The Tunisian Classico is the name given to matches between Espérance de Tunis and Étoile du Sahel football clubs from Tunis and Sousse, Tunisia.

[1][2][3] Called in Tunisia Clasico on the model of the Spanish El Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Since then, they have played their matches regularly, with the exception of the 1961–62 season, when Étoile du Sahel was disbanded.

The two teams met in the Tunisian Cup final five times.

The first was in 1957 and ended with the victory of Espérance de Tunis, For the first time two teams from Tunisia have met in a continental competition in the group stage of the 2005 CAF Champions League and in both matches they ended in a draw, the two teams were both champions and runners-up in the same season seventeen times, including five consecutive times between 1999–2000 and 2003–04.