Olympique Béja

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 name	Olympique de Béja
Nickname(s)	El Lampik The Storks
Short name	OB
Founded	17 July 1929; 96 years ago (17 July 1929)
Ground	Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Khmaies Mezni
Manager	Wajdi Bouazzi
League	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2024–25	Ligue 1, 12th of 16
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Official Honours

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

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances

2011 – First Round

2023-24 – First Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

1994 – Quarter-Finals

1996 – Second Round

Current squad

As of 8 February 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 1 GK  TUN Chahine Smaoui 2 DF  TUN Nassim Hasni 3 MF  TUN Elyes Mejri 4 DF  TUN Islem Chelghoumi 5 DF  TUN Mohamed Ali Ragoubi 6 MF  MLI Aly Sissoko 7 FW  TUN Rabii Homri 9 FW  TUN Bechir Mkadem 10 MF  TUN Charfeddine Ouni 11 FW  TUN Malek Chouikh 12 FW  TUN Fares Laabidi 13 DF  MLI Abdoulaye Bathily 14 FW  TUN Obaid Mekni 17 FW  TUN Bahaa Cherni 18 MF  TUN Elyes Dhaoui 19 MF  TUN Souhaieb Abdelli

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  RWA Anicet Ishimwe 21 MF  TUN Firas Fadhli 23 DF  SUI Hamdi Arfaoui 25 DF  TUN Skander Sghaier 27 FW  TUN Maher Ben Seghaier 28 MF  TUN Aziz Kenani 29 FW  TUN Aziz Abid 30 DF  TUN Aziz Gharbi 33 GK  TUN Ahmed Fatnassi — DF  TUN Jasser Khemiri — GK  TUN Moez Ben Cherifia — DF  TUN Amine Melki — FW  TUN Mohamed Hedi Hadouchi — MF  TUN Hamza Houiji — MF  TUN Yahia Mtiri — DF  TUN Rayane Hammami

Former coaches

• Mustapha Dhib (1956–60)
• Gustave Ducoussou (1960–62)
• Noureddine Ben Mahmoud (1962–65)
• Giuseppe Moro (1965–67)
• Todor (1967–68)
• Skander Medelji (1968–69)
• Noureddine Ben Mahmoud (1969–70)
• Frank Loscey (1970–71)
• Ali Rached (1971–72)
• Taoufik Ben Othman (1973–74)
• Abderrazak Nouaïli (1974–76)
• Slobodan (1976–78)
• Ahmed Mghirbi (1978–79)
• Jamel Eddine Bouabsa (1979–80)
• Mustapha Jouili (1980–81)
• Larbi Zouaoui (1981–82)
• Apostal (1982–83)
• Belhassen Meriah (1983–84)
• Mrad Hamza (1984–85)
• Ali Selmi (1985–86)
• Lotfi Benzarti (1986–88)
• Beliakov (1988–89)
• Beliakov (1989–90)
• Habib Mejri (1990–91)
• Amor Dhib (1991–92)
• Platek (1992–93)
• Riadh Charfi (1993–94)
• Alexandru Moldovan (1994–95)
• Mokhtar Tlili (1995–96)
• Ali Fergani (1996–98)
• Abdelghani Djadaoui (1998–99)
• Ali Fergani (1999–00)
• Fethi Toukabri (2000–01)
• Ali Selmi (2001–02)
• Ridha Akacha (2002–03)
• Kamel Mouassa (2003–04)
• Alexandru Moldovan (2004–05)
• Fethi Toukabri (2005–06)
• Ridha Akacha (2006–07)
• Mohamed Kouki (2007–08)
• Mahmoud Ouertani (2008–09)
• Khaled Ben Sassi (2009)
• Rachid Belhout (Oct 3, 2009 – Dec 19, 2010)
• Sofiène Hidoussi (Dec 22, 2010 – April 28, 2011)
• Hedi Mokraini (April 28, 2011 – Nov 14, 2011)
• Said Hammouche (Sept 19, 2011 – Nov 1, 2011)
• Amor Dhib (Nov 14, 2011 – March 12, 2012)
• Fethi Laabidi (March 12, 2012 – May 8, 2012)
• F. Ouerghi (interim) (May 9, 2012 – May 12, 2012)
• Kamel Zouaghi (May 13, 2012 – Aug 6, 2012)
• Mokhtar Arfaoui (Aug 8, 2012 – Dec 9, 2012)
• Kamel Zouaghi (Dec 2012–1?)
• Mokhtar Arfaoui (March 8, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
• Maher Sdiri (July 14, 2013 – Nov 3, 2013)
• H. Habachi (interim) (Nov 5, 2013 – Nov 12, 2013)
• Mohamed Kouki (Nov 13, 2013 – June 30, 2014)

Presidents

• 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)