CA Bizertin

CA Bizertin

Full name	Club Athlétique Bizertin
Nickname(s)	Les requins du nord (the northern sharks)
Founded	July 12, 1928
Ground	Stade 15 Octobre Bizerte, Tunisia
Ground Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Mehdi Ben Gharbia
Manager	Youssef Zouaoui
League	CLP-1
2015–16	5th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Athlétique Bizertin (Arabic: النادي الرياضي البنزرتي‎‎, often referred to as CAB) is a football club from Bizerte in Tunisia. It was founded on June 20, 1928. CA Bizertin have won the Tunisian League four times, the Tunisian Cup three times, the Tunisian League Cup once and became the first Tunisian club to win an African trophy the CAF Cup Winners' Cup in 1988.

Achievements

CA Bizertin's active sections
Football	Handball	Basketball
Boxing	Karate

Performance in national & domestic competitions

• Tunisian League: 4

Winners : 1944¹, 1945¹, 1948¹, 1984

• Tunisian President Cup: 3

Winners : 1982, 1987, 2013

• Tunisian League Cup: 1

Winners : 2004

• Tunisian Super Cup: 1

Winners : 1984

¹titles won prior to independence

Performance in CAF Competitions

• CAF Champions League / African Cup of Champions Clubs 2 appearances

1985 – Second Round

2013 – Second Round

• CAF Cup: 4 appearances

1992 – Semi-finals

2000 – Second Round

2013 – Semi-finals

2014 – Second Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1988 – Champion

1989 – Second Round

Colours & badges

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Club badges

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  1928–00
  Old Club Crest.

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  2000–
  Logo variant used by some media.

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  2007–12
  Current shirt crest.

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  2012–
  Present crest.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Wassim Nawara 1 GK Hamdi Kasraoui 3 DF Slimène Kchok 5 DF Khaled Hmani 7 FW Mobtagha Ouerghi 8 MF Youssef Trabelsi 9 DF Seddik Mejri 10 MF Mortadha Ben Ouanes 11 FW Edem Rjaïbi 11 FW Aymen Ezzine 12 MF Yassine Salhi 13 DF Houssem Ben Haj Mabrouk

No. Position Player 14 DF Hamza Mathlouthi 17 MF Youssoupha Mbengue 19 FW Ahmed Zuway 20 FW Jacques Bessan 21 DF Fakhreddine Jaziri 24 DF Ali Machani 22 MF Ahmed Sassi 26 MF Bilel Saidani 26 MF Habib Meité 28 MF Zoubaier Darragi 32 GK Ali Ayari

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Moustapha Ouedraogo (at Marsa)

Former players

Former notable players

Marcos dos Santos Henri Bienvenu Paolo Mondo Douaou Bakari Ismael Bangoura Mohamed Camara Mohamed Khan Akram Abomoud Al-Hamali Rashidi Yekini Olivier Karekezi Moneiro N'Diaye Papa Daouda Séne Mohamed Kader Massamesso Tchangai

Abdessalem Arafa Adlene Baghouli Hamza Baghouli Hassen Bejaoui Hamda Ben Doulet Abdelkader Ben Hassen Mokhtar Ben Nacef Souheil Ben Radhia Souhail Berradhia Riadh Bouazizi Ahmed Bourchada Jilani Boussif Amine Bouzgarrou Ibrahim Ejnaouni

Houcine El Bez Mohsen Elgharbi Monsef Elgharbi Khaled Gasmi Mourad Gharbi Bilel Gountassi Boubaker Haddad Seifallah Hosni Moustapha Haj Kacem Ali Kridene Ghazi Limam Abdeljelil Mahouachi Sofiane Melliti Emir Mkademi

Maher Naili Ikbel Rouatbi Azmi Saanouni Béchir Sahbani Adel Smirami Habib Souai Ahmed Souissi Mohamed Toumi Ahmed Trabelsi Walid Trabelsi Walid Yaken Jamel Zabi Ibrahim Zaghouani Hosni Zouaoui

Notable coaches

Ryszard Kulesza (1987–88) Alexandru Moldovan (1995–96) Paulo Rubim (2001–02) Mondher Kebaïer (2002–03) Ali Fergani (2003–04) Mahmoud Ouertani & Paulo Rubim (2004–05) Nabil Maaloul, Nejmeddine Oumaya & Ali Fergani (2005–06) Nejmeddine Oumaya, Paulo Rubim & Mokhtar Tlili (2006–07) Ferid Ben Belgacem (July 1, 2007–April 20, 2008) Mokhtar Tlili (2008)

Arbi Zouaoui (Sept 17, 2008–Aug 5, 2009) Gérard Buscher (July 1, 2010–Aug 25, 2010) Youssef Zouaoui (Sept 4, 2010–Jan 2, 2011) Maher Kanzari (Jan 2, 2010–Oct 4, 2012) Noureddine Saâdi (Oct 23, 2012–March 12, 2013) Mondher Kebaïer (March 12, 2013–Dec 30, 2013) Maher Kanzari (Jan 1, 2014–March 13, 2014) Nabil Kouki (March 14, 2014–June 7, 2014) Ratko Dostanić (July 1, 2014–)

Presidents

Youssef Sfaxi (1928–32) Salah Makhlouka (1932–34) Hamda Sfaxi (1934–39) M. Gerasti (1939–41) Néjib Echeikh (1941–44) Chedly Sfaxi (1944–46) Hédi Baccouche (1946–49) Abderrazek Ben Chedly (1949–50) Salah Annabi (1952–53) Chedly Mechregui (1953–55) Abdelkrim Ben Cheikh (1955–57) Hédi Baccouche (1957–58)

Rachid Terras (1958–64) Abdelmajid Elmia (1964–65) Ali Maamer (1965–66) Abdelmajid Elmia (1966–68) Sadok Bellakhoua (1968–73) Larbi Mallakh (1973–76) Kamel Belkahia (1976–77) M'hammed Belhaj (1977–81) Mokhtar Tebourbi then Moncef Sifaoui (1981–82) M'hammed Belhaj (1982–85) Mohamed Salah Gharbi (1985–86) Hammadi Ben Hammed (1986–87)

Saïd Lassoued (1987–89) Mohamed Salah Gharbi (1989–90) Hammadi Baccouche (1990–94) Mohamed Hédi Bellakhoua (1994–96) Moncef Ben Gharbia (1996–98) Khaled Saadi and Ali Belgaïed Hassine (1998–00) Ezzedine Karoui (2000–02) Hichem Sta (2002–05) Ahmed Karoui (2005–09) Saïd Lassoued (2009–11) Mehdi Ben Gharbia (2011–)

External links

• Official Club Athlétique Bizertin website