Étoile Sportive du Sahel (basketball)

Basketball team in Sousse, Tunisia

Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Nickname| ESS
Leagues| Championnat Pro A
Founded| 1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Arena| Olympic Sports Hall
Capacity| 5,000
Location| Sousse, Tunisia
President| Maher Karoui
Head coach| Amine Rzig
Website| www.etoile-du-sahel.com

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Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Arabic: النجم الرياضي الساحلي) is a Tunisian professional basketball club from Sousse. The club competes in the Championnat Pro A, the first division and has won six league championships in its history.

Notable former players of the team include senior men's Tunisian national basketball team members Makrem Ben Romdhane, Amine Rzig, Salah Mejri.[1] Sahel has won one FIBA Africa Champions Cup, in 2011.

## Honors

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### Domestic leagues

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* Championnat Pro A
* Champions (6): 1980–81, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
* Runners-up (3): 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
* Tunisian Cup
* Champions (5): 1981, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
* Runners-up (3): 1980, 1982, 2010
* Championnat Nationale 1
* Champions (1): 2021–22
* Tunisian Men's Basketball Super Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2014
* Tunisian Basketball Federation Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2017

### Continental leagues

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* FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
* Champions (1): 2011
* Runners-up (2): 2008, 2013
* Arab Club Championship
* Champions (2): 2015, 2016
* Houssem Eddine Hariri Tournament
* Runners-up (3): 2012,[2] 2015,[3] 2016[4]

## Presidents

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N°  | Country  | Name  | Years

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1  |  | Ali Driss  | 1957–1959
2  |  | Mohamed Atoui  | 1959–1960
3  |  | Ali Driss  | 1960–1961
4  |  | Hamed Karoui | 1961–1981
5  |  | Abdeljelil Bouraoui  | 1981–1984
6  |  | Hamadi Mestiri  | 1984–1988
7  |  | Abdeljelil Bouraoui  | 1988–1990
8  |  | Hamadi Mestiri  | 1990–1993
9  |  | Othman Jenayah | 1993–2006
10  |  | Moez Driss | 2006–2009
11  |  | Hamed Kammoun | 2009–2011
12  |  | Hafedh Hmaied  | 2011–2012
13  |  | Ridha Charfeddine | 2012–2021
14  |  | Maher Karoui  | 2021–2022  | 15  |  | Othmen Jnayeh  | 2022–present

## References

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1. ^ AfricaBasket.com Tunisian national basketball team.
2. ^ "Al Hariri Basketball Championship - Lebanon 2012". goalzz.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020..
3. ^ "Al Hariri Basketball Championship - Lebanon 2015". goalzz.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020..
4. ^ "Al Hariri Basketball Championship - Lebanon 2016". goalzz.com. Retrieved 23 October 2020..

## External links

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* AfricaBasket.com Team Page
* ESS on Instagram

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Étoile Sportive du Sahel

* Players
* Managers
* Presidents
* Seasons
* Africa
* Records and statistics
* Current season

Home stadium|

* Sousse Olympic Stadium

Host Arenas|

* Sousse Olympic Indoor Sports Hall

Training ground|

* Ezzeddine Douik Sports Complex

Rivalries|

* EST–ESS Rivalry
* ESS–CSS Rivalry
* CA–ESS Rivalry

Media|

* ESS–TV Online

Cultures|

* Brigade Rouge
* Fanatics
* Saheliano

Disciplines|

* Basketball
* men
* women
* Football
* Handball
* Volleyball
* Athletics ( Defunct )

* Category:Étoile du Sahel
* Portal:Association football
* Commons:Étoile du Sahel

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