Nickname: The Carthage Eagles
Fifa rank: 40
Afcon Group: C
Head coach: Sami Trabelsi
Group Stage fixtures: Uganda [Dec 23], Nigeria [Dec 27], Tanzania [Dec 30]
Afcon appearances: 22 [1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025]
Best Afcon performance: Champions [2004]
How they qualified: Flawless in the World Cup qualifiers but not in the road to Afcon. Tunisia finished second in Group A behind Comoros with 10 points, two behind the surprise leaders.
They won only three of the six matches drawing one and losing twice in the campaign.
They were not prolific either scoring just seven goals and conceded six in the process.
Realistic chance at Afcon 2025: If they reach the semi-final, that will be quiet an achievement for a team that is devoid of big stars but first, they must get out of a trick group that has giants Nigeria and East Africa improving nations Uganda and Tanzania.
Realistically, reaching the quarter final appears possible.
Who is the star of the team? Trabelsi has blended the team with a mixture of youth and experience and not many stand out names.
However, German based midfielder Ellyes Shikri is one player that can a huge difference in games and if played alongside the hard-working Hannibal Mejbri of Burnley and Naimi Slit or the veteran Ferjani Sassi, they have the ability to dominate games.
FULL TUNISIA SQUAD FOR AFCON 2025
Goalkeepers
- Aymen Dahmen (CS Sfaxien)
- Bechir Ben Saïd (Espérance de Tunis)
- Sabri Ben Hassen (Étoile du Sahel)
- Noureddine Farhati (Stade Tunisien)
Defenders
- Yan Valery (Sheffield Wednesday)
- Mohamed Ben Ali (Espérance de Tunis)
- Dylan Bronn (Servette FC)
- Montassar Talbi (FC Lorient)
- Yassine Meriah (Espérance de Tunis)
- Adem Arous (Kasimpasa)
- Nader Ghandri (Akhmat Grozny)
- Mortadha Ben Ouanes (Kasimpasa)
- Ali Abdi (OGC Nice)
- Ali Maaloul (CS Sfaxien)
Midfielders
- Ferjani Sassi (Al Gharafa)
- Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Houssem Tka (Espérance de Tunis)
- Mohamed Hadj Mahmoud (FC Lugano)
- Ismael Gharbi (Augsburg)
- Hannibal Mejbri (Burnley FC)
- Naim Sliti (Al Shamal)
- Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Al Ahly)
Forwards
- Elias Saad (Augsburg)
- Elias Achouri (FC Copenhagen)
- Hazem Mastouri (Dinamo Makhachkala)
- Sébastien Tounekti (Celtic)
- Firas Chaouat (Club Africain)
- Seifeddine Jaziri (Zamalek)