Sabri Lamouchi Names 26-Man Tunisia National Football Team for 2026

Sabri Lamouchi named the tunisia national football team’s 26-man squad on May 15 for the 2026 World Cup. Tunisia enters its seventh attempt with a major roster overhaul after six appearances and six early exits.

Lamouchi’s May 15 squad

The overhaul reaches back to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations roster, which was significantly changed for this selection. Lamouchi’s move gives Tunisia a fresh group before it heads into a tournament in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

That matters because Tunisia has never gone beyond the group stage. This time it arrives with a qualification run that produced zero goals against, a cleaner defensive record than any previous campaign in the facts provided here.

Group F with Sweden

Tunisia landed in Group F with the Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden. The opener comes against Sweden on June 15, followed by Japan on June 21 and the Netherlands on June 26.

The group gives Tunisia a clear first checkpoint: Sweden. After that, the order turns quickly into two tougher tests against Japan and the Netherlands, with the final match closing group play on June 26.

Tunisia’s seventh attempt

The 2026 tournament is Tunisia’s seventh World Cup attempt, and the expanded format offers a different path than the one it has faced before. Six previous trips ended in the group stage, but the combination of a rebuilt squad and a qualification campaign without conceding a goal leaves Lamouchi with a more stable base than Tunisia has had in past cycles.

For fans tracking the team now, the squad choice on May 15 is the clearest signal of how Tunisia plans to attack Group F: with a reset roster, a defensive identity, and three dates that will decide whether this attempt ends like the first six or finally pushes beyond them.