Tunisia national under-23 football team

The Tunisia Olympic football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس الأولمبي لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), is the national under-23 football team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation, represents Tunisia in international football competitions and in the Olympic Games, Africa U-23 Cup of Nations and UNAF U-23 Tournament. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed.

Tunisia national Olympic team
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
AssociationTunisian Football Federation
Other affiliationUAFA (Arab Nations)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachMaher Kanzari
Home stadiumStade Olympique de Radès
FIFA codeTUN
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Malta 0–0 Tunisia 
(Valletta, Malta November 01, 1959)
Biggest win
 Tunisia 4–0 Mali 
(Tunis, Tunisia May 28, 1972)
Biggest defeat
 Poland 6–1 Tunisia 
(Rome, Italy August 26, 1960)
Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1960)
Best result1st Round (1960, 1988, 1996, 2004)
All-Africa Games
Appearances3 (first in 1987)
Best result Silver Medal (1991)
UNAF U-23 Tournament
Appearances2 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (1): 2007

History

Tunisia first appeared in the final of the Summer Olympics held in Rome in 1960.

Honours
Mediterranean Games:
All-Africa Games:
  • Silver Medalist: 1991
  • Bronze Medalist: 2007
UNAF U-23 Tournament:
  • Runners up: 2007

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

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


Current squad

The following players were called up for the -xxxxxxx.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Elias Damergy (2002-10-17) 17 October 2002 Stade Rennais
16 1GK Ahmed Laabidi (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 Club Africain
22 1GK Oussama Hanzouli (2001-01-28) 28 January 2001 Club Africain
30 1GK Ahmed Slimene (2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
2 2DF Ramzi Ferjani (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 FC Nitra
3 2DF Amine Cherni (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001 Paris
4 2DF Rayene Haddad (2003-02-01) 1 February 2003 CS Hammam-Lif
5 2DF Adam Ben Lamin (2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 AIK
12 2DF Aziz Gasmi (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 Club Africain
13 2DF Abdallah Amri (2001-09-06) 6 September 2001 CS Sfaxien
14 2DF Marc Lamti (2001-01-28) 28 January 2001 Hannover 96
17 2DF Amine Zghada (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001 Club Africain
20 2DF Chawki Ben Khader (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 USBG
25 2DF Mohamed Karoui (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 AS Marsa
27 2DF Fradj Ben Njima (2004-01-23) 23 January 2004 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
6 3MF Fares Neji (2001-05-19) 19 May 2001 CS Sfaxien
8 3MF Mootez Zaddem (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 Valmiera
15 3MF Chiheb Labidi (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 Club Africain
21 3MF Mohamed Ajimi (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 Club Africain
24 3MF Houssem Kar (2001-04-26) 26 April 2001 OS Kebili
28 3MF Wassim Sioud (2001-05-31) 31 May 2001 AS Rejiche
29 3MF Ghassen Khelfa (2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 US Tataouine
7 4FW Hamdi Labidi (2002-06-09) 9 June 2002 Club Africain
9 4FW Mouhib Selmi (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 Espérance Sportive de Tunis
10 4FW Zied Berrima (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 Espérance Sportive de Tunis
11 4FW Farouk Mimouni (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 Espérance Sportive de Tunis
18 4FW Hassan Ayari (2002-12-08) 8 December 2002 Sheffield United
19 4FW Nabil Makni (2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 Chievo
23 4FW Habessi Achref (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 CS Sfaxien
26 4FW Youssef Snana (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 Club Africain
31 4FW Anis Ben Slimane (2001-03-16) 16 March 2001 Brøndby


Recent call-ups
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK
2DF
3MF
4FW
  • stats as of September 29, 2015

Notable players

Former squads
Tunisia Olympic Squads
Tunisia CAF U23 Squads

    See also

    References
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