Tunisia national football team
The Tunisian national football team is the national team of the North African country of Tunisia and is subject to the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. Tunisia took part in four World Championships and qualified 13 times for the finals of the African Cup of Nations, which were first produced in 2004. In 2005, Tunisia at the Confederations Cup in Germany in part.
History
Between 1928 and 1950, denied Tunisian teams several games against the French B team and other French teams. After Tunisia gained its independence in 1956, followed by other games that have not yet been recognized by FIFA. The first recognized by FIFA game took place on March 8, 1959 instead of against Malta and ended 0-0.
Football World Cup 2006
In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup the crew of the French coach Roger Lemerre had survived the first round and hit in home and away matches in the second round in group five to Morocco, Kenya, Guinea, Malawi and Botswana. Despite a 2-2 draw against the team of Morocco on 8 October 2005 Tunisia managed to win the group and went as the fifth African team the next team of Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Angola to the World Cup in Germany.
After a draw against Saudi Arabia (2-2 ) and two defeats against Spain (1:3) and Ukraine (0-1 ) retired the team as a group of third parties in the first round.
News
As of early June 2008 the " Carthage Eagles " were supervised by the Portuguese Humberto Coelho, which has already led the Portuguese national football team in the semi-finals of Euro 2000, where he met his predecessor and former coach of the French national football team Roger Lemerre. He received a three-year contract. After the failure in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, the two parties separated, however, again. The Dutchman Ruud Krol is the new coach of the Tunisian national football team. The 64 -year-old vice-champion in 1974 and 1978, succeeding Nabil Maaloul takes.
Tournaments
Olympic games
Since 1992, the national team has not participated in the Olympic Games or the qualifying matches to do so. In 2004, the Tunisian Olympic team failed to qualify, but retired in the first round of.
World cup
Tunisia first participated at qualifying for the 1962 World Cup, but failed in the first two appearances each by lot to Morocco. Only for the World Cup in 1978 and then again in 1998, 2002 and 2006, Tunisia has managed to qualify for the finals, but always failed in the first round.
African Cup of Nations
African Nations Cup
- 2009: not qualified ( it took the Olympic team in the qualification part )
- 2011: Nations champion
- 2014: not qualified
Title
- African champions ( 1) - 2004
- Arab Cup ( 1) - 1963
- African Nations Cup (1 ) - 2011
Games against German -speaking teams
There have been no match against Liechtenstein.
Current squad
The specified squad includes the national players who have been nominated for the African Cup of Nations in 2012.
Former famous players
- Lassaad Abdelli - played for Alemannia Aachen
- Adel Sellimi - played at SC Freiburg
- Zoubaier Baya - played for SC Freiburg
- Jawhar Mnari - played 88 games for the first FC Nuremberg
- Sirajeddine Chihi - participated in two World Cups
- Chokri El Ouaer - the most famous goalkeeper
- Ali Boumnijel - at the 2006 World Cup, the oldest goalkeeper
- José Clayton - naturalized Brazilians
- Mehdi Ben Slimane - played in Germany at Freiburg Gladbach and
Former coach
Since 1956, the Tunisian national football team of 28 different coaches was attended to a total of 33 trainers periods. First person to hold the post was the Tunisian Rachid Turki. Already in 1960, followed by Milan Krisric the first foreign coach. To date, the team was supervised by 15 foreign football teachers. The only German in this office was Eckhard Krautzun, who briefly oversaw in 2001 the fortunes of the team. With six years in a row, the Frenchman Roger Lemerre 's record holder in this position. The Tunisian Youssef Zouaoui and Ameur Hizem stood in two terms the Tunisian Association are available. The only foreigners who often cared for the team than once, were the Croat Rado Radocijic and the Pole Antoni Piechniczek.