Tunisia national football team records and statistics

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The Tunisia national football team has played teams from every confederation. Their first international match was played on 2 June 1957 in Tunis against Libya, winning 4–2. The team they have played the most is Morocco, with a total of 50 matches played.

Their biggest win has been by 8 goals in two matches: against Chinese Taipei on 18 August 1960, and against Djibouti on 12 June 2015.

Player records[edit]

As of 24 January 2024[1]
Players in bold are still active with Tunisia.

Most appearances[edit]

Main article: List of Tunisia international footballers
Radhi Jaïdi is the most capped player in the history of Tunisia with 105 caps.
Rank Player Caps Goals Position Career
1 Radhi Jaïdi 105 7 DF 1996–2009
2 Youssef Msakni 102 23 FW 2010–present
3 Chokri El Ouaer 97 0 GK 1990–2002
4 Khaled Badra 96 10 DF 1995–2006
5 Khaled Ben Yahia[a] 95 5 DF 1979–1993
6 Kaies Ghodhbane 95 6 MF 1995–2006
7 Riadh Bouazizi 92 4 MF 1995–2006
8 Ali Maâloul 90 3 DF 2013–present
9 Tarak Dhiab[a] 89 12 MF 1974–1990
10 Sadok Sassi[a] 87 0 GK 1963–1978

Top goalscorers[edit]

Main article: List of leading goalscorers for the Tunisia national football team
Wahbi Khazri is second on the list of goalscorers in Tunisian history with 25 goals.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Issam Jemâa (list) 36 84 0.43 2005–2014
2 Wahbi Khazri 25 74 0.34 2013–2022
3 Youssef Msakni 23 102 0.22 2010–present
4 Francileudo Santos 22 41 0.51 2004–2008
5 Adel Sellimi 20 80 0.25 1990–2002
6 Faouzi Rouissi 18 42 0.43 1989–2001
7 Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi 17 86 0.2 1985–1995
8 Mohamed Salah Jedidi 15 32 0.47 1962–1965
9 Hassen Gabsi 14 50 0.28 1997–2002
Zied Jaziri 14 63 0.22 1999–2007
Naïm Sliti 14 77 0.18 2016–present
  1. ^ a b c Matches in the Olympic Games and against Amateur sides are not considered full 'A' internationals by FIFA

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[edit]

