Tunisia A' national football team

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Tunisia A' national team
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
AssociationTunisian Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachMondher Kebaier
Top scorerAhmed Akaichi
Saad Bguir (3)
Home stadiumStade Olympique de Radès
FIFA codeTUN
First colours
Second colours
First international
Tunisia Tunisia 1–1 Libya 
(Tripoli, Libya; 30 March 2008)
Biggest win
 Niger 0–5 Tunisia Tunisia
(Kigali, Rwanda; 26 January 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Mali 2–1 Tunisia Tunisia
(Kigali, Rwanda; 31 January 2016)
African Nations Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best resultChampions (2011)

The Tunisia A' national football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة القدم للمحليين), is the local national team that has represented Tunisia in football, since it played its first match on 30 March 2008 against Libya, which ended in a 1–1 draw. It is a member team of FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (Continental) supervised by the Tunisian Football Federation, which was established on 29 March 1957, after Tunisia’s independence from France on 20 March 1956. The Tunisian national team is nicknamed the Carthage Eagles. The team’s colors are red and white similar to the colors of the flag. Tunisia, and its symbol is the merciful punishment. The Tunisian national football team is only open to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players. The team won the African Nations Championship in the 2011 edition, which was held in Sudan.[1]

History[]

The beginning of 2011 saw tough political events in Tunisia. Against this turbulent backdrop, and with little preparation under new coach Sami Trabelsi, the team surprisingly won the 2011 African Nations Championship, following wins against Senegal,[2] Angola[3] and Rwanda[4] in the first round as well as DR Congo[5] and Algeria[6] in the playoffs and defeating Angola 3–0[7] in the final making the federation extend the Trabelsi's contract. The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification under the supervision of Henryk Kasperczak was rather bad, in a group consisting of Libya and Morocco, Tunisia won one match, drew one and lost two matches, however Tunisia qualified for the finals. Hatem Missaoui is leading the team in Rwanda, in the group stage, a 2–2 draw against Guinea, 1–1 against Nigeria and a big victory over Niger with a score of 0–5, the biggest victory in the history of the tournament, but Tunisia is eliminated in the quarter-finals by Mali after the 1–2 defeat.

In the next edition, the Tunisian Football Federation announced that Tunisia will not participate in the 2018 African Nations Championship because of the participation of the first team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In the 2020 African Nations Championship qualification Tunisia faced Libya, played two home and away matches, Tunisia won the first match 1–0 at the Stade Olympique de Radès and also won the second match 1–2 at the Stade Boubker Ammar in Morocco, Anice Badri scored Tunisia’s goals in The two matches. The Tunisian national team qualified for the finals of the 2020 African Nations Championship, but on 20 December 2019, the qualification was withdrawn from the Tunisian Football Federation due to the intensity of matches.

Coaching staff[]

Tunisia-Morocco match on 5 June 2010 in Casablanca.

Managerial history[]

Manager Period Results
Tunisia Mondher Kebaier 2008–2009 Symbol delete vote darkened.svg CHAN 2009 – Failed to qualify
Tunisia Sami Trabelsi 2010–2013 Symbol confirmed.svg CHAN 2011 – Champions
Tunisia Nabil Maâloul 2013 Symbol delete vote darkened.svg CHAN 2014 – Failed to qualify
Tunisia Hatem Missaoui 2016 Symbol confirmed.svg CHAN 2016 – Quarterfinals
Tunisia Mondher Kebaier 2019– Symbol delete vote darkened.svg CHAN 2020 – Withdrew after qualifying

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2020 African Nations Championship qualification matches against  Libya on 21 September and 20 October 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
16 1GK (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 23) 0 0 Tunisia US Ben Guerdane
22 1GK Atef Dkhili (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 (age 31) 0 0 Tunisia Club africain
1 1GK Moez Ben Cherifia (1991-06-24) 24 June 1991 (age 30) 20 0 Tunisia ES Tunis
40 1GK Aymen Dahmen (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 24) 0 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
25 2DF Ghazi Abderrazzak (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 (age 35) 0 0 Tunisia US Ben Guerdane
14 2DF Zied Boughattas (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 31) 10 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
4 2DF Hani Amamou (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 24) 0 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
27 2DF Hamza Mathlouthi (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 29) 20 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
19 2DF Wajdi Kechrida (1995-11-05) 5 November 1995 (age 26) 8 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
5 2DF Chamseddine Dhaouadi (1987-01-15) 15 January 1987 (age 35) 11 0 Tunisia ES Tunis
3 2DF Saddam Ben Aziza (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 30) 1 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
17 2DF Mortadha Ben Ouanes (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 27) 1 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
15 3MF Ahmed Khalil (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 27) 5 0 Tunisia Club africain
7 3MF (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 25) 1 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
26 3MF Mohamed Ali Moncer (1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 (age 30) 18 3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
2 3MF (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 22) 1 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
6 3MF Fedi Ben Choug (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 26) 0 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
18 3MF Hamza Jelassi (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 30) 1 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
23 3MF Elyès Jlassi (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 27) 0 0 Tunisia US Monastir
20 4FW (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 26) 0 0 Tunisia CA Bizertin
21 4FW (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 24) 0 0 Tunisia Club africain
10 4FW Alaeddine Marzouki (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 32) 1 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
9 4FW Anice Badri (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 (age 31) 24 6 Tunisia ES Tunis
11 4FW Taha Yassine Khenissi (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 30) 40 8 Tunisia ES Tunis
8 4FW Firas Chaouat (1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 (age 25) 10 2 Tunisia CS Sfaxien

