Tunisia World Cup 2026 squad: Sami Trabelsi’s latest selection

Tunisia World Cup 2026 squad: Tunisia's players pose ahead an international friendly — Tunisia line up before playing Brazil (Image credit: FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Tunisia World Cup 2026 squad is shaping up.

They will compete at World Cup 2026 in Canada, Mexico and the United States for their third appearance at the competition in a row, and will look to build on their four points from 2022, with one of the lesser-known squads at the tournament.

Brazil will be one of the favourites for next year's tournament, so Tunisia know now they can compete with some of the best in the business.

This will be their third consecutive World Cup appearance, and their seventh overall, and whilst they haven’t yet made it past the group stage, there have been flashes of potential.

They beat European heavyweights and eventual runners-up France in their final group game in Qatar in 2022, once again proving there is a heap of potential within the squad.

Tunisia's players had a chance to prove themselves in December and January, when the team played in the Arab Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Tunisia World Cup 2026 squad: The March selection

GK: Noureddine Farhati (Stade Tunisien)
GK: Aymen Dahmen (CS Sfaxien)
GK: Mouhib Chamakh (Club Africain)
GK: Sabri Ben Hessen (Etoile du Sahel)
DF: Ali Abdi (Nice)
DF: Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida (Esperance de Tunis)
DF: Omar Rekik (Maribor)
DF: Adem Arous (Kasimpasa)
DF: Ghaith Zaalouni (Club Africain)
DF: Alaa Ghram (Shakhta Donetsk)
DF: Moutaz Neffati (IFK Norrkoping)
DF: Raed Chikhaoui (US Monastir)
MF: Rani Khedira (Union Berlin)
MF: Hadj Mahmoud (Lugano)
MF: Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt)
MF: Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich City)
FW: Khalil Ayari (Paris Saint-Germain)
FW: Elias Saad (Hannover 96)
FW: Hazem Mastouri (Dynamo Makhachkala)
FW: Ismael Gharbi (FC Augsburg)
FW: Mortadha Ben Ouanes (Kasimpasa)
FW: Firas Chaouat (Club Africain)
FW: Sayfallah Ltaief (Greuther Furth)
FW: Sebastian Tounekti (Celtic)
FW: Rayan Elloumi (Vancouver Whitecaps)
FW: Louey Ben Farhat (Karlsruher SC)
FW: Anisse Saidi (San Diego)
FW: Omar Ben Ali (CS Sfaxien)

Fixtures

June 01, 2026: Austria vs Tunisia, Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
June 06, 2026: Belgium vs Tunisia, King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
June 14, 2026: Sweden vs Tunisia, Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico
June 20, 2026: Tunisia vs Japan, Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico
June 25, 2026: Tunisia vs Netherlands, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, United States

Manager

Who is Tunisia's manager?

Sami Trabelsi head coach of Tunisia reacts during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier match between Tunisia and Namibia at Stade Hammadi Agrebi on October 13, 2025 in Rades, Tunisia. — Sami Trabelsi on the sideline against Namibia (Image credit: Tnani Badreddine/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)

Sami Trabelsi’s second spell in charge of Tunisia has been more successful than his first. He has guided them to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and now the 2026 World Cup.

He himself starred for his nation in the 1998 edition of the tournament where he played centre-back in France for Tunisia.

He had 10-years in charge of Qatari side Al-Sailiya SC where he won two Qatari Stars Cup and a Qatari FA Cup

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Who is Tunisia's star player?

Youssef Msakni of Tunisia poses during the official FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 portrait session on November 18, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. — Youssef Msakni (Image credit: Catherine Ivill - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Youssef Msakni has been linked with a move to Europe several times over his career, but has played most of his football in the Middle East.

He is the third all-time top scorer for the Tunisian national team and the second most capped player.

Currently he plays for Esperance de Tunis, where he also spent five years between 2008 and 2013.

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Ewan is a freelance writer and social media manager who has worked for The Athletic, GOAL, 90min and OneFootball. From Gelsenkirchen to Riyadh, he has covered some of the biggest games in football in his three years in the industry.

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