Tunisia national football team

Tunisia

Nickname(s)	The Eagles of Carthage
Association	FTF (Tunisia)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Nabil Maaloul
Captain	Aymen Mathlouthi
Most caps	Sadok Sassi (110)
Top scorer	Issam Jemâa (34)
Home stadium	Stade Olympique de Radès
FIFA code	TUN
FIFA ranking	41
Highest FIFA ranking	19 (February 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	65 (July 2010)
Elo ranking	61
Highest Elo ranking	24 (June 1978)
Lowest Elo ranking	103 (July 1988)
First colours Second colours
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)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 10–1 Tunisia (Hungary; 24 July 1960)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1978)
Best result	Round 1, 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	16 (First in 1962)
Best result	Winners, 2004
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2005)
Best result	Round 1, 2005

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 Africa Cup of Nations in 2004, 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. 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, and 1–0 by Colombia to eliminate them at the group stage. Their only point was in a 1–1 draw with Romania.

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.

2010 World Cup Qualifications

Tunisia lead Group B in the third round of qualifications, gaining two draws against Nigeria and two wins over Kenya, but lost their final game in the group 1–0 to Mozambique, while Nigeria beat Kenya 3–2 to top the group by a single point.

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1958	Did Not Enter
1962	Did Not Qualify
1966	Withdrew
1970 to 1974	Did Not Qualify
1978	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	2
1982 to 1994	Did Not Qualify
1998	Group Stage	26th	3	0	1	2	1	4
2002	Group Stage	29th	3	0	1	2	1	5
2006	Group Stage	24th	3	0	1	2	3	6
2010	Did Not Qualify
2014	To Be Determined
2018
2022
Total	Group Stage	4/19	12	1	4	7	8	17

FIFA World Cup History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1978	Round 1	Tunisia 3 – 1 Mexico	Win
	Round 1	Tunisia 0 – 1 Poland	Loss
	Round 1	Tunisia 0 – 0 West Germany	Draw
1998	Round 1	Tunisia 0 – 2 England	Loss
	Round 1	Tunisia 0 – 1 Colombia	Loss
	Round 1	Tunisia 1 – 1 Romania	Draw
2002	Round 1	Tunisia 0 – 2 Russia	Loss
	Round 1	Tunisia 1 – 1 Belgium	Draw
	Round 1	Tunisia 0 – 2 Japan	Loss
2006	Round 1	Tunisia 2 – 2 Saudi Arabia	Draw
	Round 1	Tunisia 1 – 3 Spain	Loss
	Round 1	Tunisia 0 – 1 Ukraine	Loss

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did Not Qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group Stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
2009	Did Not Qualify
2013	To Be Determined
2017
2021
Total	Group Stage	1/8	3	1	0	2	3	5	-

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Appearances : 16
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Did not enter		1978	Fourth Place		1998	Quarter finals
1959			1980	Withdrew		2000	Fourth Place
1962	3rd Place	1982	Round 1	2002		Round 1
1963	Round 1	1984	Did not qualify			2004	Champions
1965	Runners Up	1986				2006	Quarter finals
1968	Did not qualify	1988				2008	Quarter finals
1970	Did not enter					1990	2010	Round 1
1972						1992	2012	Quarter finals
1974			1994	Round 1		2013	Round 1
1976	Did not qualify	1996	Runners Up	2015		TBD

African Nations Championship record

Year	Position
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Champions
2014

Arab Nations Cup record

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

Managers

• Rachid Turki (1956–57)
• Habib Draoua
  Hachemi Cherif
  Larbi Soudani (1957–60)
• Milan Kristić (1960–61)
• Frane Matošić (1961–63)
• André Gérard (1963–65)
• Mokhtar Ben Nacef (1965–68)
• Radojica Radojičić (1968–69)
• Beogovic Sereta (1969)
• Radojica Radojičić (1970)
• Hameur Hizem (1970–74)

• André Nagy (1974–75)
• Abdelmajid Chetali (1975–78)
• Hameur Hizem (1978–79)
• Ahmed Dhib (1979–80)
• Hameur Hizem (1980–81)
• Ryszard Kulesza (1981–83)
• Youssef Zouaoui (1984–86)
• Jean Vincent (1986–87)
• Taoufik Ben Othman (1987–88)
• Antoni Piechniczek (1988)

