Tunisian national football team
Nickname (s) | Les Aigles de Carthage The eagles of Carthage |
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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) |
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statistics | |||
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First international match Tunisia 1: 2 Algeria (Tunisia; June 25, 1957)
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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)
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Biggest defeat Hungary 10: 1 Tunisia (Hungary; July 24, 1960)
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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
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 |
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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
- 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)
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Arab Nations Cup (1)
- Winner: 1963
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African Nations Championship (1)
- Winner: 2011
Games against German-speaking teams
date | place | Home team | result | Visiting team | |
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1. | December 04, 1960 | Tunis | Tunisia | 0: 3 | GDR |
2. | 02/20/1972 | Tunis | Tunisia | 3: 3 | Austria |
3. | 02/26/1974 | Tunis | Tunisia | 0: 4 | GDR |
4th | 06/10/1978 | Cordoba ( ) | FRG | 0-0 | Tunisia |
5. | 02/10/1983 | Tunis | Tunisia | 0: 2 | GDR |
6th | 02/07/1987 | Tunis | Tunisia | 1: 3 | Austria |
7th | 09/23/1987 | Gera | GDR | 2-0 | Tunisia |
8th. | 03/17/1993 | Tunis | Tunisia | 0: 1 | Switzerland |
9. | 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 | |
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goalkeeper | ||||||
Moez Ben Cherifia | 06/24/1991 | 18th | 0 | Espérance Tunis | 2012 | |
Aymen Mathlouthi | 09/14/1984 | 70 | 0 | al-Batin | 2007 | |
Farouk Ben Mustapha | 07/01/1989 | 13 | 0 | al Shabab | 2012 | |
Hate Mouez | 05.03.1995 | 4th | 0 | OGC Nice | 2018 | |
Defense | ||||||
Aymen Abdennour | 08/06/1989 | 57 | 2 | Olympique Marseille | 2009 | |
Rami Bedoui | January 19, 1990 | 10 | 0 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 2012 | |
Dylan Bronn | 06/19/1995 | 1 | 0 | KAA Gent | 2017 | |
Khalil Chemmam | 07/24/1987 | 26th | 0 | Espérance Tunis | 2008 | |
Oussama Haddadi | 01/28/1992 | 4th | 0 | FCO Dijon | 2015 | |
Walid Hichri | 05.03.1986 | 15th | 1 | US Monastir | 2011 | |
Ali Maâloul | 01/01/1990 | 44 | 0 | al Ahly Cairo | 2013 | |
Hamza Mathlouthi | 07/25/1992 | 26th | 0 | CS Sfax | 2014 | |
Yassine Meriah | 07/02/1993 | 12 | 1 | CS Sfax | 2015 | |
Hamdi Nagguez | 10/28/1992 | 15th | 0 | al Zamalek SC | 2015 | |
Mohamed Ali Yacoubi | 05.10.1990 | 14th | 1 | US Quevilly | 2014 | |
Syam Ben Youssef | March 31, 1989 | 41 | 1 | Kasımpaşa Istanbul | 2013 | |
midfield | ||||||
Mohamed Amine Ben Amor | 05/03/1992 | 24 | 2 | al-Ahli | 2015 | |
Karim Aouadhi | 05/02/1986 | 9 | 1 | CS Sfax | 2015 | |
Larry Azouni | 03/23/1994 | 9 | 0 | KV Kortrijk | 2016 | |
Ghaylène Chaalali | 02/28/1994 | 5 | 1 | Espérance Tunis | 2017 | |
Ahmed Khalil | December 21, 1994 | 2 | 0 | Club Africain Tunis | 2016 | |
Wahbi Khazri | 02/08/1991 | 35 | 11 | Rennes stadium | 2013 | |
Hamza Lahmar | May 28, 1990 | 15th | 2 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 2015 | |
Karim Laribi | 04/20/1991 | 2 | 0 | AC Cesena | 2017 | |
Ferjani Sassi | 03/18/1992 | 36 | 2 | al-Nasr | 2013 | |
Naïm Sliti | 07/27/1992 | 15th | 3 | FCO Dijon | 2016 | |
Aymen Trabelsi | 02/17/1992 | 1 | 0 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 2017 | |
Storm | ||||||
Ahmed Akaïchi | 02/23/1989 | 29 | 9 | Ittihad FC | 2010 | |
Anice Badri | September 18, 1990 | 5 | 1 | Espérance Tunis | 2016 | |
Taha Yassine Khenissi | 01/06/1992 | 24 | 5 | Espérance Tunis | 2013 | |
Youssef Msakni | October 28, 1990 | 49 | 9 | Al-Duhail SC | 2010 | |
Bassem Srarfi | 06/25/1997 | 0 | 0 | OGC Nice | - | |
Yoann Touzghar | 11/28/1986 | 5 | 1 | FC Sochaux | 2015 | |
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 06/23/1991 | 24 | 4th | al-Ettifaq | 2012 |
Record player
(As of November 18, 2019)
Record player | ||||
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Games | player | position | Period | Gates |
105 | Radhi Jaïdi | Defense | 1996-2009 | 7th |
97 | Chokri El Ouaer | goal | 1990-2002 | 0 |
96 | Khaled Badra | Defense | 1995-2006 | 10 |
95 | Kaies Ghodhbane | midfield | 1995-2006 | 6th |
95 | Khaled Ben Yahia | Defense | 1979-1993 | 5 |
92 | Riadh Bouazizi | midfield | 1995-2006 | 3 |
89 | Tarak Dhiab | midfield | 1974-1990 | 12 |
86 | Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi | Defense / midfield | 1998-2012 | 17th |
86 | Sirajeddine Chihi | midfield | 1991-2001 | 4th |
85 | Sadok Sassi | goal | 1963-1978 | 0 |
84 | Issam Jemâa | attack | 2005-2014 | 36 |
83 | Zoubaier Baya | midfield | 1994-2002 | 17th |
Record shooters | |||
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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 .
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
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ "Africa - the World Cup qualification."
- ^ Tunisia and Georges Leekens dissolve the contract . Sport1.de , June 28, 2015.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ fifa.com: “Sanctions against Cape Verde; Tunisia in the final round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup ™ "
- ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/tunesien/erweiterterkader/verein/3670
- ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/country/190/2017/Tunisia.html
- ↑ a b rsssf.com: Tunisia - Record International Players (last updated on May 7, 2020)
- ↑ LIST OF THE ENTRAÎNEURS NATIONAUX (1956 - 2008) ( Memento from May 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )