CA Bizertin

Club Bizertin
Full name	Club Athlétique Bizertin
Nickname(s)	Les Requins du Nord; (The Northern Sharks)
Short name	CAB
Founded	July 12, 1928; 96 years ago
Ground	15 October Stadium
Capacity	20,000
President	Samir Yacoub
Manager	Sami Gafsi
League	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24	Ligue 1, 8th of 14
Website	http://www.cab-officiel.com/fr/

Club Athlétique Bizertin (Arabic: النادي الرياضي البنزرتي), known as CA Bizertin or simply CAB for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Bizerte. The club was founded 1928 and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 15 October Stadium, has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

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 African Cup Winners' Cup in 1988.

Official honours

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning Seasons
Domestic	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	4	1944–45, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1983–84
	Tunisian Cup	3	1981–82, 1986–87, 2012–13
	Tunisian League Cup	1	2003–04
	Tunisian Super Cup	1	1984
	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2	2	1962-63, 1989–90
Continental	African Cup Winners' Cup	1	1988

Appearances in CAF Competitions

CAF Champions League: 2 appearances

1985 – Second Round

2013 – Second Round

CAF Cup: 2 appearances

1992 – Semi-finals

2000 – Second Round

CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2013 – Semi-finals

2014 – Second Round

African Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearances

1989 – Second Round

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 February 2024^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUN	Kais Amdouni
2	DF	TUN	Yassine Kchouk
4	DF	TUN	Rayane Rehimi
5	MF	TUN	Achref Ferchichi
6	DF	SEN	Abdou Seydi (Captain)
7	FW	TUN	Khalil Balbouz
8	DF	TUN	Yasser Mechergui
9	FW	TUN	Rayan Mechergui
10	MF	SEN	Alassane Kanté
11	FW	TUN	Ahmed Amri
13	FW	ALG	Abderraouf Othmani (on loan from Alger)
14	DF	TUN	Firas Akermi
15	MF	SEN	Ibrahima Cissoko
17	MF	TUN	Iyed Midani
18	FW	NGA	Olamilekan Nurudeen Ayendi
19	FW	ALG	Youcef Fellahi
20	DF	TUN	Malek Doukali
21	MF	TUN	Firas Ben Othman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	TUN	Mohamed Amine Allela
25	MF	TUN	Alaeddine Bouallegui
26	MF	NOR	Oussama Ali
27	GK	TUN	Achraf Krir
28	MF	TUN	Mohamed Sadok Jemmali
29	FW	TUN	Zied Aloui
30	DF	TUN	Abdelmajid Haouachi
31	DF	TUN	Mohamd Aziz Gasmi
33	MF	TUN	Aymen Amri
34	FW	SEN	Momar Diop
--	GK	TUN	Sabri Saidi
--	DF	TUN	Amanallah Mouelhi
--	DF	TUN	Farouk Bougatfa
--	MF	TUN	Mouadh Saadaoui
--	MF	TUN	Ahmed Boussaadoun
--	MF	TUN	Othman Charfeddine
--	FW	CMR	Mohamed Assan
--	FW	SEN	Abdou Salam Ndoye

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Presidents

Abdesslem Saidani (2016–)^[3]

Notable coaches

Radojica Radojičić (1979–80)
Taoufik Ben Othman (1980–81)
Radojica Radojičić (1981–82)
Youssef Zouaoui (1982–84), (1986–87)
Ryszard Kulesza (1987–88)
Youssef Zouaoui (1988), (1989–92)
Alexandru Moldovan (1995–96)
Youssef Zouaoui (1997)
Paulo Rubim (2001–02)
Mondher Kebaier (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)
Larbi 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 Kebaier (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, 2014–1?)
Sofiene Hidoussi (201?–)

References

^ https://www.kawarji.com/actu-87303-sami-gafsi-remplace-imed-ben-younes-au-club-athletique-bizertin.html
^ "Tunisia – CA Bizertin – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Sport : Abdessalem Saidani, nouveau président du CA Bizertin" [Abdessalem Saidani, new president of CA Bizertin]. Kapitalis (in French). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

External links

Team profile – Sofascore

[1] ttps://www.kawarji.com/actu-87303-sami-gafsi-remplace-imed-ben-younes-au-club-athletique-bizertin.html

[2] "Tunisia – CA Bizertin – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[3] "Sport : Abdessalem Saidani, nouveau président du CA Bizertin" [Abdessalem Saidani, new president of CA Bizertin]. Kapitalis (in French). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

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