Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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that competes in the
Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football,
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
,
basketball
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, swimming and volleyball. The football team was the first Tunisian club to win an international trophy, when they won the
Maghreb Cup Winners Cup
The Maghreb Cup Winners Cup was a North African football competition organized by the Union Maghrebine de Football (UMF) and which regrouped the cup winners from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya (only in the first edition). Mauritania at thi ...
in 1971. Twenty years later, in 1991, Club Africain became the first Tunisian team to win the
African Champions League
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...
.
Honours
National competitions
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Tunisian League (13)
** Champions: 1947, 1948, 1964, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1992,
1996
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2008
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,
2015
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Tunisian Cup
The Tunisian Cup , officially named the President's Cup, is the official competition of the Cup in Tunisian football and is considered the second most important local title after the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The first cup competition was h ...
(13)
** Winners: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1992, 1998, 2000,
2017
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2018
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Tunisian Super Cup
The Tunisian Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر التونسي) or the Tunisia Premier Cup ( ar, كأس تونس الممتازة) was previously called the Tunisian Cup Winners' Cup.
It is a Tunisian football competition organized by the Tunis ...
(3)
** Winners: 1968, 1970, 1979
Continental competitions
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African Cup of Champions Clubs
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...
(1)
** Winners:
1991–92
Worldwide competitions
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Afro-Asian Club Championship
The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup, was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the Africa ...
(1)
** Winners: 1991–92
Regional competitions
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Arab Cup Winners' Cup
The Arab Cup Winners' Cup ( ar, الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس) was a football competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations. It started in 1989 and merged with the Arab ...
(1)
** Winners:
1995
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Arab Champions League
The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by el ...
(1)
** Winners:
1997
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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, Mo ...
: 2
** Winners:
2008
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,
2010
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Maghreb Cup Winners Cup
The Maghreb Cup Winners Cup was a North African football competition organized by the Union Maghrebine de Football (UMF) and which regrouped the cup winners from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya (only in the first edition). Mauritania at thi ...
(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). Mauritania ...
(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
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ES Tunis
Es, ES, or similar may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* An alternate name for the musical note E♭ (E-flat)
* '' E's'', a manga series by Satoru Yuiga
* ''Es'' (film), the German title of ''It'', a 1966 West German film directed by Ulrich Scha ...
(Derby)
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Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Étoile may refer to:
Places
;France
* Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro
* Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France
* Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France
* L'Éto ...
(Rivalry)
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CS Sfax
Club Sportif Sfaxien ( ar, النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) is a Tunisian professional association football club founded in 1928.
History
The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The team ...
(Rivalry)
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Stade Tunisien (Derby)
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MC Alger
Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home s ...
(Rivalry)
*
CS Constantine
Club Sportif Constantinois ( ar, النادي الرياضي القسنطيني), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are ...
(Rivalry)
See also
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Club Africain (handball)
Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الافريقي, English: African Club) is a Tunisian handball team based in Capital Tunis, that plays in Tunisian Professional Handball League.
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Club Africain (basketball)
Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian professional basketball club from Tunis. The club competes in the Championnat National A.
The team has won the national championship four times, the last time being in 2016. Notab ...
References
External links
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Club Africain on Instagram
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Football clubs in Tunisia
Football clubs in Tunis
Association football clubs established in 1920
Multi-sport clubs in Tunisia
Club Africain
CAF Champions League winning clubs