Tunisia national under-17 football team

Tunisia U-17
Nickname(s)	نسور قرطاج; (Eagles of Carthage)
Association	Tunisian Football Federation
Other affiliation	UAFA (Arab World)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Mohamed Amine Naffati
Home stadium	Hammadi Agrebi Stadium
FIFA code	TUN
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)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1993)
Best result	Round of 16 (2007, 2013)
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (first in 1995)
Best result	Third Place (2013)
Arab Cup U-17
Appearances	2 (first in 2012)
Best result	Champions (2012)

The Tunisia national under-17 football team has represented Tunisia in men's international association football for players aged 17 or under. The team is administered by the Tunisian Football Federation (TFF), which governs football in Tunisia. On a continental level, the team competes under the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which governs associate football in Africa, and is also affiliated with FIFA for global competitions. Additionally, the team is a member of the Union of North African Football (UNAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The team is colloquially known as Eagles of Carthage by fans and the media, with the bald eagle serving as its symbol. Their home kit is primarily white and their away kit is red, which is a reference to the national flag of the country. Mohamed Amine Naffati is the current head coach.

The Tunisian national team qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup three times: 1993, 2007 and 2013, reaching the round of 16 in the last two participations. The team also qualified for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations four times in 1995, 2007, 2013 and 2025. The best achievement was reaching third place in 2007. The team participated twice in the Arab Cup U-17 in 2012 and 2022. He won the title in the first participation after defeating Iraq in the final. Tunisia U-17 team is one of the most successful teams in UNAF, having won the UNAF U-17 Tournament four times in 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2017. It has also finished second six times and third six times as well.

The team qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar.

Current staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Mohamed Amine Naffati^[1]

Honours

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

Third Place: 2013

Arab Cup U-17

Champions: 2012

UNAF U-17 Tournament

Champions: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017

Runners-up: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2021

Third Place: 2012, 2014, 2018, 2018, 2022, 2024

Competitive records

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Did not enter
1987	Did not qualify
1989
1991
1993	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	2	5
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	9	6
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Round of 16	12th	4	2	0	2	5	6
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019
2023
2025	Qualified
Total	Round of 16	4/20	11	6	0	5	16	17

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1995	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	2	10
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	2	2	5	5
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Third Place	3rd	5	3	1	1	11	9
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	6	2
Total	Third Place	4/13	17	7	5	5	24	26

Arab Cup U-17

Arab Cup U-17 record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2011	Did not participate
2012	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	16	4
2014	Did not participate
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Quarter-finals		4	1	3	0	4	3
Total	1 Title	2/4	9	5	4	0	20	7

UNAF U-17 Tournament

UNAF U-17 Tournament record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2006	Runners-up	2nd	2	0	2	0	0	0
2007	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	0	0
2008	Champions	1st	3	2	1	0	7	2
2008	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2009	Group stage	5th	2	0	1	1	0	1
2009	Champions	1st	2	0	2	0	2	2
2010	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	3
2011	Fourth Place	4th	2	0	2	0	0	0
2012	Third Place	3rd	2	0	1	1	1	2
2012	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	8	6
2014	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	3	4
2015	Runners-up	2nd	2	0	2	0	2	2
2016	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	2	0	5	3
2017	Champions	1st	4	1	1	1	4	2
2018	Third Place	3rd	3	1	0	2	1	3
2018	Third Place	3rd	3	2	0	1	5	5
2021	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1	0	2	1
2022	Third Place	3rd	4	2	0	2	7	6
2022	Fourth Place	4th	3	1	0	2	4	7
2024	Fourth Place	4th	4	0	3	1	4	5
2024	Third Place	3rd	4	2	1	1	7	6
Total	4 Titles	21/21	59	19	22	17	68	64

