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Club Africain
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Full nameClub Africain
Founded4 October 1920; 104 years ago (1920-10-04)
GroundStade Olympique de Radès
Tunis, Tunisia
Capacity60,000
ChairmanTunisia Slim Riahi
ManagerNetherlands Ruud Krol
LeagueCLP-1
2014–151st

Club Africain (Template:Lang-ar), also known as CA, is a Tunisian omnisport club founded in 1920 in the capital city, Tunis. Club Africain is best known for its association football team, which competes in the Tunisian Championship and is currently coached by Dutch Ruud Krol. Club Africain is one of the most popular football clubs in Tunisia. It fields several sport teams, including football, handball, and basketball.

It is a team from Tunisia that was founded on January 15, 1919. The Stade Olympique d'El Menzah is the club's home stadium.

History

Order permitting the Club Africain 4 October 1920

In 1991 Club Africain beat Nakivubo Villa of Uganda 7-3 (6-2 in Tunis and 1-1 in Mityana) in the final of the 1991 African Cup of Champions.[1] The club won its 12th Tunisian League title in 2007-08.[2] They reached the final of the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup, where they lost on penalties to Moroccan team MAS Fez.[3]

Team in 1934-1935
Team in 1946-1947 winners the first championship
Team doubled in the season 1972-1973
Team winners Maghreb Champions Cup 1976
Team of the final of the African Cup of Champion Clubs 1991
Supporters of CA in Rades Stadium 22 May 2008


Honours

DomesticTunisia Regional International
  • Tunisian League (13)
    • Winners 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
    • Vice-Champion: 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2010
  • Tunisian Cup (11)
    • Winners: 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1999–2000
    • Runners-up: 1956, 1963, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2003, 2006
  • Tunisian Super Cup (3)
    • Winners: 1968, 1970, 1979
    • Runners-up: 1973

Current Squad

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
1 GK Tunisia TUN Farouk Ben Mustapha
2 DF Tunisia TUN Bilel Ifa
3 DF Tunisia TUN Oussama Haddadi
4 DF Tunisia TUN Hamza Agrebi
5 MF Tunisia TUN Ahmed Khalil
6 MF Tunisia TUN Mehdi Ouedherfi
7 FW Mali MLI Malick Touré
8 MF Tunisia TUN Stéphane Nater
9 FW Tunisia TUN Yoann Touzghar
10 MF Tunisia TUN Imed Miniaoui
11 DF Tunisia TUN Yassin Mikari
13 MF Tunisia TUN Wissem Ben Yahia
15 MF Tunisia TUN Chiheb Jbeli
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Tunisia TUN Alaa Ben Dahnous
18 MF Tunisia TUN Nader Ghandri
20 MF Ghana GHA Seidu Salifu
21 MF Tunisia TUN Tijani Belaïd
22 GK Tunisia TUN Seifeddine Charfi
24 FW Tunisia TUN Seifeddine Jaziri
25 DF Tunisia TUN Walid Dhaouadi
26 MF Tunisia TUN Ghazi Ayadi
29 MF Tunisia TUN Mourad Hedhli
30 FW Tunisia TUN Saber Khalifa
33 GK Tunisia TUN Mohamed Ali Souid
35 MF Algeria ALG Ibrahim Chenihi

See also

References