2021–22 Étoile Sportive du Sahel season

Étoile Sportive du Sahel
2021–22 season
President	Ridha Charfeddine
Head coach	Lassaad Dridi; (until 4 November 2021); Roger Lemerre; (from 18 November 2021); (until 7 March 2022); Lassaad Chabbi; (from 8 March 2022)
Stadium	Stade Olympique de Sousse
Ligue 1	5th
Tunisian Cup	Round of 32
Champions League	Group stage
	← 2020–21

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.^[5]

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.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
	GK	Aymen Mathlouthi	(1984-09-14)14 September 1984 (aged 37)	Al-Adalah FC
	GK	Ali Jemal	(1990-06-09)9 June 1990 (aged 31)	Stade Tunisien
	GK	Rami Gabsi	(1999-07-31)31 July 1999 (aged 22)	ES Hammam-Sousse
Defenders
	CB	Saddam Ben Aziza	(1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 30)	AS Gabès
	CB	Bahaeddine Sellami	(1997-02-06)6 February 1997 (aged 24)	US Ben Guerdane
	CB	Boualem Mesmoudi	(1994-04-15)15 April 1994 (aged 27)	MC Oran
	CB	Salah Harrabi	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
	CB	Ramez Aouani	(1999-06-08)8 June 1999 (aged 22)	JS Kairouan
	CB	Abdelrazek Bouazra	(1998-07-08)8 July 1998 (aged 23)	JS Kairouan
	LB	Ghofrane Naouali	(1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
	LB	Baligh Jemmali	(2000-12-01)1 December 2000 (aged 21)	Youth system
	LB	Houssem Souissi	(1999-01-08)8 January 1999 (aged 22)	JS Kairouan
	RB	Houcine Benayada	(1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 29)	CS Constantine
	RB	Anas Sassi	(1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 23)	JS Kairouan
Midfielders
	DM	Ayoub Ayed	(2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 21)	Youth system
	DM	Jacques Mbé	(1999-06-17)17 June 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
	DM	Salim Boukhanchouche	(1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 30)	Abha Club
	DM	Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud	(2000-04-24)24 April 2000 (aged 21)	Youth system
	DM	Malek Baayou	(1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
	DM	Salaheddine Ghedamsi	(1998-08-26)26 August 1998 (aged 23)	ES Hammam-Sousse
	CM	Abdallah Dagou	(2000-09-21)21 September 2000 (aged 21)	Youth system
	CM	Achref Afli	(1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 24)	ES Hammam-Sousse
	CM	Stanley Aniagyei Ampaw	(2002-12-26)26 December 2002 (aged 19)	Liberty Professionals
		Yassine Amri	(1995-08-18)18 August 1995 (aged 26)	Club Africain
		Yosri Hamza	(1999-03-02)2 March 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
	AM	Fraj Kayramani	(1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 22)	Youth system
	AM	Abraham Wayo	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 18)	Liberty Professionals
	AM	Yassine Chikhaoui	(1986-09-21)21 September 1986 (aged 35)	Al Ahli SC
	AM	Oussama Abid	(2002-08-10)10 August 2002 (aged 19)	Youth system
	AM	Lyes Benyoucef	(1996-03-02)2 March 1996 (aged 25)	Unattached
Forwards
		Faik Sik Salem	(2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 21)	Youth system
	LW	Youcef Laouafi	(1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (aged 25)	ES Sétif
	LW	Firas Iffia	(1997-05-19)19 May 1997 (aged 24)	Olympique Béja
	LW	Louay Ben Hassine	(2000-04-02)2 April 2000 (aged 21)	ES Hammam-Sousse
	LW	Aly Soumah	(2000-01-10)10 January 2000 (aged 21)	Youth system
	RW	Aymen Sfaxi	(1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 26)	Stade Tunisien
	RW	Tayeb Meziani	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 25)	Espérance de Tunis
	RW	Zinedine Boutmène	(2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 21)	NA Hussein Dey
	ST	Souleymane Coulibaly	(1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 27)	Partick Thistle
	ST	Redouane Zerdoum	(1999-01-01)1 January 1999 (aged 23)	NA Hussein Dey
	ST	Imed Louati	(1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 28)	Hobro IK
	ST	Vinny Kombe	(1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 25)	Unattached