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Youssef Oueslati	(2008-02-15)15 February 2008 (aged 17)	ES Sahel
2	2DF	Kabil Krai	(2008-01-11)11 January 2008 (aged 17)	Nîmes Olympique
3	2DF	Mehdi Tlili	(2008-12-01)1 December 2008 (aged 16)	AS Monaco FC^[a]
4	2DF	Mohamed Amine Ben Ali	(2008-01-25)25 January 2008 (aged 17)	Stade Tunisien
5	2DF	Abdessalem Akid	(2008-01-25)25 January 2008 (aged 17)	CS Sfaxien
6	3MF	Ilyes Dhaoui	(2008-04-15)15 April 2008 (aged 16)	Olympique Béja
7	4FW	Fedi Tayechi	(2008-03-10)10 March 2008 (aged 17)	Club Africain
8	3MF	Saïfedin Haj Abdallah	(2008-03-25)25 March 2008 (aged 17)	K.V.C. Westerlo
9	4FW	Anisse Saidi	(2008-06-20)20 June 2008 (aged 16)	San Diego FC
10	3MF	Mohamed Aziz Chaabane	(2008-10-10)10 October 2008 (aged 16)	CA Bizertin
11	4FW	Wassim Tissa	(2008-06-05)5 June 2008 (aged 16)	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
12	2DF	Mohamed Aziz Hadroug	(2008-03-07)7 March 2008 (aged 17)	Club Africain
13	2DF	Mohamed Khalil Daouas	(2008-03-24)24 March 2008 (aged 17)	ES Sahel
14	3MF	Mohamed Mazen Slama Essefi	(2008-06-03)3 June 2008 (aged 16)	US Monastir
15	4FW	Mohamed Edem Harabi	(2008-06-04)4 June 2008 (aged 16)	Stade Tunisien
16	1GK	Slim Bouaskar	(2009-06-24)24 June 2009 (aged 15)	AS Roma
17	4FW	Yessine Ben Mahmoud	(2008-01-21)21 January 2008 (aged 17)	Angers SCO
18	3MF	Zinedine Hasni	(2008-04-22)22 April 2008 (aged 16)	OGC Nice
19	4FW	Aman Allah Touati	(2008-03-08)8 March 2008 (aged 17)	ES Tunis
20	4FW	Houssam Zaier	(2008-04-27)27 April 2008 (aged 16)	FC Zürich
21	4FW	Mohamed Naceur Chefai	(2008-01-10)10 January 2008 (aged 17)	ES Tunis
22	1GK	Iyed El Abed	(2008-09-06)6 September 2008 (aged 16)	CS Hammam-Lif
23	3MF	Youssef Mokhtari	(2008-11-19)19 November 2008 (aged 16)	Club Africain
24	2DF	Louay Ghodhbane	(2008-06-06)6 June 2008 (aged 16)	ES Sahel
25	2DF	Ahmed Ben Yahya	(2008-01-25)25 January 2008 (aged 17)	ES Tunis
26	2DF	Naïm Telmoudi	(2008-03-06)6 March 2008 (aged 17)	FC Nantes

^ Monaco is a Monégasque club playing in the French football league system

References

^ "CAN U-17 : Mohamed Amine Naffati, bâtisseur de talents pour la Tunisie". CAN U-17 : Mohamed Amine Naffati, bâtisseur de talents pour la Tunisie (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ Ben Boubaker, Saber (28 March 2025). "CAN U17 : liste de la Tunisie pour le tournoi". sport.tunisienumerique.com (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2025.

[3] Monaco is a Monégasque club playing in the French football league system

[1] "CAN U-17 : Mohamed Amine Naffati, bâtisseur de talents pour la Tunisie". CAN U-17 : Mohamed Amine Naffati, bâtisseur de talents pour la Tunisie (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[2] Ben Boubaker, Saber (28 March 2025). "CAN U17 : liste de la Tunisie pour le tournoi". sport.tunisienumerique.com (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2025.

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North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion¹
¹ Regional team, an associate member of CAF but not a member of FIFA Football in Africa portal