Tunis, October 04 (QNA) - Tunisian football club Esperance Sportive de Tunis announced Saturday that it had completed the signing of Spanish coach Pablo Franco to take charge of its first team, replacing Romanian coach Laurentiu Reghecampf.

The club said in a statement that it had completed all procedures to appoint Franco as head coach.

Franco led Morocco's Maghreb Fes to the Moroccan league title last season. His first domestic test with Esperance will come against Olympique Beja on Oct. 10 in the fifth round of the Tunisian Professional League.

Esperance will then face Libya's Asswehly SC home and away on Oct. 16 and 24 in the second preliminary round of the African Champions League. (QNA)