Espérance Sportive de Tunis is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was formed in Bab Souika in 1919 as Espérance sportive de Tunis, and played their first competitive match in 1919, when they entered the 1919–20 .
The club has won a total of 66 major trophies, including 33 national championships, 15 Tunisian Cups, 6 Tunisian Super Cups, 4 CAF Champions Leagues, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Cup, 3 UAFA Club Cups.
This is a list of the seasons played by Espérance Sportive de Tunis from 1957 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Ligue 1. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Tunisian football:
Season | League | Cup | Other | Africa | Top goalscorer(s)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Division | Pos | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Name | Goals | |||||||||
1957–58 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 67 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 35 | QF | Mohamed Salah Nahali | 13 | ||||||
1958–59 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 66 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 25 | bgcolor=silver | RU | align=left bgcolor=gold | Abdelmajid Tlemçani | 32 | ||||
1959–60 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 65 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 23 | R32 | align=left bgcolor=gold | Abdelmajid Tlemçani | 22 | |||||
1960–61 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 51 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 14 | SF | bgcolor=gold | W | Abdelmajid Tlemçani | 12 | ||||
1961–62 | 1 | 3rd | 55 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 14 | SF | align=left bgcolor=gold | Chedly Laaouini | 16 | ||||||
1962–63 | 1 | 10th | 41 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 32 | R32 | Rached Meddeb | 8 | |||||||
1963–64 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 51 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 15 | bgcolor=gold | W | Abdeljabar Machouche | 8 | |||||
1964–65 | 1 | 6th | 44 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 21 | R16 | |||||||||
1965–66 | 1 | 5th | 47 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 14 | R16 | |||||||||
1966–67 | 1 | 7th | 45 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 23 | QF | |||||||||
1967–68 | 1 | 7th | 42 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 23 | R32 | Abdeljabar Machouche | 9 | |||||||
1968–69 | 1 | 6th | 52 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 28 | bgcolor=silver | RU | ||||||||
1969–70 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 63 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 13 | R16 | Belghith | 9 | ||||||
1970–71 | 1 | 8th | 52 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 10 | bgcolor=silver | RU | bgcolor=silver | RU | Cup of Champions Clubs | R2 | Abdeljabar Machouche | 9 | ||
1971–72 | 1 | 9th | 49 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 20 | SF | |||||||||
1972–73 | 1 | 3rd | 60 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 18 | SF | |||||||||
1973–74 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 60 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 38 | 22 | SF | ||||||||
1974–75 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 64 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 18 | R16 | align=left bgcolor=gold | Zoubeir Boughnia | 24 | |||||
1975–76 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 62 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 20 | bgcolor=silver | RU | 12 | ||||||
1976–77 | 1 | 7th | 54 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 34 | R16 | Abdelmajid Gobantini | 11 | |||||||
1977–78 | 1 | 6th | 53 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 33 | bgcolor=gold | W | 13 | |||||||
1978–79 | 1 | 4th | 59 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 24 | bgcolor=gold | W | ||||||||
1979–80 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 60 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 16 | bgcolor=gold | W | bgcolor=silver | RU | Cup Winners' Cup | R2 | |||
1980–81 | 1 | 3rd | 61 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 21 | SF | Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | |||||||
1981–82 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 64 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 12 | R16 | align=left bgcolor=gold | Riadh Fahem | 13 | |||||
1982–83 | 1 | 3rd | 60 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 16 | QF | |||||||||
1983–84 | 1 | 5th | 58 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 15 | QF | |||||||||
1984–85 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 64 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 15 | R32 | ||||||||
1985–86 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 57 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 17 | bgcolor=gold | W | bgcolor=silver | RU | Cup of Champions Clubs | QF | |||
1986–87 | 1 | 3rd | 73 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 16 | SF | bgcolor=silver | RU | Bassem Jeridi | 10 | |||||
1987–88 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 81 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 48 | 13 | R32 | Cup Winners' Cup | bgcolor=silver | RU | align=left bgcolor=gold | Nabil Maâloul | 14 | ||
1988–89 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 85 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 19 | bgcolor=gold | W | Cup of Champions Clubs | R2 | |||||
1989–90 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 83 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 44 | 11 | R16 | Cup of Champions Clubs | QF | ||||||
1990–91 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 82 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 13 | bgcolor=gold | W | |||||||
1991–92 | 1 | 3rd | 67 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 17 | R16 | |||||||||
1992–93 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 43 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 15 | SF | align=left bgcolor=gold | Kenneth Malitoli | 18 | |||||
1993–94 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 43 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 12 | SF | bgcolor=gold | W | align=left bgcolor=gold | Kenneth Malitoli | 14 | |||
1994–95 | 1 | 2nd | 37 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 23 | SF | Cup of Champions Clubs | bgcolor=gold | W | ||||||
CAF Super Cup | bgcolor=gold | W | |||||||||||||||||
1995–96 | 1 | 3rd | 52 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 21 | SF | Cup of Champions Clubs | QF | |||||||
Afro-Asian Club Championship | bgcolor=gold | W | |||||||||||||||||
1996–97 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 61 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 15 | bgcolor=gold | W | CAF Cup | bgcolor=gold | W | align=left bgcolor=gold | Sami Laaroussi | 14 | |
