Tunisia national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Tunisia women's national football team.

Tunisia

Nickname(s)	نسور قرطاج Aigles de Carthage (Eagles of Carthage)
Association	Tunisian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Jalel Kadri (interim)
Captain	Youssef Msakni
Most caps	Radhi Jaïdi (105)
Top scorer	Issam Jemâa (36)
Home stadium	Stade Hammadi Agrebi
FIFA code	TUN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	36 5 (19 September 2024)
Highest	14 (April – May 2018)
Lowest	65 (July 2010)
First international
Tunisia 4–2 Libya (Tunis, Tunisia; 2 June 1957)
Biggest win
Tunisia 8–1 Republic of China (Rome, Italy; 18 August 1960) Tunisia 7–0 Togo (Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000) Tunisia 7–0 Malawi (Tunis, Tunisia; 26 March 2005) Tunisia 8–1 Djibouti (Tunis, Tunisia; 12 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 10–1 Tunisia (Budapest, Hungary; 24 July 1960)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1978)
Best result	Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	20 (first in 1962)
Best result	Champions (2004)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	Champions (2011)
Arab Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions (1963)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2005)
Best result	Group stage (2005)
Medal record Men's Football Africa Cup of Nations 2004 Tunisia 1965 Tunisia 1996 South Africa 1962 Ethiopia African Nations Championship 2011 Sudan African Games 1991 Cairo 2007 Algiers Arab Cup 1963 Lebanon 2021 Qatar Palestine Cup of Nations 1973 Libya Pan Arab Games 1957 Lebanon Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis 1971 Izmir 1975 Alger 2013 Mersin
Website	FTF.org.tn (in French)

The Tunisia national football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة القدم) represents Tunisia in men's international football since their maiden match in 1957. It is governed by the Tunisian Football Federation, founded in 1957 after the Tunisian independence in 1956. Tunisia are colloquially known as The Eagles of Carthage. The team's colours are red and white, and the Bald eagle its symbol. There have been periods of regular Tunisian representation at the highest international level: from 1962 to 1978, from 1994 to 2008 and again from 2014 onwards. Most of Tunisia's home matches are played at the Stade Hammadi Agrebi in Radès since 2001. The team represents both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Tunisia's national team has participated in three quadrennial major football competitions. They appeared in the end stages of five FIFA World Cups and nineteen Africa Cup of Nations, and featured at four Olympic football tournaments. Tunisia created history in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina by becoming the first African side to win a World Cup match, defeating Mexico 3–1. They also held defending champions West Germany to a goalless draw before being eliminated. They have since qualified for three World Cups in succession, in 1998, 2002 and 2006, before returning in the last edition held in Russia in 2018. Tunisia has long-standing football rivalries with North African teams: Egypt, Morocco and Algeria. In fact, the Tunisian team has always met with them, whether through friendly matches or World Cup qualifiers and the Africa Cup of Nations. Tunisia is one of the most successful African national teams in competitions, having won one African Cup of Nations, as tournament hosts in 2004. They have also been runners-up twice in 1965 as hosts and 1996, held in South Africa.

Tunisia is notorious as being one of the most successful and frequent participants in major African competitions, yet failing to deliver the same expectations outside Africa. Although Tunisia has won one AFCON and participated in four Summer Olympics and five World Cups, the Tunisians have never progressed beyond the group stage of either the Olympics or the World Cup.

History

Beginning (1928–1956)

The Tunisian football team in 1939.

Before independence, an unofficial team was formed in 1928, comprising the best Tunisian players from the Tunisian League. The team's first match was on 11 March 1928, against the France national football B team; Tunisia lost 9–2. Their next friendlies, against the same team on 23 March 1930 and 26 March 1933, also resulted in heavy defeats: 0–5 and 1–6 respectively. Tunisia had to wait until 1939 for their first match win: a 4–1 victory over a team of amateur footballers of Paris.

The most capped players of this period are :

• Gustave Ducousso (Olympique Béja): 22 caps
• Gaetano Chiarenza (CS Hammam-Lif): 21 caps
• Azzopardi (Olympique Béja): 19 caps
• Larbi Ben Hassine -Larbi Bardo- (Espérance de Tunis): 16 caps
• Rachid Sehili (Étoile du Sahel): 16 caps
• Mehl (Racing Club): 15 caps
• Laâroussi Tsouri (Espérance de Tunis): 15 caps
• Ben Moussa (US Tunis): 15 caps
• Alaya Douik (Étoile du Sahel): 14 caps
• Dara (Sporting Club Tunis): 11 caps.

Post independence (1956–1962)

Chedly Zouiten (second from left), was the first president of the Tunisian Football Federation.

As soon as independence was proclaimed in 1956, Tunisian football leaders took the necessary steps to create an exclusively national body to replace the Tunisian Football League (an offshoot of the French Football Federation). These steps led to the creation of the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) headed by Chedly Zouiten, which was approved on 29 March 1957. Recognized as a public utility, the FTF has since invested in its dual mission of promoting football and managing the national competition as well as the different teams representing Tunisia in international competitions. In spite of that, Tunisia's national team has been set up before independence. Tunisian coach Rachid Turki has been appointed as Tunisia's first coach. A friendly match was held two days before independence, and this was in front of the Southwest French team. Tunisia succeeded in winning the match thanks to the goal of Ghariani. The Tunisian squad was the following: Zine el-Abidine Chennoufi, Sadok Dhaou (then Mohieddine Zeghir), Azaiez Jaballah, Driss Messaoud, Hassen Tasco, Abdou Béji, Ali Hannachi « Haj Ali », Amedée Scorsone, Hédi Braïek, Noureddine Diwa, Khemais Ghariani.

Chetali, one of the best players in the history of Tunisia.

The Tunisian team also played a match with the Austrian team FC Admira Wacker Mödling on 30 December of the same year and managed to win 4–1 thanks to two goals from both Diwa and Braïek and the Tunisian squad was as follows : Mohamed Bennour (then Houcine El Bez), Youssef Sehili, Azaiez Jaballah, Mokhtar Ben Nacef, Mehrez Jelassi, Abdou Béji, Ali Hannachi « Haj Ali », Abderrahman Ben Ezzedine, Hédi Braïek, Noureddine Diwa (then Khemais Ghariani), Hammadi Henia

Tunisia gained independence from France on 20 March 1956. The Tunisian Football Federation was founded on 29 March 1957 and became affiliated to FIFA and the Confederation of African Football in 1960. The independent Tunisia played their first match against Algeria on 1 June 1957, in the midst of the Algerian War; Tunisia lost 2–1. They played their first official match at the 1957 Pan Arab Games where they won Libya 4–3 after scoring the first Tunisian goal in an official competition by Farzit. They also managed to get through Iraq and Lebanon before losing in the final against Syria 3–1. In 1960, the Yugoslavian Milan Kristić to be the first foreigner to coach the national team so Tunisia qualified for 1960 Summer Olympics which was their first international event after beating Malta, Morocco and Sudan; on 24 July 1960, the team experienced its biggest-ever defeat, losing 10–1 against Hungary. However, less than a month later, on 18 August 1960, Tunisia recorded their biggest-ever win: an 8–1 thumping of Taiwan. As for the Olympic Games, the results were very poor in the first game and despite the opening of the scoring by Kerrit in the third minute, but the Polish team returned in the game and won 6–1. They also lost to Argentina 2–1 before being defeated again, this time against Denmark 3–1.

Golden generation (1962–1978)

President Habib Bourguiba amid the Tunisian side that won the Palestine Cup in 1973.

Frane Matošić was appointed to coach the team as the second Yugoslav coach of the Tunisian team after Kristić led Tunisia to qualify for the Olympics. In 1962, Tunisia entered the African Cup of Nations qualifiers for the first time: the team qualified for the tournament after overcoming Morocco and Nigeria and went on to finish third after beating Uganda in the third-place match. Tunisian federation has appointed French coach André Gérard to train the team to continue contracting with foreign coaches. The team succeeded in crowning the 1963 Arab Cup to be the first championship for the team, after achieving impressive results, including winning over Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait.

Tunisia also qualified for the 1963 Africa Cup of Nations despite the exit from the first round. CAF decided that Tunisia would host the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations, despite the fact that only 9 years have passed since the independence of the country, in addition to a distinguished generation of players, most notably Abdelmajid Chetali and Attouga who reached the final after beating Ethiopia 4–0 in the opening match in Stade Chedly Zouiten, but they lost 3–2 to Ghana in extra-time of the final. Despite this early success, Tunisia did not enter the Cup of Nations again until 1976 in Ethiopia, and did not qualify for one until 1978. In 1973, however, the team entered the Palestine Cup of Nations and won in dominant fashion, winning all six of their matches overcoming Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Yemen and Iraq, scoring 19 goals, and conceding only three with the Tunisian coach Ameur Hizem.

Tunisia at the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification against Egypt.

Chetali managing Étoile du Sahel in 1973

In February 1975, after a short experience of the Hungarian coach André Nagy, the coach of ES Sahel, Abdelmajid Chetali was hired. This coincided with the return of the team to the competition in the African Cup of Nations before going out against Sudan before it succeeded to qualify after the absence of 13 years in 1978 after overcoming Egypt and Guinea in qualifying. At the same time, the team was able to qualify for the first time in the FIFA World Cup in 1978 after a remarkable performance in the qualifiers led by a distinguished generation such as Mokhtar Dhouib, Néjib Ghommidh, Raouf Ben Aziza and Tarak Dhiab. They have reserved the only African seat by going to teams such as Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt. Before the World Cup, Tunisia competed in the African Cup and won Uganda to find themselves in the semi-finals before losing to hosts Ghana to play third place match with Nigeria. Tunisia initially took the lead, but when Nigeria scored a controversial equalizer in the 42nd minute, the Tunisians walked off the pitch in protest and Nigeria were awarded a 2–0 victory by default. At the World Cup in Argentina, Tunisia made an immediate impact by coming from behind after preparations were not at the desired level after a draw with Hungary 2–2 and a defeat from France 2–0 and another big defeat against Netherlands 4–0.

