CS Sfaxien

Club Sportif Sfaxien (Arabic: النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي‎) or CSS is a multi-sport club from Sfax in Tunisia.

CS Sfaxien

Full name	Club Sportif Sfaxien النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي
Nickname(s)	Juventus El Arab (Juventus of The Arabs)
Short name	CSS
Founded	28 May 1928 (as Club Tunisien)
Ground	Stade Taïeb Mhiri Sfax, Tunisia
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Moncef Khemakhem
Manager	Fathi Al-Jabal
League	CLP-1
2018–19	3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours colours

History

The club was founded in 1928 as Club Tunisien, playing in green and red stripes. The team was promoted to the Tunisian First Division in 1947. In 1950, the first supporters group was founded by Béchir Fendri, and in 1962 the club was renamed " Club Sportif Sfaxien " and team colours were changed to the current black and white stripes.

CSS celebrated their half-centenary in 1978 by winning the Tunisian League title, largely thanks to the impressive performances of their Tunisian internationals, notably Hammadi Agrebi, Mohamed Ali Akid and Mokhtar Dhouib. In November 1998, CSS captured the CAF Cup for the first time, beating Senegal's ASC Jeanne d'Arc in the final.

In more recent times, CSS reached the final of the CAF Champions League 2006 but were narrowly beaten in dramatic fashion, with a late second leg goal condemning them to a 2–1 aggregate defeat against Al Ahly of Egypt.

In September 2014, CSS reached the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League 2014 but they were beaten with a 2–1 score in both away and home matches against AS Vita Club.

In May 2015, CSS got disqualified from The CAF Champions League 2015 after a loss with 1–0 in their away match against Mouloudia Chabab El Eulma(Algeria) and then CSS won their match in Sfax with 1–0 at the Stade Taïeb Mhiri but they got disqualified since they lost by penalties (7–6).

CSS won the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup. A 4–2 first-leg victory in Sudan against Al Merreikh preceded a 1–0 second leg win, with CSS lifting the trophy in front of their own fans at the Stade Taïeb Mhiri. In November 2008, CSS faced local rivals Etoile du Sahel (ESS) in the final of the CAF Confederation Cup. CSS became the most successful club in recent history of the tournament when a 0–0 draw in Sfax was followed by a 2–2 draw in Sousse, sending the cup back to Sfax for the second year in a row.

In 2013, CSS won CAF Confederation Cup for the 3rd time in their history facing TP Mazembe in the final with 2–0 in Rades then a 2–1 defeat in Lubumbashi with a late goal from Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.

Club Sportif Sfaxien is considered by the IFFHS as one of the five best teams in this century.

Club Sfaxien participated in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]

CS Sfaxien's active sections
Football	Basketball	Volleyball
Rugby	Weightlifting	Boxing
Judo

Players

Current squad

As of 17 August 2019.[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 Mohamed Hedi Gaaloul 2 MF  TUN Mohamed Ben Ali 3 DF  TUN Hani Amamou 4 DF  TUN Nour Zamen Zammouri 5 MF  MLI Ibrahima Tandia (on loan from Al-Hazem) 6 MF  TUN Mohamed Ali Trabelsi 7 MF  TUN Alaeddine Marzouki 9 MF  TUN Jassem Hamdouni 10 MF  TUN Aymen Harzi 11 MF  TUN Houssem Ben Ali 12 MF  CIV Chris Kouakou 13 MF  ALG Mohamed Islam Bakir 15 MF  TUN Walid Karoui 16 GK  TUN Sabri Ben Hassen

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  TUN Mourad Ben Younes 19 MF  TUN Omar Bouraoui 20 MF  NGA Kingsley Sokari 21 DF  TUN Houssem Dagdoug 22 DF  EGY Hussein El Sayed (on loan from Al Ahly) 23 MF  TUN Hamza Jelassi 24 DF  TUN Hamza Mathlouthi 25 MF  ALG Nadir Korichi 26 DF  TUN Nassim Hnid 28 DF  TUN Mohamed Ali Jouini 29 MF  TUN Mohamed Ali Moncer 30 GK  TUN Aymen Dahmen 31 FW  NGA Kingsley Eduwo 32 MF  ALG Rachid Aït-Atmane - FW  ALG Zakaria Benchaâ (on loan from USM Alger)

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 — MF  TUN Mohamed Ali Ragoubi (on loan to US Monastir) — FW  TUN Sameh Bouhajeb (on loan to US Tataouine) — FW  TUN Habib Lazez (on loan to ES Métlaoui)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  TUN Mohamed Said Kachroud (on loan to Olympique Béja) — FW  TUN Firas Chaouat (on loan to Abha)

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Winners (8): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2012–13

• Tunisian Cup

Winners (5): 1970–71, 1994–95, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2018-2019

• Tunisian League Cup

Winners: 2003

African competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup

Winners (3): 2007, 2008, 2013

• CAF Cup

Winners (1): 1998

Regional competitions

• Arab Club Champions Cup

Winners (2): 2000, 2003–04

• North African Cup Winners Cup

Winners: 2009

• Abha International Tournament

Winners:1999

Performance in CAF competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 4 appearances

The club have 2 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1984 & 1996 and 2 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2006 till 2014

