Tunisia World Cup Squad: France 1998

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World Cup Appearances:
France 1998 was Tunisia's 2nd appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Tunisia's only other appearance in the World Cup Finals was at Argentina 1978, where they kept the defending Champions Germany to a goalless draw.

Tunisia in the 1998 World Cup

Group G

15th June: vs. England (0:2) in Marseilles.

22nd June: vs. Colombia (0:1) in Montpellier.

26th June: vs. Romania (1:1) in Saint-Denis.

Tunisia collected one point; with a penalty against the winners of the group.

Knockout Stage

Tunisia failed to qualify for the Second Round.

CAF:
Confédération Africaine de Football.

Fédération Tunisienne de Football.

Tunisia World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Chokri El Ouaer (Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
16 Radhouane Salhi (Etoile Sportive du Sahel)
22 Ali Boumnijel (Bastia)

Defenders:

3 Sami Trabelsi (CSS Faxien)
4 Mounir Boukadida (Etoile Sportive du Sahel)
5 Hatem Trabelsi (CSS Faxien)
6 Ferid Chouchane (Etoile Sportive du Sahel)
7 Tarek Thabet (Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
17 Jose Clayton (Etoile Sportive du Sahel)
20 Sabri Jaballah (Club Africain)
21 Khaled Badra (Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

Midfielders:

8 Zoubele Baya (Freiburg)
10 Kaies Ghodbane (Etoile Sportive du Sahel)
13 Riadh Bouazizi (Etoile Sportive du Sahel)
14 Sirajeddine Chihi (Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
15 Skander Souayah (CSS Faxien)
19 Faycal Ben Ahmed (Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

Forwards:

2 Imed Ben Younes (Etoile Sportive du Sahel)
9 Riadh Jelassi (Etoile Sportive du Sahel)
11 Adel Sellimi (Real Jaen)
12 Mourad Melki (O. Beja)
18 Mehdi Slimane (Freiburg)

Trainer:
Henry Kasperczak.

Teams by Group

Group A
Brazil, Morocco, Norway, Scotland.