Tunisia
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| Nickname | Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage) |
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Fédération Tunisienne de Football |
| Coach | Roger Lemerre |
| Most caps | Attouga |
| Top scorer | ? |
| First international Tunisia 2 - 1 Algeria (Tunisia; 25 June 1957) |
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| Largest win Tunisia 7 - 0 Togo (Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000) Tunisia 7 - 0 Malawi (Tunis, Tunisia; 26 March 2005) |
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| Worst defeat Hungary 10 - 1 Tunisia (Hungary; 24 July 1960) |
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| 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 Tunisia 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
Goalkeepers
Ali Boumnijel
Khaled Fadhel
Hamdi Kasraoui
Defenders
Wissem Abdi
Anis Ayari
Khaled Badra
José Clayton
Karim Haggui
Amir Haj Massoud
Radhi Jaïdi
Karim Saidi
Hatem Trabelsi
Alaeddine Yahia
Midfielders
Slim Benachour
Riadh Bouazizi
Adel Chedli
Karim Essediri
Kaies Ghodhbane
Sofian Militi
Jawhar Mnari
Mehdi Nafti
Hamed Namouchi
Forwards
Chaouki Ben Saada
Francileudo Silva dos Santos
Haykel Gmamdia
David Jameli
Ziad Jaziri
Issam Jomaa
Amine Ltifi
Imed Mhadhebi
External links
- Tunisa FA official site
