In the 2021–22 season, Étoile Sportive du Sahel is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 67th season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It is their 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They are competing in Ligue 1, the Champions League and the Tunisian Cup. On February 17, The Tunisian Ministry of Sports announced in an official statement, the resumption of the local football league competition in the presence of the fans after a long absence that extended over the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia, which imposed the holding of competitions behind closed doors, The new procedures apply to the competitions of the opening round of the second leg of the Ligue Professionnelle 1, with 50% distributed among the fans of the two teams.

Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 13 August 2021.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 GK Aymen Mathlouthi Al-Adalah FC GK Ali Jemal Stade Tunisien GK Rami Gabsi ES Hammam-Sousse Defenders CB Saddam Ben Aziza AS Gabès CB Bahaeddine Sellami US Ben Guerdane CB Boualem Mesmoudi MC Oran CB Salah Harrabi Youth system CB Ramez Aouani JS Kairouan CB Abdelrazek Bouazra JS Kairouan LB Ghofrane Naouali Youth system LB Baligh Jemmali Youth system LB Houssem Souissi JS Kairouan RB Houcine Benayada CS Constantine RB Anas Sassi JS Kairouan Midfielders DM Ayoub Ayed Youth system DM Jacques Mbé Youth system DM Salim Boukhanchouche Abha Club DM Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud Youth system DM Malek Baayou Youth system DM Salaheddine Ghedamsi ES Hammam-Sousse CM Abdallah Dagou Youth system CM Achref Afli ES Hammam-SousseCMStanley Aniagyei Ampaw Liberty Professionals Yassine Amri Club Africain Yosri Hamza Youth system AM Fraj Kayramani Youth systemAMAbraham Wayo Liberty Professionals AM Yassine Chikhaoui Al Ahli SC AM Oussama Abid Youth system AM Lyes Benyoucef Unattached Forwards Faik Sik Salem Youth system LW Youcef Laouafi ES Sétif LW Firas Iffia Olympique Béja LW Louay Ben Hassine ES Hammam-Sousse LW Aly Soumah Youth system RW Aymen Sfaxi Stade Tunisien RW Tayeb Meziani Espérance de Tunis RW Zinedine Boutmène NA Hussein Dey ST Souleymane Coulibaly Partick Thistle ST Redouane Zerdoum NA Hussein Dey ST Imed Louati Hobro IK ST Vinny Kombe Unattached

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 (first round)

| 3rd | 28 October 2021 | 13 April 2022 |- | Ligue 1 (championship round)

| To be confirmed | 29 April 2022 | In Progress |- | Tunisian Cup

| Round of 32 | To be confirmed | In Progress | In Progress |- | Champions League

| Second round | Group stage | 16 October 2021 | 1 April 2022 |- ! Total

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Ligue 1

First round (Group B) League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Championship round Table

Results summary

Results by round

Tunisian Cup

Champions League

Second round

Group stage

Group C

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.TOTAL17 Yassine Chikhaoui FW 2 0 2 48 Yassine Amri MF 3 0 1 49 Vinny Kombe FW 2 0 1 339 Souleymane Coulibaly FW 1 0 1 212 Baligh Jemmali DF 1 0 1 213 Youcef Laouafi FW 1 0 0 1 Tayeb Meziani FW 0 0 1 132 Mohamed Dhaoui MF 0 0 1 122 Aly Soumah FW 0 0 1 1 Stanley Ampaw MF 1 0 0 110 Zinedine Boutmène FW 1 0 0 136 Mohamed Iheb Msakni MF 1 0 0 12 Saddam Ben Aziza DF 1 0 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0 0 Totals 14 0 8 22

Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 13 June 2021 GK Ali Jemal Stade Tunisien Free transfer 10 July 2021 FW Vinny Kombe Unattached Free transfer 1 August 2021 FW Youcef Laouafi ES Sétif Free transfer 10 August 2021 MF Imed Louati Hobro IK Free transfer 11 August 2021 DF Boualem Mesmoudi MC Oran Free transfer 12 August 2021 MF Lyes Benyoucef Unattached Free transfer 12 January 2022 MF Stanley Ampaw Liberty Professionals Loan for one year 12 January 2022 MF Free transfer

Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 2 July 2021 LB Mortadha Ben Ouanes Kasımpaşa Free transfer 2 August 2021 RB Wajdi Kechrida Salernitana 1919 Free transfer 5 August 2021 FW Fakhreddine Ouji US Ben Guerdane Free transfer 3 December 2021 FW Redouane Zerdoum Club Africain Free transfer 5 January 2022 DF Boualem Mesmoudi Unattached Free transfer (Released) 10 January 2022 FW Tayeb Meziani Abha Club Undisclosed 16 January 2022 MF Salim Boukhanchouche JS Kabylie Free transfer

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