# Tunisia national football team records and statistics

The Tunisia national football team has played teams from every confederation. Their first international match was played on 2 June 1957 in Tunis against Libya, winning 4–2. The team they have played the most is Morocco, with a total of 50 matches played.
Their biggest win has been by 8 goals in two matches: against Chinese Taipei on 18 August 1960, and against Djibouti on 12 June 2015.

## Player records

    As of 18 November 2024
    Players in bold are still active with Tunisia.

### Most appearances

| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
| 1 | Radhi Jaïdi | 105 | 7 | 1996–2009 |
| 2 | Youssef Msakni | 104 | 23 | 2010–present |
| 3 | Chokri El Ouaer | 97 | 0 | 1990–2002 |
| 4 | Khaled Badra | 96 | 10 | 1995–2006 |
| 5 | Kaies Ghodhbane | 95 | 6 | 1995–2006 |
| 6 | Khaled Ben Yahia | 95 | 5 | 1979–1993 |
| 7 | Riadh Bouazizi | 92 | 3 | 1995–2006 |
| 8 | Ali Maâloul | 90 | 3 | 2013–present |
| 9 | Tarak Dhiab | 89 | 12 | 1974–1990 |
| 10 | Yassine Meriah | 87 | 5 | 2015–present |
| 10 | Sadok Sassi | 87 | 0 | 1963–1978 |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Career |
| 1 | Issam Jemâa (list) | 36 | 84 | 2005–2014 |
| 2 | Wahbi Khazri | 25 | 74 | 2013–2022 |
| 3 | Youssef Msakni | 23 | 104 | 2010–present |
| 4 | Francileudo Santos | 22 | 41 | 2004–2008 |
| 5 | Adel Sellimi | 20 | 80 | 1991–2002 |
| 6 | Faouzi Rouissi | 18 | 42 | 1989–2001 |
| 7 | Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi | 17 | 86 | 1985–1995 |
| 8 | Zoubeir Baya | 17 | 83 | 1994–2002 |
| 9 | Mohamed Salah Jedidi | 15 | 32 | 1962–1965 |
| 10 | Ziad Jaziri | 14 | 63 | 1999–2007 |
| 10 | Naïm Sliti | 14 | 77 | 2016–present |
* 1 2 3 Matches in the Olympic Games and against Amateur sides are not considered full 'A' internationals by FIFA

## All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Tunisia national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.