Ali Kaabi, Tunisia's first-ever World Cup goalscorer.

In the first game, Mexico managed to advance through a penalty in the first half to end the break 1–0 for the Mexican team. And before the start of the second half, Tunisian coach Chetali threw the Tunisian flag in front of the players and left the changing room. Tunisia managed to return to the game after Ali Kaabi scored the equalizer for Tunisia to enter history as the first Tunisian player to score a World Cup goal in the 55th minute before adding two goals to finish the game 3–1.

In the second match, they made a good performance against Poland before the team lost 1–0, but in the last game it was just around the corner to win the defending champion West Germany before the game ended 0–0. This performance has been admired by most analysts who did not expect it, and that has contributed to increasing the number of African teams qualified for the World Cup to become two. The team was received at Tunis–Carthage International Airport by Tunisians, provided by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, telling the players that they had accomplished the task of 50 ambassadors, because they contributed to the known of Tunisia internationally.

After this impressive performance, coach Abdelmajid Chetali decided to resign after a remarkable period in which he managed to reach the Tunisian national team to the international level. However, the period that will come after his resignation will be filled with several disturbances that have lasted for years.

Decline (1978–1994)

Following their first experience of World Cup football, Tunisia experienced a sudden decline after the passage of Tunisian coaches such as Ameur Hizem and Hmid Dhib who withdrew the team in the World Cup qualifiers in 1982 against Nigeria despite the participation of dozens of players who played the previous edition. Between 1980 and 1992, the team managed to qualify for only two tournaments – the 1982 African Cup of Nations and the 1988 Summer Olympics – and in both they were knocked out in the first round. In fact, Tunisia qualified for the African Cup hosted by neighbor Libya with Polish coach Ryszard Kulesza after being banned in 1980 African Cup but achieved negative results: drew with Cameroon 1–1 in the first game before being defeated against Libya 2–0 and Ghana 1–0 to withdraw by only one point. Kulesza failed also to qualify for the 1984 African Cup after the defeat against Egypt, which precipitated his departure. Coach Youssef Zouaoui was appointed to oversee the team and had a good start by winning friendly matches against Nigeria 5–0 and Canada 2–0 and also surpassed Benin and Guinea in the first rounds of the World Cup qualifiers in 1986. However, he failed to qualify for the 1986 African Cup of Nations after the defeat to the Libyan team, which was strong in that period. But that did not prevent them from reaching the last round of the World Cup qualifiers by beating Nigeria before being defeated in front of Algeria, which qualified for the second time.

The former Cameroon coach Jean Vincent was hired but failed to qualify for the 1988 African Cup in Morocco after defeat against Algeria. He also achieved catastrophic results in the Football at the African Games with defeats against Cameroon, Madagascar and Kenya. He was immediately sacked.

Benzarti was appointed during AFCON 1994 after Zouaoui failed in first match.

Dhiab scored Tunisia's qualification goal for the 1988 Olympic Games.

Taoufik Ben Othman was appointed who was the former assistant coach of Chetali in the team of 1978 team. The results improved relatively as they qualified for the Olympic Games after surpassing Morocco (thanks to the goal of Tarak Dhiab in the last minute) and Egypt in the qualifiers but Ben Othman was sacked days before the start of the competition after the poor results in the 1988 Arab Cup and the failure to win in their matches against Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq, as well as the bad results in friendly matches against Malta, Finland and East Germany. The Polish coach Antoni Piechniczek was temporarily appointed and supervised the team in the first round of World Cup qualifiers 1990 and also in the finals of the Olympic Games where results were not good after drawing with China 0–0 and Sweden 2–2 and a heavy defeat from West Germany 1–4.

Mokhtar Tlili was appointed coach but the results did not improve by not qualifying for the African Cup in Algeria 1990 after the heavy defeat to Senegal, which precipitated his departure and the arrival of Antoni Piechniczek again and did not succeed in the World Cup qualifiers in 1990 after the defeat in the last round against Cameroon to be contracted with coach Mrad Mahjoub. Although he was unable to qualify for the 1992 African Cup again, the federation renewed confidence in him because of the respectable performance he had given in the qualifiers because the team was eliminated with goal difference to Egypt, in addition to winning Belgium in a friendly match but the early exit from the World Cup qualifiers in 1994 contributed to his dismissal after a draw with Morocco to be replaced by coach Youssef Zouaoui before the 1994 African Cup to be hosted in Tunisia so the team managed to break the streak in 1994 by hosting that year's African Cup of Nations replacing original hosts Zaire, but the result was catastrophic and unexpected with a defeat by Mali 2–0 in the opening game at El Menzah Stadium in front of 45,000, which contributed to the dismissal of Zouaoui after the opening match and compensated by Faouzi Benzarti, who drew with Zaire in the second game finishing bottom of the group.

Beginning of Resurgence (1994–2002)

Kasperczak guided the team to qualify for the 1998 World Cup after 20 years.

After confirming the decline of the Tunisian football, it was decided to hire a coach who knows the African football well. The former coach of Côte d'Ivoire Henryk Kasperczak was appointed, and the team's results were gradually improved. They managed to qualify for the African Cup for the first time in 14 years through the qualification after overcoming Liberia and Senegal. At the finals of 1996 African Cup of Nations, Tunisia began badly after a draw against Mozambique and a defeat from Ghana, but they finished second in their group, putting them through to the quarter-finals surpassing the first round for the first time since 1978 after winning Côte d'Ivoire 3–1. Tunisia went on to beat Gabon in the quarter-finals and Zambia in the semi-finals 4–2 to reach their first major final in 31 years, but lost to host country South Africa 2–0. This performance was appreciated by the Tunisian fans who did not expect this development in the team led by a new generation, most notably Chokri El Ouaer, Zoubeir Baya and Adel Sellimi. They were also received by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at the airport. In that period Tunisia qualified to the 1996 Olympic Games after surpassing Guinea. The team did not rise to what was expected after the defeat from Portugal and the United States with the same result 2–0 in addition to the draw with Argentina 1-1 which eliminated them from the group stage. Still under the leadership of Kasperczak, They qualified for the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Guinea and Sierra Leone and qualified for the final quarter in the lead of the group with a win over DR Congo, Togo and defeat from Ghana. In the quarter-final, where they were eliminated in a penalty shootout by host country Burkina Faso. In that period, the team qualified for the second round of World Cup qualifiers after beating Rwanda. Tunisia was placed in the group 2 with Egypt, which was a strong candidate for the qualification, but Tunisia managed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup for the second time in its history and the first since 20 years after winning Egypt, Liberia and Namibia.

Krautzun qualified Tunisia for the 2002 World Cup.

The team played some friendly matches before the World Cup with Wales (won 4–0), Austria (lost 1–2) and Chile (lost 2–3). In the finals, they failed to advance from the group stages, losing 2–0 to England and 1–0 to Colombia, and drawing 1–1 with Romania.

Trabelsi was part of Tunisia's squad for the 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups.

Kasperczak was sacked and replaced with the Italian coach Francesco Scoglio, who qualified the team for the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations ideally after winning over Algeria, Uganda and Liberia. Tunisia qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition for the third consecutive time with difficulty after the defeat in the first round of Nigeria and the victory over Congo and draw with Morocco as the team managed to qualify for the semi-final by overcoming Egypt before they lost three to Cameroon and finish the competition in fourth place with a loss from South Africa on penalty shootout.

The following year, Scoglio departed to rejoin Genoa CFC, sparking a period of severe instability. The German coach Eckhard Krautzun, was appointed and qualified the team to the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations with difficulty with a group that includes Morocco, Gabon and Kenya, he Succeeded to lead the team to the World Cup in South Korea and Japan for the third time in its history with a difficult group, including Côte d'Ivoire and the DR Congo. Krautsen was sacked surprisingly despite the good results after a sharp dispute with the Tunisian Football Federation officials.

Henri Michel replaced him, but was sacked when Tunisia crashed out of the 2002 African Cup of Nations without scoring a single goal after a draw with Senegal and Zambia and defeat from Egypt. Finally, Ammar Souayah took over in time for the 2002 World Cup; The team drew in friendly matches with Norway and South Korea and were defeated by Denmark and Slovenia. In the finals, Tunisia could not do better than 1998 performance, drawing 1–1 with Belgium but losing 2–0 to Russia and co-hosts Japan making the federation look for a big coach before the start of the 2004 African Cup hosted by Tunisia.

Lemerre era: First African title and continental domination (2002–2008)

Roger Lemerre is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time in Tunisia.

Youssef Zouaoui took a momentary coaching role, piloting his country in a 1–1 draw against France. Tunisia's new coaches included Artur Jorge, Vahid Halilhodžić, Gilbert Gress, and Philippe Troussier. In September 2002, the Tunisian Football Federation announced that it was finalizing a contract with Roger Lemerre, the former coach of France. On 25 September 2002, the Tunisian Football Federation confirmed Lemerre as the country's new head coach. Lemerre coached his first match against Egypt on 20 November 2002.

AS a hist country, Tunisia did not have to qualify for the 2004 African Cup of Nations, where it faced the DR Congo, Rwanda and Guina in the first round. It won its opening match against Rwanda 2–1 and its second match against the DR Congo 3–0. Tunisia also won their block after playing a 1–1 draw against Guinea. In the quarterfinals, Senegal, tunisia won the match 1–0, with Jawhar Mnari scoring in the second half. In the semi-finals, Tunisia faced Nigeria, who eliminated Cameroon. The opening goal was scored by Nigerian Jay–Jay Okocha, who scored a penalty. 15 minutes later, Tunisia also received a penalty scored by Khaled Badra ended the match 1–1. The match eventually went to the penalty shootout, which Tunisia won 5–3. With the victory, Tunisia survived the final, where it faced Morocco.