• Mokhtar Tlili (1988–89)
• Antoni Piechniczek (1989)
• Mrad Moujab (1989–93)
• Youssef Zouaoui (1993–94)
• Faouzi Benzarti (1994)
• Henryk Kasperczak (1994–98)
• Francesco Scoglio (1998–01)
• Eckhard Krautzun (2001)
• Henri Michel (2001–02)
• Ammar Souayah (2002)

• Youssef Zouaoui (2002)
• Roger Lemerre (2002–08)
• Humberto Coelho (2008–09)
• Faouzi Benzarti (2009–10)
• Sami Trabelsi (2010)
• Bertrand Marchand (2010)
• Faouzi Benzarti (2011)
• Ammar Souayah (2011)
• Sami Trabelsi (2011–2013)
• Nabil Maaloul (2013–present)

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
7 September 2012	National Stadium, Freetown	Sierra Leone	2–2	2013 ACN qualification
13 October 2012	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir	Sierra Leone	0–0	2013 ACN qualification
16 October 2012	Za'abeel Stadium, Dubai	Egypt	1–0	Friendly
14 November 2012	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse	Switzerland	1–2	Friendly
31 December 2012	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Iraq	2-1	Friendly
7 January 2013	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Ethiopia	1-1	Friendly
10 January 2013	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Gabon	1-1	Friendly
13 January 2013	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Ghana	2-4	Friendly
22 January 2013	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	Algeria	1-0	2013 African Cup of Nations
26 January 2013	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	Côte d'Ivoire	0-3	2013 African Cup of Nations
30 January 2013	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit	Togo	1-1	2013 African Cup of Nations
23 March 2013	TBD	Sierra Leone	TBD	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
7 June 2013	TBD	Sierra Leone	TBD	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
14 June 2013	TBD	Equatorial Guinea	TBD	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
6 September 2013	TBD	Cape Verde	TBD	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Tunisia all-time record against all nations

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	38	11	12	15	32	39	−7
Angola	5	2	3	0	9	4	+5
Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Australia	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Austria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Belarus	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Belgium	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Benin	6	6	0	0	19	2	+17
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Botswana	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3
Brazil	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3
Bulgaria	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3
Burkina Faso	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2
Burundi	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Cameroon	12	2	4	8	16	25	−9
Canada	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Cape Verde	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Central African Republic	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Chad	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8
Chile	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Congo	8	5	2	1	14	6	+8
Congo DR	10	5	2	3	19	9	+10
Ivory Coast	17	6	6	5	26	25	+1
Denmark	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Egypt	28	11	8	9	32	27	+5
England	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Equatorial Guinea	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Ethiopia	7	4	1	2	16	10	+6
Finland	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4
France	4	0	2	2	3	7	−4
Gabon	6	2	3	1	10	5	+5
Gambia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
East Germany	4	0	0	4	0	11	−11
Georgia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Germany	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3
Ghana	14	3	4	7	15	19	−4
Guinea	18	7	4	7	25	18	+7
Iceland	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	4	0	4	−4
Iran	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Iraq	5	2	3	0	6	3	+3
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Japan	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4
Jordan	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9
Kenya	7	5	1	1	10	3	+7
South Korea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5
Latvia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Lebanon	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Liberia	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6
Libya	13	8	1	4	17	9	+8
Madagascar	4	3	0	1	5	4	+1
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1
Malawi	7	2	3	2	16	8	+8
Mali	7	4	0	3	7	6	+1
Malta	10	3	3	4	11	9	+2
Mauritania	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10
Mauritius	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Mexico	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Morocco	36	6	22	8	34	38	−4
Mozambique	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
Namibia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
Netherlands	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4
Niger	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3
Nigeria	17	6	7	4	23	15	+8
Norway	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Oman	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Peru	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Poland	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2
Portugal	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Qatar	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Romania	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Russia	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Rwanda	6	6	0	0	18	3	+15
Saudi Arabia	7	3	1	3	6	9	−3
Senegal	17	8	6	3	21	10	+11
Serbia	6	1	0	5	3	22	−19
Seychelles	4	4	0	0	14	0	+14
Sierra Leone	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Slovenia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Somalia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
South Africa	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2
Spain	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Sudan	8	6	0	2	23	10	+13
Sweden	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1
Switzerland	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Syria	7	5	0	2	15	7	+8
Togo	7	6	1	0	17	3	+14
Turkey	4	0	3	1	1	4	−3
Uganda	4	4	0	0	13	1	+12
United Arab Emirates	5	5	0	0	11	2	+9
Ukraine	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Uruguay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
United States	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Wales	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Zambia	12	6	3	3	17	11	+6
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Total

