 75' A. Derbali 90+4'			Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Referee: Walid Ouni

3 August 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	4–1	AS Oued Ellil	Tunis
19:00	Maacha 8', 33' Kada 59' Abdelli 72'		Harrak 24'	Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Referee: Chamseddine Dhaouadi

10 August 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	AS Gabès	Tabarka
17:00	Bouchniba 23' Sasse 38'			Stadium: La Cigale Referee: Ali Ouerhani

14 August 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	3–0	AS Nefza	Tabarka
17:00				Stadium: La Cigale

17 August 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	1–0	Olympique Béja	Tabarka
17:00	Sasse 15'			Stadium: La Cigale Referee: Khaled Gouider

22 August 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	CS Korba	Tunis
18:00	Sasse 80' Jelassi 83' (pen.)			Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Attendance: 0 (close doors)

24 August 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	AS Soliman	Tunis
18:00	Abdelli 4' Sasse 24'			Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Khaled Trabelsi

1 September 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	1–1	Association Mégrine	Tunis
10:00				Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Attendance: 0 (close doors)

8 September 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	9–1	SA Menzel Bourguiba	Tunis
19:00	Konaté 2', 19' Belaïli 36', 52' Sowe 45', 54' Azouni 82' (pen.) Bououn 88' Aloui 90'			Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Khaled Gouider

13 October 2024 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	1–0	AS Soliman	Tunis
17:00	Azouni			Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Attendance: 0 (close doors)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Starting round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Starting round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	10	5	4	1	15	7	+8	050.00	—	5th	31 August 2024	14–15 May 2025
Tunisian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 32	Round of 32	30 March 2025	2025
2022 Tunisian Super Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Final	Final	2025
2024 Tunisian Super Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Final	Final	16 February 2025
CAF Champions League	5	4	1	0	18	1	+17	080.00	Second round	Group stage	15 September 2024	2025
FIFA Club World Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Group stage	Group stage	16 June 2025	2025
Total	15	9	5	1	33	8	+25	060.00			31 August 2024	2025

Updated to match played 14 December 2024
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

The draw was held on 15 August 2024.^[31]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Club Africain	11	7	3	1	17	4	+13	24	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4	Espérance de Zarzis	11	7	2	2	15	7	+8	23
5	Espérance de Tunis	10	5	4	1	15	7	+8	19
6	Olympique Béja	12	5	3	4	10	11	−1	18
7	CS Sfaxien	10	4	5	1	13	6	+7	17

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.

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	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W
Position	1	1	4	4	6	7	6	5	6	5
Points	3	6	7	8	8	9	12	15	16	19

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2024. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2024 Round 1	Espérance de Tunis	3–0	US Tataouine	Tunis
19:00	Ben Hamida 6' Belaïli 45' Sasse 45+2'	Report	Maaroufi 10' Sekrafi 83' Arbi 84'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Fredj Abdellaoui

25 September 2024 Round 2	AS Soliman	1–2	Espérance de Tunis	Korba
15:30	Foning 17', 62' Ahouangbo 56' Majhed 75'	Report	Ghouma 39' (o.g.) Bouchniba 52' Konaté 66'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Korba Referee: Haithem Trabelsi

29 September 2024 Round 3	Espérance de Tunis	2–2	Stade Tunisien	Tunis
17:30	Belaïli 36' Meriah 53' (pen.) Kada 62'	Report	Arous 31' Oumarou 33', 42', 90+1' Khalfa 36' Touré 76' Ndaw 81'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Seif Ouertani

3 October 2024 Round 4	ES Métlaoui	1–1	Espérance de Tunis	Métlaoui
15:00	Ammar 8' Arfaoui 45+3' Khalifa 78', 90+1' Mhamdi 84' Hermes 87'	Report	Meriah 45+3', 81' Azouni 73' Memmiche 85'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Métlaoui Referee: Badis Ben Salah

