Tunisian football club
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Club Africain Full name Club Africain Nickname(s) الإفريقي (The African) Founded 4 October 1920; 103 years ago (1920-10-04 ) Ground Stade Hammadi Agrebi Capacity 50,000 Chairman Haykel Dekhil (interim) Coach David Bettoni League Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2023–24 Ligue 1, 6th of 14 Current season
Active departments of Club Africain Football 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, Stade Hammadi Agrebi , has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club currently plays in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
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. Club Africain is widely known as the people's club, as it's the most popular club on Tunisia.
Official 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
Players The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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 [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
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 Club Africain (handball) Club Africain (basketball)
References ^ "Club Africain Kit History". Football Kit Archive . Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023 .
External links Official website Club Africain on Facebook Club Africain on Instagram
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Ligue Nationale de Football Professionnel
Seasons post-independence 2024–25 clubsCompetition Statistics Associated competitions Category Commons
African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League winners
African Cup of Champions Clubs era, 1965–1996
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
CAF Champions League era, 1997–present
1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Arab Club Champions Cup winners
Arab Club Champions Cup Arab Unified Club Championship Arab Champions League UAFA Club Cup Arab Club Championship Arab Club Champions Cup