Tunisia A' national football team

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Tunisia A'
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
AssociationTunisian Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachVacant
Top scorerAhmed Akaichi
Saad Bguir (3)
Home stadiumStade Hammadi Agrebi
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] FIFA counts its matches as international A matches and does not distinguish the first team from the A' team.

History[edit]

Beginnings and first successes[edit]

The beginning of 2011 saw tough political events in Tunisia. Under new coach Sami Trabelsi, the team played two home and away matches against Morocco victories 1–1 in the first leg at the Stade Olympique de Radès and 2–2 in the return leg at the Stade Mohammed V. thanks to goals from Saber Khalifa and Mehdi Meriah, thus qualifying for the first time for the African Nations Championship played in Sudan.

Tunisia-Morocco match on 5 June 2010 in Casablanca.

After the group stage where she obtained a draw against Angola 1–1,[2] a victory against Rwanda 3–1[3] and another victory against Senegal 2–0,[4] in the quarter–finals she defended champions DR Congo 1–0 win.[5] In the semi–finals, they faced Algeria 1–1 and qualified on penalties.[6] In the final, Angola started off well, piling feverish pressure on the Eagles of Carthage through the right flank but lacked of polish with their finishing. Tunisia nearly scored in the 13th minutes but the Palancas Negras man between the woodworks Lamá made a point blank save. Three minutes after, Zouheir Dhaouadi came close to scoring, but the Angolan goalkeeper anticipated well to block it from his post.

Mejdi Traoui's powerful drive in the 20th minutes was punched aside by Lama who was well positioned to deny the Eagles their first goal.[7] Adel Chedli sent the Carthage fans on their foot at the Al-Merrikh Stadium in the 37th minutes, but he missed the post by an inch. Their one-two-one-two upfront kept mesmerizing the Angolan guardsmen but their finishing were poorly executed.[8]

The north Africans returned from the interval determined. Two minutes into the second half Traoui Mejdi Traoui in the ball from waist level with a right foot from Dhaouadi's cross from the left flank. Tunisia’s onslaughts began paying off from the 74th minute when Zouhaier doubled their lead with a left foot roll of the ball that went past Lamá straight into the woodwork. As the game wore on substitute Oussama Darragi put the final nail on the coffin in the 80th minutes to give the north Africans the ultimate.[9]

Tunisia participated in the qualifiers for the 2016 African Nations Championship in June 2015, in a group that includes Morocco and Libya. Tunisia played four home and away games under Henryk Kasperczak and qualified for the finals with one win, one draw and two losses. Hatem Missaoui led the team in the group stage in Rwanda, with two draws against Guinea 2–2 and Nigeria 1–1 and a victory over Niger 5–0, the widest of the tournament history; Tunisia was however eliminated in the quarter–finals by Mali 1–2.

Constant absence[edit]

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

In 2020 African Nations Championship qualification, Tunisia faces Libya two home and away games, winning the first match 1–0 at Stade Olympique de Radès and the second 2–1 at Stade Boubker Ammar; Anice Badri scores the goals for Tunisia in both cases. The national team qualified for the final phase but, on 20 December 2019, the qualification was withdrawn by the Tunisian Football Federation due to the intensity of the matches.

Coaching staff[edit]

Managerial history[edit]

Manager Period Pld Won Drawn Lost Results
Tunisia Mondher Kebaier 2008–2009 2 0 2 0 CHAN 2009 – Failed to qualify
Tunisia Sami Trabelsi 2010–2013 8 4 4 0 CHAN 2011 – Champions
Tunisia Nabil Maâloul 2013 2 0 1 1 CHAN 2014 – Failed to qualify
Poland Henryk Kasperczak 2015 4 1 1 2 CHAN 2016 – Quarterfinals
Tunisia Hatem Missaoui 2016 4 1 2 1
Tunisia Mondher Kebaier 2019–2022 2 2 0 0 CHAN 2020 – Withdrew after qualifying
Total 22 8 10 4 —

