2022 World Cup Team Profile: Tunisia

Tunisian National Team (Twitter @tunisiefootball)

JAKARTA - The Tunisian national football team is one of the most successful football teams in Africa. The team has won a number of international championships.

Profile overview

Full name: Tunisia national football team Nickname: The Eagles of Carthage Managed by: Tunisian Football Federation Founded: 1957 Colors: Red and White Federation: CAF Coach: Mondher Kebaier Captain: Wahbi Khazri Top scorer: Issam Jemaa (36) Most caps : Radhi Jaidi (105) Stadium: Stade Olympique de Rads Nickname

The Tunisian national team is known as the Eagles of Carthage. The film, Eagles of Carthage is based on this team's historic victory at AFCON (African Cup) 2004.

A brief History

The Tunisian national team was founded in 1957, following the country's independence in 1956. The Eagles of Carthage first entered FIFA in 1960. The team's rich history, which spans 65 years until 2022, depicts the ups and downs of the team, the Olympics, international league victories and defeats in the tournament. local level for decades.

2022 World Cup provisional squad

The following is a list of Tunisian national team players who have been selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. This squad is their main framework for the Qatar World Cup.

Goalkeeper

Al Bashir Said Farouk Mustafa Dahmane Ayman Jamal Ali

defender

Dragger Mohamed Hamza Mathlouthi Bilal Ifa Talbi Muntasir Ali Maaloul Ali Abedy Mohamed Hmida Dylan Bronn Osama Haddadi Omar Rekik

Midfielder

Bilal Aidouni Mohamed Romdhane Ghilane Chaalali Elias Skhiri Seifeddine Khaoui Anis Benslimane Hannibal Mjebri Firas Arabi W. Khazri Hamza Rafia Sliti Naim

Striker

Issam Jbaly Seifedine Jaziri Yoann Toefuzghar Youssef Msakni

OFFICIEL : Le 11 de la Tunisie pour la finale de la Kirin Cup face au Japon !Dahmen - Drager, Ifa, Talbi, Abdi - Ben Romdhane, Sassi, Laïdouni - Msakni (c), Khenissi, Ben Slimane.#JAPTUN 🇯 #kirincup2022 pic.twitter.com/oqVa3Bt4tP

— Tunisie Football (@tunisiefootball) June 14, 2022

Trainer

Jalel Kadri is the current coach of the Tunisian national team. The man who was born on December 14, 1971 temporarily replaced the previous coach Mondher Kebaier on January 23, 2022 when he was infected with COVID-19. However, on 30 January 2022, he was appointed as main manager after Tunisia were eliminated from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals against Burkina Faso. He led the team to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Team captain

Youssef Msakni who plays for club Al-Arabi, on loan from Al Duhail, is the current captain of the Tunisian national team. The player who plays as a striker/winger has bagged 84 caps and 17 goals until June 2022.

On 14 December 2009, he received his first call-up to the Tunisian national team from coach Faouzi Benzarti for a friendly against Gambia in preparation for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. On 9 January 2010, at Stade El Menzah, he came on in the 35th minute following the injury of Oussama Darragi. .

On 7 October 2017, Msakni scored a hat-trick against Guinea in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

Officiel : Le staff médical a décidé que Youssef Msakni ne jouera pas le second match des éliminatoires de la CAN 2023 face au Botswana ce dimanche.Il restera Tunis avec un préparateur physique avant de s'envoler Cup le Japon pour la Kirin le Japonvoler .#Tunisie #CAN2023 pic.twitter.com/KnCC24pp8N

— Tunisie Football (@tunisiefootball) June 3, 2022

Top player

Wahbi Khazri

Currently, Wahbi Khazri plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Ligue 1 club Montpellier and the Tunisian national team. Coached at Bastia from 2004, Khazri made his professional debut there in 2009 and quickly became a key part of the team as he helped the club achieve promotion to Ligue 2 in 2011, and then Ligue 1 in 2012. In 2014, he moved to Bordeaux.

Two years later, Khazri joined Sunderland in the Premier League; he was then loaned out to Rennes during the 2017–18 season. After finishing the season with 11 goals in 29 games, Khazri caught the attention of Saint-Étienne, who signed him in July 2018. In 2022, Khazri signed for Montpellier.

Born in France, Khazri represents Tunisia at international level. He once captained the national team and has played more than 60 games and scored 24 goals since 2013. Khazri has represented Tunisia in five African Nations Cup tournaments and the 2018 World Cup.

🔴⚪ Wahbi Khazri a refusé une offre "mirobolante" venant du club d'Al Nassr en Arabie Saoudite.L'international tunisien est suivi par plusieurs clubs en France et en Italie.(L'Equipe)#Tunisie #Mercato pic. twitter.com/nKbuh4TiZH

— Tunisie Football (@tunisiefootball) June 15, 2022

FIFA Arab Cup Trophy: 1963 AFCON: 2004 African Nations Championship: 2011 Mediterranean Games: 2001 African National Team of the Year: 1995, 1999, 2004, 2005 Tripoli Fair Tournament: 1965 Tunis Four Nations Tournament: 2003 7th November Cup: 1991, 1993 , 1995 Catalonia International Trophy: 2011, 2016 Kirin Cup Soccer: 2022 Palestine Cup of Nations: 1973 LG Cup: 1997 FIFA Rankings

The Eagles of Carthage are ranked 30th with 1507.86 as of June 2022. One of the best among the 10 highest ranked African football teams.

FIFA Classement : La Tunisie retrouve le podium africain après sa victoire lors de la Kirin Cup.1 - Sénégal (18e mondiale) (+2 places)2- Maroc (22) (+2)3 - 🇹🇳 TUNISIE (30) (+5)4- Nigéria (31) (-1)5 - Cameroun (38) (-1)#Tunisie pic.twitter.com/7oeBsZ8kYA

— Tunisie Football (@tunisiefootball) June 23, 2022

World Cup

Tunisia have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals six times, the first at the 1978 World Cup where they finished ninth. Between 1998 and 2006 they qualified for three consecutive World Cups and qualified for the fifth time at the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia and their sixth for the 2022 World Cup.

2022 World Cup

In September 2021, the Tunisian national team started their 2022 World Cup qualifiers with three consecutive wins 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 0-1 loss against Equatorial Guinea in Malabo, which drew strong criticism from supporters.

Qualification for the play-offs was obtained after a 3-1 win against Zambia, ending with four wins, one draw and one defeat.

Tunisia have never been able to qualify from the group stage on five previous World Cup occasions. In the sixth edition in Qatar, the chances are still slim considering they are in Group D with France, Denmark and Australia. Here is the schedule for their group stage matches:

Tuesday, 22 November 2022France vs Australia: 20:00 WIB Wednesday, 23 November 2022Denmark vs Tunisia: 02:00 WIB Saturday, 26 November 2022France vs Denmark: 17:00 WIBTunisia vs Australia: 23:00 WIB Wednesday, 30 November 2022Tunisia vs France: 22:00 WST Australia vs Denmark: 22.00 WIB