История футбольной команды Туниса

Отряд Туниса на чемпионате мира по футболу в России 2018 года. Слева направо, встаньте: Бронн , Мерия , Бен Мустафа , С. Бен Юссеф , Сасси , Ф. Бен Юссеф . Сидя: Khaoui , Maâloul , Badri , Khazri , Skhiri

Отряд Туниса на квалификации чемпионата Африканских стран 2011 года в Марокко.

Неофициальный матч между Тунисом и Страной Басской 28 декабря 2012 года, который закончился тем, что Тунис выиграл 2–0.

Национальная футбольная команда Туниса мужчин - это национальная команда, которая представляет Тунис в международном футболе , так как она сыграла свой первый матч 2 июня 1957 года против Ливии , что закончилось тем, что Тунис выиграла 4–2. Это членская команда FIFA на международном уровне и Конфедерация африканского футбола (CAF) на континенте. Он контролируется Федерацией футбола Туниса , которая была основана 29 марта 1957 года после независимости Туниса. Джалел Кадри тренирует команду с 30 января 2022 года, в сопровождении его помощников Али Бумниля и Селима Беначура . Национальная команда Туниса по прозвищу «Орлы Карфагена » Цвета команды красные и белые, похожие на цвета тунисского флага , а ее символом является белоголовый орлан . Были периоды регулярного представительства Туниса на самом высоком международном уровне: с 1962 по 1978 год, с 1994 по 2008 год и снова с 2014 года. Большинство его матчей были сыграны с 2001 года на Стэйд Хаммади , который находится в городе Радес , в южном пригороде столицы, Тунис . Он имеет емкость 60 000 зрителей.

Национальная команда Туниса участвовала в трех крупных футбольных соревнованиях каждые четыре года, появлялась на последних этапах пяти чемпионатов мира по футболу и двадцати участия в Кубке Африки и участвовала в четырех выпусках Олимпийских футбольных турниров . Тем не менее, Тунис создала историю на чемпионате мира 1978 года в Аргентине, когда он стал первой африканской и арабской командой, получившей матч Кубка мира, победив Мексику 3–1 в первом матче Туниса в соревнованиях, и негативная связь с действующими чемпионами Западная Германия , Прежде чем быть исключенным с группового этапа, который, наконец, привел к добавлению второй команды из Африки на чемпионате мира. После этого команда получила квалификацию на три последовательных турнира, в 1998 году во Франции, 2002 года в Южной Корее и Японии и 2006 году в Германии, прежде чем вернуться в издание 2018 года в России. Но, несмотря на этот исторический рекорд, Тунису никогда не удавалось выйти на квалификацию на второй раунд чемпионата мира или летних Олимпийских игр. С точки зрения соперничества, национальная футбольная команда Туниса играет против таких команд Северной Африки, как Египет , Марокко и Алжир . Фактически, национальная команда Туниса играла с ними много матчей, будь то через дружественные матчи, отборочные отборочки чемпионата мира , Кубок Наций Африки , чемпионат Африканских наций и отборочные отборочные нации. Тунис является одной из самых успешных национальных команд на африканских соревнованиях, выиграв Кубок стран Африки дома в 2004 году , После победы над Марокко в финале . Он также достиг финала в 1965 году в качестве хозяев и 1996 года в Южной Африке. И он достиг третьего места в издании 1962 года . Тунисская команда также выиграла чемпионат Африканских наций своего первого участия в издании 2011 года , которое состоялось в Судане.

The Tunisian national team is fully recognized by all international sports organizations. In 1960, Tunisia joined the FIFA and the CAF, and joined the UAFA in 1978 and the UNAF in 2005. The biggest loss for the Tunisian team was on 24 July 1960 against Hungary, with a score of 10–1, While the biggest victory was on 12 June 2015 against Djibouti with a score of 8–1. Radhi Jaïdi, with 105 international matches, holds the record for the number of matches played by the Tunisian national team. while Issam Jemâa, with 36 goals, is the top scorer in the history of the selection. The highest rank achieved by the team in the FIFA World Rankings was 14th place in April and May 2018, while the 65th lowest rank was in July 2010. On 17 November 2020, after securing qualification for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the Tunisian team has become the most successful African team to qualify for consecutive times in the history of the competition with 15 consecutive participations as it did not miss the tournament since 1994, breaking the Egyptian team’s record of 14 consecutive participations.

History

1928–56: French protectorate of Tunisia and beginning

The Tunisian football team in 1939.

Before independence, an unofficial team was formed in 1928, comprising the best Tunisian players from the Tunisian League. The team's first match was on 11 March 1928, against the France national football B team; Tunisia lost 8–2. Their next friendlies, against the same team on 23 March 1930 and 26 March 1933, also resulted in heavy defeats: 0–5 and 1–6 respectively. Tunisia had to wait until 1932 for their first match win: a 1–0 victory over French Algeria.

Most of the matches that Tunisia played in the 30s and 40s were against French teams, whether it was French Algeria, the French military team or the France B team, in addition to a match against the France national team in 1941. Most of these matches were played at the Stade Vélodrome in Tunis.

The most capped players of this period are: Gustave Ducousso 22 caps(Olympique Béja), Gaetano Chiarenza 21 caps (CS Hammam-Lif), Azzopardi 19 caps (Olympique Béja), Larbi Ben Hassine 16 caps (Espérance de Tunis), Rachid Sehili 16 caps (ES Sahel), Mehl 15 caps (Racing Club), Laâroussi Tsouri 15 caps (Espérance de Tunis), Ben Moussa 15 caps (US Tunis), Alaya Douik 14 caps (ES Sahel), Dara 11 caps (Sporting Club Tunis).

1956–62: Post independence, First international participation

Stade Chedly Zouiten, the home of the Tunisian national team in the 1960s.

Abdelmajid Chetali, one of the best players in the history of Tunisia.

As soon as independence was proclaimed in 1956, Tunisian football leaders took the necessary steps to create an exclusively national body to replace the Tunisian Football League (an offshoot of the French Football Federation). These steps led to the creation of the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) headed by Chedly Zouiten, which was approved on 29 March 1957. Recognized as a public utility, the FTF has since invested in its dual mission of promoting football and managing the national competition as well as the different teams representing Tunisia in international competitions. In spite of that, Tunisia's national team has been set up before independence.

Tunisian coach Rachid Turki has been appointed as Tunisia's first coach. A friendly match was held two days before independence, and this was in front of the Southwest French team. Tunisia succeeded in winning the match thanks to the goal of Ghariani. The Tunisian squad was the following: Zine el-Abidine Chennoufi, Sadok Dhaou (then Mohieddine Zeghir), Azaiez Jaballah, Driss Messaoud, Hassen Tasco, Abdou Béji, Ali Hannachi « Haj Ali », Amedée Scorsone, Hédi Braïek, Noureddine Diwa, Khemais Ghariani. The Tunisian team also played a match with the Austrian team FC Admira Wacker Mödling on 30 December of the same year and managed to win 4–1 thanks to two goals from both Diwa and Braïek and the Tunisian squad was as follows : Mohamed Bennour (then Houcine El Bez), Youssef Sehili, Azaiez Jaballah, Mokhtar Ben Nacef, Mehrez Jelassi, Abdou Béji, Ali Hannachi « Haj Ali », Abderrahman Ben Ezzedine, Hédi Braïek, Noureddine Diwa (then Khemais Ghariani), Hammadi Henia

Tunisia gained independence from France on 20 March 1956. The Tunisian Football Federation was founded on 29 March 1957 and became affiliated to FIFA and the Confederation of African Football in 1960. The independent Tunisia played their first match against Algeria on 1 June 1957, in the midst of the Algerian War; Tunisia lost 2–1. They played their first official match at the 1957 Pan Arab Games where they won Libya 4–3 after scoring the first Tunisian goal in an official competition by Farzit. They also managed to get through Iraq and Lebanon before losing in the final against Syria 3–1.

In 1960, the Yugoslavian Milan Kristić to be the first foreigner to coach the national team so Tunisia qualified for 1960 Summer Olympics which was their first international event after beating Malta, Morocco and Sudan; on 24 July 1960, the team experienced its biggest-ever defeat, losing 10–1 against Hungary. However, less than a month later, on 18 August 1960, Tunisia recorded their biggest-ever win: an 8–1 thumping of Taiwan. As for the Olympic Games, the results were very poor in the first game and despite the opening of the scoring by Kerrit in the third minute, but the Polish team returned in the game and won 6–1. They also lost to Argentina 2–1 before being defeated again, this time against Denmark 3–1.

1962–78: Golden generation, First participation in the World Cup

President Habib Bourguiba amid the Tunisian team in 1973.

