TUNISIA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM ALL-TIME RECORD

The Tunisia national football team has played teams from every confederation. Their first international match was played on 2 June 1957 in Tunis against Libya, winning 4–2. The team they have played the most is Morocco, with a total of 50 matches played.

Their biggest win has been by 8 goals in two matches: against Chinese Taipei on 18 August 1960, and against Djibouti on 12 June 2015.

Player records

As of 24 January 2024^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Tunisia.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Position	Career
1	Radhi Jaïdi	105	7	DF	1996–2009
2	Youssef Msakni	102	23	FW	2010–present
3	Chokri El Ouaer	97	0	GK	1990–2002
4	Khaled Badra	96	10	DF	1995–2006
5	Khaled Ben Yahia^[a]	95	5	DF	1979–1993
6	Kaies Ghodhbane	95	6	MF	1995–2006
7	Riadh Bouazizi	92	4	MF	1995–2006
8	Ali Maâloul	90	3	DF	2013–present
9	Tarak Dhiab^[a]	89	12	MF	1974–1990
10	Sadok Sassi^[a]	87	0	GK	1963–1978

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Issam Jemâa ( list)	36	84	0.43	2005–2014
2	Wahbi Khazri	25	74	0.34	2013–2022
3	Youssef Msakni	23	102	0.22	2010–present
4	Francileudo Santos	22	41	0.51	2004–2008
5	Adel Sellimi	20	80	0.25	1990–2002
6	Faouzi Rouissi	18	42	0.43	1989–2001
7	Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi	17	86	0.2	1985–1995
8	Mohamed Salah Jedidi	15	32	0.47	1962–1965
9	Hassen Gabsi	14	50	0.28	1997–2002
	Zied Jaziri	14	63	0.22	1999–2007
	Naïm Sliti	14	77	0.18	2016–present

^ ^a ^b ^c Matches in the Olympic Games and against Amateur sides are not considered full 'A' internationals by FIFA

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Tunisia national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

Tunisia national football team head-to-head records
Against	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Algeria	48	14	16	18	40	50	−10	CAF
Angola	7	3	4	0	15	5	+10	CAF
Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	CONMEBOL
Australia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	AFC
Austria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	UEFA
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	AFC
Belarus	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	UEFA
Belgium	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	UEFA
Benin	9	6	3	0	24	6	+18	CAF
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Botswana	8	4	2	2	12	5	+7	CAF
Brazil	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	CONMEBOL
Bulgaria	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	UEFA
Burkina Faso	7	1	3	3	7	8	−1	CAF
Burundi	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	CAF
Cameroon	18	2	7	9	18	29	−11	CAF
Canada	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	CONCACAF
Cape Verde	4	3^{[note 1]}	0	7	2	+5	+3	CAF
Central African Republic	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	CAF
Chad	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	CAF
Chile	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	CONMEBOL
China	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	AFC
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	AFC
Comoros	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CAF
Colombia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	CONMEBOL
Congo	9	6	2	1	17	6	+11	CAF
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONCACAF
Croatia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Denmark	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	UEFA
Djibouti	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10	CAF
DR Congo^[a]	14	7	4	3	25	13	+12	CAF
East Germany	5	1	0	4	1	11	−10	UEFA
Egypt	41	18	10	13	47	38	+9	CAF
England	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	UEFA
Equatorial Guinea	9	5	1	3	15	7	+8	CAF
Ethiopia	8	4	2	2	17	11	+6	CAF
Finland	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	UEFA
France	5	1	2	2	4	7	−3	UEFA
Gabon	11	4	6	1	21	12	+9	CAF
Gambia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	CAF
Georgia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	UEFA
Germany^[b]	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	UEFA
Ghana	18^{[note 2]}	4	5	9	20	27	−7	CAF
Guinea	20	9	4	7	31	19	+12	CAF
Guinea-Bissau	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	CAF
Hungary	1	0	0	1	1	10	−9	UEFA
Iceland	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	UEFA
India	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	AFC
Iran	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	AFC
Iraq	11	7	3	1	19	10	+9	AFC
Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	UEFA
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	UEFA
Ivory Coast	19	6	6	7	27	29	−2	CAF
Japan	6	1	0	5	3	8	−5	AFC
Jordan	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	AFC
Kenya	7	5	1	1	10	3	+7	CAF
Kuwait	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	AFC
Latvia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	UEFA
Lebanon	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	AFC
Liberia	10	5	2	3	17	9	+8	CAF
Libya	29	19	3	7	54	33	+21	CAF
Madagascar	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	CAF
Malawi	8	3	3	2	17	8	+9	CAF
Mali	15	7	3	5	15	11	+4	CAF
Malta	12	4	4	4	13	9	+4	UEFA
Mauritania	16	11	5	0	29	5	+24	CAF
Mauritius	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	CAF
Mexico	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	CONCACAF
Morocco	50	9	28	13	46	53	−7	CAF
Mozambique	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	CAF
Namibia	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	CAF
Netherlands	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	UEFA
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	OFC
Niger	4	4	0	0	9	4	+5	CAF
Nigeria	20	7	7	6	25	19	+5	CAF
Norway	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	UEFA
Oman	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	AFC
Palestine	2	1	1	0	7	3	+4	AFC
Panama	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	CONCACAF
Peru	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONMEBOL
Poland	4	1	0	3	2	9	−7	UEFA
Portugal	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	UEFA
Qatar	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	AFC
Romania	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Russia^[c]	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	UEFA
Rwanda	6	6	0	0	18	3	+15	CAF
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	CAF
Saudi Arabia	7	3	2	2	7	6	+1	AFC
Senegal	21	9	7	5	22	13	+9	CAF
Serbia^[d]	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
Seychelles	4	4	0	0	14	0	+14	CAF
Sierra Leone	7	3	3	1	10	6	+4	CAF
Slovenia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	UEFA
Somalia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	CAF
South Africa	7	3	2	2	9	7	+2	CAF
South Korea	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	AFC
Spain	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	UEFA
Sudan	11	8	0	3	28	11	+17	CAF
Sweden	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	UEFA
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	UEFA
Eswatini	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	CAF
Syria	11	5	1	5	16	14	+2	AFC
Togo	10	7	3	0	19	4	+15	CAF
Turkey	6	0	5	1	4	7	−3	UEFA
Uganda	5	5	0	0	16	1	+15	CAF
Ukraine	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
United Arab Emirates	5	5	0	0	10	1	+9	AFC
United States	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONCACAF
Uruguay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	CONMEBOL
Wales	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Yugoslavia	5	1	0	4	3	21	−18	UEFA
Zambia	14	9	2	3	24	13	+11	CAF
Zimbabwe	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	CAF
Total	724	308	200	216	994	715	+279	—
Last match updated was against New Zealand on 26 March 2024.

