Espérance Sportive de Tunis, commonly known as Espérance Tunis, ES Tunis, or simply EST, is a professional sports club based in Tunis, Tunisia. Its football team has competed continuously in the Tunisian Professional League 1 since 1936, establishing itself as one of the most successful and historic clubs in the country. This unofficial Espérance Tunis fan flag (Arabic: علم غير رسمي لمشجعي الترجي الرياضي التونسي; French: drapeau non officiel des supporters de l'Espérance sportive de Tunis) features the club's official emblem placed on a red-and-yellow vertically striped background, a design inspired by the team's traditional "sang et or" (blood and gold) colors seen on their home kit.
The club's emblem is designed in a circular form, with the upper half displaying the team name in Arabic and the lower half in French, reflecting Tunisia's cultural and linguistic heritage. At the center lies a distinctive red-and-yellow striped field featuring a smiling cartoon boy dressed in traditional Tunisian attire, holding a football under his arm. This character, known as "Walidha" (meaning "his child" in Tunisian dialect), serves as the club's official mascot and was introduced in 1989 as part of a modern redesign by caricaturist Hassen M'chichi. Wearing a jebba in the club's colors, a red chechia, and football boots, Walidha symbolizes the joyful, youthful spirit of the supporters and represents the emotional bond between the club and its fans. Just beneath the figure, the founding year "1919" is prominently displayed, reinforcing the club's long-standing heritage. The surrounding red and yellow colors signify passion, energy, and pride, and together with the central figure, the emblem blends national tradition with sporting identity, capturing the essence of Espérance—meaning "hope" in French—and expressing a vibrant and enduring football culture.
| Team name: | Espérance Sportive de Tunis |
| Team nicknames: | Taraji, The Beast of Africa, The Smiling One, The Red and Yellow, The Blood and Gold, The Elder of Tunisian Clubs, Mkachkha, Sang et Or, Taraji Dawla, Ghoul Afrikya |
| Team abbreviation: | EST |
| Founded: | 1919 |
| Location: | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Stadium: | Hammadi Agrebi Stadium |
| Capacity: | 65,000 |
| League: | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| Team Colors: | Red and Yellow |
| Championships: | 34 |
| Second places: | 17 |
| Third places: | |
| Mascots: | Walidha |
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