Records[]

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.[8] In 2014, placed under the direction of Nabil Maâloul, she was eliminated in the qualification phase.[9]

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 African Nations Championship qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA Ref
Ivory Coast 2009 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 2 2 [10]
Sudan 2011 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 11 3 Squad 2 0 2 0 3 3 [11]
South Africa 2014 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1 [12]
Rwanda 2016 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 2 1 9 5 Squad 4 1 1 2 4 5 [13]
Morocco 2018 Did not compete Did not compete [14]
Cameroon 2020 Withdrew after qualifying 2 2 0 0 3 1 [15]
Algeria 2022 To be determined To be determined —
Total Champions 1/2 10 5 4 1 20 8 — 10 1 6 3 9 11 —

Honours and Awards[]

Zouheir Dhaouadi the best player and scorer of the 2011 African Nations Championship.

Honours[]

African Nations Championship[16]

Awards[]

African Nations Championship Top scorer

African Nations Championship Best player

African Nations Championship Best Xl

Results and Fixtures[]

All-time results[]

N° Date Location Against Score Occasion Goalscorers
1 30 March 2008 Tripoli  Libya 1–1 2009 CHAN Q Mouihbi ?'
2 13 April 2008 Tunis  Libya 1–1 (5–6 p) 2009 CHAN Q Mosrati ?'
3 23 May 2010 Sousse  Morocco 1–1 2011 CHAN Q Jemal ?'
4 5 June 2010 Casablanca  Morocco 2–2 2011 CHAN Q Khalifa ?', Meriah ?' (pen)
5 7 February 2011 Port Sudan  Angola 1–1 2011 CHAN Msakni 7'
6 11 February 2011 Port Sudan  Rwanda 3–1 2011 CHAN Darragi 21' Kasdaoui 32' Dhaouadi 44'
7 15 February 2011 Port Sudan  Senegal 2–0 2011 CHAN Kasdaoui 45' Korbi 88'
8 19 February 2011 Khartoum  DR Congo 1–0 2011 CHAN Dhaouadi 50'
9 22 February 2011 Khartoum  Algeria 1–1 (5–3 p) 2011 CHAN Kasdaoui 18'
10 25 February 2011 Omdurman  Angola 3–0 2011 CHAN Traoui 47' Dhaouadi 73' Darragi 80'
11 6 July 2013 Sousse  Morocco 0–1 2014 CHAN Q —
12 13 July 2013 Tanjier  Morocco 0–0 2014 CHAN Q —
13 15 June 2015 Casablanca  Morocco 1–1 2016 CHAN Q Aouadhi 40'
14 18 June 2015 Casablanca  Libya 0–1 2016 CHAN Q —
15 18 October 2015 Radès  Libya 1–0 2016 CHAN Q Bguir 75'
16 26 October 2015 Radès  Morocco 2–3 2016 CHAN Q Machani 28' Bguir 80'
17 18 January 2016 Kigali  Guinea 2–2 2016 CHAN Akaichi 33', 51'
18 22 January 2016 Kigali  Nigeria 1–1 2016 CHAN Akaichi 70'
19 26 January 2016 Kigali  Niger 5–0 2016 CHAN Bguir 5', 39' Akaichi 79' Ben Amor 80' Essifi 90+2'
20 31 January 2016 Kigali  Mali 1–2 2016 CHAN Moncer 14'
21 21 September 2019 Radès  Libya 1–0 2020 CHAN Q Badri 55'
22 20 October 2019 Salé  Libya 2–1 2020 CHAN Q Badri 13', 89'

Current team status[]

2020 African Nations Championship qualification[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia 3–1[note 1]  Libya 1–0 2–1

Results and fixtures[]

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 2020 African Nations Championship qualification Tunisia 1–0  Libya Stade Olympique, Rades
19:15 UTC+1
Report Referee: Abderrezak Arab (Algeria)
20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 2020 African Nations Championship qualification Libya  1–2 Tunisia Stade Boubker Ammar, Salé (Morocco)[note 2]
17:00 UTC+1
Report
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Records[]

All−time record[]

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

As of 20 October 2019 after match against  Libya.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Against Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Algeria 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Angola 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
 DR Congo 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Guinea 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
 Libya 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2
 Mali 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1
 Morocco 6 0 4 2 6 8 –2
 Niger 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5
 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Rwanda 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
 Senegal 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Total 22 8 10 4 32 20 +8

Top goalscorers[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Tunisia withdrew after winning the tie, and Libya replaced them in the final tournament.[17]
  2. ^ Libya played their home leg in Morocco due to the Libyan Civil War.

References[]

  1. ^ "Tunisia Wins Cup of the African Nations Championship". All Africa. 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Senegal - Tunisia 0:2". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Angola - Tunisia 1:1". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Rwanda - Tunisia 1:3". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Tunisia - D.R. Congo 1:0". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Algeria - Tunisia 1:2". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Tunisia - Angola 3:0". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ^ "African Nations Championship 2011". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  9. ^ "African Nations Championship 2016". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  10. ^ "African Nations Championship 2009". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  11. ^ "African Nations Championship 2011". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  12. ^ "African Nations Championship 2014". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  13. ^ "African Nations Championship 2016". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  14. ^ "African Nations Championship 2018". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  15. ^ "African Nations Championship 2020". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  16. ^ "African Nations Championship". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Libya replaces Tunisia for Total CHAN Cameroon 2020". CAF. 31 January 2020.
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