Full name | Club Africain | |||
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Nickname(s) | الإفريقي (The African) | |||
Founded | 4 October 1920 | |||
Ground | Stade Hammadi Agrebi | |||
Capacity | 60,000 | |||
Chairman | Haykel Dekhil (interim) | |||
Coach | David Bettoni | |||
League | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | |||
2023–24 | Ligue 1, 6th of 14 | |||
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Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Stade Hammadi Agrebi, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club currently plays in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Club Africain was the first Tunisian club to win an international trophy, when they won the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup in 1971. Twenty years later, in 1991, Club Africain became the first Tunisian team to win the African Champions League.
Club Africain is widely known as the people's club, as it's the most popular club on Tunisia.