Tunisia national under-20 football team

Tunisia U-20
Nickname(s) نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
Association Tunisian Football Federation
Other affiliation UAFA (Arab Nations)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach Anis Boussaïdi
Home stadium Hammadi Agrebi Stadium
FIFA code TUN
First colours
Second colours
First international
Tunisia 0–6 Mexico
(Tunis, Tunisia;27 June 1977)
Biggest win
Tunisia 5-0 Libya
(Tunis, Tunisia;20 July 2002)
Biggest defeat
Tunisia 0–6 Mexico
(Tunis, Tunisia;27 June 1977)
African Youth Championship
Appearances 8 (first in 1979)
Best result Runners-up (1): 1985
UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances 15 (first in 2005)
Best result Champions (9): 1st place, gold medalist(s) :2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 , 2023
Arab Cup U-20
Appearances 4 (first in 2012)
Best result Champions (1): 1st place, gold medalist(s) :2012
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 3 (first in 1977)
Best result Round of 16 (2023)

The Tunisia national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم), nicknamed The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles, belongs to the Tunisian Football Federation. Since 1977 the team has played eight times in the African Youth Championship, fifteen times in the UNAF U-20 Tournament, four times in the Arab Cup U-20 and three times in the FIFA U-20 World Cup (then known as the "FIFA World Youth Championship").

History

Current staff

Competition records

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

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

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances: 3
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1977 Group stage 14th 3 1 0 2 1 7
1979 Did not qualify
1981
1983
1985 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 2 6
1987 Did not qualify
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023 Round of 16 15th 4 1 0 3 4 6
2025 To be determined
Total Round of 16 3/24 10 2 0 8 7 19

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 7
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1979 Second round - - - - - - -
1981 Second round - - - - - - -
1983 First round - - - - - - -
1985 Final 2nd - - - - - -
1987 Quarter-finals - - - - - - -
1989 First round - - - - - - -
1991 Withdrew after qualification
1993 did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021 Semi finals 4 6 1 3 2 4 6
2023 Semi finals 4 6 1 2 3 5 12
Total Runners-up 7/22 - - - - - -

Arab Cup U-20 record

Arab Cup U-20
Appearances: 4
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2011 did not participate
2012 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 14 9
2014 Cancelled
2020 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 10 3
2021 Semi-finals 4th 5 4 0 1 6 3
2022 Quarter-finals 5th 3 2 0 1 9 1
Total Best: Champions 4 / 5 19 14 2 3 39 16

UNAF U-20 Tournament record

UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances: 15
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2005 Champions 1 - - - - - -
2006 Third Place 3 - - - - - -
2007 Champions 1 - - - - - -
2008 Runner-up 2 - - - - - -
2009 Champions 1 - - - - -
2010 Runner-up 2 - - - - - -
2011 did not participate
2012 Champions 1 - - - - - -
2012 Fifth Place 5 - - - - - -
2014 Fourth Place 4 - - - - - -
2015 Runner-up 2 - - - - - -
2016 canceled
2019 Champions 1 - - - - - -
2020 Champions 1 - - - - - -
2021 Champions 1 - - - - - -
2022 Champions 1 - - - - - -
2023 Champions 1 - - - - - -
Total 15/16 - - - - - - -

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May-June 2023.

Caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2023, after the match against Nigeria.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Raed Gazzeh 17 October 2003 6 0 Étoile du Sahel
GK Dries Arfaoui 23 November 2004 0 0 Deinze
GK Thomas Zouaghi 11 April 2005 0 0 Sassuolo
DF Ali Saoudi 20 December 2003 6 1 Stade Tunisien
DF Mahmoud Ghorbel 31 December 2003 5 0 Club Sfaxien
DF Zinedine Sassi 4 August 2003 5 0 Espérance de Tunis
DF Rayan Nasraoui 27 June 2003 4 0 Nîmes
DF Raed Bouchniba 25 September 2003 0 0 Espérance de Tunis
DF Karim El Abed 27 February 2004 0 0 Karlsruher SC
MF Samy Chouchane 5 September 2003 6 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
MF Mohamed Wael Derbali 18 June 2003 6 0 Olympique Béja
MF Malek Mehri 21 October 2003 6 0 Espérance de Tunis
MF Ghaith Ouahabi 2 May 2003 6 0 Espérance de Tunis
MF Yassine Dridi 3 April 2003 5 0 Club Africain
MF Chaïm El Djebali 7 February 2004 5 0 Lyon
FW Jibril Othman 26 April 2004 6 2 Saint-Étienne
FW Mohamed Dhaoui 14 May 2003 6 1 Al Ahly
FW Youssef Snana 24 March 2004 6 0 Club Africain
FW Adem Garreb 22 May 2003 5 0 Club Africain
FW Raki Aouani 11 September 2004 1 0 Étoile du Sahel
FW Béchir Yacoub 24 May 2004 0 0 Monaco

Honours

See also