Espérance sportive de Tunis is among the ten clubs nominated for the title of best African club of the year 2026, according to La Presse de Tunisie. The CAF Awards ceremony is scheduled for 7 December in Lagos.
The list of ten clubs nominated for the title of best African club of the year 2026 includes Espérance sportive de Tunis, reports La Presse de Tunisie. The Tunisian daily does not detail the full make-up of this shortlist, and the file does not specify the voting arrangements.
In this group, two other sides are cited by our colleagues: CR Belouizdad and Mamelodi Sundowns. For the Algerian club, Algérie360 highlights a run to the semi-finals of the Confederation Cup; for the South African club, All Football mentions a second CAF Champions League title. These three pieces of information come from three separate outlets, and no vote is yet known at this stage.
Belouizdad and Sundowns, the other nominees
CR Belouizdad were nominated thanks to their continental run, according to Algérie360: the Algerian club reached the semi-finals of the Confederation Cup. Mamelodi Sundowns, for their part, are nominated after their second CAF Champions League title, according to All Football. Three different profiles, then, for one and the same list.
Algerian clubs are described as very active on the African stage by Algérie360, which notes that the group-stage draw was kind to USMA and tougher for MC Alger. These contextual elements do not prejudge the outcome of the vote, whose arrangements are not detailed in the file.
Fixture calendars debated in Tunisia
A few weeks before the group stage for EST, CA and CSS, another issue is stirring Tunisian football. According to La Presse de Tunisie, the debate over adjusting national calendars for clubs involved in African competitions is topical. The daily reports this discussion without giving its exact terms or the positions of the various parties.
The question directly concerns the clubs involved on the continental stage. The file, however, provides no information on any decisions, meetings or proposals under way.
The date: 7 December in Lagos
The award of the title of best African club of the year 2026 will form part of the CAF Awards ceremony, scheduled for 7 December 2026 in Lagos. Until then, the list of ten nominees is not detailed in the file, which does not cite any federation document.
For Espérance, CA and CSS, the group stage of the African interclub competitions is still to come; the file does not specify its dates. The vote, whose arrangements are not detailed and whose outcome is not known, will determine EST’s continental nomination.