Frane Matošić was appointed to coach the team as the second Yugoslav coach of the Tunisian team after Kristić led Tunisia to qualify for the Olympics. In 1962, Tunisia entered the African Cup of Nations qualifiers for the first time: the team qualified for the tournament after overcoming Morocco and Nigeria and went on to finish third after beating Uganda in the third-place match. Tunisian federation has appointed French coach André Gérard to train the team to continue contracting with foreign coaches. The team succeeded in crowning the 1963 Arab Cup to be the first championship for the team, after achieving impressive results, including winning over Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait.

Tunisia also qualified for the 1963 Africa Cup of Nations despite the exit from the first round. CAF decided that Tunisia would host the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations, despite the fact that only 9 years have passed since the independence of the country, in addition to a distinguished generation of players, most notably Abdelmajid Chetali and Attouga who reached the final after beating Ethiopia 4–0 in the opening match in Stade Chedly Zouiten, but they lost 3–2 to Ghana in extra-time of the final. Despite this early success, Tunisia did not enter the Cup of Nations again until 1976 in Ethiopia, and did not qualify for one until 1978. In 1973, however, the team entered the Palestine Cup of Nations and won in dominant fashion, winning all six of their matches overcoming Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Yemen and Iraq, scoring 19 goals, and conceding only three with the Tunisian coach Ameur Hizem.

In February 1975, after a short experience of the Hungarian coach André Nagy, the coach of ES Sahel, Abdelmajid Chetali was hired. This coincided with the return of the team to the competition in the African Cup of Nations before going out against Sudan before it succeeded to qualify after the absence of 13 years in 1978 after overcoming Egypt and Guinea in qualifying. At the same time, the team was able to qualify for the first time in the FIFA World Cup in 1978 after a remarkable performance in the qualifiers led by a distinguished generation such as Mokhtar Dhouib, Néjib Ghommidh, Raouf Ben Aziza and Tarak Dhiab. They have reserved the only African seat by going to teams such as Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt. Before the World Cup, Tunisia competed in the African Cup and won Uganda to find themselves in the semi-finals before losing to hosts Ghana to play third place match with Nigeria. Tunisia initially took the lead, but when Nigeria scored a controversial equalizer in the 42nd minute, the Tunisians walked off the pitch in protest and Nigeria were awarded a 2–0 victory by default. At the World Cup in Argentina, Tunisia made an immediate impact by coming from behind after preparations were not at the desired level after a draw with Hungary 2–2 and a defeat from France 2–0 and another big defeat against Netherlands 4–0.

Tunisia at the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification against Egypt.

In the first game, Mexico managed to advance through a penalty in the first half to end the break 1–0 for the Mexico. And before the start of the second half, Tunisian coach Chetali threw the Tunisian flag in front of the players and left the changing room. Tunisia managed to return to the game after Ali Kaabi scored the equalizer for Tunisia to enter history as the first Tunisian player to score a World Cup goal in the 55th minute before adding two goals to finish the game 3–1.

In the second match, they made a good performance against Poland before the team lost 1–0, but in the last game it was just around the corner to win the defending champion West Germany before the game ended 0–0. This performance has been admired by most analysts who did not expect it, and that has contributed to increasing the number of African teams qualified for the World Cup to become two. The team was received at Tunis–Carthage International Airport by Tunisians, provided by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, telling the players that they had accomplished the task of 50 ambassadors, because they contributed to the known of Tunisia internationally.

After this impressive performance, coach Abdelmajid Chetali decided to resign after a remarkable period in which he managed to reach the Tunisian national team to the international level. However, the period that will come after his resignation will be filled with several disturbances that have lasted for years.

1978–94: Decline and Missing six editions of the AFCON

Following their first experience of World Cup football, Tunisia experienced a sudden decline after the passage of Tunisian coaches such as Ameur Hizem and Hmid Dhib who withdrew the team in the World Cup qualifiers in 1982 against Nigeria despite the participation of dozens of players who played the previous edition. Between 1980 and 1992, the team managed to qualify for only two tournaments – the 1982 African Cup of Nations and the 1988 Summer Olympics – and in both they were knocked out in the first round. In fact, Tunisia qualified for the African Cup hosted by neighbor Libya with Polish coach Ryszard Kulesza after being banned in 1980 African Cup but achieved negative results: drew with Cameroon 1–1 in the first game before being defeated against Libya 2–0 and Ghana 1–0 to withdraw by only one point. Kulesza failed also to qualify for the 1984 African Cup after the defeat against Egypt, which precipitated his departure. Coach Youssef Zouaoui was appointed to oversee the team and had a good start by winning friendly matches against Nigeria 5–0 and Canada 2–0 and also surpassed Benin and Guinea in the first rounds of the World Cup qualifiers in 1986. However, he failed to qualify for the 1986 African Cup of Nations after the defeat to the Libyan team, which was strong in that period. But that did not prevent them from reaching the last round of the World Cup qualifiers by beating Nigeria before being defeated in front of Algeria, which qualified for the second time.

The former Cameroon coach Jean Vincent was hired but failed to qualify for the 1988 African Cup in Morocco after defeat against Algeria. He also achieved catastrophic results in the Football at the African Games with defeats against Cameroon, Madagascar and Kenya. He was immediately sacked. Taoufik Ben Othman was appointed who was the former assistant coach of Chetali in the team of 1978 team. The results improved relatively as they qualified for the Olympic Games after surpassing Morocco (thanks to the goal of Tarak Dhiab in the last minute) and Egypt in the qualifiers but Ben Othman was sacked days before the start of the competition after the poor results in the 1988 Arab Cup and the failure to win in their matches against Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq, as well as the bad results in friendly matches against Malta, Finland and East Germany. The Polish coach Antoni Piechniczek was temporarily appointed and supervised the team in the first round of World Cup qualifiers 1990 and also in the finals of the Olympic Games where results were not good after drawing with China 0–0 and Sweden 2–2 and a heavy defeat from West Germany 1–4.

Mokhtar Tlili was appointed coach but the results did not improve by not qualifying for the African Cup in Algeria 1990 after the heavy defeat to Senegal, which precipitated his departure and the arrival of Antoni Piechniczek again and did not succeed in the World Cup qualifiers in 1990 after the defeat in the last round against Cameroon to be contracted with coach Mrad Mahjoub. Although he was unable to qualify for the 1992 African Cup again, the federation renewed confidence in him because of the respectable performance he had given in the qualifiers because the team was eliminated with goal difference to Egypt, in addition to winning Belgium in a friendly match but the early exit from the World Cup qualifiers in 1994 contributed to his dismissal after a draw with Morocco to be replaced by coach Youssef Zouaoui before the 1994 African Cup to be hosted in Tunisia so the team managed to break the streak in 1994 by hosting that year's African Cup of Nations replacing original hosts Zaire, but the result was catastrophic and unexpected with a defeat by Mali 2–0 in the opening game at El Menzah Stadium in front of 45,000, which contributed to the dismissal of Zouaoui after the opening match and compensated by Faouzi Benzarti, who drew with Zaire in the second game finishing bottom of the group.

1994–2002: Beginning of Resurgence, 1996 AFCON runners-up

Kasperczak guided the team to qualify for the 1998 World Cup after 20 years.

Krautzun qualified Tunisia for the 2002 World Cup.

After confirming the decline of the Tunisian football, it was decided to hire a coach who knows the African football well. The former coach of Côte d'Ivoire Henryk Kasperczak was appointed, and the team's results were gradually improved. They managed to qualify for the African Cup for the first time in 14 years through the qualification after overcoming Liberia and Senegal. At the finals of 1996 African Cup of Nations, Tunisia began badly after a draw against Mozambique and a defeat from Ghana, but they finished second in their group, putting them through to the quarter-finals surpassing the first round for the first time since 1978 after winning Côte d'Ivoire 3–1. Tunisia went on to beat Gabon in the quarter-finals and Zambia in the semi-finals 4–2 to reach their first major final in 31 years, but lost to host country South Africa 2–0. This performance was appreciated by the Tunisian fans who did not expect this development in the team led by a new generation, most notably Chokri El Ouaer, Zoubeir Baya and Adel Sellimi. They were also received by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at the airport. In that period Tunisia qualified to the 1996 Olympic Games after surpassing Guinea. The team did not rise to what was expected after the defeat from Portugal and the United States with the same result 2–0 in addition to the draw with Argentina 1–1 which eliminated them from the group stage. Still under the leadership of Kasperczak, They qualified for the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Guinea and Sierra Leone and qualified for the final quarter in the lead of the group with a win over DR Congo, Togo and defeat from Ghana. In the quarter-final, where they were eliminated in a penalty shootout by host country Burkina Faso. In that period, the team qualified for the second round of World Cup qualifiers after beating Rwanda. Tunisia was placed in the group 2 with Egypt, which was a strong candidate for the qualification, but Tunisia managed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup for the second time in its history and the first since 20 years after winning Egypt, Liberia and Namibia.

The team played some friendly matches before the World Cup with Wales (won 4–0), Austria (lost 1–2) and Chile (lost 2–3). In the finals, they failed to advance from the group stages, losing 2–0 to England and 1–0 to Colombia, and drawing 1–1 with Romania.

