The Étoile Sportive du Sahel (النـجـم الرياضي الساحلي, often referred to as Étoile du Sahel, 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.
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.
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Football | Handball | Volleyball |
Basketball | Wrestling | Judo |
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Honours & Achievements
Étoile Sportive du Sahel was the first African squad to have won all official club competition recognized by Confederation of African Football .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
- Tunisian League Cup (1)
- Winner: 2005
Performance in CAF competitions
- African Champions League (1)
- Winner: 2007
- Runner-up: 2004, 2005
- CAF Confederation Cup (1)
- Winner: 2006
- African Cup Winners' Cup (2)
- Winner: 1997, 2003
- CAF Cup (2)
- Winner: 1995, 1999
- Runner-up: 1996, 2001
- African Super Cup (2)
- Winner: 1998, 2008
- Runner-up: 2004, 2007
Performance in UAFA competitions
- Arab Cup Winners Cup
- Finalist: 1995
Performance in other international competitions
- FIFA Club World Cup
- Fourth Place in 2007.
- Maghreb Champions Cup (1)
- Winner: 1972
- Maghreb Cup Winners Cup (1)
- Winner: 1975
¹titles won prior to independence
Individual Honours
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)
Golden Boot
- Othman Jenayah :
- Raouf Ben Aziza :
- Kamel Azzabi :
- Zoubeïr Beya :
Arab Golden Boot
- Kaïs Ghodhbane : 1999
Players
Current squad
Selected Reserve/Youth Team players
Out on loan
Former Personal
Former Players
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
Selected Former Coaches
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Notes
External links
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