Tunisia U-20

Nickname(s)	نسور قرطاج (The Carthage Eagles)
Association	Tunisian Football Federation
Other affiliation	UAFA (Arab Nations)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Anis Boussaïdi
Home stadium	Hammadi Agrebi Stadium
FIFA code	TUN
First colours Second colours
First international
Tunisia 0–6 Mexico  (Tunis, Tunisia;27 June 1977)
Biggest win
Tunisia 5-0 Libya  (Tunis, Tunisia;20 July 2002)
Biggest defeat
Tunisia 0–6 Mexico  (Tunis, Tunisia;27 June 1977)
African Youth Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 1979)
Best result	Runners-up (1): 1985
UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances	15 (first in 2005)
Best result	Champions (9):  :2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 , 2023
Arab Cup U-20
Appearances	4 (first in 2012)
Best result	Champions (1):  :2012
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1977)
Best result	Round of 16 (2023)

The Tunisia national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم), nicknamed The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles, belongs to the Tunisian Football Federation. Since 1977 the team has played eight times in the African Youth Championship, fifteen times in the UNAF U-20 Tournament, four times in the Arab Cup U-20 and three times in the FIFA U-20 World Cup (then known as the "FIFA World Youth Championship").

History

Current staff

Competition records

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Group stage	14th	3	1	0	2	1	7
1979	Did not qualify
1981
1983
1985	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	6
1987	Did not qualify
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2023	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	4	6
2025	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	3/24	10	2	0	8	7	19

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 7
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1979	Second round	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Second round	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	First round	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Final	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Quarter-finals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	First round	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Withdrew after qualification
1993	did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Semi finals	4	6	1	3	2	4	6
2023	Semi finals	4	6	1	2	3	5	12
Total	Runners-up	7/22	-	-	-	-	-	-

Arab Cup U-20 record

Arab Cup U-20
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	did not participate
2012	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	14	9
2014	Cancelled
2020	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	10	3
2021	Semi-finals	4th	5	4	0	1	6	3
2022	Quarter-finals	5th	3	2	0	1	9	1
Total	Best: Champions	4 / 5	19	14	2	3	39	16

UNAF U-20 Tournament record

UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances: 15
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Third Place	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Runner-up	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Runner-up	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	did not participate
2012	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Fifth Place	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Fourth Place	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Runner-up	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	canceled
2019	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	15/16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May-June 2023.^[2]

Caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2023, after the match against Nigeria.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Raed Gazzeh	(2003-10-17) 17 October 2003	6	0	Étoile du Sahel
	1GK	Dries Arfaoui	(2004-11-23) 23 November 2004	0	0	Deinze
	1GK	Thomas Zouaghi	(2005-04-11) 11 April 2005	0	0	Sassuolo
	2DF	Ali Saoudi	(2003-12-20) 20 December 2003	6	1	Stade Tunisien
	2DF	Mahmoud Ghorbel	(2003-12-31) 31 December 2003	5	0	Club Sfaxien
	2DF	Zinedine Sassi	(2003-08-04) 4 August 2003	5	0	Espérance de Tunis
	2DF	Rayan Nasraoui	(2003-06-27) 27 June 2003	4	0	Nîmes
	2DF	Raed Bouchniba	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003	0	0	Espérance de Tunis
	2DF	Karim El Abed	(2004-02-27) 27 February 2004	0	0	Karlsruher SC
	3MF	Samy Chouchane	(2003-09-05) 5 September 2003	6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion
	3MF	Mohamed Wael Derbali	(2003-06-18) 18 June 2003	6	0	Olympique Béja
	3MF	Malek Mehri	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003	6	0	Espérance de Tunis
	3MF	Ghaith Ouahabi	(2003-05-02) 2 May 2003	6	0	Espérance de Tunis
	3MF	Yassine Dridi	(2003-04-03) 3 April 2003	5	0	Club Africain
	3MF	Chaïm El Djebali	(2004-02-07) 7 February 2004	5	0	Lyon
	4FW	Jibril Othman	(2004-04-26) 26 April 2004	6	2	Saint-Étienne
	4FW	Mohamed Dhaoui	(2003-05-14) 14 May 2003	6	1	Al Ahly
	4FW	Youssef Snana	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004	6	0	Club Africain
	4FW	Adem Garreb	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003	5	0	Club Africain
	4FW	Raki Aouani	(2004-09-11) 11 September 2004	1	0	Étoile du Sahel
	4FW	Béchir Yacoub	(2004-05-24) 24 May 2004	0	0	Monaco

Honours

• African Youth Championship:
  • Runners-up (1): 1985
• UNAF U-20 Tournament:
  • Champions (9):  :2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Runners-up (3):  :2008, 2010, 2015
  • Third Place (1):  :2006
• Arab Cup U-20:
  • Champions (1):  :2012
  • Runners-up (1):  :2020

See also

• Tunisia women's national under-20 football team
• Tunisia national football team
• Tunisia A' national football team
• Tunisia national under-23 football team
• Tunisia national under-17 football team
• Tunisia national under-15 football team

References