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The Étoile Sportive du Sahel, known as ES Sahel or simply ESS for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Sousse in the Sahel region of Tunisia. Their home stadium, Sousse Olympic Stadium, has a capacity of 40,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Adel Sellimi is a Tunisian former football player and current manager.
Club Africain, known as CA for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Stade Hammadi Agrebi, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
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.
The Tunisian Professional League 1, previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994, is the top division football tournament in Tunisia under the organization of the Tunisian Football Federation. The first edition was held during the French protectorate of Tunisia, the 1907 season, under the auspices of the Federation of Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, and it was played in a knockout system, and the first official match in the history of the tournament was played on 9 June 1907.
Aymen Mathlouthi, also known as Balbouli, is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Étoile du Sahel.
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.
Slobodan "Piksi" Subotić is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He last served as the head coach for Budućnost of the ABA League, Montenegrin League and the EuroCup.
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 de Tunis. The derby is played in Tunis in the Hammadi Agrebi stadium due to its larger capacity of 60,000 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 professional football manager and former player and the current head coach of ES Sahel. 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.
Saber Khalifa is a Tunisian international footballer who plays for Club Africain as a winger and striker.
Nabil Maâloul is a Tunisian professional football manager and former player.
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Nader Ghandri is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for UAE Pro League Ajman Club. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
Federico Bicoro Akieme Nchama, known as Federico Bikoro, is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Tunisian club Club Africain and the Equatorial Guinea national team.
Nicholas Opoku is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Amiens. He has also been capped at the international level.
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