Football in Tunisia

Football in Tunisia
Tunisia national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Country	Tunisia
Governing body	Tunisian Football Federation
National team(s)	men's national team women's national team
National competitions
Ligue Professionnelle 1 Ligue Professionnelle 2 Tunisian Cup
International competitions
CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup CAF Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA World Cup (National Team) African Cup of Nations (National Team) FIFA Confederations Cup (National Team)

Football is the most popular sport in Tunisia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It was first introduced by Italian migrants.^[5]^[6]^[7] The governing body is the Tunisian Football Federation.

Domestic Leagues

The game is played nationwide with three professional leagues: LP-1, LP-2 & LP-3 and at an amateur level in the 4 regions and 24 governorates that make up the country.^[8]

National team

Tunisia have reached 6 FIFA World Cup final competitions (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018 and 2022), and have also appeared at the African Cup of Nations on 13 occasions, winning once (2004).^[9]

+50,000-capacity stadiums in Tunisia

N°	Image	Stadium	Capacity	Opened	City	Club
1.		Stade Hammadi Agrebi	60,000	6 July 2001	Radès, Ben Arous	National team Espérance de Tunis Club Africain
2.		Stade Olympique de Sousse	50,000	1973 (Renovated in 2019–2021)	Sousse, Sousse	Étoile Sportive du Sahel

References

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Football in Tunisia

Tunisian Football Federation

National teams

Men	Men's Men's A' Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's U-15 Men's Futsal Men's Beach Soccer
Women	Women's national Women's U-20 Women's U-17

League system

Men	Ligue Professionnelle 1 Ligue Professionnelle 2 Ligue Professionnelle 3 Ligue Amateur 4 Ligue Amateur 5
Women	W-Championship W-Championship D2

Domestic cups

Men	Tunisian Cup (Finals) Tunisian Super Cup League Cup (defunct) Hédi Chaker Cup (defunct)
Women	W. Cup W. League Cup W. Super Cup
International	7th November Cup (defunct)

Organizations

ongoing	FTF LNFP LNFA LNFF
defunct	LTF

Rivalries

Tunis derby
Tunis little derby
Gabès derby
Club Africain–Étoile du Sahel rivalry
Club Africain–Club Sfaxien rivalry
Espérance de Tunis–Étoile du Sahel rivalry
Espérance de Tunis–Club Sfaxien rivalry
Étoile du Sahel–Club Sfaxien rivalry

َAwards

Footballer of the Year
Ligue 1 top goalscorers
Golden Boot (defunct)
Golden Ball (defunct)

Lists

Men's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons

v t e Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Ligue Nationale du Football Professionnel
Seasons	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
2023–24 clubs	Avenir de Marsa Avenir de Soliman Club Africain Club Bizertin Club Sfaxien El Gawafel de Gafsa Étoile de Métlaoui Étoile du Sahel Espérance de Tunis Olympique Béja Stade Tunisien Union de Ben Guerdane Union Monastirienne Union de Tataouine
Competition	Teams Players foreign Managers (Winners) Stadiums Broadcasters
Statistics	All-time Table Top scorers by season Champions
Associated competitions	Tunisian Cup Tunisian Super Cup CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Category Commons

v t e Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 ♦ CLP2 ♦ 2013/14
AS Gabès AS Djerba ES Zarzis Sporting Ben Arous Kasserine EO Sidi Bouzid CS M'saken AS Ariana ES Beni-Khalled Ksar Helal Union Sportive de Ben Guerdane Jendouba Sport Stade Sportif Sfaxien ES Hammam-Sousse CS Korba Sfax Railways Sports Hammamet Olympique du Kef Enfida Sports Club Olympique des Transports

v t e Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3
Northern Conference	A Mégrine S AS Oued Ellil CS Makthar CS M.Bouzelfa CO Transports EA Matri ES Fahs EO Goulette Kram Grombalia Sport Stade Nabeulien US BouSalem US Siliana
Southern Conference	CS Hilalien CO Médenine ES Jerba Midoun ES Metlaoui EO Sidi BouZid ES Feriana LP Tozeur Avenir Kalaa Sport OC Kerkennah SS Sfaxien S Railways S US Sbeitla
Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

v t e Football in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)