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Tunisia national under-20 football team

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Tunisia U-20
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
AssociationTunisian Football Federation
Other affiliationUAFA (Arab Nations)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachTunisia Anis Boussaïdi
Home stadiumHammadi Agrebi Stadium
FIFA codeTUN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Tunisia 0–6 Mexico 
(Tunis, Tunisia;27 June 1977)
Biggest win
 Tunisia 5-0 Libya 
(Tunis, Tunisia;20 July 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Tunisia 0–6 Mexico 
(Tunis, Tunisia;27 June 1977)
African Youth Championship
Appearances8 (first in 1979)
Best resultRunners-up (1) (1985)
UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances15 (first in 2005)
Best resultChampions (9): 1 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 , 2023)
Arab Cup U-20
Appearances4 (first in 2012)
Best resultChampions (1) 1 (2012)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1977)
Best resultRound of 16 (2023)

The Tunisia national under-20 football team represents Tunisia in international football completions. They have played at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the African Youth Championship since 1977.

Competition records

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

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

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances: 3
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Group stage 14th 3 1 0 2 1 7
Japan 1979 Did not qualify
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 2 6
Chile 1987 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
Argentina 2023 Round of 16 15th 4 1 0 3 4 6
Chile 2025 To be determined
Total Round of 16 3/24 10 2 0 8 7 19

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record

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Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 7
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1979 Second round - - - - - - -
1981 Second round - - - - - - -
1983 First round - - - - - - -
1985 Final 2nd - - - - - -
1987 Quarter-finals - - - - - - -
1989 First round - - - - - - -
Egypt 1991 Withdrew after qualification
Mauritius 1993 did not qualify
Nigeria 1995
Morocco 1997
Ghana 1999
Ethiopia 2001
Burkina Faso 2003
Benin 2005
Republic of the Congo 2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2009
South Africa 2011
Algeria 2013
Senegal 2015
Zambia 2017
Niger 2019
Mauritania 2021 Semi finals 4 6 1 3 2 4 6
Egypt 2023 Semi finals 4 6 1 2 3 5 12
Total Runners-up 7/22 - - - - - -

References

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  1. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2021.