Espérance Sportive de Tunis is a Tunisian basketball club based in

Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...

, as the basketball section of

Espérance Sportive de Tunis Espérance Sportive de Tunis (), known as ES Tunis or simply EST for short, is a Tunisian professional sports club founded on 15 January 1919 in the Bab Souika neighborhood of Tunis. Its football (soccer), football section has competed in th ...

. They currently play in the Championnat National 1, the second division.

History

The sports club

was founded in 1919, however, it was years later in 1946 that the basketball team was founded. After the

Tunisian independence Tunisian independence was a process that occurred from 1952 to 1956 between France and an independence movement, led by Habib Bourguiba. He became the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia after negotiations with France successfully bro ...

, the club re-organised and won the third division in 1958, the second division in 1959 and then reached the

Championnat Pro A The Championnat Pro A, is the highest tier professional basketball league in Tunisia, established in 1956. As the 2024–25 season, the league features 10 teams. The league is organised by the Tunisia Basketball Federation (FTBB). ES Radès (baske ...

for the first time under head coach Bob Saïdane. Espérance played its best seasons during the 1970s, as they won three national championships and four national cups. During the 1980s, two more cup titles followed. In 1995, Espérance missed the national play-offs and as a result, the club's management decided to dissolve the team. After more than a decade of absence, the club was revived following a decision during the 24 September 2011 general assembly of the club. Mortadha Benhassine, a former player for the team, announced the decision. Six years later, Espérance won the Second Division in 2017.

Honours

* Champions (3): 1977, 1978, 1979 Tunisian Basketball Cup * Winners (6): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1994 Championnat National 1 * Champions (2): 1959, 2017

References

External links

Official website
(in Arabic) {{Espérance Sportive de Tunis Basketball teams in Tunisia Basketball teams established in 1946