CS Sfaxien

CS Sfaxien

Full name	Club Sportif Sfaxien
Nickname(s)	Juventus El Arab (Juventus of The Arabs)
Founded	28 May 1928 (as Club Tunisien)
Ground	Stade Taïeb Mhiri Sfax, Tunisia
Ground Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Lotfi Abdennadher
Manager	Chiheb Ellili
League	CLP-1
2014–15	4th
Home colours Away colours

Club Sportif Sfaxien (Tunisian Arabic: النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي‎, often referred to as CSS) is a multi-sport club from Sfax in Tunisia.

History

The club was founded in 1928 as Club Tunisien, playing in green and red stripes. The team was promoted to the Tunisian First Division in 1947. In 1950, the first supporters group was founded by Béchir Fendri, and in 1962 the club was renamed " Club Sportif Sfaxien " and team colours were changed to the current black and white stripes.

CSS celebrated their half-centenary in 1978 by winning the Tunisian League title, largely thanks to the impressive performances of their Tunisian internationals, notably Hamadi Agrebi, Mohamed Ali Akid and Mokhtar Dhouib.

In November 1998, CSS captured the CAF Cup for the first time, beating Senegal's ASC Jeanne d'Arc in the final.

In more recent times, CSS reached the final of the CAF Champions League 2006 but were narrowly beaten in dramatic fashion, with a late second leg goal condemning them to a 2–1 aggregate defeat against Al Ahly of Egypt.

CSS won the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup. A 4–2 first leg victory in Sudan against Al Merreikh preceded a 1–0 second leg win, with CSS lifting the trophy in front of their own fans at the Stade Taïeb Mhiri. In November 2008, CSS faced local rivals Etoile du Sahel (ESS) in the final of the CAF Confederation Cup. CSS became the most successful club in recent history of the tournament when a 0–0 draw in Sfax was followed by a 2–2 draw in Sousse, sending the cup back to Sfax for the second year in a row.

Club Sportif Sfaxien is considered by the IFFHS as one of the five best teams in this century.

CS Sfaxien's active sections
Football	Basketball	Volleyball
Rugby	Weightlifting	Boxing
Judo

Crests

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  CSS logo from 1962.

Achievements

National titles

• Tunisian League: 8

1969, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1995, 2005, 2013

• Tunisian Cup: 4

1971, 1995, 2004, 2009

• Tunisian League Cup: 1

2003

International titles

• CAF Champions League: 0

Runner-up: 2006

• CAF Confederation Cup: 3

2007, 2008, 2013

Runner-up: 2010

• CAF Super Cup: 0

Runner-up: 2008, 2009, 2014

• CAF Cup: 1

1998

• North African Cup Winners Cup: 1

2009 – Winner

• Maghreb Champions Cup: 0

Runner-up: 1970, 1971

• Arab Champions League: 2

2000, 2004

Runner-up : 2005

• Abha International Tournament: 1

1999

Performance in CAF competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 4 appearances

The club have 2 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1984 & 1996 and 2 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2006 till 2014

1984 – First Round

1996 – Semi-finals

2006 – Runner-up

2014 – Semi-finals

• CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances

2007 – Winner

2008 – Winner

2010 – Runner-up

2012 – First round

2013 – Winner

• CAF Super Cup: 3 appearances

2008 – Runner-up

2009 – Runner-up

2014 – Runner-up

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1998 – Winner

Current squad (2015–16)

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohamed Hedi Gaaloul 2 DF Slim Mahjbi 3 DF Mohamed Omar Bouraoui 4 MF Didier Kore 5 MF Hamza Hadda 6 MF Zied Ziedi 7 MF Wassim Kammoun 8 MF Houssem Louati 9 FW Hassen Harbaoui 10 DF Ali Maâloul (Captain) 11 FW Junior Ajayi 12 MF Mohamed Ali Moncer 13 MF Mossaab Sassi 14 MF Karim Aouadhi

No. Position Player 15 MF Wajdi Saidani 16 GK Sabri Ben Hsan 17 FW Mejdi Mosrati 19 MF Maher Hannachi 20 MF Raymond Mendy 21 DF Zied Derbali 22 FW Ezechiel Ndouasel 23 DF Yassine Meriah 24 FW Slim Mezlini 25 DF Mahmoud Ben Salah 27 MF Serigne Fallou Niang 28 GK Rami Jeridi 29 FW Firas Chaouat 30 FW Borhen Hkimi

Notable former players

Goalkeepers Naceur Bedoui Abdelwahed Ben Abdallah Khaled Fadhel Sahbi Sebai

Defenders Wissem Abdi Ilyes Ben Salah Mokhtar Dhouib Abdallah Hajri Imed Ketata Raouf Najar Habib Tounsi Hatem Trabelsi Nizar Trabelsi Sami Trabelsi

Midfielders Tarak Taieb Papa Malick Ba Hammadi Agrebi Hafed Ben Salah Anis Boujelbene Monji Dalhoum Sofiène Fkih Ali Graja Alaya Sassi Skander Souayah Chokri Trabelsi

