In addition, the team succeeded in winning the Arab Club Champions Cup for the first time in its history after beating Al-Ramtha of Jordan in the first round, and the two Moroccan clubs of Casablanca: Wydad and Raja, then Al-Merrikh of Sudan in the semi-final before winning the final in Hazza bin Zayed Stadium at Al Ain in UAE, after beating Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia 2–1 to win $6 million. Decline and away from the stadium (2019–present) The 2–0 victory over Club Africain in June 2019 was the last match held at the Stade Olympique de Sousse before its closure and the launch of its expansion, which coincided with the team's decline in results. Rivalries The Tunisian classico is a football match between Étoile Sportive du Sahel and the other major Tunisian clubs: Espérance Sportive de Tunis (EST), Club Africain (CA) and Club Sportif Sfaxien (CSS). This denomination is inspired by the Spanish El Clásico between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. In terms of location, ESS are quite an isolated club, so games against US Monastir, ES Hammam-Sousse (just north of Sousse) and CS M'saken are considered local derbies. Étoile Sportive du Sahel – Espérance Sportive de Tunis The two teams met for the first time in the league during the 1944–1945 criterium; their first match ended in a draw 0–0. They met regularly from 1946 to 1947, after the unification of the north and south Championships, except in 1961–1962 when the Etoile Sportive du Sahel was dissolved. Before independence, the two teams met only 16 times, Espérance won 7 of them and Étoile in 5 matches while the teams tied on 4 occasions. Espérance scored 22 goals while Étoile scored 20 goals In the national championship, which was founded after independence, the statistics are very close. Espérance won 46 games and Étoile in 38, while 42 games ended with a draw and Espérance scored 130 goals while ESS scored 117 goals. In the Tunisian Cup, despite winning Espérance in 12 games and ESS won in 11 and tied in 3, but Étoile Sportive du Sahel scored 27 goals while Espérance scored 25 goals. But in the African competitions, both in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup, the cusp tends in the caf confederation league to ESS who won 5 games while Espérance won 4 matches in the caf champions league and the teams tied in 3