Tunisia national under-23 football team

The Tunisia Olympic football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس الأولمبي لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), is the national under-23 football team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation, represents Tunisia in international football competitions and in the Olympic Games, Africa U-23 Cup of Nations and UNAF U-23 Tournament. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed.

Tunisia national Olympic team
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
AssociationTunisian Football Federation
Other affiliationUAFA (Arab Nations)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachFarid Ben Belgacem
Home stadiumStade Olympique de Radès
FIFA codeTUN
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Malta 0–0 Tunisia 
(Valletta, Malta November 01, 1959)
Biggest win
 Tunisia 4–0 Mali 
(Tunis, Tunisia May 28, 1972)
Biggest defeat
 Poland 6–1 Tunisia 
(Rome, Italy August 26, 1960)
Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1960)
Best result1st Round (1960, 1988, 1996, 2004)
All-Africa Games
Appearances3 (first in 1987)
Best result Silver Medal (1991)
UNAF U-23 Tournament
Appearances2 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (1): 2007

History

Tunisia first appeared in the final of the Summer Olympics held in Rome in 1960.

Honours
Mediterranean Games:
All-Africa Games:
  • Silver Medalist: 1991
  • Bronze Medalist: 2007
UNAF U-23 Tournament:
  • Runners up: 2007

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

2016 Men's Olympic Tournament qualifying

First round
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Second round
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Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia
 Senegal
 Zambia
 South Africa
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Current squad

Head coach: Maher Kanzari

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Saifeddine Charfi (1995-03-28)28 March 1995 (aged 20) CA Bizertin
2 2DF Wajdi Kechrida (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 20) Étoile du Sahel
3 2DF Slimane Kchok (1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 21) CA Bizertin
4 2DF Seddik Mejri (1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 21) CA Bizertin
5 2DF Ali Machani (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 (aged 22) Espérance de Tunis
6 3MF Meriah Yassine (1993-07-02)2 July 1993 (aged 22) CS Sfaxien
7 4FW Chedly Ghrab (1993-05-15)15 May 1993 (aged 22) CA Bizertin
8 3MF Ghailene Chaalali (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 21) Espérance de Tunis
9 4FW Seifeddine Jaziri (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 22) Club Africain
10 3MF Ilyes Jelassi (1994-02-07)7 February 1994 (aged 21) Espérance de Tunis
11 4FW Edem Rjaibi (1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 21) Espérance de Tunis
12 3MF Ahmed Khalil (1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (aged 20) Club Africain
13 2DF Ali Abdi (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 21) Espérance de Tunis
14 4FW Haythem Jouini (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 22) Espérance de Tunis
15 3MF Zoubayer Darraji (1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 22) CA Bizertin
16 1GK Sabri Ben Hsan (1996-06-13)13 June 1996 (aged 19) CS Sfaxien
17 3MF Nader Ghandri (1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 20) Club Africain
18 4FW Saad Bguir (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 21) Espérance de Tunis
19 2DF Wissem Bousnina (1994-04-06)6 April 1994 (aged 21) CS Hammam-Lif
20 4FW Khaldoun Mansour (1993-12-23)23 December 1993 (aged 21) EO Sidi Bouzid
21 1GK Wassim Karoui (1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 18) Espérance de Tunis

Recent call-ups
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK
2DF
3MF
4FW
  • stats as of September 29, 2015

Notable players

Former squads
Tunisia Olympic Squads
Tunisia CAF U23 Squads

    See also

    References
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