In the 2016–17 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 62nd season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League and the Tunisian Cup.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2016.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 CB Ali Machani CA Bizerte 3 CB Ferid Matri FC Le Mont 4 CB Montassar Talbi Youth system 5 CB Chamseddine Dhaouadi Étoile Sportive du Sahel 12 CB Khalil Chemmam Vitória de Guimarães 24 RB Iheb Mbarki Thonon Évian 26 LB Houcine Rabii ES Zarzis Midfielders 7 Adam Rejaibi CA Bizerte 15 Fousseny Coulibaly Stade Tunisien 18 Saad Bguir Stade Gabèsien 20 Ayman Ben Mohamed Bohemian 21 Mohamed Ali Moncer CS Sfaxien 25 Ghailene Chaalali Youth system 13 Ferjani Sassi FC Metz Forwards 8 Anice Badri Royal Excel Mouscron 9 Bilel Mejri Youth system 29 Taha Yassine Khenissi CS Sfaxien 11 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef CS Sfaxien
Pre-season
Mid-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 | 10 September 2016 | 18 May 2017 |- | 2016 Tunisian Cup
| Quarter-finals | style="background:gold;"|Winners | 16 August 2016 | 27 August 2016 |- | 2017 Tunisian Cup
| Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 30 November 2016 | 28 May 2017 |- | 2017 Champions League
| First round | Quarter-finals | 11 March 2017 | 23 September 2017 |- ! Total
Ligue 1
First round Group A League table
Results by round
Matches
Championship round Table
Position by round
Matches
2016 Tunisian Cup
2017 Tunisian Cup
Champions League
First round
Group stage
Group C
Squad information Playing statistics
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=12 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.TOTAL29 Taha Yassine Khenissi FW 14 5 5 248 Anice Badri FW 5 1 1 711 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef FW 5 0 1 618 Saad Bguir MF 4 2 0 613 Ferjani Sassi MF 3 0 2 57 Edem Rjaibi MF 1 2 0 35 Chamseddine Dhaouadi DF 1 1 0 29 Bilel Mejri MF 0 2 0 225 Ghailene Chaalali MF 1 0 0 121 Mohamed Ali Moncer MF 1 0 0 12 Ali Machani DF 1 0 0 112 Khalil Chemmam DF 1 0 0 110 Elyas Jelassi MF 0 1 0 124 Iheb Mbarki DF 0 0 1 115 Fousseny Coulibaly MF 0 0 1 1Own Goals 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 14 11 62
Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 2 July 2016 MF Malek Miladi EO Sidi Bouzid Free transfer 2 July 2016 MF Youssef Khemiri EO Sidi Bouzid Free transfer 9 July 2016 MF Ferjani Sassi FC Metz Free transfer 26 July 2016 DF Hichem Belkaroui Nacional Free transfer 2 August 2016 FW Mohamed Zubya MC Oran Free transfer 2 August 2016 FW Anice Badri Royal Excel Mouscron Free transfer 2 August 2016 MF Ayman Ben Mohamed Bohemian Free transfer 2 August 2016 MF Mohamed Ali Moncer CS Sfaxien Free transfer 15 January 2017 DF Ferid Matri FC Luzern Free transfer
Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 18 June 2016 FW Nouhoum Samassékou US Tataouine Free transfer 1 July 2016 FW Daouda Camara US Tataouine Free transfer 1 July 2016 DF Ali Abdi Club Africain Free transfer 19 July 2016 MF Nidhal Ben Salem Olympique Béja Free transfer 19 July 2016 MF Hamza Ben Cherifia Olympique Béja Free transfer 25 July 2016 MF Idriss Mhirsi Red Star Free transfer 26 July 2016 DF Mohamed Ali Yacoubi Çaykur Rizespor Free transfer 28 July 2016 MF Hocine Ragued Emirates Club Free transfer 29 August 2016 FW Samuel Eduok Kasımpaşa Free transfer 13 September 2016 DF Sameh Derbali Olympique Béja Free transfer 15 September 2016 MF Radhouène Khalfaoui Olympique Béja Free transfer 19 September 2016 DF Ichaka Diarra Speranța Nisporeni Free transfer
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