Club Africain Tunis
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| Surname | Club Africain | |||
| Seat | Tunis , Tunisia | |||
| founding | 4th October 1920 | |||
| Colours | Red and white | |||
| president | Abdeslem El Younsi | |||
| Website | clubafricain.com | |||
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| Head coach |
 Lassad Dridi (2019–)
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| Venue |
Stade El Menzah Tunis / Stadium of January 14th , wheel |
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| Places | 45,000 | |||
| league | National A | |||
| 2018/19 | 5th place | |||
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Club Africain ( Arabic النادي الإفريقي, DMG an-nādi al-ifrīqī ) is a sports club from the Tunisian capital Tunis .
The club, founded on October 4, 1920, is best known for its football department. The club, which plays in red and white, plays home games in the Stade Olympique d'El-Menzah, which has a capacity of 45,000 . With thirteen championships and thirteen cup wins (in 24 finals), Club Africain is one of the most successful Tunisian football clubs. The capital club is the most popular club in the country. At the same time, the club is also the first Tunisian club to win an international title when they won the North African Cup Winners' Cup in 1971 .
In the 2014/15 season, Club Africain won the Tunisian championship title in all departments of the club - namely football, basketball and handball.
Success in football
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Handball
The handball team, which also forms a large part of the Tunisian national handball team, has won twelve Tunisian championship titles, nineteen times the Tunisian national cup and several international titles.
Men's team titles and successes
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basketball
The Club Africain team is a founding member of the first Tunisian basketball league, which was played for the first time after independence on March 20, 1956.
In the 2013/14 season, three games were played in the final of the championship against ES Sahel . Both teams each won their home games. In their last game, Club Africain won 73 to 63 away from home. Club Africain won the 2014 cup final with 91:79 against the basketball players of JS Kairouan. In the following season, Club Africain was not only able to defend the championship, but also the national cup, winning the double of championship and cup twice in a row. In the final against US Monastir , Club Africain beat the finalists 79:69.
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volleyball
The volleyball department opened in 1943. The game was stopped in 2001, but resumed after almost twelve years. Club Africain has played in the first division again since the 2012/13 season.
- Tunisian champion: (7) 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994
- Tunisian Cup Winner: (5) 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992
- African Champions League: (4) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
- Arab Champion League: (2) 1992, 1994
Fan culture and rivalries
Club Africain, whose fans are called Clubistes , is the Tunisian club with the most supporters, ahead of record champions and city rivals, Espérance Tunis . The club has supporters in all social classes of Tunisian society and is therefore considered a team of the people ( Arabic فريق الشعب, DMG Fariq al Cha'b ). Many public figures in Tunisia are avowed fans. Like, for example, that of the Prime Minister Youssef Chahed or the left-wing politician Hamma Hammami .
The African Winners were founded in 1995 , this ultra group is considered the first organized in Tunisia and thus also the first in the Arab world and Africa. They have supported their team acoustically and visually since March 1995 and are now an integral part of the Tunisian scene and pioneers for the ultra-scenes in the Arab countries, especially North Africa. In December 1999 the first major choreography took place in the home stadium. There is a friendship with the fans of Wydad Casablanca and Zamalek SC .
The city's rival Espérance Tunis is historically the greatest competitor . Both clubs have existing supporters all over Tunisia. The derby has already been played 141 times, both teams have won the Tunisian championship 37 times and if you add up the cup wins of both teams, you get 23 national cup wins. The derby is therefore seen as the most important game in Tunisian club football .
Another city rival is Stade Tunisien . However, Stade Tunisien did not play a major role in the championship fight in Tunisia in the last few decades, which is why this encounter is viewed by the CA fans as a small derby and only has a traditional meaning. The balance between the two teams speaks clearly for the red-whites. Club Africain has won 60 of 112 games, drawn 36 times and lost 16 games, scoring 145 goals and conceding 79 goals. The last derby victory of the little neighbor against the almost overwhelming neighbor dates back to October 14, 2000. (As of June 1, 2013)
There is an intense and supra-regional rivalry with ES Sahel from the city of Sousse, around 130 kilometers south of the capital Tunis.
Statistics and records
Highest victories
In the Tunisian championship :
- 7-0 Ahly Mateur (1963–1964 season) home game
- 7-0 Océano Club de Kerkennah (1982–1983 season) home game
- 7-0 US Monastir (1982–1983 season) home game
- 7-0 Club Olympique Transports (1991–1992 season) away game
- 7-0 Olympique du Kef (1995–1996 season) home game
In the Tunisian national cup:
- 10-0 Club Sportif Dahmani (1992–1993 season)
- International Games:
Home in Tunisia
- 9: 1 against RSLAF FC from Sierra Leone, in the CAF Confederation Cup 2017.
Away
- 5-0 in Saint-Pierre (Réunion) against JS Saint-Pierroise in the 1997 CAF Champions League .
Former players
- Tahar Chaïbi
- Lassad Abdelli
- Know Ben Yahia
- Mustapha Bidoudane
- Ali Boumnijel
- Karim Essediri
- Patrick Ghigani
- Jameleddine Limam
- Faouzi Rouissi
- Sadok Sassi (Attouga)
- Adel Sellimi
- Oussama Sellami
- Lassaad Ouertani
- Lotfi Mhaissi
- Tadjou Salou
- Karim Saidi
- Ezekiel Ndouassel
Trainer
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Ilie Balaci (1991-1992) -
Bertrand Marchand (2005-2007)
Web links
- Official website of the association (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Club Africain, club tunisien le plus populaire , July 25, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Le Club Africain, club tunisien le plus populaire , July 25, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Bien qu'il soit clubiste, Chahed soutient les Espérantistes , November 8, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Hamma Hammami assiste à la presentation du «Projet: Club Africain 2020». In: webdo.tn. May 22, 2014, accessed December 22, 2014 (French).