Tunisia in the World Cup Finals

Tunisia qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on October 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Tunisia's 4th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Still to get past the first round.

Tunisia World Cup Preparations

Tunisia Team Hotel
Mercure Schweinfurt Mainins:
Maininsel 10-12, Schweinfurt.
The French chain hotel, Mercure should make some of the Tunisian players feel a little at home while playing in Germany.

Schweinfurt Info:
Tunisia will train at the Willy-Sachs-Stadion.

Tunisia Friendly Matches
Lost to Serbia & Montenegro (0-1), Wednesday 1st March. (Rades, Tunisia)

Belarus, Tuesday 30th May. (Tunis)

Libya or Uruguay, Friday 2nd June. (Tunis)

Tunisia in the 2006 World Cup

Group H
Wednesday, 14th June
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia
München -- (18:00)

Monday, 19th June
Spain vs Tunisia
Stuttgart -- (21:00)

Friday, 23rd June
Ukraine vs Tunisia
Berlin -- (16:00)

Knockout Stage
Group H winner travels to Hanover and the runner-up goes to Cologne.

Tunisia World Cup Squad 2006
Les Aigles de Carthage

Goalkeepers:
1 Ali Boumnijel (Club Africain)
16 Adel Nefzi (US Monastir)
22 Hamdi Kasraoui (Esperance Tunis)

Defenders:
3 Karim Haggui (Strasbourg, France)
4 Alaeddine Yahia (Saint-Etienne, France)
6 Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax, Holland)
7 Mehdi Meriah (Etoile du Sahel)
15 Radhi Jaidi (Bolton Wanderers, England)
18 David Jemmali (Bordeaux, France)
19 Anis Ayari (Samsunspor, Turkey)
21 Karim Saidi (Lecce, Italy)

Midfielders:
2 Karim Essediri (Rosenborg, Noeway)
8 Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham City, England)
10 Kaies Ghodhbane (Diyarbakirspor, Turkey)
12 Jaouhar Mnari (Nuremberg, Germany)
13 Riadh Bouazizi (Kayserispor, Turkey)
14 Adel Chedli (Nuremberg, Germany)
17 Issam Jomaa (Lens, France)
20 Hamed Namouchi (Rangers, Scotland)
23 Sofiane Melliti (Gaziantespor, Turkey)

Forwards:
5 Zied Jaziri (Troyes, France)
9 Yassine Chikhaoui (Etoile du Sahel)
11 Francileudo dos Santos (Toulouse, France)

Trainer:
Roger Lemerre (France).

Players to watch:
6 Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax, Holland)
11 Francileudo dos Santos da Silva (Toulouse, France)

Destination Tunisia

Tunisia Travel Notes:
Find out more about Tunisia @ Travel Notes.