1800-WorldCup.com - Tunisia at Korea-Japan 2002

Index: World Cup Finals: Korea-Japan 2002: Teams: Tunisia

Tunisia in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Tunisia's 3rd appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Tunisia still haven't progressed past the first round.

Tunisia in the 2002 World Cup

Group H

Russia vs Tunisia
Jaziri, who had already been booked once for trying to con a penalty from the Jamaican referee, was lucky not to get a second yellow card; for trying it on again.

Tunisia vs Belgium
Tunisia earned a point against Belgium, to keep their World Cup hopes alive.

Tunisia vs Japan
Tunisia failed to score, for the second time in this tournament, and go home with one point from three games.

Knockout Stage

Tunisia failed to qualify for the Second Round.

Tunisia World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Ali Boumnjiel (Basria)
16 Hassen Bejaoui (CA Bizerte)
22 Habib Jaouachi (Etoile Sahel)

Defenders:

2 Khaled Badra (Esperance)
4 Mohamed Mkacher (Etoile du Sahel)
6 Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax Amsterdam)
14 Hamdi Marzouki (Club Africain)
15 Radhi Jaidi (Esperance)
17 Tarek Thabet (Esperance)
19 Emir Mkademi (Etoile Sahel)

Midfielders:

3 Zoubaier Baya (Besiktas)
8 Hassen Gabsi (Genoa)
10 Kais Ghodhbane (Etoile Sahel)
12 Raouf Bouzaiene (Genoa)
13 Riadh Bouazizi (Bursaspor)
18 Slim Benachour (Martigues)
23 Clayton (Esperance)

Forwards:

5 Zied Jaziri (Etoile Sahel)
7 Imed Mhedhebi (Genoa)
9 Riadh Jelassi (Club Africain)
11 Adel Sellimi (SC Freiburg)
20 Ali Zitouni (Esperance)
21 Mourad Melki (Esperance)

Trainer:
Henri Michel.

Players to watch:
Zoubaier Baya and Adel Sellimi.

Destination Tunisia

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