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; 103 years ago (1920-10-04)
StadiumHammadi Agrebi Stadium
Capacity60,000
ChairmanYoussef Elmi
CoachMondher Kebaier
LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2022–233rd of 16
Current season

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 edit

National competitions edit

Continental competitions edit

Worldwide competitions edit

Regional competitions edit

Crest and colours edit

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors edit

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 edit

The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad edit

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 edit

Nat Name Period
  Mustapha Zmerli 1942–1943
  Mazarella 1947–1948
  Marc Orsoni 1948–1950
  Youssef Ben Osman 1950–1953
  Fathi Boucetta 1953–1954
  Mahmoud Kouki 1954–1955
  Paul Barthes [fr] 1955–1956
  Ahmed Ben Foul 1956–1957
  Ridha Bach Hamba [fr] 1957–1958
  Fabio Roccheggiani [fr] 1958–1967
  Luigi Rossellini 1967–1968
  Ernst Melchior 1968–1969
  André Nagy 1969–1971
  Skander Medelgi [fr] 1971–1972
  Jamel Eddine Bouabsa [fr] 1972–1974
  Ameur Hizem 1974–1976
  Alexander Gvozdenovic 1976–1977
  André Nagy 1977–1981
  Zlatko Melic 1981–1982
Nat Name Period
  Mokhtar Tlili 1982–1984
  André Nagy 1984–1985
  Ahmed Zitouni 1985–1986
  Amor Dhib [fr] 1986–1987
  Kazbek Tuaev 1987–1989
  Faouzi Benzarti 1989–1991
  Ilie Balaci 1991–1992
  Marcel Husson 1992–1993
  Bernard Blaut 1993–1994
  Mircea Rădulescu 1994–1995
  Jean Sérafin 1995–1997
  René Exbrayat 1997–1999
  Faouzi Benzarti 1999–2000
  René Exbrayat 2000–2002
  Charles Roessli 2002–2003
  Muhsin Ertuğral 2003–2004
  Henri Stambouli 2004–2005
  Youssef Zouaoui 2005–2006
  Bertrand Marchand 2006–2007
Nat Name Period
  Abdelhak Benchikha 2007–2009
  Pierre Lechantre 2009–2010
 
 
 
François Bracci
Mrad Mahjoub
Kais Yaakoubi
2010–2011
 
 
Faouzi Benzarti
Bernard Casoni
2011–2012
  Nabil Kouki 2012–2013
  Faouzi Benzarti 2013
  Adrie Koster 2013–2014
  Daniel Sanchez 2014–2015
 
 
Nabil Kouki
Ruud Krol
2015–2016
  Chiheb Ellili 2016–2017
  Marco Simone 2017
  Bertrand Marchand 2017–2018
  José Riga 2018–2019
  Victor Zvunka 2019
  Lassaad Dridi 2019–2021
  Montasser Louhichi 2021–2022
  Bertrand Marchand 2022
  Saïd Saïbi 2022-2023
  Jean-Michel Cavalli 2024
  Mondher Kebaier 2024-

Presidents edit

Nat Name Period
  Bechir Ben Mustapha 1920–1921
  Hadi Ginati 1921–1922
  Bechir Ben Mustapha 1922–1923
  Ouannes Laâjimi 1923–1924
  Hsouna Abdelkefi 1924–1926
  Abdelaziz Ounaies 1926–1927
  Mustapha Sfar 1927–1930
  Abdelaziz Ounaies 1930–1931
  Ali Belhaj 1931–1932
  Abdelaziz Ounaies 1932–1934
  Moncef El Okby 1934–1946
  Mohamed El Asmi 1946–1950
  Mohamed El Asmi 1950–1953
  Mohamed El Asmi 1953–1954
  Mohamed El Asmi 1954–1957
  Mohamed El Asmi 1957–1958
Nat Name Period
  Salah Aouij 1958–1964
  Abdelaziz Lasram 1964–1966
  Mahmoud Mestiri 1966–1967
  Fathi Zouhir 1967–1970
  Abdeljelil Mehiri 1970–1971
  Abdelaziz Lasram 1971–1977
  Farid Mokhtar 1977–1980
  Ridha Azzabi 1980–1981
  Farid Mokhtar 1981–1986
  Mahmoud Mestiri 1986–1987
  Ridha Azzabi 1987–1988
  Hamadi Bousbiaâ 1988–1990
  Farid Abbes 1990–1991
  Ridha Azzabi 1991–1992
  Cherif Ben Lamine 1992–1993
  Hamadi Bousbiaâ 1993–1994
Nat Name Period
  Hammouda Ben Ammar 1994–1996
  Said Neji 1996–1997
  Cherif Ben Lamine 1997–2000
  Farid Abbes 2000–2002
  Cherif Ben Lamine 2002–2006
  Kamel Idir 2005–2010
  Jamel Atrous 2010
  Cherif Ben Lamine 2010–2011
  Jamel Atrous 2011–2012
  Slim Riahi 2012–2017
  Marwen Hamoudia 2017–2018
  Abdessalem Younsi 2018–2021
  Youssef Elmi 2021–

Rival clubs edit

See also edit

References edit

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

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