Players

Current Squad

The following players were called up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Sierra Leone

Caps and goals correct as of March 23, 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Aymen Mathlouthi (c) (1984-09-14) 14 September 1984 46 0 Étoile du Sahel 1GK Moez Ben Cherifia (1991-06-24) 24 June 1991 8 0 Esperance de Tunis 1GK Farouk Ben Mustapha (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 3 0 Club Athlétique Bizertin 1GK Atef Dekhil (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 0 0 Club Africain 2DF Karim Haggui (1984-01-20) 20 January 1984 77 6 Hannover 96 2DF Aymen Abdennour (1989-08-06) 6 August 1989 27 1 FC Toulouse 2DF Yassin Mikari (1983-01-09) 9 January 1983 27 1 Sochaux 2DF Khalil Chemmam (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 24 0 Esperance de Tunis 2DF Bilel Ifa (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 22 0 Club Africain 2DF Sofian Chahed (1983-04-18) 18 April 1983 5 0 Hannover 96 2DF Rami Bedoui (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 4 0 Étoile du Sahel 2DF Sameh Derbali (1986-11-23) 23 November 1986 3 0 Esperance de Tunis 2DF Ali Maâloul (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 0 0 CS Sfaxien 3MF Oussama Darragi (1987-04-03) 3 April 1987 41 8 FC Sion 3MF Mejdi Traoui (1983-12-13) 13 December 1983 39 1 Esperance de Tunis 4FW Chadi Hammami (1986-06-14) 14 June 1986 26 1 Kuwait SC 3MF Khaled Korbi (1985-12-16) 16 December 1985 23 2 Al-Wakrah Sports Club 3MF Youssef Msakni (1990-10-28) 28 October 1990 20 4 Lekhwiya 3MF Wissem Ben Yahia (1984-09-09) 9 September 1984 19 2 Mersin Idmanyurdu SK 3MF Khaled Mouelhi (1981-02-13) 13 February 1981 13 1 Esperance de Tunis 3MF Wahbi Khazri (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 6 1 SC Bastia 3MF Änis Ben-Hatira (1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 6 0 Hertha BSC 3MF Mahed Haddad (1988-10-15) 15 October 1988 2 0 Club Africain 4FW Issam Jemâa (1984-01-28) 28 January 1984 74 34 Kuwait SC 4FW Amine Chermiti (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 30 6 FC Zurich 4FW Saber Khelifa (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 22 5 Evian 4FW Taha Yassine Khenissi (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 1 0 CS Sfaxien 4FW Heithem Jouini (1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 0 0 Esperance de Tunis

Recent call-ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Zied Jebali (1990-06-28) 28 June 1990 0 0 AS Marsa v. Switzerland, 14 November 2012 GK Rami Jridi (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 5 0 CS Sfaxien v. Peru, 29 February 2012 DF Chamseddine Dhaouadi (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987 4 0 Esperance de Tunis 2013 Africa Cup of Nations DF Aymen Belaïd (1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 0 0 Étoile du Sahel v. Switzerland, 14 November 2012 DF Khaled Souissi (1985-05-20) 20 May 1985 17 0 Club Africain v. Switzerland, 14 November 2012 MF Yassine Chikhaoui (1986-09-22) 22 September 1986 25 3 FC Zurich 2013 Africa Cup of Nations MF Abdelkader Oueslati (1991-06-14) 14 June 1991 4 0 Atletico Madrid 2013 Africa Cup of Nations MF Jamel Saihi (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 20 2 Montpelier 2013 Africa Cup of Nations MF Abdelkader Oueslati (1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 4 0 Atlético Madrid 2013 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad MF Zouheir Dhaouadi (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 24 2 Evian v. Switzerland, 14 November 2012 MF Jamel Saihi (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 14 2 Montpellier v. Switzerland, 14 November 2012 FW Sami Allagui (1986-01-06) 6 January 1986 22 5 Hertha BSC 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Kit Providers

Name	Start	End
Adidas	1970's	1992
Lotto	1994	1998
Uhlsport	2000	2001
Puma	2002	November 2010
Burrda	November 2010	October 2014

Historic Kits

Kit history

1978 World Cup

1998 World Cup Home

1998 World Cup Away

2002 World Cup Home

External links

• Tunisian FA official site
• Tunisia World Cup Team Blog