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

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.

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

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 Italy Diadora Tunisia Boga/South Korea Samsung [1]
1999–01 United States Coca-Cola/South Korea Samsung
2001–02 ? ?
2002–03 Italy Diadora Tunisia Boga/South Korea Samsung
2003–04 United States Coca-Cola/South Korea Samsung
2004–05 ? ?
2005–06 Italy Diadora Tunisia Boga/South Korea Samsung
2006–10 United States Coca-Cola/United States Ford
2010–11 Tunisia Boga/South KoreaSamsung
2011–12 Italy Legea Tunisia Boga
2012–13 Tunisia Union des Associations Humanitaires Tunisiennes
2013–14 Tunisia CA Qatar Ooredoo
2014–20 England Umbro
2020– England Umbro Qatar Ooredoo/Qatar 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 Libya LBY Ali Youssef Ibrahim Al-Musrati
    3 DF Tunisia TUN Makrem Sghaier
    4 DF Tunisia TUN Yassine Bouabid
    6 MF Uganda UGA Kenneth Semakula
    7 FW Tunisia TUN Adem Garreb
    8 MF Tunisia TUN Ghaith Sghaier
    9 FW Tunisia TUN Rached Arfaoui
    10 MF Algeria ALG Abdelmalek Kelaleche
    11 MF Tunisia TUN Moataz Zemzemi
    13 FW Tunisia TUN Hamza Khadhraoui
    15 DF Cameroon CMR Wills Tene Nkingne
    16 GK Tunisia TUN Ghaith Yeferni
    17 DF Tunisia TUN Ghaith Zaalouni
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    18 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Phillippe Kinzumbi
    20 DF Tunisia TUN Hamza Ben Abda
    21 FW Tunisia TUN Bilel Ait Malek
    22 GK Tunisia TUN Malek Saada
    23 GK Tunisia TUN Mouez Hassen
    25 FW Cameroon CMR Jules Kooh
    27 FW Libya LBY Fahd Al-Mesmary
    29 MF Ghana GHA Shawkan Mohammed
    30 DF Tunisia TUN Oussama Shili
    31 MF Tunisia TUN Mohamed Amine Laajimi
    35 DF Tunisia TUN Aziz Ghrissi
    40 GK Tunisia TUN Dries Arfaoui

    Managers

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

    Presidents

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

    Rival clubs

    See also

    • Club Africain (handball)
    • Club Africain (basketball)

    References

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