Tunisia national minifootball team

Men's national association football team representing Tunisia

 Tunisia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
AssociationFTMF (Tunisia)
Other affiliationARMF (Arab world)
ConfederationAMF (Africa)
Home stadiumNabeul Minifoot Stadium
FIFA codeTUN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Tunisia 6–5  England
(Tunis, Tunisia; 17 July 2016)
Biggest win
 Tunisia 18–0  South Africa
(Tripoli, Libya; 10 May 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Tunisia 0–7  Mexico
(Nabeul, Tunisia; 13 October 2017)
 Tunisia 0–7  Mexico
(Perth, Australia; 8 October 2019)
WMF World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2017)
Best result5th (2017)
African Minifootball Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best result3rd Bronze
WMF Continental Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best result2nd Silver
Tunisia national minifootball team
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Minifootball
WMF Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tunisia
African Minifootball Cup
Bronze medal – third place Libya 2018

The Tunisia national minifootball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة القدم المصغّرة), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), represents Tunisia in international minifootball competitions. It is affiliated to the Tunisian Minifootball Federation.

History

Since its beginnings in 2016, the Tunisian Federation of Minifoot (FTMF) has organized the second edition of the world cup, in Nabeul 2017.

At the local championship level, the first edition (2016) was contested with 12 teams. Since then, total number of clubs affiliated to FTMF has risen to more than 150, in four corners of Tunisia, with different levels. Latest upgrade was introduction of VAR, establishment of training sessions for minifootball coaches, and organization of the first ladies mini-football championship 2019–2020 season.[1]

Home stadium

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2019

 Mexico v  Tunisia
8 October 2019 2019 WMF World Cup  Mexico 7-0  Tunisia Perth , Australia
16:00 UTC+8 Report Stadium: Perth Minifoot Stadium
Referee: -

Current staff

1 June 2023

Position Name
Head coach Tunisia Mahdi Abachi
Assistant coach Tunisia Walid Krout
Physiotherapist Tunisia

Managerial history

Players

Current squad

Squad for the 2021 African Minifootball Cup[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mohamed Iheb Jabri (1994-06-19) 19 June 1994 (age 29) Tunisia US Beni Khiar
2 1GK Omar Ahmed (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28) Tunisia Riadh Riadhi Sousse

5 2DF Firas Ben Abedeltif (2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24) Tunisia US Beni Khiar
4 2DF Achraf Sati (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39) Tunisia Club Kurubis
12 2DF Hamza Chehabi (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27) Tunisia Red Star Sousse
3 2DF Abdalah Chouchen (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 (age 27) Tunisia Sporting Nahal
7 2DF Boulbaba Safi (1986-08-16) 16 August 1986 (age 37) Tunisia ASOMMP

14 3MF Aziz Nasri (1997-04-01) 1 April 1997 (age 27) Tunisia AS Tronja
9 3MF Iheb Ben Salem (1995-01-10) 10 January 1995 (age 29) Tunisia AS Tronja
6 3MF Mawren Mechala (1986-03-25) 25 March 1986 (age 38) Tunisia Red Star Sousse
17 3MF Mohamed Ghazi Hfaiedh (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30) Tunisia US Hammamet
16 3MF Chamseddine Chouk (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22) Tunisia SS ar Chaabane el Fehri

8 4FW Omar Nasri (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 30) Tunisia AS Tronja
19 4FW Iheb Belhaj (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 25) Tunisia Somaa Minifoot
18 4FW Salah Amaya (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 (age 31) Tunisia US Hammamet
10 4FW Bouraoui Chitaoui (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 (age 23) Tunisia Riadh Riadhi Sousse
20 4FW Moujib Chetoui (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28) Tunisia US Tataouin
13 4FW Skander Ellomi (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27) Tunisia FC Messadine
11 4FW Ramzi Dhouib (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 26) Tunisia Riadh Riadhi Sousse
15 4FW Mohamed Moumen (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 28) Tunisia AS Pont de Bizart

Recent call-ups

Player records

Tournament records

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

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

WMF World Cup

WMF World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
United States 2015 Did not compete
Tunisia 2017 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 1 1 13 14
Australia 2019 round of 16 15th 4 1 2 1 9 8
2023 To be determined
Total Quarter-finals 2/3 9 4 3 2 22 22

WMF Continental Cup

WMF Continental Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Tunisia 2019 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 21 6
Total Runners-up 1/1 4 3 0 1 21 6

African Minifootball Cup

African Minifootball Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Libya 2018 Third place 3rd 5 3 2 0 25 4
Nigeria 2021 Did not enter
Total 1/1 3rd place 5 3 2 0 25 4

Honours

WMF Continental Cup

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up: 2019

African Minifootball Cup

  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third-place: 2018

See also

Other

References

  1. ^ "Focus on mini-football in Tunisia". ettachkila. TBD. 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=570290668602111&set=pcb.570290971935414
  3. ^ "New mini-football Manager". africanmanager. TBD. 4 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Focus on mini-football in Tunisia". facebook. tunisie minifootball. 4 April 2021.

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