Étoile Sportive de Radès (), known as ES Radès or simply ESR for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Radès. The club was founded in 1948, and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, Hédi Ben Romdhane Stadium, has a capacity of 1,500 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2. The team used to be called Union Sportive Radèsienne before 1965.

History

Football in Radès The city's first football club was founded in 1924. It was La Radésienne, but this club only lived for three years. In 1931, a second club was born in the city: Aquila de Radès, which distinguished itself by winning the third division championship in Tunis and the suburbs in 1934, the year in which another club was created, the Radésienne Sports Union (USR), which in turn won the same title in 1935.

The two clubs found themselves in the second division and the city was entitled to its little derby. Training-oriented USR advance to the semi-finals of the 1936–37 Tunisian Cup. It gained great popularity at the expense of its rival L'Aquila, which was disbanded in 1938. But its momentum was halted by World War II. A new club, the Française de Radès, replaced her in 1942, before adopting a new name, the Sports Association of Radès. This club was open to different communities, but the nationalists created their own club in May 1948, the Etoile Sportive Radésienne, which became the first club in the city despite the short-lived rebirth of La Radésienne in 1954.

Club history Led by a first committee chaired by Hédi Dherif, the club rose through the ranks by successively winning the division 6, 5 and 4 championships. He reached the quarter-finals of the Tunisian Cup 1953–54.

After independence, the club fluctuated between the second and fifth divisions, finding themselves relegated to second place behind the more successful basketball team. However, his two performances in the Tunisian Cup where he reached the quarter-finals twice: in 1957, where he was eliminated by Stade Tunisien 0–1, and in 1974, where he played two matches against ES Métlaoui 4–2. That year, the team was coached by a young yet unknown coach, Mrad Mahjoub.

The club changes its name three times. It became the Union sportive radésienne, following the merger with La Radésienne in 1964, then the Radès Transport Club following sponsorship by transport companies in 1968, before becoming the Etoile sportive de Radès again in 1976.

Personalities

Presidents

Hédi Dhraief (1948–1956) Taoufik Haouet (1957–1958) Baccar Jellouli (1958–1964) Abdallah Farhat (1964–1968) Mohamed Zaouali (1968–1969) Hédi Annabi (1969–1970) Raouf Menjour (1970–1972) Cherif Nabli Morched Ben Ali Raouf Menjour (1975–1981) Hédi Ben Romdhan (1982–1984) Azedine Beschaouch (1990–1993) Tahar Ben Zid (2006–2007) Hamadi Abdeljaoued (2007–2009) Ridha Ben Amor (2009–2011) Haykel Ben Amor (2011–2014) Mounir Laâdhari (2014–2015) Adel Ben Romdhane (since 2016)

Managers

1955–1957: Noël Gallo 1958–1959: Salah Béji 1959–1960: Hédi Afchar 1960–1961: Ahmed Benelfoul & Khemais Lakhal 1965–1966: Hmida Hajri & Salah Béji 1966–1971: Salah Béji 1971–1972: Hédi Ben Romdhan 1972–1976: Mrad Mahjoub 1976–1978: Mohamed Salah Jedidi 1978–1979: Rafik Ammar 1979–1980: Zouhair Karoui 1980–1981: Slim Zlitni & Youssef Amraoui 1981–1982: Abdelwahab Lahmar 1982–1983: Mohamed Salah Jedidi 1983–1984: Jilani Aouali & Rejeb Sayeh 1984–1985: Tahar Bellamine & Youssef Amraoui 1985–1987: Abid Mchala 1987–1988: Abdelaziz Seddik 1988–1991: Larbi Bezdah 1991–1992: Abdelaziz Seddik 1992–1993: Taoufik Skhiri & Slim Ben Zid 1993–1994: Larbi Bezdah 1994–1995: Mahmoud Saâdi & Tahar Ayari 1995–1996: Larbi Bezdah 1996–1997: Slim Ben Zid 1997–1998: Slim Ben Zid & Salem Kraïem 1998–1999: Jamel Mouelhi 2000–2002: Larbi Bezdah & Mohieddine Habita 2002–2003: Youssef Amraoui & Abdelmajid Gobantini 2003–2004: Larbi Bezdah 2004–2005: Jamel Mouelhi & Nabil Kouki 2005–2007: Larbi Bezdah 2007–2008: Larbi Bezdah & Houcine Ayari 2008–2011: Allala Ben Younes 2011–2012: Nabil Gharsallah & Tahar Bellamine 2012–2013: Hatem Chaffaï & Slim Ben Zid 2013–2015: Allala Ben Younes 2015–2016: Mehrez Miladi 2016–2017: Allala Ben Younes 2017: Tarek Messaoudi & Larbi Bezdah 2017–: Sassi Ouerfelli

See also

Étoile Sportive de Radès (basketball)

References

External links Official facebook page (football and basketball)