Tunisia national football team

Tunisia
Nickname(s)	نسور قرطاج ; (The Eagles of Carthage)
Association	Tunisian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Nabil Maâloul
Captain	Wahbi Khazri
Most caps	Sadok Sassi (116)
Top scorer	Issam Jemâa (36)
Home stadium	Stade Olympique de Radès
FIFA code	TUN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	14 (17 May 2018)
Highest	14 (April – May 2018)
Lowest	65 (July 2010)
First international
	Tunisia 1–2 Algeria ; (Tunisia; 25 June 1957)
Biggest win
	Tunisia 8–1 Chinese Taipei ; (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 ; (Radès, 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 and 2006
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	18 (first in 1962)
Best result	Champions 2004
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2005)
Best result	Group stage, 2005

The Tunisia national football team (Template:Lang-ar), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round. Nevertheless, they created history in that 1978 tournament in Argentina by becoming the first African side to win a World Cup match, beating Mexico 3–1. They also held defending champions West Germany to a goalless draw before bowing out. They have since qualified for three tournaments in succession, in 1998, 2002, 2006, and have qualified for the 2018 finals.

Tunisia also won the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament.

History

Beginning (1928–1956)

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 8-2. 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 (Etoile du Sahel): 16 caps
Mehl (Racing Club): 15 caps
Laâroussi Tsouri (Espérance de Tunis): 15 caps
Ben Moussa (US Tunis): 15 caps
Alaya Douik (Etoile du Sahel): 14 caps
Dara (Sporting Club Tunis): 11 caps.

Post independence (1957–1962)

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 the silver medal. Tunisia qualified for 1960 Summer Olympics which was their first international event; on July 24, 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.

Golden generation (1962–1978)

In 1962, Tunisia entered the African Cup of Nations qualifiers for the first time: the team successfully qualified for the tournament and went on to finish third. Three years later, Tunisia hosted the 1965 African Cup of Nations and reached the final, where they lost 3-2 to Ghana in extra-time. Despite this early success, Tunisia did not enter the Cup of Nations again until 1976, 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, scoring 19 goals, and conceding only three.

In 1977, under new coach Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisia qualified for the 1978 African Cup of Nations and, at the same time, their first-ever World Cup. Tunisia made the semi-finals at the Cup of Nations, beating holders Morocco along the way, but lost to Ghana in the semi-finals. In the third-place match against 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 to beat Mexico 3-1, becoming the first African team to win a World Cup finals match. A few days later, the team held reigning champions West Germany to a 0-0 draw. Despite these impressive results, however, a 0-1 defeat to Poland in their final group match meant they were eliminated in the group stages.

Decline (1978–1994)

Following their first experience of World Cup football, Tunisia experienced a sudden decline. 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. Tunisia managed to break the streak in 1994, qualifying for that year's African Cup of Nations, but were eliminated in the first round yet again, finishing bottom of a group containing the likes of Mali and Zaire.

Beginning of Resurgence (1994–2002)

After the team's poor performance at the 1994 African Cup of Nations, a new coach was appointed: Henryk Kasperczak. Under him, Tunisia qualified for 1996 African Cup of Nations and finished second in their group, putting them through to the quarter-finals. Tunisia went on to beat Gabon in the quarter-finals and Zambia in the semi-finals to reach their first major final in 31 years, but lost to host country South Africa 2-0.

Still under the leadership of Kasperczak, Tunisia reached the quarter-finals of the 1998 African Cup of Nations, where they were eliminated in a penalty shootout by host country Burkina Faso. The team also qualified for that year's World Cup after a 20-year absence: they again failed to advance from the group stages, losing 2-0 to England and 1-0 to Colombia, and drawing 1-1 with Romania. Kasperczak was sacked and replaced with Francesco Scoglio, who guided the team to the 2000 African Cup of Nations, where they finished in fourth place after losing to Cameroon in the semi-finals.

