2021–22 Étoile Sportive du Sahel season

Étoile Sportive du Sahel
2021–22 season
President
Head coach	Lassaad Dridi; (until 4 November 2021); Roger Lemerre; (18 November to 6 March); Lassaad Jarda; (from 8 March 2022)
Stadium	Stade Bou Ali Lahouar; Stade Hammadi Agrebi
Ligue 1	First round
Tunisian Cup	To be confirmed
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Yassine Chikhaoui; ; (2); All: ; Yassine Chikhaoui; (4)
Biggest win	Étoile du Sahel 4–0 APR; (23 October 2021)
Biggest defeat	CS Chebba 2–0 Étoile du Sahel; (7 November 2021)
	← 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 16 March 2022.

In the 2021–22 season, Étoile Sportive du Sahel is competing in the Ligue 1 for the , 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.

Squad list[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Aymen Mathlouthi	(1984-09-14) 14 September 1984 (age 37)	Al-Adalah FC
16		(1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 22)	ES Hammam-Sousse
27		(2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 (age 19)	Youth system
30	Ali Jemal	(1990-06-09) 9 June 1990 (age 31)	Stade Tunisien
Defenders
2	Saddam Ben Aziza	(1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 31)	AS Gabès
3		(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 22)	Youth system
4		(2003-01-12) 12 January 2003 (age 19)	Youth system
6	Houcine Benayada	(1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 (age 29)	CS Constantine
12		(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000 (age 21)	Youth system
13	Youcef Laouafi	(1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 26)	ES Sétif
21		(1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 23)	ES Hammam-Sousse
24		(1998-07-08) 8 July 1998 (age 23)	JS Kairouan
34		(1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 (age 28)	El Gouna
-		(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 25)	US Ben Guerdane
-	Zied Boughattas	(1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 31)	ENPPI
Midfielders
8		(1995-08-18) 18 August 1995 (age 26)	Club Africain
15	Mootez Zaddem	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21)	Valmiera
17	Yassine Chikhaoui	(1986-09-21) 21 September 1986 (age 35)	Al Ahli SC
18		(1999-01-22) 22 January 1999 (age 23)	Youth system
20	Malek Baayou	(1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 22)	Youth system
23		(2002-08-10) 10 August 2002 (age 19)	Youth system
26		(1999-06-17) 17 June 1999 (age 22)	Youth system
29	Mohamed Amine Ben Amor	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 29)	Youth system
32		(2003-05-14) 14 May 2003 (age 18)	Youth system
35		(1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 26)	Unattached
36	Iheb Msakni	(1988-07-13) 13 July 1988 (age 33)	Ahed
-	Stanley Ampaw	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 19)	Liberty Professionals
-		(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 23)	Youth system
Forwards
9		(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 25)	Unattached
10	Zineddine Boutmène	(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 21)	NA Hussein Dey
22		(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 22)	Youth system
37	Abraham Wayo	(2003-08-01) 1 August 2003 (age 18)	Liberty Professionals
39	Souleymane Coulibaly	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 27)	Partick Thistle

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	11	3	6	2	9	6	+3	027.27	First round	First round	28 October 2021	2022
Tunisian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	2022	2022
Champions League	6	1	4	1	6	4	+2	016.67	Second round	Group stage	16 October 2021	2022
Total	17	4	10	3	15	10	+5	023.53			16 October 2021	2022

Updated to match played 16 March 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1[]

First round (Group B)[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	AS Rejiche	11	5	4	2	10	7	+3	19	Advance to Playoff
3	Club Africain	11	4	4	3	7	6	+1	16	Advance to Playoff
4	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	11	3	6	2	9	6	+3	15
5	Olympique Béja	11	4	1	6	7	8	−1	13
6	CS Chebba	11	3	3	5	6	8	−2	12	Qualification for Relegation Group

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2022. 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 by round[]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 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	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	Sousse
14:30	Chikhaoui 33'	Report	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.) 27'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Chebba Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Youssef Sraïri

19 November 2021 Round 6	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	AS Rejiche	Sousse
14:00	Laouafi 34'	Report	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: Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nidhal Letaif

2 March 2022 Round 8	Étoile du Sahel	2–0	AS Soliman	Monastir
14:00	Coulibaly 6' Ampaw 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Mahrez Melki

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

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

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

23/24 March 2022 Round 12	Étoile du Sahel	v	CS Chebba	Sousse
				Stadium: Stade Bou Ali Lahouar

30/31 March 2022 Round 13	AS Rejiche	v	Étoile du Sahel	Rejiche
				Stadium:

6/7 April 2022 Round 14	Étoile du Sahel	v	Olympique Béja	Sousse
				Stadium: Stade Bou Ali Lahouar

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

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
11	3	6	2	9	6	+3	15	2	3	0	5	2	+3	1	3	2	4	4	0

Last updated: 16 March 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Tunisian Cup[]

2022 To be confirmed

v

Champions League[]

Qualifying rounds[]

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' 90+3' (pen.) 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Group stage[]

Group C[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	CRB	ESS	GAL
1	Espérance de Tunis	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	8	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–2 Apr	0–0	4–0
2	CR Belouizdad	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	19 Mar	4–1
3	Étoile du Sahel	4	0	3	1	1	3	−2	3		0–2	0–0	—	1–2 Apr
4	Jwaneng Galaxy (E)	4	0	1	3	3	11	−8	1		19 Mar	1–2	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 March 2022. Source: CAF
(E) Eliminated

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

19 February 2022 (2022-02-19) Matchday 2	Jwaneng Galaxy	1–1	Étoile du Sahel	Gaborone
18:00 UTC+2	Sesinyi 90+1'	Report	Coulibaly 14'	Stadium: Botswana National Stadium Referee: (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 1]}
14:00 UTC+1		Report	Bedrane 66' Ben Romdhane 77'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: (Egypt)

19 March 2022 (2022-03-19) Matchday 5	CR Belouizdad	v	Étoile du Sahel	Algiers^{[note 2]}
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet

1/2 April 2022 (2022-04) Matchday 6	Étoile du Sahel	v	Jwaneng Galaxy	Tunis^{[note 1]}
--:-- UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: (Egypt)

Notes[]

^ ^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.

[Covid-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.

[ESS-4] 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-5] 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.

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2021–22 season
President
Head coach	Lassaad Dridi (until 4 November 2021)^[1] Roger Lemerre (18 November to 6 March)^[2] Lassaad Jarda (from 8 March 2022)
Stadium	Stade Bou Ali Lahouar Stade Hammadi Agrebi
Ligue 1	First round
Tunisian Cup	To be confirmed
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Yassine Chikhaoui (2) All: Yassine Chikhaoui (4)
Biggest win	Étoile du Sahel 4–0 APR (23 October 2021)
Biggest defeat	CS Chebba 2–0 Étoile du Sahel (7 November 2021)
← 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 16 March 2022.