20 October 2024 Round 5	Espérance de Zarzis	1–0	Espérance de Tunis	Zarzis
15:00	Charfi 3' Dhaflaoui 17' Romdhane 36' Khalfa 43' Ochigbo 76' Rahmani 90+4'	Report	Bouguerra 56'	Stadium: Stade Abdessalam Kazouz Referee: Amir Ayadi

26 October 2024 Round 6	Espérance de Tunis	0–0	CA Bizertin	Tunis
17:30	Meriah 80'	Report	Guesmi 64' Seydi 79' Cissoko 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Amir Loussif

3 November 2024 Round 7	Étoile du Sahel	0–2	Espérance de Tunis	Sousse
	Gbo 14' Aouani 32' Ouertani 50'	Report	Boughattas 63' (o.g.) Memmiche 76' Mokwana 88'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse Referee: Nidhal Letaief

9 November 2024 Round 8	Espérance de Tunis	2–1	AS Gabès	Tunis
16:30	Bouchniba 19' Maacha 44', 45'	Report	Camara 34'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Sadok Selmi

22 November 2024 Round 9	US Ben Guerdane	1–1	Espérance de Tunis	Ben Guerdane
14:00	Habbassi 10' Yeken 19' Touis 26' Taous 49'	Report	Bouchniba 54' Belaïli 59'	Stadium: Stade du 7 Mars Referee: Houssem Boularesse

1 December 2024 Round 10	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	JS El Omrane	Tunis
16:30	Rodrigues 31' (pen.), 56' Aholou 60'	Report	Zoghlami 12' Omri 58'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Fredj Abdellaoui

22 December 2024 Round 12	Espérance de Tunis	v	Club Africain	Tunis
16:30		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

25 December 2024 Round 11	EGS Gafsa	v	Espérance de Tunis	Gafsa
14:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Gafsa

28–29 December 2024 Round 13	CS Sfaxien	v	Espérance de Tunis	Sfax
		Report		Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri

21–22 January 2025 Round 14	Espérance de Tunis	v	Olympique Béja	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

25–26 January 2025 Round 15	US Monastir	v	Espérance de Tunis	Monastir
		Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet

29–30 January 2025 Round 16	US Tataouine	v	Espérance de Tunis	Tataouine
		Report		Stadium: Stade Nejib Khattab

1–2 February 2025 Round 17	Espérance de Tunis	v	AS Soliman	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

8–9 February 2025 Round 18	Stade Tunisien	v	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hédi Enneifer

11–12 February 2025 Round 19	Espérance de Tunis	v	ES Métlaoui	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

19–20 February 2025 Round 20	Espérance de Tunis	v	Espérance de Zarzis	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

22–23 February 2025 Round 21	CA Bizertin	v	Espérance de Tunis	Bizerte
		Report		Stadium: Stade du 15 Octobre

26–27 February 2025 Round 22	Espérance de Tunis	v	Étoile du Sahel	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

1–2 March 2025 Round 23	AS Gabès	v	Espérance de Tunis	Gabès
		Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal de Gabès

8–9 March 2025 Round 24	Espérance de Tunis	v	US Ben Guerdane	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

15–16 March 2025 Round 25	JS El Omrane	v	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Chedly Zouiten

12–13 April 2025 Round 26	Espérance de Tunis	v	EGS Gafsa	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

19–20 April 2025 Round 27	Club Africain	v	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

26–27 April 2025 Round 28	Espérance de Tunis	v	CS Sfaxien	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

10–11 May 2025 Round 29	Olympique Béja	v	Espérance de Tunis	Béja
		Report		Stadium: Stade Boujemaa Kmiti

14–15 May 2025 Round 30	Espérance de Tunis	v	US Monastir	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	5	4	1	15	7	+8	19	3	2	0	9	3	+6	2	2	1	6	4	+2

Last updated: 1 December 2024.
Source: Competitive matches

Tunisian Cup

Espérance de Tunis will enter the tournament in the round of 32, as they are part of the 2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

2022 Tunisian Super Cup

The Tunisian Super Cup of the last season, originally scheduled to be played on 30 December 2022, was rescheduled to be played this season, due to the unavailability of Stade Hammadi Agrebi.