Kasperczak was sacked and replaced with the Italian coach Francesco Scoglio, who qualified the team for the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations ideally after winning over Algeria, Uganda and Liberia. Tunisia qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition for the third consecutive time with difficulty after the defeat in the first round of Nigeria and the victory over Congo and draw with Morocco as the team managed to qualify for the semi-final by overcoming Egypt before they lost three to Cameroon and finish the competition in fourth place with a loss from South Africa on penalty shootout.

The following year, Scoglio departed to rejoin Genoa CFC, sparking a period of severe instability. The German coach Eckhard Krautzun, was appointed and qualified the team to the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations with difficulty with a group that includes Morocco, Gabon and Kenya, he Succeeded to lead the team to the World Cup in South Korea and Japan for the third time in its history with a difficult group, including Côte d'Ivoire and the DR Congo. Krautsen was sacked surprisingly despite the good results after a sharp dispute with the Tunisian Football Federation officials.

Henri Michel replaced him, but was sacked when Tunisia crashed out of the 2002 African Cup of Nations without scoring a single goal after a draw with Senegal and Zambia and defeat from Egypt. Finally, Ammar Souayah took over in time for the 2002 World Cup; The team drew in friendly matches with Norway and South Korea and were defeated by Denmark and Slovenia. In the finals, Tunisia could not do better than 1998 performance, drawing 1–1 with Belgium but losing 2–0 to Russia and co-hosts Japan making the federation look for a big coach before the start of the 2004 African Cup hosted by Tunisia.

2002–08: Roger Lemerre era, 2004 AFCON champions

Roger Lemerre, the coach who won the only African Cup Tunisia had.

The warm-up preceding the Germany-Tunisia match during the 2005 Confederations Cup.

Tunisia's match against Ukraine at the Olympiastadion in Berlin during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Board of the stadium showing Tunisia's leading against Senegal in AFCON 2008.

Before the arrival of a new coach preparing the team for the upcoming African Cup, which will be held in Tunisia, the team drew 1–1 against France at Stade 7 November. The list of Tunisia's new coaches included Artur Jorge, Vahid Halilhodžić, Gilbert Gress, and Philippe Troussier. In September 2002, the Tunisian Football Federation announced that it was finalizing a contract with Roger Lemerre, the former coach of France. On 25 September 2002, the Tunisian Football Federation confirmed Lemerre as the country's new head coach. Lemerre coached his first match against Egypt on 20 November 2002.

As hosts, Tunisia did not have to qualify for the 2004 African Cup of Nations, where they face DR Congo, Rwanda and Guinea in the first round. The team won his opening match against Rwanda 2–1, thanks to goals from Ziad Jaziri and Francileudo Santos, despite the expulsion of Selim Benachour in the 60th minute with a red card. The second match against DR Congo is difficult until the Congolese Lomana LuaLua is sent off with a red card in the first half, after a frank attack on Jawhar Mnari. Thanks to Hatem Trabelsi on the right flank, the team managed to win the match 3–0 with a double from Dos Santos in the 55th and 87th minutes and a goal by Najeh Braham in the 65th minute. On the day of the third match, corresponding to eid al-Adha, 35,000 spectators came to the stadium. Guinea managed to snatch the equalizing point after the end of the game with the score at 1–1, Benachour scoring Tunisia's goal in the 58th minute, followed by a Guinean goal from Titi Camara in the last minutes of the match. Tunisia qualified for the quarter-finals on top of the group with seven points, after two wins and a draw.

In the quarter-finals, Senegal who had already beaten Lemerre as France coach 1–0 in the 2002 World Cup, faced him; Tunisia also won this game 1–0, with Mnari scoring in the second half after a scissor kick from Jaziri; this match is notorious for the appearance of fog on the pitch. In the semi-finals, Nigeria which had eliminated Cameroon. The match becomes very even until the end of playing time 1–1. The first goal was scored by Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha, who scored a penalty after Tunisian defender Karim Haggui beat Nwankwo Kanu in the penalty area. Fifteen minutes later, Nigerian defender Seyi Olofinjana broke Tunisian striker Jaziri in the penalty area, with whom Tunisia also received a penalty. The Tunisian captain Khaled Badra equalized the score 1–1. The match is finally decided in the penalty shootout, which Tunisia wins 5–3 thanks to Haggui who takes the last shot. With the victory. Tunisia reached the final, where they faced Morocco.

During the final, on 14 February 2004 at Stade 7 November in Radès in front of 70,000 supporters, Tunisia got off to a good start with a lead 1–0 after four minutes with Mehdi Nafti centered on Dos Santos, who scored his fourth goal of the tournament. At the end of the first half, Morocco came back to score with a goal from Youssouf Hadji on a lift from Youssef Mokhtari. Seven minutes passed in the second half before another Tunisian striker, Jaziri gave his country the lead. The match finally ends with the score of 2–1, giving Tunisia their first Africa Cup of Nations title. Khaled Badra and Riadh Bouazizi lifted the trophy after receiving it from President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Carthage Eagles are the 13th selection in history to be crowned African champions. Roger Lemerre also becomes the first coach to win two different continental tournaments after having previously won Euro 2000 with France. The national team also wins the African National Team of the Year award from the Confederation of African Football. The victory gave rise to the team's nickname, the "Eagles of Carthage" and as a result the team's badge was changed to incorporate an eagle.

The Tunisian team, winning their first African Cup of Nations title, enabled them to qualify for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, where they participated in a tough group including hosts Germany, Argentina and Australia. The opening match of this tournament was between Tunisia and Argentina, Tunisia lost by a narrow margin 1–2. In the second match, the Tunisians resisted until the 74th minute, where they conceded three goals from the German team to end the match, while in the third match they managed to beat Australia 2–0, to leave good impressions. In the same year, the Tunisian national team played the World Cup qualifiers in 2006, and succeeded in overcoming Guinea (lost 2–1, win 2–0), Kenya (win 1–0, win 0–2), Malawi (draw 2–2, win 7–0), Botswana (win 4–1, win 1–3) and finally Morocco, which attracted them to a 2–2 draw in the last round at the Stade 7 November in front of 60,000 spectators, which enabled the Tunisian team to qualify for the fourth World in its history and the third in a row. This confirmed the Tunisian domination of the continent, after the absence of all the big African teams, and Tunisia became the only African team qualified for the 2006 World Cup, and which it had previously been in. The following year, they failed to defend their title, losing to Nigeria in the quarter-finals on penalties, despite a perfect start in the group stage after beating Zambia 4–1 and South Africa 2–0. Preparations for the World Cup began as early as the team lost against Serbia and Montenegro on 1 March 2006. The Federation also announced at the end of this month that it will hold a small tournament before the World Cup, an edition of the LG Cup, which will be attended by Belarus, Libya and Uruguay. In May, Lemerre took his team to a training camp in Switzerland, where they played international friendlies against Swiss clubs.

The 2006 FIFA World Cup kicked off, the first match being on 14 June against Saudi Arabia. While Tunisia advanced with a goal by Ziad Jaziri, Saudi Arabia managed to return and scored two goals, but in the last moments of the match, Tunisia managed to end the match with a 2–2 draw with a fatal goal by Radhi Jaïdi, Lemerre was disappointed with the result. In the second match, Tunisia faced Spain led by Raul Gonzalez, Iker Casillas, Carles Puyol and Sergio Ramos. Tunisia started the match strongly and scored the first goal, signed by Jawhar Mnari. However, Spain made offensive changes in the second half, and Raul Gonzalez and his colleagues counterattacked goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel, who scored the equalizer five minutes later, Fernando Torres scored the second goal for Spain, and finally in the 90th minute, a penalty kick ended the match with a score of 3–1. Lemerre also emphasized that Tunisia must win the last match against Ukraine to qualify to the Round of 16. Against Ukraine. In the match, the referee announced a suspected penalty kick scored by Andriy Shevchenko. The match eventually ended with a score of 1–0, Tunisia were again eliminated from the group stage. Tunisian media and supporters criticized Lemerre's performance during the tournament.

At that time, Hatem Trabelsi announced his retirement from international football after 8 years, Lemerre carried on his contract until the end, as he led Tunisia to qualify for the 2008 African Cup of Nations. In the qualification Tunisia faced Mauritius, Sudan, and Seychelles. After 4 wins and 1 draw, Tunisia suffered a 3–2 loss against Sudan and finished second in the qualifying round. Despite this, Tunisia were among the favorite teams to win the cup after its outstanding performance in recent years in addition to the presence of 7 players from Étoile du Sahel, champions of CAF Champions League, and Tunisia was able to qualify for the quarter-finals. Tunisia finished at the top of the group after a draw in the opening match against Senegal 2–2, a 3–1 victory over South Africa, In the third match, it faced Angola and the match ended 0–0. They lost against Cameroon 3–2 in extra time. After the competition, it was announced that Lemerre would continue as Tunisia's coach until the end of June. Preparations for the qualifying matches began in March by winning an against Ivory Coast 2–0. Before the start of the qualifiers, the Tunisian Football Federation negotiated with Bertrand Marchand and Jacques Santini, but neither of them was able to reach the agreement they wanted with the Tunisian Football Federation. Instead, Portuguese Humberto Coelho was appointed as the new coach on 3 June 2008. Prior to his appointment, Lemerre led Tunisia for the last time in the fourth World Cup qualifier match against Burundi, which ended in a 2–1 win. On 30 June 2008, Roger Lemerre leaves Tunisia Six years later, the longest training period in the history of the Tunisian national team.

