In the 2017–18 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 63rd 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 and the Tunisian Cup.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2017.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 23 GK Ali Jemal US Ben Guerdane Defenders 2 Malek Charfi ES Métlaoui 2 Ali Machani CA Bizerte 3 Ferid Matri FC Le Mont 4 Montassar Talbi Youth system 5 Chamseddine Dhaouadi Étoile Sportive du Sahel 12 Khalil Chemmam Vitória de Guimarães 22 Sameh Derbali Al Ahli SC 24 Iheb Mbarki Thonon Évian Midfielders 3 Chamseddine Chaona Youth system 7 Adam Rejaibi CA Bizerte 10 Änis Ben-Hatira Gaziantepspor 15 Fousseny Coulibaly Stade Tunisien 17 Maher Ben Sghaïer CA Bizerte 18 Saad Bguir Stade Gabèsien 20 Ayman Ben Mohamed Bohemian 21 Mohamed Ali Moncer CS Sfaxien 25 Ghailene Chaalali Youth system 26 Houcine Rabii ES Zarzis 28 Mohamed Amine Meskini CS Hammam-Lif 30 Franck Kom Karlsruher SC Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane Youth system Ferjani Sassi FC Metz Forwards 8 Anice Badri Royal Excel Mouscron 9 Bilel Mejri Youth system 11 Youcef Belaïli Angers SCO 14 Haythem Jouini CD Tenerife 29 Taha Yassine Khenissi CS Sfaxien Michael Eneramo Ettifaq FC Fakhreddine Ben Youssef CS Sfaxien

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 | 15 August 2017 | 10 May 2018 |- | Tunisian Cup

| colspan=2| Round of 32 | colspan=2| 4 February 2018 |- | 2017 Champions League

| colspan=2| Quarter-finals | 16 September 2017 | 23 September 2017 |- | 2018 Champions League

| Preliminary round | style="background:gold;"| Winners | 10 February 2018 | 9 November 2018 |- | Club Champions Cup

| Group stage | style="background:gold;"| Winners | 24 July 2017 | 6 August 2017 |- ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Tunisian Cup

2017 Champions League

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

2018 Champions League

Preliminary round

First round

Group stage Group A

Club Championship Cup

Group stage Group C

Semi-finals

Final

Squad information Playing statistics

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=14 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.

Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 1 July 2017 MF Maher Ben Sghaïer CA Bizerte Free transfer 1 July 2017 FW Haythem Jouini CD Tenerife Loan Return 6 July 2017 MF Franck Kom Karlsruher SC Free transfer 22 July 2017 MF Mohamed Amine Meskini CS Hammam-Lif Free transfer 15 September 2017 MF Änis Ben-Hatira Gaziantepspor Free transfer 15 September 2017 FW Michael Eneramo Ettifaq FC Free transfer 22 December 2017 DF Sameh Derbali Al Ahli SC Free transfer 26 January 2018 MF Youcef Belaïli Angers SCO Free transfer 31 January 2018 MF Mohamed Ali Moncer Al Ittihad Alexandria Loan Return

Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 1 July 2017 ? Hamza Ben Abda CA Bizerte Free transfer 23 July 2017 DF Hichem Belkaroui Moreirense Free transfer 24 July 2017 FW Mohamed Zubya Al-Ittihad Free transfer 15 September 2017 MF Elyès Jlassi Stade tunisien Free transfer 29 January 2018 MF Ferjani Sassi Al-Nassr FC Free transfer 31 January 2018 FW Fakhreddine Ben Youssef Ettifaq FC Free transfer 31 January 2018 FW Michael Eneramo Türk Ocağı Limasol SK Free transfer 28 February 2018 DF Ferid Matri Étoile Carouge FC Free transfer

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