### Key

Tunisia national football team head-to-head records :
| Against | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
| Algeria | 48 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 40 | 50 | −10 | CAF |
| Angola | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | CAF |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | CONMEBOL |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | AFC |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | UEFA |
| Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | AFC |
| Belarus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | UEFA |
| Belgium | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | UEFA |
| Benin | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 | +18 | CAF |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | UEFA |
| Botswana | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | CAF |
| Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | CONMEBOL |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | UEFA |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | CAF |
| Burundi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | CAF |
| Cameroon | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | −11 | CAF |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | CONCACAF |
| Cape Verde | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | +3 | CAF |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | CAF |
| Chad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | CAF |
| Chile | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | CONMEBOL |
| China | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | AFC |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | AFC |
| Comoros | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | CAF |
| Colombia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | CONMEBOL |
| Congo | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | CAF |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | CONCACAF |
| Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | UEFA |
| Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | UEFA |
| Djibouti | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | CAF |
| DR Congo | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | +12 | CAF |
| East Germany | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −10 | UEFA |
| Egypt | 41 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 38 | +9 | CAF |
| England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | UEFA |
| Equatorial Guinea | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | +9 | CAF |
| Ethiopia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | CAF |
| Finland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | UEFA |
| France | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | UEFA |
| Gabon | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | CAF |
| Gambia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | CAF |
| Georgia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | UEFA |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | UEFA |
| Ghana | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | −7 | CAF |
| Guinea | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 19 | +12 | CAF |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | CAF |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | −9 | UEFA |
| Iceland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | UEFA |
| India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | AFC |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | AFC |
| Iraq | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | AFC |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | UEFA |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | UEFA |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | −2 | CAF |
| Japan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −5 | AFC |
| Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | AFC |
| Kenya | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | CAF |
| Kuwait | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | AFC |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | UEFA |
| Lebanon | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | AFC |
| Liberia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | +8 | CAF |
| Libya | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 33 | +21 | CAF |
| Madagascar | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | CAF |
| Malawi | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | CAF |
| Mali | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | +4 | CAF |
| Malta | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | UEFA |
| Mauritania | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 5 | +24 | CAF |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | CAF |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | CONCACAF |
| Morocco | 50 | 9 | 28 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | CAF |
| Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | CAF |
| Namibia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | CAF |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | UEFA |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | OFC |
| Niger | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | CAF |
| Nigeria | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 19 | +5 | CAF |
| Norway | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | UEFA |
| Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | AFC |
| Palestine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | AFC |
| Panama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | CONCACAF |
| Peru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CONMEBOL |
| Poland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | UEFA |
| Portugal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | UEFA |
| Qatar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | AFC |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | UEFA |
| Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | UEFA |
| Rwanda | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | CAF |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | CAF |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | AFC |
| Senegal | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 13 | +9 | CAF |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | UEFA |
| Seychelles | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | CAF |
| Sierra Leone | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | CAF |
| Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | UEFA |
| Somalia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | CAF |
| South Africa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | CAF |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | AFC |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | UEFA |
| Sudan | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 11 | +17 | CAF |
| Sweden | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | UEFA |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | UEFA |
| Eswatini | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | CAF |
| Syria | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | AFC |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | CAF |
| Togo | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | CAF |
| Turkey | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | UEFA |
| Uganda | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | CAF |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | UEFA |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | AFC |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CONCACAF |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CONMEBOL |
| Wales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | UEFA |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | −18 | UEFA |
| Zambia | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | +11 | CAF |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | CAF |
| Total | 723 | 311 | 201 | 217 | 1024 | 757 | +267 | — |
| Last match updated was against Gambia on 18 November 2024. |||||||||
* ↑ Includes matches against Zaire
* ↑ Includes matches against West Germany.
* ↑ Includes matches against Soviet Union.
* ↑ Includes matches against Serbia and Montenegro

## Teams yet to play against Tunisia

Teams yet to play Tunisia :
| Yemen | Liechtenstein | Honduras | Ecuador | Tahiti |
| Afghanistan | Eritrea | Martinique | Bolivia | Fiji |
| Kyrgyzstan | South Sudan | El Salvador | Guatemala | Vanuatu |
| Tajikistan | Zanzibar | Grenada | Aruba | Papua New Guinea |
| Turkmenistan | Lesotho | Jamaica | Dominica | American Samoa |
| Uzbekistan | Suriname | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Israel | Liechtenstein |
| Bangladesh | Réunion | Bermuda | Saint Lucia | Cyprus |
| Bhutan | Philippines | Cuba | Anguilla | Luxembourg |
| Maldives | Singapore | Haiti | Bonaire | Armenia |
| Nepal | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Cayman Islands | Estonia |
| Pakistan | Timor-Leste | Antigua and Barbuda | Puerto Rico | Faroe Islands |
| Sri Lanka | Vietnam | Belize | Sint Maarten | Azerbaijan |
| Brunei | Guam | Dominican Republic | Saint Martin | Kosovo |
| Cambodia | Hong Kong | French Guiana | Turks and Caicos Islands | Kazakhstan |
| Indonesia | North Korea | Montserrat | British Virgin Islands | Lithuania |
| Laos | Macau | Nicaragua | Samoa | Andorra |
| Malaysia | Mongolia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Tonga | |
| Myanmar | Northern Mariana Islands | Barbados | Moldova | |
| Philippines | Guadeloupe | Cook Islands | New Zealand | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | San Marino | Venezuela | Solomon Islands | |
| Gibraltar | Curaçao | Paraguay | New Caledonia | |

