In the 2020–21 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 66th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 66th 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 September 2020.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 16 GK Farouk Ben Mustapha Al Shabab 19 GK Mohamed Sedki Debchi Youth system Defenders 4 CB Mohamed Amine Tougai NA Hussein Dey 6 CB Mohamed Ali Yacoubi US Quevilly-Rouen 12 CB Khalil Chemmam Youth system 20 CB Amine Ben Hamida AS Soliman 21 RB Hamdi Nagguez Sūduva 22 RB Sameh Derbali Al Ahli SC 23 LB Ilyes Chetti JS Kabylie 26 LB Houcine Rabii ES Zarzis 30 CB Abdelkader Bedrane ES Sétif 34 CB Bilel Chabbar Youth system Midfielders 2 DM Badreddine Mouelhi Youth system 5 CM Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane Youth system 15 DM Fousseny Coulibaly Stade tunisien 18 CB / DM Raouf Benguit Paradou AC 24 AM Fedi Ben Choug CA Bizertin 25 CM / AM Ghailene Chaalali Yeni Malatyaspor 28 DM Mohamed Amine Meskini CS Hammam-Lif 37 CM Montassar Triki Youth system 40 DM Cedrik Gbo Youth system Forwards 3 Basit Abdul Khalid FK Makedonija 7 AM Alaeddine Marzouki CS Sfaxien 8 Anice Badri Al-Ittihad 9 FW Zied Berrima Youth system 10 LW Hamdou Elhouni Desportivo das Aves 11 FW Taha Yassine Khenissi CS Sfax 13 Nassim Ben Khalifa Grasshopper 17 ST / LW Abderrahmane Meziane Al Ain 27 LW Maher Ben Seghaier CA Bizerte 32 RW Raed Fedaa Youth system 35 William Togui Mechelen

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 | 6 December 2020 | 19 May 2021 |- | Tunisian Cup

| colspan=2| Round of 32 | colspan=2| 26 May 2021 |- | Champions League

| First round | Semi-finals | 23 December 2020 | 29 June 2021 |- ! Total

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Tunisian Cup

Champions League

First round

Group stage

Group D

Knockout stage

Squad information Playing statistics

! 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. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL5 Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane CM 5 0 0 5 1011 Taha Yassine Khenissi FW 7 0 0 1 88 Anice Badri FW 6 0 0 0 617 Hamdou Elhouni LW 3 0 0 1 435 William Togui FW 3 0 0 1 418 Raouf Benguit CB/DM 2 0 0 2 47 Alaeddine Marzouki AM 2 0 0 1 33 Basit Abdul Khalid FW 2 0 0 1 330 Abdelkader Bedrane CB 2 0 0 0 225 Ghailene Chaalali AM 1 0 0 1 213 Nassim Ben Khalifa FW 1 0 0 1 215 Fousseny Coulibaly DM 1 0 0 0 121 Hamdi Nagguez RB 1 0 0 0 124 Fedi Ben Choug RW 1 0 0 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0Totals 37 0 0 14 51

Transfers

In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 2 July 2020 RB Hamdi Nagguez Sūduva Free transfer 10 July 2020 CM / AM Ghailene Chaalali Yeni Malatyaspor Free transfer 28 August 2020 AM Alaeddine Marzouki CS Sfaxien Free transfer 27 October 2020 GK Farouk Ben Mustapha Al Shabab Free transfer 20 November 2020 FW Nassim Ben Khalifa Grasshopper Free transfer 18 January 2021 FW Anice Badri Al-Ittihad Free transfer 25 January 2021 FW Basit Abdul Khalid FK Makedonija Free transfer 31 January 2021 FW William Togui Mechelen Loan for six months

Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 2 September 2020 Rayen Mzoughi US Tataouine Free transfer 13 September 2020 CB Chamseddine Dhaouadi Al-Shamal Free transfer 30 September 2020 RB Iheb Mbarki Wadi Degla Free transfer 16 October 2020 Kabil Othmani AS Soliman Free transfer 22 October 2020 LW Billel Bensaha MC Alger Loan for one year 24 October 2020 FW Naceur Atoui AS Soliman Free transfer 24 October 2020 MF Alaâ Ben Salah AS Soliman Free transfer 24 October 2020 DF Rayen Yaakoubi AS Soliman Free transfer 24 October 2020 RW Youssef Abdelli US Monastir Free transfer 9 November 2020 FW Ibrahim Ouattara Al-Ahly SC Loan for one year 12 November 2020 CB Afif Jebali ES Métlaoui Loan for one year 4 December 2020 DM Kwame Bonsu Cleopatra FC Free transfer 3 February 2021 FW Tayeb Meziani Étoile Sportive du Sahel Undisclosed

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