ES Mostaganem

ES Mostaganem

Full name	Espérance Sportive de Mostaganem
Nicknames	Les Verts, ESM
Founded	1940
Ground	Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium
Capacity	18,000
Chairman	Taqi Al-Din Bibi
Manager	Hatem Missaoui [1]
League	Ligue 1
2024–25	Ligue 1, 14th of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Espérance Sportive de Mostaganem (Arabic : الترجي الرياضي لمستغانم), known as ES Mostaganem or simply 'ESM for short, is an Algerian football club in Mostaganem. The club was founded in 1940 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium(shared with local rivals WA Mostaganem), has a capacity of 37,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

On March 25, 2018, ES Mostaganem were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2 after winning 2017–18 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur "Group West". ^[2]

On 28 May 2022, ES Mostaganem returned to the Algerian Ligue 2. ^[3]

On 28 May 2024, ES Mostaganem returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 25 years of absence. ^{[4] [5]}

Players

The Algerian teams are limited to four foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

Current squad

As of 31 January 2026 ^{[update] [6]} Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ALG Abdesslam Hannane 2 DF   ALG Aymene Boualleg 3 DF   ALG Boualem Mesmoudi 4 DF   ALG Benali Benamar 5 DF   ALG Djamel Benlamri (captain) 6 MF   ALG Abdelhafid Benamara 7 FW   ALG Zoubir Motrani 8 MF   ALG Taher Benkhelifa 9 FW   ALG Ali Haroun 10 MF   ALG Abdellah El Moudene 13 MF   ALG Sid Ali Lamri 14 MF   ALG Mohamed Bengrina 19 FW   ALG Akram Bibi

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW   ALG Mohamed Toumi Sief 21 MF   ALG Ahmed Gagaâ 22 FW   ALG Ameur Bouguettaya 24 MF   ALG El Kacem Khodja 26 FW   ALG Boualem Sryer 31 FW   ALG Hamza Laireche 33 DF   ALG Abdelillah Slimane 40 GK   ALG Mounir Aziria - DF   ALG Abdeldjalil Bahoussi - DF   ALG Mohamed Ezzemani - FW   ALG Abderraouf Othmani - MF   ALG Abdelkrim Namani

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Hatem Missaoui
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach	Lounès Gaouaoui
Fitness coach	Ahmed Bouricha

Honours

• Algerian Cup:

Runners-up: 1962–63, 1964–65

• Algerian Ligue 2:

Champions:: 2023–24

• Algerian Third Division:

Champions: 2007–08, 2017–18, 2021–22

References

1. "ES Mostaganem: Hatem Missaoui, nouvel entraîneur". competition.dz. 15 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
2. "L'ES Mostaganem accède en Ligue 2". lesoirdalgerie.com. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
3. "Championnat Inter –régions : Les clubs qui accéderont en Ligue 2". lnfa.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
4. "Championnat Inter –régions : Les clubs qui accéderont en Ligue 2". lnfa.dz. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
5. "Ligue 2 amateur: l'ES Mostaganem accède en Ligue 1". aps.dz. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
6. "Players".

External links

• ES Mostaganem on Facebook