2008–14: Disappointments and missing the World Cup

The match between Tunisia and the Netherlands, one of the most famous matches of the Tunisian national team in the twentieth century, played on 11 February 2009 at the Stade 7 November ended in a 1–1 draw.

Tunisia against Mozambique at the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Tunisia vs Gabon match in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations on 17 January 2010. It ended in a 0–0 draw.

Tunisia's match against Ivory Coast in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Coelho took charge of coaching after Roger Lemerre left the national team on 30 June 2008. The qualifiers continued in September under Coelho's 0–0 draw against Burkina Faso and a large victory against Seychelles 5–0. The match paved the way for Tunisia to the third qualifying round in Group B. In the draw, Tunisia faces Nigeria, Mozambique and Kenya. Before the start of the qualifiers, Tunisia lost in a friendly match against France 1–3, and achieved a surprising 1–1 draw against the Netherlands. On 28 March 2009, Tunisia opened the qualifiers with a 1–2 victory in their opening match against Kenya. With the next qualifying match in June, Coelho played a friendly match against Sudan ended with winning 4–0 at home. Tunisia played its second qualifying match against Mozambique. The match ended with a second 2–0 victory. The third match was played on 20 June 2009 against Nigeria. Tunisia topped its group after two rounds with a full score, while Nigeria collected only four points. The match ended 0–0. The second leg of the qualifiers continued after in September. In the meantime, Tunisia played a friendly match against Ivory Coast ended 0–0. After that, the fourth qualifier match was played in Abuja. In the last minute, Darragi scored the equalizer and the match ended 2–2.

On 11 October 2009, Tunisia faced Kenya and scored after one minute at the Stade 7 November. A few days later, Tunisia lost to Saudi Arabia surprisingly. The final round of qualifying took place in November. For Tunisia, at least a draw was enough to qualify for the World Cup. but they lost the last and decisive match in the 83rd minute. So, Tunisia failed to be in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. Four days later, the Tunisian Football Federation sacked coach Humberto Coelho and at the same time appointed Faouzi Benzarti as the new coach to oversee the national team in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He was also eliminated after Tunisia were eliminated from the group stage, where all three matches were tied against Zambia, Gabon and Cameroon. Ending the session at the bottom of the group.

In June 2010, Bertrand Marchand was appointed coach for a two-year contract, with the aim of reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, especially after the excellent results he achieved with Étoile Sportive du Sahel at the African and international levels. However, qualifying started poorly, losing two defeats to Botswana and a 2–2 draw against Malawi after beating Togo 1–2, stunning again against Botswana 1–0 which put the Tunisian team 65th in the FIFA World Rankings, the worst in its history . On 15 December 2010, after a meeting of the Federal Bureau, Bertrand Marchand was removed from his post. In 2011, Tunisia was marked by political events and a new coach, Sami Trabelsi, was appointed. At the same time, CAF created a new tournament, especially for local national teams. Tunisia played the qualification against Morocco and qualified. Without preparation, the team is flying for the 2011 African Nations Championship. and finished at the top of the group after a 1–1 draw against Angola, a 3–1 victory against Rwanda and another 2–0 victory against Senegal, In the quarter-finals, they won the defending champions DR Congo and in the semi-finals, Tunisia won Algeria on penalties. In the final match, they won Angola easily 3–0. But the Eagles of Carthage lost to Oman on 29 March, 2–1 in a friendly match. On 8 October, the team qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations by defeating Togo 2–0. After a good start, with wins against Morocco 2–1 and Niger, two goals from Youssef Msakni, and a 0–1 fall against host country Gabon. Tunisia is eliminated in the quarter-finals after extra games against Ghana 1–2. On 29 February 2012, they tied against Peru 1–1, then on 29 May, they won against Rwanda 5–1. In the 2014 World Cup qualifications, Tunisia fall into a group comprising Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone; 3–1 to beat Equatorial Guinea 3–1 and Cape Verde 2–1.

And then qualified on 13 October 2013 Africa Cup of Nations despite two draws against Sierra Leone 2–2 and 0–0. In the first match, Tunisia snatched victory in the last moments 1–0 against Algeria, the best goal in the 2013 edition by Youssef Msakni. Then Tunisia were crushed by Ivory Coast 3–0. The last match ended with a 1–1 draw against Togo. In February 2013, Nabil Maâloul replaced Sami Trabelsi. In their first two 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifications, Tunisia beat Sierra Leone 2–1 and clinched a 2–2 draw in Freetown. On 16 June, during the fifth round of the group stage, Tunisia tied 1–1 against Equatorial Guinea. On 7 September, the team was defeated at home by Cape Verde 0–2 and loses all hope of being qualified for the World Cup. Nabil Maâloul announces his resignation. On 12 September, however, FIFA qualifies Tunisia after Cape Verde is disqualified for cheating. In the wake of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, the Eagles of Carthage face Cameroon, Tunisia give a 0–0 draw at home and fail at home to Cameroon 4–1, thus losing their qualifications. Coach Ruud Krol leaves after only two games.

2014–present: Renaissance and two participation in the World Cup

Belgian coach Georges Leekens was appointed in early 2014 to try and revive the team's fortunes. Early results were positive, including a 1–1 draw against Colombia and a 1–0 win over South Korea, both in friendly matches. Under Leekens, the team climbed from 49th to 22nd in few months in the FIFA rankings so the team regained its continental luster after the emergence of a new generation of players. Tunisia qualified for the 2015 African Cup of Nations and finished top of their strong group including Senegal, Egypt and Botswana.

At the finals of the tournament, Tunisia finished top of their group for the first time since 2008 winning Zambia 2–1 and drawing with Cape Verde and DR Congo with the same result 1–1 but were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a controversial 2–1 defeat to the host Equatorial Guinea making CAF banned the referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn for six months for his "poor performance" at the tournament. In June 2015, Leekens resigned surprisingly for security reasons after he restored the glamor of the team. In July 2015, Henryk Kasperczak returned as coach after 17 years. He managed to qualify the team for the 2017 African Cup in the lead with victory over Liberia, Togo and Djibouti. He reached also the quarter-finals of the competition after beating Algeria and Zimbabwe 4–2 before losing again in this round, this time against Burkina Faso 2–0. The defeats in friendly matches against Cameroon and Morocco with the same result 1–0 led to the dismissal of Kasperczak. On 27 April 2017, Nabil Maâloul returned as coach despite the disapproval of the Tunisian supporters following the failure at the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, but this time he qualified Tunisia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia for the fifth time in the history of Tunisia and the first since 12 years after winning against DR Congo, Guinea and Libya in the qualification.

Tunisia's qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and its positive results in the friendlies against Iran and Costa Rica led to its rise to 14th place in the FIFA World Rankings for the first time ever, after being first in African teams and surpassing teams like Italy and Netherlands. The team also continued its good results before the World Cup, with a draw with Turkey and Portugal, with the same score 2–2, in addition to a difficult defeat against Spain 1–0 in the 85th minute.

Tunisia–Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Tunisia squad at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Despite this, in the World Cup, the performance of the team did not rise to the expected level, and was once again eliminated from the group stage. The first match against England, the two teams had met at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. England scored by Harry Kane. After 10 minutes, Tunisia equalized from a penalty kick. In the additional time, Kane scored the second goal of his team. The second match against Belgium, the two teams had faced each other at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The match ended 5–2 for Belgium and Tunisia has registered their worst defeat ever in their World Cup history. The last game against Panama, the two teams had never met before. Tunisia won 2–1, which was the first victory after 40 years, since their 3–1 victory over Mexico in 1978.

Because of this dismal performance, Tunisian squad was heavily criticized for its unpromising performance and the team's dubious record in World Cup, and fell out of top 20 teams on FIFA ranking. The team went through a short experience with Faouzi Benzarti, who managed to qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations surpassing Egypt, Niger and Eswatini before being fired due to problems between him and the president of the Tunisian Football Federation Wadie Jary. In December 2018, French coach Alain Giresse was hired to oversee the team at the 2019 AFCON finals due to his experience in African football and his outstanding record as a player with the France national team. Despite the good results in friendly matches by defeating World Cup finalist Croatia 2–1, the start of the competition was poor after three draws in the group stage against Angola, Mali, and Mauritania to qualify for the Round 16 with great difficulty in second place. In the next round, the results improved by beating Ghana, and Madagascar 3–0 to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time in 15 years when Tunisia won the AFCON in 2004 before they narrowly lost to Senegal 1–0 in extra time after a referee dispute of Bamlak Tessema because of not giving a clear penalty to Tunisia 4 minutes before the end of the game to complete the competition in fourth place behind Nigeria. Nonetheless, it stands as the best performance of Tunisia since winning 2004 AFCON at home.

