TUNISIA AT THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP

The Tunisia national football team represented Tunisia at the FIFA Confederations Cup on one occasion, a sole appearance in 2005. Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup as the CAF representative after winning 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.

Record at the FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Ref
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad	^[1]
2009	Did not qualify
2013
2017
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	1	0	2	3	5	—	—

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

Squad

Head coach: Roger Lemerre

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Ali Boumnijel	(1966-04-13)April 13, 1966 (aged 39)	Africain
2	2 DF	Karim Saidi	(1983-03-24)March 24, 1983 (aged 22)	Feyenoord
3	4 FW	Karim Essediri	(1979-07-29)July 29, 1979 (aged 25)	Tromsø
4	2 DF	Wisam El Abdy	(1979-04-02)April 2, 1979 (aged 26)	Sfaxien
5	4 FW	Ziad Jaziri	(1978-07-12)July 12, 1978 (aged 26)	Gaziantepspor
6	2 DF	Hatem Trabelsi (c)	(1977-01-25)January 25, 1977 (aged 28)	Ajax
7	4 FW	Imed Mhedhebi	(1976-03-22)March 22, 1976 (aged 29)	Étoile du Sahel
8	3 MF	Mehdi Nafti	(1978-11-28)November 28, 1978 (aged 26)	Birmingham City
9	4 FW	Haykel Guemamdia	(1981-12-22)December 22, 1981 (aged 23)	Sfaxien
10	3 MF	Kaies Ghodhbane	(1976-01-07)January 7, 1976 (aged 29)	Samsunspor
11	4 FW	Francileudo Santos	(1979-03-20)March 20, 1979 (aged 26)	Sochaux
12	3 MF	Jawhar Mnari	(1976-11-08)November 8, 1976 (aged 28)	Espérance de Tunis
13	3 MF	Hamed Namouchi	(1984-02-14)February 14, 1984 (aged 21)	Rangers
14	3 MF	Adel Chedli	(1976-09-16)September 16, 1976 (aged 28)	Istres
15	2 DF	Radhi Jaïdi	(1975-08-30)August 30, 1975 (aged 29)	Bolton Wanderers
16	1 GK	Khaled Fadhel	(1976-09-29)September 29, 1976 (aged 28)	Diyarbakırspor
17	3 MF	Chaouki Ben Saada	(1984-07-01)July 1, 1984 (aged 20)	Bastia
18	3 MF	Selim Benachour	(1981-09-08)September 8, 1981 (aged 23)	Paris Saint-Germain
19	2 DF	Anis Ayari	(1982-02-16)February 16, 1982 (aged 23)	Samsunspor
20	2 DF	José Clayton	(1974-03-21)March 21, 1974 (aged 31)	Espérance de Tunis
21	4 FW	Issam Jemâa	(1984-01-28)January 28, 1984 (aged 21)	Espérance de Tunis
22	1 GK	Hamdi Kasraoui	(1983-02-18)February 18, 1983 (aged 22)	Espérance de Tunis
23	2 DF	Amir Haj Massaoud	(1981-02-08)February 8, 1981 (aged 24)	Sfaxien

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

Source: ^{[
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(H) Hosts

Argentina v Tunisia

15 June 2005

18:00

Argentina	2–1	Tunisia
Riquelme 33' ( pen.) Saviola 57'	Report	Guemamdia 72' ( pen.)

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 28,033

Referee: Roberto Rosetti ( Italy)

Argentina

Tunisia


GK	12	Germán Lux	71'
CB	16	Fabricio Coloccini
CB	13	Gonzalo Rodríguez	17'
CB	6	Gabriel Heinze
RM	19	Maxi Rodríguez
CM	17	Lucas Bernardi
LM	3	Juan Pablo Sorín ( c)		79'
RW	22	Luciano Galletti
AM	8	Juan Román Riquelme
LW	18	Mario Santana
CF	9	Javier Saviola		66'
Substitutions:
FW	7	Carlos Tevez		66'
DF	4	Javier Zanetti		79'
Manager:
José Pékerman


GK	16	Khaled Fadhel
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi ( c)	32'	46'
CB	2	Karim Saidi
CB	15	Radhi Jaïdi	80'
LB	19	Anis Ayari
RM	12	Jawhar Mnari
CM	14	Adel Chedli
LM	18	Selim Benachour
RW	3	Karim Essediri
LW	7	Imed Mhedhebi		46'
CF	9	Haykel Guemamdia		78'
Substitutions:
DF	23	Amir Haj Massaoud		46'
FW	11	Francileudo Santos		46'
FW	5	Ziad Jaziri		78'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Juan Román Riquelme (Argentina)^[2]

Assistant referees:
Alessandro Griselli ( Italy)
Cristiano Copelli ( Italy)
Fourth official:
Manuel Mejuto González ( Spain)

