The Étoile Sportive du Sahel, is a sports club from Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia, known primarily for its football and basketball team. The club also has sections for handball, volleyball, judo and wrestling. ESS was founded on 11 May 1925 after a general meeting under the chairmanship of Chedly Boujemla, Ali Laârbi and Ahmed Zaklaoui, at the headquarters of the Association of the ancient French-Arab School in Laroussi Zarouk Street, in the heart of the old town of Sousse. The aim of the meeting was to establish a sports education society. The Tunisian flag was chosen in the selection of the colors of the team. The red shirt with the star and the white shorts. The French colonial authorities prevented the use of these colors, but with the insistence of the team leaders they prevailed and in the latter they played this kit. In English the name means SportStar of the Sahel
Karim Saïdi is a Tunisian football player who last played for Belgian club Lierse SK. He now runs a coffee shop in Tunisia. He was part of the squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.
Atif is an Arabic masculine given name generally used in the Muslim world, it means "the kind one".
Hamdi Marzouki is a retired Tunisian professional footballer who played as a defender. From 2000 to 2004, he represented Tunisia national football team internationally and played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea-Japan. Marzouki has also represented Tunisia in the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Aymen Mathlouthi is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Étoile du Sahel.
Yassin Mikari is a Tunisian-Swiss professional footballer.
Fodil Megharia is a former Algerian footballer who played as a defender. He spent his entire club career with ASO Chlef (Algeria) and Club Africain (Tunisia), with whom he won the 1991 African Cup of Champions Clubs.
Hédi «Balha» Berkhissa was a Tunisian footballer who played for Espérance and the Tunisian National Team as a defender.
Karim Ben Hassan Aouadhi is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Tunisia national team.
In Tunisian football, the Tunis derby is the local derby between the two major clubs in the city of Tunis, Tunisia – Club Africain and Espérance. The derby is played in Rades in the Stade Olympique de Radès stadium due to its larger capacity of 65,000 seats. Before the construction of this stadium, the derby used to be played in the 45,000 seat-capacity Stade El Menzah.
Faouzi Benzarti is a Tunisian former football player and the current coach of Wydad Casablanca. He spent his entire career as a player at his home club US Monastir without any achievements. His training career began and was only 29 years old, making it the youngest Tunisian coach at the time. He is considered one of the most successful coaches in Tunisia. He usually uses offensive play and a high-pressure plan as he is known for his toughness in training and his excessive anger towards his players and referees. During his managerial career, he was in charge of two national teams: the Tunisian and Libyan national football teams, he was also close to signing with the Moroccan team in 2016 before appointing Hervé Renard.
Abdelhak Benchikha is an Algerian football manager, currently in charge of Mouloudia Oujda.
Bilel Ifa is a Tunisian international footballer who plays for Club Africain, as a defender.
Saber Khalifa is a Tunisian international footballer who plays for Club Africain as a winger and striker.
Nabil Maâloul is a Tunisian football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Syria national team.
Moncef Chargui is a former Tunisia international football defender who played club football in Tunisia. He is a football manager and has led clubs in Tunisia and Bahrain.
Abdelkader Oueslati Kaabi, commonly known as Kader, is a Tunisian footballer who plays for Club Africain as a right back or winger.
Nicholas Opoku is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Amiens, on loan from Udinese. He has also been capped at the international level.
Moataz Zemzemi is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for US Avranches on loan from Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg.
Nabil Kouki, is a Tunisian football coach and former footballer. He is currently the coach of ES Sétif. He started his professional football career in 1990, at Olympique Béja where he played for five seasons before moving to the Club Africain where he also played for five seasons.
