Espérance Sportive de Tunis


Espérance Sportive de Tunis, also known as ES Tunis, Espérance ST, Espérance de Tunis or most popular name for nowadays Mkachkha, Blood & Gold, or simply EST for short, is a sports club based in Bab Souika, Tunis, Tunisia. The club was founded in 1919 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home stadium, Stade Olympique de Radès, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Esperance is the most successful Tunisian club; domestically, they have won 29 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 titles, 15 Tunisian Cup and 4 Tunisian Super Cup.
Esperance won a total of 48 domestic trophies, more than any other Tunisian football club.
At international level, Esperance has won 12 titles, with 8 organized by Confederation of African Football.

History

The club was founded in Bab Souika which is one of the historic gates of the capital of Tunisia, Tunis on January 15, 1919 in the French protectorate. The club was named Taraji in Arabic after the name of the coffeehouse where the founders used to often meet each other. So far ES Tunis has 29 Tunisian League wins, 15 Tunisian Cups, and 4 Tunisian Supercups. At the continental level, the club has won 4 CAF Champions League, one African Cup Winners' Cup, one CAF Cup, one CAF Super Cup and one Afro-Asian Cup, making it one of the most successful African clubs.
In 2001, Espérance set a new Tunisian record by winning the national title four years in a row, beating the previous record of three, set by Italia de Tunis in 1937. They extended this run to seven consecutive titles in 2004.

Honours

Domestic competitions

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