Club Africain

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian 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
Full nameClub Africain
Nickname(s)Lefri9i
Founded4 October 1920 (1920-10-04)
StadiumStade Hammadi Agrebi
Capacity60,000
ChairmanHaykel Dekhil (interim)
LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24Ligue 1, 6th of 14
Active departments of Club Africain
Football Basketball Handball
Handball Volleyball Volleyball

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.

Honours

National competitions

Continental competitions

Worldwide competitions

Regional competitions

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

Updated 2 February 2023. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  TUN Nourredine Farhati
2 DF  TUN Ameur El Omrani
3 DF  TUN Skander Labidi
4 DF  TUN Hamza Agrebi
5 MF  TUN Ahmed Khalil
6 DF  TUN Mohamed Amine Hamrouni
7 FW  TUN Adem Garreb
8 MF  TUN Ghaith Sghaier
9 FW  TUN Mohamed Ali Amri
10 MF  ALG Tayeb Meziani
11 MF  TUN Chiheb Laabidi
13 MF  TUN Wissem Ben Yahia (captain)
15 FW  TUN Zouheir Dhaouadi
17 DF  TUN Ghaith Zaalouni
18 MF  TUN Khalil Kassab
19 FW  TUN Bassem Srarfi
20 MF  TUN Yassine Dridi
21 MF  TUN Adem Taous
23 GK  TUN Mouez Hassen
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  TUN Ahmed Hammami
25 MF  TUN Houssem Eddine Souissi
26 DF  TUN Rami Bedoui
28 FW  TUN Hamdi Labidi
30 FW  NGA Kingsley Eduwo
31 FW  TUN Youssef Snana
32 DF  ALG Toufik Cherifi
34 MF  EQG Federico Bikoro
35 DF  TUN Youssef Meddeb
37 DF  TUN Makram Marzouki
— GK  TUN Ghaith Yeferni
— GK  TUN Wassim Maghzaoui
— DF  TUN Montassar Baaziz
— MF  TUN Nidhal Sghaier
— MF  TUN Yassine Dridi
— MF  TUN Wael Oueslati
— MF  TUN Yahia Mtiri
— FW  TUN Nidhal Bouchereb
— FW  SEN Alioune Mbaye

Managers
Nat Name Period
Mustapha Zmerli1942–1943
Mazarella1947–1948
Marc Orsoni1948–1950
Youssef Ben Osman1950–1953
Fathi Boucetta1953–1954
Mahmoud Kouki1954–1955
Paul Barthes1955–1956
Ahmed Ben Foul1956–1957
Ridha Bach Hamba1957–1958
Fabio Roccheggiani1958–1967
Luigi Rossellini1967–1968
Ernst Melchior1968–1969
André Nagy1969–1971
Skander Medelgi1971–1972
Jamel Eddine Bouabsa1972–1974
Ameur Hizem1974–1976
Alexander Gvozdenovic1976–1977
André Nagy1977–1981
Zlatko Melic1981–1982
Nat Name Period
Mokhtar Tlili1982–1984
André Nagy1984–1985
Ahmed Zitouni1985–1986
Amor Dhib1986–1987
Kazbek Tuaev1987–1989
Faouzi Benzarti1989–1991
Ilie Balaci1991–1992
Marcel Husson1992–1993
Bernard Blaut1993–1994
Mircea Rădulescu1994–1995
Jean Sérafin1995–1997
René Exbrayat1997–1999
Faouzi Benzarti1999–2000
René Exbrayat2000–2002
Charles Roessli2002–2003
Muhsin Ertuğral2003–2004
Henri Stambouli2004–2005
Youssef Zouaoui2005–2006
Bertrand Marchand2006–2007
Nat Name Period
Abdelhak Benchikha2007–2009
Pierre Lechantre2009–2010


François Bracci
Mrad Mahjoub
Kais Yaakoubi		2010–2011

Faouzi Benzarti
Bernard Casoni		2011–2012
Nabil Kouki2012–2013
Faouzi Benzarti2013
Adrie Koster2013–2014
Daniel Sanchez2014–2015

Nabil Kouki
Ruud Krol		2015–2016
Chiheb Ellili2016–2017
Marco Simone2017
Bertrand Marchand2017–2018
José Riga2018–2019
Victor Zvunka2019
Lassaad Dridi2019–2021
Montasser Louhichi2021–2022
Bertrand Marchand2022
Saïd Saïbi2022-2023
Jean-Michel Cavalli2024
Mondher Kebaier2024
Faouzi Benzarti 2024-

Presidents
Nat Name Period
Bechir Ben Mustapha1920–1921
Hadi Ginati1921–1922
Bechir Ben Mustapha1922–1923
Ouannes Laâjimi1923–1924
Hsouna Abdelkefi1924–1926
Abdelaziz Ounaies1926–1927
Mustapha Sfar1927–1930
Abdelaziz Ounaies1930–1931
Ali Belhaj1931–1932
Abdelaziz Ounaies1932–1934
Moncef El Okby1934–1946
Mohamed El Asmi1946–1950
Mohamed El Asmi1950–1953
Mohamed El Asmi1953–1954
Mohamed El Asmi1954–1957
Mohamed El Asmi1957–1958
Nat Name Period
Salah Aouij1958–1964
Abdelaziz Lasram1964–1966
Mahmoud Mestiri1966–1967
Fathi Zouhir1967–1970
Abdeljelil Mehiri1970–1971
Abdelaziz Lasram1971–1977
Farid Mokhtar1977–1980
Ridha Azzabi1980–1981
Farid Mokhtar1981–1986
Mahmoud Mestiri1986–1987
Ridha Azzabi1987–1988
Hamadi Bousbiaâ1988–1990
Farid Abbes1990–1991
Ridha Azzabi1991–1992
Cherif Ben Lamine1992–1993
Hamadi Bousbiaâ1993–1994
Nat Name Period
Hammouda Ben Ammar1994–1996
Said Neji1996–1997
Cherif Ben Lamine1997–2000
Farid Abbes2000–2002
Cherif Ben Lamine2002–2006
Kamel Idir2005–2010
Jamel Atrous2010
Cherif Ben Lamine2010–2011
Jamel Atrous2011–2012
Slim Riahi2012–2017
Marwen Hamoudia2017–2018
Abdessalem Younsi2018–2021
Youssef Elmi2021–

Rival clubs

See also

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