Club Africain

Club Africain

Full name	Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي)
Nickname(s)	El Club
Founded	4 October 1920 (1920-10-04)
Ground	Stade Olympique de Radès
Capacity	60,000
Chairman	Abdesslam Younsi
Manager	Lassaad Dridi
League	Ligue 1
2018–19	5th
Website	http://www.clubafricain.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الافريقي) competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sport teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The football team was the first Tunisian club to win an international trophy in 1971, when they won the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup and the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1991 as first Tunisian team to liftthe trophy.

Honours

National Competitions

• 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,

• Tunisian Cup (13)
  • Winners: 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)
  • Winners: 1968, 1970, 1979

Continental Competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs (1)
  • Winners: 1991
• Afro-Asian Club Championship (1)
  • Winners: 1992

Regional Competitions

• Arab Cup Winners' Cup (1)
  • Winners: 1995
• Arab Champions League (1)
  • Winners: 1997
• North African Cup of Champions: 2
  • Winners: 2008, 2010
• Maghreb Cup Winners Cup (1)
  • Winners: 1971
• Maghreb Champions Cup (3)
  • Winners: 1974, 1975,1976

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

Nat Name Period Zlatko Melic 1981-1982 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

Nat Name Period Youssef Zouaoui 2005-2006 Bertrand Marchand 2006-2007 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-

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 Salah Aouij 1946-1950 Mhammed Mestiri 1950-1953 Mohamed El Asmi 1953-1954 Salah Aouidj 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-

See also

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

External links

• Official website