Club Africain

Club Africain

Full name	Club Africain
Nickname(s)	الإفريقي (The African)
Founded	4 October 1920 (1920-10-04)
Ground	Stade Hammadi Agrebi
Capacity	60,000
Chairman	Haykel Dekhil
League	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24	Ligue 1, 6th of 14
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Stade Hammadi Agrebi, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club currently plays in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club Africain, as some of its founding fathers affirm, is the natural extension of the Stade africain (association founded in 1915 and dissolved in 1918) of which it retains the colors, the spirit, part of the name as well as a core of players (particularly Mohamed Soudani).

Club Africain 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.

Club Africain won the Tunisian National Championship and Tunisia Cup 1972–73.

Honours

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning Seasons
Domestic	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	13	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	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	1968, 1970, 1979
Continental	African Cup of Champions Clubs	1	1991
Regional	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	1	1995
	Arab Champions League	1	1997
	North African Cup of Champions	2	2008, 2010
	Maghreb Cup Winners Cup	1	1971
	Maghreb Champions Cup	3	1974, 1975, 1976
Intercontinental	Afro-Asian Club Championship	1	1992

Crest and colours

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Ref
1998–99	Diadora	Boga/ Samsung
1999–01		Coca-Cola/ Samsung
2001–02	?	?
2002–03	Diadora	Boga/ Samsung
2003–04		Coca-Cola/ Samsung
2004–05	?	?
2005–06	Diadora	Boga/ Samsung
2006–10		Coca-Cola/ Ford
2010–11		Boga/Samsung
2011–12	Legea	Boga
2012–13		Union des Associations Humanitaires Tunisiennes
2013–14	CA	Ooredoo
2014–20	Umbro
2020–	Umbro	Ooredoo/ Qatar Airlines

Current squad

As of 9 February 2025

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
2	DF	LBY	Ali Youssef
3	DF	TUN	Makrem Sghaier
4	DF	TUN	Yassine Bouabid
5	DF	TUN	Ahmed Khalil
6	MF	UGA	Kenneth Semakula
7	FW	TUN	Adem Garreb
8	MF	TUN	Ghaith Sghaier
9	FW	TUN	Rached Arfaoui
10	MF	ALG	Abdelmalek Kelaleche
11	MF	TUN	Moataz Zemzemi
13	FW	TUN	Hamza Khadhraoui
15	DF	CMR	Wills Tene Nkingne
16	GK	TUN	Ghaith Yeferni
17	DF	TUN	Ghaith Zaalouni

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	COD	Phillippe Kinzumbi
19	FW	TUN	Bassem Srarfi
20	DF	TUN	Hamza Ben Abda
21	FW	TUN	Bilel Ait Malek
22	GK	TUN	Malek Saada
23	GK	TUN	Mouez Hassen
25	FW	CMR	Jules Kooh
27	FW	LBY	Fahd Saad Mohamed
28	FW	TUN	Hamdi Labidi
29	MF	GHA	Shawkan Mohammed
30	DF	TUN	Oussama Shili
31	MF	TUN	Mohamed Amine Laajimi
35	DF	TUN	Aziz Ghrissi
40	GK	TUN	Dries Arfaoui

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 Zlatko Melic 1981–1982

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

Nat Name Period 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 Montasser Louhichi 2021–2022 Bertrand Marchand 2022 Saïd Saïbi 2022-2023 Jean-Michel Cavalli 2024 Mondher Kebaier 2024 Faouzi Benzarti 2024

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 Elmi 2021–

Rival clubs

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

See also

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

External links

• Official website
• Club Africain on Facebook
• Club Africain on Instagram