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

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 Ghaith Yeferni (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Tunisia US Ben Guerdane
22 1GK Atef Dkhili (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Tunisia Club africain
1 1GK Moez Ben Cherifia (1991-06-24) 24 June 1991 (age 32) 20 0 Tunisia ES Tunis
40 1GK Aymen Dahmen (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
25 2DF Ghazi Abderrazzak (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 (age 37) 0 0 Tunisia US Ben Guerdane
14 2DF Zied Boughattas (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 33) 10 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
4 2DF Hani Amamou (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 26) 0 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
27 2DF Hamza Mathlouthi (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 31) 20 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
19 2DF Wajdi Kechrida (1995-11-05) 5 November 1995 (age 28) 8 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
5 2DF Chamseddine Dhaouadi (1987-01-15) 15 January 1987 (age 37) 11 0 Tunisia ES Tunis
3 2DF Saddam Ben Aziza (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 33) 1 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
17 2DF Mortadha Ben Ouanes (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 29) 1 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
15 3MF Ahmed Khalil (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29) 5 0 Tunisia Club africain
7 3MF Firas Ben Larbi (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
26 3MF Mohamed Ali Moncer (1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 (age 33) 18 3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
2 3MF Malek Baayou (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 24) 1 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
6 3MF Fedi Ben Choug (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Tunisia ES Sahel
18 3MF Hamza Jelassi (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 32) 1 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
23 3MF Elyès Jlassi (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Tunisia US Monastir
20 4FW Houssem Habbassi (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Tunisia CA Bizertin
21 4FW Wajdi Sehli (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Tunisia Club africain
10 4FW Alaeddine Marzouki (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
9 4FW Anice Badri (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 (age 33) 24 6 Tunisia ES Tunis
11 4FW Taha Yassine Khenissi (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32) 40 8 Tunisia ES Tunis
8 4FW Firas Chaouat (1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 (age 27) 10 2 Tunisia CS Sfaxien

Records[edit]

African Nations Championship record[edit]

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.[10] In 2014, placed under the direction of Nabil Maâloul, she was eliminated in the qualification phase.[11]

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 [12]
Sudan 2011 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 11 3 Squad 2 0 2 0 3 3 [13]
South Africa 2014 did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1 [14]
Rwanda 2016 Quarter–finals 8th 4 1 2 1 9 5 Squad 4 1 1 2 4 5 [15]
Morocco 2018 did not compete did not compete [16]
Cameroon 2020 Withdrew after qualifying[note 1] 2 2 0 0 3 1 [18]
Algeria 2022 did not enter did not enter
Kenya 2024 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[edit]

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

Honours[edit]

African Nations Championship[19]

Awards[edit]

African Nations Championship Top scorer

African Nations Championship Best player

African Nations Championship Best Xl

Results[edit]

All-time results[edit]

Main article: Tunisia A' national football team 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 75', Meriah 83' (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[edit]

Results and fixtures[edit]

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

Records[edit]

All−time record[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Tunisia qualified against Libya after winning two matches in the qualifiers, back 1–0 and 1–2, and due to the delay in the start of the session from January to April, the candidacy was withdrawn from the Tunisian Football Federation on 20 December 2019 due to the pressure of the calendar.[17]
  2. ^ Libya played their home leg in Morocco due to the Libyan Civil War.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tunisia Wins Cup of the African Nations Championship". All Africa. 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Angola – Tunisia 1:1". flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Rwanda – Tunisia 1:3". flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Senegal – Tunisia 0:2". flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Tunisia – D.R. Congo 1:0". flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Algeria – Tunisia 1:2". flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ^ Sudan/Tunisia: Tunisia Wins Cup of the African Nations Championship allafrica.com
  8. ^ "Tunisia – Angola 3:0". flashscore.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  9. ^ Tunisia beat Angola in CHAN Final english.ahram.org.eg
  10. ^ "African Nations Championship 2011". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  11. ^ "African Nations Championship 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  12. ^ "African Nations Championship 2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  13. ^ "African Nations Championship 2011". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  14. ^ "African Nations Championship 2014". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  15. ^ "African Nations Championship 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  16. ^ "African Nations Championship 2018". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  17. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Libya replaces Tunisia for Total CHAN Cameroon 2020". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  18. ^ "African Nations Championship 2020". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  19. ^ "African Nations Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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