Océano Club de Kerkennah ( ar, نادي محيط قرقنة, often referred to as ''OCK'' or mainly ar, El-Mouhit, script=Latn) is a

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n football team from the archipelago of

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. The club was founded in 1963. They play in blue and white colors. OCK also has small volleyball,

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and swimming sections, and formerly had

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, basketball and

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sections.

History

In October 1964 OCK played for the first time in the third division. They were successful and placed first at the end of the season, going undefeated with 7 wins, one draw and no losses. But in the final playoff match for promotion to the Second Division OCK were defeated by

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. In 1969 a

and a

section were founded. These sections of the sports club are now defunct. After five years in the Regional League III (region of

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), where they won the regional championship each time but failed the playoffs, the club eventually joined the second division in 1970 to spend nine years before joining the elite in the 1978–79 season. OCK spent 13 seasons in the first division (professional level). Known for their ultra-defensive playing style, they clung on for five years but eventually were relegated. During the 1990s, considered by many to be the glory years of the club, OCK "clung like an octopus" (as said by other first division clubs). In the 1990–91 season, OCK was promoted to the first division. In 1991–92, the club had the largest budget in its history and the 6th largest of all first division clubs, after

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and

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with 645 000 00

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. A year later, they came back with a new style that often led them to great success. After mixed fortunes, the club were relegated from the first division for the last time in 1997 to the

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. After two seasons (1997–98 and 1998–99) in the second division, they were relegated again. Since the 1999–2000 season OCK have played in the third division, where they been fighting for survival for a number of years. With constant coach changes, the club has struggled to achieve the consistency required for promotion back to League division II. In the 2009–10 season, OCK was very close to going back to Tunisian League division II halfway through the season. But after a bad second half of the season, they after a good first half of the season. But after a bad second half, they finished only 6th in the division III table. This season was the first season after their comeback last season in which OCK played entirely at the Farhat Hached Stadium in Remla, Kerkennah.

Strip

Stadiums in Sfax

OCK has played in the City El Habib Stadium in recent years, and occasionally also plays in the 2 Mars Stadium in

. Important games (against professional teams) are played in the

Stade Taïeb Mhiri The Stade Taïeb Mhiri is a multi-purpose stadium in Sfax, Tunisia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Sportif Sfaxien. Built in 1938, it holds 14,000 people and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nat ...

Stadium Farhat Hached in Kerkennah

In 2001–02, OCK played its first season at

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Stadium in

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. But after many security problems, the team had to stop playing there and went back to the stadiums of

. During the 2008–09 season, OCK moved back to the modernised

Stadium. The stadium was modernised with a new security force, new third generation grass, new floodlights and new player banks. The inauguration game of the new stadium on 15 March 2009 was won by OCK against

, 2–1. Before OCK played in

Stadium, it was mainly used by the second football team of

Kerkennah Sports Kerkennah Islands ( aeb, قرقنة '; Ancient Greek: ''Κέρκιννα Cercinna''; Spanish:''Querquenes'') are a group of islands lying off the east coast of Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabès, at . The Islands are low-lying, being no more than abo ...

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Supporters

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. Also, the traditional Kerkennien folklore group often supports the team with and

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Achievements

It is at the amateur levels of Tunisian football that OCK have obtained their greatest achievements: *

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: 4 ::1990–91 ::Winner of (South Pole) : 1977–78, 1984–85, 1995–96 * League cup of Amateurs: (2) ::2004–05OCK won the final 2–1 at the Chedly-Zouiten against Étoile sportive du Fahs, with goals from Amin Ghorbal and Achraf Ben Moussa. 2005–06OCK won the final 2–0 at the Chedly-Zouiten stadium against l'Hirondelle sportive de Kalâa Kebira, with goals from Slim Charrad et Rami Bouaziz. Each player received a bonus of Tunisian dinars. ::Semi-Finalist – 2006–07OCK lost the semi-final against Union Sportive de Ben Guerdane, at their ground in Ben Guerdane. * Fair Play Cup

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: 1 ::1991–92 * Fair Play Cup

: 1 ::1990–91 * Espoirs Cup (U 21): 1 ::1987–88 * Cadets A Cup: 1 ::1995–96

Tunisian Presidents Cup

* Semi-Finals: 1 ::1991–92 – OCK 0–1

* Quarter-Finals: 5 ::1982–83 –

3–0 OCK ::1989–90 –

1–0 OCK ::1991–92 – OCK 1–0

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::2005–06 – OCK 0–1

::2006–07 – OCK 2–3 ''(aet)''

* Second round: 1 ::2004–05 OCK 0–2

Championship of Tunisia

OCK has played on many occasions against the largest and most important teams in Tunisian football. Their playing record against these teams is as follows:

Sfax derbies

All OCK games against

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, Stade Sportif Sfaxien and Club Ahly Sfaxien are considered derbies of the

region. Because

is an archipelago of

, there is a big rivalry between these teams. Another major rivalry was between OCK and

during the 1990s (the glory years of OCK).

