2023–24 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

The 2023–24 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season was the 105th season in existence and the club's 69th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. In addition to the domestic league, Espérance de Tunis participated in this season's editions of the Tunisian Cup, the CAF Champions League, the African Football League and Arab Club Champions Cup.

On the domestic front, Espérance de Tunis regained the league and won a record-extending 33rd title, following a 2–0 win against US Monastir, but they were eliminated from the Tunisian Cup in the round of 32 after a 2–1 after extra time loss against OC Kerkennah.

On the continental front, Espérnace reached the Champions League final for the first time since 2019, where they were narrowly defeated 1–0 on aggregate by Al Ahly. They also reached the semi-finals of the inaugural African Football League before being eliminated by Wydad AC after a 1–1 draw on aggregate and a 5–4 loss on penalties. In the Arab Club Champions Cup, Espérance were eliminated in the group stage.

Squad list
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Staff:
 * Fábio Fernandes (assistant manager) (from 12 January)
 * 🇹🇳 Chamseddine Dhaouadi (assistant manager)
 * 🇹🇳 Wassim Naouara (goalkeeper manager)
 * Carlos Miguel Silva (fitness manager) (from 12 January)
 * 🇹🇳 Mohamed Sabri Bouazizi (fitness manager)
 * Pedro Azevedo (Analyst) (from 13 March)
 * 🇹🇳 Yassine Ben Ahmed (doctor)
 * 🇪🇬 Wessam Safwat (Analyst) (until 13 March)
 * 🇹🇳 Seifallah Hosni (assistant manager) (until 12 January)
 * 🇹🇳 José Clayton (assistant manager) (until 12 January)
 * 🇹🇳 Ahmed Hammadi (fitness manager) (until 12 January)
 * 🇹🇳 Mejdi Traoui (assistant manager) (until 2 October)

Other players under contract:
 * 🇹🇳 Zied Machmoum

Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Starting 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


 * First round
 * style="background:gold;" | Winners
 * 19 August 2023
 * 20 June 2024
 * Tunisian Cup
 * Tunisian Cup


 * colspan=2 | Round of 32
 * colspan=2 | 8 May 2024
 * CAF Champions League
 * CAF Champions League


 * Second round
 * style="background:silver;" | Runners-up
 * 17 September 2023
 * 25 May 2024
 * African Football League
 * African Football League


 * Quarter-finals
 * Semi-finals
 * 22 October 2023
 * 1 November 2023
 * Arab Club Champions Cup
 * Arab Club Champions Cup

! Total
 * colspan=2 | Group stage
 * 27 July 2023
 * 2 August 2023

! 27 July 2023 ! 20 June 2024
 * bgcolor=silver colspan=2 |

First round
Group B

The draw of the first round was held on 1 August 2023.

Playoff
The draw of the playoff was held on 14 January 2024.

Results summary
NB: As group B winners, Espérance de Tunis were added 3 points in the playoff that were not counted in this summary.

Tunisian Cup
Espérance de Tunis entered the tournament in the round of 32, as they were part of the 2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Qualifying rounds
The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023.

Group stage
The draw of the group stage was held on 6 October 2023.

Group C

Knockout stage
The draw of the group stage was held on 12 March 2024.

African Football League
The draw of the African Football League was held on 2 September 2023.

Arab Club Champions Cup
The draw of Arab Club Champions Cup was held on 6 March 2023.

Group stage
Group A

Statistics

 * 1 Includes African Football League and Arab Club Champions Cup.
 * ‡ Player left the club during the season.
 * y Youth team