Top 10 Stadiums in Tunisia
Tunisian football is one of north Africa's most consistent footballing cultures, with regular World Cup qualification and a club system anchored by Espérance Sportive de Tunis. The country's stadium infrastructure benefited from significant investment around the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations and from sustained interest in Tunisian football in the wider African football pyramid. Every stadium below is on the map.
1. Stade Olympique de Rades, Tunis
Capacity: 60,500. Tunisia's primary national stadium, built for the 2001 Mediterranean Games and used for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations final. The Rades stadium hosts the Tunisia national team for major fixtures and Espérance Sportive de Tunis and Club Africain for derby matches and CAF Champions League knockout fixtures.
2. Stade Hammadi Agrebi (formerly Stade 7 November)
Capacity: 60,000. The Rades-area complex includes this large bowl, named after Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba in different historical iterations. The ground has been used for major continental and international matches.
3. Stade Olympique de Sousse
Capacity: 28,000. The municipal stadium of Sousse, hosted matches during the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations. Etoile Sportive du Sahel use it as their home ground; Etoile have won multiple Tunisian Ligue 1 titles and CAF Champions Leagues.
4. Stade Olympique de Sfax
Capacity: 22,000. Sfax's municipal football ground, used by Club Sportif Sfaxien. Sfax are one of the more historically distinguished Tunisian clubs and have won the CAF Confederation Cup. The Sfax position in southern Tunisia gives the ground a different regional context from the Tunis-area venues.
5. Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir
Capacity: 20,000. The ground in Monastir, a coastal city in northeast Tunisia. Used by US Monastir and as a 2004 Africa Cup of Nations venue.
6. Stade Taieb Mhiri, Sfax
Capacity: 20,000. Sfax's older football ground, used by Club Sportif Sfaxien historically before the Stade Olympique developed.
7. Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte
Capacity: 20,000. Bizerte's municipal stadium on the north coast of Tunisia. CA Bizertin use the ground; Bizerte have won Tunisian Ligue 1 titles and have a long history in CAF club competitions.
8. Stade Hedi Enneifer, Bardo
Capacity: 10,000. The Bardo district of greater Tunis hosts a smaller club stadium associated with Stade Tunisien, one of the historic Tunisian clubs.
9. Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis
Capacity: 17,000. An older inner-Tunis ground that has hosted various Tunisian clubs and Tunisia national team friendlies. The compact urban setting gives the ground a different character from the Rades complex.
10. Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Gabès
Capacity: 12,000. Gabès in southern Tunisia hosts a municipal football ground used by lower-division clubs and as a backup national-team venue.
Tunisian Ligue 1
Tunisia's top division has 14 clubs. Espérance Sportive de Tunis (EST) is the dominant force, with numerous Tunisian Ligue 1 titles and four CAF Champions League trophies (1994, 2011, 2018, 2019). Étoile Sportive du Sahel (Sousse) and Club Africain (Tunis) are the principal rivals. The Tunis derby between Espérance and Club Africain is North African football's most concentrated rivalry.
CAF Champions League
Tunisian clubs have been consistently competitive in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, with Espérance and Étoile du Sahel as the most regular knockout-round participants. The Tunisian focus on player development and tactical sophistication has produced multiple African Player of the Year nominees.
The Tunisia national team
Tunisia have qualified for six World Cups (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022), making them one of North Africa's most regular World Cup participants. The 1978 squad's 3-1 win over Mexico in Argentina was the first African team's win at a World Cup. The 2022 group stage 1-0 win over France was a notable modern result.
Visiting Tunisian grounds
Tunis is the entry point, with Carthage International Airport connecting to most European hubs. The Stade Olympique de Rades is a short train or taxi ride from central Tunis. Sousse and Sfax are reachable by Tunisian rail (SNCFT) — Tunis to Sousse takes about two hours, Tunis to Sfax about three. The Mediterranean climate makes Tunisian fixtures accessible year-round. All grounds are on the map.