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.
| Full name | Club Africain | |||
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| Nickname(s) | الإفريقي (The African) | |||
| Founded | 4 October 1920 | |||
| Ground | Stade Hammadi Agrebi | |||
| Capacity | 60,000 | |||
| Chairman | Haykel Dekhil (interim) | |||
| Coach | David Bettoni | |||
| League | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1, 6th of 14 | |||
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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.
Club Africain is widely known as the people's club, as it's the most popular club on Tunisia.
Honours
edit| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons |
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| 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
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| 2011–12 | |||
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| 2013–14 | |||
| 2014–20 | |||
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Players
editThe squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;
Current squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
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Presidents
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Rival clubs
editES Tunis (Tunis Derby)
MC Alger (Rivalry)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Club Africain Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.