2025	Espérance de Tunis	v	CS Sfaxien	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

2024 Tunisian Super Cup

16 February 2025	Espérance de Tunis	v	Stade Tunisien	Tunis
				Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024.^[32]^[33]

Second round

15 September 2024 (2024-09-15) First leg	Dekedaha	1–4	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis (Tunisia)
17:00 UTC+1	Abdulle 26' Adan 39' Adepoju 45+2'	Report	Sasse 27' Belaïli 50', 76' Aholou 55' Meriah 66'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21) Second leg	Espérance de Tunis	8–0 (12–1 agg.)	Dekedaha	Tunis
19:00 UTC+1	Sasse 7' Sowe 12' Belaïli 18', 45', 51' Tougai 69' (pen.) Derbali 74' Jelassi 78'	Report	Osman 30' Panoam 80'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Aklesso Gnama (Togo)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage was held on 7 October 2024.^[34]

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	PYR	GDSE	DJO
1	Espérance de Tunis	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	17–18 Jan	4–0
2	Pyramids	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage	3–4 Jan	—	5–1	17–18 Jan
3	Sagrada Esperança	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2^[a]		0–0	10–11 Jan	—	3–4 Jan
4	Djoliba	3	0	2	1	0	4	−4	2^[a]		10–11 Jan	0–0	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: CAF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on goals scored: Sagrada Esperança 1, Djoliba 0.

26 November 2024 (2024-11-26) Matchday 1	Espérance de Tunis	4–0	Djoliba	Tunis
20:00 UTC+1	Bouchniba 4' Elias Mokwana 40' Bouguerra 76' Ben Mohamed 78' Maacha 90+5'	Report	Glougbe 59' Sogoba 72' Keita 86'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

6 December 2024 (2024-12-06) Matchday 2	Sagrada Esperança	0–0	Espérance de Tunis	Luanda^{[note 1]}
17:00 UTC+1	Diallo 40' Doce 64' Barbosa 83' Papel 87'	Report	Tka 88' Jelassi 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

14 December 2024 (2024-12-14) Matchday 3	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	Pyramids	Tunis
20:00 UTC+1	Belaïli 36' Mokwana 45+3' Memmiche 77'	Report	Mayele 43'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

3–4 January 2025 (2025-01) Matchday 4	Pyramids	v	Espérance de Tunis	Cairo
--:-- UTC+2		Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium

10–11 January 2025 (2025-01) Matchday 5	Djoliba	v	Espérance de Tunis	Bamako
--:-- UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars

17–18 January 2025 (2025-01) Matchday 6	Espérance de Tunis	v	Sagrada Esperança	Tunis
--:-- UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

FIFA Club World Cup

On 26 April 2024, Espérance de Tunis secured a slot in the FIFA Club World Cup via CAF 4-year ranking following a 1–0 away win against Mamelodi Sundowns.^[1] The draw was held on 5 December 2024.^[35]

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Flamengo	Advance to knockout stage
2	Espérance de Tunis	Advance to knockout stage
3	Chelsea
4	León

First match(es) will be played: June 16, 2025. Source: FIFA

16 June 2025 (2025-06-16) Matchday 1	Flamengo	v	Espérance de Tunis	Philadelphia, United States
21:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field

20 June 2025 (2025-06-20) Matchday 2	León	v	Espérance de Tunis	Nashville, United States
17:00 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Geodis Park

24 June 2025 (2025-06-24) Matchday 3	Espérance de Tunis	v	Chelsea	Philadelphia, United States
21:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field

Statistics

¹ Includes 2022 Tunisian Super Cup, 2024 Tunisian Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
^‡ Player played at least one game and left the club during the season.
^y Youth team

