Tunisia national under-23 football team

Tunisia U-23
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(Eagles of Carthage)
AssociationTunisian Football Federation
Other affiliationUAFA (Arab World)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Home stadiumHammadi Agrebi Stadium
FIFA codeTUN
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Malta 0–0  
(Valletta, Malta; 1 November 1959)
Biggest win
  4–0 Mali 
(Tunis, Tunisia; 28 May 1972)
Biggest defeat
 Poland 6–1  
(Rome, Italy; 26 August 1960)
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 1996)
Best resultGroup Stage (1996, 2004)
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances1 (first in 2015)
Best resultGroup stage (2015)
UNAF U-23 Tournament
Appearances2 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (2007)

The Tunisia national under-23 football team has represented Tunisia in men's international association football for players aged 23 or under. The team is administered by the Tunisian Football Federation (TFF), which governs football in Tunisia. On a continental level, the team competes under the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which governs associate football in Africa, and is also affiliated with FIFA for global competitions. Additionally, the team is a member of the Union of North African Football (UNAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The team is colloquially known as Eagles of Carthage by fans and the media, with the bald eagle serving as its symbol. Their home kit is primarily white and their away kit is red, which is a reference to the national flag of the country.

Since the football tournament of the Olympic Games were limited to under-23 teams, Tunisia has qualified twice for the event in Atlanta 1996 and Athens 2004 and was eliminated in the group stage in both appearances. Tunisia qualified for the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 2015 after beating Sudan and Morocco in the qualification, the team eliminated from the group stage. Since then, Tunisia has not qualified again.

Honours

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners up: 1991
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third Place: 2007
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners up: 2007

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
18961988 See Tunisia national football team
Spain 1992 Did not qualify
United States 1996 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 5
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004 Group stage 12th 3 1 1 1 4 5
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
United States 2028 To be determined
Australia 2032
Total Group stage 2/7 6 1 2 3 5 10

African Games

African Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
19651987 See Tunisia national football team
Egypt 1991 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 7 2
Zimbabwe 1995 Did not qualify
South Africa 1999
Nigeria 2003
Algeria 2007 Third Place 3rd 5 2 2 1 4 3
Mozambique 2011 Did not qualify
Ghana 2015
Since Morocco 2019 See Tunisia national under-20 football team
Total Runners-up 2/7 10 5 3 2 11 5

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Morocco 2011 Did not qualify
Senegal 2015 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 2 4
Egypt 2019 Did not qualify
Morocco 2023
Total Group stage 1/4 3 1 0 2 2 4

UNAF U-23 Tournament

UNAF U-23 Tournament record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Libya 2006 Fourth Place 4th
Tunisia 2007 Runners-up 2nd
Morocco 2010 Did not enter
Morocco 2011
Total Runners-up 2/4

Players

Notable players

Previous squads

Tunisia Olympic Squads
Tunisia CAF U23 Squads

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Chokri El Ouaer (GK) did not select
Khaled Fadhel (GK) José Clayton (DF) Mohamed Jedidi (MF)

See also

References