Island derbies

The games of OCK against

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(Houmt Souk) and Union Sportive d`Ajim are the only games between two islands in Tunisian football, because the other two smaller islands of Tunisia are not represented by teams in the national football competition.

Kerkennah Derby

OCK also takes part in the "

Derby" against

(KS), but mainly on friendly level. There is a good atmosphere between the two clubs and no rivalry.

Former personnel

Presidents

* Rachid Kraiem * Abdelmajid Yangui * Mohamed Cheour * Mohamed Kraiem (1976–80) * Ali Attaya (1980–84) * Mohamed Jomaa (1984–87) * Mokhtar Hmani (1987–89) * Abdelmajid Kacem (1989–90) * Abdeljelil Arous (1990–92)He took OCK to the semi-final of the Tunisian Cup in the 1991–92 season, a match OCK lost 0–1 to Stade tunisien. Champion of the amateur division in 1990–91, he went on to become vice-president of the Tunisian Football Federation. * Jamel Toumi (1992–94) * Hamed Sallem (1994–95) * Mohamed Larbi (1995–96) * Abdeljelil Arous (1996–98) * Fethi Arous (1998–00) * Mohamed Larbi (2000–03) * Mohamed Bayoudhi (2003–04) * Mohamed Hmani (2004–05)He was president when OCK retained the Amateur League Cup in 2004–05. * Ali Cheour (2005–)He was president when OCK retained the Amateur League Cup in 2005–06.

Coaches

* Mohamed Toumi (1964–66) * Mohamed Najjar (1966–67) * Mekki Jerbi (1967–70) * Noureddine Ben Mahmoud (1970–73) * Ahmed Ouannes (1973–75) * Mongi Delhoum (1975–79) * Moncef Melliti (1979–81) * Mongi Delhoum (1981–83) * Moncef Melliti (1983–84) * Guyrov (1984–85) * Ahmed Aleya (1985) * Youssef Baathi (1985–86) * Rachid Daoud (1986) * Hmida Sellam (1986) * Moncef Barka (1987) * Rado Radocijik (1987–88) * Moncef Melliti (1988) * Zoninski (1988–89) * Mongi Delhoum (1989–90) * Riadh Charfi and Farhat Dahech (1990–92)He took OCK to be champions of the amateur division in 1990–91, and to the semi-finals of the Tunisian Cup in 1991–92 (match lost 0–1 to Stade Tunisien). * Farhat Dahech and Youssef Baathi (1992–93) * Farhat Dahech and Ahmed Fersi (1993–94) * Riadh Charfi (1994) * Jamaleddine Bouabsa (1995) * Moncef Melliti (1995–96) * Jamil Kacem and Youssef Baathi (1996–97) * Moncef Melliti (1997) * Hédi Kouni (1998) * Oussama Melliti (1998) * Jamil Kacem (1998) * Samir Grayaa (1999) * Youssef Baathi (1999) * Hassouna Belghith (1999–00) * Moncef Melliti (2000) * Samir Grayaa (2000–01) * Chiheb Ellili (2001–03)Previously coach at Espoir sportif de Hammam Sousse, wh he got promoted to League division I in 2006–2007, after getting El Makarem de Mahdia promoted to League division II en 2003–2004. * Adel Larguech (2003) * Samir Grayaa (2004) * Jamil Kacem (2004–06)He was coach when OCK retained the Amateur League Cup in 2004–2005 and 2005–2006. * Riadh Charfi (2006) * Hamadi Barkia (2007) * Fakher Trigui (2007) * Nader Werda (2007) * Mongi Ketata (2008) * Zouhir Arous, Mansour Lerguech. Abdelfatah Leghribi (2008) * Zouhir Arous, Mabrouk Kaanich (co-coaches) (2008–)

Notes

External links

Official website
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