Club Africain (basketball)

Club Africain
Nickname Al Ifriki
El Ghalia
Leagues Tunisian League
Arena Salle Chérif-Bellamine
 Capacity 2,500
Location Tunis, Tunisia
Team colors          
Championships 2 Tunisian Leagues
5 Tunisian Cups
2 Tunisian Supercups

Club Africain is a Tunisian professional basketball club from Tunis. The club competes in the Tunisian Division I Basketball League. 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

Club Africain won the Tunisian League championship in 2004. They won the Tunisian Cup in 1982, 1999, 2001, 2003 and in 2014.

Coaches

Nat. Name Years
Tunisia Monoom Aoun 2003–2006
Tunisia Sami Hussaini 2006–2007
Tunisia Monoom Aoun 2007–2008, 2011–2012
Serbia Jenc Branislav 2012
Serbia Dragan Petricevic 2012–2013
Tunisia Monoom Aoun 2013–2015
Serbia Predrag Badnjarevic 2015–

Current Squad

Club Africain roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht.
G 13 Tunisia Albouchi, Haythem 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 22 – 16 January 1993
G United States Justice, James 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 07 Tunisia Dhifallah, Naim 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – 12 April 1982
SG 04 Tunisia El Mabrouk, Mourad 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – 19 September 1986
SG 11 Tunisia Chouaya, Lassaad 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – 22 August 1989
SF 12 Tunisia Knioua, Nizar 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – 8 June 1983
G/F 08 Tunisia Zahi, Hichem (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – 5 October 1981
PF 09 Tunisia Hdidane, Mohamed 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – 27 April 1986
F 09 Slovenia Nuhanovic, Salih 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 32 – 24 November 1982
F 14 Tunisia Ali Farjallah, Mohamed 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – 5 July 1992
C 10 Tunisia Hdidane, Bechir 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – 18 August 1984
Head coach
  • Serbia Predrag Badnjarevic
Assistant coach(es)
  • Tunisia Zouhaier Ayechi
  • Tunisia Raouf Hammami
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

References

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