The following year, Scoglio departed to rejoin Genoa CFC, sparking a period of severe instability. Eckhard Krautzun initially took over and guided the team to a second successive World Cup qualification, but then resigned, citing interference from the Tunisian FA with his coaching. Henri Michel replaced him, but was sacked when Tunisia crashed out of the 2002 African Cup of Nations without scoring a single goal. Finally, Ammar Souayah took over in time for the 2002 World Cup; Tunisia could not better their 1998 performance, drawing 1-1 with Belgium but losing 2-0 to Russia and co-hosts Japan.

The Lemerre era (2002–2008)

After the 2002 World Cup, former France manager Roger Lemerre took over, becoming Tunisia's fifth manager in less than two years. As well as steadying the ship, Lemerre was tasking with winning the 2004 African Cup of Nations, which Tunisia would be hosting. During the build-up to the tournament, the team established themselves as favourites with several impressive friendly results, holding France and Portugal to 1-1 draws and beating Sweden 2-1.

Tunisia advanced unbeaten from the group stage, beating Rwanda 2-1 and DR Congo 3-0, and drawing 1-1 with Guinea. The team then beat Senegal 1-0 and Nigeria on penalties to face Morocco in the final, where goals from Francileudo Santos and Ziad Jaziri gave Tunisia a 2-1 win. Lemerre became the first coach to win two different continental tournaments, having previously won Euro 2000 with France. The victory gave birth to the Tunisian team's present nickname, the "Eagles of Carthage", and accordingly, the team's badge was changed to its current design, which incorporates an eagle.

African Cup of Nations win qualified them for the 2005 Confederations Cup, where they were eliminated in the group stage despite beating Australia, having already lost 2-1 to Argentina and 3-0 to hosts Germany. The following year, they failed to defend their Cup of Nations title, losing to Nigeria in the quarter-finals, but did at least qualify for a third successive World Cup. Once again, however, they could not progress from their group, drawing 2-2 with Saudi Arabia but losing 3-1 to Spain and 1-0 to Ukraine.

In the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, the team were again knocked out in the quarter-finals, this time losing 3-2 to Cameroon. On 30 June 2008, Roger Lemerre left Tunisia after six years, the longest reign of any of the team's coaches. He was replaced by Portuguese coach Humberto Coelho.

Disappointments (2008–2014)

Under Coelho, Tunisia failed to qualify for the World Cup and ended the country's streak of three consecutive presences in the tournament, after losing their final qualifying match to Mozambique. Coelho was sacked immediately after this defeat and Faouzi Benzarti took over; he too was sacked after Tunisia were eliminated from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage, drawing all three of their matches.

In June 2010, Bertrand Marchand was appointed manager on a two-year contract, with the goal of reaching the semifinals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. However, qualification started badly, with two defeats against Botswana and a 2-2 draw against Malawi. Marchand was sacked in December, only six months into his two-year term.

The beginning of 2011 saw the Tunisian Revolution. Against this turbulent backdrop, and with little preparation under new coach Sami Trabelsi, the team surprisingly won the 2011 African Nations Championship, defeating Angola 3-0 in the final. Tunisia went on to qualify for the 2012 African Cup of Nations, but an extra-time defeat to Ghana knocked them out in the quarter-finals yet again. Tunisia fared even worse in the following tournament, falling in the group stages despite a 1-0 win over Algeria in which Youssef Msakni scored what was later voted the goal of the tournament.

In February 2013, Sami Trabelsi was replaced by Nabil Maâloul. Under Maâloul, Tunisia initially failed to make the World Cup qualification playoffs after a 2-0 defeat to Cape Verde national football team, but Cape Verde were found to have fielded an ineligible player and Tunisia were awarded a 3-0 victory, putting them through to the playoffs. With Maâloul having already resigned, Ruud Krol took over for the two-leg playoff, but Tunisia lost 4-1 to Cameroon and Krol himself then resigned.

