CA Bizertin

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.

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 (1928-07-12)
Ground	15 October Stadium
Capacity	20,000
President	Samir Yacoub
Manager	Sofiène Hidoussi[1]
League	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24	Ligue 1, 8th of 14
Website	http://www.cab-officiel.com/fr/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

1. https://www.footboom1.com/en/news/football/2127952-cab-sofiene-hidoussi-appointed-new-manager
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.

External links

• Team profile – Sofascore