Club Africain factfile

03 December 2011 06:16

Factfile for CAF Confederation Cup finalists Club Africain of Tunisia:

Full name: Club Africain

Captain: Zouhaier Dhaouadi (midfielder)

Coach: Faouzi Benzarti

Formed: 1920

Colours: Red and white

Nickname: Commandos

Grounds: November 7 Stadium, Rades (60,000 capacity) and El Menzah Stadium, Tunis (45,000)

Squad (figure indicates shirt number, Tunisian unless noted) 1. Sami Nefzi, 2. Bilel Ifa, 3. Oussama Haddadi, 4. Helmi Hmam, 5. Abdelkader Khachech, 6. Alexis Mendomo (CMR), 7. Nour Hadhria, 8. Karim Aouadhi, 9. Chaker Rguii, 10. Nafaa Jebali, 11. Mehdi Meriah, 12. Aymen Ben Ayoub, 13. Wissem Ben Yahya, 14. Saifeddine Ben Akremi, 15. Zouhaier Dhaouadi, 16. Abdelrahmane Khayati, 17. Mehdi Ressaissi, 18. Wajdi Mechergui, 19. Khaled Melliti, 20. Mohamed Ali Gharzoul, 21. Aymen Soltani, 22. Adel Nefzi, 23. Khaled Souissi, 24. Zeid Ziadi, 25. Edouard Ndjodo (CMR), 26. Mohamed Ali Yaakoubi, 27. Ezechiel Ndouassel (CHA), 28. Hamza Messaadi, 29. Khaled Zairi, 30. Youssef Mouihbi

Results: Play-off - Sokapaka (KEN) 4-3 (3-0 home, 1-3 away), Group A - ASEC Mimosas (CIV) 1-0 1-1, Kaduna Utd (NGR) 0-0 1-0, InterClube (ANG) 2-0 1-2, semi-finals - Sunshine Stars (NGR) 1-0 (0-0 1-0), final - Moghreb Fes (1-0, second leg on Dec 4)

Scorers: 2 - Khaled Melliti, Hamza Messaadi, Ezechiel Ndouassel, 1 - Alexis Mendomo, Youssef Mouihbi, Chaker Rguii, Aymen Soltani, Mohamed Ali Yaakoubi, Braulio 'Nary' Diniz (InterClube) - own goal

Previous appearances: 2004 - second round, 2008 - group phase

Record: Home - P12 W6 D6 L0 F15 A2, away - P11 W3 D3 L5 F9 A13, overall - P23 W9 D9 L5 F24 A15

African title: 1991 - CAF Champions Cup

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Source: AFP