Tunisia national football team records and statistics explained

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

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Players in bold are still active with Tunisia.

Most appearances

See main article: List of Tunisia international footballers.

width=30px	Rank	width=175px	Player	width=50px	Caps	width=50px	Goals	width=50px	Position	width=100px	Career
1	Radhi Jaïdi	105	7	DF	1996–2009
2	Youssef Msakni	104	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	95	5	DF	1979–1993
	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	89	12	MF	1974–1990
10	Sadok Sassi	87	0	GK	1963–1978

Top goalscorers

See main article: List of leading goalscorers for the Tunisia national football team.

width=30px	Rank	width=175px	Player	width=50px	Goals	width=50px	Caps	width=50px	Ratio	width=100px	Career
1	Issam Jemâa (list)	36	84		2005–2014
2	Wahbi Khazri	25	74		2013–2022
3	Youssef Msakni	23	104	0.22	2010–present
4	Francileudo Santos	22	41		2004–2008
5	Adel Sellimi	20	80		1990–2002
6	Faouzi Rouissi	18	42		1989–2001
7	Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi	17	86		1985–1995
8	Mohamed Salah Jedidi	15	32		1962–1965
9	Hassen Gabsi	14	50		1997–2002
	Zied Jaziri	14	63		1999–2007
	Naïm Sliti	14	77		2016–present

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

Tunisia national football team head-to-head records
width=10%	Against	width=5%		width=5%		width=5%		width=5%		width=5%		width=5%		width=5%		width=8%	Confederation
	48	14	16	18	40	50	−10	CAF
	7	3	4	0	15	5	+10	CAF
	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	CONMEBOL
	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	AFC
	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	UEFA
	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	AFC
	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	UEFA
	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	UEFA
	9	6	3	0	24	6	+18	CAF
	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
	8	4	2	2	12	5	+7	CAF
	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	CONMEBOL
	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	UEFA
	7	1	3	3	7	8	−1	CAF
	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	CAF
	18	2	7	9	18	29	−11	CAF
	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	CONCACAF
	4	3	0	7	2	+5	+3	CAF
	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	CAF
	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	CAF
	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	CONMEBOL
	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	AFC
	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	AFC
	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	CAF
	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	CONMEBOL
	9	6	2	1	17	6	+11	CAF
	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONCACAF
	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	UEFA
	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10	CAF
	14	7	4	3	25	13	+12	CAF
	5	1	0	4	1	11	−10	UEFA
	41	18	10	13	47	38	+9	CAF
	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	UEFA
	10	6	1	3	16	7	+9	CAF
	8	4	2	2	17	11	+6	CAF
	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	UEFA
	5	1	2	2	4	7	−3	UEFA
	11	4	6	1	21	12	+9	CAF
	4	1	0	3	3	5	−2	CAF
	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	UEFA
	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	UEFA
	18	4	5	9	20	27	−7	CAF
	20	9	4	7	31	19	+12	CAF
	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	CAF
	1	0	0	1	1	10	−9	UEFA
	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	UEFA
	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	AFC
	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	AFC
	11	7	3	1	19	10	+9	AFC
	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	UEFA
	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	UEFA
	19	6	6	7	27	29	−2	CAF
	6	1	0	5	3	8	−5	AFC
	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	AFC
	7	5	1	1	10	3	+7	CAF
	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	AFC
	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	UEFA
	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	AFC
	10	5	2	3	17	9	+8	CAF
	29	19	3	7	54	33	+21	CAF
	7	6	0	1	12	6	+6	CAF
	8	3	3	2	17	8	+9	CAF
	15	7	3	5	15	11	+4	CAF
	12	4	4	4	13	9	+4	UEFA
	16	11	5	0	29	5	+24	CAF
	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	CAF
	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	CONCACAF
	50	9	28	13	46	53	−7	CAF
	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	CAF
	5	3	1	1	8	2	+6	CAF
	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	UEFA
	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	OFC
	4	4	0	0	9	4	+5	CAF
	20	7	7	6	25	19	+5	CAF
	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	UEFA
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	AFC
	2	1	1	0	7	3	+4	AFC
	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	CONCACAF
	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONMEBOL
	4	1	0	3	2	9	−7	UEFA
	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	UEFA
	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	AFC
	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	UEFA
	6	6	0	0	18	3	+15	CAF
	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	CAF
	7	3	2	2	7	6	+1	AFC
	21	9	7	5	22	13	+9	CAF
	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
	4	4	0	0	14	0	+14	CAF
	7	3	3	1	10	6	+4	CAF
	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	UEFA
	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	CAF
	7	3	2	2	9	7	+2	CAF
	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	AFC
	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	UEFA
	11	8	0	3	28	11	+17	CAF
	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	UEFA
	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	UEFA
	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	CAF
	11	5	1	5	16	14	+2	AFC
	10	7	3	0	19	4	+15	CAF
	6	0	5	1	4	7	−3	UEFA
	5	5	0	0	16	1	+15	CAF
	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
	5	5	0	0	10	1	+9	AFC
	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONCACAF
	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	CONMEBOL
	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
	5	1	0	4	3	21	−18	UEFA
	14	9	2	3	24	13	+11	CAF
	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	CAF
Total	732	312	202	218	1002	721	+281	—
Last match updated was against on 18 November 2024.

Match statistics

Biggest wins

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

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Tunisia national football team 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. Below is a chart of Tunisia's FIFA ranking since 1993.^[2]

Best RankingWorst RankingBest MoverWorst Mover

Rank	Year	Statistics				Best		Worst
		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)
30	2022	16	8	3	5	30	5 (June)	36	6 (February)
28	2023	10	6	1	3	28	4 (November)	32	3 (October)

Notes

1. Web site: Tunisia . National Football Teams.
2. Web site: Tunisia - FIFA Men's World Rankings . 24 June 2022 . fifa.com . en.