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Tunisian Cup		CAF Champions League		Other¹
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Amenallah Memmiche	14	0	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF		Mohamed Ben Ali	6	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF		Koussay Smiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Mohamed Wael Derbali	6	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
5	DF		Yassine Meriah	12	3	9	2	0	0	3	1	0	0
6	DF		Hamza Jelassi	10	1	6	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
7	FW		Youssef Abdelli	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Houssem Tka	15	0	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
9	FW		Rodrigo Rodrigues	8	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0
10	MF		Yan Sasse	11	3	9	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
11	FW		Youcef Belaïli	13	8	8	2	0	0	5	6	0	0
12	MF		Wajdi Issaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Raed Bouchniba	13	2	9	1	0	0	4	1	0	0
14	MF		Onuche Ogbelu	10	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
15	DF		Mohamed Amine Tougai	9	1	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
16	GK		Mohamed Mokhtar Aifaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Zakaria El Ayeb	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF		Roger Aholou	11	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
19	MF		Mootez Zaddem	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	15	1	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	0
21	MF		Abdramane Konaté	11	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	0
22	DF		Ayman Ben Mohamed	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Larry Azouni	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24	FW		Elias Mokwana	12	3	8	1	0	0	4	2	0	0
26	GK		Mohamed Sedki Debchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Kebba Sowe	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
28	FW		Zinedine Kada	7	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	FW		Oussama Bouguerra	10	1	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
30	FW		Koussay Maacha	6	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
31	MF		Haytham Dhaou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Bechir Ben Saïd	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33	FW		Amenallah Frikhi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Mohamed Aloui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Aziz Kodhai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 14 December 2024
Source: Competitions

Goals

As of 14 December 2024^[update]

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	Ligue 1	CAF Champions League	Total
1	11	FW	Youcef Belaïli	2	6	8
2	10	MF	Yan Sasse	1	2	3
	5	DF	Yassine Meriah	2	1
	24	FW	Elias Mokwana	1	2
5	13	DF	Raed Bouchniba	1	1	2
	30	FW	Koussay Maacha	1	1
	9	FW	Rodrigo Rodrigues	2	0
8	20	DF	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	1	0	1
	27	FW	Kebba Sowe	0	1
	15	DF	Mohamed Amine Tougai	0	1
	4	MF	Mohamed Wael Derbali	0	1
	6	DF	Hamza Jelassi	0	1
	21	MF	Abdramane Konaté	1	0
	28	FW	Zinedine Kada	1	0
	29	FW	Oussama Bouguerra	0	1
Own goals				2	0	2
Total				15	18	33

Assists

As of 14 December 2024^[update]

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	Ligue 1	CAF Champions League	Total
1	11	FW	Youcef Belaïli	1	5	6
2	8	MF	Houssem Tka	3	0	3
3	27	FW	Kebba Sowe	0	2	2
	7	FW	Youssef Abdelli	2	0
	10	MF	Yan Sasse	2	0
	24	FW	Elias Mokwana	0	1
7	21	MF	Abdramane Konaté	0	1	1
	14	MF	Onuche Ogbelu	1	0
	2	DF	Mohamed Ben Ali	0	1
	20	DF	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	1	0
Total				10	11	21

Cleansheets

As of 14 December 2024^[update]

Rank	No.	Player	Ligue 1	CAF Champions League	Total
1	1	Amenallah Memmiche	4	3	7
2	32	Bechir Ben Saïd	0	1	1
Total			4	4	8

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name						Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Ligue 1	Tunisian Cup	CAF Champions League	Other¹	Total	Notes
1	GK		Amenallah Memmiche	2		1		3
13	DF		Raed Bouchniba	2				2
18	MF		Roger Aholou	1		1		2
11	FW		Youcef Belaïli	1				1
5	DF		Yassine Meriah	1				1
23	MF		Larry Azouni	1				1
29	FW		Oussama Bouguerra	1				1
30	FW		Koussay Maacha	1				1
22	DF		Ayman Ben Mohamed			1		1
8	MF		Houssem Tka			1		1
6	DF		Hamza Jelassi			1		1

Last updated: 14 December 2024
Source: Competitions
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Milestones

Debuts

The following players made their competitive debuts for the first team during the campaign.

