Tunisia national football team facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Tunisia
Nickname(s)	نسور قرطاج; Aigles de Carthage; (Eagles of Carthage)
Association	Tunisian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Mondher Kebaier
Captain	Wahbi Khazri
Most caps	Sadok Sassi (116)
Top scorer	Issam Jemâa (36)
Home stadium	Stade Olympique de Radès
FIFA code	TUN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	28 2 (7 February 2019)
Highest	14 (April 2018)
Lowest	65 (July 2010)
Elo ranking
Current	48 5 (3 March 2019)
Highest	24 (June 1978)
Lowest	103 (July 1988)
First international
	Tunisia 1–2 Algeria ; (Tunisia; 25 June 1957)
Biggest win
	Tunisia 8–1 Chinese Taipei ; (Rome, Italy; 18 August 1960); Tunisia 7–0 Togo ; (Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000); Tunisia 7–0 Malawi ; (Radès, Tunisia; 26 March 2005); Tunisia 8–1 Djibouti ; (Radès, Tunisia; 12 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
	Hungary 10–1 Tunisia ; (Budapest, Hungary; 24 July 1960)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1978)
Best result	9th (Group stage) (1978)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	19 (first in 1962)
Best result	Champions Template:Afr1 (2004)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	Champions Template:Afr1 (2011)
Arab Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions (1963)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2005)
Best result	Group stage (2005)
Men's Football
Africa Cup of Nations
African Nations Championship
African Games
Arab Nations Cup
Palestine Cup of Nations
Pan Arab Games
Mediterranean Games

Tunisia national football team is the national football team of Tunisia.

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Goals	Apps	Career
1	Francileudo dos Santos	21		2004-present
2	Adel Sellimi	19		1992-2000
3	Ezzeddine Chakroun	18		?
3	Med. Ali Mahjoubi	18		?-1995
5	Faouzi Rouissi	17		1990-1999
5	Zoubier Beya	17		1994-2001
7	Med. Salah Jedidi	16		?
7	Moheiddine Habita	16		?
7	Tarek Dhiab	16		?
10	Med. Ali Akid	14		?
10	Ali Zitouni	14		2000-2005
10	Ziad Jaziri	14		2000-2006

Images for kids

Chedly Zouiten (second from left), was the first president of the Tunisian Football Federation.
Chetali in 1960. He was one of the best players in the history of Tunisia.
Habib Bourguiba, President of the Republic, amid the Tunisian side that won the Palestine Cup in 1973.
Tunisia at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.
Chetali qualified Tunisia for their first World Cup.
Kaabi, the first Tunisian player to score in the World Cup.
Abdelhamid Hergal, one of the best Tunisian players of the eighties.
Tarak Dhiab scored Tunisia's qualification goal for the 1988 Olympic Games.
Faouzi Benzarti supervised the team after the first match of AFCON 1994.
Kasperczak guided the team to qualify for the 1998 World Cup after 20 years.
Krautzun qualified the team for the 2002 World Cup.
Trabelsi participated with Tunisia in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
Lemerre, the most successful manager of Tunisia after winning the 2004 African Cup.
Tunisia and Germany while warming up before the match during 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Tunisia-Ukraine match during 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Tunisia-Mozambique on 6 June 2009 for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Tunisia-Gabon on 17 January 2010 for 2010 African Cup.
Tunisia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against Cameroon in 2013.
Tunisia-Belgium friendly match on June 7, 2014.
Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The 7 November Stadium in Radès the home stadium of Tunisia national team.
Fans of the Tunisian team while supporting their team.
Tunisian fans in Saransk at the 2018 World Cup
Tunisia-Algeria match in the 2013 African Cup won by Tunisia 1–0.
Tunisia-Morocco match on 5 June 2010 in Casablanca.
Tunisia-Egypt in a friendly match in October 2012 in Abu Dhabi.
A Tunisair plane supporting the Eagles in the 2006 World Cup.
Tunisia-Ivory Coast.
Wahbi Khazri is the top scorer among active players with 19 goals.
The Tunisian football team in 1939.