Egypt–Tunisia football rivalry

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Egypt–Tunisia football rivalry
Egypt against Tunisia 2012.jpg
Friendly match in 16 October 2012
Location CAF (Africa) UNAF (North Africa)
Teams
First meeting Egypt 2–1 Tunisia
Friendly (8 December 1972)
Latest meeting Egypt 1–3 Tunisia
Friendly Match (12 September 2023)
Statistics
All-time seriesMatches: 35
Egypt wins: 11
Draw: 8
Tunisia wins: 16

The match between the Egyptian and the Tunisian team are one of Africa's best and most exciting matches for their long continental history. [1] 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. [2]

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The Eagles scored 38 goals in the Pharaohs' goal, while Egypt scored 32 goals against Tunisia. 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. [3]

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. [4] 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. [5]

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. [6]

Both Egypt and Tunisia also share a similar dubious record in the FIFA World Cup, with both teams being unable to progress beyond the group stage despite Tunisia qualifying for the World Cup five times, while Egypt qualified only three times.

Results

#DateVenueHome TeamScoreAway teamCompetition
18 December 1972 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2−1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
217 December 1972 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
315 August 1973 Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Tripoli, Libya Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Friendly Match
427 September 1974 Flag of Syria.svg Damascus, Syria Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0−2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match
513 March 1977 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2−2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
627 April 1977 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg3−2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
725 November 1977 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg3−2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
811 December 1977 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg4−1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
914 August 1983 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1984 African Cup of Nations qualification
1028 August 1983 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg0−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1984 African Cup of Nations qualification
1113 July 1988 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman, Jordan Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1988 Arab Cup
1215 March 1989 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg0−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Friendly Match
1329 May 1989 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match
1416 June 1989 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match
157 November 1989 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg0−4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Friendly Match
1614 April 1991 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2−2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification
1726 July 1991 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2−2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification
187 November 1993 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Friendly Match
192 January 1995 Flag of Tunisia.svg Sousse, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Friendly Match
2014 April 1995 Flag of Egypt.svg Port Said, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match
218 January 1996 Flag of Egypt.svg Ismailia, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2−1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match
2212 January 1997 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
238 June 1997 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0−0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
247 February 2000 Flag of Nigeria.svg Kano, Nigeria Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0−1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2000 African Cup of Nations
2525 January 2002 Flag of Mali.svg Bamako, Mali Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2002 African Cup of Nations
2620 November 2002 Flag of Tunisia.svg Radès, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg0−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Friendly Match
2716 November 2005 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match
2816 October 2012 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abu Dhabi, UAE Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0−1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match
2910 September 2014 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0−1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3019 November 2014 Flag of Tunisia.svg Monastir, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg2−1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
318 January 2017 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match
3211 June 2017 Flag of Tunisia.svg Radès, Tunisia Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3316 November 2018 Flag of Egypt.svg Alexandria, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg3−2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3415 December 2021 Flag of Qatar.svg Doha, Qatar Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1−0Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2021 FIFA Arab Cup
3512 September 2023 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1−3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Friendly Match

Statistics

Summary of the confrontations between Egypt and Tunisia on 12 September 2023
CompetitionMatchesEgypt WinsDrawsTunisia WinsEgypt GoalsTunisia Goals
Africa Cup of Nations 210111
FIFA World Cup qualification 6213610
Africa Cup of Nations qualification102441315
Arab Cup 210111
Friendly Match 155371215
Total35118163342

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