The 2022–23 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season was the 104th season in existence and the club's 68th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. In addition to the domestic league, Espérance de Tunis participated in this season's editions of the Tunisian Cup and the CAF Champions League.
Espérance de Tunis was not scheduled to play any matches between 9 November and 10 December as Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Ghailene Chaalali and Yassine Meriah participated with Tunisia at 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Despite finishing second in the league and advancing to the Champions League semi-finals, Espérance de Tunis went trophyless and lost the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 for the first time since the 2015–16 season.
Squad list Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Name Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Mohamed Sedki Debchi Avenir de Gabès 12 Moez Ben Cherifia (C) Youth system 16 Hamza Ghanmi Youth system 26 Amenallah Memmiche Youth system 38 Wassim Karoui Youth system Defenders 2 Mohamed Ben Ali Club Sfaxien 4 Mohamed Amine Tougai NA Hussein Dey 6 Mohamed Ali Yacoubi Quevilly-Rouen 13 Amenallah Majhed Youth system 20 Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida Youth system 22 Hani Amamou Club Sfaxien 24 Yassine Meriah Al Ain 29 Zied Machmoum Union Monastirienne 30 Houssem Dagdoug Club Sfaxien 32 Raed Fedaa Youth system 35 Zinedine Sassi Guingamp 36 Raed Bouchniba Youth system Midfielders 5 Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane Youth system 11 Sabir Bougrine Neftçi 15 Fousseny Coulibaly Union Monastirienne 18 Malek Mehri Youth system 19 Mootez Zaddem Valmiera 23 Ghaith Ouahabi Youth system 25 Ghailene Chaalali Yeni Malatyaspor 28 Aziz Fellah Étoile du Sahel 31 Zakaria El Ayeb Youth system Forwards 3 Rached Arfaoui Avenir de Soliman 7 Sharara Al Ahli Tripoli 8 Anice Badri Ittihad Jeddah 9 Riad Benayad Paradou 10 Hamdou Elhouni Desportivo das Aves 14 Rayen Hamrouni Youth system 17 Zied Berrima Youth system 21 Aziz Abid Youth system 27 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda Avenir de Soliman 33 Farouk Mimouni Youth system Manager Mouin Chaâbani Ceramica Cleopatra
Staff: Mejdi Traoui (assistant manager) (from 22 May) Anis Boussaïdi (assistant manager) Amine Ltifi (assistant manager) Hamdi Kasraoui (goalkeeper manager) Sabri Bouazizi (fitness manager) Aymen Mathlouthi (fitness manager) Yassine Ben Ahmed (doctor) Lassad Lamari (physiotherapist) Nabil Ghazouani (physiotherapist) Seifeddine Dziri (physiotherapist) Nader Daoud (assistant manager) (until 13 May)
Transfers In DateNameFromTypeSource1 July 2022 Hamza Ghanmi Étoile de MétlaouiEnd of loan— Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda Avenir de SolimanTransfer28 July 2022 Riad Benayad Paradou Aziz Fellah Étoile du SahelFree transfer Mohamed Ben Ali Club Sfaxien Houssem Dagdoug4 August 2022 Yassine Meriah Al Ain9 August 2022 Mootez Zaddem ValmieraTransfer15 August 2022 Sharara Al Ahli TripoliFree transfer20 August 2022 Zinedine Sassi Guingamp
Out DateNameToType1 July 2022 Khalil ChemmamRetirementEnd of contract Sameh Derbali Abdelkader Bedrane Damac Fedi Ben Choug Hassania Agadir Mohamed Amine Meskini Croissant Chebbien Samuel Atvati Étoile de Métlaoui Nour Beji Avenir de Gabès Farouk Ben MustaphaFree agent19 July 2022 Ilyes Chetti AngersUnilateral termination28 July 2022 Kingsley Eduwo Al ArabiMutual termination5 August 2022 Moumen Rahmani Avenir de SolimanTransfer15 August 2022 Anayo Iwuala CR BelouizdadLoan Percious BoahFree agentMutual termination22 August 2022 David Koffi Avenir de SolimanLoan25 August 2022 Montassar Triki27 August 2022 Badreddine Mouelhi Olympique Sidi BouzidTransfer30 August 2022 Alaeddine Marzouki Al AinMutual termination13 September 2022 Khalil Guenichi Avenir de SolimanLoan18 September 2022 Ghassen Mahersi30 September 2022 Achref Jabri Espérance de Zarzis26 January 2023 Bilel Chabbar Olympique Sidi Bouzid27 April 2023 Cedrik Gbo Minnesota United
Friendlies
Competitions Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Starting round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Ligue 1
| First round | style="background:silver;"| Runners-up | 26 October 2022 | 30 June 2023 |- | Tunisian Cup
| Round of 32 | style="background:silver;"| Runners-up | 15 February 2023 | 28 May 2023 |- | CAF Champions League
| Second round | Semi-finals | 9 October 2022 | 19 May 2023 |- ! Total
|bgcolor=silver colspan=2| ! 9 October 2022 ! 30 June 2023
Ligue 1
First round Group A League table
Results by round
Matches
Playoff League table
Results by round
Matches
Results summary
Tunisian Cup
CAF Champions League
Qualifying rounds
The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022.
Second round
Group stage
The draw of the group stage was held on 12 December 2022.
Group D
Knockout stage
The draw for the knockout stage was held on 5 April 2023.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Statistics Playing statistics
‡ Player left the club during the season y Youth team
Goals RankPlayerLigue 1Tunisian CupCAF Champions LeagueTotal1 Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane923142 Anice Badri1011123 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda51394 Hamdou Elhouni2215 Riad Benayad2216 Farouk Mimouni2103 Yassine Meriah300 Sabir Bougrine2009 Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida2002 Mootez Zaddem110 Raed Bouchniba110 Sharara200 Ghaith Ouahabi20014 Mohamed Amine Tougai0011 Zied Berrima100Total45111066
Assists RankPlayerLigue 1Tunisian CupCAF Champions LeagueTotal1 Hamdou Elhouni713112 Sabir Bougrine31043 Rached Arfaoui3003 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda2015 Houssem Dagdoug1102 Riad Benayad110 Raed Bouchniba020 Yassine Meriah101 Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane200 Zied Berrima20011 Mootez Zaddem1001 Raed Fedaa100 Zied Machmoum100 Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida100 Ghailene Chaalali001 Anice Badri010 Farouk Mimouni100 Mohamed Ben Ali100Total267639
Cleansheets RankPlayerLigue 1Tunisian CupCAF Champions LeagueTotal1 Mohamed Sedki Debchi722112 Moez Ben Cherifia604103 Amenallah Memmiche4004Total172625
Disciplinary record
Notes
References
External links