Espoir Tsévié is a
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
lese
football
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club based in
Tsévié
Tsévié is a city and canton in the Maritime Region of Togo. It is situated 32 km north of the capital Lomé and at the 2010 Census had a population of 54,474. The city is inhabited primarily by Ewe people. It is the capital of the prefectur ...
. They currently play in the two division in Togolese football, the Togolese Championnat League 2.
History
Records for Togoloese football kept by
RSSSF
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are fragmentary for anything below the top division. However, they do indicate that Espoir have been playing in the Togolese second division, perhaps erratically, since at least 2002, when they also reached the last 32 of the national cup, losing out 1–0 to
Agaza Omnisports de Lomé They fared better three years later, reaching the last sixteen of the cup before losing to
Dyto FC de Lomé The following year, they finished second in Group C of the second division on 17 points behind
Anges de Notsè, qualifying for the playoff phase.
They lost in the quarterfinals of the playoffs to
Union Sportive de Masséda, 2–0 away in the first leg and then 1–0 at home in the second.
In the 2009 season (which was interrupted at the end of 2009 and did not in fact finish until 2011, with no games being played at all in 2010
) Espoir finished in third place on 22 points, narrowly missing out on the play off rounds.
Their performance the following season was equally mediocre, and although records are fragmentary, they finished no higher than sixth in the final standings. In 2014, they again finished in mid table in the group stage of the second division finishing on 10 points, a reduced number of competitors in each group from previous seasons meaning that they finished only one point above relegation.
Stadium
The club plays their home matches at Espoir Stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people
Espoir Stadium is a
stadium
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in
Tsévié
Tsévié is a city and canton in the Maritime Region of Togo. It is situated 32 km north of the capital Lomé and at the 2010 Census had a population of 54,474. The city is inhabited primarily by Ewe people. It is the capital of the prefectur ...
,
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
. It is currently used mostly for
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 ...
matches, is the home stadium of Espoir Tsévié.
References
Football clubs in Togo
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