List of Espérance Sportive de Tunis seasons

Espérance Sportive de Tunis is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was formed in Bab Souika in 1919 as Espérance sportive de Tunis, and played their first competitive match in 1919, when they entered the 1919–20 .

The club has won a total of 70 major trophies, including 34 national championships, 17 Tunisian Cups, 8 Tunisian Super Cups, 4 CAF Champions Leagues, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Cup, 3 UAFA Club Cups.

This is a list of the seasons played by Espérance Sportive de Tunis from 1957 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Ligue 1. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Tunisian football:

Seasons overview

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Season League Cup Other Africa Top goalscorer(s)[1]
Division Pos Pts P W D L GF GA Name Goals
1957–58 12nd672816755735 QF Mohamed Salah Nahali13
1958–59 11st662618446325 RU Abdelmajid Tlemçani32
1959–60 11st652419326523 R32 Abdelmajid Tlemçani22
1960–61 12nd512014334814 SF W Abdelmajid Tlemçani12
1961–62 13rd552212913514 SF Chedly Laaouini16
1962–63 110th412275103632 R32 Rached Meddeb8
1963–64 12nd512210933215 W Abdeljabar Machouche8
1964–65 16th44227872121 R16
1965–66 15th47229761814 R16
1966–67 17th45228773323 QF
1967–68 17th42226882323 R32 Abdeljabar Machouche9
1968–69 16th522681082828 RU
1969–70 11st632614933113 R16 Belghith9
1970–71 18th522414343310 RU RU Cup of Champions Clubs R2 Abdeljabar Machouche9
1971–72 19th492679102420 SF
1972–73 13rd602613853518 SF
1973–74 12nd6026111233822 SF
1974–75 11st642616644418 R16 Zoubeir Boughnia24
1975–76 11st622614843620 RU Témime Lahzami12
1976–77 17th542691074634 R16 Abdelmajid Gobantini11
1977–78 16th532610793433 W Tarak Dhiab13
1978–79 14th592612953824 W
1979–80 12nd602691613216 W RU Cup Winners' Cup R2
1980–81 13rd612616373921 SF Cup Winners' Cup R1
1981–82 11st6426141024212 R16 Riadh Fahem13
1982–83 13rd6026121044016 QF
1983–84 15th582612862815 QF
1984–85 11st642615833215 R32
1985–86 12nd572691343017 W RU Cup of Champions Clubs QF
1986–87 13rd7326121133516 SF RU Bassem Jeridi10
1987–88 11st8126151014813 R32 Cup Winners' Cup RU Nabil Maâloul14
1988–89 11st852618534619 W Cup of Champions Clubs R2
1989–90 12nd832616914411 R16 Cup of Champions Clubs QF
1990–91 11st822616823113 W
1991–92 13rd672611872817 R16
1992–93 11st432618714315 SF Kenneth Malitoli18
1993–94 11st432619525212 SF W Kenneth Malitoli14
1994–95 1 2nd 37 26 16 5 5 52 23 SF Cup of Champions Clubs W
CAF Super Cup W
1995–96 1 3rd 52 26 15 7 4 36 21 SF Cup of Champions Clubs QF
Afro-Asian Club Championship W
1996–97 12nd612618715315 W CAF Cup W Sami Laaroussi14
1997–98 11st692622316310 SF Cup Winners' Cup W Ziad Tlemçani15
1998–99 1 1st 38 14 11 3 0 31 8 W Champions League RU
CAF Super Cup RU
1999–2000 11st60221930537 SF Champions League RU Ali Zitouni19
2000–01 11st57221831388 SF Champions League SF
2001–02 11st462213724019 W Champions League Grp Kandia Traoré13
2002–03 11st572218314717 SF Champions League Grp
2003–04 1 1st 53 22 17 2 3 38 13 RU Champions League SF
Arab Champions League Grp
2004–05 14th5526151014315 RU Champions League Grp
2005–06 11st562617544221 W Amine Ltifi16
2006–07 13rd4926131034026 W Champions League Grp
2007–08 13rd492614483618 W
2008–09 11st602618625021 S Arab Champions League W Michael Eneramo18
2009–10 11st542616645624 R16 Champions League RU Michael Eneramo13
2010–11 11st642620425018 W Champions League W Oussama Darragi20
2011–12 1 1st 69 30 22 3 5 61 22 SF CAF Super Cup RU Yannick N'Djeng 20
FIFA Club World Cup 6th
Champions League RU
2012–13 12nd412013253518 Champions League SF Haythem Jouini8
2013–14 11st663019924815 QF Champions League Grp Ahmed Akaichi15
2014–15 13rd603017945221 QF Champions League R2 Ahmed Akaichi14
2015–16 12nd723023346021 W Confederation Cup PR Taha Yassine Khenissi15
2016–17 11st55241671378 SF Champions League QF Taha Yassine Khenissi24
2017–18 1 1st 58 26 17 7 2 46 19 R32 Champions League W Taha Yassine Khenissi 11
Arab Club Champions Cup W
2018–19 1 1st 56 26 17 5 4 37 15 SF W Champions League W Taha Yassine Khenissi 14
Arab Club Champions Cup R1
CAF Super Cup RU
FIFA Club World Cup 5th
2019–20 1 1st 62 26 18 8 0 41 12 RU W Champions League QF Anice Badri 10
Arab Club Champions Cup R2
CAF Super Cup RU
FIFA Club World Cup 5th
2020–21 1 1st 60 26 19 3 4 37 16 R32 RU Champions League SF Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane 10
2021–22 1 1st 51 24 14 6 4 36 14 R16 W Champions League QF Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda 11
2022–23 1 2nd 55 28 16 7 5 45 18 RU Champions League SF Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane 14
2023–24 1 1st 53 22 16 5 1 33 12 R32 Champions League RU Rodrigo Rodrigues 11
African Football League SF
Arab Club Champions Cup Grp
2024–25 1 1st 66 30 19 9 2 57 22 W W Champions League QF Youcef Belaïli 20
FIFA Club World Cup GS
2025–26 1 1st 63 30 18 9 3 45 11 W W Champions League SF Kouceila Boualia 11
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Honours

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As of the 2025–26 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis have won a total of 70 titles (regional competitions not considered), of which 59 were achieved domestically and 11 in international competitions. The club's most recent honour is the 2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

National

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Competition Titles Winning years or seasons
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 34 1941–42,[note 1] 1958–59, 1959–60, 1969–70, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25
Tunisian Cup 17 1938–39,[note 1] 1956–57, 1963–64, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2024–25, 2025–26
Tunisian Super Cup 8 1960, 1993, 2001, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025

African

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Competition Titles Winning years or seasons
CAF Champions League 4 1994, 2011, 2018, 2019
CAF Cup Winners' Cup 1 1998
CAF Cup 1 1997
Afro-Asian Cup 1 1995
CAF Super Cup 1 1995

Regional

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Competition Titles Winning years or seasons
UAFA Club Cup 3 1993, 2009, 2017
Arab Super Cup 1 1996
North African Cup Winners Cup 1 2008

Doubles and trebles

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  • Doubles: (1988–89, 1990–91, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2024–25)
  • Trebles: (2010–11)

Footnotes

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  • A Figures include goals in League, Cup, League Cup, African competitions, and the Super Cup.

Notes

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  1. 1 2 Title won before Tunisian independence

References

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  1. Goals in all competitions (Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Tunisian Cup, League Cup, African and Super Cup) are counted.