Club Africain

Club Africain
Full nameClub Africain
Nickname(s)The African
Short nameCA
Founded4 October 1920 (1920-10-04)
GroundHammadi Agrebi Stadium
Capacity60,000
ChairmanHaykel Dekhil
ManagerDavid Bettoni
LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2024–25Ligue 1, 4th of 16
Active departments of
Basketball Handball
Handball Volleyball Volleyball

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club currently plays in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club Africain, as some of its founding fathers affirm, is the natural extension of the Stade africain (association founded in 1915 and dissolved in 1918) of which it retains the colors, the spirit, part of the name as well as a core of players (particularly Mohamed Soudani).

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.

Honours

Type Competition Titles Winning Seasons
Domestic Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 13 1946–47, 1947–48, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2014–15
Tunisian Cup 13 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2016–17, 2017–18
Tunisian Super Cup 3 1968, 1970, 1979
Continental African Cup of Champions Clubs 1 1991
Regional Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1 1995
Arab Champions League 1 1997
North African Cup of Champions 2 2008, 2010
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup 1 1971
Maghreb Champions Cup 3 1974, 1975, 1976
Intercontinental Afro-Asian Club Championship 1 1992

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

Current squad

    As of 9 February 2025

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

    No. Pos. Nation Player
    2 DF  LBY Ali Youssef Ibrahim Al-Musrati
    3 DF  TUN Makrem Sghaier
    4 DF  TUN Yassine Bouabid
    6 MF  UGA Kenneth Semakula
    7 FW  TUN Adem Garreb
    8 MF  TUN Ghaith Sghaier
    9 FW  TUN Rached Arfaoui
    10 MF  ALG Abdelmalek Kelaleche
    11 MF  TUN Moataz Zemzemi
    13 FW  TUN Hamza Khadhraoui
    15 DF  CMR Wills Tene Nkingne
    16 GK  TUN Ghaith Yeferni
    17 DF  TUN Ghaith Zaalouni
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    18 FW  COD Phillippe Kinzumbi
    20 DF  TUN Hamza Ben Abda
    21 FW  TUN Bilel Ait Malek
    22 GK  TUN Malek Saada
    23 GK  TUN Mouez Hassen
    25 FW  CMR Jules Kooh
    27 FW  LBY Fahd Al-Mesmary
    29 MF  GHA Shawkan Mohammed
    30 DF  TUN Oussama Shili
    31 MF  TUN Mohamed Amine Laajimi
    35 DF  TUN Aziz Ghrissi
    40 GK  TUN Dries Arfaoui

    Managers

    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 1955–1956
    Ahmed Ben Foul 1956–1957
    Ridha Bach Hamba 1957–1958
    Fabio Roccheggiani 1958–1967
    Luigi Rossellini 1967–1968
    Ernst Melchior 1968–1969
    André Nagy 1969–1971
    Skander Medelgi 1971–1972
    Jamel Eddine Bouabsa 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 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
    Faouzi Benzarti 2024

    Presidents

    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

    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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