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Club Africain
Club Africain
Nickname	Al Ifriki ; El Ghalia; El Club Lefriki
Leagues	Championnat Pro A
Founded	1956; 69 years ago
History	Club Africain; 1956–present
Arena	Salle Chérif-Bellamine
Capacity	2,500
Location	Tunis, Tunisia
Team colors	Red and White;
President	Marouane Hammami
Head coach	Andreas Wagner
Championships	4 Tunisian Leagues ; 7 Tunisian Cups ; 4 Tunisian Supercups
Home	Away

Club Africain (Arabic: النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian professional basketball club from Tunis. The club competes in the Championnat Pro A, the top tier of professional basketball in Tunisia. The team has won the national championship four times, the last time being in 2016.^[1] Notable players of the team include senior men's Tunisian national basketball team members Mourad El Mabrouk, Marouan Kechrid, Marouen Lahmar, and Naim Dhifallah.

History

The basketball section of Club Africain was established in 1956. The team entered the first-level Championnat National A in the 1979–80 season. Three years later, in 1982, the club won its first trophy when it captured the Tunisian Cup. Rival ES Radès was defeated in the final with a score of 86–71.

In 1999, a second Tunisian Cup was won after US Monastir was narrowly edged in the final, 72–69. Two years later, the third Cup was captured after beating Monastir again.

In 2004, Club Africain won its first Championnat National A championship, after defeating JS Kairouan in the final, 88–87. Naim Dhifallah scored a buzzer-beater with 0.9 seconds on the clock to bring the team its first national title.

Four years later, in 2008, Club Africain made its debut at the international stage when it played in the Zone 4 qualifiers for the 2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup. In 2014, the team hosted the FIBA Africa Champions Cup and eventually captured the third place in the tournament.

On March 10, 2024, the Club Africain won the Super Cup of Tunisia 2023 final for the fourth time against the Union Sportive Monastirienne (68-48^[2]) at the Radès Sports Hall.

Honours

Tunisian League (4): 2003–04, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Tunisian Cup (7) : 1981–82, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2023–24
Tunisian super Cup (4) : 2002–03, 2003–04, 2013–14, 2022-23, 2023-2024
Tunisian Federation Cup (4) : 1995, 1998, 2017, 2018

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Club Africain roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	3	Romdhane, Youssef	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	27 – (1997-03-27)27 March 1997
SG	4	Bhouri, Eskander	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	27 – (1997-07-12)12 July 1997
SF	6	Ben Maati, Seif	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	30 – (1994-03-17)17 March 1994
SG	7	El Mabrouk, Mourad	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	38 – (1986-10-19)19 October 1986
PF	8	Zahi, Hichem (C)	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	43 – (1981-10-05)5 October 1981
SF	9	Mili, Aziz	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	24 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000
PG	11	Trabelsi, Aymen	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	37 – (1987-01-06)6 January 1987
PG	12	Oueslati, Mahid	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	32 – (1992-02-12)12 February 1992
C	21	Selmi, Mohamed	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	26 – (1998-03-31)31 March 1998
SG	23	Chouaya, Lassaad	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	35 – (1989-08-22)22 August 1989
PG	25	Guizani, Amenallah	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	24 – (2000-07-14)14 July 2000
F/C	31	Saada, Haithem	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1995-02-03)3 February 1995
C	99	Ochi, Fares	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	25 – (1999-02-08)8 February 1999

Head coach

Safouane Ferjani

Assistant coach(es)

Mohamed Ismail Basbas

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: November 1, 2023

Coaches

Nat.	Name	Years
	Monoom Aoun	2003–2006
	Sami Hussaini	2006–2007
	Monoom Aoun	2007–2008, 2011–2012
	Branislav Jenc	2012
	Dragan Petričević	2012–2013
	Monoom Aoun	2013–2015
	Predrag Badnjarević	2015–2016
	Mário Palma	2015–2016
	Vasco Curado	2016–2017
	Zouhaier Ayachi	2017–2018
	Racem Marzouki	2018–2018
	Nidhal Ben Abdelkrim	2018–2019
	Mário Palma	2019–