2025–26 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

Espérance de Tunis
2025–26 season
President	Hamdi Meddeb
Head coach	Maher Kanzari
Stadium	Hammadi Agrebi Stadium
Ligue 1	3rd
Tunisian Cup	Round of 32
Tunisian Super Cup	Winners
CAF Champions League	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Abdramane Konaté; Onuche Ogbelu; Youcef Belaïli; Achref Jabri; Yan Sasse (1); All: ; Youcef Belaïli (2)
Biggest win	JS Kairouan 0–4 Espérance de Tunis; (21 August 2025)
	All statistics correct as of 21 August 2025.

The 2025–26 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season is the 107th season in existence and the club's 71st consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football.

In addition to the domestic league, Espérance de Tunis are participing in this season editions of the Tunisian Cup, the Tunisian Super Cup and the CAF Champions League.

Squad list

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

Staff

Chamseddine Dhaouadi (assistant manager)
Sami Zommit (assistant manager)
Ghassen Bouchareb (assistant manager)
Léo Djaoui (fitness manager)
Walid Charchari (Analyst)
Yassine Ben Ahmed (doctor)

Other players under contract

Oussama Bouguerra
Zakaria El Ayeb
Aziz Fellah
Zinedine Kada
Amenallah Majhed
Khairi Meddaoui
Mohamed Mouhli
Bilel Sahli
Kebba Sowe
Salmen Trabelsi
Mootez Zaddem

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Amenallah Memmiche	(2004-04-20) 20 April 2004	2023	Youth system
16	Mokhtar Ifaoui	(2003-03-02) 2 March 2003	2025	Youth system
26	Mohamed Sedki Debchi	(1999-10-28) 28 October 1999	2019	AS Gabès
32	Bechir Ben Saïd	(1992-11-29) 29 November 1992	2024	US Monastir
Defenders
2	Mohamed Ben Ali	(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995	2022	CS Sfaxien
3	Ibrahima Keita	(2001-11-08) 8 November 2001	2025	TP Mazembe
5	Yassine Meriah (C)	(1993-07-02) 2 July 1993	2022	Al Ain
6	Hamza Jelassi	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991	2024	Étoile du Sahel
12	Nidhal Laifi	(1998-05-01) 1 May 1998	2025	Stade Tunisien
13	Raed Bouchniba	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003	2022	Youth system
15	Mohamed Amine Tougai	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000	2020	NA Hussein Dey
20	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	(1995-12-15) 15 December 1995	2016	Youth system
25	Elyas Bouzaiene	(1997-09-08) 8 September 1997	2024	Västerås SK
35	Aziz Koudhai	(2004-08-07) 7 August 2004	2024	Youth system
—	Aziz Knani	(2002-03-20) 20 March 2002	2022	Youth system
Midfielders
4	Mohamed Wael Derbali	(2003-06-18) 18 June 2003	2023	Olympique Béja
8	Houssem Tka	(2000-08-16) 16 August 2000	2023	US Monastir
10	Yan Sasse	(1997-06-24) 24 June 1997	2023	Wellington Phoenix
14	Onuche Ogbelu	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003	2023	Nasarawa United
17	Haytham Dhaou	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005	2025	Youth system
21	Abdramane Konaté	(2006-06-25) 25 June 2006	2024	San Pédro
23	Arkem Taboubi	(2006-10-05) 5 October 2006	2025	Youth system
27	Khalil Guenichi	(2002-12-11) 11 December 2002	2022	Youth system
31	Chiheb Jebali	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996	2025	US Monastir
—	Wajdi Issaoui	(2005-01-08) 8 January 2005	2025	Youth system
Forwards
7	Rayen Hamrouni	(2003-01-29) 29 January 2003	2023	Youth system
11	Youcef Belaïli	(1992-03-14) 14 March 1992	2024	MC Alger
19	Achref Jabri	(2001-12-16) 16 December 2001	2022	Youth system
24	Elias Mokwana	(1999-07-25) 25 July 1999	2024	Sekhukhune United
28	Younes Rached	(1999-04-10) 10 April 1999	2025	ES Zarzis
29	Aboubacar Diakité	(2006-12-31) 31 December 2006	2025	Djoliba
30	Koussay Maacha	(2007-05-21) 21 May 2007	2024	Youth system
33	Ahmed Bouassida	(2004-07-09) 9 July 2004	2025	ES Métlaoui
34	Jack Diarra	(2006-06-16) 16 June 2006	2025	Salitas
Manager	Maher Kanzari	(1973-03-17) 17 March 1973	2025	Stade Tunisien

