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List of Tunisia national football team managers

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The Tunisia national football team manager was first established in 1956 following the appointment of the country's first national team manager Rachid Turki.[1] Thirty-six men have occupied the post since its inception; three of those were in short-term caretaker manager roles: Faouzi Benzarti in two terms (one game in charge in 1994 and four games in 2010), Sami Trabelsi (six games in 2011 until he was appointed full-time) and Ruud Krol (two games).[2]

Roger Lemerre held the position for the longest to date with a tenure of six years leading the team in 67 matches, more than any other manager in Tunisia's history.[3] He is also the most successful manager after winning the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, reaching 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Yugoslav coach Milan Kristić became the first foreign manager of the team in 1960.[4] France has the largest number of managers to have coached Tunisia, with six managers.

Position

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Mondher Kebaier (right) coached Tunisia from 2019 to 2022, and then his assistant Jalel Kadri (left) took over the team's coaching from 2022 to 2024.

Role

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The Tunisia manager's role means he has sole responsibility for all on-the-field elements of the Tunisian team. Among other activities, this includes selecting the national team squad, the starting team, captain, tactics, substitutes and penalty-takers.

The coach has a relative freedom to choose his staff as some of coaches refused to coach the Tunisian national team due to the Tunisian Football Federation’s refusal to appoint foreign assistant coaches. This was the case with Jacques Santini in 2008 and Raymond Domenech. However, the Tunisian Football Federation agreed to Henryk Kasperczak's proposal in 2015 to appoint Frenchman Patrick Hesse to the team.

Appointment

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The process of appointing a new Tunisia manager is undertaken by a FTF committee, which is composed of board members and other high-ranking FTF officials. Every time this process is subject to controversy because the committee includes former coaches who did not succeed with the national team, such as Youssef Zouaoui and Mokhtar Tlili.

List

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As of 18 November 2024 after match against  Gambia.

