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:	60,000
Current:	2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
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Club Africain (ar|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 is widely known as the people's club, as it's the most popular club on Tunisia.

Honours

width=10%	Type	width=20%	Competition	width=10%	Titles	width=60%	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

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

Name Period Mustapha Zmerli 1942–1943 Mazarella 1947–1948 Marc Orsoni 1948–1950 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 Rossellini 1967–1968 Ernst Melchior 1968–1969 André Nagy 1969–1971 1971–1972 1972–1974 Ameur Hizem 1974–1976 Alexander Gvozdenovic 1976–1977 1977–1981 Zlatko Melic 1981–1982

Name Period 1982–1984 André Nagy 1984–1985 Ahmed Zitouni 1985–1986 1986–1987 Kazbek Tuaev 1987–1989 Faouzi Benzarti 1989–1991 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

Name Period 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 Benzarti 2024

Presidents

Name Period Bechir Ben Mustapha 1920–1921 Hadi Ginati 1921–1922 Bechir Ben Mustapha 1922–1923 Ouannes Laâjimi 1923–1924 Hsouna Abdelkefi 1924–1926 Abdelaziz Ounaies 1926–1927 Mustapha Sfar 1927–1930 Abdelaziz Ounaies 1930–1931 Ali Belhaj 1931–1932 Abdelaziz Ounaies 1932–1934 Moncef El Okby 1934–1946 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

Name Period 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 Lamine 1992–1993 Hamadi Bousbiaâ 1993–1994

Name Period 1994–1996 Said Neji 1996–1997 Cherif Ben Lamine 1997–2000 Farid Abbes 2000–2002 Cherif Ben Lamine 2002–2006 Kamel Idir 2005–2010 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

• ES Tunis (Tunis Derby)
• Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Rivalry)
• CS Sfax (Rivalry)
• CA Bizertin (Rivalry)
• Stade Tunisien (Derby)
• MC Alger (Rivalry)
• CS Constantine (Rivalry)

See also

• Club Africain (handball)
• Club Africain (basketball)

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 .