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,

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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 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 ...

(13) ** Winners: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2017,

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

Continental competitions

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(1) ** Winners: 1991–92

Worldwide competitions

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

Regional competitions

* Arab Cup Winners' Cup (1) ** Winners: 1995 * Arab Champions League (1) ** Winners:

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: 2 ** Winners:

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(1) ** Winners: 1971 *

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(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 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 ...

(Derby) *

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 st ...

(Rivalry) * CS Constantine (Rivalry)

References

External links

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Club Africain on Instagram
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