ES Mostaganem

ES Mostaganem
Full name	Espérance Sportive de Mostaganem
Nickname(s)	Les Verts, ESM
Founded	1940
Ground	Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium
Capacity	18,000
League	Ligue 1
2023–24	Ligue 2, Centre-west Group, 1st (promoted)
	Current season

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, has a capacity of 37,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

History

On Mars 25, 2018, ES Mostaganem were promoted to the Algerian Ligue 2 after winning 2017–18 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur "Group West".^[1]

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

On 28 May 2024, ES Mostaganem returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after 25 years of absence.^[3]^[4]

Players

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

Current squad

As of 1 August 2024^[update] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Abdesslam Hannane
3	DF	ALG	Abdelkader Tamimi
4	DF	ALG	Benali Benamar
5	DF	ALG	Yacine Zeghad
6	MF	ALG	Mustapha Zeghnoun
7	MF	ALG	Houcine Aoued
8	MF	ALG	Chakib Aoudjane
9	FW	ALG	Mohammed Fodil Belkhadem
10	MF	ALG	Fouad Ghanem
11	FW	ALG	Chérif Siam
12	DF	ALG	Boualem Mesmoudi
13	MF	ALG	Aziz Benabdi
14	FW	ALG	Hani Gasmi
15	DF	ALG	Mohamed Amine Ezzemani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	ALG	Mohamed Alaouchiche
17	FW	ALG	Ramdane Hitala
18	MF	ALG	Toufik Addadi
19	FW	ALG	Akram Abou Bakr Bibi
20	DF	ALG	Riadh Dahmani
21	DF	ALG	Khaled Chouari (captain)
23	FW	ALG	Yasser Belaribi
24	MF	ALG	Noureddine Hamri
27	DF	ALG	Abdellah Meddah
28	DF	ALG	Mohamed Beghdadi
40	GK	ALG	Mohammed Reyad Lezoul
—	FW	ALG	Ameur Bouguettaya
—	FW	ALG	Nizar Tamer