Team profile: Tunisia
Tunisia arrive in Germany as the quiet achiever of the African qualifiers. The fact that they have reached their fourth finals and third in succession has been largely ignored, due to the attention afforded to the four debutants from the CAF. Yet to progress from the group stages, they will see this
FIFA Ranking: 21
Coach: Roger Lemerre
Key players: Karim Saidi, Silva dos Santos, Kaies Ghodhbane
World Cup record: Fourth appearance
Best finish: First round (1978, 1998, 2002)
Last appearance: First round 2002
Key question: Can the Brazilian born Silva dos Santos inspire the North Africans?
Squad:
| Goalkeepers | # |
| Ali Boumnijel | 1 |
| Adel Nefzi | 16 |
| Hamdi Kasraoui | 22 |
| Defenders | |
| Karim Haggui | 3 |
| Alaeddine Yahia | 4 |
| Hatem Trabelsi | 6 |
| Mehdi Meriah | 7 |
| Rahdi Jaidi | 15 |
| David Jemmali | 18 |
| Anis Ayari | 19 |
| Karim Saidi | 21 |
| Midfielders | |
| Mehdi Nafti | 8 |
| Kaies Ghodhbane | 10 |
| Jawher Mnari | 12 |
| Riadh Bouazizi | 13 |
| Adel Chedli | 14 |
| Hamed Namouchi | 20 |
| Sofiene Melliti | 23 |
| Forwards | |
| Karim Essediri | 2 |
| Zied Jaziri | 5 |
| Yassine Chikhaoui | 9 |
| Silva Dos Santos | 11 |
| Issam Jomaa | 17 |
Group matches:
v Saudi Arabia, 16:00 GMT, Wednesday 14th June – Munich
v Spain, 19:00 GMT, Monday 19th June – Stuttgart
v Ukraine, 14:00 GMT, Friday 23rd June – Berlin