Club Africain Explained

Clubname:Club Africain
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Fullname:Club Africain
Chairman:Haykel Dekhil (interim)
Manager:David Bettoni
Nickname:الإفريقي (The African)
Mgrtitle:Coach
Ground:Stade Hammadi Agrebi
Capacity:50,000
Current:2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
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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.

Official Honours

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DomesticTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1131946–47, 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 Cup131964–65, 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 Cup31968, 1970, 1979
ContinentalAfrican Cup of Champions Clubs11991
RegionalArab Cup Winners' Cup11995
Arab Champions League11997
North African Cup of Champions22008, 2010
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup11971
Maghreb Champions Cup31974, 1975, 1976
IntercontinentalAfro-Asian Club Championship11992

Crest and colours

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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

Players

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

Current squad

Managers

NamePeriod
Mustapha Zmerli 1942–1943
Mazarella 1947–1948
Marc Orsoni1948–1950
Youssef Ben Osman 1950–1953
Fathi Boucetta 1953–1954
Mahmoud Kouki 1954–1955
1955–1956
Ahmed Ben Foul 1956–1957
1957–1958
1958–1967
Luigi Rossellini1967–1968
Ernst Melchior1968–1969
André Nagy1969–1971
1971–1972
1972–1974
Ameur Hizem1974–1976
Alexander Gvozdenovic1976–1977
1977–1981
Zlatko Melic1981–1982
NamePeriod
1982–1984
André Nagy1984–1985
Ahmed Zitouni1985–1986
1986–1987
Kazbek Tuaev1987–1989
Faouzi Benzarti1989–1991
1991–1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1997
1997–1999
1999–2000
2000–2002
Charles Roessli 2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
NamePeriod
2007–2009
2009–2010


2010–2011

2011–2012
2012–2013
2013
2013–2014
2014–2015

2015–2016
2016–2017
2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019
2019–2021
2021–2022
2022
2022-2023
2024
2024
Faouzi Benzarti2024

Presidents

NamePeriod
Bechir Ben Mustapha 1920–1921
Hadi Ginati1921–1922
Bechir Ben Mustapha 1922–1923
Ouannes Laâjimi1923–1924
Hsouna Abdelkefi 1924–1926
Abdelaziz Ounaies 1926–1927
Mustapha Sfar 1927–1930
Abdelaziz Ounaies 1930–1931
Ali Belhaj 1931–1932
Abdelaziz Ounaies1932–1934
Moncef El Okby1934–1946
Mohamed El Asmi 1946–1950
Mohamed El Asmi 1950–1953
Mohamed El Asmi 1953–1954
Mohamed El Asmi 1954–1957
Mohamed El Asmi 1957–1958
NamePeriod
Salah Aouij 1958–1964
Abdelaziz Lasram 1964–1966
1966–1967
Fathi Zouhir 1967–1970
Abdeljelil Mehiri 1970–1971
Abdelaziz Lasram 1971–1977
Farid Mokhtar 1977–1980
Ridha Azzabi 1980–1981
Farid Mokhtar 1981–1986
1986–1987
Ridha Azzabi 1987–1988
Hamadi Bousbiaâ 1988–1990
Farid Abbes 1990–1991
Ridha Azzabi 1991–1992
Cherif Ben Lamine1992–1993
Hamadi Bousbiaâ 1993–1994
NamePeriod
1994–1996
Said Neji 1996–1997
Cherif Ben Lamine 1997–2000
Farid Abbes 2000–2002
Cherif Ben Lamine 2002–2006
Kamel Idir2005–2010
Jamel Atrous 2010
Cherif Ben Lamine 2010–2011
Jamel Atrous 2011–2012
2012–2017
Marwen Hamoudia 2017–2018
Abdessalem Younsi 2018–2021
Youssef Elmi 2021–

Rival clubs

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club Africain Kit History . 2023-03-14 . Football Kit Archive . en . 14 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230314155620/https://www.footballkitarchive.com/club-africain-kits/ . live .