Etoile Sportive du Sahel - last updated on 12 December 2007
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Etoile Sportive du Sahel (النـجـم الرياضي الساحلي)
Foundation: May 11th 1925
City: Sousse
Colours: Red and white
Website: www.etoile-du-sahel.com
Honours:
CAF Champions League - 1 (2007)
African Cup Winners' Cup - 2 (1997, 2003)
CAF Cup - 2 (1995, 1999)
CAF Confederation Cup - 1 (2006)
CAF Super Cup - 1 (1998)
Championnat National de Tunisie - 9 (1950, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1997, 2007)
Coupe de Tunisie - 7 (1959, 1963, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1996)
Coupe de la Ligue - 1 (2005)
Maghrebi Champions Cup - 1 (1972)
Maghrebi Cup Winners' Cup - 1 (1975)
A bit of 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'Etoile Sportive. The club's members eventually settled on L'Etoile 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'Etoile 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.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
Etoile Sportive du Sahel -
Founded on May 11th 1925