After the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Alain Giresse gives up and the Tunisian Mondher Kebaier is called on 27 August 2019 to supervise the team. Preparations for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification begin, with several friendlies being played, a victory 1–0 against Mauritania, a loss 2–1 against Ivory Coast and a draw against Cameroon. Meanwhile, Tunisia plays the for 2020 African Nations Championship qualification against Libya and won 1–0 then 2–1. But, the Tunisian Football Federation withdrew due to schedule pressure. The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification are drawn, with Tunisia facing Libya, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. The first match against Libya ended with a large victory 4–1, and another away victory against Equatorial Guinea with a goal of Khazri. Meanwhile, the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification draw takes place and Tunisia draws again with Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania and Zambia. After almost a year of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the national team resumes and plays two friendlies to prepare for the remainder of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Sudan 3–0 victory and Nigeria 1–1 draw. During the qualifiers, the Tunisian team plays four games to play, against Tanzania, 1–0 victory then 1–1 draw, in addition to a large victory over Libya in Benghazi 5–2 and a victory over Equatorial Guinea 2–1; the team ended at the top of the group with five wins and one draw. After two months, the team plays three more friendlies, with a victory 1–0 over the DR Congo, a home loss against Algeria 0–2 and a victory over Mali 1–0.

In September 2021, the national team began its matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification with three consecutive victories against Equatorial Guinea 3–0, against Zambia in Ndola 2–0 and against Mauritania 3–0, followed by a draw against Mauritania in Nouakchott 0–0 and a loss against Equatorial Guinea in Malabo 0–1, which leads to strong criticism from the supporters, the qualification for the play-offs is obtained after a victory against Zambia 3–1, concluding with four wins, a draw and a loss. In the meantime, Qatar hosted the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. Tunisia qualified directly, due to the FIFA World Rankings. Tunisia started with a large victory 5–1 against Mauritania. Then, the team suffered an unexpected defeat to Syria, before beating the United Arab Emirates 1–0. In the quarter-finals, the team improved and beat Oman 2–1. In the semi-final, Tunisia collided with their rival Egypt, after a close match, Tunisia managed to score a goal in the 95th minute. The victory allows Tunisia to reach its first FIFA final in the country's history. In the final match, the Tunisian national team faced Algeria, but were beaten 0–2 in overtime. Despite the loss of the title, the team's performance has restored confidence to the supporters. In this context, they are congratulated by FIFA and named as the best supporters of the tournament.

Tunisia–Mali at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

The team's participation in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations was rather bad. In the group stage, it began with a 0–1 defeat from Mali during the match, which witnessed strange refereeing events, as Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe ended the match in the 85th minute. In the second match, the team achieved a moral victory over Mauritania 4–0 thanks to the double of Wahbi Khazri and the goals of Hamza Mathlouthi and Seifeddine Jaziri, but the team was afflicted by a 0–1 defeat against Gambia in the last moments of the match, to qualify for the round of 16 as the best third in the group stage.

Nevertheless, the team defeated strong Nigeria 1–0 with the goal of Youssef Msakni from outside the penalty area, despite the absence of Mondher Kebaier from the match due to his infection with the COVID-19 virus, and he was replaced by his assistant Jalel Kadri. In the end, the team was eliminated from the quarter–finals against Burkina Faso after a 0–1 defeat. After this disappointing participation, Mondher Kebaier was dismissed from coaching the national team three years after his appointment and the appointment of his assistant Jalel Kadri. as his successor. Meanwhile, the draw for the third round of the African 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was held, as it resulted in a home–and–forth match against Mali. In the first leg match at the Stade du 26 Mars in Bamako, Tunisia won out of the rules 1–0 thanks to Mali's Moussa Sissako's own goal after pressure from Youssef Msakni, As for the return match at the Stade Hammadi Agrebi in front of 50,000 spectators, it ended in a 0–0 draw, so that the Tunisian team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the sixth time in its history.

Preparations start early, as the team plays two matches for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, the first against Equatorial Guinea in Radès 4–0 victory and the second against Botswana in Francistown draw 0–0. Subsequently, the team is set to play the 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer in Japan from 10 to 14 June 2022, with the participation of three other teams: Japan, Chile and Ghana. In the semi-finals, Tunisia beat Chile 2–0 and then Japan 3–0 and thus won the title for the first time.

Ferjani Sassi was named the tournament's best player, while his compatriot Issam Jebali finished top scorer with two goals. After that, the team played two friendlies: the first against Comoros, which ended in victory 1–0, and the second which ended in a heavy loss against Brazil 5–1. The Carthage Eagles end their preparations with a victory against Iran with a score of 2–0 a few days before the world cup, the match not being broadcast and taking place behind closed doors at the request of the Iranian federation.

Tunisia v Denmark.

In the first match in Group D, Mohamed Dräger threatens the opponent's goal, then Issam Jebali dominates Kasper Schmeichel, but the situation is prevented by an offside. In the 43rd minute, Jebali comes face to face with Schmeichel after hitting the goal and tries to beat the goalkeeper with a through shot, but he uses his thumbs and fends off the finish. Christian Eriksen then makes an attempt beyond the goal line, but Aymen Dahmen is illustrated with a save. From the corner that follows, Andreas Cornelius wastes an opportunity by finding himself alone at the far post, but his header only seals the structure of the goals. Due to the subsequent dominance over the ball, despite their best efforts, the Danes could not find a solution against the Tunisia defence, and the match ended in a goalless draw. Thanks to his performance in this match, Aïssa Laïdouni receives the man of the match award.

Tunisia v Australia.

In the second match, the team are led to a 1–0 loss against Australia, with the technical framework and the players receiving criticism due to the weakness of the midfield and the attack, which reduces the chances of Tunisia to qualify for the round of 16. In the final game against world champions France, Wahbi Khazri put Tunisia ahead in the 58th minute with a low shot to the bottom right corner. At this stage, Tunisia is in a position to qualify in the group. However, two minutes later, Australia took the lead against Denmark in the other match, which sent Tunisia out of the knockout stage. Captain Khazri wins the Man of the Match award. This is Tunisia's first victory against a European team in the World Cup, and the team have collected the most points (four points) in the group stage since their first appearance in 1978 FIFA World Cup (three points). In this context, Wahbi Khazri is retiring from international retirement, after 74 games in which he scored 25 goals.

After his exclusion from the World Cup, Kadri submitted his resignation, but the Federal Bureau refused and extended his contract until 2024. The team finished the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification at the top of the group after beating Libya in the first leg 3–0 and the return leg 1–0 in Benghazi, Botswana 3–0 and a defeat against Equatorial Guinea 0–1 in Malabo. The team's performances began to decline, especially after the president of the Tunisian Football Federation, Wadie Jary, was imprisoned after accusations of financial corruption were proven. The team drew a friendly against Algeria 1–1 in Annaba and won against Egypt 3–1 in Cairo. In East Asia, the team suffered two defeats against South Korea 0–4 in Seoul and Japan 0–2 in Kobe. On 17 November 2023, the national team started the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification with two victories against São Tomé and Príncipe 4–0 and Malawi 1–0 in Lilongwe.

Home stadium

Main article: Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi

Tunisia against the Netherlands at Stade Hammadi Agrebi in Radès.

After the independence of Tunisia in 1956, the Tunisian national stadium was Chedly Zouiten Stadium, which has a capacity of 18,000, and hosted all the matches of the Tunisian team. It hosted also the 1965 and 1994 African Cup of Nations and the 1977 FIFA U-20 World Cup before it was replaced after the construction of El Menzah Stadium (45,000) in 1967 for the 1967 Mediterranean Games. Tunisia's first match at the stadium was played on 8 September 1967 against Libya. Tunisia won the match 3–0. This stadium became the new stronghold of the Eagles of Carthage. It hosted the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship and was completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. It hosted also the 2004 AFCON.

In 2001, the 7 November Stadium was inaugurated as Tunisia's national stadium ahead of the 2001 Mediterranean Games. Located in Radès, the stadium has an all-seater capacity of 60,000. The first match at the stadium was played on 7 July 2001 against between Étoile du Sahel and CS Hammam-Lif for the Tunisian Cup final. CS Hammam-Lif won the match 1–0, with Anis Ben Chouikha scoring the lone goal. Since that match, Tunisia has used the stadium for almost every major home game, including the 2004 African Cup of Nations Final. The Tunisians often host their matches at the Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet in Monastir which has a capacity of 20,000.

