Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Espérance Sportive de Tunis (French pronunciation: [ɛspeʁɑ̃s spɔʁtiv də tynis]; Arabic: الترجي الرياضي التونسي, romanized: Attarajī ar-Riyāḍi Attūnisī), known as ES Tunis or simply EST for short, is a Tunisian professional sports club based in Bab Souika neighbourhood of Tunis, Tunisia. The club was founded in 1919 and its traditional colours are red and yellow. Their home stadium, Stade Hammadi Agrebi, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The club is mostly known for its football team.
| Full name | Espérance Sportive de Tunis | |||
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| Nickname(s) | المكشخة (The Smiling One) الأحمر و الأصفر (Red and Yellow) الدم و الذهب (Blood and Gold) غول إفريقيا (The Ghoul of Africa) شيخ الأندية التونسية (The Elder of Tunisan Clubs) الدولة (The State of its own) | |||
| Short name | ES Tunis | |||
| Founded | 15 January 1919 | |||
| Ground | Stade Hammadi Agrebi | |||
| Capacity | 60,000 | |||
| Chairman | Hamdi Meddeb | |||
| Head coach | Miguel Cardoso | |||
| League | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | 2nd of 16 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Espérance domestically have won 32 Tunisian Professional League 1 titles, 15 Tunisian Cup titles, and 6 Tunisian Super Cup titles. Espérance has won a total of 53 domestic trophies.
At international level, Espérance has won a total of 13 titles, with 8 organized by Confederation of African Football, including 4 CAF Champions League titles, 1 CAF Cup title, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup title, 1 CAF Super Cup title and one Afro-Asian Cup.