Club Africain

Club Africain

Full name	Club Africain
Nickname(s)	El Club Lefriki
Founded	4 October 1920; 101 years ago (1920-10-04)
Ground	Stade Olympique de Radès
Capacity	60 000
Chairman	Youssef El Almi
Manager	Montassar Louhichi
League	Ligue 1
2020��21	7th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Active departments of Club Africain
Football Basketball (men) Handball (men) Handball (women) Volleyball (men) Volleyball (women)

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that 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, 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.

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

Players[]

The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad[]

As of 15 November 2021. 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 Oussema Hanzouli 2 DF  TUN Bilel Ifa 3 DF  TUN Skander Laabidi 4 DF  TUN Hamza Agrebi 5 MF  TUN Larry Azouni 6 MF  TUN Ahmed Khalil 7 FW  TUN Adem Garreb 9 FW  TUN Mohamed Ali Amri 10 MF  NIG Amadou Sabo 11 MF  TUN Chihab Laabidi 13 FW  ALG Radhouane Zardoum 17 FW  TUN Yassine Chamakhi 18 MF  TUN Khalil Kassab 19 MF  ALG Abdennour Belhocini

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  TUN Nader Ghandri 21 MF  TUN Adem Taous 22 GK  TUN Seifeddine Charfi 23 GK  TUN Mouez Hassen 24 DF  TUN Mohamd Aziz Gasmi 25 DF  ALG Nabil Lamara 26 MF  TUN Moez Ben Haj Ali 27 DF  TUN Mohamed Amine Ben Zaghada 28 FW  TUN Hamdi Labidi 29 DF  TUN Ghazi Abderrazzak 30 FW  TUN Saber Khalifa 32 DF  TUN Ghaith Zaalouni 34 MF  BEN Rodrigue Kossi

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  [fr] 1955-1956 Ahmed Ben Foul 1956-1957  [fr] 1957-1958  [fr] 1958-1967 Luigi Rossellini 1967-1968 Ernst Melchior 1968-1969 André Nagy 1969-1971  [fr] 1971-1972  [fr] 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 1985-1986  [fr] 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 2019-2021 Montassar Louhichi 2021-

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 Mohamed El Asmi 1946-1950 Mohamed El Asmi 1950-1953 Mohamed El Asmi 1953-1954 Mohamed El Asmi 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 2018-2021 Youssef El Almi 2021-

Rival Clubs[]

• ES Tunis (Derby)
• Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Rivalry)
• CS Sfax (Rivalry)
• Stade Tunisien (Derby)
• MC Alger (Rivalry)
• CS Constantine (Rivalry)

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Club Africain on Facebook