Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian 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.
Full name | Club Africain | |||
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Nickname(s) | Lefri9i | |||
Founded | 4 October 1920 | |||
Stadium | Hammadi Agrebi Stadium | |||
Capacity | 60,000 | |||
Chairman | Haykel Dekhil | |||
Coach | Mondher Kebaier | |||
League | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | |||
2022–23 | 3rd of 16 | |||
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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
National competitions
- Tunisian League (13)
- Tunisian Cup (13)
- Tunisian Super Cup (3)
- Winners: 1968, 1970, 1979
Continental competitions
- African Cup of Champions Clubs (1)
- Winners: 1991
Worldwide competitions
- 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
- Maghreb Cup Winners Cup (1)
- Winners: 1971
- Maghreb Champions Cup (3)
- Winners: 1974, 1975, 1976
Crest and colours
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Ref |
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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 |
Players
The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
Updated 2 February 2023. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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24 | MF | TUN | Ahmed Hammami |
25 | MF | TUN | Houssem Eddine Souissi |
26 | DF | TUN | Rami Bedoui |
28 | FW | TUN | Hamdi Labidi |
30 | FW | NGA | Kingsley Eduwo |
31 | FW | TUN | Youssef Snana |
32 | DF | ALG | Toufik Cherifi |
34 | MF | EQG | Federico Bikoro |
35 | DF | TUN | Youssef Meddeb |
37 | DF | TUN | Makram Marzouki |
— | GK | TUN | Ghaith Yeferni |
— | GK | TUN | Wassim Maghzaoui |
— | DF | TUN | Montassar Baaziz |
— | MF | TUN | Nidhal Sghaier |
— | MF | TUN | Yassine Dridi |
— | MF | TUN | Wael Oueslati |
— | MF | TUN | Yahia Mtiri |
— | FW | TUN | Nidhal Bouchereb |
— | FW | SEN | Alioune Mbaye |
Managers
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Presidents
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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)