In addition, there are many other venues that host the Tunisian team, such as the Olympic Stadium of Sousse, which hosted a friendly match between Tunisia and Switzerland in November 2012 and also hosted a match in the 2012 AFCON qualification between Tunisia and Chad which was won by Tunisia 5–0. Municipal Stadium of Gabès was also chosen to host a friendly match between Tunisia and Mauritania which ended with a draw in October 2016.

Supporters

Tunisian fans in Moscow at the 2018 World Cup.

Tunisian fans in Berlin at the 2006 World Cup.

Fans of the Tunisian national team display the country's national flag, usually with an emphasis on the red element. One of the greatest moments for the Tunisian team was when the Tunisian delegation at the Tunis–Carthage International Airport received a warm "welcome home" after the 1978 epic that delighted the Tunisians, who still remember the details, and the brilliant performance of the team was credited with adding a new berth of qualification to Africa for the World Cup.

The team's popularity also appeared in the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, where the crowds were heavily attended during that period. The Stade 7 November of Radès was filled with 60,000 spectators in the six matches of the tournament. The team's deterioration after the 2006 World Cup lead to their absence from the end stages of the next two world cups, and strained their popularity. In fact, the stadiums were almost empty with the national team's matches in that period. Between 2008 and 2014, local journalists accused the Tunisian team for their poor performance.

Of the fans that kept supporting the squad in bad times, Bechir Manoubi was one of the most loyal. He attended the team's matches worldwide since 1960, he was famous for wearing the Mexican hat and his suit with thousands of slogans and cards for the various events he covered. The 2006 World Cup qualifying match on 6 October 2005 between Tunisia and Morocco, which was just days before his death, was the last event he ever attended.

Появление квалифицированных игроков и рост нового многообещающего поколения в дополнение к хорошим результатам во втором сроке Генрика Касперчака , повышение энтузиазма фанатов и вера в успешную кампанию Кубка мира. Из -за этого пика популярности ФИФА назвала тунисских поклонников среди лучших на чемпионате мира по футболу 2018 года . Этот выбор появился после великой посещаемости тунисских масс, которые превратились в Россию в большом количестве от 15 до 20 тысяч фанатов, посетили и поддерживали тунисскую команду в их трех групповых матчах Кубка мира. Тем не менее, поддержка фанатов упала, так как Тунис снова не смог ожидать больших ожиданий, когда тунисцы не смогли продвинуться с группового этапа в своем пятом участии Кубка мира.

Соперничество

Основными футбольными соперниками Туниса являются его соседи Алжир, Марокко и Египет, с которыми он разделяет тесные культурные и политические отношения.

Алжир

Основная статья: Футбольное соперничество в Алжире - Тунисии

Тунис играл до сегодняшнего дня 45 игр против Алжира .

Матч Туниса-Альджерия в африканском кубке 2013 года выиграл Тунис 1–0.

Первый матч состоялся 1 июня 1957 года в дружеском матче против футбольной команды FLN, когда Алжир был французской колонией . Именно в это время матчи были самыми регулярными. Действительно, две команды встречались шесть раз, в период с июня 1957 года по май 1958 года, с восемью победами для алжирцев.

После независимости Алжира первый официальный матч состоялся 15 декабря 1963 года, в дружеском матче на Stade Shagy Zouiten в Тунисе. Команды также встречались три раза на квалификационном этапе чемпионата мира в 1970 , 1978 и 1986 годах . Общий рекорд немного благоприятен для алжирцев с шестнадцатью победами, четырнадцатью розыгрышами и четырнадцатью потери. Последнее поражение Алжира против их соседей датировалось 20 января 2017 года во время Кубка стран Африки 2017 года, который был организован Габоном. До этого матча две команды встретились однажды в финале Кубка Африканского Кубка Наций в 2013 году , в котором также доминировали тунисцы. В настоящее время алжирцы доминируют в лицевой рекорде и международном достижении, тем не менее, в прямых официальных соревнованиях, Тунис оказывается более доминирующим, чем Алжир. Последняя алжирская победа против Туниса в официальной игре восходит к 1988 году, когда алжирцы выиграли на 1–0 в отборочных отборочных матчах AFCON 1988 года. С тех пор Тунис либо выиграл, либо выступил против своих соседей в официальных играх.

Египет

Основная статья: Футбольное соперничество в Египте -Тунизии

Тунис-Египет в дружеском матче в октябре 2012 года в Абу-Даби .

Матч между египетской и тунисской командой является одним из лучших и самых захватывающих матчей в Африке за свою длинную континентальную историю. Две команды встречались 39 раз в официальных и дружелюбных матчах. Тунисские и египетские команды собрали 25 официальных матчей и 14 дружелюбных матчей. Общий рекорд немного благоприятен для тунисцев, поскольку они выиграли 16 матчей, а Египет выиграл 12 матчей и закончил 11 матчей с ничьей; Однако Египет добился большего успеха в Африке, чем Тунис.

Орлы забили 42 голов в голе фараонов, в то время как Египет забил всего 35 голов против Туниса. Крупнейший матч забивающего гола был 11 декабря 1977 года для квалификации чемпионата мира по футболу 1978 года (CAF) после великой победы тунисцев 4–1, которая внесла свой вклад в их квалификацию на чемпионат мира. Тунис 7 раз сталкивался с египетской командой в квалификации либо на чемпионат мира, либо на Кубок африканских стран . Три квалификации чемпионата мира были в 1974 , 1978 и 1998 годах , где Тунис получил квалификацию в последних двух изданиях против Египта. Четыре отборочных для Кубка Африканских наций были в 1978 году (Тунис выиграл 3–2 после рисунка 2–2), 1984 (0–0 розыгрыш в Тунисе и фараоны выиграли в Каире 1–0), 1992 (команды нарисовали 2– 2 дважды) и 2015 (Тунис выиграл 1–0 и 2–1 соответственно), в дополнение к нынешним квалификаторам 2019 года в пятый раз, которую Тунис выиграл первую игру 1–0 в Радесе и проиграл вторую игру в Александрии 2– 3

Две команды дважды встречались в финале Кубка Африканских стран в 2000 году в Нигерии, когда Тунис выиграл 1–0 и в следующем издании в 2002 году в Мали, когда Египет выиграл с тем же результатом. Хоссам Хасан - большинство египетских игроков, участвующих в играх фараонов против «Орлов Карфагена» с 12 играми, в то время как Вахби Хазри приходит в качестве большинства тунисских игроков, которые участвуют в своих матчах против Египта на 3 игры. Как Египет, так и Тунис также имеют аналогичный сомнительный рекорд на чемпионате мира по футболу , и обе команды не могут прогрессировать за пределы группового этапа, несмотря на то, что Тунис квалифицировался на чемпионат мира по футболу, в то время как Египет квалифицировался только три раза.

Марокко

Матч Туниса-Морокко 5 июня 2010 года в Касабланке .

Тунисцы и марокканцы сыграли 50 игр с момента их независимости от Франции в 1956 году. Их первый матч был на квалификацию Кубка мира 1962 года , состоялся 30 октября 1960 года в Касабланке . Большинство матчей были сыграны в квалификации чемпионата мира по футболу , когда они встретились в отборочных отборочных классах 1962 , 1970 , 1978 , 1990 , 1994 и 2006 годов . Они также встречались 4 раза в африканском кубке наций. Двое из них закончились ничьей в 1978 и 2000 годах , а два других матча с победой тунисской команды в 2004 и 2012 годах Кубка стран Африки .

Фактически, их наиболее важным матчем был финал Африканского Кубка Наций на Стаде 7 ноября в Тунисе, где тунисцы выиграли свой первый африканский титул. Общая запись благоприятна марокканцам с 13 победами, 28 ничьей и 9 потерями; Но Тунис сумел доминировать в большинстве официальных встреч в крупных соревнованиях. Последний матч между командами магрибийцев датируется 28 марта 2017 года во время дружеского матча, выигранного Марокко в Марракеше , который способствовал увольнению тунисского тренера Генрика Касперчака .

Эти две команды схожи с точки зрения как одного африканского кубка, и две команды также получили право на пять чемпионатов мира, несмотря на их многочисленные отборочные матчи Кубка мира. Они квалифицировались на тот же турнир в 1998 году во Франции и 2018 году в России и 2022 году в Катаре.

Комплекты История

В истории национальной футбольной команды Туниса 6 компаний предоставили спортивную форму для национальной команды Туниса, начиная с 1970 года, когда знаменитая немецкая компания Adidas начала усыновить униформу национальной команды Туниса в течение 24 лет, а также предоставила ее, в своем первом Появление на чемпионате мира по футболу 1978 года с первым набором красных майков и белыми носками с белыми плакатами Adidas. Для второго комплекта все белые с красными этикетками Adidas.