Legend

– Indicates youth academy debut.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Final score	Opponent	Competition
31 August 2024 (2024-08-31)	7	FW	Youssef Abdelli^{[note 2]}	25	3–0 (H)	US Tataouine	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
	11	FW	Youcef Belaïli^{[note 3]}	32
	22	DF	Ayman Ben Mohamed^{[note 4]}	29
	23	MF	Larry Azouni	30
	21	MF	Abdramane Konaté	18
	24	FW	Elias Mokwana	25
21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)	32	GK	Bechir Ben Saïd	31	8–0 (H)	Dekedaha	CAF Champions League
21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)	6	DF	Hamza Jelassi	32	8–0 (H)	Dekedaha	CAF Champions League
9 November 2024 (2024-11-09)	30	FW	Koussay Maacha	17	2–1 (H)	AS Gabès	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

First goals

The following players scored their first goals for Espérance de Tunis first team during the campaign.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Score	Final score	Opponent	Competition
31 August 2024 (2024-08-31)	11	FW	Youcef Belaïli^{[note 3]}	32	2–0 (H)	3–0 (H)	US Tataouine	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)	6	DF	Hamza Jelassi	32	8–0 (H)	8–0 (H)	Dekedaha	CAF Champions League
25 September 2024 (2024-09-25)	21	MF	Abdramane Konaté	18	1–2 (A)	1–2 (A)	AS Soliman	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)	28	FW	Zinedine Kada	19	2–2 (H)	2–2 (H)	Stade Tunisien
3 November 2024 (2024-11-03)	24	FW	Elias Mokwana	25	0–2 (A)	0–2 (A)	Étoile du Sahel
9 November 2024 (2024-11-09)	30	FW	Koussay Maacha	17	2–1 (H)	2–1 (H)	AS Gabès

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Notes

^ Sagrada Esperança are playing their home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, instead of their regular stadium, Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, which did not meet CAF requirements.
^ Abdelli played previously for Espérance de Tunis in 2020.
^ ^a ^b Belaïli played previously for Espérance de Tunis twice from 2012 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2019, scoring 21 goals.
^ Ben Mohamed played previously for Espérance de Tunis from 2016 to 2019.

References

^ ^a ^b "Mamelodi Sundowns and ES Tunis reach Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25". FIFA. 26 April 2024.
^ "في اجتماع هيئة التسوية مع الأندية اتفاق على عديد النقاط". Tunisian Football Federation (in Arabic). 28 November 2024.
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^ "يوسف العبدلي مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 11 July 2024.
^ "حمزة الجلاصي مكشخ لموسمين". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 24 July 2024.
^ "بيان". MC Alger (in Arabic). 28 July 2024.
^ "يوسف البلايلي مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 31 July 2024.
^ "شكرا زدام". Al Masry SC (in Arabic). 30 July 2024.
^ "إلياس موكوانا مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 1 August 2024.
^ "لاري العزوني مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 6 August 2024.
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^ "مرحبا غسان و حظ موفق". Espérance Sportive de Zarzis (in Arabic). 28 August 2024.
^ "مرحبا خليل و حظ موفق". Espérance Sportive de Zarzis (in Arabic). 28 August 2024.
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^ "FIFA Club World Cup 2025 draw set for 5 December in Miami". FIFA. 11 November 2024.

External links

Taraji Plus

[table_hth_SAG0.2901010821993-35] Ranked on goals scored: Sagrada Esperança 1, Djoliba 0.

[36] Sagrada Esperança are playing their home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, instead of their regular stadium, Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, which did not meet CAF requirements.

[38] Abdelli played previously for Espérance de Tunis in 2020.

[Belaïli-39] Belaïli played previously for Espérance de Tunis twice from 2012 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2019, scoring 21 goals.

[40] Ben Mohamed played previously for Espérance de Tunis from 2016 to 2019.

[FIFA_Club_World_Cup-1] "Mamelodi Sundowns and ES Tunis reach Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25". FIFA. 26 April 2024.

