The Étoile Sportive du Sahel (ESS) (Arabic: النـجـم الرياضي الساحلي, often referred to as Étoile du Sahel, Arabic: النـجـم الساحلي) is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football team. The club also has sections for handball, volleyball, basketball, judo and wrestling. In English the name means Sport (or Athletic) Star of the Sahel.
[edit] History
The club was founded during a public meeting at the French-Arabic school on Laroussi Zarrouk Street, in Sousse. Chedli Boujemla was elected as the first chairman of the multi-sport club. La Soussienne and La Musulmane ("The Muslim") were rejected as club names in favor of L'Étoile Sportive. Club members eventually settled on L'Étoile Sportive du Sahel to reflect the goal of representing a broader region than Sousse alone. The Protectorate administration officially recognized the club on July 17, 1925. In March 1926, Ali Larbi became chairman of the soccer section of the club, which entered the Fédération Tunisienne de Football.
L'Étoile became the Islamic club in Sousse. Tunisia also had the French Patriote de Sousse club, the Jewish Maccabi club, the Italian La Savoia club and the Maltese Red Star club: Though communitarian football had been banned officially since 1919 in Tunisia, in reality, it still existed.
Etoile Sahel's Press conference room logo
[edit] Honours & Achievements
Étoile Sportive du Sahel was the first African squad to have won all official club competition recognized by Confederation of African Football [1].
[edit] Performance in national & domestic competitions
- Tunisian League (8)
- Champion: 1950¹, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2007
- Tunisian President Cup (7)
- Winner: 1959, 1963, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1996
- Finalist: 1939¹, 1946¹, 1950¹, 1954¹, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1967, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2008
[edit] Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Cup (2)
- Winner: 1995, 1999
- Runner-up: 1996, 2001
[edit] Performance in UAFA competitions
[edit] Performance in other international competitions
¹titles won prior to independence
[edit] Individual Honours
[edit] Top scorers
- Habib Mougou : (25 goals)
- Habib Mougou : (28 goals)
- Othman Jenayah : (15 goals)
- Abdesselam Adhouma : (17 goals)
- Abdesselam Adhouma : (16 goals)
- Raouf Ben Aziza : (20 goals)
- Raouf Ben Aziza : (22 goals)
- Francileudo dos Santos Silva : (14 goals)
[edit] Golden Boot
- Othman Jenayah :
- Raouf Ben Aziza :
- Kamel Azzabi :
- Zoubeïr Beya :
[edit] Arab Golden Boot
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
Managment
- President: Moez Driss
- 1er Vice-président: Raouf Daâloul
- Vice-président (Comm. discipline, Porte-parole off): Taoufik Gahbiche
- Administrator Général: Ahmed Sahnoun
- Président du Comitée the supporters: Chetioui Ben Mim
- Secrétary Général: Tijani Grira
- Financial Général: M. Ridha Ghozzi
Sport
- Head Coach: Gernot Rohr
- Assistant Coach: Taoufik Zaâboub
- Physical Coach: Jalel Hergli
- Goalkeeping Coach: Faouzi Langliz
- Adjoint: Najib Amara
- Doctor: Sami Ben Yahia
- Masseur: Anis Ben Ayed
- Masseur: Marouène Kacem
- Material Chef: Habib Bouazra
[edit] Selected Reserve/Youth Team players
[edit] Out on loan
[edit] Former Personal
[edit] Former Players
 Habib Mougou- Alaya Douik
- Rachid Sehili
- Mahmoud Kanoun
- Beji Abdou
- Abdelmajid Chetali
- Mohsen Habaha
- Ridha Rouetbi
- Mohamed Mahfoudh
- Mohieddine Habacha
- Raouf Ben Amor
- Salem Kedadi
- Othman Jenayah
- Habib Akid
- Abdesselem Adhouma
- Lamine Ben Aziza
- Raouf Ben Aziza
- Amri Melki
- Samir Bakkaou
- Hamed Kammoun
- Slim Ben Belgacem
- Mejdi Ben Mohamed
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[edit] Presidents
- 1925-1926 : Chédly Boujemla
- 1926-1927 : Ali Laârbi
- 1929-1932 : Ali Laâdhari
- 1932-1935 : M'hammed Maârouf
- 1935-1944 : Hamed Akacha
- 1944-1953 : M'hamed Ghachem
- 1953-1954 : Sadok Mellouli
- 1954-1956 : Abdelhamid Sakka
- 1956-1959 : Ali Driss
- 1959-1960 : Mohamed Atoui
- 1960-1961 : Ali Driss
- 1961-1981 : Hamed Karoui
- 1981-1984 : Adeljelil Bouraoui
- 1984-1988 : Hamadi Mestiri
- 1988-1990 : Adeljelil Bouraoui
- 1990-1993 : Hamadi Mestiri
- 1993-2006 : Othman Jenayah
- 2006-....... : Moez Driss
[edit] Selected Former Coaches
[edit] External links
