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Tunisia has participated one times in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005, as a representative from Africa after winning the 2004 African Cup of Nations. From its only participation, the team was content with the group stage.

Overall record

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Ref
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
2009	Did not qualify
2013
2017
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	1	0	2	3	5	—	—

Matches

Part	Year	No.	Stage	Date	Opponent	Result	Tunisia scorers	Ref
1	2005	1	Group stage	15 June 2005	Argentina	1–2	Guemamdia 72' (pen.)
		2	Group stage	18 June 2005	Germany	0–3	—
		3	Group stage	21 June 2005	Australia	2–0	Santos 26', 70'

Tournaments

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

The Tunisian team, winning their first African Cup of Nations title, enabled them to qualify for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, where they participated in a tough group including hosts Germany, Argentina and Australia. The opening match of this tournament was between Tunisia and Argentina, Tunisia lost by a narrow margin 1–2. In the second match, the Tunisians resisted until the 74th minute, where they conceded three goals from the German team to end the match, while in the third match they managed to beat Australia 2–0, to leave good impressions.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

Argentina	2–1	Tunisia
Riquelme 33' (pen.) Saviola 57'	Report	Guemamdia 72' (pen.)

Tunisia	0–3	Germany
	Report	Ballack 74' (pen.) Schweinsteiger 80' Hanke 88'

Australia	0–2	Tunisia
	Report	Santos 26', 70'

Statistics

Head to head

•   – Positive balance
•   – Neutral balance
•   – Negative balance

Versus	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Def	First match date	Last match date
Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1	15 June 2005	15 June 2005
Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	21 June 2005	21 June 2005
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	3	–3	18 June 2005	18 June 2005
Total	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	15 June 2005	18 June 2005

Goalscorers

  – Best goalscorer(s) of the tournament

  – Best goalscorer(s) of the team

Awards

Man of the match

• 2005: Francileudo Santos (vs. Australia; Group A)

Squads

Tunisia FIFA Confederations Cup squads
v t e Tunisia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Boumnijel 2 Saidi 3 Essediri 4 El Abdy 5 Jaziri 6 Trabelsi (c) 7 Mhedhebi 8 Nafti 9 Guemamdia 10 Ghodhbane 11 Santos 12 Mnari 13 Namouchi 14 Chedli 15 Jaïdi 16 Fadhel 17 Ben Saada 18 Benachour 19 Ayari 20 Clayton 21 Jemâa 22 Kasraoui 23 Massaoud Coach: Lemerre

See also

• Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup
• Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations
• Tunisia at the African Nations Championship
• Tunisia at the FIFA Arab Cup

References

1. "Intercontinental Cup for Nations". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. "Match Report of Argentina vs Tunisia - 2005-06-15 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
3. "Argentina vs Tunisia: live 14 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast | Soccer365". soccer365.me. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
4. "Match Report of Tunisia vs Germany - 2005-06-18 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
5. "Tunisia vs Germany: live 17 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast | Soccer365". soccer365.me. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
6. "Match Report of Australia vs Tunisia - 2005-06-21 - FIFA Confederations Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
7. "Australia vs Tunisia: live 20 june 2005. Team News, Preview, Lineups, Streaming, Sopcast | Soccer365". soccer365.me. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
8. "Argentina – Tunisia 2:1". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
9. "Tunisia – Germany 0:3". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
10. "Australia – Tunisia 0:2". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
11. "AUS-TUN (Match 9), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Santos (TUN)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2005. Archived from the original on 29 November 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

External links

• Tunisia at the FIFA Confederations Cup
• Countries at the FIFA Confederations Cup