Tunisia national under-17 football team

Tunisia U-17
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
(The Carthage Eagles)
AssociationTunisian Football Federation
Other affiliationUAFA (Arab Nations)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachTunisia Mohamed Amine Naffati
Home stadiumStade Olympique de Radès
FIFA codeTUN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Tunisia 0–1 Algeria 
(Tunis, Tunisia; 24 August 1986)
Biggest win
 Tunisia 5–1 Ethiopia 
(Tunis, Tunisia;6 November 2012)
Biggest defeat
 Tunisia 0–7 Ghana 
(Mali;20 May 1995)
African U-17 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1995)
Best resultThird Place (2013)
UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances18 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (4): 1st place, gold medalist(s) (2008, 2009, 2012, 2017)
Arab Cup U-17
Appearances1 (first in 2012)
Best resultChampions (1): 1st place, gold medalist(s) (2012)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1993)
Best resultRound of 16 (2007, 2013)

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.

Honours

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
China 1985 did not enter
Canada 1987 did not qualify
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993 1st Round 12th 3 1 0 2 2 5
Ecuador 1995 did not qualify
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005
South Korea 2007 Round of 16 9th 4 3 0 1 9 6
Nigeria 2009 did not qualify
Mexico 2011
United Arab Emirates 2013 Round of 16 12th 4 2 0 2 5 6
Chile 2015 did not qualify
India 2017
Brazil 2019
Peru 2021 Cancelled
Indonesia 2023 did not qualify
Qatar 2025 to be determined
Total Round of 16 3/20 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
Mali 1995 1st Round 7th 3 1 0 2 2 10
Botswana 1997 did not qualify
Guinea 1999
Seychelles 2001
Eswatini 2003
The Gambia 2005
Togo 2007 Fourth Place 4th 5 1 2 2 5 5
Algeria 2009 did not qualify
Rwanda 2011
Morocco 2013 Third Place 3rd 5 3 1 1 11 9
Niger 2015 did not qualify
Gabon 2017
Tanzania 2019
Morocco 2021 Canceled
Algeria 2023 did not qualify
Total Third Place 3/12 13 5 3 5 18 24

Arab Cup U-17 record

Arab Cup U-17
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Saudi Arabia 2011 did not participate
Tunisia 2012 Champions 1 5 4 1 0 16 4
Qatar 2014 did not participate
Morocco 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Algeria 2022 Quarter-finals 4 1 3 0 4 3
Total 2/4 - 9 5 1*4 0 20 7

UNAF U-17 Tournament record

UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances: 18
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Algeria 2006 Runners-up 2nd 2 0 2 0 0 0
Morocco 2007 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 0 0
Tunisia 2008 Winners 1st 3 2 1 0 7 2
Algeria 2008 Fourth Place 4th 4 1 1 2 3 4
Tunisia 2009 Round 1 5th 2 0 1 1 0 1
Morocco 2009 Winners 1st 2 0 2 0 2 2
Tunisia 2010 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 3 3
Morocco 2011 Fourth Place 4th 2 0 2 0 0 0
Tunisia 2012 Third Place 3rd 2 0 1 1 1 2
Morocco 2012 Winners 1st 2 1 1 0 8 6
Morocco 2014 Third Place 3rd 2 1 0 1 3 4
Morocco 2015 Runners-up 2nd 2 0 2 0 2 2
Morocco 2016 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 2 0 5 3
Morocco 2017 Winners 1st 4 1 1 1 4 2
Tunisia 2018 Third Place 3rd 3 1 0 2 1 3
Morocco 2018 Third Place 3rd 3 2 0 1 5 5
Algeria 2021 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 1 0 2 1
Algeria 2022 Third Place 3rd 4 2 0 2 7 6
Total Champions 4/18 48 16 18 13 53 46

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 XXX on XXXXX

Caps and goals as of 5 February 2013.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK

2DF

3MF

4FW

See also

External links

  • official site of FTF (in French) (archived 17 April 2013)
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