Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in

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that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball,

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, swimming and volleyball. The football team was the first Tunisian club to win an international trophy, when they won the

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in 1971. Twenty years later, in 1991, Club Africain became the first Tunisian team to win the

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Honours

National competitions

* Tunisian League (13) ** Champions: 1947, 1948, 1964, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1992,

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* Tunisian Cup (13) ** Winners: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1992, 1998, 2000,

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, 2018 * Tunisian Super Cup (3) ** Winners: 1968, 1970, 1979

Continental competitions

* African Cup of Champions Clubs (1) ** Winners: 1991–92

Worldwide competitions

* Afro-Asian Club Championship (1) ** Winners: 1991–92

Regional competitions

* Arab Cup Winners' Cup (1) ** Winners:

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(1) ** Winners: 1997 *

North African Cup of Champions The North African Cup of Champions was a tournament designed by the Union of North African Football (UNAF) that puts together the winners of the domestic leagues around North Africa. The tournament contains representatives from Algeria, Libya, M ...

: 2 ** Winners:

, 2010 *

(1) ** Winners: 1971 *

Maghreb Champions Cup The Maghreb Champions Cup was a North African football competition organized by the Union Maghrebine de Football (UMF) and which regrouped the winners of the leagues from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya (only in the first edition). Maurit ...

(3) ** Winners: 1974, 1975, 1976

Players

The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad

''As of 15 November 2021.''

Managers

Presidents

Rival clubs

* ES Tunis (Derby) * Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Rivalry) * CS Sfax (Rivalry) * Stade Tunisien (Derby) * MC Alger (Rivalry) * CS Constantine (Rivalry)

References

External links

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Club Africain on Instagram
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