Tunisia national under-17 football team

The Tunisia national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), is the national under-17 football team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation. The team competes in the African U-17 Championship, UNAF U-17 Tournament and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Tunisia U-17

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	Abdelhay Ben Soltane
Home stadium	Stade Olympique de Radès
FIFA code	TUN
First colours Second colours Third colours
African U-17 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1995)
Best result	Third Place 2013
UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances	14 (first in 2006)
Best result	Champions (4): 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017
Arab Cup U-17
Appearances	1 (first in 2012)
Best result	Champions (1): 2012
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1993)
Best result	Round of 16, 2007, 2013

Honours

• African U-17 Championship:
  • Third Place (1): 2013
• UNAF U-17 Tournament:
  • Champions (4):  :2008, 2009, 2012, 2017
  • Runners-up (5):  :2006, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016
  • Third Place (4):  :2012, 2014, 2018, 2018
• Arab Cup U-17:
  • Champions (1):  : 2012

Tournament Records

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

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

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not enter
1987	Did not qualify
1989
1991
1993	1st Round	12th	3	1	0	2	2	5
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	9	6
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013	Round of 16	12th	4	2	0	2	5	6
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019
2021	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	3/19	11	6	0	5	16	17

CAF U-17 Championship record

CAF U-17 Championship
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1995	1st Round	7th	3	1	0	2	2	10
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	2	2	5	5
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013	Third Place	3rd	5	3	1	1	11	9
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019
Total	Third Place	3/12	13	5	3	5	18	24

UNAF U-17 Tournament record

UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances: 13
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Runners-up	2nd	2	0	2	0	0	0
2007	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	0	0
2008	Winners	1st	3	2	1	0	7	2
2008	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2009	Round 1	5th	2	0	1	1	0	1
2009	Winners	1st	2	0	2	0	2	2
2010	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	3
2011	Fourth Place	4th	2	0	2	0	0	0
2012	Third Place	3rd	2	0	1	1	1	2
2012	Winners	1st	2	1	1	0	8	6
2014	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	3	4
2015	Runners-up	2nd	2	0	2	0	2	2
2016	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	5	3
2017	Winners	1st	4	1	1	1	4	2
2018	Third Place	3rd	3	1	0	2	1	3
2018	Third Place	3rd	3	2	0	1	5	5
Total	Champions	4/15	42	13	17	11	44	39

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Did not enter
1987	Second Round		2	0	1	1	0	1
1989	First Round		2	0	1	1	0	2
1991	Second Round		2	0	2	0	1	1
1993	Final Round		4	2	2	0	4	1
Total	Final Round	4/5	10	2	6	2	5	5

Current squad

Squad for 2013 OFC Under 17 Tournament

Caps and goals as of 5 February 2013.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sabri Ben Hessen	(1996-06-13) June 13, 1996	7	0	CS Sfaxien
16	1GK	Charfeddine Ghidhaoui	(1996-05-18) May 18, 1996	4	0	JS Kairouan
21	1GK	Hamza Ben Chrifia	(1996-07-17) July 17, 1996	4	0	Espérance de Tunis
2	2DF	Yasser Slimi	(1996-03-07) March 7, 1996	6	1	Étoile du Sahel
3	2DF	Ameur El Omrani	(1996-09-11) September 11, 1996	3	0	Étoile du Sahel
4	2DF	Marouane Sahraoui	(1996-01-09) January 9, 1996	8	0	Espérance de Tunis
5	2DF	Bahaeddine Othman (c)	(1996-02-03) February 3, 1996	7	0	Étoile du Sahel
12	2DF	Sabri Akrout	(1996-01-29) January 29, 1996	4	0	Espérance de Tunis
18	2DF	Khalid Hnid	(1996-01-16) January 16, 1996	8	0	AS Marsa
20	2DF	Mohamed Salem	(1996-01-06) January 6, 1996	8	0	Club Africain
6	3MF	Wassim Naghmouchi	(1996-04-17) April 17, 1996	8	1	Espérance de Tunis
7	3MF	Moez Abboud	(1996-07-18) July 18, 1996	7	1	Espérance de Tunis
8	3MF	Chiheb Jbeli	(1996-05-26) May 26, 1996	8	0	Club Africain
11	3MF	Kouni Khalfa	(1996-12-12) December 12, 1996	8	0	Club Africain
13	3MF	Mohamed Dräger	(1996-06-25) June 25, 1996	8	1	SC Freiburg
14	3MF	Nidhal Ben Salem	(1996-01-31) January 31, 1996	7	2	Espérance de Tunis
15	3MF	Firas Ben Larbi	(1996-05-27) May 27, 1996	2	0	AS Marsa
17	3MF	Maher Gabsi	(1996-03-22) March 22, 1996	1	0	Étoile du Sahel
19	3MF	Rached Arfaoui	(1996-03-07) March 7, 1996	1	0	Club Africain
9	4FW	Hazem Haj Hassen	(1996-02-15) February 15, 1996	8	2	Étoile du Sahel

See also

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

External links

• (in French) [1] - official site of FTF