Tunisian national football team

This article deals with the Tunisian men's national soccer team, the women's team is described under Tunisian national soccer team .

Tunisian Republic of
al-Jumhūriyya at-Tūnisiyya

Nickname (s)	Les Aigles de Carthage The eagles of Carthage
Association	Fédération Tunisienne de Football
confederacy	CAF
Technical sponsor	Kappa
Head coach	Mondher Kebaier (since August 2019)
captain	Aymen Mathlouthi
Record scorer	Issam Jemâa (36)
Record player	Radhi Jaïdi (105)
Home stadium	January 14th Stadium
FIFA code	TO DO
FIFA rank	27. (1506 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international match Tunisia 1: 2 Algeria (Tunisia; June 25, 1957)
Biggest wins Tunisia 7: 0 Togo ( Tunis , Tunisia ; January 7, 2000) Tunisia 7: 0 Malawi (Tunis, Tunisia; March 26, 2005) Tunisia 8: 1 Djibouti (Radès, Tunisia; June 12, 2015)
Biggest defeat Hungary 10: 1 Tunisia (Hungary; July 24, 1960)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1978 )
Best results	Preliminary round 1978 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2018
African Championship
Participation in the finals	19 ( first : 1962 )
Best results	Winner 2004
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2005 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2005
(As of November 18, 2019)

The Tunisian national football team is the national team of the North African state of Tunisia and is subordinate to the Fédération Tunisienne de Football . Tunisia took part in five world championships and qualified 13 times for the finals of the African Championship, which were won for the first time in 2004. In 2005 Tunisia took part in the Confederations Cup in Germany. In April 2018, they reached 14th place in the FIFA world rankings, the best position in the association's history to date.

history

Between 1928 and 1950, Tunisian teams played several games against the French B team and other French teams. After Tunisia gained independence in 1956, other games followed, but they have not yet been recognized by FIFA. The first game recognized by FIFA took place on March 8, 1959 against Malta and ended 0-0.

Football World Cup 2006

In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, the team of French coach Roger Lemerre survived the first round and met Morocco , Kenya , Guinea , Malawi and Botswana in round two in the second round in group five . Despite a 2-2 win against the team from Morocco on October 8, 2005, Tunisia managed to win the group and went to the World Cup in Germany as the fifth African team alongside the teams from Togo , Ghana , Ivory Coast and Angola .

After a draw against Saudi Arabia (2: 2) and two defeats against Spain (1: 3) and Ukraine (0: 1), the team was eliminated in third place in the preliminary round.

Football World Cup 2018

In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, they prevailed against Mauritania in the 2nd round and played against the Congo, Libya and Guinea in the 3rd round. In this round they qualified with four wins and two draws as group winners directly for the World Cup finals.

At the World Cup finals, you play in World Cup group G against the teams from Belgium, Panama and England, after being drawn from pot 3 in the World Cup draw.

Current

From the beginning of June 2008 the "Eagles of Carthage " were looked after by the Portuguese Humberto Coelho, who already led the Portuguese national soccer team to the semi-finals of EURO 2000 , where he met his predecessor and then coach of the French national soccer team Roger Lemerre. He received a three-year contract. However, after failing to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, the two parties split again. In the following four years there were four different coaches before the Dutchman Ruud Krol took over the post in September 2013. Just a year later, his time in Tunisia ended and from March 2014 to June 2015 the Belgian Georges Leekens looked after the team.

Tournaments

Olympic games

1960 in Rome	Preliminary round
1964 in Tokyo	not qualified
1968 in Mexico City	not qualified (drawing of lots)
1972 in Munich	not qualified
1976 in Montreal	not qualified
1980 in Moscow	not qualified
1984 in Los Angeles	not qualified
1988 in Seoul	Preliminary round
1992 in Barcelona	not qualified
1996 in Atlanta	Preliminary round
2000 in Sydney	not qualified
2004 in Athens	Preliminary round
2008 in Beijing	not qualified
2012 in London	not qualified
2016 in Rio de Janeiro	not qualified