## Match statistics
### Biggest wins

| Rank | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Competition | Difference |
| 1 | 18 August 1960 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | Chinese Taipei | 8–1 | Friendly match | +7 |
| 2 | 12 June 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis | Djibouti | 8–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | +7 |
| 3 | 7 January 2000 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | Togo | 7–0 | Friendly match | +7 |
| 4 | 26 March 2005 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis | Malawi | 7–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | +7 |
| 5 | 25 February 2001 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | DR Congo | 6–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | +6 |
| 6 | 1 July 2001 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | Congo | 6–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | +6 |

## FIFA rankings

Tunisia's FIFA rankings have ranged from 65 in July 2010, to 14 in April 2018. The Tunisian national team has always been one of the best African teams, especially thanks to its good results in the Africa Cup of Nations (3rd place in the 1962 edition, second place in the 1965 and 1996 editions and the champion in the 2004 edition). But also after the good results in 2017 and 2018: the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (eight matches: six wins and two draws) and friendlies (five matches: 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat); Thus, the Tunisian national team reached the fourteenth place in the world in April and May 2018. It is also considered the best African team in the FIFA World Ranking between January and December 2018. Below is a chart of Tunisia's FIFA ranking since 1993.
Best Ranking  Worst Ranking  Best Mover  Worst Mover
Tunisia's FIFA world rankings :
| Rank | Year | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Best | Best | Worst | Worst |
| Rank | Year | Games | Wins | Draws | Loses | Rank | Move | Rank | Move |
| 32 | 1993 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 7 (August) | 36 | 3 (September) |
| 30 | 1994 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 4 (September) | 33 | 3 (October) |
| 22 | 1995 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 6 (February) | 27 | 4 (August) |
| 23 | 1996 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 6 (February) | 31 | 9 (June) |
| 23 | 1997 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 (August) | 29 | 4 (June) |
| 21 | 1998 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 6 (November) | 26 | 4 (July) |
| 31 | 1999 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 4 (November) | 33 | 7 (June) |
| 26 | 2000 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 3 (June) | 28 | 1 (September) |
| 28 | 2001 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 (July) | 32 | 5 (April) |
| 41 | 2002 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 0 (June) | 41 | 5 (July) |
| 45 | 2003 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 3 (April) | 46 | 3 (October) |
| 35 | 2004 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 14 (February) | 45 | 2 (April) |
| 28 | 2005 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 (September) | 40 | 4 (October) |
| 32 | 2006 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 5 (February) | 32 | 10 (July) |
| 47 | 2007 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 5 (July) | 47 | 13 (February) |
| 46 | 2008 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 3 (April) | 56 | 7 (February) |
| 53 | 2009 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 2 (July) | 54 | 8 (February) |
| 45 | 2010 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 11 (October) | 65 | 10 (July) |
| 59 | 2011 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 3 (March) | 61 | 15 (April) |
| 45 | 2012 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 10 (June) | 59 | 4 (October) |
| 48 | 2013 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 11 (February) | 53 | 8 (June) |
| 22 | 2014 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 (September) | 49 | 5 (April) |
| 40 | 2015 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 2 (June) | 41 | 5 (April) |
| 35 | 2016 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 4 (October) | 48 | 8 (February) |
| 27 | 2017 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 7 (July) | 42 | 5 (April) |
| 24 | 2018 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 (April) | 24 | 7 (June) |
| 27 | 2019 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 3 (June) | 28 | 4 (July) |
| 26 | 2020 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 (September) | 27 | 0 (December) |
| 30 | 2021 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 3 (December) | 30 | 4 (November) |
| 30 | 2022 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 5 (June) | 36 | 6 (February) |
| 28 | 2023 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 4 (November) | 32 | 3 (October) |