Tunisia Football Blog

Tunisia’s young squad have battled their way to two draws so far in this years African Nations Cup but they will have to go one better and beat pre-tournament favourites Cameroon in Lubango on 21st January.
Faouzi Benzarti’s inexperienced side have performed well so far but have struggled to create too many chances to win games. [...]

Tunisia struggled to make their dominance pay against Gabon in Lubango. The Eagles picked up their second draw of the tournament, which leaves them third in group D on two points.
Faouzi Benzarti made two changes to the side that drew with Zambia; Souheil Ben Radhia replaced fellow defender Khaled Souissi and striker Issam Jemaa came [...]

Tunisia face group leaders Gabon in their second group match in Lubango on Sunday. The Carthage Eagles will look to contain their opponents who will be confident following their victory over Cameroon.
History suggests that Tunisia will avoid defeat as they are unbeaten against Gabon in previous fixtures but given recent form this will be a [...]

Tunisia rode their luck to take a point from their first game of this year’s African Nations Cup.
The Carthage Eagles fought back from a goal down to earn a 1-1 draw although they had to withstand some serious Zambia pressure in the second half.
Zambia began the game the livelier and tested Aymen Mathlouthi with an [...]

The release of the Tunisian away shirt is likely to see many fans race to the stores with its modern new design.
The shirt continues with the traditional red colour but this year it has a new diagonal white stripe from the left shoulder to the right hip. Stripes are not something that have appeared on [...]

The Carthage Eagles kick off their tournament against The Copper Bullets of Zambia on Wednesday 13th January 2010. Tunisia go into the game off the back of an uninspiring friendly defeat against Gambia in Tunis.
It was the only game of Faouzi Benzarti’s tournament warm-up but the match didn’t go according to plans. The home side [...]

With only a week to go before the start of this years tournament Puma have released the new Tunisia home shirt that the team will wear during this year African Nations Cup.
The Eagles of Carthage’s shirt is a blend of modern and traditional, the shirt is predominantly the classic white but this year it has [...]

Tunisia coach Faouzi Benzarti announced his final 23 man squad on 31st December and there was delight from the fans as he named a young squad that is full of potential. Benzarti’s expected to get his side playing the attacking football that fans of Esperance watch on a weekly basis, and he will certainly institute [...]

After losing just two games in qualification Tunisia are all set for their 14th African Cup of Nations, which begins in Angola on the 10th January 2010.
The Carthage Eagles, currently ranked 53rd in the FIFA world rankings, go into the tournament looking to claim their second title in six years.
It was in 2004, when they [...]