The Tunisia national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم), nicknamed The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles, belongs to the Tunisian Football Federation. Since 1977 the team has played eight times in the African Youth Championship, fifteen times in the UNAF U-20 Tournament, four times in the Arab Cup U-20 and three times in the FIFA U-20 World Cup (then known as the "FIFA World Youth Championship").
| Nickname(s) | نسور قرطاج (The Carthage Eagles) | ||
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| Association | Tunisian Football Federation | ||
| Other affiliation | UAFA (Arab Nations) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Anis Boussaïdi | ||
| Home stadium | Hammadi Agrebi Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | TUN | ||
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| 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 | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1):  1985 | ||
| UNAF U-20 Tournament | |||
| Appearances | 15 (first in 2005) | ||
| Best result | Champions (9):  :2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 , 2023 | ||
| Arab Cup U-20 | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2012) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1): :2012 | ||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1977) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2023) | ||
History edit
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Current staff edit
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Competition records edit
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record edit
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 3 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1977 |
Group stage | 14th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
 1979 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1981
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| 1983
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 1985 |
Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
 1987 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1989
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 1991
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 1995
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 1997
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 1999
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 2019
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Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] | |||||||
| 2023 |
Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 3/24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record edit
| Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | ||||||||
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| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 |
Withdrew after qualification | |||||||
 1993 |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 1995
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 1997
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 1999
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 2021 |
Semi finals | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 |
Semi finals | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Total | Runners-up | 7/22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Arab Cup U-20 record edit
| Arab Cup U-20 | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 4 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2011 |
did not participate | |||||||
 2012 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 |
| 2014 |
Cancelled | |||||||
| 2020 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 2021 |
Semi-finals | 4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2022 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Total | Best: Champions | 4 / 5 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 16 |
UNAF U-20 Tournament record edit
| UNAF U-20 Tournament | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 15 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2005 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 |
Third Place | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 |
Runner-up | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2010 |
Runner-up | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2011 |
did not participate | |||||||
| 2012 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 |
Fifth Place | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 |
Fourth Place | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 |
Runner-up | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 |
canceled | |||||||
| 2019 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 |
Champions | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 15/16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Current squad edit
The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May-June 2023.[2]
Caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2023, after the match against Nigeria.
Honours edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "أعلن منذ قليل المدرب الوطني منتصر الوحيشي خلال مؤتنمر صحفي عن قائمة لاعبي منتخبنا الوطني للأواسط المدعوين للمشاركة في كأس العالم ، الأرجنتين 2023" (in Arabic). Fédération Tunisienne de Football - Facebook. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.