^ Includes matches against Zaire
^ Includes matches against West Germany.
^ Includes matches against Soviet Union.
^ Includes matches against Serbia and Montenegro

Teams yet to play against Tunisia

Teams yet to play Tunisia
Yemen	Liechtenstein	Honduras	Ecuador	Tahiti
Afghanistan	Eritrea	Martinique	Bolivia	Fiji
Kyrgyzstan	South Sudan	El Salvador	Guatemala	Vanuatu
Tajikistan	Zanzibar	Grenada	Aruba	Papua New Guinea
Turkmenistan	Lesotho	Jamaica	Dominica	American Samoa
Uzbekistan	Suriname	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Israel	Liechtenstein
Bangladesh	Réunion	Bermuda	Saint Lucia	Cyprus
Bhutan	Philippines	Cuba	Anguilla	Luxembourg
Maldives	Singapore	Haiti	Bonaire	Armenia
Nepal	Thailand	Trinidad and Tobago	Cayman Islands	Estonia
Pakistan	East Timor	Antigua and Barbuda	Puerto Rico	Faroe Islands
Sri Lanka	Vietnam	Belize	Sint Maarten	Azerbaijan
Brunei	Guam	Dominican Republic	Saint Martin	Kosovo
Cambodia	Hong Kong	French Guiana	Turks and Caicos Islands	Kazakhstan
Indonesia	North Korea	Montserrat	British Virgin Islands	Lithuania
Laos	Macau	Nicaragua	Samoa	Andorra
Malaysia	Mongolia	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Tonga
Myanmar	Northern Mariana Islands	Barbados	Moldova
Philippines	Guadeloupe	Cook Islands	New Zealand
U.S. Virgin Islands	San Marino	Venezuela	Solomon Islands
Gibraltar	Curaçao	Paraguay	New Caledonia

Match statistics

Biggest wins

Rank	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Competition	Difference
1	18 August 1960	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Chinese Taipei	8–1	Friendly match	+7
2	12 June 2015	Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis	Djibouti	8–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	+7
3	7 January 2000	Stade El Menzah, Tunis	Togo	7–0	Friendly match	+7
4	26 March 2005	Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis	Malawi	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	+7
5	25 February 2001	Stade El Menzah, Tunis	DR Congo	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	+6
6	1 July 2001	Stade El Menzah, Tunis	Congo	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	+6

Hat-tricks

FIFA rankings

Tunisia's FIFA rankings have ranged from 65 in July 2010, to 14 in April 2018. The Tunisian national team has always been one of the best African teams, especially thanks to its good results in the Africa Cup of Nations (3rd place in the 1962 edition, second place in the 1965 and 1996 editions and the champion in the 2004 edition).

But also after the good results in 2017 and 2018: the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (eight matches: six wins and two draws) and friendlies (five matches: 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat); Thus, the Tunisian national team reached the fourteenth place in the world in April and May 2018. It is also considered the best African team in the FIFA World Ranking between January and December 2018.