1984 – First Round 1996 – Semi-finals

2006 – Runner-up 2014 – Semi-finals

• CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances

2007 – Winner 2008 – Winner 2010 – Runner-up

2012 – First round 2013 – Winner

• CAF Super Cup: 3 appearances

2008 – Runner-up

2009 – Runner-up

2014 – Runner-up

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1998 – Winner

Managers

Nationality Name Period Taoufik Ben Slama 1947–1948 Xavier Scotto 1948–1949 Marc Orsoni 1949–1950 René Ehms 1950–1951 Noël Gallo 1953–1954 Habib Marzouk 1953–1955 Mohamed Najjar 1955–1957 Habib Fendri 1957–1958 Mongi Keskes 1958–1959 Mokhtar Arribi 1959–1961 Milan Kristić 1961–1966 Branislav Acimović 1966–1968 Gregors Georgevic 1971–1972 Jivko Popadic 1972–1973 Ammar Nahali 1973–1974 Radojica Radojičić 1974–1975 Habib Jerbi 1975–1976 Milor Popov 1976–1978 Radojica Radojičić 1978–1979 Mongi Dalhoum 1979–1980

Nationality Name Period Michael Pfeiffer 1980–1981 Peter Mucha Manfred Steves 1981–1982 Milor Popov 1982–1984 Jean-Pierre Knayer 1984–1985 Ahmed Ouannes 1985–1986 Hervé Revelli Ryszard Kulesza 1986–1987 Mokhtar Tlili 1987–1988 Gregors Georgevic 1988–1989 Stefan Aladzhov 1989–1990 Mongi Dalhoum 1990–1992 Amor Dhib 1992–1993 José Paolo Rubim 1993–1995 David Ferreiran Werner Olke 1995–1996 José Paolo Rubim Faouzi Benzarti Eckhard Krautzun 1996–1997 Yuri Sebastienko 1997–1998 Eckhard Krautzun 1998–1999

Nationality Name Period José Dutra dos Santos Khaled Ben Yahia 1999–2000 Miodrag Ješić 2000–2001 Riadh Charfi 2001 Silvester Takač 2001–2002 Manuel Amoros 2002 Otto Pfister 2002–2003 Mrad Mahjoub 2003–2004 Michel Decastel 2004–2006 Mrad Mahjoub 2006–2007 Michel Decastel Khaled Ben Yahia 2007–2008 Ghazi Ghrairi 2008–2009 Azzedine Ait Djoudi 2009–2010 Luka Peruzović 2009–2010 Pierre Lechantre 2010 Nabil Kouki 2010–2011 Reinhard Stumpf 2011–2012 Nabil Kouki 2012 Ruud Krol 2012–2013

Nationality Name Period Hamadi Dhaou 2013–2014 Philippe Troussier 2014 Ghazi Ghrairi 2014–2015 Paulo Duarte 2015 Chiheb Ellili 2015–2016 Néstor Clausen 2016–2017 Jorge Costa 2017 José Mota 2017 Lassaad Dridi 2017–2018 Ghazi Ghrairi 2018 Ruud Krol 2018–2019 Fethi Jebel 2019 Nebojša Jovović 2019–

Presidents

1912–31 : Zouhair Ayadi 1931–32 : Ali Cherif 1932–34 : Messaoud Ben Saad 1934–36 : Ahmed Bouslama 1936–38 : Abderrahmane Aloulou 1938–46 : Mohamed Elloumi 1946–48 : Habib Meziou 1948–50 : Abdelkader Jemal 1950–51 : Abdelaziz Hammami 1951–53 : Tahar Elleuch 1953–54 : Tahar Gargouri 1954–55 : Mohamed Halouani 1955–56 : Ahmed Akrout

1956–61 : Habib Larguech 1961–64 : Abdesselem Kallel 1964–65 : Mohamed Driss 1965–66 : Taoufik Zahaf 1966–67 : Hédi Bouricha 1967–70 : Taoufik Zahaf 1970–72 : Ahmed Fourati 1972–75 : Taoufik Zahaf 1975–76 : Mohamed Mezghanni 1976–78 : Taoufik Zahaf 1978–79 : Ismaïl Baklouti 1979–80 : Hédi Bouricha 1980–88 : Abdelaziz Ben Abdallah

1988–89 : Mohamed Aloulou 1989–90 : Taoufik Zahaf 1990–92 : Ismaïl Baklouti 1992–96 : Abdelaziz Ben Abdallah 1996–98 : Jamel Arem 1998-02 : Lotfi Abdennadher 2002–08 : Slaheddine Zahaf 2008–10 : Moncef Sellami 2010–11 : Naoufel Zahaf 2011–12 : Moncef Sellami 2012–16 : Lotfi Abdennadher 2016– : Moncef Khemakhem

See also

• CS Sfaxien (volleyball)
• CS Sfaxien Women's Volleyball
• CS Sfaxien Women's Basketball

References

1. https://plus.google.com/114671849437388435903 (14 June 2016). "Espérance to represent Tunisia in the 2017 CAF Champions League". E-S-Tunis.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
2. "Effectif : Club Sportif Sfaxien" (in French).

External links

• (in French) Official site