Olympique de Béja (Arabic: الأولمبي الباجي), known as O Béja or simply OB for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Béja. The club was founded in 1929 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium, has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Olympique de Béja
Full nameOlympique de Béja
Nickname(s) اللمبيك (El Lampik) The Storks
Founded17 July 1929; 95 years ago (17 July 1929)
GroundBoujemaa Kmiti Stadium
Béja, Tunisia
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMohamed Fadhel Mankbi
ManagerYamen Zelfani
LeagueTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2023–24Ligue 1, 7th of 14

Official Honours

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Type Competition Titles Winning Seasons
Domestic Tunisian League 1 0 Best performance: 1997–98 Fifth
Tunisian Cup 3 1992-93, 2009–10, 2022–23
Tunisian Super Cup 2 1995, 2023
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 3 1984–85, 2005–06, 2019–20

Appearances in CAF competitions

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2011 – First Round
2023-24 – First Round
1994 – Quarter-Finals
1996 – Second Round

Current squad

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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 Moez Ben Cherifia
3 DF   TUN Elyes Mejri
4 DF   TUN Islem Chelghoumi
5 MF   TUN Mohamed Ali Ragoubi
6 MF   MLI Aly Desse Sissoko
7 FW   TUN Rabii Hamri
9 FW   TUN Bechir Mkadem
10 MF   TUN Charfeddine Ouni
11 FW   TUN Malek Chouikh
12 DF   TUN Rayen Hammami
13 MF   TUN Hamza Houiji
14 FW   TUN Obaid Mekni
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK   TUN Chahine Smaoui
17 FW   TUN Baha Cherni
18 FW   TUN Elyes Dhaoui
19 FW   TUN Mohamed Hedi Hadouchi
20 MF   RWA Anicet Ishimwe
21 MF   TUN Firas Fadhli
22 DF   SUI Hamdi Arfaoui
23 MF   TUN Majd Hedhli
25 DF   TUN Skander Sghaier (captain)
26 DF   TUN Amine Melki
27 FW   TUN Maher Ben Seghaier
28 DF   TUN Abdelaziz Knani
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF   TUN Yahia Mtiri
30 MF   TUN Mohamed Aziz Taboubi
33 GK   TUN Ahmed Fatnassi
MF   MLI Abdoulaye Bathily
FW   TUN Aziz Abid
DF   TUN Aziz Gharbi
FW   TUN Bechir Hasni
FW   TUN Fakhreddine Ouji
DF   TUN Jasser Khmiri
MF   TUN Souhaieb Abdelli
MF   TUN Youssef Melki

Former coaches

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Presidents

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  • Mahmoud M'nakbi (1929–45)
  • Mohamed Kaoual (1945–53)
  • Othman Chaouachi (1953–56)
  • Slaheddine Ben Mbarek (1984–85)
  • Abdesatar Ben Chiboub (1985–87)
  • Taieb Gharbi (1987–89)
  • Hassen Zouaghi (1989–92)
  • Taieb Gharbi (1992–94)
  • Faouzi Ben M'barek (1994–96)
  • Hassen Zouaghi (1996–98)
  • Abdesatar Ben Chiboub (1998–00)
  • Taieb Gharbi (2000–01)
  • Mohamed Brahmi (2001–04)
  • Mounir Ben Sakhria (2004–05)
  • Abdeltif Elkefi (2005–06)
  • Ridha Ouni (2006–08)
  • Lotfi Kefi (2008–09)
  • Mokhtar Nefzi (2009–11)
  • Ali Parnasse (2011–13)

References

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