World Championship

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Tunisia took part in qualifying for the 1962 World Cup for the first time, but failed in the first two participations by drawing lots to Morocco. Tunisia was only able to qualify for the finals for the 1978 World Cup and then again in 1998, 2002 and 2006, but always failed in the preliminary round.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated				Not an independent state
1934	Italy	not participated				Not an independent state
1938	France	not participated				Not an independent state
1950	Brazil	not participated				Not an independent state
1954	Switzerland	not participated				Not an independent state
1958	Sweden	not participated				Not a FIFA member
1962	Chile	not qualified				In the qualification in the preliminary round in the play-off after drawing lots, Morocco failed, but they could not qualify either.
1966	England	withdrawn				All 15 African teams withdrew from the qualification as FIFA only allowed the teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania one place in the final round.
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification in the 2nd round in the playoff after drawing lots to Morocco failed.
1974	Germany	not qualified				Failed in the qualification in the 2nd round at Ivory Coast , which could not qualify either.
1978	Argentina	Preliminary round	Mexico , Poland , Germany	13.	Abdelmajid Chetali	After a win against Mexico, a defeat against Poland and a draw against defending champions Germany, they were eliminated as third in the group.
1982	Spain	not qualified				In the qualification in the first round after penalties to Nigeria failed, but they could not qualify either.
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification in the finals of season A, Algeria failed.
1990	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification in the 3rd and final round, Cameroon failed.
1994	United States	not qualified				In the first round of qualification , Morocco failed again.
1998	France	Preliminary round	England , Colombia , Romania	26th	Henryk Kasperczak	After two defeats and a draw against group winners Romania, eliminated as bottom group.
2002	South Korea / Japan	Preliminary round	Russia , Belgium , Japan	29	Khemais Labidi / Ammar Souayah	After two defeats and a draw against Belgium, eliminated as bottom of the group.
2006	Germany	Preliminary round	Saudi Arabia , Spain , Ukraine	24.	Roger Lemerre	After a draw (against Saudi Arabia) and two defeats, eliminated as third in the group.
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the third round of qualification , Nigeria failed again.
2014	Brazil	not qualified				In the qualification , Tunisia met Cape Verde , Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea . In the last and decisive group game against Cape Verde, the Tunisians lost 2-0 and were initially only second in the group. Since Cape Verde had used the ineligible player Fernando Varela , the defeat was changed to a 3-0 for Tunisia, so that Tunisia moved into the playoff round as group winners. There the team failed to Cameroon.
2018	Russia	Preliminary round	England , Belgium , Panama		Nabil Maaloul	With two defeats (against England and Belgium) and one victory against Panama, they were eliminated in third place in the group.
2022	Qatar

African Championship

1957 in Sudan	not participated
1959 in Egypt	not participated
1962 in Ethiopia	Third
1963 in Ghana	Preliminary round
1965 in Tunisia	Second
1968 in Ethiopia	not qualified
1970 in Sudan	not participated
1972 in Cameroon	not participated
1974 in Egypt	not qualified
1976 in Ethiopia	not qualified
1978 in Ghana	Fourth
1980 in Nigeria	not participated
1982 in Libya	Preliminary round
1984 in Ivory Coast	not qualified
1986 in Egypt	not qualified
1988 in Morocco	not qualified
1990 in Algeria	not qualified
1992 in Senegal	not qualified
1994 in Tunisia	Preliminary round
1996 in South Africa	Second
1998 in Burkina Faso	Quarter finals
2000 in Ghana / Nigeria	Fourth
2002 in Mali	Preliminary round
2004 in Tunisia	African champions
2006 in Egypt	Quarter finals
2008 in Ghana	Quarter finals
2010 in Angola	Preliminary round
2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea	Quarter finals
2013 in South Africa	Preliminary round
2015 in Equatorial Guinea	Quarter finals
2017 in Gabon	Quarter finals
2019 in Egypt	Fourth

African Nations Championship

See also : African Nations Cup

• 2009 : not qualified (the Olympic team took part in the qualification)
• 2011 : Nations Champion
• 2014 : not qualified
• 2016 : quarter-finals
• 2018 : not participated
• 2020 : qualified

title

• African champions (1)
  • Winner: 2004
  • Finalist: 1965 , 1996
• Arab Nations Cup (1)
  • Winner: 1963
• African Nations Championship (1)
  • Winner: 2011

Games against German-speaking teams

	date	place	Home team	result	Visiting team
01.	December 04, 1960	Tunis	Tunisia	0: 3	GDR
02.	02/20/1972	Tunis	Tunisia	3: 3	Austria
03.	02/26/1974	Tunis	Tunisia	0: 4	GDR
04th	06/10/1978	Cordoba ( )	FRG	0-0	Tunisia
05.	02/10/1983	Tunis	Tunisia	0: 2	GDR
06th	02/07/1987	Tunis	Tunisia	1: 3	Austria
07th	09/23/1987	Gera	GDR	2-0	Tunisia
08th.	03/17/1993	Tunis	Tunisia	0: 1	Switzerland
09.	09/22/1993	Tunis	Tunisia	1: 1	Germany
10.	11/15/2000	Tunis	Tunisia	1: 1	Switzerland
11.	06/18/2005	Cologne	Germany	3-0	Tunisia
12.	11/21/2007	Vienna	Austria	0-0	Tunisia
13.	11/14/2012	Sousse	Tunisia	1: 2	Switzerland

So far there has been no game against Liechtenstein.

