Tunisia at The 2004 Summer Olympics - Football

Football

The Tunisian men's team qualified for the Olympics after winning a very tight group with three other African football powers, Nigeria, Senegal and Egypt. The three over-23 players named by coach Khemais Labidi were Khaled Fadhel, José Clayton and Mohamed Jedidi. All but four of the team played their club football in Tunisia with Espérance and Club Africain having 3 each.

Tunisia managed to earn four points from their three matches, including a back-and-forth win in their final game that featured the Serbians coming back to tie the game twice in the last 20 minutes before an 89th minute winning goal, and ended level on points with Australia, but Australia had better goal differential. The team's leading scorer was Ali Zitouni of Espérance with two goals.

Men's Competition:

  • Team Roster
    • Goalkeepers
      • Khaled Fadhel
      • Jasem Khalfaoui
    • Defenders
      • Anis Ayari
      • Zied Bhairi
      • Anis Boussaidi
      • José Clayton
      • Karim Hagui
      • Issam Merdassi
      • Amir Haj Messoud
      • Aleddine Yahia
    • Midfielders
      • Wissem Ben Yahia
      • Khaled Mouelhi
      • Houcine Ragued
      • Majdi Traoui
    • Forwards
      • Sabeur Trabelsi
      • Ali Zitouni
      • Amine Letaief
      • Mohamed Jedidi

Tunisia also had four alternate players, who are not counted as part of the official roster.

  • Alternates
    • Haykel Guemamdia (forward)
    • Issam Jomaa (forward)
    • Hamed Kasraoui (goalkeeper)
    • Fethi Mechergui (midfielder)
  • Group C
    • Drew with Australia (1 - 1) (Ali Zitouni 69')
    • Lost to Argentina (0 - 2)
    • Defeated Serbia and Montenegro (3 - 2) (José Clayton 41', Mohamed Jedidi pen 83', Ali Zitouni 89')
  • 3rd in group, did not advance (4 points, 4 GF, 5 GA, -1 GD, 12th overall)

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