Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Tunisia have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on four occasions, the first being at the 1978 FIFA World Cup where they finished in ninth position. Between 1998 and 2006 they had a streak of three World Cup qualifications. Their team failed to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil as they lost the two-legged play-offs against Cameroon.[1]

FIFA World Cup record

As of 2014, Tunisia never survived the group phase of a World Cup. Their first World Cup match, against Mexico in 1978, ended in their sole World Cup match victory.

1978 FIFA World Cup

Tunisia's first World Cup was the 1978 competition held in Argentina. They became the first African team to win a World Cup game, defeating Mexico 3–1 in Rosario.[2] A 1–0 defeat to 1974 semi-finalists Poland followed, but although The Eagles Of Carthage then held reigning champions West Germany to a 0–0 draw, they failed to reach the next stage. Tunisia failed to qualify for the World Cup again until twenty years later.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 321041+35
 West Germany 312060+64
 Tunisia 311132+13
 Mexico 3003212−100

2 June 1978 (First Round)
16:45 ART
Tunisia  3–1  Mexico
Kaabi  55'
Ghommidh  79'
Dhouieb  87'		 Report Vázquez Ayala  45' (pen.)

6 June 1978 (First Round)
16:45 ART
Poland  1–0  Tunisia
Lato  43' Report
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario
Attendance: 9,624
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

10 June 1978 (First Round)
16:45 ART
West Germany  0–0  Tunisia
Report
Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba
Attendance: 30,667
Referee: César Guerrero Orosco (Peru)

1998 FIFA World Cup

Adel Sellimi's team were beaten 2–0 by England,[3][4] and 1–0 by Colombia[5] to eliminate them at the group stage. Their only point was in a 1–1 draw with Romania.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 321042+27
 England 320152+36
 Colombia 310213−23
 Tunisia 301214−31

15 June 1998 (First Round)
14:30
England  2 – 0  Tunisia
Shearer  43'
Scholes  89'		 Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 54,587
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
England
Tunisia
GK 1 David Seaman
CB 2 Sol Campbell YC 88'
CB 6 Gareth Southgate
CB 5 Tony Adams
RWB14Darren Anderton
LWB3 Graeme Le Saux
CM 4 Paul Ince
CM 8 David Batty
AM 16Paul Scholes
CF 10Teddy Sheringham  85'
CF 9 Alan Shearer(c)
Substitutions:
FW 20Michael Owen  85'
Manager:
Glenn Hoddle
GK 1 Chokri El Ouaer
RB 5 Hatem Trabelsi  79'
CB 3 Sami Trabelsi(c)
CB 4 Mounir Boukadida
LB 17José Clayton YC 48'
MF 10Kais Ghodhbane YC 87'
MF 21Khaled Badra
MF 14Sirajeddine Chihi
MF 15Skander Souayah  45'
FW 11Adel Sellimi
FW 18Mehdi Ben Slimane  65'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Zoubeir Baya  45'
FW 2 Imed Ben Younes YC 70'  65'
DF 7 Tarek Thabet  79'
Manager:
Poland Henryk Kasperczak

Assistant referees:
Hyun Jeom-young (South Korea)
Dramane Dante (Mali)
Fourth official:
Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

22 June 1998 (First Round)
17:30
Colombia  1 – 0  Tunisia
Preciado  83' Report
Colombia
Tunisia
GK 22Faryd Mondragón
3 Ever Palacios
4 José Santa YC 18'
5 Jorge Bermúdez
6 Mauricio Serna  62'
7 Antony de Ávila
8 Harold Lozano
9 Adolfo Valencia  56'
10Carlos Valderrama(c)
13Wilmer Cabrera
19Freddy Rincón  56'
Substitutions:
15Víctor Aristizábal  56'
21Léider Preciado  56'
14Jorge Bolaño  62'
Manager:
Hernán Darío Gómez
GK 1 Chokri El Ouaer
3 Sami Trabelsi(c)
6 Ferid Chouchane
7 Tarek Thabet  76'
8 Zoubeir Baya  73'
11Adel Sellimi  68'
13Riadh Bouazizi YC 16'
14Sirajeddine Chihi
15Skander Souayah
17Clayton YC 83'
18Mehdi Ben Slimane
Substitutions:
2 Imed Ben Younes  68'
19Faysal Ben Ahmed  73'
10Kaies Ghodhbane  76'
Manager:
Poland Henryk Kasperczak