Тунис 2010-11 Домашний комплект

Начиная с 1994 года, итальянская компания Lotto увеличила тунисскую команду со спортивной формой до 1998 года во втором участии Туниса на чемпионате мира по футболу 1998 года . Первый набор - белый, украшенный изогнутыми красными формами на плечах и груди, а второй набор украшен красным. с изогнутыми красными формами на плечах, груди и животе. Немецкая компания UHLSport предоставила тунисскую команду спортивной униформой в течение двух периодов, первым для одного сезона 2000–2001 гг., Где компания разработала белую рубашку с линией на груди, которая простирается на руки, а второй сет состоит из Красная рубашка с той же линией на груди и вытянулась на руки в белом.

С 2002 по 2011 год немецкая компания Puma начала предоставлять национальные наборы футбольных команд Туниса после чемпионата мира по футболу 2002 года . Фактически, компания предоставила 6 проектов комплектов национальной команды Туниса, все они похожи на формулировку логотипа и знаки компании, где главный комплект белый с Puma Red Marks, а запасной комплект красный с белой Puma маркировка. В 2012 году Федерация футбола Туниса заключила контракт со швейцарской компанией Burrda Sport в течение четырех лет до 2016 года и поставляла команды сборной Туниса в Кубках Африканских наций 2012, 2013 и 2015 годов. В 2016 году немецкая компания UHLSPORT вернулась, чтобы предоставить национальную команду Tunisian спортивные комплекты с контрактом, который у него длится три года, и действительно компания представила комплект национальной команды Tunisian на чемпионате мира по футболу 2018 года, но это не было, согласно В ожиданиях.

В 2019 году итальянская компания Kappa начала производство наборов национальной футбольной команды Туниса. Третий комплект был описан как лучший комплект в истории сборной Туниса. Он черный и имеет серые отделки, образующие орла, который является названием национальной команды Туниса «Орлы Карфагена».

Производитель комплекта

Период	Поставщик комплекта	Рефери
1956–1970	Местное оборудование
1970–1994	Adidas
1994–1995	Управляемый
1995–1997	Каппа
1998–2000	Лото
2000–2001	Uhlsport
2002–2010	Пума
2011–2015	Burrda Sport
2016–2018	Uhlsport
2018–	Каппа

Эволюция комплекта

Первые наборы

1978	1981–1982	1990	1992–1994	1996	1997	1998	2000–2001
2001–2002	2002–2004	2004–2005	2005	2006–2007	2008–2009	2010–2011	2011
2012–2013	2014–2016	2016–2018	2018–2019	2019–2020	2020–2021	2022	2022–24
2024–

Вторые комплекты

1978	1992–94	1997	1998	2000–01	2001–02	2002–04	2004–05
2005	2006–07	2008–09	2010–11	2011	2012–13	2014–16	2016–18
2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2022	2022–24	2024–

Третьи наборы

2016–18

2018–19

2019–21

2022–24

Другие комплекты

2016

2016

Конкурентная запись

Кубок мира ФИФА

Основная статья: Тунис на чемпионате мира ФИФА

Тунис участвовал пять раз на чемпионате мира по футболу , крупнейшим мужским футбольным событием в мире в 1978 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 и 2018 годах . Они сделают свое шестое выступление на финале на чемпионате мира по футболу в ФИФА в 2022 году в Катаре. Тунис никогда не смог выйти из группового этапа во всех случаях: он играл в пятнадцать игр, выиграв две, с четырьмя ничьей и девятью поражениями. Выбор сыграл свой первый квалификационный матч на чемпионате мира 30 октября 1960 года против Марокко на Stade D'Honneur, Casablanca. Вахби Хазри - тунисский игрок, который забил наибольшее количество голов в соревнованиях с двумя голами в издании 2018 года . Riadh Bouazizi и Kaies Ghodhbane - два тунисских игрока с наибольшим участием (восемь игр в 1998, 2002 и 2006 годах).

Кубок Конфедераций ФИФА

Основная статья: Тунис на Кубке Конфедераций ФИФА

Одно раз в 2005 году национальная футбольная команда Туниса представляла Тунис на Кубке Конфедераций ФИФА , что является единственным появлением в 2005 году . Тунис квалифицировался на Кубок Конфедераций ФИФА 2005 года в качестве представителя CAF после победы в Кубке Наций Африки 2004 года . Вступительный матч этого турнира был между Тунисом и Аргентиной, Тунис, потерянный с узким краем 1–2. Во втором матче тунисцы сопротивлялись до 74 -й минуты, где они пропустили три гола от немецкой команды, чтобы закончить матч, Находясь в третьем матче, им удалось победить Австралию 2–0, оставить хорошие впечатления.

Кубок наций Африки

См. Также: Тунис в Кубке Африки Наций

Тунис участвовал в Африканском Кубке Наций 20 раз и имеет рекорд по количеству последовательных участия с 15 в период с 1994 по 2021 год . Первое участие в 1962 году , это заняло третье место, победив Уганду со счетом 3–0, В этом издании приняли участие только 4 страны. В 1965 году Тунису было разрешено поставить конкуренцию, достиг финала и потерял титул в Гане 2–3 после дополнительного времени. В издании 1996 года команда достигла финала во второй раз, но снова была побеждена хозяевами Южной Африки 0–2. Лучшее участие в этом турнире произошло после 8 лет, когда Тунис в своей стране достигла финала в третий раз и выиграла на этот раз после победы над Марокко в финале 2–1 , Франциледо Сантос и Зиад Джазири забили голы. Последнее участие было в издании 2021 года в Камеруне, и команда была исключена в четвертьфинале. В общей сложности Тунис участвовал в Африканском Кубке Наций 20 раз, сыграл 80 матчей, выиграл в 25 матчах, связал 29 матчей и проиграл 26 из них, забил 99 голов и принял 94 голов. Самым большим поражением было 4–0 против Эфиопии 12 ноября 1965 года и Мавритании 16 января 2022 года. Самым большим поражением было 3–0 против Камеруна 10 февраля 2000 года, Гвинея 30 января 2006 года и Кот -д'Ивуары 26 января 2013 года. Францилеудо Сантос - самый тунисский игрок, который забил в турнире с 10 голами. Юсеф Мсакни - самый участвующий тунисский в турнире, он сыграл 25 матчей в 7 участиях в период с 2010 по 2021 год. Тунис проводил конкурс трижды в 1965, 1994 и 2004 годах.

Чемпионат африканских наций

Основная статья: Тунис на чемпионате Африканских наций

Тунис участвовал в двух выпусках чемпионата Африканских наций . В издании 2009 года она представлена ​​олимпийской командой под руководством Mondher Kebaier . Тунис устранен там на этапе квалификации. В 2011 году под руководством Sami Trabelsi Тунис квалифицировался на финал и выиграл чемпионат, обыграв Анголу в финале. В 2014 году, расположенная под руководством Набила Малула , она была исключена на этапе квалификации. В выпуске 2016 года под руководством Генрика Касперчака , Тунис, квалифицированный на финал, но Hatem Missaoui возглавлял команду в Руанде. Тунис был устранен в четвертьфинале Мали. В следующем издании Федерация футбола Туниса объявила, что Тунис не будет участвовать в чемпионате Африканских наций 2018 года из -за участия первой команды на чемпионате мира по футболу 2018 года . В 2020 году квалификация чемпионата Африканских наций , Тунис сталкивается с Ливией два дома и в гостях, выиграв первый матч 1–0 на Стаде Олимпик де Радес и второй 2–1 на Стад Бубкер Аммар ; Анисе Бадри забивает цели в Тунисе в обоих случаях. Национальная команда получила право на окончательный этап, но 20 декабря 2019 года квалификация была отозвана Федерацией футбола Туниса из -за интенсивности матчей.

ФИФА Арабский Кубок

В 1963 году Тунис выиграл первое издание Кубка арабских наций . В этом году был сыгран только групповый этап. На этом групповом этапе сыграли 5 стран. Тунис выиграл все четыре матча и, следовательно, финишировала на вершине. После этого он будет участвовать еще раз в этом турнире, в 1988 году. В том же году он не выиграл ни одного матча, и страна застряла на групповом этапе. В 2021 году сборная Туниса приняла участие в Кубке Арабского Кубка ФИФА 2021 года , который является первым изданием в соответствии с ФИФА для участия 16 команд в финале. Тунисская команда достигла финала после победы над Мавританией , Объединенными Арабскими Эмиратами , Оманом и Египтом , но проиграла финал Алжиру .