Boumnijel

Jaïdi

Haggui

Trabelsi

Clayton

Ben Achour

Bouazizi

Chedli

Nafti

Jaziri

Santos

Tunisia starting line-up against Morocco at the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations Final, a match they won 2–1.

At Stade 7 November, Tunisia got off to a good start, taking a 1–0 lead after four minutes with Mehdi Nafti's concentration pushed by Francileudo Santos, who made their fourth hit in the tournament. At the end of the first half, Morocco came to the level of Youssouf Hadji’s goal from a lift that Youssef Mokhtari pushed into the goal. The second half had been played for seven minutes when another Tunisian striker Ziad Jaziri took Tunisia 2–1, giving Tunisia its first African Cup of Nations title. The national team also won the African National Team of the Year award from the Confederation of African Football. The victory gives rise to the team's nickname, the "Eagles of Carthage" and, as a result, the team badge is changed to incorporate an eagle. Lemerre became the first coach to win two different continental tournaments, having previously won Euro 2000 with France.

The Tunisian team, winning their first African Cup of Nations title, enabled them to qualify for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, where they participated in a tough group including hosts Germany, Argentina and Australia. The opening match of this tournament was between Tunisia and Argentina, Tunisia lost by a narrow margin 1–2. In the second match, the Tunisians returned until the 74th minute, where they accepted three goals from the German team to end the match 3–0, while in the third match they managed to beat Australia 2–0, to leave good impressions. In the same year, the Tunisian national team played the World Cup qualifiers in 2006, and succeeded in overcoming Guinea (lost 2–1, win 2–0), Kenya (win 1–0, win 0–2), Malawi (draw 2–2, win 7–0), Botswana (win 4–1, win 1–3) and Morocco, which attracted them to a 2–2 draw in the last round at the Stade 7 November in front of 65,000 spectators, which enabled the Tunisian team to qualify for the tournament The World Cup is for the fourth time in its history and the third in a row, which is dedicated to African hegemony. The following year, they failed to defend their title, losing to Nigeria in the quarter-finals on penalties, despite a good start in the group stage after beating Zambia 4–1 and South Africa 2–0.

Preparations for the World Cup began as early as February, when the team was scheduled to play a friendly match against Serbia and Montenegro on 1 March 2006. Roger Lemerre also managed to bring David Jemmali into the squad.

The match itself ended in a slim 1–0 loss. Two weeks later, the Tunisian Football Federation confirmed that it plans to hold more international friendly matches. The candidates are Croatia, the United States of America and Iran. The dates were scheduled for 27 May and 2 or 3 June, as well as an international friendly match to be played in Germany against Iran on 7 June. In April 2006, Lemerre tried to get French-born Nabil Taider into the team, but according to FIFA rules he should have been included in the Tunisian national team before his 21st birthday. The Federation also announced at the end of this month that it will hold a small tournament before the World Cup, a edition of the LG Cup, which will be attended by Belarus, Libya and Uruguay. In May, Lemerre took his team to a training camp in Switzerland, where they played international friendlies against Swiss clubs. In the first match, Tunisia defeated FC Serrières 2–0. The second match also beat FC Colombier 4–0. When the team returned to their homeland, it was the turn of the 2006 LG Cup, with Belarus being the first opponent and the match ended 3–0. In the final match, against Uruguay, Tunisia lost the title after a 0–0 draw and a 1–3 penalty shootout defeat in the end, without scoring any goals in normal time.

Warming up before the start of the Tunisia-Germany match during the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

The 2006 FIFA World Cup kicked off, the first match being on 14 June against Saudi Arabia, in which Lemerre used a 4–4–2 system. The injury of Francileudo Santos, Tunisia's strongest pre-tournament striker, was of particular significance, though he was called up in the World Cup squad. The other was David Jemmali's interest. In the opening match, which was usually for right defender Hatem Trabelsi, who has played in this place for years, he was a place in the strength of the team. At the top of the list are Yassine Chikhaoui and Ziad Jaziri, who is playing for the second time in the World Cup. While Tunisia advanced with a goal by Ziad Jaziri, Saudi Arabia managed to return to the match and scored two goals, but in the last moments of the match, Tunisia managed to end the match with a 2–2 draw with a fatal goal by Radhi Jaïdi, Lemerre was disappointed with the result.

Tunisia's match against Ukraine at the Olympiastadion in Berlin during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

In the second match, Tunisia faced Spain led by Raul Gonzalez, Iker Casillas, Carles Puyol and Sergio Ramos. Lemerre relied on the 4–5–1 Modular Defense Plan system, with Ziad Jaziri spearheading it. Exceptionally, David Jemmali, who played as a left-footed defender in the opening match, was replaced by teammate Anis Ayari. Tunisia started the match strongly and scored the first goal, signed by Jawhar Mnari. However, Spain made offensive changes in the second half, and Raul Gonzalez and his colleagues counterattacked goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel, who scored the equalizer five minutes later, Fernando Torres scored the second goal for Spain, and finally in the 90th minute, a penalty kick ended the match with a score of 3–1.

Lemerre also emphasized that Tunisia must win the last match against Ukraine if it is to continue. Against Ukraine, Lemerre returned to a 4–4–2 formation, and this time the best attacking pair were Ziad Jaziri and Hamed Namouchi. The match was heading towards a goalless draw, but the nature of the match changed when Tunisian striker Ziad Jaziri received a second warning in the match and was sent off with a red card. In addition, the referee announced a suspected penalty kick scored by Andriy Shevchenko. The match eventually ended with a score of 1–0, Tunisia were again eliminated from the group stage. After the match, Lemerre said he shares the disappointment with Tunisia's supporters, but that life goes on. All they have to do now is focus on the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. However, Tunisian media and supporters criticized Lemerre's performance during the tournament as being too cautious, as well as a particularly defensive system. At that time, Hatem Trabelsi announced his retirement from international football after 8 years, after playing 58 matches and scoring one goal. Lemerre carried on his contract until the end, as he led Tunisia to qualify for the 2008 African Cup of Nations. The contract began right after the World Cup on 3 September 2006, when Tunisia faced Mauritius.

Tamale Stadium board shows Tunisia's lead over Senegal during the 2008 African Cup.

The match ended 0–0, and the second qualifying match against Sudan was little better than the match. Tunisia won the match 1–0 with a goal by Richard Justin at the end of the match. It wasn't until the next half of March 2007 that Tunisia scored a clear 0–3 victory over Seychelles, the weakest team in the group.

The next meeting between the two countries was equally crushing when Tunisia beat Seychelles 4–0. On 16 June 2007, Tunisia faced Mauritius in a second match, winning 2–0. Tunisia led its qualifying group by a point over Sudan, where it played its last qualifying match. Before the final match, the Tunisian Football Federation was considering hiring the Jorvan Vieira as a new coach, who led Iraq to win the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. However, the agreement was never fulfilled. In the final match, Tunisia suffered a 3–2 loss against Sudan and finished second in the qualifying round. Nevertheless, he made his way to the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Tunisia was a candidate for the African Cup after its outstanding performance in recent years in addition to the presence of 7 players from Étoile du Sahel, champions of CAF Champions League, and Tunisia was able to qualify for the quarter-finals. Leading in the group stage after a draw in the opening match against Senegal 2–2, a 3–1 victory over South Africa, Francileudo Santos also became the largest Tunisian to score goals in the African Cup of Nations. In the third match, it faced Angola, who almost got a place by four points. The match ended 0–0, and Tunisia qualified at the same time to the quarter-finals, but the defeat against Cameroon 3–2 in extra time to leave Tunisia from the quarter-finals again. After the competition, it was announced that Lemerre would continue as Tunisia's coach until the end of June. Preparations for the qualifying matches began in March by winning a against Ivory Coast 2–0. Before the start of the qualifiers, the Tunisian Football Federation negotiated with Bertrand Marchand and Jacques Santini, but neither of them was able to reach the agreement they wanted with the Tunisian Football Federation. Instead, Portuguese Humberto Coelho was appointed as the new coach on 3 June 2008. Prior to his appointment, Lemerre led Tunisia for the last time in the fourth World Cup qualifier match against Burundi, which ended in a 2–1 win. On 30 June 2008, Roger Lemerre leaves Tunisia Six years later, the longest training period in the history of the Tunisian national team.

Disappointments (2008–2014)

Tunisia against Mozambique at the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Tunisia vs Gabon match in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations on 17 January 2010. It ended in a 0–0 draw.

Tunisia vs Basque Country match on 27 December 2011 at San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao, Spain. The match ended with Tunisia winning 2–0

Tunisia's match against Ivory Coast in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Tunisia-Cameroon match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Coelho took charge of coaching after Roger Lemerre left the national team on 30 June 2008. The qualifiers continued in September under Coelho's 1–2 win against Burundi. On 11 October 2008, Tunisia played the last match of the second round of the World Cup in Africa against Seychelles, Tunisia won the match 5–0, Hichem Essifi scored two goals, and the rest of the goals were signed by Yassin Mikari, Saber Ben Frej and Fahid Ben Khalfallah. The match paved the way for Tunisia to the third qualifying round in Group B with 13 points, while leaders Burkina Faso scored 3 other points. In the draw, Tunisia faces Nigeria, Mozambique and Kenya. It is somewhat surprising, however, that Coelho moved more defense into a more victorious regime, contrary to what he had promised in his first press conference. Before the start of the qualifiers, Tunisia played a friendly match against the Netherlands on 11 February 2009, achieving a somewhat surprising 1–1 draw, The Netherlands took the lead in the 61st minute with a goal from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. However, Jamel Saihi scored a wonderful goal from a long shot that missed goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

On 28 March 2009, Tunisia opened the qualifiers with a 1–2 victory in their opening match against Kenya. After six minutes of play, Tunisia took the lead after an attack from the right resulted from a defensive blunder. The match was an excessive physical rush at times, Kenya's Dennis Oliech scored a penalty kick, two minutes later Issam Jemâa scored the second goal. With the next qualifying match in early June, Coelho played a friendly match against Sudan on 28 May 2009. The match ended with Tunisia winning 4–0 at home, with Oussama Darragi, Amine Chermiti, Radhi Jaïdi and Radhouène Felhi scoring. On 6 June 2009, Tunisia played its second qualifying match against Mozambique. The match ended with a 2–0 victory. Wissem Ben Yahia scored in the 21st minute of the match. The Mozambican player, Rafael Cabango, almost went ahead for the visitors when he hit the crossbar with a powerful shot. The match lasted for 27 minutes when Oussama Darragi penetrated the right side of the defense and made a decisive pass to his colleague, Lassad Nouioui, to double the score 0–2, which sparked a riot in the local fans. The third match was played on 20 June 2009, and, as before, on Stade Olympique de Radès, the leaders of the second round of their group, faced Nigeria. Tunisia topped its group after two rounds with a full score, while Nigeria collected four points in two matches after a draw in its opening match against Mozambique. Coelho wanted to avoid risks and play his team defensively. Issam Jemâa played the plan of the only striker. The match ended 0–0 when both teams were reluctant to attack. After leading the group, Tunisia completed the first leg by seven points, and its biggest rival, Nigeria, was second with five points.