Assistant referees:
Erich Schneider (Germany)
Evzen Amler (Czech Republic)
Fourth official:
László Vágner (Hungary)

26 June 1998 (First Round)
21:00
Romania  1 – 1  Tunisia
Moldovan  72' Report Souayah  10' (pen.)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,000
Referee: Edward Lennie (Australia)
Romania
Tunisia
GK 12Bogdan Stelea
2 Dan Petrescu
3 Cristian Dulca  32'
4 Anton Doboș
5 Constantin Gâlcă
7 Marius Lăcătuș  46'
8 Dorinel Munteanu  76'
10Gheorghe Hagi(c)
13Liviu Ciobotariu
15Lucian Marinescu
17Ilie Dumitrescu  68'
Substitutions:
6 Gheorghe Popescu  32'
11Adrian Ilie  46'
9 Viorel Moldovan  68'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu
GK 1 Chokri El Ouaer
3 Sami Trabelsi(c)
4 Mounir Boukadida
6 Ferid Chouchane
8 Zoubeir Baya YC 28'
10Kaies Ghodhbane  85'
11Adel Sellimi
13Riadh Bouazizi
14Sirajeddine Chihi
15Skander Souayah YC 57'  91'
18Mehdi Ben Slimane  60'
Substitutions:
9 Riadh Jelassi  60'
7 Tarek Thabet  85'
2 Imed Ben Younes  91'
Manager:
Ali Selmi

Assistant referees:
Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland)
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Fourth official:
Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

2002 FIFA World Cup

Tunisia reached their second successive World Cup, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. They started with a 2–0 loss against Russia, but a Raouf Bouzaiene free kick gave them a 1–1 draw against Belgium. Their final game resulted in a 2–0 defeat to co-hosts Japan, meaning they were knocked out in the group stages.

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 5 2 +37
 Belgium 3 1 2 0 6 5 +15
 Russia 3 1 0 2 4 4 03
 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −41

All times local (UTC+9)

5 June 2002 (First Round)
15:30
Russia  2–0  Tunisia
Titov  59'
Karpin  64' (pen.)		 Report
Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 30,957
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Russia
Tunisia
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
DF 2 Yuri Kovtun
DF 3 Yuri Nikiforov
DF 5 Andrei Solomatin
DF 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
MF 6 Igor Semshov YC 27'  46'
MF 8 Valeri Karpin
MF 9 Yegor Titov
MF 20Marat Izmailov  78'
FW 11Vladimir Beschastnykh  55'
FW 19Ruslan Pimenov
Substitutions:
MF 21 Dmitri Khokhlov  46'
FW 22 Dmitri Sychev  55'
MF 15 Dmitri Alenichev YC 88'  78'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
DF 2 Khaled Badra  84'
DF 4 Mohamed Mkacher
DF 6 Hatem Trabelsi
DF 12Raouf Bouzaiene
DF 15Radhi Jaïdi
MF 8 Hassen Gabsi YC 50'  67'
MF 13Riadh Bouazizi
MF 18Selim Ben Achour
FW 5 Ziad Jaziri YC 75'
FW 11Adel Sellimi (c)  67'
Substitutions:
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  67'
MF 7 Imed Mhedhebi  67'
FW 20Ali Zitouni  84'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah

Man of the Match:
Yuri Nikiforov (Russia)

Assistant referees:
Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad and Tobago)
Paul Smith (New Zealand)
Fourth official:
Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