Tunisia v Germany

18 June 2005

18:00

Tunisia	0–3	Germany
	Report	Ballack 74' ( pen.) Schweinsteiger 80' Hanke 88'

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 44,377

Referee: Peter Prendergast ( Jamaica)

Tunisia

Germany


GK	1	Ali Boumnijel
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi ( c)
CB	4	Wisam El Abdy	73'
CB	15	Radhi Jaïdi	5'
LB	20	José Clayton
RM	8	Mehdi Nafti
CM	12	Jawhar Mnari
CM	10	Kaies Ghodhbane		59'
LM	14	Adel Chedli
CF	5	Ziad Jaziri		83'
CF	11	Francileudo Santos
Substitutions:
FW	13	Hamed Namouchi		59'
FW	17	Chaouki Ben Saada		83'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre


GK	12	Jens Lehmann
RB	3	Arne Friedrich	22'
CB	4	Robert Huth
CB	17	Per Mertesacker
LB	16	Thomas Hitzlsperger		68'
RM	10	Sebastian Deisler
CM	8	Torsten Frings
CM	13	Michael Ballack ( c)
LM	7	Bastian Schweinsteiger
CF	14	Gerald Asamoah		62'
CF	20	Lukas Podolski		87'
Substitutions:
FW	22	Kevin Kurányi		62'
MF	19	Bernd Schneider		68'
FW	9	Mike Hanke		87'
Manager:
Jürgen Klinsmann

Man of the Match:
Michael Ballack (Germany)^[3]

Assistant referees:
Anthony Garwood ( Jamaica)
Joseph Taylor ( Trinidad and Tobago)
Fourth official:
Matthew Breeze ( Australia)

Australia v Tunisia

21 June 2005

20:45

Australia	0–2	Tunisia
	Report	Santos 26', 70'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 23,952

Referee: Carlos Chandía ( Chile)

Australia

Tunisia


GK	12	Michael Petkovic
RB	4	Lucas Neill
CB	3	Craig Moore ( c)
CB	5	Tony Vidmar
LB	14	Simon Colosimo	39'
RM	19	Jason Culina
CM	8	Josip Skoko		61'
CM	17	Jonathan McKain	25'
LM	11	Scott Chipperfield		38'
CF	9	Mark Viduka		46'
CF	15	John Aloisi
Substitutions:
DF	20	Ljubo Milicevic		38'
FW	22	Archie Thompson	90'	46'
MF	10	Tim Cahill	62'	61'
Manager:
Frank Farina


GK	22	Hamdi Kasraoui
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi ( c)
CB	2	Karim Saidi
CB	12	Jawhar Mnari
LB	19	Anis Ayari	88'
RM	13	Hamed Namouchi
CM	8	Mehdi Nafti
CM	17	Chaouki Ben Saada	28'	69'
LM	14	Adel Chedli		55'
CF	11	Francileudo Santos	89'
CF	9	Haykel Guemamdia
Substitutions:
FW	21	Issam Jemâa		55'
MF	10	Kaies Ghodhbane		69'
FW	5	Ziad Jaziri		89'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Francileudo Santos (Tunisia)^[4]

Assistant referees:
Cristian Julio ( Chile)
Mario Vargas ( Chile)
Fourth official:
Herbert Fandel ( Germany)

References

^ "Intercontinental Cup for Nations". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "ARG-TUN (Match 1), Anhauser Busch Man of the Match: Juan Roman Riquelme (ARG)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2005. Archived from the original on 5 January 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^ "TUN-GER (Match 5), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Michael Ballack (GER)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2005. Archived from the original on 28 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^ "AUS-TUN (Match 9), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Santos (TUN)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2005. Archived from the original on 29 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[1] "Intercontinental Cup for Nations". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[2] "ARG-TUN (Match 1), Anhauser Busch Man of the Match: Juan Roman Riquelme (ARG)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2005. Archived from the original on 5 January 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[3] "TUN-GER (Match 5), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Michael Ballack (GER)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2005. Archived from the original on 28 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[4] "AUS-TUN (Match 9), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Santos (TUN)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2005. Archived from the original on 29 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

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v t e Countries at the FIFA Confederations Cup
AFC	Australia¹ Iraq Japan Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Cameroon Ivory Coast Egypt Nigeria South Africa Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Mexico United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand Tahiti
UEFA	Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Portugal Russia Spain Turkey
¹ Have been member of multiple confederations.

v t e Countries at the FIFA Confederations Cup
AFC	Australia¹ Iraq Japan Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Cameroon Ivory Coast Egypt Nigeria South Africa Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Mexico United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand Tahiti
UEFA	Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Portugal Russia Spain Turkey
¹ Have been member of multiple confederations.

Record at the FIFA Confederations Cup