The second leg of the qualifiers continued after nearly three months in the fall against Nigeria. On 12 August 2009, Tunisia played a friendly match against Ivory Coast. Nabil Taïder received an invitation to play for the Tunisian national team, as he had not been able to represent the national team before under FIFA rules during Roger Lemerre's tenure. As previously expected, the match ended 0–0. The referee showed the red card to Ivory Coast after 84 minutes. On 6 September 2009, the fourth qualifier match was played at Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Nigeria. The match actually played a decisive role as the teams scored two points. The winner will have an advantage over the last two rounds. With this victory, Tunisia would have increased its points to five. The match started poorly for Tunisia when Nigerian winger Peter Odemwingie scored the first goal in the 24th minute. One minute later, Tunisia equalized when defensive midfielder Nabil Taïder scored his first goal from around 25 metres. The match calmed down near the end of the first half despite two yellow cards. Conditions in the second half were also low, until Michael Eneramo scored Nigeria's second goal. Coach Coelho decided to enter Oussama Darragi in the last minutes of the match. After 89 minutes, Darragi scored the equalizer and the match ended 2–2. About a month later, Coelho announced his plans in October to play a friendly match against Saudi Arabia in addition to the qualifier match on 14 October 2009. He also named the squad for both matches in a press conference.

On 11 October 2009, Tunisia faced Kenya n their fifth qualifying match, which they won at the start of the qualifiers in the away field by a score of 1–2. The match at the Stade Olympique de Radès was quickly decided when Tunisian striker Issam Jemâa pushed the team into an early lead. The goal also remained the only match that kept Tunisia at the top. A few days later, Tunisia played a friendly match against Saudi Arabia. Coelho wanted to try new players ahead of the finals against Mozambique. Among other things, Lassad Nouioui was injured but had to go out in the second half, Saudi Arabia won 1–0 with a goal by Nasser Al-Shamrani. The final round of qualifying took place on 14 November 2009, with Tunisia facing Mozambique in third place in the group. Tunisia topped its group, two points ahead of Nigeria. For Tunisia, on the other hand, at least a draw was enough to qualify for the World Cup. The first half of the match ended without goals, while the first half in the Kenya-Nigeria match ended with a goal difference for the host team. The excitement started racing after 60 minutes when Coelho learned Nigeria had led 1–2 in the space of three minutes. However, the coach did not change his team's play, but the Tunisian stalemate was offset by a first goal from Mozambique in the 83rd minute. Tunisia lost the last and decisive match. The harsh weather conditions, including the heat and poor pitch, were blamed for it. Thus, Tunisia failed to be in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. Four days later, the Tunisian Football Federation sacked coach Humberto Coelho and at the same time appointed Faouzi Benzarti as the new coach in order to oversee the national team in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He was also eliminated after Tunisia were eliminated from the group stage, where all three matches were tied against Zambia, Gabon and Cameroon. Ending the session at the bottom of the group. In June 2010, Bertrand Marchand was appointed coach for a two-year contract, with the aim of reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, especially after the excellent results he achieved with Étoile Sportive du Sahel at the African and international levels. However, qualifying started poorly, losing two defeats to Botswana and a 2–2 draw against Malawi after beating Togo 1–2, stunning again against Botswana 1–0 which put the Tunisian team 65th in the FIFA World Rankings, the worst in its history . On 15 December 2010, after a meeting of the Federal Bureau, Bertrand Marchand was removed from his post.

Beginning in 2011, Tunisia was marked by the revolution. under new coach Sami Trabelsi, Tunisia played two home and away matches against Morocco and won 1–1 in the first leg at the Stade Olympique de Radès and 2–2 in the return after an exciting match in the Stade Mohammed V thanks to the goals of Saber Khalifa and Mehdi Meriah, achieving qualification for the first time Tunisia is in the African Nations Championship for locals. Without preparation, the team is flying under the leadership of Sami Traboulsi for the 2011 African Nations Championship being held in Sudan. After the group stage where she finished easily for the first time, a 1–1 draw against Angola, a 3–1 victory against Rwanda and another 2–0 victory against Senegal, she found in the quarter-finals the defending champions DR Congo and won 1–0. In the semi-finals, faced Algeria, after a two-hour battle 1–1, Tunisia qualified on penalties. In the final match, Angola found the ease of winning the match and crowning the title with a score of 3–0. Zouheir Dhaouadi was also selected as the best player in the tournament. But the Eagles of Carthage lost to Oman on 29 March, 2–1 in a friendly match. On 8 October, the team qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations by defeating Togo 2–0. After a good start, with wins against Morocco 2–1 and Niger, two goals from Youssef Msakni, and a 0–1 fall against host country Gabon. Tunisia is eliminated in the quarter-finals after extra games against Ghana 1–2. On 29 February 2012, they tied against Peru 1–1, then on 29 May, they won against Rwanda 5–1. In the 2014 World Cup qualifications, Tunisia fall into a group comprising Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone; 3–1 to beat Equatorial Guinea 3–1 and Cape Verde 2–1.

And then qualified on 13 October 2013 Africa Cup of Nations despite two draws against Sierra Leone 2–2 and 0–0. In the first match, Tunisia snatched victory in the last moments 1–0 against Algeria, the best goal in the 2013 edition by Youssef Msakni. Then Tunisia were crushed by Ivory Coast 3–0. The last match leads to a scandal around refereeing. In fact, Tunisia was denied several penalties: Khaled Mouelhi misses a penalty kick, Togo is rehabilitated at the expense of Tunisia with a 1–1 draw. In February 2013, Nabil Maâloul replaced Sami Trabelsi. In their first two 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifications, Tunisia beat Sierra Leone 2–1 and clinched a 2–2 draw in Freetown. On 16 June, during the fifth round of the group stage, Tunisia tied 1–1 against Equatorial Guinea. On 7 September, the team was defeated at home by Cape Verde 0–2 and loses all hope of being qualified for the World Cup. Nabil Maâloul announces his resignation. On 12 September, however, FIFA qualifies Tunisia after Cape Verde is disqualified for cheating. In the wake of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, the Eagles of Carthage face Cameroon, Tunisia give a 0–0 draw at home and fail at home to Cameroon 4–1, thus losing their qualifications. Coach Ruud Krol leaves after only two games.

Back to improvement (2014–present)

Belgian coach Georges Leekens was appointed in early 2014 to try and revive the team's fortunes. Early results were positive, including a (1–1) draw against Colombia and a 1–0 win over South Korea, both in friendly matches. Under Leekens, the team climbed from 49th to 22nd in few months in the FIFA rankings so the team regained its continental luster after the emergence of a new generation of players. Tunisia qualified for the 2015 African Cup of Nations and finished top of their strong group including Senegal, Egypt and Botswana.

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Tunisia–Algeria at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

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Tunisia–IR Iran match in 2018 for the preparation for the World Cup.

Tunisia squad at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

At the finals of the tournament, Tunisia finished top of their group for the first time since 2008 winning Zambia 2–1 and drawing with Cape Verde and DR Congo with the same result 1–1 but were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a controversial 2–1 defeat to the host Equatorial Guinea making CAF banned the referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn for six months for his "poor performance" at the tournament. In June 2015, Leekens resigned surprisingly for security reasons after he restored the glamor of the team. In July 2015, Henryk Kasperczak returned as coach after 17 years. He managed to qualify the team for the 2017 African Cup in the lead with victory over Liberia, Togo and Djibouti. He reached also the quarter-finals of the competition after beating Algeria and Zimbabwe 4–2 before losing again in this round, this time against Burkina Faso 2–0. The defeats in friendly matches against Cameroon and Morocco with the same result 1–0 led to the dismissal of Kasperczak. On 27 April 2017, Nabil Maâloul returned as coach despite the disapproval of the Tunisian supporters following the failure at the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, but this time he qualified Tunisia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia for the fifth time in the history of Tunisia and the first since 12 years after winning against DR Congo, Guinea and Libya in the qualification.

