Espérance Sportive de Mostaganem (Arabic: الترجي الرياضي لمستغانم), known as ES Mostaganem or simply 'ESM for short, is an Algerian football club in Mostaganem. The club was founded in 1940 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium(shared with local rivals WA Mostaganem), has a capacity of 37,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

On March 25, 2018, ES Mostaganem were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2 after winning 2017–18 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur "Group West".

On 28 May 2022, ES Mostaganem returned to the Algerian Ligue 2.

On 28 May 2024, ES Mostaganem returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 25 years of absence.

Players

The Algerian teams are limited to four foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player.

Current squad

As of 31 January 2026[update] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK ALG Abdesslam Hannane 2 DF ALG Aymene Boualleg 3 DF ALG Boualem Mesmoudi (captain) 4 DF ALG Benali Benamar 6 MF ALG Abdelhafid Benamara 7 FW ALG Zoubir Motrani 8 MF ALG Taher Benkhelifa 9 FW ALG Ali Haroun 10 MF ALG Abdellah El Moudene 11 FW ALG Abderraouf Othmani 12 DF ALG Mohamed Ezzemani 13 MF ALG Sid Ali Lamri 14 MF ALG Mohamed BengrinaNo. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW ALG Akram Bibi 20 FW ALG Mohamed Toumi Sief 21 MF ALG Ahmed Gagaâ 22 FW ALG Ameur Bouguettaya 24 MF ALG El Kacem Khodja 26 FW ALG Boualem Sryer 27 DF ALG Abdeldjalil Bahoussi 28 MF ALG Abdelkrim Namani 31 FW ALG Hamza Laireche 29 FW ALG Ilyes Hamdi 33 DF ALG Abdelillah Slimane 40 GK ALG Mounir Aziria
1GKALGAbdesslam Hannane
2DFALGAymene Boualleg
3DFALGBoualem Mesmoudi (captain)
4DFALGBenali Benamar
6MFALGAbdelhafid Benamara
7FWALGZoubir Motrani
8MFALGTaher Benkhelifa
9FWALGAli Haroun
10MFALGAbdellah El Moudene
11FWALGAbderraouf Othmani
12DFALGMohamed Ezzemani
13MFALGSid Ali Lamri
14MFALGMohamed Bengrina
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19FWALGAkram Bibi
20FWALGMohamed Toumi Sief
21MFALGAhmed Gagaâ
22FWALGAmeur Bouguettaya
24MFALGEl Kacem Khodja
26FWALGBoualem Sryer
27DFALGAbdeldjalil Bahoussi
28MFALGAbdelkrim Namani
31FWALGHamza Laireche
29FWALGIlyes Hamdi
33DFALGAbdelillah Slimane
40GKALGMounir Aziria

Personnel

Current technical staff

PositionStaff
Head coachNadhir Leknaoui
Assistant coachAbdelaziz Bouhenni
Goalkeeping coachLounès Gaouaoui
Fitness coachHoussemeddine Cheriet

Honours

Runners-up: 1962–63, 1964–65

Champions:: 2023–24

  • Algerian Third Division:

Champions: 2007–08, 2017–18, 2021–22

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