Croissant Sportif de M'saken ( ar, الهلال الرياضي بمساكن, often referred to as ''CSM''), translated into "Crescent Sports of M'saken", is an omni-sport club based in the city of

M'saken M'saken ( ''Msākan''; also spelled ''Masakin'', ''Msaken'') is a town in north-eastern Tunisia, close to Sousse. Etymology The origin of the word comes from "Msaken" masken (plural masken) meaning "habitat", "house" or "dwelling". This refer ...

in Tunisia. Founded in 1945, the team plays in green and red colors.
The main sections of this sports club play football, handball and boxing. In the 1980s, there was also a section of

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team, which now is an independent team called "Association Sportive de M'saken" placed in the forefront of the national championship, the new team has also some sections of judo, athletics and women's handball.

History

The team reached the semi-finals of the

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on April 23, 2006, beating the

Stade Tunisien Stade Tunisien (; ar, الملعب التونسي) or ST is a football club from Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. Alongside Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain it forms the group of three best teams in the capital city region. Founded in 1948, it is th ...

and becoming the first team from the Fourth division to reach such a level. During the past season the team has become a

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n football kind of phenomena by moving through four levels in four successive seasons. In May 2007 after beating the ''U.S. Sbeïtla'' the team moved to the CLP-2 where it is playing now. It is within this team that former international Zoubeir Baya played again and completed his athletic career.

External links

Official website

Club Profil @ WFA
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