Espérance Sportive de Guelma ( ar, الترجي الرياضي القالمي), known as ES Guelma or simply ESG for short, is an Algerian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based in

Guelma Guelma ( ar, قالمة ''Qālima''; arq, ڨالمة; Algerian pronunciation: ) is the capital of Guelma Province and Guelma District, located in north-eastern Algeria, about 65 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. Its location correspon ...

. The club was founded in 1924 as 'Espérance Sportive Franco Musulmane Guelmoise (ESFM Guelmoise)' and its colours are black and white. Their home stadium,

Stade Souidani Boujemaa The Boudjemaa Souidani Stadium (), is a multi-use stadium in Guelma, Algeria.It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of ES Guelma. The stadium holds 15,000 spectators. It was named after Boudjemaa Souidani, former ...

, has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the

Inter-Régions Division Inter-Régions Division (also known as ''Ligue Inter-Régions de football'') is the third-highest division overall in the Algerian football league system. The division has six groups based on the region of the country, which are East, West and Cen ...

. The club spent 17 seasons in the

Algerian Championnat National The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

, with the last time being in 1992. The club also reached the semi-finals of the

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after in ...

on three occasions: 1968, 1987 and 1989. ESFM Guelma 1955

Honours

National

*Championship of East League of Constantine (Honour Division) :Champion (3 times): 1952, 1954, 1955 * Algerian Championship :Runner-up (1 time): 1966

International

North African Championship The North African Championship was a football competition involving the territories of French Algeria, French protectorate of Morocco and French protectorate of Tunisia. It was played between the champions of the Tunisian, the Moroccan footb ...

:Winner (1 time): 1955

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guelma, ES Football clubs in Algeria Association football clubs established in 1924 1924 establishments in Algeria