Tunisia's qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and its positive results in the friendlies against Iran and Costa Rica led to its rise to 14th place in the FIFA World Rankings for the first time ever, after being first in African teams and surpassing teams like Italy and Netherlands. The team also continued its good results before the World Cup, with a draw with Turkey and Portugal, with the same score 2–2, in addition to a difficult defeat against Spain 1–0 in the 85th minute. Despite this, in the World Cup, the performance of the team did not rise to the expected level, and was once again eliminated from the group stage. The first match against England, the two teams had met in two matches, including one game at the 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage, an England 2–0 victory. England scored in the 11th minute when Mouez Hassen stopped a John Stones' header from a corner from the left, but could not save a Harry Kane follow-up from close range. Hassen was substituted four minutes later for Farouk Ben Mustapha due to an injury earlier in the game, after he had a collision with Jesse Lingard. Lingard then mishit a volley from Ashley Young's cross to the far post. After 10 minutes, Ferjani Sassi equalised from the penalty spot after Kyle Walker was penalised for an elbow on Fakhreddine Ben Youssef. Kane had an appeal for a penalty waved away within five minutes of the restart as he was seemingly impeded by a pair of Tunisia players at a corner. In the additional time, Harry Maguire flicked a Kieran Trippier corner from the right into the path of Kane, who headed it inside the goal after being left free at the back post. The second match against Belgium, the two teams had faced each other in three matches, including one game at the 2002 FIFA World Cup group stage, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Just 6 minutes into the game, Syam Ben Youssef's late challenge on Eden Hazard was deemed, with the use of VAR, to have been just inside the area and he stepped up to score the penalty into the bottom-left corner. Ten minutes later, Dries Mertens won possession just inside the Tunisia half before driving forward and passing the ball to Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku then shot a low strike across Farouk Ben Mustapha into the bottom-right corner. Wahbi Khazri's free-kick from the left was met by Dylan Bronn, who flashed a header past Thibaut Courtois. Thomas Meunier found Lukaku inside the area, which he clipped over the onrushing Mustapha. Toby Alderweireld's long pass from defence was taken on the chest by Hazard, who then rounded Mustapha to stroke into an empty net. Michy Batshuayi met Youri Tielemans' cross at the back post with a controlled half-volley to score Belgium's 5th. Khazri scored deep into stoppage time after a swivel in the box. Tunisia, it has registered as their worst defeat ever in their World Cup history.

The last game against Panama, the two teams had never met before. Both teams had already been eliminated from the tournament before the match. Panama took the lead in the 33rd minute, after a José Rodríguez shot from outside the penalty area took a deflection off Yassine Meriah and nestle in the back of the net. In the 51st minute, Naïm Sliti found Wahbi Khazri down the right and the latter's low cross was converted by Fakhreddine Ben Youssef just six yards out. At the 66-minute mark, Khazri finished off a cross from the left by Oussama Haddadi from close range at the back post. Tunisia won a World Cup match after 40 years, since their 3–1 victory over Mexico in 1978. Meriah's own goal was the 50th in World Cup history.

Because of this dismal performance, Tunisian squad was heavily criticized for its unpromising performance and the team's dubious record in World Cup, and fell out of top 20 teams on FIFA ranking. The team went through a short experience with Faouzi Benzarti, who managed to qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations surpassing Egypt, Niger and Eswatini before being fired due to problems between him and the president of the Tunisian Football Federation Wadii Jarii.

In December 2018, French coach Alain Giresse was hired to oversee the team at the 2019 AFCON finals due to his experience in African football and his outstanding record as a player with the French national team. Despite the good results in friendly matches by defeating World Cup finalist Croatia 2–1, the start of the competition was poor after three draws in the group stage against Angola 1–1 and Mali in the same result 1–1 before a 0–0 draw against Mauritania to qualify for the Round 16 with great difficulty in second place. In the next round, the results improved by beating Ghana on penalties, to qualify for the quarter-finals and also beat the surprise of the tournament Madagascar 3–0 to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time in 15 years when Tunisia won the AFCON in 2004 before they narrowly lost to Senegal 1–0 in extra time after a referee dispute of Bamlak Tessema because of not giving a clear penalty to Tunisia 4 minutes before the end of the game to complete the competition in fourth place behind Nigeria. Nonetheless, it stands as the best performance of Tunisia since winning 2004 AFCON at home.

After the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Alain Giresse gives up and the Tunisian Mondher Kebaier is called on 27 August 2019 to supervise the team. Preparations for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification begin, with several friendlies being played, a victory 1–0 against Mauritania, a loss 2–1 against Ivory Coast and a draw and virgin against Cameroon. Meanwhile, Tunisia plays the for 2020 African Nations Championship qualification against Libya and wins 1–0 then 2–1.

Nonetheless, the Tunisian Football Federation withdrew Tunisia's candidacy on 20 December due to schedule pressure, so Libya automatically qualified instead of Tunisia. The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification are drawn, with Tunisia facing Libya, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. The first match against Libya ended with a large victory 4–1, Wahbi Khazri and Saîf-Eddine Khaoui scored two goals each, and another away victory against Equatorial Guinea 1–0 with a goal of Khazri. Meanwhile, the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification draw takes place and Tunisia draws again with Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania and Zambia.

After almost a year of hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the national team resumes and plays two friendlies in order to prepare for the remainder of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Sudan 3–0 victory and Nigeria 1–1 draw. During the qualifiers, the Tunisian team plays four games to play, against Tanzania, 1–0 victory then 1–1 draw, in addition to a large victory over Libya in Benghazi 5–2 and a victory over Equatorial Guinea 2–1; the team ends the playoffs at the top of the group with five wins and one draw. After two months, the team plays three more friendlies, with a victory 1–0 over the DR Congo, a home loss against Algeria 0–2 and a victory over Mali 1– 0, with a goal scored at the end of the match.

On 3 September 2021, the national team begins its matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. The course begins with three consecutive victories against Equatorial Guinea in Radès 3–0, against Zambia in Ndola 2–0 and against Mauritania 3–0, followed by a draw against Mauritania in Nouakchott 0–0 and a loss against Equatorial Guinea in Malabo 0–1, which postpones qualification to the next round for the last day. If the coach Mondher Kebaier faces strong criticism from the supporters, the qualification for the play-offs is obtained on 16 November, after a victory against Zambia in Radès 3–1, concluding the group matches with four wins, a draw and a loss.

After a nine–year hiatus, FIFA hosted the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup in Qatar. The Tunisian team qualified directly for the finals without entering the qualifying phase, enjoying the first Arab ranking in the FIFA World Rankings, which made Tunisia participate for the seventh time in its history in a tournament organized by FIFA. Despite the low expectations, the Tunisian team started the tournament with a victory 5–1 against Mauritania, Seifeddine Jaziri and Firas Ben Larbi scored two goals, while Youssef Msakni scored the fifth goal thanks to an assist by Yassine Chikhaoui.

However, Tunisia suffered a thunderous defeat 0–2 to Syria, and qualification for the quarter-finals was achieved by beating the United Arab Emirates 1–0 with a goal from Seifeddine Jaziri. In the quarter-finals, the team improved and beat Oman 2–1 thanks to goals from Seifeddine Jaziri and Youssef Msakni. In the semi-final, Tunisia collided with their rival Egypt, after a close match, Tunisia managed to score a goal in the 95th minute and snatch the qualification after a free kick from Naïm Sliti, which the Egyptian Amr El Solia transformed into his own. net, ending the match with a score of 1–0. victory over Egypt allows Tunisia to reach its first FIFA final in the country's history. In the final match, the Tunisian national team faced Algeria, but were beaten 0–2 in overtime. Seifeddine Jaziri finished top scorer in the tournament with 4 goals and won the FIFA Golden Boot award.

Despite the loss of the title, the team's performance has restored confidence to the supporters, who are in the tens of thousands to attend the matches of the tournament, especially after the defeat against Syria and in the knockout stage. In this context, they are congratulated by FIFA and named as the best supporters of the tournament.

Home stadium

Main article: Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi

Tunisia against the Netherlands at Stade Hammadi Agrebi in Radès.

After the independence of Tunisia in 1956, the Tunisian national stadium was Chedly Zouiten Stadium, which has a capacity of 18,000, and hosted all the matches of the Tunisian team. It hosted also the 1965 and 1994 African Cup of Nations and the 1977 FIFA U-20 World Cup before it was replaced after the construction of El Menzah Stadium (45,000) in 1967 for the 1967 Mediterranean Games. Tunisia's first match at the stadium was played on 8 September 1967 against Libya. Tunisia won the match 3–0. This stadium became the new stronghold of the Eagles of Carthage. It hosted the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship and was completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. It hosted also the 2004 AFCON. In 2001, the 7 November Stadium was inaugurated as Tunisia's national stadium ahead of the 2001 Mediterranean Games. Located in Radès, the stadium has an all-seater capacity of 60,000. The first match at the stadium was played on 7 July 2001 against between Étoile du Sahel and CS Hammam-Lif for the Tunisian Cup final. CS Hammam-Lif won the match 1–0, with Anis Ben Chouikha scoring the lone goal. Since that match, Tunisia has used the stadium for almost every major home game, including the 2004 African Cup of Nations Final. The Tunisians often host their matches at the Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet in Monastir which has a capacity of 20,000.

In addition, there are many other venues that host the Tunisian team, such as the Olympic Stadium of Sousse, which hosted a friendly match between Tunisia and Switzerland in November 2012 and also hosted a match in the 2012 AFCON qualification between Tunisia and Chad which was won by Tunisia 5–0. Municipal Stadium of Gabès was also chosen to host a friendly match between Tunisia and Mauritania which ended with a draw in October 2016.

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Supporters

Tunisian fans in Moscow at the 2018 World Cup.

Fans of the Tunisian team while supporting their team.

Fans of the Tunisian national team display the country's national flag, usually with an emphasis on the red element. One of the greatest moments for the Tunisian team was when the Tunisian delegation at the Tunis–Carthage International Airport received a warm "welcome home" after the 1978 epic that delighted the Tunisians, who still remember the details, and the brilliant performance of the team was credited with adding a new berth of qualification to Africa for the World Cup.

The team's popularity also appeared in the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, where the crowds were heavily attended during that period. The Stade 7 November of Radès was filled with 60,000 spectators in the six matches of the tournament. The team's deterioration after the 2006 World Cup lead to their absence from the end stages of the next two world cups, and strained their popularity. In fact, the stadiums were almost empty with the national team's matches in that period. Between 2008 and 2014, local journalists accused the Tunisian team for their poor performance.

