Tunisia A' national football team

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.

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.

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

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
2009	did not qualify										2	0	2	0	2	2	[12]
2011	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	11	3	Squad		2	0	2	0	3	3	[13]
2014	did not qualify										2	0	1	1	0	1	[14]
2016	Quarter–finals	8th	4	1	2	1	9	5	Squad		4	1	1	2	4	5	[15]
2018	did not compete										did not compete						[16]
2020	Withdrew after qualifying[note 1]										2	2	0	0	3	1	[18]
2022	did not enter										did not enter						—
Total	Champions	1/2	10	5	4	1	20	8	—		10	1	6	3	9	11	—

African Nations Championship[19]

• Champions: 2011

African Nations Championship Top scorer

• 2011: Zouheir Dhaouadi
• 2011: Salema Gasdaoui
• 2016: Ahmed Akaïchi

African Nations Championship Best player

• 2011: Zouheir Dhaouadi

African Nations Championship Best Xl

• 2016: Ahmed Akaïchi

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

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

• Ahmed Akaichi: 4 goals
• Saad Bguir: 4 goals
• Slama Kasdaoui: 3 goals
• Zouheir Dhaouadi: 3 goals
• Anice Badri: 3 goals
• Oussama Darragi: 2 goals