The 2024–25 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season was the 106th season in existence and the club's 70th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football.
In addition to the domestic league, Espérance de Tunis participated in this season editions of the Tunisian Cup, the Tunisian Super Cup, the CAF Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup.
On the domestic front, Espérance de Tunis won all possible titles, achieving the league and cup double for the first time since 2010–11 season, in addition to the Tunisian Super Cup. On the continental front, Espérance de Tunis left the Champions League from the quarter-finals after a 1–0 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns on aggregate. In the World Cup, Espérance de Tunis left the competition in the group stage with two defeats and one win.
Kits
Squad list Note: Flags indicate the national team, defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Staff Chamseddine Dhaouadi (assistant manager) Sami Zommit (assistant manager) (from 17 March) Ghassen Bouchareb (assistant manager) (from 17 March) Léo Djaoui (fitness manager) (from 24 November) Walid Charchari (Analyst) (from 24 November) Yassine Ben Ahmed (doctor) Viorel Dinu (assistant manager) (from 10 November to 17 March) Daniel Zdranca (goalkeeper manager) (from 10 November to 17 March) Bogdan Merișanu (fitness manager) (from 10 November to 17 March) Skander Kasri (Vice manager) (from 10 to 29 November) Fábio Fernandes (assistant manager) (until 22 October) Wassim Naouara (goalkeeper manager) (until 22 October) Carlos Miguel Silva (fitness manager) (until 22 October) Mohamed Sabri Bouazizi (fitness manager) (until 22 October) Pedro Azevedo (Analyst) (until 22 October) João Araújo (Analyst) (until 22 October)
Other players under contract Bilel Sahli Raed Fedaa Wassim Karoui
Name Date of birth (age) Since Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Amenallah Memmiche 2023 Youth system 16 Mokhtar Ifaoui 2025 Youth system 26 Mohamed Sedki Debchi 2019 AS Gabès 32 Bechir Ben Saïd 2024 US Monastir Defenders 2 Mohamed Ben Ali 2022 CS Sfaxien 3 Koussay Smiri 2024 Youth system 5 Yassine Meriah (C) 2022 Al Ain 6 Hamza Jelassi 2024 Étoile du Sahel 13 Raed Bouchniba 2022 Youth system 15 Mohamed Amine Tougai 2020 NA Hussein Dey 20 Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida 2016 Youth system 22 Ayman Ben Mohamed 2024 Guingamp 25 Elyas Bouzaiene 2024 Västerås SK 34 Mohamed Aloui 2025 Youth system 35 Aziz Koudhai 2024 Youth system Midfielders 4 Wael Derbali 2023 Olympique Béja 8 Houssem Tka 2023 US Monastir 10 Yan Sasse 2023 Wellington Phoenix 12 Haytham Dhaou 2024 Youth system 14 Onuche Ogbelu 2023 Nasarawa United 17 Zakaria El Ayeb 2023 Youth system 18 Roger Aholou 2024 Raja CA 21 Abdramane Konaté 2024 San Pédro 23 Larry Azouni 2024 Al Faisaly 31 Wajdi Issaoui 2024 Youth system 36 Chiheb Jebali 2025 US Monastir 37 Mohamed Mouhli 2025 RFC Liège 38 Khalil Guenichi 2022 Youth system Forwards 9 Rodrigo Rodrigues 2023 Juventude 11 Youcef Belaïli 2024 MC Alger 19 Achref Jabri 2022 Youth system 24 Elias Mokwana 2024 Sekhukhune United 28 Zinedine Kada 2024 Youth system 30 Koussay Maacha 2024 Youth system 33 Amenallah Frikhi 2024 Youth system 39 Rayen Hamrouni 2023 Youth system 40 Aboubacar Diakité 2025 Djoliba Manager Maher Kanzari 2025 Stade Tunisien