Revival (2014–)

Georges Leekens was appointed coach 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. Tunisia qualified for the 2015 African Cup of Nations and finished top of their group, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a controversial 2-1 defeat to Equatorial Guinea. In July 2015, Henryk Kasperczak returned as coach after 17 years, but was sacked after yet another quarter-final defeat at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, this time 2-0 against Burkina Faso despite the good start in the World Cup qualification. On 27 April 2017, Nabil Maâloul returned as coach and succeeded in bringing his team back to the 2018 FIFA World Cup for the first time since 2006.

Home Stadium

After the independence of Tunisia in 1956, the Tunisian national stadium was Stade Chedly Zouiten which has a capacity of 18,000 and hosted all the matches of the Tunisian team, it hosted also the 1965, 1994 African Cup of Nations and the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship before it was replaced after the construction of Stade El Menzah (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 Africa Cup of Nations. In 2001, the Stade Olympique de Radès 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 ES 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 final. The Tunisians often hosts their matches in Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet in Monastir which has a capacity of 20,000 for its excellent ground, whether in the African Cup of Nations qualification, World Cup qualification or friendly matches.

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of France								Part of France
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	Did not enter								Did not enter
1962	Did not qualify								3	1	1	1	4	4
1966	Withdrew								Withdrew
1970	Did not qualify								5	1	4	0	4	3
1974	Did not qualify								4	1	1	2	5	5
1978	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	2	10	4	4	2	15	9
1982	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	2	2
1986									8	4	0	4	11	9
1990									10	4	1	5	10	11
1994									6	3	3	0	14	2
1998	Group stage	26th	3	0	1	2	1	4	8	7	1	0	15	2
2002	Group stage	29th	3	0	1	2	1	5	10	8	2	0	28	5
2006	Group stage	24th	3	0	1	2	3	6	10	6	3	1	25	9
2010	Did not qualify								12	7	3	2	18	7
2014	Did not qualify								8	4	3	1	14	10
2018	Qualified								8	6	2	0	15	6
2022	To be determined
Total	Group stage	5/21	12	1	4	7	8	17	104	57	28	19	180	84

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Appearances : 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
2009	Did not qualify
2013
2017
2021	To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	1	0	2	3	5	–

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Appearances : 18
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Did not enter
1959	Did not enter
1962	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	5	4
1963	Group stage	5th	2	0	1	1	3	5
1965	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	6	3
1968	Did not qualify
1970	Did not enter
1972
1974
1976	Did not qualify
1978	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	5	4
1980	Withdrew
1982	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	1	4
1984	Did not qualify
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994	Group stage	9th	2	0	1	1	1	3
1996	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	10	9
1998	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	5
2000	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	6	9
2002	Group stage	11th	3	0	2	1	0	1
2004	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	10	4
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	5
2008	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	2	1	7	6
2010	Group stage	12th	3	0	3	0	3	3
2012	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	5	5
2013	Group stage	12th	3	1	1	1	2	4
2015	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	5	5
2017	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	6	7
2019	To be determined
2021
2023
Total	1 Title	18/30	68	22	25	21	88	86

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Champions	1	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	To be determined
Total	Champion	1/2	10	5	4	1	20	8

Arab Nations Cup record

Arab Nations Cup
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	11	1
1964	Did not enter
1966
1985
1988	Group Stage	7th	4	0	3	1	3	4
1992	Did not enter
1998
2002
2012
Total	Champions	2/9	8	4	3	1	14	5

Pan Arab Games

Pan Arab Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1953
1957
1961
1965
1976
1985
1997
1999
2007
2011
Total	/10	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mediterranean Games record

Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1951	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991 – present	See Tunisia national under-20 team
Total	0/10	0	0	0	0	0	0

Palestine Cup of Nations

Honours

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

African Competitions

Africa Cup of Nations

Champions (1): 2004
Runner-up (2): 1965, 1996
Third-place (1): 1962
Fourth-place (2): 1978, 2000