Extended squad

Status: February 2018

Surname	birthday	Games	Gates	society	debut
goalkeeper
Moez Ben Cherifia	06/24/1991	18th	00	Espérance Tunis	2012
Aymen Mathlouthi	09/14/1984	70	00	al-Batin	2007
Farouk Ben Mustapha	07/01/1989	13	00	al Shabab	2012
Hate Mouez	05.03.1995	04th	00	OGC Nice	2018
Defense
Aymen Abdennour	08/06/1989	57	02	Olympique Marseille	2009
Rami Bedoui	January 19, 1990	10	00	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	2012
Dylan Bronn	06/19/1995	01	00	KAA Gent	2017
Khalil Chemmam	07/24/1987	26th	00	Espérance Tunis	2008
Oussama Haddadi	01/28/1992	04th	00	FCO Dijon	2015
Walid Hichri	05.03.1986	15th	01	US Monastir	2011
Ali Maâloul	01/01/1990	44	00	al Ahly Cairo	2013
Hamza Mathlouthi	07/25/1992	26th	00	CS Sfax	2014
Yassine Meriah	07/02/1993	12	01	CS Sfax	2015
Hamdi Nagguez	10/28/1992	15th	00	al Zamalek SC	2015
Mohamed Ali Yacoubi	05.10.1990	14th	01	US Quevilly	2014
Syam Ben Youssef	March 31, 1989	41	01	Kasımpaşa Istanbul	2013
midfield
Mohamed Amine Ben Amor	05/03/1992	24	02	al-Ahli	2015
Karim Aouadhi	05/02/1986	09	01	CS Sfax	2015
Larry Azouni	03/23/1994	09	00	KV Kortrijk	2016
Ghaylène Chaalali	02/28/1994	05	01	Espérance Tunis	2017
Ahmed Khalil	December 21, 1994	02	00	Club Africain Tunis	2016
Wahbi Khazri	02/08/1991	35	11	Rennes stadium	2013
Hamza Lahmar	May 28, 1990	15th	02	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	2015
Karim Laribi	04/20/1991	02	00	AC Cesena	2017
Ferjani Sassi	03/18/1992	36	02	al-Nasr	2013
Naïm Sliti	07/27/1992	15th	03	FCO Dijon	2016
Aymen Trabelsi	02/17/1992	01	00	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	2017
Storm
Ahmed Akaïchi	02/23/1989	29	09	Ittihad FC	2010
Anice Badri	September 18, 1990	05	01	Espérance Tunis	2016
Taha Yassine Khenissi	01/06/1992	24	05	Espérance Tunis	2013
Youssef Msakni	October 28, 1990	49	09	Al-Duhail SC	2010
Bassem Srarfi	06/25/1997	00	00	OGC Nice	-
Yoann Touzghar	11/28/1986	05	01	FC Sochaux	2015
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	06/23/1991	24	04th	al-Ettifaq	2012

Record player

(As of November 18, 2019)

Record player
Games	player	position	Period	Gates
105	Radhi Jaïdi	Defense	1996-2009	07th
097	Chokri El Ouaer	goal	1990-2002	00
096	Khaled Badra	Defense	1995-2006	10
095	Kaies Ghodhbane	midfield	1995-2006	06th
095	Khaled Ben Yahia	Defense	1979-1993	05
092	Riadh Bouazizi	midfield	1995-2006	03
089	Tarak Dhiab	midfield	1974-1990	12
086	Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi	Defense / midfield	1998-2012	17th
086	Sirajeddine Chihi	midfield	1991-2001	04th
085	Sadok Sassi	goal	1963-1978	00
084	Issam Jemâa	attack	2005-2014	36
083	Zoubaier Baya	midfield	1994-2002	17th

Record shooters
Gates	player	Period	Games
36	Issam Jemâa	2005-2014	84
21st	Francileudo Silva dos Santos	2004-2008	41
20th	Adel Sellimi	1991-2002	80
19th	Wahbi Khazri	2013–	52
18th	Faouzi Rouissi	1989-2001	57
17th	Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi	1998-2012	86
17th	Zoubaier Baya	1994-2002	83
15th	Mohamed Salah Jedidi	1962-1965	32
14th	Mohieddine Habita	1972-1980	25th
14th	Hate Gabsi	1997-2002	50
14th	Ziad Jaziri	1999-2007	63

