Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Espérance Sportive de Tunis, known as ES Tunis or simply EST for short, and nicknamed “Mkashkha”, The Elder of Tunisian Clubs, the Blood and Gold Club and The Beast of Africa. is a Tunisian professional sports club. It was founded on 15 January 1919 in the Bab Souika neighborhood in Tunis, Tunisia. It has been active in the first Tunisian Professional League 1 since 1936, during which it played 63 seasons, except for the 1970–71 season.