TUNISIA
WC98 qualifications
past | country		 Africa GROUP 2
Coach :
Henryk KASPERCZAK
1 participation
FIFA World Ranking (05/1998) : 21st
Selection 1998 of Tunisia
Goalkeeper:
Radhouane Salhi (ES Sahel), Ali Boumnijel (Bastia), Chokri El Ouaer (ES Tunis).
Defenders:
Mounir Boukadida (ES Sahel), Tarek Thabet (ES Tunis), Khaled Badra (ES Tunis), Jose Clayton (Etoile Sportive du Sahel), Hatem Trabelsi (Club Sportif Sfaxien), Férid Chouchane (ES Sahel), Sami Trabelsi (CS Sfaxien), Sabri Jaballah (Club Africain).
Midfielders:
Skander Souayah (CS Sfaxien), Riadh Bouazizi (ES Sahel), Kaies Godhbane (Sirajeddine), Chihi (ES Tunis), Zoubeïr Beya (SC Fribourg), Faycal Ben Ahmed (Espérance Sportive de Tunis).
Forwards:
Mahdi Ben Slimane (SC Fribourg), Riadh Jelassi (ES Sahel), Imed Ben Younes (ES Sahel), Adel Sellimi (Jaen), Mourad Melki (Olympique Beja).
To resume the preliminary competition
  • First Round, African Area :
    Rwanda1 - 3 Tunisia
    Tunisia2 - 0Rwanda.

  • Second Round : Egypt, Liberia, Namibia.

    TUNISIA 1-0
    1-0
    2-1
    2-0
    0-0
    4-0         		Liberia
    Egypt
    Namibia
    Liberia
    Egypt
    Namibia
    Final Table second round, group 2
    Pos P W D L Goals Pts
    1 6 5 1 0 10:1 16
  • Team of the Eliminatories France98.
    Best players:
    El Ouaer, Zoubeir Beya, Ryadh Bouazizi, Adel Sellimi, Skander Souayah, Mehdi Ben Slimane. Typical team:
    El Ouaer (ou Boumnijel) - Badra, Chouchane, Boukadida, Trabelsi - Fekih (ou Ghobane), Bouazizi, Beya, Souayah - Sellimi, Ben Slimane.
    		 BADRA Khaled
     BEN ALI Mehrel
     BEN SLIMANE Mehdi
     BEN YOUNES I. Ben Ka.
     BEYA Zoubeir
     BOUAZIZI Riadh
     BOUKADIDA Mounir
     CHEBBI Mourad
     CHICHI Sirajeddine
     CHOUCHANE Ferid
     EL KHABIR Sofiane
     EL OUAER Chokri
     FEKIH S. Ben Saod
     GHEDBANE Kaies
     GHODHBAME Kaies
     HAMROUNI Ayedi         		 JAIDI Radhi
     JELASSI Riadh
     KOUKI Nabil
     LAROUSSI Sami
     LIMAM Jameleddine
     MKACHER Mohamed
     NOUIRA Hakim
     SAHABANI Bechir
     SDIRI Maher
     SELLIMI Adel
     SLIMANE Mehdi
     SOUAYAH Skander
     THABET Tarek
     TRABELSI Sami
     ZDIRI Maher
     ZITOUNI Boubaker


    Grading in the previous cups
    1978 1st round 9th
    To resume the previous cups
    1978 1st round Tunisia Mexico 3-1
    1994 1st round Poland Tunisia 1-0
    1994 1st round RFA Tunisia 0-0


    • TUNISIA
    Country caracteristics:
    8.400.000 inhabitants, 164.150 km²
    City:
    Tunis
    System of government:
    Republic
    Time difference:
    any with Paris
    Colors:
    white t-shirt with a red star and a red crescent, white short, white socks
    		 Federation:
    Fédération Tunisienne de Football, created in 1956
    Principals clubs:
    Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Etoile Sportive du Sahel, Club Africain, Club Sportif Sfaxien.
    Principals stadiums:
    El Menzah (Tunis, 50.000), Chadli Zouiten (Tunis, 30.000), Stade Olympique (Sousse, 25.000).
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