Club Africain

Club Africain
Full nameClub Africain
NicknameThe African
Short nameCA
Founded4 October 1920 (1920-10-04)
GroundHammadi Agrebi Stadium
Capacity65,000
ChairmanMohsen trabelsi
ManagerFaouzi Benzarti
LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2024–25Ligue 1, 4th of 16

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, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, 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.

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 [1]
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 Airways

Current squad

As of 4 September, 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
1 GK  TUN Abdelmouhib Chamakh
2 DF  LBY Ali Youssef
4 DF  TUN Yassine Bouabid
6 DF  ALG Toufik Cherifi
7 FW  TUN Hamza Khadhraoui
8 MF  TUN Ghaith Sghaier
9 FW  TUN Firas Chaouat
10 MF  TUN Mohamed Sadok Mahmoud
11 MF  TUN Moataz Zemzemi
13 MF  TUN Charfeddine Ouni
15 DF  CMR Wills Tene Nkingne
16 GK  TUN Ghaith Yeferni
17 DF  TUN Ghaith Zaalouni
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  TUN khalil haj massoud
19 MF  TUN Bassem Srarfi
20 DF  TUN Hamza Ben Abda
21 FW  TUN Bilel Ait Malek
22 GK  TUN Malek Saada
24 DF  TUN Houssem Hassen Romdhane
27 FW  LBY Fahd Al-Mesmary
28 MF  GAM Saidou Khan
29 FW  TUN Mohamed Ali Omri
30 DF  TUN Oussama Shili
33 DF  TUN Houssem Ben Ali
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Club Africain Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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