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 Tunisian Division I Basketball League. 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.

Étoile Sportive du Sahel
NicknameESS
LeaguesChampionnat National A
Founded1957 (1957)
ArenaOlympic Sports Hall
Capacity5,000
LocationSousse, Tunisia
PresidentRidha Charfeddine
Head coachDimitris Papadopoulos
Websitewww.etoile-du-sahel.com
Active departments of Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Football Handball Basketball
Volleyball Wrestling Judo

Honors

Domestic leagues
  • Championnat National A
    • Champions (6): 1980–81, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
  • Tunisian Cup
    • Champions (5): 1981, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
    • Runners-up (3): 1980, 1982, 2010

Continental lagues
  • FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup

Arab Club Championship

  • Champions (2): 2015, 2016

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–present

References
  1. AfricaBasket.com Tunisian national basketball team.
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