List of Tunisia national football team managers

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).

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. He is also the most successful manager after winning the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, reaching the 2004 Summer Olympics, 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.

France has the largest number of managers to have coached Tunisia, with six managers.

Position

Role

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

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.

List
Manager From Pld W D L W% Major competitions Results
Rachid Turki 1956–1957 0 0 0 0 0.00% — —
Hechmi Cherif
Larbi Soudani
Habib Draoua		 1957–1960 15 7 2 6 46.67% — —
Milan Kristić 1960–1961 23 5 4 14 21.74% 1960 Summer Olympic Games Group stage
1962 FIFA World Cup Failed to qualify
Frane Matošić[2] 1961–1962 6 1 2 3 16.67% 1962 Africa Cup of Nations Third place
André Gérard[3] 1963–1965 34 15 9 10 44.12% 1963 Africa Cup of Nations Group stage
Mokhtar Ben Nacef 1965–1968 15 5 8 2 33.33% 1965 Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up
1968 Africa Cup of Nations Failed to qualify
Radojica Radojičić[4] 1968–1970 9 2 3 4 22.22% — —
Sereta Begović 1969 5 0 4 1 0.00% 1970 FIFA World Cup Failed to qualify
Ameur Hizem (1) 1970–1974 33 16 6 11 48.48% 1974 FIFA World Cup Failed to qualify
André Nagy[5] 1974–1975 10 4 1 5 40.00% — —
Abdelmajid Chetali[6] 1975–1978 52 18 18 16 34.61% 1976 Africa Cup of Nations Failed to qualify
1978 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place
1978 FIFA World Cup Group stage
Ameur Hizem (2) 1978–1979 3 1 1 1 33.33% — —
Hmid Dhib[7] 1979–1980 14 3 3 5 21.43% 1982 FIFA World Cup Failed to qualify
Ryszard Kulesza[8] 1981–1983 25 10 5 10 40.00% 1982 Africa Cup of Nations Group stage
1984 Africa Cup of Nations Failed to qualify
Youssef Zouaoui (1) 1984–1986 26 13 3 8 54.16% 1986 Africa Cup of Nations Failed to qualify
1986 FIFA World Cup Failed to qualify
Jean Vincent 1986–1987 10 1 2 7 10.00% 1988 Africa Cup of Nations Failed to qualify
Taoufik Ben Othman 1987–1988 16 4 3 9 25.00% — —
Antoni Piechniczek (1) 1988 9 3 3 3 33.33% 1988 Summer Olympic Games Group stage
Mokhtar Tlili 1988–1989 14 3 4 7 21.43% 1990 Africa Cup of Nations Failed to qualify
Antoni Piechniczek (2) 1989 8 2 2 4 25.00% 1990 World Cup Failed to qualify
Mrad Mahjoub 1990–1993 26 8 13 5 30.77% 1992 Africa Cup of Nations Failed to qualify
1994 FIFA World Cup Failed to qualify
Youssef Zouaoui (2) 1993–1994 13 4 6 3 30.77% — —
Faouzi Benzarti (1) 1994 1 0 1 0 0.00% 1994 Africa Cup of Nations Group stage
Henryk Kasperczak (1) 1994–1998 59 30 11 18 50.84% 1996 Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up
1996 Summer Olympic Games Group stage
1998 Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals
1998 FIFA World Cup Group stage
Francesco Scoglio 1998–2001 32 19 8 5 59.73% 2000 Africa Cup of Nations
Eckhard Krautzun 2001 7 4 2 1 57.14% 2002 FIFA World Cup Group stage
Henri Michel 2001–2002 6 2 2 2 33.33% 2002 Africa Cup of Nations Group stage
Ammar Souayah 2002 6 0 3 3 0.00% — —
Roger Lemerre 2002–2008 67 40 15 12 59.70% 2004 Africa Cup of Nations Champions
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group stage
2006 Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals
2006 FIFA World Cup Group stage
2008 Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals
Humberto Coelho 2008–2009 15 5 4 3 33.33% 2009 African Nations Championship Failed to qualify
2010 FIFA World Cup Failed to qualify
Faouzi Benzarti (2) 2009–2010 4 0 3 1 0.00% 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group stage
Bertrand Marchand 2010 6 3 1 2 50.00% —
Sami Trabelsi 2010–2013 32 13 9 10 40.63% 2011 African Nations Championship Champions
2012 Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals
2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group stage
Nabil Maâloul (1) 2013 7 2 3 2 28.57% 2014 African Nations Championship Failed to qualify
Ruud Krol 2013 2 0 1 1 0.00% 2014 FIFA World Cup Failed to qualify
Georges Leekens 2014–2015 19 7 8 4 36.84% 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals
Henryk Kasperczak (2) 2015–2017 26 12 5 10 46.15% 2016 African Nations Championship Quarterfinals
2017 Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals
Nabil Maâloul (2) 2017–2018 13 6 4 3 46.15% 2018 FIFA World Cup Group stage
Faouzi Benzarti (3) 2018 3 3 0 0 100.00% —
Alain Giresse 2018–2019 12 5 4 3 41.67% 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place
Mondher Kebaier 2019– 6 4 1 1 66.66% 2020 African Nations Championship Withdrew after qualifying

Statistics
Manager Statistics
First coach Rachid Turki 1956
Longest period Roger Lemerre 5 years, 280 days
Shortest period Faouzi Benzarti (1) 4 days
Most matches Roger Lemerre 67 matches
Less matches Faouzi Benzarti (1) 1 match
Most wins Roger Lemerre 40 wins
Most defeats Henryk Kasperczak (1) 18 defeats
Highest win% Faouzi Benzarti (3) 100.00%
Lowest win% Sereta Begović
Ammar Souayah
Faouzi Benzarti (1&2)
Ruud Krol		 0.00%

References
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