CS Sfaxien

CS Sfaxien
Full name	Club Sportif Sfaxien ; النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي
Nickname(s)	Juventus El Arab (Juventus of The Arabs)
Short name	CSS
Founded	28 May 1928 (as Club Tunisien)
Ground	Stade Taïeb Mhiri; Sfax, Tunisia
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Moncef Khemakhem
Manager	Anis Boujelbene
League	CLP-1
2019–20	2nd
Website	Club website

Club Sportif Sfaxien (Arabic: النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) or CSS is a multi-sport club from Sfax in Tunisia.

History

The club was founded in 1928 as Club Tunisien, playing in green and red stripes. The team was promoted to the Tunisian First Division in 1947. In 1950, the first supporters group was founded by Béchir Fendri, and in 1962 the club was renamed " Club Sportif Sfaxien " and team colours were changed to the current black and white stripes.

CSS celebrated their half-centenary in 1978 by winning the Tunisian League title, largely thanks to the impressive performances of their Tunisian internationals, notably Hammadi Agrebi, Mohamed Ali Akid and Mokhtar Dhouib. In November 1998, CSS captured the CAF Cup for the first time, beating Senegal's ASC Jeanne d'Arc in the final.

In more recent times, CSS reached the final of the CAF Champions League 2006 but were narrowly beaten in dramatic fashion, with a late second leg goal condemning them to a 2–1 aggregate defeat against Al Ahly of Egypt.

In September 2014, CSS reached the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League 2014 but they were beaten with a 2–1 score in both away and home matches against AS Vita Club.

In May 2015, CSS got disqualified from The CAF Champions League 2015 after a loss with 1–0 in their away match against Mouloudia Chabab El Eulma(Algeria) and then CSS won their match in Sfax with 1–0 at the Stade Taïeb Mhiri but they got disqualified since they lost by penalties (7–6).

CSS won the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup. A 4–2 first-leg victory in Sudan against Al Merreikh preceded a 1–0 second leg win, with CSS lifting the trophy in front of their own fans at the Stade Taïeb Mhiri. In November 2008, CSS faced local rivals Etoile du Sahel (ESS) in the final of the CAF Confederation Cup. CSS became the most successful club in recent history of the tournament when a 0–0 draw in Sfax was followed by a 2–2 draw in Sousse, sending the cup back to Sfax for the second year in a row.

In 2013, CSS won CAF Confederation Cup for the 3rd time in their history facing TP Mazembe in the final with 2–0 in Rades then a 2–1 defeat in Lubumbashi with a late goal from Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.

Club Sportif Sfaxien is considered by the IFFHS as one of the five best teams in this century.

Club Sfaxien participated in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.^[1]

Players

Current squad

As of 19 December 2020.

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	Mohamed Hedi Gaaloul
2	DF	TUN	Mohamed Ben Ali
3	DF	TUN	Hani Amamou
4	DF	TUN	Nour Zamen Zammouri
5	DF	TUN	Ghaith Maaroufi
6	MF	TUN	Mohamed Ali Trabelsi
7	FW	LBY	Mohammed Soulah
9	FW	TUN	Jassem Hamdouni
10	FW	TUN	Aymen Harzi
11	FW	TUN	Houssem Ben Ali
12	MF	TUN	Mohamed Ali Moncer
13	MF	TUN	Abdallah Amri
14	FW	ALG	Zakaria Mansouri (on loan from Paradou AC)
15	MF	TUN	Walid Karoui
16	GK	TUN	Sabri Ben Hassen
17	FW	TUN	Bechir Ghariani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	NGA	Alaa Ghram
19	DF	TUN	Azmi Ghouma
20	MF	NGA	Kingsley Sokari
21	DF	TUN	Houssem Dagdoug
22	FW	TUN	Firas Chaouat
24	MF	CIV	Chris Kouakou
25	DF	ALG	Sabri Cheraitia (on loan from Paradou AC)
26	DF	NGA	Ahmed Ammar
27	FW	GAB	Malick Evouna
28	DF	TUN	Mohamed Ali Jouini
29	FW	TUN	Achref Habbassi
30	GK	TUN	Aymen Dahmen
31	FW	NGA	Kingsley Eduwo
32	DF	GUI	Naby Camara
33	FW	GUI	Ousmane Camara

Honours

Domestic competitions

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Winners (8): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2012–13

Tunisian Cup

Winners (5): 1970–71, 1994–95, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2018-2019

African competitions

CAF Confederation Cup

Winners (3): 2007, 2008, 2013

CAF Cup

Winners (1): 1998

Regional competitions

Arab Club Champions Cup

Winners (2): 2000, 2003–04

North African Cup Winners Cup

Winners: 2009

Performance in CAF competitions

African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 4 appearances

The club have 2 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1984 & 1996 and 2 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2006 till 2014

1984 – First Round

1996 – Semi-finals

2006 – Runner-up

2014 – Semi-finals

CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances

2007 – Winner

2008 – Winner

2010 – Runner-up

2012 – First round

2013 – Winner

CAF Super Cup: 3 appearances

2008 – Runner-up

2009 – Runner-up

2014 – Runner-up

CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1998 – Winner

Managers

Nat	Name	Period
	Taoufik Ben Slama	1947–1948
	Xavier Scotto	1948–1949
	Marc Orsoni	1949–1950
	René Ehms	1950–1951
	Noël Gallo	1953–1954
	Habib Marzouk	1953–1955
	Mohamed Najjar	1955–1957
	Habib Fendri	1957–1958
	Mongi Keskes	1958–1959
	Mokhtar Arribi	1959–1961
	Milan Kristić	1961–1966
	Branislav Acimović	1966–1968
	Gregors Georgevic	1971–1972
	Jivko Popadic	1972–1973
	Ammar Nahali	1973–1974
	Radojica Radojičić	1974–1975
	Habib Jerbi	1975–1976
	Milor Popov	1976–1978
	Radojica Radojičić	1978–1979
	Mongi Dalhoum	1979–1980

Nat	Name	Period
	Michael Pfeiffer	1980–1981
	Peter Mucha Manfred Steves	1981–1982
	Milor Popov	1982–1984
	Jean-Pierre Knayer	1984–1985
	Ahmed Ouannes	1985–1986
	Hervé Revelli Ryszard Kulesza	1986–1987
	Mokhtar Tlili	1987–1988
	Gregors Georgevic	1988–1989
	Stefan Aladzhov	1989–1990
	Mongi Dalhoum	1990–1992
	Amor Dhib	1992–1993
	José Paolo Rubim	1993–1995
	David Ferreiran Werner Olke	1995–1996
	José Paolo Rubim Faouzi Benzarti Eckhard Krautzun	1996–1997
	Yuri Sebastienko	1997–1998
	Eckhard Krautzun	1998–1999

Nat	Name	Period
	José Dutra dos Santos Khaled Ben Yahia	1999–2000
	Miodrag Ješić	2000–2001
	Riadh Charfi	2001
	Silvester Takač	2001–2002
	Manuel Amoros	2002
	Otto Pfister	2002–2003
	Mrad Mahjoub	2003–2004
	Michel Decastel	2004–2006
	Mrad Mahjoub	2006–2007
	Michel Decastel Khaled Ben Yahia	2007–2008
	Ghazi Ghrairi	2008–2009
	Azzedine Ait Djoudi	2009–2010
	Luka Peruzović	2009–2010
	Pierre Lechantre	2010
	Nabil Kouki	2010–2011
	Reinhard Stumpf	2011–2012
	Nabil Kouki	2012
	Ruud Krol	2012–2013

Nat	Name	Period
	Hamadi Dhaou	2013–2014
	Philippe Troussier	2014
	Ghazi Ghrairi	2014–2015
	Paulo Duarte	2015
	Chiheb Ellili	2015–2016
	Néstor Clausen	2016–2017
	Jorge Costa	2017
	José Mota	2017
	Lassaad Dridi	2017–2018
	Ghazi Ghrairi	2018
	Ruud Krol	2018–2019
	Nebojša Jovović	2019
	Fethi Jebel	2019–2020
	Faouzi Benzarti	2020
	Anis Boujelbene	2020-

Presidents

1912–31 : Zouhair Ayadi
1931–32 : Ali Cherif
1932–34 : Messaoud Ben Saad
1934–36 : Ahmed Bouslama
1936–38 : Abderrahmane Aloulou
1938–46 : Mohamed Elloumi
1946–48 : Habib Meziou
1948–50 : Abdelkader Jemal
1950–51 : Abdelaziz Hammami
1951–53 : Tahar Elleuch
1953–54 : Tahar Gargouri
1954–55 : Mohamed Halouani
1955–56 : Ahmed Akrout

1956–61 : Habib Larguech
1961–64 : Abdesselem Kallel
1964–65 : Mohamed Driss
1965–66 : Taoufik Zahaf
1966–67 : Hédi Bouricha
1967–70 : Taoufik Zahaf
1970–72 : Ahmed Fourati
1972–75 : Taoufik Zahaf
1975–76 : Mohamed Mezghanni
1976–78 : Taoufik Zahaf
1978–79 : Ismaïl Baklouti
1979–80 : Hédi Bouricha
1980–88 : Abdelaziz Ben Abdallah

1988–89 : Mohamed Aloulou
1989–90 : Taoufik Zahaf
1990–92 : Ismaïl Baklouti
1992–96 : Abdelaziz Ben Abdallah
1996–98 : Jamel Arem
1998-02 : Lotfi Abdennadher
2002–08 : Slaheddine Zahaf
2008–10 : Moncef Sellami
2010–11 : Naoufel Zahaf
2011–12 : Moncef Sellami
2012–16 : Lotfi Abdennadher
2016– : Moncef Khemakhem

References

^ https://plus.google.com/114671849437388435903 (14 June 2016). "Espérance to represent Tunisia in the 2017 CAF Champions League". E-S-Tunis.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

(in French) Official site

[1] ttps://plus.google.com/114671849437388435903 (14 June 2016). "Espérance to represent Tunisia in the 2017 CAF Champions League". E-S-Tunis.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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