Team Overview
The Tunisia national football team , represents Tunisia in men's international association football competitions, and is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation (TFF). The team competes under the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on the continental level, and is affiliated with FIFA for global competitions. Additionally, the team is a member of the Union of North African Football (UNAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The team is colloquially known as Eagles of Carthage by fans and the media, with the bald eagle serving as its symbol. Their home kit is primarily white and their away kit is red, which is a reference to the national flag of the country. The team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup seven times and the Africa Cup of Nations 22 times, and has appeared in four editions of Summer Olympics and participated once in the FIFA Confederation Cup . Since 2001, Tunisia's home stadium is the Hammadi Agrebi Stadium in Radès , Tunis. Tunisia's first match after independence was against Libya , which they won 4–2. The team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1978 as the only representative of the continent, and became the first African and Arab team to win a World Cup match by beating Mexico 3–1 in the first game. Tunisia holds the most consecutive appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations, with 17, qualifying for every tournament between 1994 and 2025 . By winning the 2004 African Cup of Nations , they qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and was eliminated in the group stage. The team qualified twice for the African Nations Championship , winning the title in their first appearance in 2011 , while also competing in the FIFA Arab Cup three times, winning the title in the inaugural edition in 1963 and finishing second in 2021 . Radhi Jaïdi , with 105 international matches, holds the record for the number of matches played for Tunisia while Issam Jemâa , with 36 goals , is their all-time highest scorer. Their highest-ever FIFA Men's World Ranking was 14th in April and May 2018, while their lowest rank was 65th in July 2010.
2026 Fixtures
| Date | Match | Group / Round | Venue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-14 20:00 UTC-6 | Sweden vs Tunisia | Group F | Monterrey (Guadalupe) | SCHEDULED |
| 2026-06-20 22:00 UTC-6 | Tunisia vs Japan | Group F | Monterrey (Guadalupe) | SCHEDULED |
| 2026-06-25 18:00 UTC-5 | Tunisia vs Netherlands | Group F | Kansas City | SCHEDULED |
Honours
| Honors: Africa Cup of Nations Champions (1) : 2004 Runners-up (2): 1965 , 1996 Third place (1): 1962 |
| Honors: African Nations Championship Champions (1) : 2011 |
| Honors: Champions (1) : 2004 |
| Honors: Runners-up (2): 1965 , 1996 |
| Honors: Third place (1): 1962 |
| Honors: Champions (1) : 2011 |
| Honors: Arab Cup / FIFA Arab Cup Champions (1) : 1963 Runners-up (1): 2021 |
| Honors: Arab Games Silver Medal (1): 1957 |
| Honors: Champions (1) : 1963 |
| Honors: Runners-up (1): 2021 |
| Honors: Silver Medal (1): 1957 |
| Honors: Palestine Cup of Nations Champions (1) : 1973 |
| Honors: Champions (1) : 1973 |
| Honors: Mediterranean Games Silver medal (1): 1971 Bronze medal (1): 1975 |
| Honors: Silver medal (1): 1971 |
| Honors: Bronze medal (1): 1975 |
Competition Records
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1930 | Not affiliated | Not affiliated | ||||||
| 1934 | ||||||||
| 1938 | ||||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||
| 1958 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||
| 1962 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1966 | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||
| 1970 | Did not qualify | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1974 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1978 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Africa Cup of Nations
| Africa Cup of Nations record | Africa Cup of Nations qualification record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1957 | Not affiliated to CAF | Not affiliated to CAF | ||||||
| 1959 | ||||||||
| 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 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
African Nations Championship
| African Nations Championship record | African Nations Championship qualification record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 2018 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||
| 2020 | Withdrew after qualifying | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||
| 2024 | Withdrew after qualifying | Qualified automatically | ||||||
| Total | Champions | 2/8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 |
FIFA Arab Cup
| FIFA Arab Cup record | FIFA Arab Cup qualification record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1963 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 1964 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||
| 1985 | ||||||||
| 1988 | Group stage | 7th | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1992 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 2025 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Summer Olympics
| Summer Olympics record | Summer Olympics qualification record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1896 to 1952 | Not affiliated | Not affiliated | ||||||
| 1956 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||
| 1960 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 1964 | Did not qualify | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1968 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1972 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ||
| 1976 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1980 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1984 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1988 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Since 1992 | See Tunisia national under-23 football team | See Tunisia national under-23 football team |
FIFA Confederations Cup
| FIFA Confederations Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1992 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||
| 2005 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Mediterranean Games
| Mediterranean Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1951 | Not affiliated | |||||||
| 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 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1975 | Third place | 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 | |||||||
| Since 1991 | See Tunisia national under-23 football team and Tunisia national under-20 football team |
African Games
| African Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1965 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1973 | Withdrew | |||||||
| 1978 | Withdrew after qualifying | |||||||
| 1987 | Group stage | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Since 1991 | See Tunisia national under-23 football team | |||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Current Squad
| Pos | Name | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||
| GK | Abdessalem Hallaoui | 0 | 0 | US Monastir |
| GK | Bechir Ben Saïd | 22 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis |
| GK | Noureddine Farhati | 1 | 0 | Stade Tunisien |
| GK | Sami Helal | 0 | 0 | AS Marsa |
| Defenders | ||||
| DF | Alaa Ghram | 7 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| DF | Ali Maâloul | 95 | 3 | CS Sfaxien |
| DF | Amin Cherni | 3 | 0 | Göztepe |
| DF | Ghaith Zaalouni | 1 | 0 | Club Africain |
| DF | Hamza Jelassi | 7 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis |
| DF | Houssem Hassen Romdhane | 0 | 0 | Club Africain |
| DF | Mahmoud Ghorbel | 3 | 0 | Sheriff Tiraspol |
| DF | Marouane Sahraoui | 1 | 0 | Stade Tunisien |
| DF | Mohamed Ben Ali | 5 | 1 | Espérance de Tunis |
| DF | Nader Ghandri | 20 | 0 | Asswehly |
| DF | Oussama Haddadi | 36 | 0 | RS Berkane |
| DF | Yassine Meriah | 95 | 6 | Espérance de Tunis |
| Midfielders | ||||
| MF | Aïssa Laïdouni | 59 | 2 | Al-Wakrah |
| MF | Chiheb Jebali | 3 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis |
| MF | Ferjani Sassi | 102 | 9 | Al-Gharafa |
| MF | Firas Ben Larbi | 16 | 3 | Sharjah |
| MF | Houssem Tka | 4 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis |
| MF | Moez Hadj Ali | 1 | 0 | Espérance de Tunis |
| MF | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane | 59 | 7 | Al Ahly |
| Forwards | ||||
| FW | Amor Layouni | 16 | 2 | Häcken |
| FW | Anisse Saidi | 0 | 0 | San Diego |
| FW | Hamza Khadhraoui | 2 | 0 | Club Africain |
| FW | Issam Jebali | 17 | 2 | Gamba Osaka |
| FW | Louey Ben Farhat | 2 | 0 | Karlsruher SC |
| FW | Nacim Dendani | 0 | 0 | Monaco |
| FW | Naïm Sliti | 85 | 16 | Al-Shamal |
| FW | Omar Ben Ali | 0 | 0 | CS Sfaxien |
| FW | Rayane Anane | 1 | 0 | Étoile du Sahel |
| FW | Sayfallah Ltaief | 23 | 1 | Greuther Fürth |
| FW | Seifeddine Jaziri | 44 | 11 | Zamalek |
| FW | Youssef Snana | 1 | 0 | Al-Sailiya |
All-Time Leaders
| Most Caps | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Stat | Years |
| GK | Mouhib Chamakh Caps | ( 2001-08-25 ) 25 August 2001 (age 24) |
| GK | Aymen Dahmen Caps | ( 1997-01-28 ) 28 January 1997 (age 29) |
| GK | Sabri Ben Hessen Caps | ( 1996-06-13 ) 13 June 1996 (age 29) |
| DF | Ali Abdi Caps | ( 1993-12-20 ) 20 December 1993 (age 32) |
| DF | Montassar Talbi Caps | ( 1998-05-26 ) 26 May 1998 (age 28) |
| DF | Omar Rekik Caps | ( 2001-12-20 ) 20 December 2001 (age 24) |
| DF | Adem Arous Caps | ( 2004-07-17 ) 17 July 2004 (age 21) |
| DF | Dylan Bronn Caps | ( 1995-06-19 ) 19 June 1995 (age 30) |
| Top Scorers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Stat | Years |
| GK | Mouhib Chamakh Goals | ( 2001-08-25 ) 25 August 2001 (age 24) |
| GK | Aymen Dahmen Goals | ( 1997-01-28 ) 28 January 1997 (age 29) |
| GK | Sabri Ben Hessen Goals | ( 1996-06-13 ) 13 June 1996 (age 29) |
| DF | Ali Abdi Goals | ( 1993-12-20 ) 20 December 1993 (age 32) |
| DF | Montassar Talbi Goals | ( 1998-05-26 ) 26 May 1998 (age 28) |
| DF | Omar Rekik Goals | ( 2001-12-20 ) 20 December 2001 (age 24) |
| DF | Adem Arous Goals | ( 2004-07-17 ) 17 July 2004 (age 21) |
| DF | Dylan Bronn Goals | ( 1995-06-19 ) 19 June 1995 (age 30) |