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 is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club Africain
Full nameClub Africain
Nickname(s)Lefri9i
Founded4 October 1920 (1920-10-04)
StadiumHammadi Agrebi Stadium
Capacity60,000
ChairmanYoussef Elmi
CoachSaid Saibi
LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2022–233rd of 16
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.

Club Africain won the Tunisian National Championship and Tunisia Cup 1972–73.

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 Tunisia TUN Nourredine Farhati
2 DF Tunisia TUN Ghaith Zaalouni
3 DF Tunisia TUN Skander Labidi
4 DF Tunisia TUN Hamza Agrebi
5 MF Tunisia TUN Ahmed Khalil
6 DF Tunisia TUN Nader Ghandri
7 FW Tunisia TUN Adem Garreb
8 MF Tunisia TUN Larry Azouni
9 FW Tunisia TUN Mohamed Ali Amri
10 MF Niger NIG Amadou Sabo
11 MF Tunisia TUN Chiheb Laabidi
13 MF Tunisia TUN Wissem Ben Yahia
15 FW Tunisia TUN Zouheir Dhaouadi
16 GK Tunisia TUN Ghaith Yeferni
17 DF Algeria ALG Nabil Lamara
18 MF Tunisia TUN Khalil Kassab
19 MF Tunisia TUN Mehdi Ouedherfi
20 MF Tunisia TUN Yassine Dridi
21 MF Tunisia TUN Adem Taous
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Tunisia TUN Seifeddine Charfi
23 GK Tunisia TUN Mouez Hassen
24 DF Tunisia TUN Mohamed Aziz Guesmi
25 FW Senegal SEN Alioune Mbaye
26 DF Tunisia TUN Youssef Meddeb
27 MF Algeria ALG Abdennour Belhocini
28 FW Tunisia TUN Hamdi Labidi
29 DF Tunisia TUN Ghazi Abderrazzak
30 FW Tunisia TUN Saber Khalifa (captain)
31 FW Tunisia TUN Youssef Snana
32 DF Algeria ALG Toufik Cherifi
33 MF Equatorial Guinea EQG Federico Bikoro
34 MF Benin BEN Rodrigue Kossi
35 DF Tunisia TUN Rami Bedoui
— DF Tunisia TUN Makram Marzouki
— DF Tunisia TUN Montassar Baaziz
— MF Tunisia TUN Nidhal Sghaier
— MF Tunisia TUN Wael Oueslati
— FW Tunisia TUN Nidhal Bouchereb

Managers
Nat Name Period
TunisiaMustapha Zmerli1942–1943
South AfricaMazarella1947–1948
ItalyMarc Orsoni1948–1950
TunisiaYoussef Ben Osman1950–1953
MoroccoFathi Boucetta1953–1954
TunisiaMahmoud Kouki1954–1955
FrancePaul Barthes1955–1956
AlgeriaAhmed Ben Foul1956–1957
TunisiaRidha Bach Hamba1957–1958
ItalyFabio Roccheggiani1958–1967
ItalyLuigi Rossellini1967–1968
AustriaErnst Melchior1968–1969
HungaryAndré Nagy1969–1971
TunisiaSkander Medelgi1971–1972
TunisiaJamel Eddine Bouabsa1972–1974
TunisiaAmeur Hizem1974–1976
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaAlexander Gvozdenovic1976–1977
HungaryAndré Nagy1977–1981
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaZlatko Melic1981–1982
Nat Name Period
TunisiaMokhtar Tlili1982–1984
HungaryAndré Nagy1984–1985
TunisiaAhmed Zitouni1985–1986
TunisiaAmor Dhib1986–1987
Soviet UnionKazbek Tuaev1987–1989
TunisiaFaouzi Benzarti1989–1991
RomaniaIlie Balaci1991–1992
FranceMarcel Husson1992–1993
PolandBernard Blaut1993–1994
RomaniaMircea Rădulescu1994–1995
FranceJean Sérafin1995–1997
FranceRené Exbrayat1997–1999
TunisiaFaouzi Benzarti1999–2000
FranceRené Exbrayat2000–2002
SwitzerlandCharles Roessli2002–2003
TurkeyMuhsin Ertuğral2003–2004
FranceHenri Stambouli2004–2005
TunisiaYoussef Zouaoui2005–2006
FranceBertrand Marchand2006–2007
Nat Name Period
AlgeriaAbdelhak Benchikha2007–2009
FrancePierre Lechantre2009–2010
France
Tunisia
Tunisia		François Bracci
Mrad Mahjoub
Kais Yaakoubi		2010–2011
Tunisia
France		Faouzi Benzarti
Bernard Casoni		2011–2012
TunisiaNabil Kouki2012–2013
TunisiaFaouzi Benzarti2013
NetherlandsAdrie Koster2013–2014
FranceDaniel Sanchez2014–2015
Tunisia
Netherlands		Nabil Kouki
Ruud Krol		2015–2016
TunisiaChiheb Ellili2016–2017
ItalyMarco Simone2017
FranceBertrand Marchand2017–2018
BelgiumJosé Riga2018–2019
FranceVictor Zvunka2019
TunisiaLassaad Dridi2019–2021
TunisiaMontasser Louhichi2021–2022
FranceBertrand Marchand2022
TunisiaSaïd Saïbi2022-

Presidents
Nat Name Period
TunisiaBechir Ben Mustapha1920–1921
TunisiaHadi Ginati1921–1922
TunisiaBechir Ben Mustapha1922–1923
TunisiaOuannes Laâjimi1923–1924
TunisiaHsouna Abdelkefi1924–1926
TunisiaAbdelaziz Ounaies1926–1927
TunisiaMustapha Sfar1927–1930
TunisiaAbdelaziz Ounaies1930–1931
TunisiaAli Belhaj1931–1932
TunisiaAbdelaziz Ounaies1932–1934
TunisiaMoncef El Okby1934–1946
TunisiaMohamed El Asmi1946–1950
TunisiaMohamed El Asmi1950–1953
TunisiaMohamed El Asmi1953–1954
TunisiaMohamed El Asmi1954–1957
TunisiaMohamed El Asmi1957–1958
Nat Name Period
TunisiaSalah Aouij1958–1964
TunisiaAbdelaziz Lasram1964–1966
TunisiaMahmoud Mestiri1966–1967
TunisiaFathi Zouhir1967–1970
TunisiaAbdeljelil Mehiri1970–1971
TunisiaAbdelaziz Lasram1971–1977
TunisiaFarid Mokhtar1977–1980
TunisiaRidha Azzabi1980–1981
TunisiaFarid Mokhtar1981–1986
TunisiaMahmoud Mestiri1986–1987
TunisiaRidha Azzabi1987–1988
TunisiaHamadi Bousbiaâ1988–1990
TunisiaFarid Abbes1990–1991
TunisiaRidha Azzabi1991–1992
TunisiaCherif Ben Lamine1992–1993
TunisiaHamadi Bousbiaâ1993–1994
Nat Name Period
TunisiaHammouda Ben Ammar1994–1996
TunisiaSaid Neji1996–1997
TunisiaCherif Ben Lamine1997–2000
TunisiaFarid Abbes2000–2002
TunisiaCherif Ben Lamine2002–2006
TunisiaKamel Idir2005–2010
TunisiaJamel Atrous2010
TunisiaCherif Ben Lamine2010–2011
TunisiaJamel Atrous2011–2012
TunisiaSlim Riahi2012–2017
TunisiaMarwen Hamoudia2017–2018
TunisiaAbdessalem Younsi2018–2021
TunisiaYoussef 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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