Tunisia

Tunisia have qualified for the World Cup finals three times before - in 1978, 1998, and 2002.

They are yet to win again in the finals since beating Mexico 3-1 in their very first match in 1978.

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The Tunisians, under former French coach Roger Lemerre, were defeated in the qualifiers 2-1 by Guinea, but their six wins and three draws, including a 2-2 in the final qualifying game against rivals Morocco, proved enough.

In the 2-2 draw against Morocco, Tunisia came from behind twice to level with their north African rivals. It was vital because they ended up only a point ahead of Morocco in the final standings.

Tunisia started the tournament with a 2-2 draw against Saudi Arabia thanks to a late equaliser from Bolton's Radhi Jaidi. In their second game they were leading against Spain right up to the 71st minute when Spain equalised and the Spaniards eventually won 3-1. Tunisia lost their third game, 1-0 to the Ukraine and so failed to qualify for the last 16.

The Tunisia Squad by shirt number:

1 Ali Boumnijel 2 Karim Essediri 3 Karim Haggui 4 Alaeddine Yahia 5 Zied Jaziri 6 Hatem Trabelsi 7 Mehdi Meriah 8 Mehdi Nafti 9 Yacine Chikhaoui 10 Kaies Ghodhbane 11 Francileudo Santos 12 Jaouhar Mnari 13 Riadh Bouazizi 14 Adel Chedli 15 Radhi Jaidi 16 Adel Nefzi 17 Issam Jomaa 18 David Jemmali 19 Anis Ayari 20 Hamed Namouchi 21 Karim Saidi 22 Hamdi Kasraoui 23 Sofiane Melliti