Honours:

• African Cup of Nations

Winners (1): 2004
Runners-up (2): 1965, 1996
Third place (1): 1962
Fourth place (3): 1978, 2000, 2019


COACH: Roger LEMERRE






The best ever Tunisian players 23-man squad


GOALKEEPERS:

● ATTOUGA
● Chokri EL OUAER


DEFENDERS:

● Ali KÂABI
● Mokhtar DHOUIB
● Khaled BEN YAHIA
● Khaled BADRA
● Radhi JAÏDI
● Hatem TRABELSI
● Karim HAGGUI
● Ali MAÂLOUL


MIDFIELDERS:

● Abdelmajid CHETALI
● Tarak DHIAB
● HAMMADI AGREBI
● Zoubeir BAYA
● Riadh BOUAZIZI
● Kaies GHODHBANE
● Ellyes SKHIRI


FORWARDS:

● Noureddine DIWA
● Témime LAHZAMI
● Adel SELLIMI
● Francileudo SANTOS
● Issam JEMÂA
● Wahbi KHAZRI


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RESERVES:


GOALKEEPERS:

● Mokhtar NAILI
● Ali BOUMNIJEL
● Aymen MATHLOUTHI


DEFENDERS:

● Mohieddine SEGUIR
● Tayeb JEBALI
● Mokhtar BEN NACEF
● Mahfoudh BENZARTI
● Amor JEBALI
● Mohsen LABIDI
● Sami TRABELSI
● Tarek THABET
● Hédi BERKHISSA
● Aymen ABDENNOUR


MIDFIELDERS:

● Tahar CHAÏBI
● Néjib GHOMMIDH
● Nabil MAÂLOUL
● Mohamed Ali MAHJOUBI
● Sirajeddine CHIHI
● Jawhar MNARI
● Youssef MSAKNI
● Ferjani SASSI
● Yassine MERIAH
● Naïm SLITI


FORWARDS:

● Mohamed AKID
● Abdelmajid TLEMÇANI
● Alaya SASSI
● Mohieddine HABITA
● Raouf BEN AZIZA
● Abdelhamid HERGAL
● Faouzi ROUISSI
● Ayadi HAMROUNI
● Hassen GABSI
● Ziad JAZIRI









INFO:

Zoubeir Baya stats plz

If it's okay, I have some small suggestions for this team: Skhiri should be in both first team and best XI, he's certainly the best ever DMF from Tunisia (who has proven his worth in Europe for years) and one of their most important players in two WCs. Current defense section seems imbalanced, there are eight defenders but only one LB with Berkhissa. IMO either Ali Kaabi (77 games with 9 goals, starter in the 1978 WC and the scorer of Tunisia's first ever WC goal) or Ali Maâloul (90 games with 3 goals, starter in two WCs) should be added here, probably even both of them. I know Berkhissa has legend status in Tunisia but unfortunately his early death prevented him from having a long and succesful career like those other two I mentioned. For sure one of the five central defenders should be moved to reserves since four CBs/SWP are enough + you have Bouazizi as fifth option there. In reserves I'm also missing Jawhar Mnari and Ziad Jaziri. Especially Jaziri has done more than enough to be here, he was key player in their succesful generation in the early 2000s, starting in two WCs and even more important: He scored the winning goal when Tunisia claimed it's first ever Africa Cup title in 2004.

I planned to update this team tomorrow but I guess it has to wait. I'll change a few things first. Thank you for your suggestions and Skhiri's set!

No problem, I already assumed you would update the team sooner or later
Regarding Skhiri: One of the most underrated midfielders in the BL in the last three seasons, arguably even the best DMF alongside Andrich (in terms of "destroying"). Btw, my suggestions weren't meant as criticism towards your team - after all you created the team in 2018 and back then Skhiri for example wasn't even half as good as he is nowadays

How about Khazri in first team? He’s the 2nd top scorer and had plenty of good showings at the World Cup, actually their only two wins since 1978 were him getting the winning goal against Panama in 2018 and against France in 2022. Also he’s been captain at both tournaments and also played at 5 AFCONs, and can cover quite a few different positions.

Yes, I also plan to add him to the first team. This week I worked on his set which I just posted.