Football World Cup 1998 / Tunisia
This article covers the Tunisian national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .
qualification
First round
Rwanda ![]() |
- | Tunisia ![]() |
1: 3 |
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- | Rwanda ![]() |
2-0 |
Final round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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10: 1 | 16 |
2 |
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15: 5 | 10 |
3 |
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2:10 | 4th |
4th |
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6:17 | 4th |
Liberia | - | Tunisia | 0: 1 |
Tunisia | - | Egypt | 1-0 |
Namibia | - | Tunisia | 1: 2 |
Tunisia | - | Liberia | 2-0 |
Egypt | - | Tunisia | 0-0 |
Tunisia | - | Namibia | 4-0 |
Tunisian contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates |
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goalkeeper | |||||||
1 | Chokri El Ouaer |
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08/15/1966 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Radhouane Salhi |
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December 18, 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22nd | Ali Boumnijel |
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04/13/1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defender | |||||||
3 |
Sami Trabelsi ![]() |
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02/04/1968 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4th | Mounir Boukadida |
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October 24, 1967 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Hatem Trabelsi |
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01/25/1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6th | Ferid Chouchane |
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04/19/1973 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7th | Tarek Thabet |
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January 16, 1971 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17th | José Clayton |
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03/21/1974 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
20th | Sabri Jaballah |
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06/28/1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21st | Khaled Badra |
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04/08/1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
midfield player | |||||||
8th | Zoubaier Baya |
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05/15/1971 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Kaies Ghodhbane |
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07/01/1976 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Mourad Melki |
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05/09/1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Riadh Bouazizi |
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04/08/1973 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14th | Sirajeddine Chihi |
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04/16/1970 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15th | Skander Souayah |
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11/20/1972 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
19th | Faysal Ben Ahmed |
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07.03.1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
striker | |||||||
2 | Imed Ben Younes |
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06/16/1974 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | Riadh Jelassi |
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07/07/1971 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Adel Sellimi |
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11/16/1972 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18th | Mehdi Ben Slimane |
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01/01/1974 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trainer | |||||||
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07/10/1946 |
Games of the Tunisian team
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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4: 2 | 7th |
2 |
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5: 2 | 6th |
3 |
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1: 3 | 3 |
4th |
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1: 4 | 1 |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome ( Marseille )
Spectators: 54,587
Referee: Masayoshi Okada ( Japan )
Goals: 1-0 Shearer (43rd), 2-0 Scholes (89th)
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson ( Montpellier )
Spectators: 29,800
Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Germany )
Goals: 1-0 Preciado (83.)
Stadium: Stade de France ( Saint-Denis )
Spectators: 77,000
Referee: Edward Lennie ( Australia )
Goals: 0: 1 Souayah (10th) 11m , 1: 1 Moldovan (72nd)
With high hopes of ending the failures of the 1990s, the young English team led by David Beckham went to the 1998 World Cup and the 1966 world champion achieved an opening win against Tunisia. In the second game, however, Romania should confirm their performance from 4 years ago. In a very exciting match, Petrescu's goal resulted in a last-minute win against the English side. Despite the tired 1-1 draw against Tunisia, Romania secured first place ahead of England. Colombia never really got into the tournament and so the team around old star Valderrama finished the tournament with 3 points in third place.