The list shown below shows the Tunisia national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Tunisia national football team head-to-head records
Against Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Algeria 48 14 16 18 40 50 −10 CAF
 Angola 7 3 4 0 15 5 +10 CAF
 Argentina 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 CONMEBOL
 Australia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 AFC
 Austria 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 UEFA
 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 AFC
 Belarus 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 UEFA
 Belgium 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 UEFA
 Benin 9 6 3 0 24 6 +18 CAF
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 UEFA
 Botswana 8 4 2 2 12 5 +7 CAF
 Brazil 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 CONMEBOL
 Bulgaria 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 UEFA
 Burkina Faso 7 1 3 3 7 8 −1 CAF
 Burundi 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 CAF
 Cameroon 18 2 7 9 18 29 −11 CAF
 Canada 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 CONCACAF
 Cape Verde 4 3[note 1] 0 7 2 +5 +3 CAF
 Central African Republic 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 CAF
 Chad 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 CAF
 Chile 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 CONMEBOL
 China 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 AFC
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 AFC
 Comoros 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 CAF
 Colombia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 CONMEBOL
 Congo 9 6 2 1 17 6 +11 CAF
 Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 CONCACAF
 Croatia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 UEFA
 Denmark 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 UEFA
 Djibouti 2 2 0 0 11 1 +10 CAF
 DR Congo[a] 14 7 4 3 25 13 +12 CAF
 East Germany 5 1 0 4 1 11 −10 UEFA
 Egypt 41 18 10 13 47 38 +9 CAF
 England 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 UEFA
 Equatorial Guinea 9 5 1 3 15 7 +8 CAF
 Ethiopia 8 4 2 2 17 11 +6 CAF
 Finland 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 UEFA
 France 5 1 2 2 4 7 −3 UEFA
 Gabon 11 4 6 1 21 12 +9 CAF
 Gambia 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 CAF
 Georgia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 UEFA
 Germany[b] 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 UEFA
 Ghana 18[note 2] 4 5 9 20 27 −7 CAF
 Guinea 20 9 4 7 31 19 +12 CAF
 Guinea-Bissau 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 CAF
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 1 10 −9 UEFA
 Iceland 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 UEFA
 India 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 AFC
 Iran 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 AFC
 Iraq 11 7 3 1 19 10 +9 AFC
 Republic of Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 UEFA
 Italy 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 UEFA
 Ivory Coast 19 6 6 7 27 29 −2 CAF
 Japan 6 1 0 5 3 8 −5 AFC
 Jordan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 AFC
 Kenya 7 5 1 1 10 3 +7 CAF
 Kuwait 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 AFC
 Latvia 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 UEFA
 Lebanon 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 AFC
 Liberia 10 5 2 3 17 9 +8 CAF
 Libya 29 19 3 7 54 33 +21 CAF
 Madagascar 5 4 0 1 8 4 +4 CAF
 Malawi 8 3 3 2 17 8 +9 CAF
 Mali 15 7 3 5 15 11 +4 CAF
 Malta 12 4 4 4 13 9 +4 UEFA
 Mauritania 16 11 5 0 29 5 +24 CAF
 Mauritius 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 CAF
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 CONCACAF
 Morocco 50 9 28 13 46 53 −7 CAF
 Mozambique 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 CAF
 Namibia 4 3 0 1 8 2 +6 CAF
 Netherlands 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 UEFA
 New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 OFC
 Niger 4 4 0 0 9 4 +5 CAF
 Nigeria 20 7 7 6 25 19 +5 CAF
 Norway 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 UEFA
 Oman 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 AFC
 Palestine 2 1 1 0 7 3 +4 AFC
 Panama 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 CONCACAF
 Peru 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 CONMEBOL
 Poland 4 1 0 3 2 9 −7 UEFA
 Portugal 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 UEFA
 Qatar 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 AFC
 Romania 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 UEFA
 Russia[c] 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 UEFA
 Rwanda 6 6 0 0 18 3 +15 CAF
 São Tomé and Príncipe 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 CAF
 Saudi Arabia 7 3 2 2 7 6 +1 AFC
 Senegal 21 9 7 5 22 13 +9 CAF
 Serbia[d] 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 UEFA
 Seychelles 4 4 0 0 14 0 +14 CAF
 Sierra Leone 7 3 3 1 10 6 +4 CAF
 Slovenia 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 UEFA
 Somalia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 CAF
 South Africa 7 3 2 2 9 7 +2 CAF
 South Korea 3 1 1 1 1 4 −3 AFC
 Spain 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 UEFA
 Sudan 11 8 0 3 28 11 +17 CAF
 Sweden 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 UEFA
  Switzerland 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 UEFA
 Eswatini 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 CAF
 Syria 11 5 1 5 16 14 +2 AFC
 Togo 10 7 3 0 19 4 +15 CAF
 Turkey 6 0 5 1 4 7 −3 UEFA
 Uganda 5 5 0 0 16 1 +15 CAF
 Ukraine 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 UEFA
 United Arab Emirates 5 5 0 0 10 1 +9 AFC
 United States 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 CONCACAF
 Uruguay 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 CONMEBOL
 Wales 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 UEFA
 Yugoslavia 5 1 0 4 3 21 −18 UEFA
 Zambia 14 9 2 3 24 13 +11 CAF
 Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 CAF
Total 724 308 200 216 994 715 +279 —
Last match updated was against  New Zealand New Zealand on 26 March 2024.
  1. ^ Includes matches against  Zaire
  2. ^ Includes matches against  West Germany.
  3. ^ Includes matches against  Soviet Union.
  4. ^ Includes matches against  Serbia and Montenegro
Map of teams played against Tunisia by number of matches:

Teams yet to play against Tunisia[edit]

Teams yet to play Tunisia
 Yemen  Liechtenstein  Honduras  Ecuador  Tahiti
 Afghanistan  Eritrea  Martinique  Bolivia  Fiji
 Kyrgyzstan  South Sudan  El Salvador  Guatemala  Vanuatu
 Tajikistan  Zanzibar  Grenada  Aruba  Papua New Guinea
 Turkmenistan  Lesotho  Jamaica  Dominica  American Samoa
 Uzbekistan  Suriname  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Israel  Liechtenstein
 Bangladesh  Réunion  Bermuda  Saint Lucia  Cyprus
 Bhutan  Philippines  Cuba  Anguilla  Luxembourg
 Maldives  Singapore  Haiti  Bonaire  Armenia
   Nepal  Thailand  Trinidad and Tobago  Cayman Islands  Estonia
 Pakistan  East Timor  Antigua and Barbuda  Puerto Rico  Faroe Islands
 Sri Lanka  Vietnam  Belize  Sint Maarten  Azerbaijan
 Brunei  Guam  Dominican Republic  Saint Martin  Kosovo
 Cambodia  Hong Kong  French Guiana  Turks and Caicos Islands  Kazakhstan
 Indonesia  North Korea  Montserrat  British Virgin Islands  Lithuania
 Laos  Macau  Nicaragua  Samoa  Andorra
 Malaysia  Mongolia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Tonga
 Myanmar  Northern Mariana Islands  Barbados  Moldova
 Philippines  Guadeloupe  Cook Islands  New Zealand
 U.S. Virgin Islands  San Marino  Venezuela  Solomon Islands
 Gibraltar  Curaçao  Paraguay  New Caledonia

Match statistics[edit]

Biggest wins[edit]

Rank Date Venue Opponent Score Competition Difference
1 18 August 1960 Stadio Olimpico, Rome  Chinese Taipei 8–1 Friendly match +7
2 12 June 2015 Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis  Djibouti 8–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification +7
3 7 January 2000 Stade El Menzah, Tunis  Togo 7–0 Friendly match +7
4 26 March 2005 Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis  Malawi 7–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification +7
5 25 February 2001 Stade El Menzah, Tunis  DR Congo 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification +6
6 1 July 2001 Stade El Menzah, Tunis  Congo 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification +6

Hat-tricks[edit]

Main article: List of Tunisia national football team hat-tricks

FIFA rankings[edit]

Tunisia's FIFA rankings have ranged from 65 in July 2010, to 14 in April 2018. The Tunisian national team has always been one of the best African teams, especially thanks to its good results in the Africa Cup of Nations (3rd place in the 1962 edition, second place in the 1965 and 1996 editions and the champion in the 2004 edition).