African Nations Championship

Champions (1): 2011

African Games

Silver Medal (1): 1991
Bronze Medal (1): 2007

Arabic Competitions

Arab Cup of Nations

Champions (1): 1963

Palestine Cup of Nations

Champions (1): 1973

Pan Arab Games

Silver Medal (1): 1957

Other Competitions

Mediterranean Games

Gold Medal (1): 2001
Silver Medal (1): 1971
Bronze Medal (2): 1975, 2013

Personnel

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Nabil Maâloul
Assistant Coach	Mourad Okbi Hatem Missaoui
Goalkeeping Coach	Tarek Abdelalim
Fitness Coach	Jalel Herguli Mohamed Tounsi
Team Doctor	Souheil Chemli
Physiotherapists	Akrem Hbiri Majdi Turki Fathi Naoui

Managers

Name	Nationality	Years as Manager	Best Results
Rachid Turki	Tunisia	1956–1957
Hechmi Cherif Larbi Soudani Habib Draoua	Tunisia Tunisia Algeria	1957–1960
Milan Kristić	Yugoslavia	1960–1961	Qualification to 1960 Summer Olympics
Frane Matošić	Yugoslavia	1961–1962	1962 African Cup of Nations Third Place
André Gérard	France	1963–1965	1963 Arab Nations Cup Champions
Mokhtar Ben Nacef	Tunisia	1965–1968	1965 African Cup of Nations Runner-up
Radojica Radojičić	Yugoslavia	1968–1970
Sereta Begovic	Yugoslavia	1969
Ameur Hizem	Tunisia	1970–1974
André Nagy	Hungary	1974–1975
Abdelmajid Chetali	Tunisia	1975–1978	1978 African Cup of Nations Fourth Place Qualification to 1978 FIFA World Cup
Ameur Hizem	Tunisia	1978–1979
Hmid Dhib	Tunisia	1979–1980
Ryszard Kulesza	Poland	1981–1983
Youssef Zouaoui	Tunisia	1984–1986
Jean Vincent	France	1986–1987
Taoufik Ben Othman	Tunisia	1987–1988	Qualification to 1988 Summer Olympics
Antoni Piechniczek	Poland	1988
Mokhtar Tlili	Tunisia	1988–1989
Antoni Piechniczek	Poland	1989
Mrad Mahjoub	Tunisia	1990–1993
Youssef Zouaoui	Tunisia	1993-1994
Henryk Kasperczak	Poland	1994–1998	1996 African Cup of Nations Runners-Up Qualification to 1996 Summer Olympics Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup
Francesco Scoglio	Italy	1998–2001	2000 African Cup of Nations Fourth Place
Eckhard Krautzun	Germany	2001	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup
Henri Michel	France	2001–2002
Ammar Souayah	Tunisia	2002
Roger Lemerre	France	2002–2008	2004 African Cup of Nations Champions Qualification to 2004 Summer Olympics Qualification to 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Qualification to 2006 FIFA World Cup
Humberto Coelho	Portugal	2008–2009
Faouzi Benzarti	Tunisia	2009–2010
Bertrand Marchand	France	2010
Sami Trabelsi	Tunisia	2010–2013	2011 African Nations Championship Champions
Nabil Maâloul	Tunisia	2013
Ruud Krol	Netherlands	2013
Georges Leekens	Belgium	2014–2015
Henryk Kasperczak	Poland	2015–2017
Nabil Maâloul	Tunisia	2017–present	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

This is a list of matches from the last twelve months and any future scheduled matches.

2017

24 March 2017 Friendly	Tunisia	0–1	Cameroon	Monastir, Tunisia
19:00 CET		Report	Aboubakar 14'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bouchaab Lemghaifri (Mauritania)

28 March 2017 Friendly	Morocco	1–0	Tunisia	Marrakech, Morocco
19:00 WEST	Younés 14' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

11 June 2017 2019 AFCONQ	Tunisia	1–0	Egypt	Radès, Tunisia
23:00 CET	Khenissi 48'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

1 September 2017 2018 WCQ	Tunisia	2–1	DR Congo	Radès, Tunisia
21:00 CET	Meriah 18' (pen.) Chaalali 47'	Report	Bakambu 43'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