Rankings by year

Below is a chart of Tunisia's FIFA ranking since 1993.^[4]

Tunisia's FIFA world rankings
Rank	Year	Statistics				Best		Worst
Rank	Year	Games	Wins	Draws	Loses	Rank	Move	Rank	Move
32	1993	10	6	3	1	31	7 (August)	36	3 (September)
30	1994	10	3	5	2	27	4 (September)	33	3 (October)
22	1995	14	7	3	4	21	6 (February)	27	4 (August)
23	1996	14	7	2	5	21	6 (February)	31	9 (June)
23	1997	14	9	2	3	20	7 (August)	29	4 (June)
21	1998	17	7	4	6	19	6 (November)	26	4 (July)
31	1999	10	7	1	2	26	4 (November)	33	7 (June)
26	2000	17	8	7	2	25	3 (June)	28	1 (September)
28	2001	12	8	2	2	22	7 (July)	32	5 (April)
41	2002	14	0	8	6	28	0 (June)	41	5 (July)
45	2003	9	5	3	1	40	3 (April)	46	3 (October)
35	2004	16	8	4	4	31	14 (February)	45	2 (April)
28	2005	12	8	2	2	23	8 (September)	40	4 (October)
32	2006	16	7	4	5	21	5 (February)	32	10 (July)
47	2007	9	5	3	1	32	5 (July)	47	13 (February)
46	2008	16	7	5	4	44	3 (April)	56	7 (February)
53	2009	10	4	4	2	45	2 (July)	54	8 (February)
45	2010	11	3	5	3	44	11 (October)	65	10 (July)
59	2011	8	4	2	2	44	3 (March)	61	15 (April)
45	2012	16	8	4	4	41	10 (June)	59	4 (October)
48	2013	15	4	7	4	41	11 (February)	53	8 (June)
22	2014	9	5	3	1	22	11 (September)	49	5 (April)
40	2015	15	5	5	5	22	2 (June)	41	5 (April)
35	2016	11	6	4	1	34	4 (October)	48	8 (February)
27	2017	13	6	2	5	27	7 (July)	42	5 (April)
24	2018	8	3	2	3	14	9 (April)	24	7 (June)
27	2019	17	8	5	4	25	3 (June)	28	4 (July)
26	2020	4	2	2	0	26	1 (September)	27	0 (December)
30	2021	17	12	1	4	25	3 (December)	30	4 (November)

Notes

^ FIFA awarded Tunisia a 3–0 win as a result of Cape Verde fielding the player Fernando Varela, who had been sent off in the match against Equatorial Guinea on 24 March 2013. As a result of his sending off for unsporting conduct towards a match official, Varela had been given a four match suspension and would miss the rest of the qualifying campaign plus one further FIFA game. Varela did not participate in the games against Equatorial Guinea on 8 June 2013 or the game against Sierra Leone on 16 June 2013. Complicating matters, Varela's red card against Equatorial Guinea was removed from the FIFA.com website.^[2] The match originally ended 2–0 to Cape Verde.^[3]
^ The two teams play on January 18, 2000 a training match, three halves of 35 minutes, won by Ghana 2–0 but which can not be considered a real international match.

References

^ "Tunisia". National Football Teams.
^ "Equatorial Guinea - Cape Verde Islands 24 March 2013". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "Cape Verde sanctioned; Tunisia through to final FIFA World Cup qualifying round". FIFA.com. 2013-09-12. Archived from the original on September 15, 2013.
^ "Tunisia - FIFA Men's World Rankings". fifa.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[Olympic-2] Matches in the Olympic Games and against Amateur sides are not considered full 'A' internationals by FIFA

[6] Includes matches against Zaire

[7] Includes matches against West Germany.

[9] Includes matches against Soviet Union.

[10] Includes matches against Serbia and Montenegro

[tunisia-capeverde-5] FIFA awarded Tunisia a 3–0 win as a result of Cape Verde fielding the player Fernando Varela, who had been sent off in the match against Equatorial Guinea on 24 March 2013. As a result of his sending off for unsporting conduct towards a match official, Varela had been given a four match suspension and would miss the rest of the qualifying campaign plus one further FIFA game. Varela did not participate in the games against Equatorial Guinea on 8 June 2013 or the game against Sierra Leone on 16 June 2013. Complicating matters, Varela's red card against Equatorial Guinea was removed from the FIFA.com website.^[2] The match originally ended 2–0 to Cape Verde.^[3]

[tunisia-ghana-8] The two teams play on January 18, 2000 a training match, three halves of 35 minutes, won by Ghana 2–0 but which can not be considered a real international match.

[1] "Tunisia". National Football Teams.

[3] "Equatorial Guinea - Cape Verde Islands 24 March 2013". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[4] "Cape Verde sanctioned; Tunisia through to final FIFA World Cup qualifying round". FIFA.com. 2013-09-12. Archived from the original on September 15, 2013.

[11] "Tunisia - FIFA Men's World Rankings". fifa.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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Player records

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

Teams yet to play against Tunisia

Match statistics

Biggest wins

Hat-tricks

FIFA rankings

Rankings by year

Notes

References

Player records

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

Teams yet to play against Tunisia

Match statistics

Biggest wins

Hat-tricks

FIFA rankings

Rankings by year

Notes

References

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