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Football in Tunisia | |
Union: | Tunisian Football Federation |
Country: | Tunisia |
Sport: | association football |
Nationalteam: | men's national team women's national team |
Intl List: | CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup CAF Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA World Cup (National Team) African Cup of Nations (National Team) FIFA Confederations Cup (National Team) |
Football is the most popular sport in Tunisia.[1] [2] [3] [4] It was first introduced by Italian migrants.[5] [6] [7] The governing body is the Tunisian Football Federation.
The game is played nationwide with three professional leagues: LP-1, LP-2 & LP-3 and at an amateur level in the 4 regions and 24 governorates that make up the country.[8]
Tunisia have reached 6 FIFA World Cup final competitions (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018 and 2022), and have also appeared at the African Cup of Nations on 13 occasions, winning once (2004).[9]
N° | Image | Stadium | width=5% | Capacity | Opened | City | width=20% | Club |
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1. | 60,000 | 6 July 2001 | National team Espérance de Tunis Club Africain | |||||
2. | 50,000 | 1973 (Renovated in 2019–2021) | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | |||||
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