Tunisia Football Team

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General Information
Country - Tunisia
Capital City - Tunis
Continent - Africa
Manager - Roger Lemerre

Team History
Founded 1956
Affiliated 1960

WC participations 3 (1978, 1998, 2002)
WC honours NONE
Continental TitlesNONE

World Cup Record:
Year Host Performance
1930 Uruguay -
1934 Italy -
1938 France -
1950 Brazil -
1954 Switzerland -
1958 Sweden -
1962 Chile -
1966 England -
1970 Mexico -
1974 West Germany -
1978 Argentina Third, Group Two
1982 Spain -
1986 Mexico -
1990 Italy -
1994 U.S.A. -
1998 France Fourth, Group G
2002 S.Korea/Japan Fourth, Group H
2006 Germany in Group H with Spain, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia
TUNISIA Football Team for 2006 FIFA World Cup

Coach:
Roger Lemerre

Goalkeepers:
Ali Boumnijel, Adel Nefzi, Hamdi Kasraoui.

Defenders:
David Jemmali, Hatem Trabelsi, Mehdi Meriah, Anis Ayari, Alaeddine Yahia, Radhi Jaidi, Karim Haggui, Karim Saidi

Midfielders:
Jaouhar Mnari, Adel Chedli, Mehdi Nafti, Sofiane Melliti, Hamed Namouchi, Karim Essediri Yassine Chikhaoui, Riadh Bouazizi, Issam Jomaa, Kaies Ghodhbane.

Forwards:
Francileudo Santos, Zied Jaziri.

Tunisia Statistics in Group H with Spain, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia
The team is known as 'Carthage Eagles'
Jersey No. Name of the Player
1 Ali Boumnijel
2 Karim Essediri
3 Karim Haggui
4 Alaeddine Yahia
5 Zied Jaziri
6 Hatem Trabelsi
7 Mehdi Meriah
8 Mehdi Nafti
9 Yassine Chikhaoui
10 Kaies Ghodhbane
11 Francileudo Santos
12 Jaouhar Mnari
13 Riadh Bouazizi
14 Adel Chedli
15 Radhi Jaidi
16 Adel Nefzi
17 Issam Jomaa
18 David Jemmali
19 Anis Ayari
20 Hamed Namouchi
21 Karim Saidi
22 Hamdi Kasraoui
23 Sofiane Melliti

Tunisia is playing in Group H along with Spain, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia. They have participated in the World Cup thrice in 1978, 1998 and 2002. The team of Tunisia is nicknamed Carthages Eagles. In 1978, Tunisia defeated Mexico 3-1 in their first group match and became the first African country to win a game at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. In the next match they were defeated 1-0 by Poland. They secured a goalless draw against Germany. They won a match with Mexico and secured a place in the history books.

In 1998, the Carthages Eagles lost to England and Colombia. They drew a match with Romania. In 2002 they lost to Russia and Japan. They had a draw with Belgium. It was only in 1978 that Tunisia won a match. They are awaiting their next victory in a World Cup final.

Tunisia was amongst the five African countries that played at South Korea/Japan 2002. For this reason, the Carthages Eagles were not required to play in the preliminary African qualifying rounds for the 2006 finals. Under the guidance of coach Roger Lemerre they successfully secured a place in the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006.

Carthages Eagles had won the CAF African Cup of Nations in Tunis in February 2004. In the final then the team defeated Morocco 2-1 at the Rades stadium and it enthralled all the fans out there.

In their qualifying match, Carthages Eagles encountered Morocco again. They were on top as far as performance was concerned even though both the matches ended in draws. In Rabat it was 1-1 and in Tunis it was 2-2.

The North Africans made it to the finals of Germany 2006 quite comfortably. They were defeated only once. They lost to Guinea 2-1. Tunisia had six wins and three draws. Ziad Jaziri, Santos, Adel Chadli and captain Hatem Trabelsi are the star players of the team. Tunisia has proved that they are a team to watch this FIFA season.