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.
| Étoile Sportive du Sahel | |||
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| Nickname | ESS | ||
| Leagues | Championnat Pro A | ||
| Founded | 1957 | ||
| Arena | Olympic Sports Hall | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Location | Sousse, Tunisia | ||
| President | Maher Karoui | ||
| Head coach | Amine Rzig | ||
| Website | www | ||
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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
editDomestic leagues
edit- 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
edit- FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
- Arab Club Championship
- Champions (2): 2015, 2016
- Houssem Eddine Hariri Tournament
Presidents
edit| N° | Country | Name | Years | ||||
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| 1 | 
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Ali Driss | 1957–1959 | ||||
| 2 |
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Mohamed Atoui | 1959–1960 | ||||
| 3 |
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Ali Driss | 1960–1961 | ||||
| 4 |
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Hamed Karoui | 1961–1981 | ||||
| 5 |
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Abdeljelil Bouraoui | 1981–1984 | ||||
| 6 |
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Hamadi Mestiri | 1984–1988 | ||||
| 7 |
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Abdeljelil Bouraoui | 1988–1990 | ||||
| 8 |
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Hamadi Mestiri | 1990–1993 | ||||
| 9 |
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Othman Jenayah | 1993–2006 | ||||
| 10 | 
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Moez Driss | 2006–2009 | ||||
| 11 |
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Hamed Kammoun | 2009–2011 | ||||
| 12 |
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Hafedh Hmaied | 2011–2012 | ||||
| 13 |
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Ridha Charfeddine | 2012–2021 | ||||
| 14 |
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Maher Karoui | 2021–2022 | 15 |
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Othmen Jnayeh | 2022–present |
References
edit- ^ AfricaBasket.com Tunisian national basketball team.
- ^ "Al Hariri Basketball Championship - Lebanon 2012". goalzz.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020..
- ^ "Al Hariri Basketball Championship - Lebanon 2015". goalzz.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020..
- ^ "Al Hariri Basketball Championship - Lebanon 2016". goalzz.com. Retrieved 23 October 2020..