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| Nickname | Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage) |
| Association | Fédération Tunisienne de Football |
| Coach | Roger Lemerre |
| Most caps | Attouga |
| Top scorer | ? |
The Tunisia national football team, nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage), is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round. Nevertheless, they created history in that 1978 tournament in Argentina by becoming the first African side to win a World Cup match, beating Mexico 3-1. They also held champions West Germany to a goalless draw before bowing out. It took them 20 years to return to the finals but they have since qualified for the past three tournaments in succession, in 1998, 2002 and 2006.
Tunisia also won the African Nations Cup in 2004, when they hosted the tournament.
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1958 - Did not enter
- 1962 - Did not qualify
- 1966 - Withdrew
- 1970 - Did not qualify
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Round 1
- 1982 to 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2006 - Qualified
African Nations Cup record
- 1957 - Did not enter
- 1959 - Did not enter
- 1962 - Third place
- 1963 - Round 1
- 1965 - Second place
- 1968 - Did not qualify
- 1970 to 1974 - Did not enter
- 1976 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Fourth place
- 1980 - Withdrew
- 1982 - Round 1
- 1984 to 1992 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Round 1
- 1996 - Second place
- 1998 - Quarterfinals
- 2000 - Fourth place
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2004 - Champions
- 2006 - Qualified
Selected Players
- Francileudo dos Santos
- Wissem Abdi
- Radhi Jaïdi
- Hatem Trabelsi
- Ziad Jaziri
- Hamed Namouchi
- Slim ben-Achour
- José Clayton
- Haykel Gmamdia
- Chokri el-Ouaer
- Adel Sellimi
- Riadh Bouazizi
- Raouf Bouzaiene
- Kais Ghodhbane
- Adel Chedli
- Mehdi Nafti
- Jawhar Mnari
- Mokhtar Dhouib
- Ali Kaabi
- Skander Souayah
- Nejib Ghommidh
- Ali Boumnijel
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