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Tunisia national football team

Nickname Les Aigles de Carthage
(
The Eagles of Carthage)
Association Fédération Tunisienne
de Football
Coach Roger Lemerre
Most caps Attouga
Top scorer ?
First international
Tunisia 2 - 1 Algeria
(Tunisia; 25 June 1957)
Largest win
Tunisia 7 - 0 Togo
(Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000)
Tunisia 7 - 0 Malawi
(Tunis, Tunisia; 26 March 2005)
Worst defeat
Hungary 10 - 1 Tunisia
(Hungary; 24 July 1960)
World Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1978)
Best result Round 1, 1978, 1998, 2002
African Nations Cup
Appearances 12 (First in 1962)
Best result Winners, 2004

 

The Tunisian national football team, nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage), is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four 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 champions West Germany to a goalless draw before bowing out. It took them 20 years to return to the finals but they have since qualified for the past three tournaments in succession, in 1998, 2002 and 2006.

Tunisia also won the African Nations Cup in 2004, when they hosted the tournament.

World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1958 - Did not enter
  • 1962 - Did not qualify
  • 1966 - Withdrew
  • 1970 - Did not qualify
  • 1974 - Did not qualify
  • 1978 - Round 1
  • 1982 to 1994 - Did not qualify
  • 1998 - Round 1
  • 2002 - Round 1
  • 2006 - Qualified

African Nations Cup record

  • 1957 - Did not enter
  • 1959 - Did not enter
  • 1962 - Third place
  • 1963 - Round 1
  • 1965 - Second place
  • 1968 - Did not qualify
  • 1970 to 1974 - Did not enter
  • 1976 - Did not qualify
  • 1978 - Fourth place
  • 1980 - Withdrew
  • 1982 - Round 1
  • 1984 to 1992 - Did not qualify
  • 1994 - Round 1
  • 1996 - Second place
  • 1998 - Quarterfinals
  • 2000 - Fourth place
  • 2002 - Round 1
  • 2004 - Champions
  • 2006 - Quarterfinals

Famous and Retired Players

  • Adel Sellimi
  • Mokhtar Dhouib
  • Zoubier Baya
  • José Clayton
  • Mehdi Ben Slimane
  • Hassan Trabelsi
  • Ali Kaabi
  • Khaled Badra
  • Haykel Gmamdia
  • Tarek Thabet
  • Imed Ben Younes
  • Chokri El Ouaer
  • Riadh Bouazizi
  • Raouf Bouzaiene
  • Skander Souayah
  • Kais Ghodhbane

     

Current Squad Players

  • Francileudo Silva dos Santos
  • Ziad Jaziri
  • Hamed Namouchi
  • Radhi Jaďdi
  • Hatem Trabelsi
  • Selim Ben Achour
  • Ali Boumnijel
  • Ali Zitouni
  • Anis Ayari
  • Alaeddine Yahia
  • Karim Essediri
  • Karim Haggui
  • Adel Chedli
  • Mehdi Nafti

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