[2] "في اجتماع هيئة التسوية مع الأندية اتفاق على عديد النقاط". Tunisian Football Federation (in Arabic). 28 November 2024.

[3] "في يوم واحد.. عودة 11 لاعبًا إلى صفوف الترجي". winwin (in Arabic). 1 July 2024.

[4] "بن سعيد مكشخ لمدة ثلاث سنوات". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 4 July 2024.

[5] "أيمن بن محمد مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 5 July 2024.

[6] "يوسف العبدلي مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 11 July 2024.

[7] "حمزة الجلاصي مكشخ لموسمين". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 24 July 2024.

[8] "بيان". MC Alger (in Arabic). 28 July 2024.

[9] "يوسف البلايلي مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 31 July 2024.

[10] "شكرا زدام". Al Masry SC (in Arabic). 30 July 2024.

[11] "إلياس موكوانا مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 1 August 2024.

[12] "لاري العزوني مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 6 August 2024.

[13] "عبد الرحمان كوناتي". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 7 August 2024.

[14] "أمضى المهاجم صاحب 23 سنة زياد برّيمة عقدا مع الملعب التونسي لمدة 3 مواسم قادما من الترجي الرياضي التونسي". Stade Tunisien (in Arabic). 3 July 2024.

[15] "Le gardien international est arrivé à Béja". Olympique Béja (in French). 20 August 2024.

[16] "اسم غيلان في اللغة يعني الضخم القوي و في الأهلي سيكون النجم المضيء". Al Ahli SC (Tripoli) (in Arabic). 26 August 2024.

[17] "It's official". Raja CA. 20 September 2024.

[18] "Chers membres du club et chers supporters". André Bukia (in French). 4 July 2024.

[19] "راني هنا". USM Alger (in Arabic). 18 July 2024.

[20] "مهيب السالمي من جديد بأزياء المستقبل الرياضي بقابس لمدة 2 مواسم". AS Gabès (in Arabic). 1 August 2024.

[21] "Oussama Shili signe au Club Africain". Club Africain (in French). 2 August 2024.

[22] "مرحبا أشرف و حظ موفق". Espérance Sportive de Zarzis (in Arabic). 28 August 2024.

[23] "مرحبا غسان و حظ موفق". Espérance Sportive de Zarzis (in Arabic). 28 August 2024.

[24] "مرحبا خليل و حظ موفق". Espérance Sportive de Zarzis (in Arabic). 28 August 2024.

[25] "محمد عزيز فلاح من جديد بألوان الكرلاج بعد إعارة بسنة إضافية من الترجي الرياضي التونسي". AS Gabès (in Arabic). 18 September 2024.

[26] "Le milieu offensif tunisien est arrivé à Béja". Olympique Béja (in French). 20 September 2024.

[27] "خيرالدين مداوي 20 سنة لاعب وسط قادم من الترجي الرياضي التونسي إعارة لمدة موسم". Stade Gabèsien (in Arabic). 20 September 2024.

[28] "Le défenseur tunisien est arrivé à Béja". Olympique Béja (in French). 20 September 2024.

[29] "قائمة المنتدبين في الميركاتو الصيفي". AS Soliman (in Arabic). 21 September 2024.

[30] "من باب سويقة لقلعة الدلتا بن حمودة محلاوي". Ghazl El Mahalla SC (in Arabic). 5 October 2024.

[31] "سحب قرعة رزنامة بطولة الرابطة المحترفة الأولى للموسم الرياضي 2024/2025". Tunisian Football Federation (in Arabic). 15 August 2024.

[32] "CAF to conduct Preliminary Draw of 2024/25 CAF Interclub season on Thursday". Confederation of African Football. 10 July 2024.

[33] "New Champions League season kicks off with high-stakes preliminary round matches". Confederation of African Football. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[34] "CAF announces TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw Date". Confederation of African Football. 22 September 2023.

[37] "FIFA Club World Cup 2025 draw set for 5 December in Miami". FIFA. 11 November 2024.

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