Club Africain

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For the basketball team, see Club Africain (basketball).

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For the handball team, see Club Africain (handball).

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Club Africain
File:Club Africain.png
Full name Club Africain
Founded 4 October 1920; 103 years ago (1920-10-04)
Ground Beb Jdid
Tunis, Tunisia
Ground Capacity 60,000
Chairman Tunisia Slim Riahi
Manager Tunisia Nabil Kouki
League CLP-1
2014-15 1st

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي‎‎), also known as CA or Ennedi Lefriqi, is a Tunisian omnisport club founded in 1920 in the capital city, Tunis. Club Africain is best known for its association football team, which competes in the Tunisian Championship and is currently coached by French Daniel Sanchez. Club Africain is one of the most popular football clubs in Tunisia. It fields several sport teams, including football, handball, and basketball.

It is a team from Tunisia that was founded on January 15, 1919. The Stade Olympique d'El Menzah is the club's home stadium.

History

Order permitting the Club Africain 4 October 1920

In 1991 Club Africain beat Nakivubo Villa of Uganda 7-3 (6-2 in Tunis and 1-1 in Mityana) in the final of the 1991 African Cup of Champions.[1] The club won its 12th Tunisian League title in 2007-08.[2] They reached the final of the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup, where they lost on penalties to Moroccan team MAS Fez.[3]

Team in 1934-1935
Team in 1946-1947 winners the first championship
Team doubled in the season 1972-1973
Team winners Maghreb Champions Cup 1976
Team of the final of the African Cup of Champion Clubs 1991
Supporters of CA in Rades Stadium 22 May 2008


  • Béchir Ben Mustapha

  • Mustapha Sfar

  • Salah Aouidj

  • Abdelaziz Lasram

  • Fathi Zouhir

  • Slim Riahi

  • Jamel Eddine Bouabsa

  • Faouzi Benzarti

  • Ilie Balaci

  • Abdelhak Benchikha

  • Team in 1938-39

  • Team in 1946-47

  • Team in 1955-56

  • Team in 1962-63

  • Team in 1975-76

Honours

DomesticTunisia Regional International
  • Tunisian League (13)
    • Winners 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
    • Vice-Champion: 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2010
  • Tunisian Cup (11)
    • Winners: 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1999–2000
    • Runners-up: 1956, 1963, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2003, 2006
  • Tunisian Super Cup (3)
    • Winners: 1968, 1970, 1979
    • Runners-up: 1973

Current Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Tunisia GK Farouk Ben Mustapha
2 Tunisia DF Bilel Ifa
3 Tunisia DF Oussama Haddadi
4 Tunisia DF Hamza Agrebi
5 Tunisia MF Ahmed Khalil
6 Tunisia MF Mehdi Ouedherfi
7 Mali FW Malick Touré
8 Tunisia MF Stéphane Nater
9 Tunisia FW Yoann Touzghar
10 Tunisia MF Imed Miniaoui
11 Tunisia DF Yassin Mikari
13 Tunisia MF Wissem Ben Yahia
15 Tunisia MF Chiheb Jbeli
No. Position Player
17 Tunisia DF Alaa Ben Dahnous
18 Tunisia MF Nader Ghandri
20 Ghana MF Seidu Salifu
21 Tunisia MF Tijani Belaïd
22 Tunisia GK Seifeddine Charfi
24 Tunisia FW Seifeddine Jaziri
25 Tunisia DF Walid Dhaouadi
26 Tunisia MF Ghazi Ayadi
29 Tunisia MF Mourad Hedhli
30 Tunisia FW Saber Khalifa
33 Tunisia GK Mohamed Ali Souid
34 Algeria DF Hicham Belkaroui
35 Algeria MF Ibrahim Chenihi

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16018311
  2. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7416610.stm
  3. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/9313501.stm

External links

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