Club Africain (basketball)

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Club Africain
Nickname	Al Ifriki El Ghalia El Club Lefriki
Leagues	Championnat National A
Founded	1956; 66 years ago (1956)
History	Club Africain 1956–present
Arena	Salle Chérif-Bellaminej
Capacity	2,500
Location	Tunis, Tunisia
Team colors	Red and White
President	Marouane Hammami
Head coach
Championships	4 Tunisian Leagues 6 Tunisian Cups 3 Tunisian Supercups 4 Tunisian Federation Cups
Home Away

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

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian professional basketball club from Tunis. The club competes in the Championnat National A.

The team has won the national championship four times, the last time being in 2016.^[1] Notable players of the team include senior men's Tunisian national basketball team members Mourad El Mabrouk, Marouan Kechrid, Marouen Lahmar, and Naim Dhifallah.

History[]

The basketball section of Club Africain was established in 1956. The team entered the first-level Championnat National A in the 1979–80 season. Three years later, in 1982, the club won its first trophy when it captured the Tunisian Cup. Rival ES Radès was defeated in the final with a score of 86–71.

In 1999, a second Tunisian Cup was won after US Monastir was narrowly edged in the final, 72–69. Two years later, the third Cup was captured after beating Monastir again.

In 2004, Club Africain won its first Championnat National A championship, after defeating JS Kairouan in the final, 88–87. Naim Dhifallah scored a buzzer-beater with 0.9 seconds on the clock to bring the team its first national title.

Four years later, in 2008, Club Africain made its debut at the international stage when it played in the Zone 4 qualifiers for the 2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup. In 2014, the team hosted the FIBA Africa Champions Cup and eventually captured the third place in the tournament.

Honours[]

• Tunisian League (4): 2003–04, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Tunisian Cup (6) : 1981–82, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2013–14, 2014–15
• Tunisian super Cup (3) : 2002–03, 2003–04, 2013–14
• Tunisian Federation Cup (4) : 1995, 1998, 2017, 2018

Players[]

Current roster[]

Club Africain roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 4 Bhouri, Eskander 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (1997-07-12)12 July 1997 G/F 6 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1994-03-17)17 March 1994 G/F 7 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (1997-03-27)27 March 1997 PF/C 8  (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 40 – (1981-10-05)5 October 1981 PF 9 201 m (659 ft 5 in) 21 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 SG 11 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 35 – (1987-01-06)6 January 1987 PG 12 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 30 – (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 C 21 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 23 – (1998-03-31)31 March 1998 SG 23 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1989-08-22)22 August 1989 PG 25 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2000-07-14)14 July 2000 C 99 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 23 – (1999-02-08)8 February 1999 C 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 10, 2021

Coaches[]

Nat.	Name	Years
	Monoom Aoun	2003–2006
	Sami Hussaini	2006–2007
	Monoom Aoun	2007–2008, 2011–2012
	Branislav Jenc	2012
	Dragan Petričević	2012–2013
	Monoom Aoun	2013–2015
	Predrag Badnjarević	2015–2016
	Mário Palma	2015–2016
	Vasco Curado	2016–2017
	Zouhaier Ayachi	2017–2018
	Racem Marzouki	2018–2018
	Nidhal Ben Abdelkrim	2018–2019
	Mário Palma	2019–

See also[]

• Club Africain (football)
• Club Africain (handball)

References[]

External links[]

• AfricaBasket.com Team Page