Tunisia

Tunisia, who won the Nations Cup in 2004, when they hosted the tournament.

Nickname: The Eagles of Carthage
Coach: Roger Lemerre
Captain: Riadh Bouazizi
FIFA Ranking: 47
ANC Appearances: 12 (First in 1962) Best result: Winners, 2004

Tunisia also won the African Nations Cup in 2004, when they hosted the tournament.

Players

Goalkeepers
Hamdi Kasraoui (Espérance Tunisia), Adel Nefzi (Clubafricain, Tunisia), Aymen Mathlouthi (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia).

Defenders
Wissem Abdi (Zamalek, Egypt), Sabeur Ben Frej (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia), Karim Hagui (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Yassine Mikari (Grasshoppers, Switzerland), Seif Ghezal (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia) Mehdi Meriah (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia), Radhouane Felhi (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia), Radhi Jaidi (Birmingham City, England), Wissem Bekri (Espérance, Tunisia).

Midfielders
Chaouki Ben Saada (FC Bastia, France), Jawhar M'Nari (FC Nuremberg, Germany), Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham City, England), Kamel Zaiem (Espérance, Tunisis), Chaker Zouaghi (Locomotive Moscow, Russia), Majdi Traoui (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia).

Forwards
Yassine Chikhaoui (FC Zurich), Silva Dos Santos (FC Toulouse, France), Issam Jemaa (FC Caen, France), Mohamed Amine Chermiti (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia), Mehdi Ben Dhifallah (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia).

African Nations Cup Record

1957 - Did not enter
1959 - Did not enter
1962 - Third place
1963 - Round 1
1965 - Second place
1968 - Did not qualify
1970 to 1974 - Did not enter
1976 - Did not qualify
1978 - Fourth place
1980 - Withdrew
1982 - Round 1
1984 to 1992 - Did not qualify
1994 - Round 1
1996 - Second place
1998 - Quarterfinals
2000 - Fourth place
2002 - Round 1
2004 - Champions
2006 - Quarterfinals
2008 - Qualified