Pre-season

5 August 2021 Friendly	ES Hammam-Sousse	1–4	Étoile du Sahel	Hammam Sousse
		Report^[6]	Sfaxi Chikhaoui Boutmène	Stadium: Stade Bou Ali Lahouar

7 August 2021 Friendly	Stade Tunisien	0–4	Étoile du Sahel
		Report^[7]	Sfaxi Amri ?' (pen.) Ben Hassine

18 August 2021 Friendly	Étoile du Sahel	4–0	PEB SPORT
	Sfaxi Boukhanchouche Ben Hassine Abid

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1 (first round)	14	5	7	2	14	8	+6	035.71	—	3rd	28 October 2021	13 April 2022
Ligue 1 (championship round)	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	—	To be confirmed	29 April 2022	In Progress
Tunisian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 32	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Champions League	8	2	4	2	9	8	+1	025.00	Second round	Group stage	16 October 2021	1 April 2022
Total	22	7	11	4	23	16	+7	031.82

Updated to match played 13 April 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

First round (Group B)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Africain	14	7	4	3	11	6	+5	25	Advance to Playoff
2	Union Monastirienne	14	6	5	3	8	5	+3	23
3	Étoile du Sahel	14	5	7	2	14	8	+6	22
4	Avenir de Rejiche	14	5	5	4	10	10	0	20	Qualification for Ranking games
5	Avenir de Soliman	14	4	5	5	7	9	−2	17	Qualification for Ranking games

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	5	7	2	14	8	+6	22	3	4	0	8	4	+4	2	3	2	6	4	+2

Last updated: 13 April 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D
Position	5	3	4	4	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

28 October 2021 Round 2	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	Club Africain	Hammam Sousse
15:30	Chikhaoui 2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Bou Ali Lahouar Attendance: 0 ^[a] Referee: Walid Jridi

31 October 2021 Round 3	US Monastir	1–0	Étoile du Sahel	Monastir
16:30	Abdelli 23' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Oussema Benisaak

4 November 2021 Round 4	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	ES Zarzis	Hammam Sousse
14:30	Chikhaoui 33'	Report	Bhar 67'	Stadium: Stade Bou Ali Lahouar Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Sadok Selmi

7 November 2021 Round 5	CS Chebba	2–0	Étoile du Sahel	Chebba
14:30	Zaddem 5' (o.g.) Felhi 27'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Chebba Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Youssef Sraïri

19 November 2021 Round 6	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	AS Rejiche	Hammam Sousse
14:00	Laouafi 34'	Report	Ben Othmane 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Bou Ali Lahouar Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Khaled Gouider

22 November 2021 Round 7	Olympique Béja	0–0	Étoile du Sahel	Béja
14:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Boujemaa Kmiti Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Sadok Selmi

25 November 2021 Round 1	AS Soliman	0–0	Étoile du Sahel	Soliman
14:00		Report		Stadium: Stade municipal de Soliman Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nidhal Letaif

2 March 2022 Round 8	Étoile du Sahel	2–0	AS Soliman	Monastir
14:00	Coulibaly 5' Ampaw 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Referee: Mehrez Malki

5 March 2022 Round 9	Club Africain	1–1	Étoile du Sahel	Rades
14:00	Labidi 28'	Report	Kombe 25'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Sadok Selmi

9 March 2022 Round 10	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	US Monastir	Kairouan
14:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Hamda Laouani Referee: Nidhal Letaif

16 March 2022 Round 11	ES Zarzis	0–3	Étoile du Sahel	Zarzis
14:00		Report	Boutmène 3' Kombe 42' Amri 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Abdessalam Kazouz Referee: Naim Hosni

