CA Bizertin

Club Athlétique Bizertin (Arabic: النادي الرياضي البنزرتي), known as CA Bizertin or simply CAB for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Bizerte. The club was founded 1928 and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 15 October Stadium, has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club Bizertin
Full nameClub Athlétique Bizertin
Nickname(s)Les Requins du Nord
(The Northern Sharks)
Short nameCAB
FoundedJuly 12, 1928 (1928-07-12)
Ground15 October Stadium
Capacity20,000
PresidentSamir Yacoub
ManagerMaher Kanzari
LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24Ligue 1, 8th of 14
WebsiteClub website

CA Bizertin have won the Tunisian League four times, the Tunisian Cup three times, the Tunisian League Cup once and became the first Tunisian club to win an African trophy the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1988.

Official honours
Type Competition Titles Winning Seasons
Domestic Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 4 1944–45, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1983–84
Tunisian Cup 3 1981–82, 1986–87, 2012–13
Tunisian League Cup 1 2003–04
Tunisian Super Cup 1 1984
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 2 1962-63, 1989–90
Continental African Cup Winners' Cup 1 1988

Appearances in CAF Competitions
1985 – Second Round
2013 – Second Round
1992 – Semi-finals
2000 – Second Round
2013 – Semi-finals
2014 – Second Round
1989 – Second Round

Players

First-team squad
As of 8 February 2024[1]

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 Kais Amdouni
2 DF  TUN Yassine Kchouk
4 MF  TUN Haroun Meriah
5 DF  TUN Taieb Ben Zitoun
6 MF  SEN Abdou Seydi (Captain)
8 DF  TUN Yasser Mechergui
9 MF  TUN Ibrahim Maghroum
10 MF  SEN Alassane Kanté
11 FW  TUN Makram Aloui
12 MF  TUN Mokhtar Nasr
15 MF  SEN Ibrahima Cissoko
17 MF  TUN Iyed Midani
18 GK  TUN Khaled Saidani
20 DF  TUN Bassem Ben Aissa
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  TUN Wassim Ghozzi
23 DF  TUN Firas Akermi
25 MF  TUN Alaeddine Bouallegui
29 FW  TUN Bechir Rehibi
30 MF  TUN Achref Ferchichi
31 DF  TUN Mohamd Aziz Gasmi
32 GK  TUN Achraf Krir
34 FW  ALG Youcef Fellahi
35 FW  ALG Abderraouf Othmani (on loan from Alger)
— MF  TUN Mouhab Aouina
— MF  NOR Oussama Ali
— FW  NGA Nurudeen Ayendi
— FW  TUN Fayed Ben Hassine
— FW  NGA Bello Lukman

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Presidents
  • Abdesslem Saidani (2016–)[2]

Notable coaches

References
  1. "Tunisia – CA Bizertin – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. "Sport : Abdessalem Saidani, nouveau président du CA Bizertin" [Abdessalem Saidani, new president of CA Bizertin]. Kapitalis (in French). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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