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type	Source
1 July 2025	MF	Aziz Fellah	AS Gabès	End of loan	—
	MF	Khairi Meddaoui	Stade Gabèsien
	DF	Aziz Knani	Olympique Béja
	FW	Salmen Trabelsi	AS Soliman
	DF	Amenallah Majhed	AS Soliman
	MF	Mootez Zaddem	Modern Sport
	FW	Kebba Sowe	Al Kholood
		Oussama Bouguerra	Al Batin
		Jack Diarra	Salitas	Transfer	^[1]
15 July 2025	DF	Ibrahima Keita	TP Mazembe	Free transfer	^[2]
	FW	Ahmed Bouassida	ES Métlaoui	Transfer	^[3]
	FW	Younes Rached	ES Zarzis	Free transfer	^[4]
18 July 2025	DF	Nidhal Laifi	Stade Tunisien	Free transfer	—

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Type	Source
1 July 2025	GK	Wassim Karoui	Free agent	End of contract	—
	DF	Raed Fedaa
	MF	Montassar Triki
	DF	Ayman Ben Mohamed
	MF	Larry Azouni	Dibba Al Hisn	Free transfer
27 July 2025	DF	Koussay Smiri	Al Khor	Loan	^[5]
29 July 2025	MF	Roger Aholou	Free agent	Mutual termination	—
20 August 2025	FW	Rodrigo Rodrigues	Coritiba	Free transfer	^[6]

Friendlies

18 July 2025 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	AS Marsa	Tunis
17:30	Bouchniba Laifi			Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Referee: Abdessalem Mani

25 July 2025 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	1–1	Mauritania A'	Tabarka
17:30	Jelassi 18'		Hacen	Stadium: La Cigale Referee: Montassar Belarbi

27 July 2025 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	0–1	Al Masry	Tunis
17:30		Report	Mohsen 54'	Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Naim Hosni

30 July 2025 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	3–0	AS Soliman	Tunis
17:30	Rached 23' Belaïli 61' Diakité 88'			Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Radhouane Belwaer

13 August 2025 Friendly	Espérance de Tunis	1–1	Sporting Ben Arous	Tunis
16:30	Amdouni		Ferchichi (pen.)	Stadium: Espérance de Tunis Training Center Referee: Sofiane Ouertani

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	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	033.33	—	3rd	9 August 2025	2026
Tunisian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 32	Round of 32	2025–2026	2025–2026
Tunisian Super Cup	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	Final	Winners	3 August 2025
CAF Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	First round	First round	19–21 September 2025	2025–2026
Total	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	050.00			3 August 2025	2026

Updated to match played 21 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

The draw was held on 19 July 2025.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES Zarzis	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Club Africain	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Qualification for the Champions League
3	Espérance de Tunis	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4	Stade Tunisien	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
5	US Ben Guerdane	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2025. 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W
Position	10	9
Points	1	2	5

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2025. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 August 2025 Round 1	AS Gabès	0–0	Espérance de Tunis	Gabès
16:30	Beji 62' Ben Amor 72' Trabelsi 72' Yaakoubi 78' Letifi 90+6'	Report	Guenichi 57' Ben Hamida 86'	Stadium: Gabès Municipal Stadium Referee: Fredj Abdellaoui

