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	GK	Sabri Ben Hessen	June 13, 1996	7	0	CS Sfaxien
16	GK	Charfeddine Ghidhaoui	May 18, 1996	4	0	JS Kairouan
21	GK	Hamza Ben Chrifia	July 17, 1996	4	0	Espérance de Tunis
2	DF	Yasser Slimi	March 7, 1996	6	1	Étoile du Sahel
3	DF	Ameur El Omrani	September 11, 1996	3	0	Étoile du Sahel
4	DF	Marouane Sahraoui	January 9, 1996	8	0	Espérance de Tunis
5	DF	Bahaeddine Othman (c)	February 3, 1996	7	0	Étoile du Sahel
12	DF	Sabri Akrout	January 29, 1996	4	0	Espérance de Tunis
18	DF	Khalid Hnid	January 16, 1996	8	0	AS Marsa
20	DF	Mohamed Salem	January 6, 1996	8	0	Club Africain
6	MF	Wassim Naghmouchi	April 17, 1996	8	1	Espérance de Tunis
7	MF	Moez Abboud	July 18, 1996	7	1	Espérance de Tunis
8	MF	Chiheb Jbeli	May 26, 1996	8	0	Club Africain
11	MF	Kouni Khalfa	December 12, 1996	8	0	Club Africain
13	MF	Mohamed Dräger	June 25, 1996	8	1	SC Freiburg
14	MF	Nidhal Ben Salem	January 31, 1996	7	2	Espérance de Tunis
15	MF	Firas Ben Larbi	May 27, 1996	2	0	AS Marsa
17	MF	Maher Gabsi	March 22, 1996	1	0	Étoile du Sahel
19	MF	Rached Arfaoui	March 7, 1996	1	0	Club Africain
9	FW	Hazem Haj Hassen	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) - official site of FTF