Of the fans that kept supporting the squad in bad times, Bechir Manoubi was one of the most loyal. He attended the team's matches worldwide since 1960, he was famous for wearing the Mexican hat and his suit with thousands of slogans and cards for the various events he covered. The 2006 World Cup qualifying match on 6 October 2005 between Tunisia and Morocco, which was just days before his death, was the last event he ever attended.

The emergence of skilled players and the rise of a new promising generation in addition to good results in the second term of Henryk Kasperczak, increased fans' enthusiasm and belief in a successful World Cup campaign. Because of this popularity peak, FIFA named the Tunisian fans among the best in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This choice comes after the great attendance of the Tunisian masses, which turned to Russia in large numbers between 15 and 20 thousand fans, attended and supported the Tunisian team in their three group matches of the World Cup. However, fan support fell as Tunisia once again failed to live up the heavy expectation, with the Tunisians unable to progress from the group stage in its fifth World Cup participation.

Kits and crest

In the history of the Tunisia national football team, 6 companies supplied sports uniforms to the Tunisian national team, starting in 1970, when the famous German company Adidas began to adopt the Tunisian national team's uniforms for 24 years and also provided it, in his first appearance in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, with a first set of red jerseys and white socks with white Adidas posters. For the second kit, it's all white with red Adidas labels.

Starting in 1994, the Italian company Lotto increased the Tunisian team with sports uniforms until 1998 in Tunisia's second participation in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The first set is white decorated with curved red shapes on the shoulders and chest, while the second set is decorated in red. with curved red shapes on the shoulders, chest and abdomen. The German company Uhlsport supplied the Tunisian team with sports uniforms for two periods, the first for a single 2000–2001 season, where the company designed a white shirt with a line on the chest that extends to the hands and the second set consists of a red shirt with the same line on the chest and extended to the hands in white.

A person wearing a Tunisia national team shirt in 2004.

From 2002 to 2011, the German company Puma started providing the Tunisian national football team kits since the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In fact, the company supplied 6 designs of the Tunisian national team kits, all of which are similar in the wording of the logo and the company's signs, where the main kit is white with Puma red marks, The spare kit is red with white Puma markings. In 2012, the Tunisian Football Federation entered into a contract with the Swiss company Burrda Sport for a period of four years until 2016, and supplied the Tunisian national team crews in the 2012, 2013, and 2015 African Nations Cups. In 2016, the German company Uhlsport returned to supply the Tunisian national team with sports kits with a contract It has a duration of three years, and indeed the company presented the Tunisian national team kit at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but it was not according to expectations.

In 2019, the Italian company Kappa began offering the Tunisian national football team kits, in fact the kits were of a modern and beautiful elegance. As for the third kit, it is the best kit in the history of the Tunisian national team. It is in black and has gray trims forming an eagle, which is the title of the Tunisian national team, "Eagles of Carthage". In fact, the Tunisian national team began to buy the third kit a lot.

Kit manufacturer

Period	Kit supplier	Ref
1956–1970	Local equipment
1970–1994	Adidas
1994–1995	Guidas
1995–1998	Kappa
1998–2000	Lotto
2000–2002	Uhlsport
2002–2010	Puma
2010–2016	Burrda Sport
2016–2018	Uhlsport
2018–	Kappa

Rivalries

Tunisia's main football rivals are its neighbours Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt, with which it shares close cultural and political relations.

Algeria

Main article: Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry

Tunisia played until today 45 games against Algeria.

Tunisia-Algeria match in the 2013 African Cup won by Tunisia 1–0.

The first match took place on 1 June 1957 in a friendly match against the FLN football team when Algeria was a French colony. It was at this time that the matches were the most regular. Indeed, the two teams met six times, between June 1957 and May 1958, with eight victories for the Algerians.

After the independence of Algeria, the first official match took place on 15 December 1963, in a friendly match at the Stade Chedly Zouiten in Tunisia. The teams also met three times in the qualifying phase of the World Cup in 1970, 1978 and 1986. The overall record is slightly favorable to the Algerians with sixteen wins, fourteen draws and fourteen losses. The last defeat of Algeria against their neighbors dated back to 20 January 2017 during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations which was hosted by Gabon. Before this match, the two teams had met once in the African Cup of Nations finals in 2013, which was also dominated by the Tunisians. Currently, the Algerians dominate the head-to-head record and international achievement, nonetheless, in official competitions, Tunisia proves to be more dominant than Algeria.

Egypt

Main article: Egypt–Tunisia football rivalry

The match between the Egyptian and the Tunisian team are one of Africa's best and most exciting matches for their long continental history. The two teams have met 39 times in both official and friendly matches. Tunisian and Egyptian teams have collected 25 official matches and 14 friendly matches. The overall record is slightly favorable to the Tunisians as they won 16 matches and Egypt won 12 matches and ended 11 matches with a draw; however Egypt has achieved more successes in Africa than Tunisia.

Tunisia-Egypt in a friendly match in October 2012 in Abu Dhabi.

The Eagles scored 42 goals in the Pharaohs' goal, while Egypt scored only 35 goals against Tunisia. The largest goal scoring match was on 11 December 1977 for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) after the great win of the Tunisians 4–1 which contributed in their qualification for the World Cup.

Tunisia have faced the Egyptian team 7 times in qualifying for either the World Cup or the African Nations Cup. The three World Cup qualifications were in 1974, 1978 and 1998 where Tunisia qualified in the last two editions against Egypt. The four qualifiers for the African Nations Cup were in 1978 (Tunisia won 3–2 after drawing 2–2), 1984 (0–0 draw in Tunis and the Pharaohs won in Cairo 1–0), 1992 (the teams drew 2–2 twice) and 2015 (Tunisia won 1–0 and 2–1 respectively), in addition to the current 2019 qualifiers for the fifth time, which Tunisia won the first game 1–0 in Radès and lost the second game in Alexandria 2–3.

The two teams met twice in the African Nations Cup finals in 2000 in Nigeria when Tunisia won 1–0 and in the next edition in 2002 in Mali when Egypt won with the same result. Hossam Hassan is the most of Egyptian players participating in the games of the Pharaohs against the Eagles of Carthage with 12 games, while Wahbi Khazri comes as the most of Tunisian players to participate in their matches against Egypt by 3 games.

Both Egypt and Tunisia also share a similar dubious record in the FIFA World Cup, with both teams being unable to progress beyond the group stage despite Tunisia qualifying for the World Cup five times, while Egypt qualified only three times.

Morocco

Tunisia-Morocco match on 5 June 2010 in Casablanca.

Tunisians and Moroccans have played 50 games since their independence from France in 1956.

Their first match was for the 1962 World Cup qualification, took place on 30 October 1960 in Casablanca. Most of the matches were played in the FIFA World Cup qualification as they met in the qualifiers of 1962, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1994 and 2006. They also met 4 times in the African Cup of Nations. Two of them ended in a draw in 1978 and 2000 and the other two matches with the victory of the Tunisian team in 2004 and 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

In fact, their most important match was the 2004 African Cup of Nations Final in Stade 7 November in Tunisia, where the Tunisians won their first African title. The overall record is favorable to the Moroccans with 13 wins, 28 draws and 9 losses; but Tunisia has managed to dominate majority of official encounters in major competitions. The last match between the Maghrebian teams dated back to 28 March 2017 during a friendly match won by Morocco in Marrakech which contributed to the dismissal of the Tunisian coach Henryk Kasperczak.

The two teams are similar in terms of both having a single African Cup and the two teams have also qualified for five World Cups, despite their numerous World Cup qualifying matches. They qualified for the same tournament in 1998 in France and 2018 in Russia.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Tunisia national football team results (2020–present)

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2021

Libya v Tunisia

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) 2021 AFCONQ	Libya	2–5	Tunisia	Benghazi, Libya
21:00 UTC+2	Ellafi 21', 54'	Report	Skhiri 39' Jaziri 48', 90+3' Dräger 51' Ben Slimane 84'	Stadium: Martyrs of February Stadium Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)

Tunisia v Equatorial Guinea

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 2021 AFCONQ	Tunisia	2–1	Equatorial Guinea	Tunis, Tunisia
14:00 UTC+1	Jaziri 4' Akapo 52' (o.g.)	Report	Chaouat 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (Congo DR)

Tunisia v DR Congo

5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) Friendly	Tunisia	1–0	DR Congo	Tunis, Tunisia
20:30 UTC+1	Sliti 45'	Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Attendance: 0 Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

Tunisia v Algeria

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) Friendly	Tunisia	0–2	Algeria	Tunis, Tunisia
20:30 UTC+1		Report	Bounedjah 19' Mahrez 28'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

Tunisia v Mali

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) Friendly	Tunisia	1–0	Mali	Tunis, Tunisia
20:30 UTC+1	Ben Slimane 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Attendance: 0 Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Tunisia v Equatorial Guinea

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 2022 World Cup qualification	Tunisia	3–0	Equatorial Guinea	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1	Bronn 54' Skhiri 78' Khazri 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Laryea Nii Ayi (Ghana)

Zambia v Tunisia

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 2022 World Cup qualification	Zambia	0–2	Tunisia	Ndola, Zambia
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Khazri 8' (pen.) Ben Slimane 90+2'	Stadium: Levy Mwanawasa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Tunisia v Mauritania

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07) 2022 World Cup qualification	Tunisia	3–0	Mauritania	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1	Skhiri 15' Khazri 42' Jaziri 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Attendance: 0 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Mauritania v Tunisia

10 October 2021 (2021-10-10) 2022 World Cup qualification	Mauritania	0–0	Tunisia	Nouakchott, Mauritania
19:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Nouakchott Attendance: 500 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

Equatorial Guinea v Tunisia

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 2022 World Cup qualification	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Tunisia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
17:00 UTC+1	Ganet 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Attendance: 500 Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Tunisia v Zambia

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) 2022 World Cup qualification	Tunisia	3–1	Zambia	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1	Laïdouni 18' Dräger 31' Maâloul 43'	Report	F. Sakala 80'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Attendance: 0 Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

Tunisia v Mauritania

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup	Tunisia	5–1	Mauritania	Al Rayyan, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3	Jaziri 39', 45+2' Ben Larbi 42', 51' Msakni 90+1'	Report	Bessam 45+12' (pen.)	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 2,494 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Syria v Tunisia

3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup	Syria	2–0	Tunisia	Al Khor, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Kass Kawo 4' Anz 47'	Report		Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium Attendance: 15,913 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)

Tunisia v United Arab Emirates

6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup	Tunisia	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Jaziri 10'	Report		Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 14,272 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Tunisia v Oman

10 December 2021 (2021-12-10) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup QF	Tunisia	2–1	Oman	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Jaziri 16' Msakni 69'	Report	A. Al-Alawi 66'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Attendance: 21,329 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Tunisia v Egypt

15 December 2021 (2021-12-15) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup SF	Tunisia	1–0	Egypt	Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	El Solia 90+5' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadium 974 Attendance: 36,427 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Tunisia v Algeria

18 December 2021 (2021-12-18) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Final	Tunisia	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Algeria	Al Khor, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3		Report	Sayoud 99' Brahimi 120+5'	Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium Attendance: 60,456 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

2022

Tunisia v Mali

12 January 2022 (2022-01-12) 2021 AFCON	Tunisia	0–1	Mali	Limbe, Cameroon
14:00 UTC+1		Report	Koné 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Limbe Stadium Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Tunisia v Mauritania

16 January 2022 (2022-01-16) 2021 AFCON	Tunisia	4–0	Mauritania	Limbe, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1	Mathlouthi 4' Khazri 8', 64' Jaziri 66'	Report		Stadium: Limbe Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Gambia v Tunisia

20 January 2022 (2022-01-20) 2021 AFCON	Gambia	1–0	Tunisia	Limbe, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1	A. Jallow 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Limbe Stadium Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Nigeria v Tunisia

23 January 2022 (2022-01-23) AFCON Round of 16	Nigeria	0–1	Tunisia	Garoua, Cameroon
		Report	Msakni 47'	Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Burkina Faso v Tunisia

29 January 2022 (2022-01-29) AFCON QF	Burkina Faso	1–0	Tunisia	Garoua, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1	Da. Ouattara 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Mali v Tunisia

24–26 March 2022 (2022-03) 2022 WCQ 1st Leg	Mali	v	Tunisia	Bamako, Mali
--:-- UTC±0				Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars

Tunisia v Mali

27–29 March 2022 (2022-03) 2022 WCQ 2nd Leg	Tunisia	v	Mali	Tunis, Tunisia
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

Current staff

Ali Boumnijel and Selim Benachour, assistant coaches of Tunisia national team and players of AFCON 2004 winning team.

Main article: List of Tunisia national football team managers

Position	Name
Head Coach	Jalel Kadri
Assistant Coach	Ali Boumnijel Selim Benachour
Goalkeeping coach	Chedly Mabrouki
Sporting Director	Slim Ben Othman
Team Administrator	Hussein Jenayah
Physiotherapist	Akram Hbiri Majdi Turki Fethi Naoui Mohamed Gharbi
Fitness Coach	Aymen Jdidi Hichem Ghozia Mohamed Tounsi
Team Doctor	Souheil Chemli
Osteopath	Tarek Chamseddine
Nutritionist	Anis Yacoubi
Video Analyst	Walid Ben Tamansourt
Team Manager	Mohamed Gharbi
Media Officer	Kais Reguez Jouda Khenissi
Security Officer	Mohamed Dellagi Mahmoud Trabelsi

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Information correct as of 29 January 2022, after the match against Burkina Faso.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Farouk Ben Mustapha	(1989-07-01) 1 July 1989	43	0	Espérance
16	1GK	Aymen Dahmen	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997	1	0	CS Sfaxien
22	1GK	Bechir Ben Saïd	(1994-11-29) 29 November 1994	5	0	US Monastir
26	1GK	Ali Jemal	(1990-06-09) 9 June 1990	0	0	Étoile du Sahel
2	2DF	Bilel Ifa	(1990-03-09) 9 March 1990	31	0	Club Africain
3	2DF	Montassar Talbi	(1998-05-26) 26 May 1998	14	0	Rubin Kazan
4	2DF	Omar Rekik	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001	3	0	Arsenal
5	2DF	Oussama Haddadi	(1992-01-28) 28 January 1992	29	0	Yeni Malatyaspor
6	2DF	Dylan Bronn	(1995-06-19) 19 June 1995	35	2	Metz
12	2DF	Ali Maâloul	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990	77	2	Al Ahly
13	2DF	Ali Abdi	(1993-12-20) 20 December 1993	5	0	Caen
20	2DF	Mohamed Dräger	(1996-06-25) 25 June 1996	27	3	Luzern
21	2DF	Hamza Mathlouthi	(1992-07-25) 25 July 1992	36	1	Zamalek
24	2DF	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	(1995-12-15) 15 December 1995	6	0	Espérance
8	3MF	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui	(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995	27	4	Clermont
14	3MF	Hannibal Mejbri	(2003-01-21) 21 January 2003	11	0	Manchester United
15	3MF	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane	(1999-09-06) 6 September 1999	16	0	Espérance
17	3MF	Ellyes Skhiri	(1995-05-10) 10 May 1995	44	3	1. FC Köln
18	3MF	Ghailene Chaalali	(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994	28	1	Espérance
19	3MF	Hamza Rafia	(1999-04-22) 22 April 1999	19	0	Standard Liège
25	3MF	Anis Ben Slimane	(2001-03-16) 16 March 2001	19	4	Brøndby
28	3MF	Aïssa Laïdouni	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996	16	1	Ferencváros
7	4FW	Youssef Msakni (captain)	(1990-10-28) 28 October 1990	81	15	Al-Arabi
9	4FW	Yoann Touzghar	(1986-11-28) 28 November 1986	6	1	Troyes
10	4FW	Wahbi Khazri	(1991-02-08) 8 February 1991	69	24	Saint-Étienne
11	4FW	Seifeddine Jaziri	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993	23	9	Zamalek
23	4FW	Naïm Sliti	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992	62	12	Al-Ettifaq
27	4FW	Issam Jebali	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996	5	0	OB

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Mouez Hassen	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995	14	0	Club Africain	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
DF	Mohamed Ali Yacoubi	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990	14	1	Espérance	v. Equatorial Guinea, 28 March 2021
MF	Mohamed Amine Ben Amor	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992	34	3	Étoile du Sahel	v. Equatorial Guinea, 28 March 2021
FW	Firas Chaouat	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996	12	2	Sfax	v. Equatorial Guinea, 28 March 2021
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. SUS Player is serving a suspension. WD Player withdrew for personal reasons.

Player records

Main article: Tunisia national football team records and statistics

As of 11 October 2024

Players in bold are still active with Tunisia.

Most appearances

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	103	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	95	5	DF	1979–1993
	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	89	12	MF	1974–1990
10	Sadok Sassi	87	0	GK	1963–1978

Top goalscorers

Main article: List of leading goalscorers for the Tunisia national football team

Wahbi Khazri has scored the second-most goals in the history of the Tunisia national team with 25.

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	103	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

Competitive record

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Overview
Event	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Africa Cup of Nations	1	2	1
African Nations Championship	1	0	0
FIFA Arab Cup	1	1	0
Total	3	3	1

FIFA World Cup record

Main article: Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup

Tunisia have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on five occasions, the first being at the 1978 FIFA World Cup where they finished in ninth position. Between 1998 and 2006 they had a streak of three World Cup qualifications. They have made their fifth appearance at the finals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. However, Tunisia has never been able to progress from the group stage in all occasions.

Tunisia's World Cup record
First Match	Tunisia 3–1 Mexico (Rosario, Argentina; 2 June 1978)
Biggest Win	Tunisia 3–1 Mexico (Rosario, Argentina; 2 June 1978)
Biggest Defeat	Belgium 5–2 Tunisia (Moscow, Russia; 23 June 2018)
Best Result	Group stage in 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018
Worst Result	Group stage in 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018

FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: Tunisia at the FIFA Confederations Cup

The Tunisia national football team represented Tunisia at the FIFA Confederations Cup on one occasion, a sole appearance in 2005. Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup as the CAF representative after winning 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Ref
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
2017
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	1	0	2	3	5	—	—

Tunisia's Confederations Cup record
First Match	Tunisia 1–2 Argentina (Cologne, Germany; 15 June 2005)
Biggest Win	Tunisia 2–0 Australia (Leipzig, Germany; 21 June 2005)
Biggest Defeat	Germany 3–0 Tunisia (Cologne, Germany; 18 June 2005)
Best Result	Group stage in 2005
Worst Result	Group stage in 2005

Africa Cup of Nations record

See also: Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations

Tunisia playing against Ivory Coast.

Tunisia participated in the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 1962. In that year the country came in third by defeating Uganda in the third place match 3–0. That tournament, however, only four countries took part. In 1965 Tunisia was allowed to act as host country and made it to the final, where they lost 2–3 against Ghana.

Tunisia did not reach the final again until 1996, and again finished as runners-up, this time losing 0–2 to hosts South Africa. Tunisia's biggest success in the tournament came 8 years later, when as hosts they reached the final for the third time and were victorious, defeating Morocco 2–1. Francileudo Santos and Ziad Jaziri scored the goals for Tunisia.

