Tunisia A' national football team

The Tunisia A' national football team (منتخب تونس لكرة القدم للمحليين), is the local national team that has represented Tunisia in football, since it played its first match on 30 March 2008 against Libya, which ended in a 1–1 draw.

It is a member team of FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (Continental) supervised by the Tunisian Football Federation, which was established on 29 March 1957, after Tunisia's independence from France on 20 March 1956.

The Tunisian national team is nicknamed the Carthage Eagles. The team's colors are red and white similar to the colors of the flag. Tunisia, and its symbol is the merciful punishment.

The Tunisian national football team is only open to Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players. The team won the African Nations Championship in the 2011 edition, which was held in Sudan. FIFA counts its matches as international A matches and does not distinguish the first team from the A' team.

Beginnings and first successes
The beginning of 2011 saw tough political events in Tunisia. Under new coach Sami Trabelsi, the team played two home and away matches against Morocco victories 1–1 in the first leg at the Stade Olympique de Radès and 2–2 in the return leg at the Stade Mohammed V. thanks to goals from Saber Khalifa and Mehdi Meriah, thus qualifying for the first time for the African Nations Championship played in Sudan.After the group stage where she obtained a draw against Angola 1–1, a victory against Rwanda 3–1 and another victory against Senegal 2–0, in the quarter–finals she defended champions DR Congo 1–0 win. In the semi–finals, they faced Algeria 1–1 and qualified on penalties. In the final, Angola started off well, piling feverish pressure on the Eagles of Carthage through the right flank but lacked of polish with their finishing. Tunisia nearly scored in the 13th minutes but the Palancas Negras man between the woodworks Lamá made a point blank save. Three minutes after, Zouheir Dhaouadi came close to scoring, but the Angolan goalkeeper anticipated well to block it from his post.

Mejdi Traoui's powerful drive in the 20th minutes was punched aside by Lama who was well positioned to deny the Eagles their first goal. Adel Chedli sent the Carthage fans on their foot at the Al-Merrikh Stadium in the 37th minutes, but he missed the post by an inch. Their one-two-one-two upfront kept mesmerizing the Angolan guardsmen but their finishing were poorly executed.

The north Africans returned from the interval determined. Two minutes into the second half Traoui Mejdi Traoui in the ball from waist level with a right foot from Dhaouadi's cross from the left flank. Tunisia’s onslaughts began paying off from the 74th minute when Zouhaier doubled their lead with a left foot roll of the ball that went past Lamá straight into the woodwork. As the game wore on substitute Oussama Darragi put the final nail on the coffin in the 80th minutes to give the north Africans the ultimate.

Tunisia participated in the qualifiers for the 2016 African Nations Championship in June 2015, in a group that includes Morocco and Libya. Tunisia played four home and away games under Henryk Kasperczak and qualified for the finals with one win, one draw and two losses. Hatem Missaoui led the team in the group stage in Rwanda, with two draws against Guinea 2–2 and Nigeria 1–1 and a victory over Niger 5–0, the widest of the tournament history; Tunisia was however eliminated in the quarter–finals by Mali 1–2.

Constant absence
In the next edition, the Tunisian Football Federation announced that Tunisia will not participate in the 2018 African Nations Championship due to the participation of the first team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In 2020 African Nations Championship qualification, Tunisia faces Libya two home and away games, winning the first match 1–0 at Stade Olympique de Radès and the second 2–1 at Stade Boubker Ammar; Anice Badri scores the goals for Tunisia in both cases. The national team qualified for the final phase but, on 20 December 2019, the qualification was withdrawn by the Tunisian Football Federation due to the intensity of the matches.

Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2020 African Nations Championship qualification matches against Libya on 21 September and 20 October 2021.

African Nations Championship record
Tunisia has participated in two editions of the African Nations Championship. In the 2009 edition, she is represented by the Olympic team, under the management of Mondher Kebaier. Tunisia is eliminated there in the qualification phase. In 2011, under the leadership of Sami Trabelsi, Tunisia qualified for the finals and won the championship by beating Angola in the final.  In 2014, placed under the direction of Nabil Maâloul, she was eliminated in the qualification phase.

In the 2016 edition, under the leadership of Henryk Kasperczak, Tunisia qualified for the finals but it was Hatem Missaoui who led the team in Rwanda. Tunisia is eliminated in the quarterfinals by Mali. The Tunisian Football Federation announces that Tunisia is not participating in the 2018 edition.

Honours
African Nations Championship
 * Gold medal africa.svg Champions: 2011

Awards
African Nations Championship Top scorer


 * 2011: Zouheir Dhaouadi
 * 2011: Salema Gasdaoui
 * 2016: Ahmed Akaïchi

African Nations Championship Best player


 * 2011: Zouheir Dhaouadi

African Nations Championship Best Xl


 * 2016: Ahmed Akaïchi

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

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Top goalscorers

 * Ahmed Akaichi: 4 goals
 * Saad Bguir: 4 goals
 * Slama Kasdaoui: 3 goals
 * Zouheir Dhaouadi: 3 goals
 * Anice Badri: 3 goals
 * Oussama Darragi: 2 goals