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Tunisia World Cup 2006

Country - Tunisia
Capital City - Tunis
Continent - Africa
Manager - Roger Lemerre

How did they qualify - Despite losing one of their games Tunisia managed to top their group leading by one clear point. With a total of 21 points Tunisia qualified once more for the finals of the world cup 2006, Germany. Tunisia had to play matches against Morocco, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi and Botswana.

Since the team were formed they had not entered into the competition until 1962 but failed to qualify, 1966 shortly after entering they withdrew from the competition. In 1978, 1998 and 2002 the team managed to qualify for the finals but were knocked out in round one of all three.

The team seem to have improved their game somewhat and took home the title of the African nations cup in 2004. The team look to be in good form and are hoping that they reach a better position than in previous years.

Shown above is a picture of the Tunisia National squad photo and squad badge.

Team History
First International: Tunisia 2 - 1 Algeria (Tunisia; 25 June 1957)
Largest win: Tunisia 7 - 0 Togo (Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000)
Tunisia 7 - 0 Malawi (Tunis, Tunisia; 26 March 2005)
Worst defeat: Hungary 10 - 1 Tunisia (Hungary; 24 July 1960)
World Cup
Appearances:		 4 (First in 1978) Best result Round 1, 1978, 1998, 2002
African Nations Cup
Appearances:		 12 (First in 1962) Best result Winners, 2004
World Cup Record: 1930 to 1958 - Did not enter 1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Withdrew
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Round 1
1982 to 1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 1
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Qualified
Current Notable Players:

Francileudo dos Santos, Wissem Abdi, Radhi Jaidi, Hatem Trabelsi
Ziad Jaziri, Hamed Namouchi, Slim ben-Achour, Jose Clayton
Haykel Gmamdia, Chokri el-Ouaer, Adel Sellimi, Riadh Bouazizi
Raouf Bouzaiene, Kais Ghodhbane, Adel Chedli, Mehdi Nafti
Jawhar Mnari, Mokhtar Dhouib, Ali Kaabi, Skander Souayah
Nejib Ghommidh, Ali Boumnijel

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