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 name	Club Athlétique Bizertin
Nickname(s)	Les Requins du Nord (The Northern Sharks)
Short name	CAB
Founded	July 12, 1928 (1928-07-12)
Ground	15 October Stadium
Capacity	20,000
President	Samir Yacoub
Manager	Maher Kanzari
League	Professional League 1
2022–23	10th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

• CAF Champions League: 2 appearances

1985 – Second Round

2013 – Second Round

• CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1992 – Semi-finals

2000 – Second Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2013 – Semi-finals

2014 – Second Round

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearances

1989 – Second Round

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 February, 2024

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–)

Notable coaches

Radojica Radojičić (1979–80) Taoufik Ben Othman (1980–81) Radojica Radojičić (1981–82) Youssef Zouaoui (1982–84), (1986–87) Ryszard Kulesza (1987–88) Youssef Zouaoui (1988), (1989–92) Alexandru Moldovan (1995–96) Youssef Zouaoui (1997) Paulo Rubim (2001–02) Mondher Kebaier (2002–03) Ali Fergani (2003–04) Mahmoud Ouertani & Paulo Rubim (2004–05) Nabil Maaloul, Nejmeddine Oumaya & Ali Fergani (2005–06)

Nejmeddine Oumaya, Paulo Rubim & Mokhtar Tlili (2006–07) Ferid Ben Belgacem (July 1, 2007 – April 20, 2008) Mokhtar Tlili (2008) Larbi Zouaoui (Sept 17, 2008 – Aug 5, 2009) Gérard Buscher (July 1, 2010 – Aug 25, 2010) Youssef Zouaoui (Sept 4, 2010 – Jan 2, 2011) Maher Kanzari (Jan 2, 2010 – Oct 4, 2012) Noureddine Saâdi (Oct 23, 2012 – March 12, 2013) Mondher Kebaier (March 12, 2013 – Dec 30, 2013) Maher Kanzari (Jan 1, 2014 – March 13, 2014) Nabil Kouki (March 14, 2014 – June 7, 2014) Ratko Dostanić (July 1, 2014–1?) Sofiene Hidoussi (201?–)

External links

• Team profile – Sofascore