Étoile Sportive du Sahel (basketball)

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
Nickname	ESS
Leagues	Championnat Pro A
Founded	1957; 68 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
Home Away

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

Domestic leagues

• 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 Basketball Cup
  • Champions (5): 1981, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
  • Runners-up (3): 1980, 1982, 2010
• Championnat Nationale 1
  • Champions (1): 2021–22
• Tunisian Basketball Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2014
• Tunisian Basketball Federation Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2017

Continental leagues

• 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

N°	Country	Name	Years
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