10 June 2002 (First Round)
18:00
Tunisia  1–1  Belgium
Bouzaiene  17' Report Wilmots  13'
Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Tunisia
Belgium
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
DF 2 Khaled Badra (c)
DF 6 Hatem Trabelsi YC 68'
DF 12Raouf Bouzaiene
DF 15Radhi Jaïdi
MF 8 Hassen Gabsi YC 22'  67'
MF 10Kaies Ghodhbane YC 43'
MF 13Riadh Bouazizi
MF 18Selim Ben Achour
MF 21Mourad Melki YC 69'  88'
FW 5 Ziad Jaziri  77'
Substitutions:
FW 11Adel Sellimi  67'
FW 20Ali Zitouni  77'
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  88'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
DF 2 Eric Deflandre
DF 3 Glen De Boeck
DF 12Peter Van Der Heyden
DF 16Daniel Van Buyten YC 40'
MF 6 Timmy Simons  74'
MF 8 Bart Goor
MF 11Gert Verheyen  46'
MF 18Yves Vanderhaeghe
FW 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
FW 20Branko Strupar  46'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck  46'
MF 14Sven Vermant  46'
FW 22Mbo Mpenza  74'
Manager:
Robert Waseige

Man of the Match:
Raouf Bouzaiene (Tunisia)

Assistant referees:
Paul Smith (New Zealand)
Komaleeswaran Sankar (India)
Fourth official:
Gilles Veissière (France)

14 June 2002
15:30
Tunisia  0–2  Japan
Report Morishima  48'
Nakata  75'
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 45,213
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Tunisia
Japan
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
DF 2 Khaled Badra (c) YC 81'
DF 6 Hatem Trabelsi
DF 12Raouf Bouzaiene  78'
DF 15Radhi Jaïdi
DF 23José Clayton  61'
MF 10Kaies Ghodhbane
MF 13Riadh Bouazizi YC 21'
MF 18Selim Ben Achour
MF 21Mourad Melki  46'
FW 5 Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  46'
MF 7 Imed Mhedhebi  61'
FW 20Ali Zitouni  78'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK 12Seigo Narazaki
DF 3 Naoki Matsuda
DF 16Kōji Nakata
DF 17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
MF 5 Junichi Inamoto  46'
MF 7 Hidetoshi Nakata  84'
MF 18Shinji Ono
MF 20Tomokazu Myojin
MF 21Kazuyuki Toda
FW 11Takayuki Suzuki
FW 13Atsushi Yanagisawa  46'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Hiroaki Morishima  46'
MF 22Daisuke Ichikawa  46'
MF 19Mitsuo Ogasawara  84'
Manager:
France Philippe Troussier

Man of the Match:
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Arnault (France)
Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
Fourth official:
René Ortubé (Bolivia)

2006 FIFA World Cup

Tunisia drew their opening game against Saudi Arabia 2–2, but lost their second match to Spain 3–1 and lost their last group match to Ukraine with a 1–0 defeat ending their 2006 World Cup.

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 8 1 +79
 Ukraine 3 2 0 1 5 4 +16
 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 3 6 −31
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −51

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

14 June 2006 (First Round)
18:00
Tunisia  2–2  Saudi Arabia
Jaziri  23'
Jaïdi  90+2'		 Report Al-Qahtani  57'
Al-Jaber  84'
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15Radhi Jaïdi
CB 3 Karim Haggui YC 35'
LB 18David Jemmali
RM 20Hamed Namouchi
CM 12Jawhar Mnari
CM 13Riadh Bouazizi (c) YC 36'  55'
LM 14Adel Chedli YC 65'  69'
CF 9 Yassine Chikhaoui YC 79'  82'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF 8 Mehdi Nafti  55'
MF 10Kaies Ghodhbane  69'
FW 2 Karim Essediri  82'
Manager:
France Roger Lemerre
GK 21Mabrouk Zaid
RB 2 Ahmed Dokhi
CB 3 Redha Tukar
CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari
LB 13Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM 16Khaled Aziz
CM 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi
LM 14Saud Kariri
AM 8 Mohammed Noor  74'
AM 18Nawaf Al-Temyat  67'
CF 20Yasser Al-Qahtani  82'
Substitutions:
FW 23Malek Mouath  67'
MF 7 Mohammed Ameen  74'
FW 9 Sami Al-Jaber  82'
Manager:
Brazil Marcos Paquetá

