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Tunisia at the FIFA Confederations Cup

Tunisia has participated one times in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005, as a representative from Africa after winning the 2004 African Cup of Nations. From its only participation, the team was content with the group stage.

Records

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FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Ref
  1992 Did not qualify
  1995
  1997
  1999
    2001
  2003
  2005 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 3 5 Squad [1]
  2009 Did not qualify
  2013
  2017
Total Group stage 1/10 3 1 0 2 3 5 — —

Matches

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Part Year No.  Stage Date Opponent Result Tunisia scorers Ref
1   2005 1 Group stage 15 June 2005   Argentina 1–2 Guemamdia   72' (pen.) [2][3]
2 Group stage 18 June 2005   Germany 0–3 — [4][5]
3 Group stage 21 June 2005   Australia 2–0 Santos   26', 70' [6][7]

Tournaments

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2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

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The Tunisian team, winning their first African Cup of Nations title, enabled them to qualify for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, where they participated in a tough group including hosts Germany, Argentina and Australia. The opening match of this tournament was between Tunisia and Argentina, Tunisia lost by a narrow margin 1–2.[8] In the second match, the Tunisians resisted until the 74th minute, where they conceded three goals from the German team to end the match,[9] while in the third match they managed to beat Australia 2–0,[10] to leave good impressions.

Group stage

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Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany (H) 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
3   Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4   Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Argentina  2–1  Tunisia
 Report
Attendance: 28,033
Tunisia  0–3  Germany
Report
Attendance: 44,377
Australia  0–2  Tunisia
Report
Attendance: 23,952

Statistics

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Head to head

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  •   – Positive balance
  •   – Neutral balance
  •   – Negative balance

Goalscorers

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Rank Player 2005 Goals
1 Francileudo Santos 2 2
2 Haykel Guemamdia 1 1
Total 3 3

  – Best goalscorer(s) of the tournament

  – Best goalscorer(s) of the team

Awards

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Man of the match

Squads

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Intercontinental Cup for Nations". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Match Report of Argentina vs Tunisia - 2005-06-15 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  3. ^ "Argentina vs Tunisia: live 14 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast | Soccer365". soccer365.me. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  4. ^ "Match Report of Tunisia vs Germany - 2005-06-18 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  5. ^ "Tunisia vs Germany: live 17 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast | Soccer365". soccer365.me. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  6. ^ "Match Report of Australia vs Tunisia - 2005-06-21 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  7. ^ "Australia vs Tunisia: live 20 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast | Soccer365". soccer365.me. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  8. ^ "Argentina – Tunisia 2:1". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  9. ^ "Tunisia – Germany 0:3". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  10. ^ "Australia – Tunisia 0:2". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  11. ^ "AUS-TUN (Match 9), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Santos (TUN)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2005. Archived from the original on 29 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
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