The Egypt−Tunisia football rivalry is a football rivalry between the national football teams of Egypt and Tunisia, having achieved eight Africa Cup of Nations, one African Nations Championship and two FIFA Arab Cup between the two countries. The two nations have played 35 games against each other; Tunisia leads in wins with 16 to Egypts's 11, with the two sides drawing eight times.

Background Egypt is the first African and Arab country to participate in a FIFA World Cup in 1934, it also participated in the 1990, 2018 and 2026 editions. Tunisia has participated six times in the FIFA World Cup, the biggest men's football event in the world, in 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022 and 2026 YearEgyptTunisiaQualificationRoundQualificationRound 1934Qualified – Group 12 winnerFirst roundPart of France 1978Did not qualify – Final round loserQualified – Final round winnerGroup stage 1990Qualified – Final round winnerGroup stageDid not qualify – Final round loser 1998Did not qualify – Final round loser Qualified – Final round winnerGroup stage 2002Did not qualify – Second round winner Qualified – Second round winnerGroup stage 2006Did not qualify – Second round loser Qualified – Second round winnerGroup stage 2018Qualified – Third round winnerGroup stageQualified – Third round winnerGroup stage 2022Did not qualify – Third round loserQualified – Third round winnerGroup stage 2026Qualified – CAF Group A winner Round of 16Qualified – CAF Group H winnerGroup stage

History The matches between the Egyptian and the Tunisian teams are one of Africa's best and most exciting matches for their long continental history. The two teams have met 33 times in both official and friendly matches. Tunisian and Egyptian teams have collected 19 official matches and 14 friendly matches. The overall record is more favorable to the Tunisians as they won 15 matches and Egypt won 11 matches and ended 8 matches with a draw; however Egypt has achieved more successes in Africa than Tunisia.

The Eagles have scored 38 goals in the Pharaohs' goal, while Egypt have bundled 32 balls in Tunisia's net. The largest goal scoring match was on 11 December 1977 for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification after the great win of the Tunisians 4–1 which contributed in their qualification for the World Cup.

Tunisia have faced the Egyptian team 7 times in qualifying for either the World Cup or the African Nations Cup. The three World Cup qualifications were in 1974, 1978 and 1998 where Tunisia qualified in the last two editions against Egypt. The four qualifiers for the African Nations Cup were in 1978 (Tunisia won 3–2 after drawing 2–2), 1984 (0–0 draw in Tunis and the Pharaohs won in Cairo 1–0), 1992 (the teams drew 2–2 twice) and 2015 (Tunisia won 1–0 and 2–1 respectively), in addition to the current 2019 qualifiers for the fifth time, which Tunisia won the first game 1–0 in Radès and lost the second game in Alexandria 2–3.

The two teams met twice in the African Nations Cup finals in 2000 in Nigeria when Tunisia won 1–0 and in the next edition in 2002 in Mali when Egypt won with the same result. Hossam Hassan is the most of Egyptian players participating in the games of the Pharaohs against the Eagles of Carthage with 12 games, while Wahbi Khazri comes as the most of Tunisian players to participate in their matches against Egypt by 3 games.

Both Egypt and Tunisia also share a similar dubious record in the FIFA World Cup, with the Carthage Eagles being unable to progress beyond the group stage despite Tunisia qualifying for the World Cup seven times, while Egypt qualified only four times while making it to the knockout stages in 2026.

List of matches #DateLocationHome TeamScoreAway teamCompetitionRef18 December 1972 Cairo, Egypt2−11974 FIFA World Cup qualification217 December 1972 Tunis, Tunisia2−0315 August 1973 Tripoli, Libya1−0Friendly427 September 1974 Damascus, Syria0−2513 March 1977 Cairo, Egypt2−21978 African Cup of Nations qualification627 April 1977 Tunis, Tunisia3−2725 November 1977 Cairo, Egypt3−21978 FIFA World Cup qualification811 December 1977 Tunis, Tunisia4−1914 August 1983 Cairo, Egypt1−01984 African Cup of Nations qualification1028 August 1983 Tunis, Tunisia0−01113 July 1988 Amman, Jordan1−01988 Arab Cup1215 March 1989 Tunis, Tunisia0−0Friendly1329 May 1989 Cairo, Egypt1−01416 June 1989 Cairo, Egypt1−1157 November 1989 Tunis, Tunisia0−41614 April 1991 Tunis, Tunisia2−21992 African Cup of Nations qualification1726 July 1991 Cairo, Egypt2−2187 November 1993 Tunis, Tunisia2−0Friendly192 January 1995 Sousse, Tunisia2−02014 April 1995 Port Said, Egypt1−0218 January 1996 Ismailia, Egypt2−12212 January 1997 Tunis, Tunisia1−01998 FIFA World Cup qualification238 June 1997 Cairo, Egypt0−0247 February 2000 Kano, Nigeria0−12000 African Cup of Nations2525 January 2002 Bamako, Mali1−02002 African Cup of Nations2620 November 2002 Radès, Tunisia0−0Friendly2716 November 2005 Cairo, Egypt1−22816 October 2012 Abu Dhabi, UAE0−12910 September 2014 Cairo, Egypt0−12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification3019 November 2014 Monastir, Tunisia2−1318 January 2017 Cairo, Egypt1−0Friendly3211 June 2017 Radès, Tunisia1−02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification3316 November 2018 Alexandria, Egypt3−23415 December 2021 Doha, Qatar1−02021 FIFA Arab Cup3512 September 2023 Cairo, Egypt1−3Friendly

Statistics +Summary of the confrontations between Egypt and Tunisia on 12 September 2023CompetitionMatchesEgypt WinsDrawsTunisia WinsEgypt GoalsTunisia GoalsAfrica Cup of Nations210111FIFA World Cup qualification6213610Africa Cup of Nations qualification102441315Arab Cup210111Friendly Match155371215Total35118163342

See also

Egypt–Tunisia relations

References

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Egypt v Tunisia head to head at 11v11