Tunisia national under-23 football team

Tunisia national Olympic team

Nickname(s)

نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)

Association

Tunisian Football Federation

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Home stadium

Stade Olympique de Radès

FIFA code

TUN

First colours

Second colours

First international

Malta 0–0 Tunisia

(Valletta, Malta November 01, 1959)

Biggest win

Tunisia 4–0 Mali

(Tunis, Tunisia May 28, 1972)

Biggest defeat

Poland 6–1 Tunisia

(Rome, Italy August 26, 1960)

Olympic Games

Appearances

4 (first in 1960)

Best result

1st Round (1960, 1988, 1996, 2004)

All-Africa Games

Appearances

3 (first in 1987)

Best result

Silver Medal (1991)

Tunisia Olympic football team represents Tunisia in international football competitions and in the Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF).

History

Tunisia first appeared in the final of the Summer Olympics held in Rome in 1960.

Honours

All-Africa Games:

Silver Medalist: 1991

UNAF U-23 Tournament:

Runners up: 2007

Competitive record

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1896 – 1988	See Tunisia national team
1992	Did not qualify
1996	1st Round	14th	3	0	1	2	1	5
2000	Did not qualify
2004	1st Round	12th	3	1	1	1	4	5
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016
2020	To be determined
Total	1st Round	2/7	6	1	2	3	5	10

All-Africa Games record

All-Africa Games
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1965 – 1987	See Tunisia national team
1991
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
Total	Runners up	2/6

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Qualified
2019	To be determined
Total		1/2

UNAF U-23 Tournament record

UNAF U-23 Tournament
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006
2007
2010
2011
Total	'	2/4

2016 Men's Olympic Tournament qualifying

2016 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualifying rounds

First round

	v

	v

Second round

	v

	v

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia
Senegal
Zambia
South Africa

	v

	v

	v

Current squad

Head coach: Maher Kanzari

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Saifeddine Charfi	(1995-03-28)28 March 1995 (aged 20)	CA Bizertin
2	2DF	Wajdi Kechrida	(1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 20)	Étoile du Sahel
3	2DF	Slimane Kchok	(1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 21)	CA Bizertin
4	2DF	Seddik Mejri	(1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 21)	CA Bizertin
5	2DF	Ali Machani	(1993-07-12)12 July 1993 (aged 22)	Espérance de Tunis
6	3MF	Meriah Yassine	(1993-07-02)2 July 1993 (aged 22)	CS Sfaxien
7	4FW	Chedly Ghrab	(1993-05-15)15 May 1993 (aged 22)	CA Bizertin
8	3MF	Ghailene Chaalali	(1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 21)	Espérance de Tunis
9	4FW	Seifeddine Jaziri	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 22)	Club Africain
10	3MF	Ilyes Jelassi	(1994-02-07)7 February 1994 (aged 21)	Espérance de Tunis
11	4FW	Edem Rjaibi	(1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 21)	Espérance de Tunis
12	3MF	Ahmed Khalil	(1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (aged 20)	Club Africain
13	2DF	Ali Abdi	(1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 21)	Espérance de Tunis
14	4FW	Haythem Jouini	(1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 22)	Espérance de Tunis
15	3MF	Zoubayer Darraji	(1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 22)	CA Bizertin
16	1GK	Sabri Ben Hsan	(1996-06-13)13 June 1996 (aged 19)	CS Sfaxien
17	3MF	Nader Ghandri	(1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 20)	Club Africain
18	4FW	Saad Bguir	(1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 21)	Espérance de Tunis
19	2DF	Wissem Bousnina	(1994-04-06)6 April 1994 (aged 21)	CS Hammam-Lif
20	4FW	Khaldoun Mansour	(1993-12-23)23 December 1993 (aged 21)	EO Sidi Bouzid
21	1GK	Wassim Karoui	(1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 18)	Espérance de Tunis

Recent call-ups

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK

	2DF







	3MF










	4FW

stats as of September 29, 2015

Notable players

Ali Zitouni

Former squads

Tunisia Olympic Squads

Tunisia CAF U23 Squads

References

External links

Tunisia Olympic / U23 team squads

Tunisia squad – 1988 Summer Olympics

1 Chouchane 2 Ouahchi 3 Chachat 4 Mizouri 5 Ben Nasi 6 Smirani 7 Limam 8 Abid 9 Yâakoubi 10 Dhiab 11 Rouissi 12 Maâloul 13 Mheddhebi 14 Mahjoubi 15 Ben Yahia 16 Rannene 17 Bousnina 18 Okbi 19 Baouab 20 Fessi Coach: Piechniczek

Tunisia men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics

1 El Ouaer 2 Ben Younes 3 Baccouche 4 Badra 5 Mkacher 6 Chouchane 7 Kanzari 8 Baya 9 Gabsi 10 Ghodhbane 11 Sellimi 12 Bokri 13 Bouazizi 14 Jaballah 15 Jaïdi 16 Baba 17 Ben Chrouda 18 Ben Slimane Coach: Kasperczak

Tunisia men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics

1 Fadhel 2 Boussaïdi 3 Haggui 4 Yahia 5 Trabelsi 6 Ragued 7 Massaoued 8 Bhairi 9 Zitouni 10 Mouelhi 11 Ltaïef 12 Ayari 13 Ben Yahia 14 Traoui 15 Clayton 16 Merdassi 17 Jedidi 18 Khalloufi Coach: Labidi

National under-23 football teams of Africa (CAF)

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo DR Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion¹ Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zanzibar¹ Zimbabwe

¹Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Football in Tunisia