6 April 2022 Round 12	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	CS Chebba	Hammam Sousse
13:30	Amri 90+4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Bou Ali Lahouar Referee: Nidhal Letaif

10 April 2022 Round 13	AS Rejiche	0–2	Étoile du Sahel	Mahdia
13:30		Report	Amri 38' (pen.) Jemmali 50'	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Khouaja

13 April 2022 Round 14	Étoile du Sahel	2–2	Olympique Béja	Hammam Sousse
13:30	Msakni 6' Ben Aziza 42'	Report	Bouguerra 49' Mejri 55'	Stadium: Stade Bou Ali Lahouar

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.

Championship round

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Union Monastirienne	10	6	2	2	16	9	+7	22^[a]	Qualification for Champions League
3	Club Sfaxien	10	3	5	2	10	7	+3	16^[a]	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Club Africain	10	3	3	4	6	10	−4	15^[b]	Qualification for Confederation Cup
5	Étoile du Sahel	10	3	3	4	13	11	+2	13^[c]
6	Union de Ben Guerdane	10	0	2	8	3	19	−16	3^[c]

Source: Tunisian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Club Sfaxien and Union Monastirienne were added 2 points (2nd of the groups in the first round).
^ Club Africain and Espérance de Tunis were added 3 points (1st of the groups in the first round).
^ ^a ^b Étoile du Sahel and Union de Ben Guerdane were added 1 point (3rd of the groups in the first round).

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	3	4	13	11	+2	12	1	3	1	7	6	+1	2	0	3	6	5	+1

Last updated: 26 June 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D
Position	3	3	4	5	3	3	4	5	5	5

First match(es) will be played on 26 June 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

29 April 2022 Round 1	US Ben Guerdane	1–5	Étoile du Sahel	Monastir
13:30	Khader 26'	Report	Bouazra 45+2' Msakni 52' Kombe 68' Dhaoui 84' Abid 90'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Referee: Youssef Sraïri

4 May 2022 Round 2	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	CS Sfaxien	Sousse
17:00	Amri 63'	Report	Karoui 11'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse Referee: Sadok Selmi

7 May 2022 Round 3	Étoile du Sahel	2–4	US Monastir	Sousse
17:00	Benayada 58' (pen.) Aouani 66'	Report	Ouattara 39' Aloui 41' Abdelli 71' Aholou 75'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse Referee: Walid Jridi

15 May 2022 Round 4	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	1–0	Étoile du Sahel	Rades
17:00	Bouazra 12' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Nidhal Letaif

18 May 2022 Round 5	Club Africain	0–1	Étoile du Sahel	Rades
17:00		Report	Azouni 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Sadok Selmi

22 May 2022 Round 6	Étoile du Sahel	3–0	US Ben Guerdane	Sousse
17:00	Msakni 35' Aouani 57' Dhaoui 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse Referee: Karim Khemiri

25 May 2022 Round 7	CS Sfaxien	1–0	Étoile du Sahel	Sfax
17:00	Harzi 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri Referee: Aymen Nasri

18 June 2022 Round 8	US Monastir	2–0	Étoile du Sahel	Monastir
18:00	Chikhaoui 84' Abdelli 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Referee: Naim Hosni

23 June 2022 Round 9	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	Sousse
18:00	Benayada 75'	Report	Ben Hammouda 23'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse Referee: Nidhal Letaief

26 June 2022 Round 10	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	Club Africain	Sousse
18:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse Referee: Majdi Belhaj Ali

Tunisian Cup

3 June 2022 Round of 32	Club Africain	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Étoile du Sahel	Tunis
17:00	H. Labidi 98'	Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Nidhal Letaif

Champions League

Second round

16 October 2021 (2021-10-16) First leg	APR	1–1	Étoile du Sahel	Kigali
15:00 UTC+2	Manishimwe 40'	Report	Meziani 3'	Stadium: Nyamirambo Regional Stadium Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