Known players

• Lassaad Abdelli - played for Alemannia Aachen in the late 1980s
• Jawhar Mnari - played 88 games for 1. FC Nürnberg
• Ali Boumnijel - the oldest goalkeeper at the 2006 World Cup
• José Clayton - naturalized Brazilian
• Mehdi Ben Slimane - played for Gladbach and Freiburg from 1997 to 2001
• Adel Sellimi - 108 league games for SC Freiburg
• Zoubaier Baya - 114 league games for SC Freiburg

Well-known trainers

Since 1956, the Tunisian national soccer team has been coached by 28 different coaches in a total of 33 coaching periods. The first person to hold this post was the Tunisian Rachid Turki . As early as 1960, Milan Krisric, the first foreign coach, followed. To date, the team has been looked after by 15 foreign football teachers. The only German in this position was Eckhard Krautzun , who briefly oversaw the team's fortunes in 2001. With six years in a row, the Frenchman Roger Lemerre is the record holder in this position. The Tunisians Youssef Zouaoui and Ameur Hizem were available to the Tunisian Association for two terms. The only foreigners who looked after the team more than once were Croatian Rado Radocijic and Pole Antoni Piechniczek .

Antoni Piechniczek coached the Tunisian team in two periods (1988 and 1989).

Eckhard Krautzun , formerly also active in Germany, was in charge of the Tunisian national team in 2001.

Roger Lemerre , the former French national coach, was the coach of The Eagle of Carthage between 2002 and 2008 .

Name of the trainer	Period
Rachid Turki	1956/57
Hachemi Cherif	1957-1960
Milan Krisric	1960/61
Frane Matošić	1961-1963
André Gérard	1963-1965
Mokhtar Ben Nacef	1965-1968
Rado Radocijic	1968/69
Beogovic Sereta	1969
Rado Radocijic	1970
Ameur Hizem	1970-1974
Andrei Prean Nagy	1974/75
Abdelmajid Chetali	1975-1988
Ameur Hizem	1978/79
Ahmed Dhib	1979/80
Ameur Hizem	1980/81
Ryszard Kulesza	1981-1983
Youssef Zouaoui	1984-1986
Jean Vincent	1986/87
Taoufik Ben Othman	1987/88
Antoni Piechniczek	1988
Mokhtar Tlili	1988/89
Antoni Piechniczek	1989
M'rad Mahjoub	1990-1993
Youssef Zouaoui	1993/94
Faouzi Benzarti	1994
Henryk Kasperczak	1994-1998
Ali Selmi	1998
Franco Scoglio	1998-2001
Eckhard Krautzun	2001
Henri Michel	2001/02
Youssef Zouaoui	2002
Ammar Souayah	2002
Roger Lemerre	2002-2008
Humberto Coelho	2008-2009
Faouzi Benzarti	2009 – May 2010
Bertrand Marchand	June 2010 – December 2010
Faouzi Benzarti	January 2011
Ammar Souayah	2011
Sami Trabelsi	March 2011 – September 2013
Ruud Krol	September 2013 - March 2014
Georges Leekens	March 2014 - June 2015
Henryk Kasperczak	July 2015 - April 2017
Nabil Maaloul	April 2017 - July 2018
Faouzi Benzarti	August 2018 - October 2018
Maher Kanzari	October 2018 - November 2018
Alain Giresse	December 2018 - August 2019
Mondher Kebaier	August 2019 -

See also

• List of the international matches of the Tunisian national football team
• Tunisian national football team (U-20 men)
• Tunisian national football team (U-17 juniors)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ "Africa - the World Cup qualification."
3. ^ Tunisia and Georges Leekens dissolve the contract . Sport1.de , June 28, 2015.
4. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
5. ↑ fifa.com: “Sanctions against Cape Verde; Tunisia in the final round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup ™ "
6. ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/tunesien/erweiterterkader/verein/3670
7. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/country/190/2017/Tunisia.html
8. ↑ ^{a b} rsssf.com: Tunisia - Record International Players (last updated on May 7, 2020)
9. ↑ LIST OF THE ENTRAÎNEURS NATIONAUX (1956 - 2008) ( Memento from May 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Tunisian national soccer team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Match results of the Tunisian Association