Football World Cup 2018 / Tunisia
Football World Cup 2018 : Tunisia |
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Trainer | Nabil Maaloul |
captain | Aymen Mathlouthi / Wahbi Khazri |
Qualified as | Winner Africa Group A |
World rankings before the tournament |
21st |
Tournament result | Out in the preliminary round |
Games won | 1 |
Games tie | 0 |
Games lost | 2 |
Gates | 5: 8 |
This article covers the Tunisian national football team at the 2018 World Cup . Tunisia entered the finals for the fifth time but had never made it through the group stage before. At the World Cup, Tunisia started as the best-placed African team in the FIFA world rankings .
qualification
The team qualified for the World Cup in Russia through the qualifying matches of the African Football Association CAF .
Games
Tunisia began qualifying under Polish coach Henryk Kasperczak , who finished third as a player with Poland in 1974. In April 2017, he was replaced by the former Tunisian international Nabil Maaloul , who had already temporarily looked after the team in qualifying for the previous World Cup. Tunisia did not have to intervene until the second round and met Mauritania on both legs . The third round was reached with two 2-1 wins. This was played as a group stage and Tunisia met in Group A against the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Guinea and Libya . In the six resulting matches, the Tunisian team won four and played twice. The Tunisians scored at least one goal in all but the last game, but only two in the first half. However, the Tunisians only qualified as group winners on the last day of the match with a goalless draw in their home game against Libya. If they had lost, the Democratic Republic of the Congo would have overtaken as they would have had the better goal difference.
A total of 35 players were used; 15 of them were also in the squad for the African Cup of Nations 2017 , in which Tunisia was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Only Ali Maâloul and goalkeeper Aymen Mathlouthi appeared in all eight games, with Mathlouthi being replaced by Rami Jridi after 27 minutes in the second game against Mauritania , who made his only appearance. A year later, at the start of the second round, Mathlouthi took over the captaincy from Yassine Chikhaoui . The top scorer was Youssef Msakni with three goals, all of which he scored in the 4-1 win over Guinea. A total of twelve players contributed at least one goal, plus an own goal by a player from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Second round
date | Venue | host | guest | Result | Goal scorers for Tunisia | |
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Nov 13, 2015 | Nouakchott | Mauritania | - | Tunisia | 1: 2 (1: 0) | Wahbi Khazri (61.), Yassine Chikhaoui (69.) |
Nov 17, 2015 | Radès | Tunisia | - | Mauritania | 2: 1 (0: 0) | Syam Ben Youssef (51st), Saad Bguir (83rd) |
Third round
date | Venue | host | guest | Result | Goal scorers for Tunisia | |
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Oct 9, 2016 | Monastir | Tunisia | - | Guinea | 2: 0 (0: 0) | Aymen Abdennour (58th), Änis Ben-Hatira (79th) |
Nov 11, 2016 | Algiers ( DZA ) | Libya | - | Tunisia | 0: 1 (0: 0) | Wahbi Khazri (50th / penalty) |
Sep 1 2017 | Radès | Tunisia | - | Congo DR | 2: 1 (1: 1) | Yassine Meriah (18th / penalty), Ghailene Chaalali (47.) |
5th Sep 2017 | Kinshasa | Tunisia | - | Congo DR | 2: 2 (1: 0) | Own goal Congo DR (77th), Anice Badri (78th) |
Oct 7, 2017 | Conakry | Guinea | - | Tunisia | 1: 4 (1: 1) | Youssef Msakni (45th, 74th, 90th), Mohamed Amine Ben Amor (83th) |
Nov 11, 2017 | Radès | Tunisia | - | Libya | 0-0 |
Third round final table
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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6th | 4th | 2 | 0 | 11: 4 | +7 | 14th |
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6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 14: 7 | +7 | 13 |
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6th | 1 | 1 | 4th | 4:10 | −6 | 4th |
4th |
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6th | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6:14 | −8 | 3 |
preparation
Games
date | Result | opponent | venue | Goal scorers for Tunisia |
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23 March 2018 | 1-0 |
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Radès | Milad Mohammadi (71st / own goal) |
March 27, 2018 | 1-0 |
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Nice ( FRA ) | Wahbi Khazri (36th) |
May 28, 2018 | 2: 2 |
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Braga | Anice Badri (39th), Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (64th) |
June 1, 2018 | 2: 2 | ![]() |
Sion ( CHE ) | Anice Badri (56th), Ferjani Sassi (79th) |
June 9, 2018 | 0: 1 |
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Krasnodar ( RUS ) |
Quarter
The team's quarters were the “Imperial Park Hotel & Spa” in Rogozinino, near Moscow , where the team could use the Stroitel Stadium for training purposes.