Transfers In DateNameFromTypeSource1 July 2024 Wassim Karoui AS SolimanEnd of loan4 July 2024 Bechir Ben Saïd US MonastirFree transfer5 July 2024 Ayman Ben Mohamed Guingamp11 July 2024 Youssef Abdelli Étoile du Sahel24 July 2024 Hamza Jelassi31 July 2024 Youcef Belaïli MC AlgerTransfer1 August 2024 Mootez Zaddem Al MasryEnd of loan Elias Mokwana Sekhukhune UnitedTransfer6 August 2024 Larry Azouni Al FaisalyFree transfer7 August 2024 Abdramane Konaté San PédroTransfer27 December 2024 Elyas Bouzaiene Västerås SK2 January 2025 Achref Jabri Espérance de ZarzisEnd of loan14 January 2025 Rayen Hamrouni AS Soliman—28 January 2025 Mohamed Mouhli RFC LiègeTransfer30 January 2025 Khalil Guenichi Espérance de ZarzisEnd of loan31 January 2025 Aboubacar Diakité DjolibaTransfer Chiheb Jebali US Monastir
Out DateNameToTypeSource1 July 2024 Zied Berrima Stade TunisienEnd of contract Moez Ben Cherifia Olympique Béja Ghailene Chaalali Al Ahli Tripoli Hani Amamou Raja CA Zied Machmoum US Ben Guerdane— Wael ChaiebFree agent4 July 2024 André Bukia AlvercaMutual termination18 July 2024 Houssam Ghacha USM AlgerTransfer1 August 2024 Mouhib Selmi AS Gabès2 August 2024 Oussama Shili Club AfricainMutual termination28 August 2024 Achref Jabri Espérance de ZarzisLoan Ghassen MahersiTransfer Khalil GuenichiLoan18 September 2024 Aziz Fellah AS Gabès19 September 2024 Aziz Abid Olympique BéjaMutual termination20 September 2024 Khairi Meddaoui Stade GabèsienLoan Aziz Knani Olympique Béja21 September 2024 Montassar Triki AS Soliman Hamza GhanmiTransfer Rayen HamrouniLoan Salmen Trabelsi Amenallah Majhed5 October 2024 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda Ghazl El MahallaTransfer20 January 2025 Ghaith Ouahabi Dinamo BatumiLoan24 January 2025 Mootez Zaddem Modern Sport29 January 2025 Riad Benayad USM AlgerFree transfer30 January 2025 Youssef Abdelli US Monastir31 January 2025 Kebba Sowe Al KholoodLoan—1 February 2025 Oussama Bouguerra Al Batin16 February 2025 Zinedine Sassi Al WaabFree transfer—
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
| style="background:gold;" | Winners | 31 August 2024 | 15 May 2025 |- | Tunisian Cup
| Round of 32 | style="background:gold;" | Winners | 16 April 2025 | 1 June 2025 |- | Tunisian Super Cup
| Final | style="background:gold;" | Winners |colspan=2| 16 February 2025 |- | CAF Champions League
| Second round | Quarter-finals | 15 September 2024 | 8 April 2025 |- | FIFA Club World Cup
| colspan=2 | Group stage | 16 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |- ! Total
|bgcolor=silver colspan=2| ! 31 August 2024 ! 24 June 2025
Ligue 1
The draw was held on 15 August 2024.
League table
Results by round
Matches
Results summary
Tunisian Cup
Espérance de Tunis entered the tournament in the round of 32, as they were part of the 2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Tunisian Super Cup
CAF Champions League
Qualifying rounds
The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024.
Second round
Group stage
The draw of the group stage was held on 7 October 2024.
Group D
Knockout stage
The draw of the knockout stage was held on 20 February 2025.
Quarter-finals
FIFA Club World Cup
On 26 April 2024, Espérance de Tunis secured a slot in the FIFA Club World Cup via CAF 4-year ranking following a 1–0 away win against Mamelodi Sundowns. The draw was held on 5 December 2024.
Group stage
Statistics 1 Includes Tunisian Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. ‡ Player played at least one game and left the club during the season.