Средиземноморские игры

Национальная команда Туниса участвовала в футбольном турнире в Средиземноморских играх 12 раз. Первое участие в этом мероприятии было в издании 1963 года в Неаполе , Италия. Тунис был удовлетворен шестым местом в то время после устранения с группового этапа. Тунисская команда достигла финала дважды, первого в издании 1971 года в Измире , Турции, и выиграла серебряную медаль после победы над «Финалом» Югославия 0–1 и второй раз в издании 2001 года в Тунисе , Тунис. Затем тунисская команда выиграла золотую медаль после победы над Италией 1–0. Тунисская команда также дважды выигрывала бронзовую медаль, сначала в издании 1975 года в Алжире , Алжир и второй раз в выпуске 2013 года в Мерсине , Турция.

ФИФА рейтинги

Национальная команда Туниса всегда была одной из лучших африканских команд, особенно благодаря хорошим результатам в Кубке Африки (3 -е место в издании 1962 года , второе место в издании 1965 и 1996 годов и чемпионом в выпуске 2004 года ) Полем Но также и после хороших результатов в 2017 и 2018 годах: квалификация чемпионата мира по футболу 2018 года (восемь матчей: шесть побед и две ничьи) и товарищеские матчи: 2 победы, 2 ничьи и 1 поражение); Таким образом, национальная команда Туниса достигла четырнадцатого места в мире в апреле и мае 2018 года. Она также считается лучшей африканской командой в мировом рейтинге FIFA в период с января по декабрь 2018 года. Ниже приведен таблица рейтинга Туниса FIFA с 1993 года. Полем

Всемирный рейтинг ФИФА Туниса
Год	Классифицировать		Статистика				Лучший		Худший
	ФИФА	Каф	Плдд	В	Дюймовый	Л	Классифицировать	Двигаться	Классифицировать	Двигаться
1993	32	6	10	6	3	1	31	7 (август)	36	3 (сентябрь)
1994	30	6	10	3	5	2	27	4 (сентябрь)	33	3 (октябрь)
1995	22	2	14	7	3	4	21	6 (февраль)	27	4 (август)
1996	23	3	14	7	2	5	21	6 (февраль)	31	9 (июнь)
1997	23	3	14	9	2	3	20	7 (август)	29	4 (июнь)
1998	21	2	17	7	4	6	19	6 (ноябрь)	26	4 (июль)
1999	31	3	10	7	1	2	26	4 (ноябрь)	33	7 (июнь)
2000	26	2	17	8	7	2	25	3 (июнь)	28	1 (сентябрь)
2001	28	1	12	8	2	2	22	7 (июль)	32	5 (апрель)
2002	41	7	14	0	8	6	28	0 (июнь)	41	5 (июль)
2003	45	7	9	5	3	1	40	3 (апрель)	46	3 (октябрь)
2004	35	6	16	8	4	4	31	14 (февраль)	45	2 (апрель)
2005	28	3	12	8	2	2	23	8 (сентябрь)	40	4 (октябрь)
2006	32	7	16	7	4	5	21	5 (февраль)	32	10 (июль)
2007	47	10	9	5	3	1	32	5 (июль)	47	13 (февраль)
2008	46	9	16	7	5	4	44	3 (апрель)	56	7 (февраль)
2009	53	10	10	4	4	2	45	2 (июль)	54	8 (февраль)
2010	45	9	11	3	5	3	44	11 (октябрь)	65	10 (июль)
2011	59	10	8	4	2	2	44	3 (март)	61	15 (апрель)
2012	45	8	16	8	4	4	41	10 (июнь)	59	4 (октябрь)
2013	48	8	15	4	7	4	41	11 (февраль)	53	8 (июнь)
2014	22	2	9	5	3	1	22	11 (сентябрь)	49	5 (апрель)
2015	40	5	15	5	5	5	22	2 (июнь)	41	5 (апрель)
2016	35	3	11	6	4	1	34	4 (октябрь)	48	8 (февраль)
2017	27	2	13	6	2	5	27	7 (июль)	42	5 (апрель)
2018	24	2	8	3	2	3	14	9 (апрель)	24	7 (июнь)
2019	27	2	17	8	5	4	25	3 (июнь)	28	4 (июль)
2020	26	2	4	2	2	0	26	1 (сентябрь)	27	0 (декабрь)
2021	30	4	17	12	1	4	25	3 (декабрь)	30	4 (ноябрь)
2022	30	3	16	8	3	5	30	5 (июнь)	36	6 (февраль)
2023	28	3	10	6	1	3	28	4 (ноябрь)	32	3 (октябрь)

Противоречия

Тунис против экваториальной гвинеи -судейства в AFCON в 2015 году.

Вади Джари, президент Тунисской федерации футбола , заявила, что произошла предвзятость против Туниса после их спорного четвертьфинального поражения в экваториальной Гвинее 31 января 2015 года. Ему было запрещено соревнования и мероприятия CAF. Раджиндрапарсад Сечурн , маврикийский рефери, который дал наказание экваториальной Гвинее в этом матче, был запрещен судить в течение шести месяцев и удален из элитного реестра реессов CAF. Тунисский FA был оштрафован на 50 000 долларов США за столкновение рефери во время матча, в дополнение к повреждению помещений для раздевалки, в то время как экваториальная морская гвинея была оштрафована на 5000 долларов США за неадекватную безопасность на стадионе.

Тунис против Мали Реферинг в 2021 году Афкон

Мондхер Кебайер и Джалель Кадри протестуют против рефери Джанни Сиказве после спора во время матча против Мали в 2021 году .

Матч между Тунисом и Мали , первым собранием группы F , не был сыгран до завершения. Замбийский рефери Джани Сиказве первоначально насвитала конец матча на 86 -й минуте, прежде чем передать свое мнение, предупредил его помощник судьи и протесты тунисских игроков. Затем он сигнализировал о конце игры на 90 -й минуте, через несколько секунд после окончания времени регулирования, Так же, как помощник рефери собирался объявить о добавленном времени. Перед яростными тунисцами судья, который судейский квартет должен был покинуть поле под полицейским эскортом.

Учитывая степень противоречия, было объявлено о возобновлении матча, чтобы сыграть оставшееся дополнительное время. Тем не менее, тунисская команда отказалась возобновить матч, утверждая, что игроки уже были в душе или вне стадиона, поэтому невозможно возобновить игру. Малайцы представили себя на газоне, конец матча поспешил только одной команде на местах, результат, что 1–0 будет ратифицирован позже CAF.

Позже сообщалось, что различные средства массовой информации сообщили, что рефери Дженни Сиказве на самом деле перенес солнце время попытки перезапустить матч. По словам игрока Туниса Вахби Хазри , рефери матча «больше не был согласованным», «рефери потерял нить матча», указал капитан Туниса. «Он больше не был последовательным в своем выборе и решениях. Он был очень горячим».

Угрожая быть исключенным из чемпионата мира по футболу 2022 года

В конце октября 2022 года внутренний спор, касающийся министра молодежи и видов спорта, Камел Дегуче и президент Федерации Вади Джейри, угрожает участию Туниса в чемпионате мира. Действительно, известно, что двое мужчин ненавидят друг друга и первые желания растворить Федерацию, чтобы отделиться от второй. FIFA систематически наказывает случаи вмешательства в мир футбола, поэтому он предупреждает Тунисскую федерацию: с помощью письма, он предупреждает, что оно оставляет за собой право исключать Тунис из конкуренции в случае принятия власти над Федерацией в результате Дегучиша.

Утверждения о вмешательстве в команду чемпионата мира 2022 года

Десятки новостных веб -сайтов в Тунисе сообщили, что тренер Джалел Кадри подвергался давлению во время формирования команды Тунисской команды на чемпионате мира 2022 года , по словам игрока Саада Бгира , который был исключен из последнего списка и который был в начальном списке Полем Он также объявил о своем международном выходе на пенсию с помощью телефонного звонка по телевизионным программам Stade Plus на Carthage Plus, пока президент Тунисской федерации футбола Вади Джари не покинул свою должность. Это началось, когда Bilel IFA был исключен из списка за день до официального объявления, а затем был возвращен после того, как фанаты возмущены в социальных сетях. 14 ноября 2022 года сотни поклонников приветствовали командный автобус в Дохе по прибытии, но президент Федерации был оскорблен в худшем случае.

Кроме того, выбор четырех вратарей находился под давлением со стороны Тунисской федерации футбола, чтобы удовлетворить пожелания некоторых команд на финансовом уровне, FIFA, со времен чемпионата мира по футболу 2010 года , выплачивая субсидию каждому. Команда, из которой по крайней мере один игрок был вызван в каждом издании конкурса. 28 ноября 2022 года бывший игрок национальной команды Иссам Джемаа сказал на радио IFM , что чиновники TFF пожертвовали одним из игроков, чтобы назвать четырех вратаря в финальном списке, поскольку выбор был на Билеле ИФА , который вернулся в команду после гнева поклонников, Таха Яссин Хенисси , которого с медицинской точки зрения осмотрели в течение двух часов,, Таким образом, они могли найти его раненым или Заифеддином Джазири , которого вызвали из -за финансовых сделок между ним и братом президента TFF, Ваджих Джари. В финале Саад Бгир был заброшен.

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