The Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Template:Lang-ar, often referred to as Étoile du Sahel) 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.
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| Full name | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | ||
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| Founded | May 11, 1925 | ||
| Ground | Stade Olympique de Sousse Sousse, Tunisia | ||
| Capacity | 35,000 | ||
| Chairman | Moez Driss | ||
| Manager | Bertrand Marchand | ||
| League | Championnat de Tunisie | ||
| 2006/07 | 1st | ||
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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'Etoile Sportive. The club's members eventually settled on L'Etoile 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'Etoile 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.
Club honours
- Championnat de Tunisie champions : 1950, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2007
- Tunisia Cup winners : 1959, 1963, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1996
- Tunisia League Cup winners : 2005
- Tunisian Cup finalists : 1939, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1967, 1991, 1994, 2001
- African Champions League finalists : 2004, 2005
- African Cup Winners' Cup winners : 1997, 2003
- CAF Cup winners : 1995, 1999
- CAF Cup finalists : 1996, 2001
- CAF Confederation Cup winners : 2006
- African Super Cup winners : 1998
- Arab Cup-Winners Cup finalists : 1995
- Maghrebi Champions Cup winners : 1972
- Maghrebi Cup-Winners Cup winners : 1975
Individual honours
Top scorers
- Habib Mougou : (25 goals) 1955-1956
- Habib Mougou : (28 goals) 1957-1958
- Othman Jenayah : (15 goals) 1969-1970
- Abdesselam Adhouma : (17 goals) 1970-1971
- Abdesselam Adhouma : (16 goals) 1973-1974
- Raouf Ben Aziza : (20 goals) 1975-1976
- Raouf Ben Aziza : (22 goals) 1977-1978
- Francileudo dos Santos Silva : (14 goals) 1998-1999
Golden Boot
- Othman Jenayah : 1969-1970
- Raouf Ben Aziza : 1977-1978
- Kamel Azzabi : 1985-1986
- Zoubeïr Beya : 1994-1995
Arab Golden Boot
- Kaïs Ghodhbane : 1999
Current Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former Players
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Chairmen
- 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
External links
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