Sovereign in Club competitions with l'espérance de Tunis, le Club Africain, l'étoile sportive, Tunisia finds it hard to confirm that supremacy at the level of the national team which has never
written its name on the list of winners of the African Cup of Nations (CAN).

The best performances of the Tunisians took place in 1965 and 1996 when they planned the final.

Before, they were 3rd in 1962, eliminated in the first round in 1963, 4th in 1978, eliminated in the first round in 1982 and in 1994 (at home) and quarter finalist in 1998 and 2000.