5 September 2017 2018 WCQ	DR Congo	2–2	Tunisia	Kinshasa, DR Congo
18:30 CET	Mbemba 10' M'Poku 48'	Report	Ben Amor 78' Badri 79'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

7 October 2017 2018 WCQ	Guinea	1–4	Tunisia	Conakry, Guinea
17:00 GMT	N. Keïta 35'	Report	Msakni 45+2', 74', 90+6' Ben Amor 83'	Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

11 November 2017 2018 WCQ	Tunisia	0–0	Libya	Radès, Tunisia
18:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

2018

23 March 2018 Friendly	Tunisia	1–0	Iran	Radès, Tunisia
19:15 CET	Mohammadi 71' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

27 March 2018 Friendly	Tunisia	1–0	Costa Rica	Nice, France
19:00 CEST	Khazri 36'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Frank Schneider (France)

28 May 2018 Friendly	Portugal	2–2	Tunisia	Braga, Portugal
19:45 WEST	A. Silva 22' João Mário 34'	Report	Badri 39' Ben Youssef 64'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

1 June 2018 Friendly	Tunisia	2–2	Turkey	Geneva, Switzerland
20:15 (CEST)	Badri 56' Sassi 79'	Report	Tosun 54' (pen.) Söyüncü 90'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

9 June 2018 Friendly	Spain	v	Tunisia	Krasnodar, Russia
				Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium

18 June 2018 2018 World Cup GS	Tunisia	v	England	Volgograd, Russia
21:00 MSK				Stadium: Volgograd Arena

23 June 2018 2018 World Cup GS	Belgium	v	Tunisia	Moscow, Russia
15:00 MSK				Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena

28 June 2018 2018 World Cup GS	Panama	v	Tunisia	Saransk, Russia
21:00 MSK				Stadium: Mordovia Arena

7 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Eswatini	v	Tunisia	Swaziland
		Report

10 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Tunisia	v	Niger	Tunisia
		Report

13 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Niger	v	Tunisia	Niger
		Report

16 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Egypt	v	Tunisia	Egypt
		Report

2019

22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ	Tunisia	v	Eswatini	Tunisia
		Report

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up to the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.^[1]
Caps and goals updated as June 1, 2018 after the match against Turkey.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Farouk Ben Mustapha	(1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 35)	15	0	Al-Shabab
16	1GK	Aymen Mathlouthi (Captain)	(1984-09-14) 14 September 1984 (age 40)	69	0	Al-Batin
22	1GK	Mouez Hassen	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 29)	3	0	Châteauroux

2	2DF	Syam Ben Youssef	(1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 35)	41	1	Kasımpaşa
3	2DF	Yohan Benalouane	(1987-03-28) 28 March 1987 (age 37)	3	0	Leicester City
4	2DF	Yassine Meriah	(1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 (age 31)	15	1	CS Sfaxien
5	2DF	Oussama Haddadi	(1992-01-28) 28 January 1992 (age 32)	8	0	Dijon
6	2DF	Rami Bedoui	(1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34)	8	0	Étoile du Sahel
12	2DF	Ali Maâloul	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 35)	45	0	Al Ahly
21	2DF	Hamdi Nagguez	(1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 32)	15	0	Zamalek
19	2DF	Dylan Bronn	(1995-06-19) 19 June 1995 (age 29)	4	0	Gent

7	3MF	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui	(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 29)	4	0	Troyes
10	3MF	Wahbi Khazri (Vice-captain)	(1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 33)	35	12	Rennes
13	3MF	Ferjani Sassi	(1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32)	38	3	Al-Nassr
14	3MF	Mohamed Amine Ben Amor	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 33)	25	1	Al-Ahli
17	3MF	Ellyes Skhiri	(1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 29)	4	0	Montpellier
18	3MF	Bassem Srarfi	(1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 27)	4	0	Nice
20	3MF	Ghailene Chaalali	(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 30)	6	1	Espérance
23	3MF	Naïm Sliti	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 32)	16	3	Dijon
15	3MF	Ahmed Khalil	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Club Africain