23 October 2021 (2021-10-23) Second leg	Étoile du Sahel	4–0	APR	Monastir
14:00 UTC+1	Chikhaoui 19' (pen.), 47' Dhaoui 90+3' (pen.) Soumah 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	CRB	ESS	GAL
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	14	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	0–0	4–0
2	CR Belouizdad	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	2–0	4–1
3	Étoile du Sahel	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6		0–2	0–0	—	3–2
4	Jwaneng Galaxy	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1		0–3	1–2	1–1	—

Source: CAF

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) Matchday 1	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Tunis^{[note 2]}
17:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

19 February 2022 (2022-02-19) Matchday 2	Jwaneng Galaxy	1–1	Étoile du Sahel	Francistown
18:00 UTC+2	Sesinyi 90+1'	Report	Coulibaly 14'	Stadium: Francistown Stadium Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26) Matchday 3	Espérance de Tunis	0–0	Étoile du Sahel	Tunis
14:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

12 March 2022 (2022-03-12) Matchday 4	Étoile du Sahel	0–2	Espérance de Tunis	Tunis^{[note 2]}
14:00 UTC+1		Report	Bedrane 66' Ben Romdhane 77'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Mohamed Marouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

19 March 2022 (2022-03-19) Matchday 5	CR Belouizdad	2–0	Étoile du Sahel	Algiers^{[note 3]}
20:00 UTC+1	Bouchar 3' Belkhir 18'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

1 April 2022 (2022-04-01) Matchday 6	Étoile du Sahel	3–2	Jwaneng Galaxy	Tunis^{[note 2]}
14:00 UTC+1	Kombe 9' Jemmali 70' Amri 82'	Report	Baruti 80', 85'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Tunisian Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	TUN	Aymen Mathlouthi	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
30	GK	TUN	Ali Jemal	28	0	22	0	0	0	6	0
16	GK	TUN	Rami Gabsi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	TUN	Saddam Ben Aziza	15	1	13	1	0	0	2	0
	DF	TUN	Bahaeddine Sellami	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	TUN	Salah Harrabi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	TUN	Ramez Aouani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	TUN	Abdelrazek Bouazra	10	1	9	1	0	0	1	0
3	DF	TUN	Ghofrane Naouali	14	0	8	0	0	0	6	0
12	DF	TUN	Baligh Jemmali	14	2	10	1	0	0	4	1
	DF	TUN	Houssem Souissi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ALG	Houcine Benayada	23	2	16	2	0	0	7	0
	DF	TUN	Anas Sassi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	TUN	Mohamed Kechiche	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	TUN	Zied Boughattas	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	TUN	Ayoub Ayed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	CMR	Jacques Mbé	28	0	21	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	TUN	Mohamed Belhaj Mahmoud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	TUN	Malek Baayou	16	0	11	0	0	0	5	0
21	MF	TUN	Salaheddine Ghedamsi	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	LBY	Abdallah Dagou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	TUN	Achref Afli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	TUN	Yassine Amri	28	5	20	4	0	0	8	1
	MF	TUN	Yosri Hamza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	TUN	Mohamed Dhaoui	24	3	18	2	0	0	6	1
18	MF	TUN	Fraj Kayramani	8	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
17	MF	TUN	Yassine Chikhaoui	7	4	6	2	0	0	1	2
23	MF	TUN	Oussama Abid	24	1	17	1	0	0	7	0
35	MF	ALG	Lyes Benyoucef	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF	TUN	Mohamed Iheb Msakni	20	3	14	3	0	0	6	0
	FW	TUN	Faik Sik Salem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	ALG	Youcef Laouafi	24	1	18	1	0	0	6	0
	FW	TUN	Firas Iffia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	TUN	Louay Ben Hassine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	GUI	Aly Soumah	8	1	4	0	0	0	4	1
	FW	TUN	Aymen Sfaxi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ALG	Zinedine Boutmène	24	1	19	1	0	0	5	0
39	FW	CIV	Souleymane Coulibaly	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
	FW	TUN	Imed Louati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	COD	Vinny Kombe	22	4	16	3	0	0	6	1
Players transferred out during the season
	DF	ALG	Boualem Mesmoudi	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	ALG	Tayeb Meziani	9	1	7	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	ALG	Salim Boukhanchouche	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ALG	Redouane Zerdoum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 13 April 2022^[update]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	CL 1	TOTAL
17	Yassine Chikhaoui	FW	2	2	4
8	Yassine Amri	MF	3	1	4
9	Vinny Kombe	FW	2	1	3
39	Souleymane Coulibaly	FW	1	1	2
12	Baligh Jemmali	DF	1	1	2
13	Youcef Laouafi	FW	1	0	1
	Tayeb Meziani	FW	0	1	1
32	Mohamed Dhaoui	MF	0	1	1
22	Aly Soumah	FW	0	1	1
	Stanley Ampaw	MF	1	0	1
10	Zinedine Boutmène	FW	1	0	1
36	Mohamed Iheb Msakni	MF	1	0	1
2	Saddam Ben Aziza	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			14	8	22

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
13 June 2021	GK	Ali Jemal	Stade Tunisien	Free transfer	^[8]
10 July 2021	FW	Vinny Kombe	Unattached	Free transfer	^[9]
1 August 2021	FW	Youcef Laouafi	ES Sétif	Free transfer	^[10]
10 August 2021	MF	Imed Louati	Hobro IK	Free transfer	^[11]
11 August 2021	DF	Boualem Mesmoudi	MC Oran	Free transfer	^[12]
12 August 2021	MF	Lyes Benyoucef	Unattached	Free transfer	^[13]
12 January 2022	MF	Stanley Ampaw	Liberty Professionals	Loan for one year	^[14]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
2 July 2021	LB	Mortadha Ben Ouanes	Kasımpaşa	Free transfer	^[15]
2 August 2021	RB	Wajdi Kechrida	Salernitana 1919	Free transfer	^[16]
5 August 2021	FW	Fakhreddine Ouji	US Ben Guerdane	Free transfer
3 December 2021	FW	Redouane Zerdoum	Club Africain	Free transfer	^[17]
5 January 2022	DF	Boualem Mesmoudi	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)	^[18]
10 January 2022	FW	Tayeb Meziani	Abha Club	Undisclosed	^[19]
16 January 2022	MF	Salim Boukhanchouche	JS Kabylie	Free transfer	^[20]

Notes

^ Étoile du Sahel play their home matches in many stadiums, Until the Playoff Étoile du Sahel returned to Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse.
^ ^a ^b ^c Étoile du Sahel play their home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.
^ CR Belouizdad play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade du 20 Août, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References

^ "Dridi limogé !". tunisie-foot.com. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Tunisie : Roger Lemerre de retour à l'Etoile Sportive du Sahel". africafootunited.com. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "ETOILE DU SAHEL : SOUS LA PRESSION DES FANS, ROGER LEMERRE QUITTE SON POSTE D'ENTRAÎNEUR". africatopsports.com. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ "Etoile du Sahel : Lassaad Chabbi succède à Roger Lemerre". sport365.fr. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ "الجماهير تعود رسمياً إلى ملاعب الدوري التونسي". alaraby.co.uk. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ "Amical : l'ES Sahel bat l'ES Hammam-Sousse (4-1)". turess.com. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "Tunisie – Matchs amicaux : Le Club Africain et l'Etoile du Sahel vainqueurs". africafootunited.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "NEWS: Ali Jmal signe à l'ESS". lapresse.tn. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Transfert : L'ES Sahel signe le congolais Vinny Kombe Bongonga". africafootunited.com. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Mercato : Youcef Laouafi signe pour trois saisons à l'ES Sahel". DZFoot.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "ESS : Imed Louati débarque". footballtunisien.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Transfert : L'ES du Sahel officialise l'arrivée de l'algérien Boualem Mesmoudi". africafootunited.com. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Mercato : Benyoucef rejoint l'ES Sahel (Officiel)". dzfoot.com. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Former Liberty Professionals Duo set to Make Champions League Debut". 442 GH. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
^ "Mercato : Ben Ouanes signe pour deux ans à Kasimpasa en Turquie". africafootunited.com. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Transfert : Wajdi Kechrida à Salernitana". ettachkila.com. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Tunisie : Redouane Zerdoum s'engage deux ans avec le Club Africain". dzfoot.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "ESS : DÉPART D'UN DÉFENSEUR ALGÉRIEN". kawarji.com. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ "Officiel : Meziani quitte l'Etoile du Sahel et s'engage en faveur d'Abha". dzfoot.com. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ "Boukhenchouche signe pour 18 mois à la JSK". competition.dz. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[Covid-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.

