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Latest news on the Tunisia national football team, the Eagles of Carthage, covering fixtures, results, squad news, AFCON and World Cup coverage.
The Tunisia national football team represents the country in men's international football and is governed by the Tunisian Football Federation, a member of FIFA and the Confederation of African Football. Known to supporters as the Eagles of Carthage, the side plays in red and white and carries a bald eagle on its badge. Captain Ellyes Skhiri, a defensive midfielder with Eintracht Frankfurt and the squad's most capped current player, anchors a team built on defensive discipline. Tunisia's honours include one Africa Cup of Nations title, won on home soil in 2004, and seven appearances at the FIFA World Cup.
Tunisia reached the 2026 FIFA World Cup off the back of a qualifying campaign that finished unbeaten and without conceding a single goal, one of the most striking records in the competition's history. Their finals campaign proved far more turbulent. Sabri Lamouchi, who had guided the team through qualifying, was dismissed after a heavy opening defeat, with Hervé Renard brought in mid-tournament to oversee the remaining group games. Tunisia were eliminated after three defeats in Group F, continuing a pattern of frequent head coach changes that has shaped the team's recent history. The Eagles also extended their record run of consecutive Africa Cup of Nations appearances, reaching the last 16 of the 2025 edition in Morocco before exiting to Mali on penalties.
The national team draws passionate support from Tunisia's club ultras, with groups linked to giants Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain regularly travelling to cheer on the Eagles. Several squad members grew up in the European football diaspora and chose Tunisia over countries where they were also eligible to play, including a player whose elder brother won the World Cup with Germany in 2014. That sense of identity is reinforced by the eagle emblem, adopted after the 2004 continental triumph as a symbol tied to Tunisia's ancient Carthaginian heritage. Transfer news involving Tunisia's growing number of Bundesliga and Premier League based players is followed closely by fans at home and abroad.
The Tunisian Football Federation was formed in 1956, shortly after independence from France, and the national side played its first international fixture the following year. The breakthrough came in 1978, when Tunisia became the first African nation to win a World Cup match, beating Mexico in Argentina. A golden period followed under coach Roger Lemerre, culminating in the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations triumph against Morocco in Radès. Tunisia have also won the Arab Cup and the African Nations Championship, reflecting a strong record in regional competition beyond FIFA's flagship tournaments.
Tunisia's home matches are played at the Hammadi Agrebi Stadium in Radès, also widely known as the Stade Olympique de Radès, a venue with a capacity of around 60,000 that hosted the 2004 AFCON final. The team's record of 17 consecutive Africa Cup of Nations appearances is the longest active streak on the continent, underlining a consistency that has not always translated into knockout success. Officiating controversies have occasionally overshadowed performances on the pitch, including a disputed quarter-final exit in the 2015 tournament that led to sanctions against match officials. Such episodes continue to fuel debate in Tunisia about refereeing standards in African competition.
With World Cup cycles, Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and a constant flow of squad, coaching and transfer news, the Eagles of Carthage rarely stay out of the headlines for long. Our NewsNow feed on the Tunisia national football team brings together the latest fixtures, results and developments as they happen, giving fans and football followers a single, comprehensive source for staying up to date with Tunisian international football.
