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CS Sfaxien
Full name	Club Sportif Sfaxien
Nickname(s)	Juventus Al Arab (Juventus of The Arabs)
Founded	1928
Ground	Stade Taïeb Mhiri; Sfax, Tunisia; (Capacity: 11,000)
Chairman	Moncef Sallemi
Manager	Luka Peruzović
League	CLP-1
2008/09	4th

Club Sportif Sfaxien (Arabic: النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي‎, often referred to as CSS) is a multi-sport club from Sfax in Tunisia.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1928 as Club Tunisien, playing in a green and red strip. 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 strip.

CSS celebrated their half-centenary in 1978 by winning the Tunisian League title, largely thanks to the impressive performances of their Tunisian internationals, notably Hamadi 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.

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 the short 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.

[edit] Crests

CSS from 1962 to 2008.

CSS logo for the press & the media since 2000.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Performance in national & domestic competitions

Tunisian League (7)
- Champion: 1969, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1995, 2005
Tunisian President Cup (4)
- Winner: 1971, 1995, 2004, 2009
Tunisian League Cup (1)
- Winner: 2003

[edit] Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League
- Runner-up: 2006
- Semi-finalist : 1996
CAF Confederation Cup (3)
- Winner: 1998, 2007, 2008
CAF Super Cup
- Runner-up: 2008 , 2009
African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1 appearance
- 1984: First Round

[edit] Performance in Nord African competitions

North African Cup Winners Cup
- Winner: 2009
Maghreb Champions League (2)
- Runner-up: 1970, 1971

[edit] Performance in UAFA competitions

Arab Champions League (2)
- Winner: 2000 , 2004
- Runner-up : 2005
Abha International Tournament (1)
- Winner: 1999

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jassem Khalloufi
27	GK	Ahmed Ben Awicha
32	GK	Abderraouf Ratouli
5	DF	Aymen Ben Amor
23	DF	Amir Haj Massaoud
2	DF	Fateh Gharbi
18	DF	Karim Ben Amor
33	DF	Hamdi Rouid
20	DF	Mohamed Bouzidi
7	DF	Ali Maaloul
35	DF	Rabii Werghemi
8	DF	Maman Youssoufou
30	DF	Amine Abbes
32	DF	Mahmoud Ben Saleh

No.	Position	Player
4	MF	Chaker Bargawi
13	MF	Chadi Hammami
3	MF	Haythem Mrabet
29	MF	Radhwan Jawhari
34	MF	Kamel Zaiem
0	MF	Moez Aloulou
0	MF	Ghazi Challouf
6	MF	Ibrahima Touré
26	MF	Soumah Naby
11	FW	Dominique da Silva
12	FW	Orok Akarandut
21	FW	Hamza Younes
22	FW	Haykel Guemamdia