[table_hth_CSS0.65500563506736-10] Club Sfaxien and Union Monastirienne were added 2 points (2nd of the groups in the first round).

[table_hth_CA0.65500563506736-11] Club Africain and Espérance de Tunis were added 3 points (1st of the groups in the first round).

[table_hth_ESS0.65500563506736-12] Étoile du Sahel and Union de Ben Guerdane were added 1 point (3rd of the groups in the first round).

[Stade_Olympique_de_Sousse-5] Étoile du Sahel play their home matches in many stadiums, Until the Playoff Étoile du Sahel returned to Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse.

[ESS-13] Étoile du Sahel play their home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.

[CRB-14] CR Belouizdad play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade du 20 Août, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.

[1] "Dridi limogé !". tunisie-foot.com. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[2] "Tunisie : Roger Lemerre de retour à l'Etoile Sportive du Sahel". africafootunited.com. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[3] "ETOILE DU SAHEL : SOUS LA PRESSION DES FANS, ROGER LEMERRE QUITTE SON POSTE D'ENTRAÎNEUR". africatopsports.com. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[4] "Etoile du Sahel : Lassaad Chabbi succède à Roger Lemerre". sport365.fr. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[6] "الجماهير تعود رسمياً إلى ملاعب الدوري التونسي". alaraby.co.uk. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[7] "Amical : l'ES Sahel bat l'ES Hammam-Sousse (4-1)". turess.com. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[8] "Tunisie – Matchs amicaux : Le Club Africain et l'Etoile du Sahel vainqueurs". africafootunited.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[15] "NEWS: Ali Jmal signe à l'ESS". lapresse.tn. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[16] "Transfert : L'ES Sahel signe le congolais Vinny Kombe Bongonga". africafootunited.com. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[17] "Mercato : Youcef Laouafi signe pour trois saisons à l'ES Sahel". DZFoot.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[18] "ESS : Imed Louati débarque". footballtunisien.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[19] "Transfert : L'ES du Sahel officialise l'arrivée de l'algérien Boualem Mesmoudi". africafootunited.com. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[20] "Mercato : Benyoucef rejoint l'ES Sahel (Officiel)". dzfoot.com. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[21] "Former Liberty Professionals Duo set to Make Champions League Debut". 442 GH. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-03-02.

[22] "Mercato : Ben Ouanes signe pour deux ans à Kasimpasa en Turquie". africafootunited.com. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[23] "Transfert : Wajdi Kechrida à Salernitana". ettachkila.com. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[24] "Tunisie : Redouane Zerdoum s'engage deux ans avec le Club Africain". dzfoot.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[25] "ESS : DÉPART D'UN DÉFENSEUR ALGÉRIEN". kawarji.com. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

[26] "Officiel : Meziani quitte l'Etoile du Sahel et s'engage en faveur d'Abha". dzfoot.com. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

[27] "Boukhenchouche signe pour 18 mois à la JSK". competition.dz. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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2021–22 Étoile Sportive du Sahel season

Squad list

Pre-season

Competitions

Overview

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

Goalscorers

Transfers

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References

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