1997–98 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 69 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 10 | SF | Cup Winners' Cup | bgcolor=gold | W | align=left bgcolor=gold | Ziad Tlemçani | 15 | ||
1998–99 | 1 | 1st | 38 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 8 | W | Champions League | bgcolor=silver | RU | ||||||
CAF Super Cup | bgcolor=silver | RU | |||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 60 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 7 | SF | Champions League | bgcolor=silver | RU | align=left bgcolor=gold | Ali Zitouni | 19 | ||
2000–01 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 57 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 8 | SF | Champions League | SF | ||||||
2001–02 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 46 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 19 | bgcolor=gold | W | Champions League | Grp | align=left bgcolor=gold | Kandia Traoré | 13 | ||
2002–03 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 57 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 17 | SF | Champions League | Grp | ||||||
2003–04 | 1 | 1st | 53 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | RU | Champions League | SF | |||||||
Arab Champions League | Grp | ||||||||||||||||||
2004–05 | 1 | 4th | 55 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 15 | bgcolor=silver | RU | Champions League | Grp | ||||||
2005–06 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 56 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 21 | bgcolor=gold | W | align=left bgcolor=gold | Amine Ltifi | 16 | ||||
2006–07 | 1 | 3rd | 49 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 40 | 26 | bgcolor=gold | W | Champions League | Grp | ||||||
2007–08 | 1 | 3rd | 49 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 18 | bgcolor=gold | W | ||||||||
2008–09 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 60 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 21 | S | Arab Champions League | bgcolor=gold | W | align=left bgcolor=gold | Michael Eneramo | 18 | ||
2009–10 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 54 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 24 | R16 | Champions League | bgcolor=silver | RU | align=left bgcolor=gold | Michael Eneramo | 13 | ||
2010–11 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 64 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 18 | bgcolor=gold | W | Champions League | bgcolor=gold | W | 20 | |||
2011–12 | 1 | 1st | 69 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 22 | SF | CAF Super Cup | bgcolor=silver | RU | Yannick N'Djeng | 20 | ||||
FIFA Club World Cup | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
Champions League | bgcolor=silver | RU | |||||||||||||||||
2012–13 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 41 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 18 | Champions League | SF | align=left bgcolor=gold | Haythem Jouini | 8 | ||||
2013–14 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 66 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 15 | QF | Champions League | Grp | 15 | |||||
2014–15 | 1 | 3rd | 60 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 21 | QF | Champions League | R2 | 14 | ||||||
2015–16 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 72 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 21 | bgcolor=gold | W | Confederation Cup | PR | 15 | ||||
2016–17 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 55 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 8 | SF | Champions League | QF | align=left bgcolor=gold | Taha Yassine Khenissi | 24 | |||
2017–18 | 1 | 1st | 58 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 19 | R32 | Champions League | bgcolor=gold | W | 11 | |||||
Arab Club Champions Cup | bgcolor=gold | W | |||||||||||||||||
2018–19 | 1 | 1st | 56 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 15 | SF | W | Champions League | bgcolor=gold | W | Taha Yassine Khenissi | 14 | |||
Arab Club Champions Cup | R1 | ||||||||||||||||||
CAF Super Cup | bgcolor=silver | RU | |||||||||||||||||
FIFA Club World Cup | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||
2019–20 | 1 | 1st | 62 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 12 | RU | W | Champions League | QF | Anice Badri | 10 | ||||
Arab Club Champions Cup | R2 | ||||||||||||||||||
CAF Super Cup | bgcolor=silver | RU | |||||||||||||||||
FIFA Club World Cup | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||
2020–21 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 60 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 16 | R32 | bgcolor=silver | RU | Champions League | SF | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 10 | ||
2021–22 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 51 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 14 | R16 | bgcolor=gold | W | Champions League | QF | align=left bgcolor=gold | Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda | 11 | |
2022–23 | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 55 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 18 | bgcolor=silver | RU | — | Champions League | SF | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 14 | ||
2023–24 | 1 | 1st | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | +21 | R32 | — | Champions League | bgcolor=silver | RU | Rodrigo Rodrigues | 11 | |||
African Football League | SF | ||||||||||||||||||
Arab Club Champions Cup | Grp |
Key to league record:
Key to divisions:
Key to rounds:
bgcolor=gold | Champions | bgcolor=silver | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.
As of the 2023–24 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis have won a total of 66 titles (regional competitions not considered), of which 54 were achieved domestically and 12 in international competitions. The club's most recent honour is the 2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Competition | Titles | Winning years or seasons | |
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Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 33 | 1941–42,[2] 1958–59, 1959–60, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24 | |
Tunisian Cup | 15 | 1938–39, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2015–16 | |
Tunisian Super Cup | 6 | 1960, 1993, 2001, 2018, 2019, 2021 |
Competition | Titles | Winning years or seasons | |
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CAF Champions League | 4 | 1994, 2011, 2018, 2019 | |
CAF Cup Winners' Cup | 1 | 1998 | |
CAF Cup | 1 | 1997 | |
Afro-Asian Cup | 1 | 1995 | |
CAF Super Cup | 1 | 1995 |
Competition | Titles | Winning years or seasons | |
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UAFA Club Cup | 3 | 1993, 2009, 2017 | |
Arab Super Cup | 1 | 1996 | |
North African Cup Winners Cup | 1 | 2008 |
(1988–89, 1990–91, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2010–11)
(2010–11)