Squad
A preliminary roster of 35 players was nominated on May 14th. The final squad of 23 players must be reported to FIFA by June 4th. No player has played in a World Cup finals so far, as all of them only played their first international game after their last World Cup participation, where coach Nabil Maaloul was assistant coach. Youssef Msakni , the best Tunisian scorer in qualifying, could not be considered because he tore his cruciate ligament in April. On June 2nd the squad reduced to 23 players was announced. Were canceled Moez Ben Cherifia (gate), Ahmed Akaïchi , Khalil Chammam , Karim Laaribi , Mohamed Larbi Wael and Bilel Mohsni . On June 27, after goalkeepers Hassen and Ben Mustapha lost their game due to injuries, Moez Ben Cherifia, a substitute for the last remaining goalkeeper Mathlouthi, had to be flown in.
position | No. | Surname | birth date |
Calls | Gates | society | debut | Last use |
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goal | 16 |
Aymen Mathlouthi ![]() |
09/14/1984 | 71 | 0 |
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2007 | 06/09/2018 | 1 | |||||||
1 | Farouk Ben Mustapha | 07/01/1989 | 15th | 0 |
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2012 | 03/23/2018 | 2 | ||||||||
22nd | Hate Mouez | 05.03.1995 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
2018 | 06/01/2018 | 1 | ||||||||
Defense | 6th | Rami Bedoui | January 19, 1990 | 10 | 0 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 2012 | 07.10.2017 | 1 | |||||||
3 | Yohan Benalouane | 03/23/1987 | 4th | 0 |
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2018 | 06/09/2018 | 1 | ||||||||
2 | Syam Ben Youssef | March 31, 1989 | 42 | 2 |
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2014 | 06/09/2018 | 2 | ||||||||
11 | Dylan Bronn | 06/19/1995 | 5 | 0 |
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2017 | 06/09/2018 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
5 | Oussama Haddai | 01/28/1992 | 8th | 0 |
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2015 | 06/09/2018 | 1 | ||||||||
21st | Nagguez Hamdi | 10/28/1992 | 16 | 0 |
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2017 | 06/01/2018 | 2 | ||||||||
12 | Ali Maâloul | 01/01/1990 | 47 | 0 |
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2014 | 06/09/2018 | 2 | ||||||||
4th | Yassine Meriah | 07/02/1993 | 17th | 1 | CS Sfax | 2016 | 06/09/2018 | 3 | ||||||||
midfield | 14th | Mohamed Amine Ben Amor | 05/03/1992 | 26th | 3 |
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2016 | 06/09/2018 | 1 | |||||||
20th | Ghailene Chaalali | 02/28/1994 | 6th | 1 | Espérance Tunis M | 2017 | 06/01/2018 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
15th | Ahmed Khalil | December 21, 1994 | 3 | 0 | Club Africain Tunis | 2016 | 03/23/2018 | 1 | ||||||||
7th | Seifeddine Khaoui | 04/27/1995 | 5 | 0 |
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2018 | 06/09/2018 | 1 | ||||||||
13 | Ferjani Sassi | 03/18/1992 | 40 | 9 |
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2014 | 06/09/2018 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
17th | Ellyes Skhiri | 05/10/1995 | 5 | 0 |
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2018 | 06/09/2018 | 2 | ||||||||
Storm | 9 | Anice Badri | September 18, 1990 | 10 | 3 | Espérance Tunis M | 2017 | 06/09/2018 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
8th | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 06/23/1991 | 39 | 5 |
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2012 | 06/09/2018 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
19th | Saber Khelifa | 10/14/1986 | 25th | 5 | Club Africain Tunis | 2011 | 06/09/2018 | 1 | ||||||||
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Wahbi Khazri ![]() |
02/08/1991 | 36 | 12 |
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2013 | 03/27/2018 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
23 | Naïm Sliti | 07/27/1992 | 19th | 3 |
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2016 | 06/09/2018 | 3 | ||||||||
18th | Bassem Srarfi | 06/25/1997 | 5 | 0 |
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2018 | 06/09/2018 | 1 | ||||||||
Trainer | Nabil Maaloul | 07/25/1962 | 63 | 9 | 2017 | |||||||||||
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Finals
Group draw
Venues and quarters (Q) of the Tunisian team |
For the draw of the qualifying groups on December 1st, Tunisia was assigned to Pot 3. Tunisia met in the group G in Belgium , England and novice Panama . Tunisia already met Belgium in the preliminary round of the 2002 World Cup, where the two separated 1: 1. There was also one win and one defeat in friendly matches. England were opponents in the preliminary round at the 1998 World Cup and Tunisia lost 2-0. There was also a 1-1 draw in a friendly. Like the other two opponents, Tunisia had never played against Panama. Tunisia had not previously played in any of the three preliminary round venues.
Group stage / group G matches
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9: 2 | +7 | 9 |
2. |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8: 3 | +5 | 6th |
3. |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5: 8 | −3 | 3 |
4th |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2:11 | −9 | 0 |
Mon., June 18, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Volgograd | ||||
Tunisia | - | England | 1: 2 (1: 1) |
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Sat., June 23, 2018, 3:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Moscow (Spartak Stadium) | ||||
Belgium | - | Tunisia | 5: 2 (3: 1) |
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Thursday, June 28, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Saransk | ||||
Panama | - | Tunisia | 1: 2 (1: 0) |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ fifa.com: Maaloul new national coach for Tunisia
- ↑ fifa.com: "" Eagle of Carthage "take off"
- ↑ Turkey played after a red card for Cenk Tosun from the 59th minute onwards ( match report ).
- ↑ fifa.com: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Team Base Camps
- ↑ bbc.co: "Youssef Msakni: Tunisia forward will miss World Cup because of knee injury"
- ↑ kicker.de: Tunisia relies on concentrated French power
- ↑ Tunisia's next goalkeeper is canceled - Ben Cherifia is flown in , transfermarkt.de, accessed on June 27, 2018