Africa Cup of Nations record											Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
1957	Not affiliated to CAF										Not affiliated to CAF
1959
1962	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	5	4	Squad		4	3	0	1	7	2
1963	Group stage	5th	2	0	1	1	3	5	Squad		2	1	0	1	6	5
1965	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	6	3	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1968	Did not qualify										4	1	1	2	5	5
1970	Did not enter										Did not enter
1972
1974
1976	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	8	7
1978	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	5	4	Squad		4	2	1	1	10	7
1980	Withdrew										Banned
1982	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad		2	1	1	0	1	0
1984	Did not qualify										4	2	1	1	6	1
1986											2	1	0	1	1	2
1988											2	0	1	1	1	2
1990											2	0	0	2	0	4
1992											6	3	3	0	10	5
1994	Group stage	9th	2	0	1	1	1	3	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1996	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	10	9	Squad		8	3	4	1	7	2
1998	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	5	Squad		3	2	0	1	3	1
2000	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	6	9	Squad		6	5	0	1	13	3
2002	Group stage	11th	3	0	2	1	0	1	Squad		6	2	2	2	9	7
2004	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	10	4	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	5	Squad		10	6	3	1	25	9
2008		5th	4	1	2	1	7	6	Squad		6	4	1	1	12	3
2010	Group stage	12th	3	0	3	0	3	3	Squad		12	7	3	2	18	7
2012	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	5	5	Squad		8	4	2	2	14	6
2013	Group stage	12th	3	1	1	1	2	4	Squad		2	0	2	0	2	2
2015	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	5	5	Squad		6	4	2	0	6	2
2017		8th	4	2	0	2	6	7	Squad		6	4	1	1	16	3
2019	Fourth place	4th	7	1	4	2	6	5	Squad		6	4	1	1	16	3
2021	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	0	3	5	3	Squad		6	5	1	0	14	5	—
2023	To be determined										To be determined						—
2025																	—
Total	1 Title	20/33	80	25	29	26	99	94	—		121	67	30	24	200	91	—

Tunisia's African Cup record
First Match	Tunisia 2–4 Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 14 January 1962)
Biggest Win	Tunisia 4–0 Ethiopia (Tunis, Tunisia; 12 November 1965) Tunisia 4–0 Mauritania (Limbe, Cameroon; 16 January 2022)
Biggest Defeat	Cameroon 3–0 Tunisia (Accra, Ghana; 10 February 2000) Guinea 3–0 Tunisia (Alexandria, Egypt; 30 January 2006) Ivory Coast 3–0 Tunisia (Rustenburg, South Africa; 26 January 2013)
Best Result	Champions in 2004
Worst Result	Group stage in 1963, 1982, 1994, 2002, 2010, 2013

Olympic Games record

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
1896 – 1952	Part of France
1956	Did not enter
1960	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	3	11
1964	Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	3	6
Since 1992	See Tunisia national under-23 football team
Total	Group stage	2/15	12	1	4	7	11	27	—

African Nations Championship record

Main article: Tunisia at the African Nations Championship

Tunisia has participated in two editions of the African Nations Championship. In the 2009 edition, she is represented by the Olympic team, under the management of Mondher Kebaier. Tunisia is eliminated there in the qualification phase. In 2011, under the leadership of Sami Trabelsi, Tunisia qualified for the finals and won the championship by beating Angola in the final. In 2014, placed under the direction of Nabil Maâloul, she was eliminated in the qualification phase.

In the 2016 edition, under the leadership of Henryk Kasperczak, Tunisia qualified for the finals but it was Hatem Missaoui who led the team in Rwanda. Tunisia is eliminated in the quarterfinals by Mali. The Tunisian Football Federation announces that Tunisia is not participating in the 2018 edition.

African Nations Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	11	3
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	9	5
2018	Did not compete
2020	Qualified but withdrew
2022	Banned								—
Total	1 Title	1/2	8	4	3	1	14	5	—

FIFA Arab Cup

In 1963 Tunisia won the first edition of the Arab Nations Cup. That year only a group stage was played. In that group stage, 5 countries played. Tunisia won all four matches and therefore finished at the top. After that, it would participate one more time in this tournament, in 1988. That year it did not win a single match and the country stranded in the group stage.

In 2021, the Tunisian national team participated in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, which is the first edition under FIFA for the participation of 16 teams in the finals. The Tunisian team reached the final after defeating Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Egypt, but lost the final to Algeria.

FIFA Arab Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Ref
1963	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	11	1	Squad
1964	Did not enter
1966
1985
1988	Group stage	7th	4	0	3	1	3	4	Squad
1992	Did not enter
1998
2002
2012
2021	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	9	6	Squad
Total	1 Title	3/10	14	8	3	3	23	11	—	—

Mediterranean Games

The Tunisian national team participated in the football tournament in the Mediterranean Games 12 times. The first participation in the event was in the 1963 edition in Naples, Italy. Tunisia was satisfied with the sixth place at the time after being eliminated from the group stage.

The Tunisian team reached the final twice, the first in the 1971 edition in Izmir, Turkey and won the silver medal after defeating in the final by Yugoslavia 0−1 and the second time in the 2001 edition in Tunis, Tunisia. The Tunisian team then won the gold medal after defeating Italy 1–0. The Tunisian team also won the bronze medal twice, first in the 1975 edition in Algiers, Algeria and the second time in the 2013 edition in Mersin, Turkey.

Mediterranean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
1951	Part of France
1955	Did not enter
1959
1963	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	4
1967	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	3
1971	Silver medal	2nd	4	2	1	1	3	2
1975	Bronze medal	3rd	5	1	3	1	5	5
1979	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	4
1983	Group stage	7th	2	1	0	1	4	5
1987	Did not enter
1991	Group stage	7th	2	1	0	1	1	5
1993	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	2	5
1997	Did not enter
2001	Gold medal	1st	4	3	0	1	7	1
2005	Quarter-finals	7th	3	0	3	0	4	4
2009	Group stage	7th	4	2	1	1	6	5
2013	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5
2018	Did not enter
2021	To be determined
Total	1 Title	1/12	39	15	10	14	49	46	—

All-Africa Games Record

All-Africa Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
1965	Did not qualify
1973	Withdrew
1978	Withdrew after qualifying
1987	Group stage	8	4	0	0	4	1	8
1991	Silver medal	2	5	3	1	1	7	2
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Withdrew
2003	Did not enter
2007	Bronze medal	3	5	2	2	1	4	3
2011	Did not enter
2015	Withdrew
2019	Did not enter
2023	To be determined
Total	Runners-up	2/10	14	5	3	6	12	13	—

Pan Arab Games

Pan Arab Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
1953	Did not enter
1957	Silver medal	2nd	5	3	0	2	14	13
1961	Did not enter
1965
1976
1985	Group stage	5th	3	2	1	0	7	2
1997	Did not enter
1999
2007
2011
Total	Runners-up	2/10	8	5	1	2	21	15	—

Other records

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
1962 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	6	9	—
1963 Friendship Games	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	0	4	9
1965 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Champions	1st	3	2	1	0	4	2
1966 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Fourth place	4th	3	0	1	2	0	3
1973 Palestine Cup of Nations	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	19	3
1974 Iran International Tournament	Group stage	6th	2	0	1	1	0	2	—
1974 Kuneitra Cup	Third place	3rd	7	4	0	3	10	9
1975 Palestine Cup of Nations	Group stage	5th	2	1	1	0	4	1
1984–85 Friendship Games	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	2	2	6
1988 Malta International Tournament	Fourth place	4th	3	0	0	3	1	10
7th November Cup 1991	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	11	3
7th November Cup 1993	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	6	1
1994 Malta International Tournament	Third place	3	3	0	2	1	2	5
7th November Cup 1995	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	4	1
1997 LG Cup	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	5	1
2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	3	2
2006 LG Cup	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1	0	3	0
2011 Catalonia International Trophy	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0
2015 Kirin Challenge Cup	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	2
2016 Catalonia International Trophy	Champions	1st	1	0	1	0	3	3
Total	9 Titles	1st	60	33	12	17	96	89	—

Head-to-head record

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	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	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	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	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	10	6	1	3	16	7	+9	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	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	CAF
Georgia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	UEFA
Germany	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	UEFA
Ghana	18	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	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	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	5	3	1	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	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	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	729	311	201	217	998	717	+281	—
Last match updated was against Comoros on 11 October 2024.

Map of teams played against Tunisia by number of matches:

  1 Match

  2–4 Matches

  5–9 Matches

  10–20 Matches

  20–49 Matches

  +50 Matches

FIFA rankings

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

Below is a chart of Tunisia FIFA ranking from 1993 till now.

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

Honours

Main article: Tunisia national football team honours

This is a list of honours for the senior Tunisia national team

Official competitions

Africa Cup of Nations

• Champions: 2004
• Runner-up: 1965, 1996
• Third-place: 1962

African Nations Championship

• Champions: 2011

African Games

• Silver Medal: 1991
• Bronze Medal: 2007

FIFA Arab Cup

• Champions: 1963
• Runner-up: 2021

Pan Arab Games

• Silver Medal: 1957

Mediterranean Games

• Gold Medal: 2001
• Silver Medal: 1971
• Bronze Medal: 1975, 2013

Friendly competitions

7th November Cup

• Champions: 1991, 1993, 1995

Catalonia International Trophy

• Champions: 2011, 2016

LG Cup

• Champions: 1997
• Runner-up: 2006

Palestine Cup of Nations

• Champions: 1973

Kirin Cup

• Runner-up: 2015

Kuneitra Cup

• Third-place: 1974

Minor tournaments

Tripoli Fair Tournament

• Champions: 1965
• Third-place: 1962

Tunis Four Nations Tournament

• Champions: 2003

Malta International Tournament

• Third-place: 1994

Friendship Games

• Runner-up: 1963
• Third-place: 1984–85

Awards

African National Team of the Year

• First place : 1995, 1999, 2004, 2005
• Second place : 1996, 1997

See also

• Tunisian Football Federation
• Tunisia A' national football team
• Tunisia national under-23 football team
• Tunisia national under-20 football team
• Tunisia national under-17 football team
• Tunisia national under-15 football team
• Tunisia women's national football team
• Tunisia women's national under-20 football team
• Tunisia women's national under-17 football team

Other football codes

• Tunisia national minifootball team
• Tunisia national futsal team
• Tunisia national beach soccer team
• Tunisia national American football team

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile