Tunisia National Football Team

Governing body Fédération Tunisienne de Football Affiliated 1960 Stadium Stade Olympique de Radès (65,000 seats) Manager M. Kbaïer

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Goalkeepers
F. Ben Mustapha	A. Dahmen	M. Ben Cherifia
Defenders
A. Ben Mohamed	I. Jelassi	S. Ben Aziza
O. Haddadi	M. Dräger Goals: 1	D. Bronn
M. Talbi	A. Maâloul Goals: 1	Y. Meriah
Midfielders
N. Sliti	H. Rafia	M. Lamti
S. Khaoui Goals: 1	F. Sassi	M. Ben Amor
W. Kechrida	E. Skhiri
Attackers
S. Bguir	W. Khazri	Y. Msakni

#	Name	Age								A
Goalkeepers
	F. Ben Mustapha	31	90	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	1	0
	A. Dahmen	23	28	1	0	1	0	2	0		0	0	0
	M. Ben Cherifia	29	90	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0
Defenders
	A. Ben Mohamed	25	140	2	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0
	I. Jelassi	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0
	S. Ben Aziza	30
	O. Haddadi	28	90	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0
	M. Dräger	24	90	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0
	D. Bronn	25	170	2	2	0	1	0	0		0	2	0
	M. Talbi	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0
	A. Maâloul	30	96	2	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0
	Y. Meriah	27	180	2	2	0	1	0	0		0	1	0
Midfielders
	N. Sliti	28	48	2	0	2	0	2	0		0	0	0
	H. Rafia	21	153	2	2	0	2	0	0		1	1	0
	M. Lamti	20
	S. Khaoui	25	59	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0
	F. Sassi	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0
	M. Ben Amor	28	23	2	0	2	0	2	0		0	0	0
	W. Kechrida	25	90	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0
	E. Skhiri	25	180	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Attackers
	S. Bguir	26	27	1	0	1	0	2	0		0	0	0
	W. Khazri	29	154	2	2	0	2	0	0		2	1	0
	Y. Msakni	30	115	2	1	1	1	1	0		0	0	0

The Carthage Eagles will return to the world stage for the fifth time after missing out in the last three editions of the competition. However, a tough test awaits them as they will fancy their chances against Belgium, England, and Panama in Group G.

Coach's Objective

The odds are in favor of both England and Belgium to sail through ahead of the pack due to their respective in-depth and talented squads. Nevertheless, Tunisia's impressive qualification campaign could serve as a huge motivation and further aid the North Africans to spoil the party for the favorites. It will be difficult but a top two finish will pretty much be satisfactory for Coach Nabil Maaloul's side.

New Faces

22-year-old French-born Ellyes Skhiri could feature in his first World Cup after being named in the final squad. The defender debuted in Tunisia's win over Iran and subsequently featured in the victory over Costa Rica back in March. Olympique Marseille's Saîf-Eddine Khaoui is also among the potential debutant at Russia.

Veterans

Goalkeeper and skipper of the side Aymen Mathlouthi, alongside the experienced Syam Ben Youssef, Mohamed Amine Ben Amor and Ahmed Akaichi could all make their bow at Russia should they make the final 23-man list.

Absentees

The most notable omission is of course that of industrious forward Youssef Msakni. Despite carrying the Carthegians to the World Cup by bagging a hattrick in his side's last but one qualifying game against Guinea, the 27-year-old has been sidelined after injuring his knee while playing for his Qatari club. Talisman Yassine Khenissi was also omitted as he's recuperating from an injury.

Full Squad list:

Goalkeepers: Farouk Ben Mustapha, Moez Hassen, Aymen Mathlouthi

Defenders: Rami Bedoui, Yohan Benalouane, Syam Ben Youssef, Dylan Bronn, Oussama Haddadi, Ali Maaloul, Yassine Meriah, Hamdi Nagguez

Midfielders: Anice Badri, Mohamed Amine Ben Amor, Ghaylene Chaalali, Ahmed Khalil, Saifeddine Khaoui, Ferjani Sassi, Ellyes Skhiri, Naim Sliti, Bassem Srarfi

Forwards: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Saber Khalifa, Wahbi Khazri