15 August 2025 Round 2	Espérance de Tunis	1–1	US Monastir	Tunis
16:30	Ben Ali 14' Konaté 20'	Report	Hadj Ali 13' Abdelli 67'	Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium Referee: Sadok Selmi

21 August 2025 Round 3	JS Kairouan	0–4	Espérance de Tunis	Kairouan
16:30		Report	Ogbelu 22' Belaïli 26' Jabri 45+2' Sasse 48'	Stadium: Hamda Laouani Stadium Referee: Naim Hosni

28 August 2025 Round 4	Espérance de Tunis	v	AS Soliman	Tunis
16:30		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

11–13 September 2025 Round 5	Stade Tunisien	v	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Hédi Enneifer Stadium

16–17 September 2025 Round 6	Espérance de Tunis	v	ES Métlaoui	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

24 September 2025 Round 7	Espérance de Tunis	v	Olympique Béja	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

1 October 2025 Round 8	AS Marsa	v	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Abdelaziz Chtioui Stadium

4–5 October 2025 Round 9	Espérance de Tunis	v	Étoile du Sahel	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

18–19 October 2025 Round 10	ES Zarzis	v	Espérance de Tunis	Zarzis
		Report		Stadium: Abdessalam Kazouz Stadium

25–26 October 2025 Round 11	Espérance de Tunis	v	CA Bizertin	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

1–2 November 2025 Round 12	CS Sfaxien	v	Espérance de Tunis	Sfax
		Report		Stadium: Taieb Mhiri Stadium

4–6 November 2025 Round 13	Espérance de Tunis	v	JS El Omrane	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

8–9 November 2025 Round 14	Club Africain	v	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

22–23 November 2025 Round 15	Espérance de Tunis	v	US Ben Guerdane	Tunis
		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

January 2026 Round 16	Espérance de Tunis	v	AS Gabès	Tunis
				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

2026 Round 17	US Monastir	v	Espérance de Tunis	Monastir
				Stadium: Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium

2026 Round 18	Espérance de Tunis	v	JS Kairouan	Tunis
				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

2026 Round 19	AS Soliman	v	Espérance de Tunis	Soliman
				Stadium: Soliman Municipal Stadium

2026 Round 20	Espérance de Tunis	v	Stade Tunisien	Tunis
				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

2026 Round 21	ES Métlaoui	v	Espérance de Tunis	Métlaoui
				Stadium: Métlaoui Municipal Stadium

2026 Round 22	Olympique Béja	v	Espérance de Tunis	Béja
				Stadium: Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium

2026 Round 23	Espérance de Tunis	v	AS Marsa	Tunis
				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

2026 Round 24	Étoile du Sahel	v	Espérance de Tunis	Sousse
				Stadium: Sousse Olympic Stadium

2026 Round 25	Espérance de Tunis	v	ES Zarzis	Tunis
				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

2026 Round 26	CA Bizertin	v	Espérance de Tunis	Bizerte
				Stadium: 15 October Stadium

2026 Round 27	Espérance de Tunis	v	CS Sfaxien	Tunis
				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

2026 Round 28	JS El Omrane	v	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis
				Stadium: Chedly Zouiten Stadium

2026 Round 29	Espérance de Tunis	v	Club Africain	Tunis
				Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

2026 Round 30	US Ben Guerdane	v	Espérance de Tunis	Ben Guerdane
				Stadium: 7 March Stadium

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
3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	+4

Last updated: 21 August 2025.
Source: Competitive matches

Tunisian Cup

Espérance de Tunis will enter the tournament in the round of 32, as they are part of the 2025–26 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Tunisian Super Cup

3 August 2025 Final	Espérance de Tunis	1–0	Stade Tunisien	Tunis
17:15	Belaïli 39' (pen.) Guenichi 45+5' Ben Hamida 69'	Report	Sahraoui 37' Touré 61' Atoui 90+4'	Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Houssem Boularesse

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2025.^[7]

First round

19–21 September 2025 (2025-09) First leg	AS FAN	v	Espérance de Tunis	Niamey
--:-- UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché

26–28 September 2025 (2025-09) Second leg	Espérance de Tunis	v	AS FAN	Tunis
--:-- UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium

Statistics

Playing statistics

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Tunisian Cup		CAF Champions League		Tunisian Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Amenallah Memmiche	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Mohamed Ben Ali	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Ibrahima Keita	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF		Mohamed Wael Derbali	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Yassine Meriah	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Hamza Jelassi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Houssem Tka	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Yan Sasse	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Youcef Belaïli	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
12	DF		Nidhal Laifi	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF		Onuche Ogbelu	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Mohamed Amine Tougai	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Haytham Dhaou	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW		Achref Jabri	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF		Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF		Abdramane Konaté	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF		Arkem Taboubi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Khalil Guenichi	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	FW		Younes Rached	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW		Aboubacar Diakité	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF		Chiheb Jebali	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Bechir Ben Saïd	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Ahmed Bouassida	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: 21 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Goals

As of 21 August 2025

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	Ligue 1	Tunisian Super Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Youcef Belaïli	1	1	2
2	21	MF	Abdramane Konaté	1	0	1
	14	MF	Onuche Ogbelu	1	0
	19	FW	Achref Jabri	1	0
	10	MF	Yan Sasse	1	0
Total				5	1	6

Assists

As of 21 August 2025

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	Ligue 1	Total
1	20	DF	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	2	2
1	11	FW	Youcef Belaïli	2	2
3	2	DF	Mohamed Ben Ali	1	1
Total				5	5

Cleansheets

As of 21 August 2025

Rank	No.	Player	Ligue 1	Tunisian Super Cup	Total
1	1	Amenallah Memmiche	1	1	2
2	32	Bechir Ben Saïd	1	0	1
Total			2	1	3

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name						Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Ligue 1	Tunisian Cup	CAF Champions League	Tunisian Super Cup	Total	Notes
27	MF		Khalil Guenichi	1			1	2
20	DF		Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	1			1	2
2	DF		Mohamed Ben Ali	1				1

Last updated: 21 August 2025
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
3 August 2025 (2025-08-03)	3	DF	Ibrahima Keita	23	1–0 (N)	Stade Tunisien	Tunisian Super Cup
	28	FW	Younes Rached	26
	12	DF	Nidhal Laifi	27
	33	FW	Ahmed Bouassida	21
15 August 2025 (2025-08-15)	23	MF	Arkem Taboubi	18	1–1 (H)	US Monastir	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

(H) — Home; (A) — Away; (N) — Neutral

First goals

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

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Age	Score	Final score	Opponent	Competition

(H) — Home; (A) — Away; (N) — Neutral

References

^ "الجناح الدولي البوركينابي ديارا يوقع للترجي". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 13 June 2025.
^ "إبراهيما كايتا مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 15 July 2025.
^ "أحمد بوعصيدة مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 15 July 2025.
^ "يونس راشد مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 15 July 2025.
^ "Defender Koussay Smiri officially joins Al-Khor Knights for one season". Al-Khor SC. 27 July 2025.
^ "Rodrigo Rodrigues é nosso novo reforço". Coritiba Foot Ball Club. 20 August 2025.
^ "CAF to stage the TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Preliminary Draw in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday". Confederation of African Football. 5 August 2025.

External links

Taraji Plus

[1] "الجناح الدولي البوركينابي ديارا يوقع للترجي". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 13 June 2025.

[2] "إبراهيما كايتا مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 15 July 2025.

[3] "أحمد بوعصيدة مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 15 July 2025.

[4] "يونس راشد مكشخ". Espérance Sportive de Tunis (in Arabic). 15 July 2025.

[5] "Defender Koussay Smiri officially joins Al-Khor Knights for one season". Al-Khor SC. 27 July 2025.

[6] "Rodrigo Rodrigues é nosso novo reforço". Coritiba Foot Ball Club. 20 August 2025.

[7] "CAF to stage the TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Preliminary Draw in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday". Confederation of African Football. 5 August 2025.

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