Club Sfaxien

Full name	Club Sportif Sfaxien
Nickname(s)	Juventus El Arab (The Arabian Juventus)
Short name	CSS
Founded	28 May 1928; 95 years ago (1928-05-28) (as Club Tunisien)
Ground	Taieb Mhiri Stadium Sfax, Tunisia
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Abdelaziz Makhloufi
Coach	Karim Delhoum
League	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2022–23	6th of 16
Website	Club website
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CS Sfaxien's active sections
Football	Basketball ( Women)	Volleyball ( Women)
Rugby	Weightlifting	Boxing
Judo

Club Sportif Sfaxien ( Arabic: النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي), known as CS Sfaxien or simply CSS for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Sfax. The club was founded in 1928 and its colours are black and white. Their home stadium, Taieb Mhiri Stadium, has a capacity of 22,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

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. 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 beaten 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.

2009 saw the club win the Tunisian Cup. ^[1]

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 Sfaxien participated in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup. ^[2]

In the 2018–19 the club won the Tunisian Cup again. ^[3] The club won the Tunisian FA Cup for a sixth time on 28 June 2021. ^[4]

SOCIOS-CSS

The SOCIOS-CSS network is an internal body attached to the Executive Committee of the Club Sportif Sfaxien, to which it is fully dependent and responsible for carrying out the missions indicated in this Internal Regulation. Launched on May 28, 2008, it became a permanent structure of Club Sportif Sfaxien following the revision of the club's status during the extraordinary general assembly of May 19, 2011.

Since its inception in 2008, the SOCIOS-CSS network has been investing in projects of all sizes on behalf of Club Sportif Sfaxien. The SOCIOS-CSS network is represented abroad by SOCIOS CSS INTERNATIONAL, a French association under the 1901 law, number W751189505, based in France. The funds collected by this association are the property of Club Sportif Sfaxien and will be managed within the framework of the SOCIOS-CSS network concept. The SOCIOS CSS INTERNATIONAL association is required to prepare a semi-annual report on its activities and finances. This report is transmitted to the SOCIOS-CSS Bureau to ensure follow-up. Members of SOCIOS CSS INTERNATIONAL are full-fledged members of the SOCIOS-CSS network and enjoy all the benefits of SOCIOS-CSS members.

Partnership

In addition to the celebration of the 87th anniversary of Club Sportif Sfaxien, SOCIOS-CSS signed a membership protocol with Sandlanders Football, whereby SOCIOS-CSS joins an international network of clubs working for the development of sports clubs and sustainable infrastructure. The signing took place on Saturday, May 30th, 2015.

Players

Current squad

As of 13 April 2024

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 ( captain) 2 DF   TUN Mahmoud Ghorbel 3 DF   TUN Mohamed Nasraoui 4 MF   TUN Jesser Maaroufi 5 MF   TUN Fares Marzouki Neji 6 MF   GUI Balla Moussa Conté 7 FW   TUN Amine Haboubi 9 FW   TUN Hazem Haj Hassen 10 MF   TUN Abdallah Amri 11 FW   TUN Achref Habbessi 12 FW   TUN Mohamed Islem Guesmi 13 DF   TUN Adam Ben Lamin 14 FW   TUN Wadhah Zaidi 15 DF   TUN Mohamed Salah Mhadhbi 16 GK   TUN Sabri Ben Hessen ( 4th captain) 17 DF   TUN Oussema Bahri

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   TUN Alaa Ghram ( 3rd captain) 19 MF   TUN Mohamed Aziz Sokrafi 20 MF   TUN Youssef Becha 21 DF   TUN Aziz Saihi 22 MF   GUI Fodé Camara 23 MF   TUN Chadi Hammami ( vice-captain) 24 FW   TUN Iyed Belwafi 25 FW   CIV Jean Arriel Koffi 26 DF   TUN Chaouki Ben Khader 27 FW   TUN Baraket Hmidi 28 FW   CIV Diby Béranger Gautier 29 FW   TUN Omar Ben Ali 30 MF   CIV Stéphane Séba Gnadou Gnaly 31 GK   TUN Ayoub Labidi 32 MF   TUN Ahmed Ajjal 33 DF   CIV Koffi Kouamé

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   TUN Ghassen Berdiaa (Currently out of contract) — DF   TUN Khaled Hammami (Currently out of contract) — DF   TUN Khalil Elloumi — DF   TUN Foued Timoumi — MF   TUN Mohamed Amine Aidi — FW   TUN Ameur Jouini — MF   GUI Naby Laye Moussa Camara (Currently out of contract) — MF   TUN Saber Soudani (On loan to US Tataouine until 30 June 2024) [5] — FW   CIV Alassane Doumbia (On loan from FC San Pédro until 30 June 2024) [6]

Official honours

Source: Soccerway ^[7]

•   record

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Champions League:

• CAF Confederation Cup:

• CAF Super Cup:

• CAF Cup:

Managers

Nat Name Period Taoufik Ben Salama 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

Nat 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 Yuriy Sevastyanenko 1997–1998 Eckhard Krautzun 1998–1999

Nat 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 Hammadi Daou 2013–2014 Philippe Troussier 2014 Ghazi Ghrairi 2014–2015 Paulo Duarte 2015

Nat Name Period 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 Nebojša Jovović 2019 Fathi Al-Jabal 2019–2020 Faouzi Benzarti 2020 Anis Boujelbene 2020–2021 José Murcia 2021 Hammadi Daou 2021–2022 Jorge Costa 2022 Nabil Kouki 2022 Karim Delhoum 2022–2022 Maurizio Jacobacci 2022–2023 Hossam El Badry 2023 Anis Jerbi 2023 Nabil Kouki 2023–2024 Karim Delhoum 2024–

Presidents

Provisional presidents

Fitness coaches

Rival clubs

• ES Tunis
• Club Africain
• Étoile Sportive du Sahel

See also

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

References

External links

• CS Sfaxien on Instagram
• CS Sfaxien at Sofascore