8	4FW	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 33)	38	5	Al-Ettifaq
9	4FW	Anice Badri	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34)	9	3	Espérance
11	4FW	Saber Khalifa	(1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 (age 38)	43	7	Club Africain

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	Mohamed Gaaloul	(1989-04-30) 30 April 1989 (age 35)	0	0	CS Sfaxien	v. Libya, 11 November 2017 ^PRE
GK	Rami Jridi	(1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 (age 39)	17	0	CS Sfaxien	v. Egypt, 11 June 2017

DF	Walid Hichri	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38)	14	1	US Monastir	v. Guinea, 7 October 2017
DF	Chamseddine Dhaouadi	(1987-01-16) 16 January 1987 (age 37)	10	0	Espérance	v. Egypt, 11 June 2017
DF	Zied Boughattas	(1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 37)	7	0	Étoile du Sahel	v. Egypt, 11 June 2017
DF	Aymen Belaïd	(1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 36)	3	0	Levski Sofia	v. Egypt, 11 June 2017

MF	Karim Aouadhi	(1986-05-02) 2 May 1986 (age 38)	9	1	CS Sfaxien	v. Costa Rica, 27 March 2018
MF	Ghazi Ayadi	(1996-07-19) 19 July 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Club Africain	v. Costa Rica, 27 March 2018
MF	Mohamed Ali Moncer	(1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 (age 33)	17	3	Espérance	v. Libya, 11 November 2017 ^PRE
MF	Hamza Jelassi	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 33)	0	0	CA Bizertin	v. DR Congo, 5 September 2017
MF	Idriss Mhirsi	(1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30)	4	0	Red Star	v. Egypt, 11 June 2017
MF	Maher Ben Sghaier	(1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Espérance	v. Egypt, 11 June 2017

FW	Youssef Msakni	(1990-10-28) 28 October 1990 (age 34)	51	14	Al-Duhail	v. Costa Rica, 27 March 2018 ^INJ
FW	Taha Yassine Khenissi	(1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32)	23	5	Espérance	v. Costa Rica, 27 March 2018
FW	Alaeddine Marzouki	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 34)	0	0	CS Sfaxien	v. Costa Rica, 27 March 2018
FW	Hamdi Harbaoui	(1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 (age 39)	16	4	Zulte Waregem	v. Egypt, 11 June 2017
FW	Ismail Sassi	(1991-12-24) 24 December 1991 (age 33)	1	0	AEL Limassol	v. Egypt, 11 June 2017
^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.

Records

Most capped players

Sadok Sassi is the most capped player in the history of Tunisia with 116 caps.

Most Caps^[2]
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Sadok Sassi	116	0	1963–1978
2	Radhi Jaïdi	105	7	1996–2009
3	Khaled Badra	97	12	1995–2006
4	Khaled Ben Yahia	95	5	1979–1993
4	Kaies Ghodhbane	95	6	1995–2006
6	Chokri El Ouaer	93	0	1993–2002
7	Riadh Bouazizi	92	3	1995–2006
8	Tarak Dhiab	89	12	1974–1990
9	Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi	86	17	1985–1995
9	Sirajeddine Chihi	86	4	1991–2001

Players in bold are still active.

Top goalscorers

Top Goalscorers^[2]
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Career
1	Issam Jemâa	36	83	2005–2014
2	Francileudo Santos	21	41	2004–2008
3	Adel Sellimi	20	78	1991–2002
4	Faouzi Rouissi	18	57	1989–2001
5	Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi	17	86	1985–1995
6	Zoubeir Baya	16	83	1994–2002
7	Mohamed Salah Jedidi	15	32	1962–1965
7	Ziad Jaziri	15	63	1999–2007
9	Youssef Msakni	14	51	2010–
	Mohieddine Habita	14	25	1972–1980
	Hassen Gabsi	14	50	1997–2002