Olympique Béja

Olympique de Béja

Full name	Olympique de Béja
Nickname(s)	اللمبيك (El Lampik) The Storks
Founded	17 July 1929 (17 July 1929)
Ground	Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium Béja, Tunisia
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Mohamed Fadhel Mankbi
Manager	Yamen Zelfani
League	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24	Ligue 1, 7th of 14
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Olympique de Béja (Arabic: الأولمبي الباجي), known as O Béja or simply OB for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Béja. The club was founded in 1929 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium, has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Official Honours

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning Seasons
Domestic	Tunisian League 1	0	Best performance: 1997–98 Fifth
	Tunisian Cup	3	1992-93, 2009–10, 2022–23
	Tunisian Super Cup	2	1995, 2023
	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2	3	1984–85, 2005–06, 2019–20

Appearances in CAF competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2011 – First Round

2023-24 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1994 – Quarter-Finals

1996 – Second Round

Current squad

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	Moez Ben Cherifia
3	DF	TUN	Elyes Mejri
4	DF	TUN	Islem Chelghoumi
5	MF	TUN	Mohamed Ali Ragoubi
6	MF	MLI	Aly Desse Sissoko
7	FW	TUN	Rabii Hamri
9	FW	TUN	Bechir Mkadem
10	MF	TUN	Charfeddine Ouni
11	FW	TUN	Malek Chouikh
12	DF	TUN	Rayen Hammami
13	MF	TUN	Hamza Houiji
14	FW	TUN	Obaid Mekni

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	TUN	Chahine Smaoui
17	FW	TUN	Baha Cherni
18	FW	TUN	Elyes Dhaoui
19	FW	TUN	Mohamed Hedi Hadouchi
20	MF	RWA	Anicet Ishimwe
21	MF	TUN	Firas Fadhli
22	DF	SUI	Hamdi Arfaoui
23	MF	TUN	Majd Hedhli
25	DF	TUN	Skander Sghaier (captain)
26	DF	TUN	Amine Melki
27	FW	TUN	Maher Ben Seghaier
28	DF	TUN	Abdelaziz Knani

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	TUN	Yahia Mtiri
30	MF	TUN	Mohamed Aziz Taboubi
33	GK	TUN	Ahmed Fatnassi
—	MF	MLI	Abdoulaye Bathily
—	FW	TUN	Aziz Abid
—	DF	TUN	Aziz Gharbi
—	FW	TUN	Bechir Hasni
—	FW	TUN	Fakhreddine Ouji
—	DF	TUN	Jasser Khmiri
—	MF	TUN	Souhaieb Abdelli
—	MF	TUN	Youssef Melki

Former coaches

• Mustapha Dhib (1956–60)
• Gustave Ducoussou (1960–62)
• Noureddine Ben Mahmoud (1962–65)
• Giuseppe Moro (1965–67)
• Todor (1967–68)
• Skander Medelji (1968–69)
• Noureddine Ben Mahmoud (1969–70)
• Frank Loscey (1970–71)
• Ali Rached (1971–72)
• Taoufik Ben Othman (1973–74)
• Abderrazak Nouaïli (1974–76)
• Slobodan (1976–78)
• Ahmed Mghirbi (1978–79)
• Jamel Eddine Bouabsa (1979–80)
• Mustapha Jouili (1980–81)
• Larbi Zouaoui (1981–82)
• Apostal (1982–83)
• Belhassen Meriah (1983–84)
• Mrad Hamza (1984–85)
• Ali Selmi (1985–86)
• Lotfi Benzarti (1986–88)
• Beliakov (1988–89)
• Beliakov (1989–90)
• Habib Mejri (1990–91)
• Amor Dhib (1991–92)
• Platek (1992–93)
• Riadh Charfi (1993–94)
• Alexandru Moldovan (1994–95)
• Mokhtar Tlili (1995–96)
• Ali Fergani (1996–98)
• Abdelghani Djadaoui (1998–99)
• Ali Fergani (1999–00)
• Fethi Toukabri (2000–01)
• Ali Selmi (2001–02)
• Ridha Akacha (2002–03)
• Kamel Mouassa (2003–04)
• Alexandru Moldovan (2004–05)
• Fethi Toukabri (2005–06)
• Ridha Akacha (2006–07)
• Mohamed Kouki (2007–08)
• Mahmoud Ouertani (2008–09)
• Khaled Ben Sassi (2009)
• Rachid Belhout (Oct 3, 2009 – Dec 19, 2010)
• Sofiène Hidoussi (Dec 22, 2010 – April 28, 2011)
• Hedi Mokraini (April 28, 2011 – Nov 14, 2011)
• Said Hammouche (Sept 19, 2011 – Nov 1, 2011)
• Amor Dhib (Nov 14, 2011 – March 12, 2012)
• Fethi Laabidi (March 12, 2012 – May 8, 2012)
• F. Ouerghi (interim) (May 9, 2012 – May 12, 2012)
• Kamel Zouaghi (May 13, 2012 – Aug 6, 2012)
• Mokhtar Arfaoui (Aug 8, 2012 – Dec 9, 2012)
• Kamel Zouaghi (Dec 2012–1?)
• Mokhtar Arfaoui (March 8, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
• Maher Sdiri (July 14, 2013 – Nov 3, 2013)
• H. Habachi (interim) (Nov 5, 2013 – Nov 12, 2013)
• Mohamed Kouki (Nov 13, 2013 – June 30, 2014)

Presidents

• Mahmoud M'nakbi (1929–45)
• Mohamed Kaoual (1945–53)
• Othman Chaouachi (1953–56)
• Slaheddine Ben Mbarek (1984–85)
• Abdesatar Ben Chiboub (1985–87)
• Taieb Gharbi (1987–89)
• Hassen Zouaghi (1989–92)
• Taieb Gharbi (1992–94)
• Faouzi Ben M'barek (1994–96)
• Hassen Zouaghi (1996–98)
• Abdesatar Ben Chiboub (1998–00)
• Taieb Gharbi (2000–01)
• Mohamed Brahmi (2001–04)
• Mounir Ben Sakhria (2004–05)
• Abdeltif Elkefi (2005–06)
• Ridha Ouni (2006–08)
• Lotfi Kefi (2008–09)
• Mokhtar Nefzi (2009–11)
• Ali Parnasse (2011–13)

External links

• Olympique Béja at Weltfussballarchiv