Manager Nat From To Pld W D L Win % Tournaments
Rachid Turki Tunisia 1956 1957 0 0 0 0 0.00% —
Habib Draoua (DTN)
Hechmi Cherif
Larbi Soudani 		Algeria
Tunisia
Tunisia 		1957 1960 15 7 2 6 46.67% —
Milan Kristić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1960 1961 23 5 4 14 21.74% 1960 Summer Olympic Games – Group stage
1962 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Frane Matošić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1961 1962 6 1 2 3 16.67% 1962 African Cup of Nations – Third place
André Gérard France 1963 1965 34 15 9 10 44.12% 1963 Arab Cup – Champions
1963 African Cup of Nations – Group stage
Mokhtar Ben Nacef Tunisia 1965 1968 15 5 8 2 33.33% 1965 African Cup of Nations – Runners-up
1968 African Cup of Nations – Failed to qualify
Radojica Radojičić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 17 November 1968 17 April 1969 9 2 3 4 22.22% —
Sereta Begović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 27 April 1969 13 June 1969 5 0 4 1 0.00% 1970 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Hameur Hizem (1) Tunisia 11 November 1970 16 July 1974 33 16 6 11 48.48% 1974 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Andrej Prean Nagy Hungary September 1974 February 1975 10 4 1 5 40.00% —
Abdelmajid Chetali[5] Tunisia 12 February 1975 20 December 1978 52 18 18 16 34.61% 1976 African Cup of Nations – Failed to qualify
1978 African Cup of Nations – Fourth Place
1978 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Hameur Hizem (2) Tunisia December 1978 April 1979 3 1 1 1 33.33% —
Ahmed Dhib Tunisia July 1979 August 1980 14 3 3 5 21.43% 1982 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Ryszard Kulesza Poland August 1981 December 1983 25 10 5 10 40.00% 1982 African Cup of Nations – Group stage
1984 African Cup of Nations – Failed to qualify
Youssef Zouaoui (1) Tunisia September 1984 February 1986 26 13 3 8 54.16% 1986 African Cup of Nations – Failed to qualify
1986 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Jean Vincent France October 1986 April 1987 10 1 2 7 10.00% 1988 African Cup of Nations – Failed to qualify
Taoufik Ben Othman Tunisia September 1987 July 1988 16 4 3 9 25.00% —
Antoni Piechniczek (1) Poland August 1988 September 1988 9 3 3 3 33.33% 1988 Summer Olympic Games – Group stage
Mokhtar Tlili Tunisia November 1988 July 1989 14 3 4 7 21.43% 1990 African Cup of Nations – Failed to qualify
Antoni Piechniczek (2) Poland July 1989 November 1989 8 2 2 4 25.00% 1990 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Mrad Mahjoub Tunisia April 1990 February 1993 26 8 13 5 30.77% 1992 African Cup of Nations – Failed to qualify
1994 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Youssef Zouaoui (2) Tunisia March 1993 March 1994 13 4 6 3 30.77% —
Faouzi Benzarti (1; caretaker) Tunisia March 1994 March 1994 1 0 1 0 0.00% 1994 African Cup of Nations – Group stage
Henryk Kasperczak (1) Poland May 1994 June 1998 59 30 11 18 50.84% 1996 African Cup of Nations – Runners-up
1996 Summer Olympic Games – Group stage
1998 African Cup of Nations – Quarter-finals
1998 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Franco Scoglio Italy September 1998 February 2001 32 19 8 5 59.73% 2000 African Cup of Nations – Fourth Place
Eckhard Krautzun Germany March 2001 July 2001 7 4 2 1 57.14% 2002 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Henri Michel France 28 November 2001 13 March 2002 6 2 2 2 33.33% 2002 African Cup of Nations – Group stage
Ammar Souayah Tunisia March 2002 July 2002 6 0 3 3 0.00% —
Roger Lemerre[6] France 25 September 2002 30 June 2008 67 40 15 12 59.70% 2004 African Cup of Nations – Champions
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup – Group stage
2006 Africa Cup of Nations  – Quarter-finals
2006 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
2008 Africa Cup of Nations – Quarter-finals
Humberto Coelho[7] Portugal 30 June 2008 18 November 2009 15 5 4 3 33.33% 2009 African Nations Championship – Failed to qualify
2010 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Faouzi Benzarti (2)[8] Tunisia 23 November 2009 23 January 2010 4 0 3 1 0.00% 2010 Africa Cup of Nations – Group stage
Bertrand Marchand[9] France 4 June 2010 15 December 2010 6 3 1 2 50.00% —
Sami Trabelsi[10] Tunisia 11 March 2011 8 February 2013 32 13 9 10 40.63% 2011 African Nations Championship – Champions
2012 Africa Cup of Nations – Quarter-finals
2013 Africa Cup of Nations – Group stage
Nabil Maâloul (1) Tunisia 14 February 2013 8 September 2013 7 2 3 2 28.57% 2014 African Nations Championship – Failed to qualify
Ruud Krol (caretaker)[11][12] Netherlands 18 September 2013 17 November 2013 2 0 1 1 0.00% 2014 FIFA World Cup – Failed to qualify
Georges Leekens[13] Belgium 27 March 2014 26 June 2015 19 7 8 4 36.84% 2015 Africa Cup of Nations – Quarter-finals
Henryk Kasperczak (2)[14][15] Poland 13 July 2015 7 April 2017 26 12 5 10 46.15% 2016 African Nations Championship – Quarter-finals
2017 Africa Cup of Nations – Quarter-finals
Nabil Maâloul (2)[16] Tunisia 27 April 2017 12 July 2018 13 6 4 3 46.15% 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
Faouzi Benzarti (3)[17] Tunisia 28 July 2018 20 October 2018 3 3 0 0 100.00% —
Alain Giresse[18][19] France 14 December 2018 21 August 2019 12 5 4 3 41.67% 2019 Africa Cup of Nations – Fourth Place
Mondher Kebaier[20][21] Tunisia 29 August 2019 30 January 2022 31 19 4 8 61.29% 2021 FIFA Arab Cup – Runners-up
2021 Africa Cup of Nations – Quarter-finals
Jalel Kadri[22] Tunisia 30 January 2022 24 January 2024 27 14 7 6 51.85% 2022 FIFA World Cup – Group stage
2023 Africa Cup of Nations – Group stage
Montasser Louhichi (caretaker)[23][24] Tunisia 26 January 2024 30 June 2024 4 1 3 0 25.00% —
Faouzi Benzarti (4)[25][26] Tunisia 1 July 2024 22 October 2024 4 2 1 1 50.00% —
Kais Yaâkoubi (caretaker) Tunisia 5 November 2024 Present 2 1 0 1 50.00% 2024 African Nations Championship – Qualified
2025 Africa Cup of Nations – Qualified

Statistics

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Roger Lemerre is the coach who spent the longest period with Tunisia between 2002 and 2008 and is also considered the most successful coach, having led the team to win the only Africa Cup of Nations in 2004.
Faouzi Benzarti is the only coach to take charge of Tunisia in 4 terms.
Nat Manager Stats
First coach Tunisia Rachid Turki 1956
Longest period France Roger Lemerre 5 years, 280 days
Shortest period Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (1) 4 days
Most matches France Roger Lemerre 67 matches
Less matches Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (1) 1 match
Most wins France Roger Lemerre 40 wins
Most defeats Poland Henryk Kasperczak (1) 18 defeats
Highest win% Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti (3) 100.00%
Lowest win% Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Tunisia
Tunisia
Netherlands 		Sereta Begović
Ammar Souayah
Faouzi Benzarti (1&2)
Ruud Krol 		0.00%

Coaches by nationality

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Country Managers
 Tunisia 17
 France 6
 Poland 3
 Yugoslavia
 Algeria 1
 Belgium
 Croatia
 Germany
 Hungary
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Portugal

References

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  2. ^ "Portail internet de la Fédération Tunisienne de Football". Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
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  10. ^ "Sami Trabelsi nouvel entraîneur de la sélection nationale". E-S-Tunis.com (in French). 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
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  22. ^ FIAUDRIN, Aymeric (2024-01-24). "CAN. Jalel Kadri annonce sa démission après l'élimination de la Tunisie". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
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