Club Olympique des Transports

The Club Olympique des Transports , often referred to as ٍِCOT or Ennakel is a Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

n football club based in the city of Tunis

Tunis

Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....

. The club was founded in 1945, the team plays in blue and black colors. Their ground is currently the Ali Belhouane Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,000.

We can not discuss this club without recalling its group of the first half of the '70s that coach Hmid Dhib had patiently built around Mohieddine Habita – nicknamed the "Arabic Pele" by the Libyans, on the occasion of the Arab nation's Cup (called Palestine Cup) disputed in Tripoli in August 1973, where Habita scored six goals and was named the "Tunisian Pelé" by President Habib Bourguiba

Habib Bourguiba

Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian statesman, the Founder and the first President of the Republic of Tunisia from July 25, 1957 until 7 November 1987...

while receiving the victorious Tunisia

Tunisia

n team. Also Ali Kaabi

Ali Kaabi

Ali Kaabi is a retired Tunisian footballer.He played for the Tunisia national football team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In Tunisia's first ever World Cup finals match, he scored the first goal in a 3–1 win over Mexico, and thus is Tunisia's first ever World Cup goalscorer.-References:...

, Farouk Ben Sliman and Houcine Ayari or the team shaped by Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut was a Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team....

, who won the Cup in Tunisia

Tunisian President Cup

The "Tunisian President Cup" mostly known as the Tunisian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Tunisian football. It was created in 1922.-Winners before independence:*1922/23 : Avant Garde *1923/24 : Racing Club...

in 1988 and lost the championship in special conditions.
In all COT spends 27 seasons in the first division (professional level).

But, like all districts clubs, the club installed in Mellassine, a popular district of Tunis

Tunis

, was unable to resist the demands of professionalism and has plummeted in three years to end up in the fourth division in 2007–2008 before rising again to CLP-3, and reaching the quarter-finals of the President Cup

Tunisian President Cup

this year.

History

It was in July 1945 that the ancestor of the COT, En-Najah Sports was created through a group formed around Mustapha Achour and include the cyclist Jilani Ben Othman and sports director Belhassen Chaar. The club merged with El Hilal Sports du Den-Den (EHSDD) to form the "Club Olympique Tunisien" (Tunisian Olympic Club) in 1960. The latter merges with the "Association sportive des traminots" (Sports Association of traminots) to form on 29 June 1966, the Club Olympique des Transports.

Performance in national & domestic competitions

Tunisian League
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The CLP-1 or "Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1" is the top division of the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. It was created in 1921.-History:...

Runner-up : 1987–88

Third : 1970–71, 1971–72

Tunisian President Cup
Tunisian President Cup
The "Tunisian President Cup" mostly known as the Tunisian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Tunisian football. It was created in 1922.-Winners before independence:*1922/23 : Avant Garde *1923/24 : Racing Club...

Winner: 1987–88

Tunisian Leagues Cup
Tunisian Coupe de la Ligue Professionnelle
The Coupe de la Ligue Professionelle was the top knockout tournament for the Tunisian league football clubs. It was created in 1999 with the intention of being played among the two top Tunisian football divisions with some invited teams, like the "Selection 2001" in the 2000/2001 season for...

Best performance: 1999–2000 Lost in 1/2 final against Club sportive Sfaxien 3–0

Performance in CAF Competitions

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearances

1988-89: first round (1/16 final) against Stade Malien.

3-0 in Bamako

0-0 in Tunis

Former players

Mohieddine Habita
Abdelkader Belhassen
Ali Guizani
Mohamed Ali Ben Mansour
Faouzi Henchiri
Mohsen Yahmadi
Mondher Msakni
Abdesselem Chaatani
Ali Kaabi
Maher Guizani
Borhan Ghanam
Mohamed Hadi Jdidi
Riadh Ayari
Issam Majri
Mohamed Zouabi
Khaled Maghzaoui
Mahrez Hosni

Boubaker Zitouni

Mohamed Tlili

Jihad Daoud

Tarak Abdelli

Diane Bateriki

Gomez

Adnan Ayari

Arbi Yacoubi

Mohamed Melliti

Ridha Hammami

Hicham Yahiaoui

Imed Jouini

Sami el Elmi

Issam Jandoubi

Mahrez Askri

Mohamed Ali Ben Yacoub

Anis Azek

Ayman Marrouki

Belhassen Belhadj

Faycal Ben Ahmed

Antar Litaimi

Hamza Oueslati

Jilani Boussif

Khaled Ben Fattoum

Mohamed Hamrouni

Mohamed Talbi

Mondher Romdhane

Mourad Chouchane

Mourad Soudani

Nizar Jmaia

Ramzi Aloui

Best goalscorer (Ligue I)

