2016–17 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

In the 2016–17 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis competed in the Ligue 1 for the 62nd season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It was their 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They competed in Ligue 1, the Champions League and the Tunisian Cup.

Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match !G !W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Win %
 * Ligue 1
 * Ligue 1


 * N/A
 * style="background:gold;"| Winners
 * 10 September 2016
 * 18 May 2017
 * 2016 Tunisian Cup
 * 2016 Tunisian Cup


 * Quarter-finals
 * style="background:gold;"|Winners
 * 16 August 2016
 * 27 August 2016
 * 2017 Tunisian Cup
 * 2017 Tunisian Cup


 * Round of 32
 * Semi-finals
 * 30 November 2016
 * 28 May 2017
 * 2017 Champions League
 * 2017 Champions League

! Total
 * First round
 * Quarter-finals
 * 11 March 2017
 * 23 September 2017

First round
Group A

Playing statistics
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers
''Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.''