Tunisia national football team records and statistics

Tunisia have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on five occasions, the first being at the 1978 FIFA World Cup where they finished in ninth position. Between 1998 and 2006 they had a streak of three World Cup qualifications. They have made their fifth appearance at the finals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[3] However, Tunisia has never been able to progress from the group stage in all occasions.

FIFA World Cup record											FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Manager		Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref.
1930	Part of  France										Part of  France							[4]
1934																		[5]
1938																		[6]
1950																		[7]
1954																		[8]
1958	Did not enter										Did not enter							[9]
1962	Did not qualify										Round 1	3	1	1	1	4	4	[10]
1966	Withdrew[note 3]										Withdrew							[11]
1970	Did not qualify										Round 2	5	1	4	0	4	3	[12]
1974											Round 2	4	1	1	2	5	5	[13]
1978	Round 1	9th	3	1	1	1	3	2	Chetali		Round 4	10	4	4	2	15	9	[14]
1982	Did not qualify										Round 1	2	1	0	1	2	2	[15]
1986											Round 4	8	4	0	4	11	9	[16]
1990											Round 3	10	4	1	5	10	11	[17]
1994											Round 1	6	3	3	0	14	2	[18]
1998	Group stage	26th	3	0	1	2	1	4	Kasperczak		Round 2	8	7	1	0	15	2	[19]
2002	Group stage	29th	3	0	1	2	1	5	Souayah		Round 2	10	8	2	0	28	5	[20]
2006	Group stage	24th	3	0	1	2	3	6	Lemerre		Round 2	10	6	3	1	25	9	[21]
2010	Did not qualify										Round 3	12	7	3	2	18	7	[22]
2014											Round 3	8	4	3	1	14	10	[23]
2018	Group stage	24th	3	1	0	2	5	8	Maâloul		Round 3	8	6	2	0	15	6	[24]
2022	Qualified										Round 3	8	5	2	1	12	2	[25]
Total	Group stage	6/22	15	2	4	9	13	25	—	15/21	112	62	30	20	192	86	—

Tunisia participated in the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 1962. In that year the country came in third by defeating Uganda in the third place match 3–0. That tournament, however, only four countries took part. In 1965 Tunisia was allowed to act as host country and made it to the final, where they lost 2–3 against Ghana.

Tunisia did not reach the final again until 1996, and again finished as runners-up, this time losing 0–2 to hosts South Africa. Tunisia's biggest success in the tournament came 8 years later, when as hosts they reached the final for the third time and were victorious, defeating Morocco 2–1. Francileudo Santos and Ziad Jaziri scored the goals for Tunisia.

Africa Cup of Nations record											Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Manager		Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref.
1957	Not affiliated to CAF										Not affiliated to CAF							[26]
1959																		[27]
1962	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	5	4	Matošić		Round 2	4	3	0	1	7	2	[28]
1963	Group stage	5th	2	0	1	1	3	5	Gérard		Round 1	2	1	0	1	6	5	[29]
1965	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	6	3	Ben Nacef		Qualified as hosts							[30]
1968	Did not qualify										Round 2	4	1	1	2	5	5	[31]
1970	Did not enter										Did not enter							[32]
1972																		[33]
1974																		[34]
1976	Did not qualify										Round 2	6	3	1	2	8	7	[35]
1978	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	5	4	Chetali		Round 2	4	2	1	1	10	7	[36]
1980	Banned[note 4]										Banned							[37]
1982	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	1	4	Kulesza		Round 2	2	1	1	0	1	0	[38]
1984	Did not qualify										Round 2	4	2	1	1	6	1	[39]
1986											Round 1	2	1	0	1	1	2	[40]
1988											Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	2	[41]
1990											Round 2	2	0	0	2	0	4	[42]
1992											Round 1	6	3	3	0	10	5	[43]
1994	Group stage	9th	2	0	1	1	1	3	Benzarti		Qualified as hosts							[44]
1996	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	10	9	Kasperczak		Round 1	8	3	4	1	7	2	[45]
1998	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	5	Kasperczak		Round 1	3	2	0	1	3	1	[46]
2000	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	6	9	Scoglio		Round 2	6	5	0	1	13	3	[47]
2002	Group stage	11th	3	0	2	1	0	1	Michel		Round 2	6	2	2	2	9	7	[48]
2004	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	10	4	Lemerre		Qualified as hosts							[49]
2006	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	5	Lemerre		Round 2	10	6	3	1	25	9	[50]
2008	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	2	1	7	6	Lemerre		Round 1	6	4	1	1	12	3	[51]
2010	Group stage	12th	3	0	3	0	3	3	Benzarti		Round 3	12	7	3	2	18	7	[52]
2012	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	5	5	Trabelsi		Round 1	8	4	2	2	14	6	[53]
2013	Group stage	12th	3	1	1	1	2	4	Trabelsi		Round 2	2	0	2	0	2	2	[54]
2015	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	5	5	Leekens		Round 3	6	4	2	0	6	2	[55]
2017	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	6	7	Kasperczak		Round 1	6	4	1	1	16	3	[56]
2019	Fourth place	4th	7	1	4	2	6	5	Giresse		Round 1	6	4	1	1	16	3	[57]
2021	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	0	3	5	3	Kebaier		Round 1	6	5	1	0	14	5	—
Total	1 Title	20/33	80	25	29	26	99	94	—		24/33	121	67	30	24	200	91	—