Club Africain

Club Africain
Full nameClub Africain
Nickname(s)الإفريقي (The African)
Founded4 October 1920; 104 years ago (1920-10-04)
GroundStade Hammadi Agrebi
Capacity60,000
ChairmanHaykel Dekhil (interim)
CoachDavid Bettoni
LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24Ligue 1, 6th of 14
Current season

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Stade Hammadi Agrebi, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club currently plays in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club Africain was the first Tunisian club to win an international trophy, when they won the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup in 1971. Twenty years later, in 1991, Club Africain became the first Tunisian team to win the African Champions League.

Club Africain won the Tunisian National Championship and Tunisia Cup 1972–73.

Club Africain is widely known as the people's club, as it's the most popular club on Tunisia.

Honours

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Type Competition Titles Winning Seasons
Domestic Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 13 1946–47, 1947–48, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2014–15
Tunisian Cup 13 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2016–17, 2017–18
Tunisian Super Cup 3 1968, 1970, 1979
Continental African Cup of Champions Clubs 1 1991
Regional Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1 1995
Arab Champions League 1 1997
North African Cup of Champions 2 2008, 2010
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup 1 1971
Maghreb Champions Cup 3 1974, 1975, 1976
Intercontinental Afro-Asian Club Championship 1 1992

Crest and colours

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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ref
1998–99 Italy Diadora Tunisia Boga/South Korea Samsung [1]
1999–01 United States Coca-Cola/South Korea Samsung
2001–02 ? ?
2002–03 Italy Diadora Tunisia Boga/South Korea Samsung
2003–04 United States Coca-Cola/South Korea Samsung
2004–05 ? ?
2005–06 Italy Diadora Tunisia Boga/South Korea Samsung
2006–10 United States Coca-Cola/United States Ford
2010–11 Tunisia Boga/South KoreaSamsung
2011–12 Italy Legea Tunisia Boga
2012–13 Tunisia Union des Associations Humanitaires Tunisiennes
2013–14 Tunisia CA Qatar Ooredoo
2014–20 England Umbro
2020– England Umbro Qatar Ooredoo/Qatar Qatar Airlines

Players

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The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Tunisia TUN Wassim Maghzaoui
2 DF Libya LBY Ali Youssef
3 DF Tunisia TUN Makrem Sghaier
4 DF Tunisia TUN Yassine Bouabid
5 MF Tunisia TUN Ahmed Khalil (captain)
6 MF Uganda UGA Kenneth Semakula
7 FW Tunisia TUN Adem Garreb
8 MF Tunisia TUN Ghaith Sghaier
9 FW Nigeria NGA Kingsley Eduwo
10 FW Tunisia TUN Rached Arfaoui
11 MF Tunisia TUN Moataz Zemzemi
13 FW Tunisia TUN Hamza Khadraoui
15 DF Cameroon CMR Wills Tene Nkingne
16 GK Tunisia TUN Ghaith Yeferni
17 DF Tunisia TUN Ghaith Zaalouni
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Phillippe Kinzumbi
19 FW Tunisia TUN Bassem Srarfi
20 MF Tunisia TUN Yassine Dridi
21 MF Tunisia TUN Bilel Aït Malek
23 GK Tunisia TUN Mouez Hassen
25 MF Tunisia TUN Houssem Eddine Souissi
26 DF Tunisia TUN Rami Bedoui
27 DF Tunisia TUN Hamza Ben Abda
28 FW Tunisia TUN Hamdi Labidi
29 MF Ghana GHA Shawkan Mohammed
30 DF Tunisia TUN Oussama Shili
32 DF Algeria ALG Toufik Cherifi
35 DF Tunisia TUN Aziz Ghrissi
-- DF Tunisia TUN Ameur Omrani
-- DF Tunisia TUN Mohamed Amine Hamrouni

