CA Bizertin

Club Athlétique Bizertin (Arabic: النادي الرياضي البنزرتي), known as CA Bizertin or simply CAB for short, is a Tunisian 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
Founded12 July 1928 (1928-07-12)
Ground15 October Stadium
Capacity20,000
PresidentSamir Yacoub
ManagerMaher Kanzari
LeagueProfessional League 1
2022–2310th of 16
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 22 November 2021[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
3 DF Tunisia TUN Khalil Sassi
4 DF Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahim Doumbia
6 DF Tunisia TUN Ilyes Dridi
7 MF Tunisia TUN Khalil Balbouz
8 DF Tunisia TUN Yasser Mechergui
9 FW Tunisia TUN Djamel Chettal
10 DF Tunisia TUN Bassem Ben Aissa
11 FW Tunisia TUN Nader Jerbi
13 FW Guinea GUI Alkhaly Bangoura
14 MF Tunisia TUN Alaeddine Dridi (Captain)
16 GK Tunisia TUN Khaled Saidani
18 MF Tunisia TUN Chamseddine Ben Ameur
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Tunisia TUN Taieb Ben Zitoun
21 FW Guinea GUI Boling Dembélé
22 GK Tunisia TUN Wael Ben Ammar
23 DF Tunisia TUN Yassine Kchouk
25 DF Tunisia TUN Amir Cheikh
26 MF Tunisia TUN Yacine El Kassah
27 DF Tunisia TUN Mohamed Aziz Ben Charnia
28 DF Tunisia TUN Dhia Maatougui
29 FW Tunisia TUN Slim Jendoubi
32 GK Tunisia TUN Abdelhak Rejaibi
33 DF Tunisia TUN Mohamed Mehdi Tbarki

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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