Mohieddine Habita : 75 goals
Abdelkader Belhassen : 44 goals
Faouzi Henchiri : 33 goals
Mohsen Yahmadi : 30 goals
Mondher Msakni : 27 goals
Abdesselem Chaatani : 26 goals

Players & games (Ligue I)

Mondher Msakni : 213
Ali Kaabi
Ali Kaabi
Ali Kaabi is a retired Tunisian footballer.He played for the Tunisia national football team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In Tunisia's first ever World Cup finals match, he scored the first goal in a 3–1 win over Mexico, and thus is Tunisia's first ever World Cup goalscorer.-References:...

: 208
Mohieddine Habita : 181
Ali Guizani : 172
Mohamed Ali Ben Mansour : 162

En-Najah Sports

Mustapha Achour
Mongi Allal
Raouf Ben Ali (1956–1957)
Mustapha Khaled (1957–1958)

Mustapha Khaled (1958–1973)
Sadok Ben Jomaa (1973–1976)
Abderrahman Ben Messaoud (1976–1977)
Khelifa Karoui (1977–1980)
Abbes Ben Hmidan (1980–1982)
Mustapha Lakhoua (1982–1986)
Aboulhassan Fekih (1986–1988)

Mustapha Lakhoua (1988–1989)

Ferid Mehrezi (1989–1990)

Bouzaiane Yahiaoui (1990–1991)

Taoufik Anane (1991–1992)

Bouzaiane Yahiaoui (1992–1993)

Aboulhassan Fekih (1993–2002)

Mohamed Bari alias Kassidy (2002)

Aboulhassan Fekih (2002–2004)

Naceur Chouayakh (2004–2005)

Lotfi Cherif (2005–2006)

Hedi Ben Ali (2006–2008)

Mohamed Trabelsi (2008–present)

Coaches

Mahmoud Kouki (1955–1956)
Hmid Dhib (1956–1960)
Hédi Feddou (1960)
Hmid Dhib (1963–1965)
Salah Beji (1965)
Rachid Turki (1966–1967)
Ahmed Belfoul (1967–1968)
Hmid Dhib (1968–1973)
Mustapha Jouili (1973–1974)
Ammar Nahali (1974–1975)
Amor Dhib (1975–1976)
Jamaleddine Bouabsa (1976)
Béchir Ben Mime (1976–1978)
Ali Chabbouh (1979–1981)

Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut was a Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team....

(1981–1982)

Hmid Dhib (1982–1985)

Ahmed Belfoul (1985–1986)

Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut was a Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team....

(1986–1988)

Raouf Ben Amor than Ridha Akacha (1988–1989)

Kazbeck than Ali Kaabi

Ali Kaabi

(1989–1990)

Mahmoud Bacha (1990–1992)

Mohieddine Habita than Faouzi Henchiri (1992–1993)

Taoufik Ben Othman

Taoufik Ben Othman is a Tunisian football player and coach.He began his career very young at the Muslim club and joined the junior individual selections. In 1958-1959 he participated in the first promotion of his club among the elite and is still there to help win the cups and the lead if necessary...

(1993)

Ali Kaabi

(1994–1995)

Bialas (1995–1996)

Ali Kaabi

than Kostek than Khaled Hosny (1996–1997)

Ridha Akacha than Khaled Hosny than Bialas (1997–1998)

Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut was a Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team....

(1998–1999)

Slobodan Milo than Bialas than Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut was a Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team....

(1999–2000)

Amor Dhib (2000–2001)

Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut was a Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team....

than Tarek Ben Ali than Ridha Akacha (2001–2002)

Ali Kaabi

(2002–2003)

Edmund Stöhr puis Ali Kaabi

Ali Kaabi

than Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut

Bernard Blaut was a Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team....

(2003–2004)

Ali Kaabi

than Belhassen Meriah than Accorsey (2004–2005)

Abid Mchala than Lotfi Hannachi than Lotfi Kaabi (2005–2006)

Lotfi Kaabi than Mabrouk Fehmi than Ridha Boushih (2006–2007)

Lotfi Chihi (2007–2008)

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