Tunisia national under-20 football team
The Tunisia national under-20 football team represents Tunisia in international football completions. They have played at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the African Youth Championship since 1977.
| Nickname(s) | نسور قرطاج (The Carthage Eagles) | ||
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| Association | Tunisian Football Federation | ||
| Other affiliation | UAFA (Arab Nations) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Anis Boussaïdi | ||
| Home stadium | Hammadi Agrebi Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | TUN | ||
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| First international | |||
Tunisia 0–6 Mexico  (Tunis, Tunisia;27 June 1977) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Tunisia 5-0 Libya  (Tunis, Tunisia;20 July 2002) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Tunisia 0–6 Mexico (Tunis, Tunisia;27 June 1977) | |||
| African Youth Championship | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1)  (1985) | ||
| UNAF U-20 Tournament | |||
| Appearances | 15 (first in 2005) | ||
| Best result | Champions (9):  (2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 , 2023) | ||
| Arab Cup U-20 | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2012) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1) (2012) | ||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1977) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2023) | ||
Competition records
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
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| Appearances: 3 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1977 |
Group stage | 14th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
 1979 |
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 1981
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| 1983
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 1985 |
Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
 1987 |
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 1989
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 1991
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 1995
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 1997
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 1999
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 2001
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 2003
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 2005
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 2007
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 2009
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 2011
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 2013
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 2015
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 2017
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 2019
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Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] | |||||||
| 2023 |
Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 3/24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record
| Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 7 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1979 |
Second round | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1981 |
Second round | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1983 |
First round | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 |
Final | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 |
Quarter-finals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 |
First round | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 |
Withdrew after qualification | |||||||
 1993 |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 1995
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 1997
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 1999
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 2001
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 2003
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 2005
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 2007
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 2019
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 2021 |
Semi finals | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 |
Semi finals | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Total | Runners-up | 7/22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |