Tunisia national football team

Tunisia
Nickname(s) Les Aigles de Carthage
(Eagles of Carthage)
Association Tunisian Football Federation
Sub-confederation UNAF (North Africa)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Henryk Kasperczak
Captain Yassine Chikhaoui
Most caps Radhi Jaïdi (105)
Top scorer Issam Jemâa (36)
Home stadium Stade Olympique de Radès
FIFA code TUN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 47 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest 19 (February 1998)
Lowest 65 (July 2010)
Elo ranking
Current 63
Highest 24 (June 1978)
Lowest 103 (July 1988)
First international
 Tunisia 1–2 Algeria 
(Tunisia; 25 June 1957)
Biggest win
 Tunisia 7–0 Togo 
(Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000)
 Tunisia 7–0 Malawi 
(Tunis, Tunisia; 26 March 2005)
 Tunisia 8–1 Djibouti 
(Radès, Tunisia; 12 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 10–1 Tunisia Tunisia
(Hungary; 24 July 1960)
World Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1978)
Best result Group Stage: 1978 9th place
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 16 (First in 1962)
Best result Winners: 2004
Confederations Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2005)
Best result Round 1

The Tunisia national football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة القدم), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round. Nevertheless, they created history in that 1978 tournament in Argentina by becoming the first African side to win a World Cup match, beating Mexico 3–1. They also held defending champions West Germany to a goalless draw before bowing out. They have since qualified for the three tournaments in succession, in 1998, 2002 and 2006: they were the only African team to appear at both the 2002 and 2006 tournaments.

Tunisia also won the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament.

1978 World Cup

Tunisia's first World Cup was the 1978 competition held in Argentina. They became the first African team to win a World Cup game, defeating Mexico 3–1 in Rosario.[1] A 1–0 defeat to 1974 semi-finalists Poland followed, but although The Eagles Of Carthage then held reigning champions West Germany to a 0–0 draw, they failed to reach the next stage. Tunisia failed to qualify for the World Cup again until twenty years later.

1998 World Cup

Adel Sellimi's team were beaten 2–0 by England,[2][3] and 1–0 by Colombia[4] to eliminate them at the group stage. Their only point was in a 1–1 draw with Romania.[5]

2002 World Cup

Tunisia reached their second successive World Cup, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. They started with a 2–0 loss against Russia, but a Raouf Bouzaiene free kick gave them a 1–1 draw against Belgium. Their final game resulted in a 2–0 defeat to co-hosts Japan, meaning they were knocked out in the group stages.

2004 Africa Cup of Nations

Tunisia's first major honour was the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, which they hosted. The tournament started with a 2–1 win over Rwanda in Rades. That was followed by a 3–0 win against DR Congo and a 1–1 draw with Guinea. The quarter-finals saw them beat Senegal 1–0, and the semi-final against favourites Nigeria went to penalties after both Jay-Jay Okocha and Tunisia captain Khaled Badra scored from the spot during normal time. Ali Boumnijel saved Peter Odemwingie's strike, and Karim Haggui scored the winning spot kick to send the host nation through to their third Nations Cup final. The final was against local rivals Morocco, and Brazilian-born striker Francileudo Santos put The Eagles Of Carthage 1–0 ahead on 4 minutes, Morocco equalised just before half-time, but Ziad Jaziri made the score 2–1 on 51 minutes to win the tournament for Tunisia.

2006 World Cup

Tunisia drew their opening game against Saudi Arabia 2–2, but lost their second match to Spain 3–1 and lost their last group match to Ukraine with a 1–0 defeat ending their 2006 World Cup.

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to
Sweden 1958
Did Not Enter
Chile 1962 Did Not Qualify
England 1966 Withdrew
Mexico 1970 to
West Germany 1974
Did Not Qualify
Argentina 1978 Group Stage 9th 3 1 1 1 3 2
Spain 1982 to
United States 1994
Did Not Qualify
France 1998 Group Stage 26th 3 0 1 2 1 4
South Korea Japan 2002 Group Stage 29th 3 0 1 2 1 5
Germany 2006 Group Stage 24th 3 0 1 2 3 6
South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022
Total Group Stage 4/20 12 1 4 7 8 17

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005Group Stage6th310235Squad
South Africa 2009Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017To Be Determined
Qatar 2021
Total Group Stage 1/8 3 1 0 2 3 5 -

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Appearances : 17
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 Did not enter
United Arab Republic 1959
Ethiopia 1962Third Place 3rd210154
Ghana 1963Group Stage 5th201135
Tunisia 1965Runner-up 2nd311163
Ethiopia 1968Did not qualify
Sudan 1970 Did not enter
Cameroon 1972
Egypt 1974
Ethiopia 1976Did not qualify
Ghana 1978Fourth Place4th513154
Nigeria 1980Withdrew
Libya 1982Group Stage 7th301214
Ivory Coast 1984 Did not qualify
Egypt 1986
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990
Senegal 1992
Tunisia 1994Group Stage9th201113
South Africa 1996 Runner-up2nd6222109
Burkina Faso 1998Quarter-finals5th421165
Ghana Nigeria 2000Fourth Place4th622269
Mali 2002Group Stage11th302101
Tunisia 2004Champions1st6420104
Egypt 2006Quarter-finals6th421175
Ghana 2008Quarter-finals5th412176
Angola 2010Group Stage12th303033
GabonEquatorial Guinea 2012Quarter-finals6th420255
South Africa 2013Group Stage12th311124
Equatorial Guinea 2015Quarter-finals7th412155
Gabon 2017To be determined
Cameroon 2019
Ivory Coast 2021
Guinea 2023
Total1 Title17/30642025198279

Arab Nations Cup record

Arab Nations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Lebanon 1963 Champions 4 4 0 0 11 1
Jordan 1988 Group Stage 4 0 3 1 3 4

Personnel

Coaching Staff

Position Name
Head coach Poland Henryk Kasperczak
Assistant Coach Tunisia Hatem Missaoui
Goalkeeping Coach Tunisia Adel Ben Zouita
Fitness Coach Tunisia Jalel Herguli
Team Doctor Tunisia Montassar Chéour
Masseurs Tunisia Akrem Hbiri
Tunisia Majdi Turki
Tunisia Fathi Naoui

Managers

[6]

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

This is a list of matches from the last six months and any future scheduled matches.

Date Location Opponent Score Competition
5 March 2014 Estadi Cornellà-El Prat, Barcelona  Colombia 1–1 Friendly
28 May 2014 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul  South Korea 1–0 Friendly
7 June 2014 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels  Belgium 0–1 Friendly
6 September 2014 Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir  Botswana 2–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10 September 2014 30 June Stadium, Cairo  Egypt 1–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10 October 2014 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar  Senegal 0–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15 October 2014 Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir  Senegal 1–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14 November 2014 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone  Botswana 0–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
19 November 2014 Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir  Egypt 2–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11 January 2015 Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès  Algeria 1–1 Friendly
18 January 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín  Cape Verde 1–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
22 January 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín  Zambia 2–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
26 January 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín  DR Congo 1–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
31 January 2015 Estadio de Bata, Bata  Equatorial Guinea 1–2 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
27 March 2015 Ōita Bank Dome, Ōita  Japan 0–2 Friendly
31 March 2015 Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, China  China PR 1–1 Friendly
12 June 2015 Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès  Djibouti 8–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Togo on 25 and 29 March 2016.[7]
Caps and goals updated as of 17 November 2015 after the match against Mauritania.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
16 1GK Aymen Mathlouthi (captain) (1984-09-14) 14 September 1984 49 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
1 1GK Rami Jridi (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 12 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
22 1GK Atef Dkhili (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 0 0 Tunisia Club Africain

3 2DF Aymen Abdennour (1989-08-06) 6 August 1989 42 1 Spain Valencia
12 2DF Ali Maâloul (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 24 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
2 2DF Syam Ben Youssef (1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 23 1 France Caen
17 2DF Hamza Mathlouthi (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 22 0 Tunisia CA Bizertin
19 2DF Maher Hannachi (1984-08-31) 31 August 1984 6 1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
5 2DF Zied Boughattas (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 6 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
6 2DF Yassine Meriah (1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 6 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
4 2DF Bilel Mohsni (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 4 0 France Paris FC
20 2DF Oussama Haddadi (1992-01-28) 28 January 1992 1 0 Tunisia Club Africain

7 3MF Youssef Msakni (1990-10-28) 28 October 1990 33 4 Qatar Lekhwiya
13 3MF Ferjani Sassi (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 20 2 France Metz
21 3MF Jamel Saihi (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 18 2 France Montpellier
15 3MF Mohamed Ali Moncer (1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 15 3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
14 3MF Mohamed Amine Ben Amor (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 6 1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
8 3MF Mohamed Larbi (1987-02-09) 9 February 1987 2 0 France Gazélec Ajaccio
10 3MF Mortadha Ben Ouaness (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 0 0 Tunisia CA Bizertin
18 3MF Larry Azouni (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 0 0 France Nîmes

9 4FW Ahmed Akaïchi (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 18 9 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
11 4FW Taha Yassine Khenissi (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 9 1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
23 4FW Anice Badri (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 0 0 Belgium Mouscron-Péruwelz

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Zied Jebali (1990-06-28) 28 June 1990 0 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2016 African Nations Championship
GK Ali Jemal (1990-06-09) 9 June 1990 0 0 Tunisia US Ben Guerdane 2016 African Nations Championship
GK Farouk Ben Mustapha (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 12 0 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Mauritania, 17 November 2015
GK Achraf Krir (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 0 0 Tunisia ES Zarzis v.  Morocco, 25 October 2015
GK Moez Ben Cherifia (1991-06-24) 24 June 1991 16 0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis v.  Liberia, 5 September 2015

DF Zied Derbali (1984-10-11) 11 October 1984 5 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2016 African Nations Championship
DF Marouane Tej (1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 4 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2016 African Nations Championship
DF Ali Machani (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 2 1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2016 African Nations Championship
DF Iheb Mbarki (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 2 0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2016 African Nations Championship
DF Sliman Kchouk (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994 0 0 Tunisia CA Bizertin 2016 African Nations Championship
DF Ammar Jemal (1987-04-20) 20 April 1987 31 6 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel v.  Mauritania, 17 November 2015
DF Selim Ben Djemia (1989-01-29) 29 January 1989 4 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien v.  Mauritania, 17 November 2015
DF Chamseddine Dhaouadi (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987 5 0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis v.  Morocco, 25 October 2015
DF Hamdi Nagguez (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 0 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel v.  Morocco, 25 October 2015
DF Ghazi Abderrazek (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 0 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel v.  Liberia, 5 September 2015
DF Mohamed Ali Yacoubi (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 9 0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
DF Hamza Agrebi (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 2 0 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
DF Houssine Rabii (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 2 0 Tunisia ES Zarzis v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
DF Chaker Hammali (1981-08-26) 26 August 1981 0 0 Tunisia ES Zarzis v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
DF Bilel Ifa (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 23 0 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Djibouti, 12 June 2015

MF Wahbi Khazri (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 21 8 England Sunderland v.  Togo, 25 March 2016 INJ
MF Fabien Camus (1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 3 1 France Troyes v.  Togo, 25 March 2016 INJ
MF Karim Aouadhi (1986-05-02) 2 May 1986 8 1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2016 African Nations Championship
MF Saad Bguir (1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 7 5 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2016 African Nations Championship
MF Abdelkader Oueslati (1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 5 0 Tunisia Club Africain 2016 African Nations Championship
MF Hamza Lahmar (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 4 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2016 African Nations Championship
MF Ahmed Hosni (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 0 0 Tunisia Stade Gabèsien 2016 African Nations Championship
MF Yassine Chikhaoui (1986-09-22) 22 September 1986 40 10 Qatar Al-Gharafa v.  Mauritania, 17 November 2015
MF Alaya Brigui (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 4 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel v.  Mauritania, 17 November 2015
MF Khaled Yahia (1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 1 0 Tunisia La Marsa v.  Morocco, 25 October 2015
MF Mehdi Ouedherfi (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 1 0 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Gabon, 9 October 2015
MF Hocine Ragued (1983-02-11) 11 February 1983 54 0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis v.  Liberia, 5 September 2015
MF Mohammad Mothnani (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 0 0 Qatar El Jaish v.  Liberia, 5 September 2015
MF Tijani Belaïd (1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 20 3 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
MF Youssef Mouihbi (1985-04-01) 1 April 1985 9 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
MF Imed Meniaoui (1983-04-19) 19 April 1983 1 0 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
MF Lyes Jlassi (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 0 0 Tunisia Stade Tunisien v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
MF Stéphane Nater (1984-01-20) 20 January 1984 12 0 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Libya, 19 June 2015
MF Mohamed Gouaida (1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 3 0 Germany Karlsruher SC v.  Djibouti, 12 June 2015

FW Hichem Essifi (1987-02-27) 27 February 1987 8 3 Tunisia Stade Gabèsien 2016 African Nations Championship
FW Iheb Msakni (1987-07-18) 18 July 1987 7 0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2016 African Nations Championship
FW Edem Rjaïbi (1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 2 0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2016 African Nations Championship
FW Seifeddine Jaziri (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 1 0 Tunisia Club Africain 2016 African Nations Championship
FW Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 27 4 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis v.  Mauritania, 17 November 2015
FW Yoann Touzghar (1986-11-28) 28 November 1986 2 1 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Mauritania, 17 November 2015
FW Saber Khalifa (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 35 6 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Morocco, 25 October 2015
FW Alaa Marzouki (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 0 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien v.  Morocco, 25 October 2015
FW Amine Chermiti (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 38 6 France Gazélec Ajaccio v.  Liberia, 5 September 2015
Notes

INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

Records

As of 31 March 2015

Most Caps[8]
# Player Caps Goals Career
1 Radhi Jaïdi 105 7 1996–2009
2 Chokri El Ouaer 97 0 1990–2002
3 Khaled Badra 96 10 1995–2006
4 Khaled Ben Yahia 95 5 1979–1993
Kaies Ghodhbane 95 6 1995–2006
6 Riadh Bouazizi 92 3 1995–2006
7 Tarak Dhiab 89 12 1974–1990
8 Sadok Sassi 87 0 1963–1978
9 Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi 86 17 1985–1995
Sirajeddine Chihi 86 4 1991–2001

Top Goalscorers[8]
# Player Goals Caps Career
1 Issam Jemâa 36 83 2005–
2 Francileudo Santos 21 41 2004–2008
3 Adel Sellimi 20 78 1991–2002
4 Faouzi Rouissi 18 57 1989–2001
5 Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi 17 86 1985–1995
6 Zoubeir Baya 16 83 1994–2002
7 Mohamed Salah Jedidi 15 32 1962–1965
Ziad Jaziri 15 63 1999–2007
9 Mohieddine Habita 14 25 1972–1980
Hassen Gabsi 14 50 1997–2002

Historic Kits

Kit Providers

Name Start End
Germany Adidas 1970's 1992
Italy Lotto 1994 1998
Germany Uhlsport 2000 2001
Germany Puma 2002 2010
Switzerland Burrda 2010

Kit history

1978 World Cup
1998 World Cup Home
1998 World Cup Away
2002 World Cup Home
2006 World Cup Home
2006 World Cup Away

References

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  2. "England beat Tunisia". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 15 June 1998. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  3. Moore, Glenn (16 June 1998). "England arrive at party in style". The Independent (Independent Print Limited). Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  4. "World Cup – Colombia 1 Tunisia 0". The Independent (Independent Print Limited). 23 June 1998. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  5. "World Cup – Romania 1 Tunisia 1". The Independent (Independent Print Limited). 27 June 1998. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  6. "LISTE DES ENTRAÎNEURS NATIONAUX (1956–2008)". Fédrération Tunisienne de Football. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  7. "CAN Gabon 2017 : 23 Joueurs pour la double confrontation du Togo" (in French). Fédération Tunisienne de Football. 15 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 Imed Kilani. "Tunisia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-08-16.

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