The Eagles of Carthage are to go through their first major challenge before next summer's World Cup Finals in Germany. Coach Rogere Lemerre has sent call=ups to 23 internationals for the African Cup of Nations.

CS Sfaxien's defender Issam Merdassi and Esperance's striker Amine Eltaif received their first ever call-up for the Tunisian national football team.

Goalkeepers: Ali Boumnijel (Club Africain), Khaled Fadhel (Erciyespor), Hamdi Kasraoui (Esperance).

Defenders: Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax Amsterdam), Anis Ayari (Samsunspor), Karim Saidi (Feyenoord), Issam Merdassi (CS Sfaxien), Radhi Jaidi (Bolton Wanderers), Karim Hagui (Strasbourg), Jose Clayton (El Qatari).

Midfielders: Chawki Ben Saada (Bastia), Adel Chedli (Nuremberg), Kais Ghodhbane (Samsunspor), Sofiane Militi (Foscala), Jawher Mnari (Nuremberg), Riadh Bouazizi (Kayseri Exciysspor), Slim Ben Achour (Guimares), Hamed Namouchi (Rangers).

Strikers: Amine Eltaif (Esperance), Zied Jaziri (Troyes), Haikel Guemamdia (Strasbourg), Issam Jomaa (Lens), Silva Dos Santos (Toulouse).

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