Man of the Match:
Ziad Jaziri (Tunisia)

Assistant referees:
Nathan Gibson (Australia)
Ben Wilson (Australia)
Fourth official:
Carlos Chandía (Chile)
Fifth official:
Christian Julio (Chile)

19 June 2006 (First Round)
21:00
Spain  3–1  Tunisia
Raúl  71'
Torres  76', 90+1' (pen.)		 Report Mnari  8'
Spain
Tunisia
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15Sergio Ramos
CB 22Pablo
CB 5 Carles Puyol YC 30'
LB 3 Mariano Pernía
RM 16Marcos Senna  46'
CM 14Xabi Alonso
LM 8 Xavi
RW 21David Villa  57'
LW 9 Fernando Torres
CF 11Luis García  46'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Raúl  46'
MF 18Cesc Fàbregas YC 89'  46'
MF 17Joaquín  57'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi YC 40'
CB 15Radhi Jaïdi YC 70'
CB 3 Karim Haggui
LB 19Anis Ayari YC 32'  57'
RM 12Jawhar Mnari YC 90+3'
CM 13Riadh Bouazizi (c)  57'
LM 14Adel Chedli  80'
AM 8 Mehdi Nafti
AM 20Hamed Namouchi
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri YC 85'
Substitutions:
DF 4 Alaeddine Yahia  57'
MF 10Kaies Ghodhbane  57'
FW 7 Haykel Guemamdia YC 81'  80'
Manager:
France Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Xabi Alonso (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Aristeu Tavares (Brazil)
Ednílson Corona (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Carlos Chandía (Chile)
Fifth official:
Christian Julio (Chile)

23 June 2006 (First Round)
16:00
Ukraine  1–0  Tunisia
Shevchenko  70' (pen.) Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Ukraine
Tunisia
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
CB 6 Andriy Rusol YC 65'
CB 22Vyacheslav Sviderskyi YC 18'
CB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy
RM 9 Oleh Husyev
CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk YC 61'
CM 8 Oleh Shelayev YC 47'
LM 19Maksym Kalynychenko  75'
AM 11Serhiy Rebrov  55'
SS 10Andriy Voronin
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)  88'
Substitutions:
FW 16Andriy Vorobey  55'
MF 14Andriy Husin  75'
FW 15Artem Milevskiy  88'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15Radhi Jaïdi YC 90'
CB 3 Karim Haggui
LB 19Anis Ayari
RM 13Riadh Bouazizi (c) YC 43'  79'
CM 8 Mehdi Nafti  90+1'
CM 12Jawhar Mnari
LM 14Adel Chedli  79'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 9', 45+1'
CF 20Hamed Namouchi
Substitutions:
FW 11Francileudo Santos  79'
FW 17Chaouki Ben Saada  79'
MF 10Kaies Ghodhbane  90+1'
Manager:
France Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine)

Assistant referees:
Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Fifth official:
Hamdi Al Kadri (Syria)

Summary table

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to
Sweden 1958		 Did Not Enter
Chile 1962 Did Not Qualify
England 1966 Withdrew
Mexico 1970 to
West Germany 1974		 Did Not Qualify
Argentina 1978 Group Stage 9th 3 1 1 1 3 2
Spain 1982 to
United States 1994		 Did Not Qualify
France 1998 Group Stage 26th 3 0 1 2 1 4
South Korea Japan 2002 Group Stage 29th 3 0 1 2 1 5
Germany 2006 Group Stage 24th 3 0 1 2 3 6
South Africa 2010 to
Brazil 2014		 Did Not Qualify
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Qatar 2022
Total Group Stage 4/20 12 1 4 7 8 17

References

  1. ↑ "Victory sends Cameroon to the finals". FIFA.com. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tunisia 3 – 1 Mexico". FIFA.com. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "England beat Tunisia". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 June 1998. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Moore, Glenn (16 June 1998). "England arrive at party in style". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "World Cup – Colombia 1 Tunisia 0". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. 23 June 1998. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "World Cup – Romania 1 Tunisia 1". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. 27 June 1998. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
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