Forwards Mourad Jahmoun Blaise Lelo Mbele Apoko Joetex Asamoah Frimpong Tenema N'Diaye Ipotor Kingsley Mohamed Ali Akid Amor Ben Tahar Imed Ben Younes Mohamed Salah Meftah Hamza Younés

Managers

1947–48 : Taoufik Ben Slama 1948–49 : Xavier Scotto 1949–50 : Marc Orsoni 1950–51 : René Ehms 1951–52 : Noël Gallo 1953–55 : Habib Marzouk 1955–57 : Mohamed Najjar 1957–58 : Habib Marzouk, Habib Fendri 1958–59 : Mongi Keskes 1959–60 : M. Arribi, Saïd Haddad (interim) 1960–61 : Mokhtar Arribi, Habib Marzouk 1961–66 : Milan Kristić 1966–68 : Branislav Acimovic 1968–71 : Jivko Popadic 1971–72 : Gregors Georgevic 1972–73 : Jivko Popadic 1973–74 : Ammar Nahali 1974–75 : Radojica Radojičić 1975–76 : Radojica Radojičić, Habib Jerbi 1976–78 : Milor Popov 1978–79 : Radojica Radojičić 1979–80 : Mongi Dalhoum

1980–81 : M. Pfeiffer (1 July 1980–30 June 81) 1981–82 : Peter Mucha, Manfred Steves 1982–84 : Milor Popov 1984–85 : Jean-Pierre Knayer, Milor Popov 1985–86 : Milor Popov, Ahmed Ouannes 1986–87 : Hervé Revelli, Ryszard Kulesza 1987–88 : Mokhtar Tlili 1988–89 : Gregors Georgevic 1989–90 : Peter Kaminov, Radojica Radojičić, Nikola Aladzhov, Habib Jerbi 1990–91 : J-P. Knayer, Mongi Dalhoum 1991–92 : Mongi Dalhoum, Habib Jerbi, Jamaleddine Ayadi 1992–93 : Amor Dhib 1993–94 : Amor Dhib, Paulo Rubim 1994–95 : Paulo Rubim 1995–96 : David Ferreiran, Werner Olk, Paulo Rubim 1996–97 : Paulo Rubim, Faouzi Benzarti and Eckhard Krautzun 1997 : Yuri Sebastienko, Habib Mejri 1997–99 : E. Krautzun (30 Nov 1997–28 Feb 99)

1999–00 : Dutra, Khaled Ben Yahia 2000–01 : Miodrag Ješić, Riadh Charfi 2001–02 : Silvester Takač, Milos Milovic, Manuel Amoros 2002–03 : Otto Pfister (1 July 2002–30 June 03) 2003–04 : Mrad Mahjoub 2004–06 : Michel Decastel 2006–07 : Mrad Mahjoub (1 July 2006–0?) 2007–08 : M. Decastel (1 Jan 2007–16 March 08) 2008 : Khaled Ben Yahia 2008–09 : Ghazi Ghrayri 2009 : A. Aït Djoudi (1 July 2009–15 Sept 09) 2009–10 : L. Peruzović (3 Oct 2009–14 June 10) 2010 : Pierre Lechantre (22 June 2010–5 Dec 10) 2010–11 : Nabil Kouki (20 Dec 2010–30 June 11) 2011 : Reinhard Stumpf (17 Sept 2011–27 Dec 11) 2012 : Nabil Kouki (12 Jan 2012–2 Oct 12) 2012 : Ruud Krol (3 Oct 2012–1 Dec 13) 2013 : Hamadi Daw (2 Dec 2013–30 June 14) 2014 : Philippe Troussier (1 July 2014–)

Presidents

1928–31 : Zouhair Ayadi 1931–32 : Ali Cherif 1932–34 : Messaoud Ben Saad 1934–36 : Ahmed Bouslama 1936–38 : Abderrahmane Aloulou 1938–46 : Mohamed Elloumi 1946–48 : Habib Meziou 1948–50 : Abdelkader Jemal 1950–51 : Abdelaziz Hammami 1951–53 : Tahar Elleuch 1953–54 : Tahar Gargouri 1954–55 : Mohamed Halouani 1955–56 : Ahmed Akrout

1956–61 : Habib Larguech 1961–64 : Abdesselem Kallel 1964–65 : Mohamed Driss 1965–66 : Taoufik Zahaf 1966–67 : Hédi Bouricha 1967–70 : Taoufik Zahaf 1970–72 : Ahmed Fourati 1972–75 : Taoufik Zahaf 1975–76 : Mohamed Mezghanni 1976–78 : Taoufik Zahaf 1978–79 : Ismaïl Baklouti 1979–80 : Hédi Bouricha 1980–88 : Abdelaziz Ben Abdallah

1988–89 : Mohamed Aloulou 1989–90 : Taoufik Zahaf 1990–92 : Ismaïl Baklouti 1992–96 : Abdelaziz Ben Abdallah 1996–98 : Jamel Arem 1998-02 : Lotfi Abdennadher 2002–08 : Slaheddine Zahaf 2008–10 : Moncef Sellami 2010–11 : Naoufel Zahaf 2011–12 : Moncef Sellami 2012–  : Lotfi Abdennadher

External links

• (French) Official site