In the 2019–20 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 65th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League, the Arab Club Champions Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup, the CAF Super Cup and the Tunisian Cup.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2019.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Nat. Position Name Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 GK Moez Ben Cherifia Youth system 19 GK Rami Jridi CS Sfax Defenders 4 CB Amine Ben Hamida AS Soliman CB Afif Jebali Youth system 5 CB Chamseddine Dhaouadi Étoile Sportive du Sahel 6 CB Mohamed Ali Yacoubi US Quevilly-Rouen 12 CB Khalil Chemmam Youth system 22 RB Sameh Derbali Al Ahli SC 23 LB Ilyes Chetti JS Kabylie 24 RB Iheb Mbarki Thonon Évian 26 LB Houcine Rabii ES Zarzis 30 CB Abdelkader Bedrane ES Sétif Malek Charfi ES Métlaoui CB Mohamed Amine Tougai NA Hussein Dey Midfielders 3 DM Kwame Bonsu Asante Kotoko 15 DM Fousseny Coulibaly Stade tunisien 17 LW Hamdou Elhouni Desportivo das Aves 29 CM Youssef Mosrati Youth system 18 CB / DM Raouf Benguit Paradou AC 27 CM Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane Youth system 28 DM Mohamed Amine Meskini CS Hammam-Lif Forwards 7 LW Billel Bensaha DRB Tadjenanet 8 RW Anice Badri Royal Excel Mouscron 9 FW Ibrahim Ouattara CA Bizertin 11 FW Taha Yassine Khenissi CS Sfax 13 RW Raed Fedaa Youth system 14 FW Haythem Jouini CD Tenerife 16 FW Zied Berrima Youth system 29 FW Junior Lokosa Kano Pillars 25 RW Fedi Ben Choug CA Bizertin LW Maher Ben Seghaier CA Bizerte 4 ST / LW Abderrahmane Meziane Al Ain
Pre-season
Competitions Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1
| style="background:gold;"| Winners | 24 August 2019 | 13 September 2020 |- | Tunisian Cup
| Round of 32 | style="background:silver;"| Runners–up | 11 March 2020 | 27 September 2020 |- | Super Cup
| Final | style="background:gold;"| Winners | colspan=2| 20 September 2020 |- | CAF Super Cup
| Final | style="background:silver;"| Runners–up | colspan=2| 14 February 2020 |- | Champions League
| First round | Quarter-finals | 15 September 2019 | 6 March 2020 |- | Club Champions Cup
| First round | Second round | 20 August 2019 | 23 November 2019 |- | FIFA Club World Cup
| Second round | Fifth place | 14 December 2019 | 17 December 2019 |- ! Total
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Tunisian Cup
Tunisian Super Cup
CAF Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
Champions League
First round
Group stage
Group D
knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Club Championship Cup
First round
Second round
Squad information Playing statistics
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No.Nat.PlayerPos.CAF Super CupClub World CupTOTAL8 Anice Badri FW 6 0 2 0 0 2 1017 Hamdou Elhouni MF 4 1 1 1 0 3 1011 Taha Yassine Khenissi FW 5 1 0 2 0 0 818 Raouf Benguit MF 1 2 3 0 1 0 725 Fedi Ben Choug FW 4 0 2 0 0 0 69 Ibrahim Ouattara FW 3 0 2 0 0 0 515 Fousseny Coulibaly MF 2 1 1 0 0 0 47 Billel Bensaha FW 1 1 1 0 0 0 36 Mohamed Ali Yacoubi DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 330 Abdelkader Bedrane DF 1 0 0 1 0 0 22 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda FW 1 1 0 0 0 0 226 Ilyes Chetti MF 1 1 0 0 0 0 213 Raed Fedaa FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 127 Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 124 Iheb Mbarki DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 114 Haythem Jouini FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 122 Sameh Derbali DF 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 Kwame Bonsu MF 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 Abderrahmane Meziane FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Youssef Mosrati MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 116 Zied Berrima FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1Own Goals 1 0 0 0 0 0 1Totals 41 8 12 5 1 6 73
Transfers
In DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 29 June 2019 FW Billel Bensaha DRB Tadjenanet Free transfer 29 June 2019 DF Abdelkader Bedrane ES Sétif Free transfer 2 July 2019 CB / DM Raouf Benguit Paradou AC 742,000 US$ 2 July 2019 MF Ilyes Chetti JS Kabylie 175,000 US$ 7 July 2019 FW Ibrahim Ouattara CA Bizertin Free transfer 7 July 2019 FW Fedi Ben Choug CA Bizertin Free transfer 7 July 2019 GK Sedki Debchi AS Gabès Free transfer 25 July 2019 MF Kwame Bonsu Asante Kotoko Free transfer 26 August 2019 MF Samuel Atvati Stade Gabèsien Free transfer 28 December 2019 DF Mohamed Amine Tougai NA Hussein Dey 200,000 € 31 December 2019 FW Youssef Abdelli RC Lens Undisclosed 18 January 2020 DF Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda AS Soliman Undisclosed 18 January 2020 FW Abderrahmane Meziane Al Ain 1,500,000 US$
Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 1 June 2019 MF Saad Bguir Abha Club Free transfer 12 June 2019 GK Ali Jemal Stade Tunisien Free transfer éè June 2019 MF Franck Kom Al-Rayyan SC Free transfer 3 July 2019 FW Bilel Mejri Étoile Sportive du Sahel Free transfer 17 July 2019 MF Khemaies Maaouani AS Soliman Free transfer 20 July 2019 DF Ali Machani Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Free transfer 22 July 2019 MF Ghailene Chaalali Yeni Malatyaspor Free transfer 22 July 2019 GK Sadok Yeddes CA Bizertin Free transfer 1 August 2019 FW Adem Rejaibi CA Bizertin Free transfer 14 August 2019 MF Ayman Ben Mohamed Le Havre AC Free transfer 29 August 2019 MF Youcef Belaïli Al-Ahli 3,300,000 € 15 January 2020 FW Anice Badri Al-Ittihad 500,000 US$ 21 January 2020 FW Haythem Jouini Al-Ain Undisclosed
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