Playing statistics
Goals RankPlayerLigue 1Tunisian CupCAF Champions LeagueOther1Total111Youcef Belaïli927220210Yan Sasse1023015319Achref Jabri433010424Elias Mokwana3031759Rodrigo Rodrigues41005615Mohamed Amine Tougai3010413Raed Bouchniba301030Koussay Maacha211095Yassine Meriah2010320Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida30006Hamza Jelassi20104Wael Derbali02101328Zinedine Kada20002‡Kebba Sowe101021Abdramane Konaté200023Larry Azouni02008Houssem Tka200014Onuche Ogbelu110019‡Oussama Bouguerra0010136Chiheb Jebali100031Wajdi Issaoui010037Mohamed Mouhli010035Aziz Koudhai0100Own goals30003Total5717243101
Assists RankPlayerLigue 1Tunisian CupCAF Champions LeagueOther1Total111Youcef Belaïli517013236Chiheb Jebali53008320Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida4011648Houssem Tka50005524Elias Mokwana202042Mohamed Ben Ali112025Elyas Bouzaiene031019Achref Jabri21019‡Kebba Sowe00202‡Youssef Abdelli200010Yan Sasse200021Abdramane Konaté002014Onuche Ogbelu200013Raed Bouchniba200039Rayen Hamrouni020038Khalil Guenichi20001723Larry Azouni100016Hamza Jelassi100030Koussay Maacha010012Haytham Dhaou10004Wael Derbali0100Total371317269
Cleansheets RankPlayerLigue 1Tunisian CupCAF Champions LeagueOther1Total11Amenallah Memmiche1023116232Bechir Ben Saïd423110326Mohamed Sedki Debchi0.50000.516Mokhtar Ifaoui0.5000Total1546227
Disciplinary record
Milestones Debuts The following players made their competitive debuts for the first team during the campaign.
Legend – Indicates youth academy debut.
DatePlayerFinal scoreOpponentCompetition7Youssef Abdelli253–0 (H)US TataouineTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 111Youcef Belaïli3222Ayman Ben Mohamed2923Larry Azouni3021Abdramane Konaté1824Elias Mokwana2532Bechir Ben Saïd318–0 (H) DekedahaCAF Champions League6Hamza Jelassi3230Koussay Maacha172–1 (H)AS GabèsTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 135Aziz Koudhai200–3 (A)EGS Gafsa25Elyas Bouzaiene270–1 (A) DjolibaCAF Champions League16Mokhtar Ifaoui210–2 (A)US TataouineTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 137Mohamed Mouhli2640Aboubacar Diakité184–2 (H)AS Soliman36Chiheb Jebali280–1 (A)Stade Tunisien31Wajdi Issaoui206–0 (H)AS KasserineTunisian Cup12Haytham Dhaou200–4 (A)CS Hammam-Lif (H) – Home; (A) – Away
First goals The following players scored their first goals for Espérance de Tunis first team during the campaign.
DatePlayerScoreFinal scoreOpponentCompetition11Youcef Belaïli322–0 (H)3–0 (H)US TataouineTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 16Hamza Jelassi328–0 (H)8–0 (H) DekedahaCAF Champions League21Abdramane Konaté181–2 (A)1–2 (A)AS SolimanTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 128Zinedine Kada192–2 (H)2–2 (H)Stade Tunisien24Elias Mokwana250–2 (A)0–2 (A)Étoile du Sahel30Koussay Maacha172–1 (H)2–1 (H)AS Gabès19Achref Jabri231–0 (H)4–1 (H) Sagrada EsperançaCAF Champions League8Houssem Tka241–0 (H)4–2 (H)AS SolimanTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 114Onuche Ogbelu213–2 (H)4–2 (H)Espérance de Zarzis36Chiheb Jebali281–1 (A)2–1 (A)CA Bizertin23Larry Azouni311–0 (H)6–0 (H)AS KasserineTunisian Cup31Wajdi Issaoui205–0 (H)37Mohamed Mouhli260–2 (A)0–4 (A)CS Hammam-Lif35Aziz Koudhai200–4 (A) (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Notes
References
External links Taraji Plus