Tunisia_at_the_Africa_Cup_of_Nations

Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations

Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations

Participation of Tunisia in a competition


Tunisia have participated in the African Cup of Nations 21 times and hold the record for the number of consecutive participations with 16 between 1994 and 2021. First participation in 1962, it took third place by defeating Uganda with a score of 3–0,[1] only 4 countries participated in this edition.[2] In 1965 edition, Tunisia were allowed to stage the competition and reached the final and lost the title to Ghana 2–3 after extra time.[3]

Tunisia against Mali at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
Tunisia against Algeria at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

In the 1996 edition, the team reached the final for the second time, but was again defeated by hosts South Africa 0–2.[4] The best participation in this tournament came after 8 years when Tunisia in her country reached the final for the third time and won this time after defeating Morocco in the final 2–1,[5] Francileudo Santos and Ziad Jaziri scored the goals. The last participation was in the 2021 edition in Cameroon, and the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

In total, Tunisia participated in the African Cup of Nations 21 times, played 80 matches, won in 25 matches, tied 29 matches and lost 26 of them, scored 99 goals and accepted 94 goals. The biggest defeat was 4–0 against Ethiopia on 12 November 1965 and Mauritania on 16 January 2022.[6][7] The biggest defeat was 3–0 against Cameroon on 10 February 2000, Guinea on 30 January 2006 and Ivory Coast on 26 January 2013. Francileudo Santos is the most Tunisian player to score in the tournament with 10 goals.[8] Youssef Msakni is the most participating Tunisian in the tournament, he played 25 matches in 7 participations between 2010 and 2021.[9] Tunisia hosted the competition on three occasions in 1965, 1994 and 2004.

Records

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Matches

Tunisia's match against the Ivory Coast from the 2013 African Cup of Nations, where the team suffered its joint-heaviest defeat.
  •   – Win
  •   – Draw
  •   – Lose
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Notes
  1. The match was abandoned after Tunisia walked off in the 42nd minute with the score tied at 1–1 to protest the officiating. Nigeria were awarded a 2–0 win, and Tunisia were banned from the next tournament.[43]

Statistics

Head to head

  •   – Positive balance
  •   – Neutral balance
  •   – Negative balance
Map of the teams that played against Tunisia in the Africa Cup of Nations:
  Tunisia
  One match
  Two matches
  Three matches
  Four matches
  Five matches
  Six matches
  Eight matches
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  • 1 Includes games against  Zaire

Goalscorers

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  – Best goalscorer(s) of the tournament
  – Best goalscorer(s) of the team

Hat-tricks

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Awards

AFCON Top Scorer

Goal of the tournament

Team of the Tournament

Squads

See also


References

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