But also after the good results in 2017 and 2018: the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (eight matches: six wins and two draws) and friendlies (five matches: 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat); Thus, the Tunisian national team reached the fourteenth place in the world in April and May 2018. It is also considered the best African team in the FIFA World Ranking between January and December 2018.

Rankings by year[edit]

Below is a chart of Tunisia's FIFA ranking since 1993.[4]

Tunisia's FIFA world rankings
Rank Year Statistics Best Worst
Games Wins Draws Loses Rank Move Rank Move
32 1993 10 6 3 1 31 Increase 7 (August) 36 Decrease 3 (September)
30 1994 10 3 5 2 27 Increase 4 (September) 33 Decrease 3 (October)
22 1995 14 7 3 4 21 Increase 6 (February) 27 Decrease 4 (August)
23 1996 14 7 2 5 21 Increase 6 (February) 31 Decrease 9 (June)
23 1997 14 9 2 3 20 Increase 7 (August) 29 Decrease 4 (June)
21 1998 17 7 4 6 19 Increase 6 (November) 26 Decrease 4 (July)
31 1999 10 7 1 2 26 Increase 4 (November) 33 Decrease 7 (June)
26 2000 17 8 7 2 25 Increase 3 (June) 28 Decrease 1 (September)
28 2001 12 8 2 2 22 Increase 7 (July) 32 Decrease 5 (April)
41 2002 14 0 8 6 28 Increase 0 (June) 41 Decrease 5 (July)
45 2003 9 5 3 1 40 Increase 3 (April) 46 Decrease 3 (October)
35 2004 16 8 4 4 31 Increase 14 (February) 45 Decrease 2 (April)
28 2005 12 8 2 2 23 Increase 8 (September) 40 Decrease 4 (October)
32 2006 16 7 4 5 21 Increase 5 (February) 32 Decrease 10 (July)
47 2007 9 5 3 1 32 Increase 5 (July) 47 Decrease 13 (February)
46 2008 16 7 5 4 44 Increase 3 (April) 56 Decrease 7 (February)
53 2009 10 4 4 2 45 Increase 2 (July) 54 Decrease 8 (February)
45 2010 11 3 5 3 44 Increase 11 (October) 65 Decrease 10 (July)
59 2011 8 4 2 2 44 Increase 3 (March) 61 Decrease 15 (April)
45 2012 16 8 4 4 41 Increase 10 (June) 59 Decrease 4 (October)
48 2013 15 4 7 4 41 Increase 11 (February) 53 Decrease 8 (June)
22 2014 9 5 3 1 22 Increase 11 (September) 49 Decrease 5 (April)
40 2015 15 5 5 5 22 Increase 2 (June) 41 Decrease 5 (April)
35 2016 11 6 4 1 34 Increase 4 (October) 48 Decrease 8 (February)
27 2017 13 6 2 5 27 Increase 7 (July) 42 Decrease 5 (April)
24 2018 8 3 2 3 14 Increase 9 (April) 24 Decrease 7 (June)
27 2019 17 8 5 4 25 Increase 3 (June) 28 Decrease 4 (July)
26 2020 4 2 2 0 26 Increase 1 (September) 27 Steady 0 (December)
30 2021 17 12 1 4 25 Increase 3 (December) 30 Decrease 4 (November)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ FIFA awarded Tunisia a 3–0 win as a result of Cape Verde fielding the player Fernando Varela, who had been sent off in the match against Equatorial Guinea on 24 March 2013. As a result of his sending off for unsporting conduct towards a match official, Varela had been given a four match suspension and would miss the rest of the qualifying campaign plus one further FIFA game. Varela did not participate in the games against Equatorial Guinea on 8 June 2013 or the game against Sierra Leone on 16 June 2013. Complicating matters, Varela's red card against Equatorial Guinea was removed from the FIFA.com website.[2] The match originally ended 2–0 to Cape Verde.[3]
  2. ^ The two teams play on January 18, 2000 a training match, three halves of 35 minutes, won by Ghana 2–0 but which can not be considered a real international match.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tunisia". National Football Teams.
  2. ^ "Equatorial Guinea - Cape Verde Islands 24 March 2013". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Cape Verde sanctioned; Tunisia through to final FIFA World Cup qualifying round". FIFA.com. 2013-09-12. Archived from the original on September 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Tunisia - FIFA Men's World Rankings". fifa.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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