CS Sfaxien

Club Sfaxien

Full name	Club Sportif Sfaxien
Nickname(s)	Juventus El Arab (The Arabian Juventus) "Bianconero" / "El Ka7la Wel Bidha".
Short name	CSS
Founded	28 May 1928; 96 years ago (1928-05-28) (as Club Tunisien)
Ground	Taieb Mhiri Stadium Sfax, Tunisia
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Abdelaziz Makhloufi
Coach	Alexander Santos
League	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24	Ligue 1, 3rd of 14
Website	www.css.org.tn
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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 (Bianconero). Their home stadium, Taieb Mhiri Stadium, has a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

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]

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 28 May 2008, it became a permanent structure of Club Sportif Sfaxien following the revision of the club's status during the extraordinary general assembly of 19 May 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.

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 30 May 2015.

As of September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUN Mohamed Hedi Gaaloul (captain) 3 DF  TUN Mohamed Nasraoui 4 DF  TUN Salah Harabi 6 MF  GUI Balla Moussa Conté 7 FW  TUN Amine Haboubi 9 FW  TUN Hazem Haj Hassen 10 FW  TUN Wadhah Zaidi 11 MF  TUN Achref Habbessi 13 DF  TUN Rayen Derbali 14 MF  POR Pedro Sá 16 GK  TUN Sabri Ben Hessen 17 DF  TUN Mohamed Salah Mhadhbi 18 MF  TUN Cristo (on loan from Al Ahly SC) 20 FW  TUN Youssef Becha 21 DF  TUN Hichem Baccar

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  ALB Rubin Hebaj 23 DF  TUN Gianni D'Angelo 25 MF  TUN Firas Sekkouhi 26 DF  TUN Chaouki Ben Khader 27 FW  TUN Baraket Hmidi 28 MF  FRA Gaoussou Traoré 29 FW  TUN Omar Ben Ali 30 GK  TUN Aymen Dahmen (vice-captain) 32 DF  TUN Haythem Ayouni (3rd-captain) 33 DF  CIV Koffi Kouamé 34 FW  CIV Fabien Winley 38 MF  TUN Mohamed Absi -- DF  TUN Saber Soudani -- MF  TUN Khalil Elloumi -- MF  GUI Fodé Camara

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  TUN Ayoub Labidi (at Sfax RS until 30 June 2025) — DF  TUN Ahmed Ajjal (at AS Gabès until 30 June 2025) — MF  TUN Aziz Sekrafi (at US Tataouine until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TUN Jesser Maaroufi (at US Tataouine until 30 June 2025) — FW  TUN Ameur Jouini (at AS Gabès until 30 June 2025) — FW  TUN Iyed Belwafi (at US Ben Guerdane until 30 June 2025) — MF  TUN Mohamed Trabelsi (at US Ben Guerdane until 30 June 2025)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  TUN Mohamed Ben Rehaiem

Source: Soccerway^[5]

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning Seasons
Domestic	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	8	1968–69, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2012–13
	Tunisian Cup	7	1970–71, 1994–95, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
	Tunisian League Cup	1	2002–03
Continental	CAF Confederation Cup	3	2007, 2008, 2013
	CAF Cup	1	1998
Regional	Arab Club Champions Cup	2	2000, 2004
	North African Cup Winners Cup	1	2009

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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: Salaheddine Zahaf 2008–10: Moncef Sellami 2010–11: Naoufel Zahaf 2011–12: Moncef Sellami 2012–16: Lotfi Abdennadher 2016–22: Moncef Khemakhem 2024–present: Abdelaziz Makhloufi

2022–2023: Mohamed Trabelsi 2023–2024: Jaouhar Laadhar

2023: Anis Chaâlani[6]

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