Managers

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Nat Name Period
Tunisia Mustapha Zmerli 1942–1943
South Africa Mazarella 1947–1948
Italy Marc Orsoni 1948–1950
Tunisia Youssef Ben Osman 1950–1953
Morocco Fathi Boucetta 1953–1954
Tunisia Mahmoud Kouki 1954–1955
France Paul Barthes [fr] 1955–1956
Algeria Ahmed Ben Foul 1956–1957
Tunisia Ridha Bach Hamba [fr] 1957–1958
Italy Fabio Roccheggiani [fr] 1958–1967
Italy Luigi Rossellini 1967–1968
Austria Ernst Melchior 1968–1969
Hungary André Nagy 1969–1971
Tunisia Skander Medelgi [fr] 1971–1972
Tunisia Jamel Eddine Bouabsa [fr] 1972–1974
Tunisia Ameur Hizem 1974–1976
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Alexander Gvozdenovic 1976–1977
Hungary André Nagy 1977–1981
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Melic 1981–1982
Nat Name Period
Tunisia Mokhtar Tlili 1982–1984
Hungary André Nagy 1984–1985
Tunisia Ahmed Zitouni 1985–1986
Tunisia Amor Dhib [fr] 1986–1987
Soviet Union Kazbek Tuaev 1987–1989
Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti 1989–1991
Romania Ilie Balaci 1991–1992
France Marcel Husson 1992–1993
Poland Bernard Blaut 1993–1994
Romania Mircea Rădulescu 1994–1995
France Jean Sérafin 1995–1997
France René Exbrayat 1997–1999
Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti 1999–2000
France René Exbrayat 2000–2002
Switzerland Charles Roessli 2002–2003
Turkey Muhsin Ertuğral 2003–2004
France Henri Stambouli 2004–2005
Tunisia Youssef Zouaoui 2005–2006
France Bertrand Marchand 2006–2007
Nat Name Period
Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha 2007–2009
France Pierre Lechantre 2009–2010
France
Tunisia
Tunisia
François Bracci
Mrad Mahjoub
Kais Yaakoubi
2010–2011
Tunisia
France
Faouzi Benzarti
Bernard Casoni
2011–2012
Tunisia Nabil Kouki 2012–2013
Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti 2013
Netherlands Adrie Koster 2013–2014
France Daniel Sanchez 2014–2015
Tunisia
Netherlands
Nabil Kouki
Ruud Krol
2015–2016
Tunisia Chiheb Ellili 2016–2017
Italy Marco Simone 2017
France Bertrand Marchand 2017–2018
Belgium José Riga 2018–2019
France Victor Zvunka 2019
Tunisia Lassaad Dridi 2019–2021
Tunisia Montasser Louhichi 2021–2022
France Bertrand Marchand 2022
Tunisia Saïd Saïbi 2022-2023
France Jean-Michel Cavalli 2024
Tunisia Mondher Kebaier 2024
Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti 2024

Presidents

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Nat Name Period
Tunisia Bechir Ben Mustapha 1920–1921
Tunisia Hadi Ginati 1921–1922
Tunisia Bechir Ben Mustapha 1922–1923
Tunisia Ouannes Laâjimi 1923–1924
Tunisia Hsouna Abdelkefi 1924–1926
Tunisia Abdelaziz Ounaies 1926–1927
Tunisia Mustapha Sfar 1927–1930
Tunisia Abdelaziz Ounaies 1930–1931
Tunisia Ali Belhaj 1931–1932
Tunisia Abdelaziz Ounaies 1932–1934
Tunisia Moncef El Okby 1934–1946
Tunisia Mohamed El Asmi 1946–1950
Tunisia Mohamed El Asmi 1950–1953
Tunisia Mohamed El Asmi 1953–1954
Tunisia Mohamed El Asmi 1954–1957
Tunisia Mohamed El Asmi 1957–1958
Nat Name Period
Tunisia Salah Aouij 1958–1964
Tunisia Abdelaziz Lasram 1964–1966
Tunisia Mahmoud Mestiri 1966–1967
Tunisia Fathi Zouhir 1967–1970
Tunisia Abdeljelil Mehiri 1970–1971
Tunisia Abdelaziz Lasram 1971–1977
Tunisia Farid Mokhtar 1977–1980
Tunisia Ridha Azzabi 1980–1981
Tunisia Farid Mokhtar 1981–1986
Tunisia Mahmoud Mestiri 1986–1987
Tunisia Ridha Azzabi 1987–1988
Tunisia Hamadi Bousbiaâ 1988–1990
Tunisia Farid Abbes 1990–1991
Tunisia Ridha Azzabi 1991–1992
Tunisia Cherif Ben Lamine 1992–1993
Tunisia Hamadi Bousbiaâ 1993–1994
Nat Name Period
Tunisia Hammouda Ben Ammar 1994–1996
Tunisia Said Neji 1996–1997
Tunisia Cherif Ben Lamine 1997–2000
Tunisia Farid Abbes 2000–2002
Tunisia Cherif Ben Lamine 2002–2006
Tunisia Kamel Idir 2005–2010
Tunisia Jamel Atrous 2010
Tunisia Cherif Ben Lamine 2010–2011
Tunisia Jamel Atrous 2011–2012
Tunisia Slim Riahi 2012–2017
Tunisia Marwen Hamoudia 2017–2018
Tunisia Abdessalem Younsi 2018–2021
Tunisia Youssef Elmi 2021–

Rival clubs

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Club Africain Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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