Tunisia Reveal "La Liste": Skhiri and Hannibal Lead a Europe-Heavy 26 for the World Cup
The Tunisian Football Federation has released the final 26-man Carthage Eagles squad for the 2026 World Cup. Ellyes Skhiri, Hannibal Mejbri, Dylan Bronn and Montassar Talbi anchor a squad built around European-based experience. Tunisia open Group F on June 14 in Monterrey against Sweden, before facing the Netherlands and Japan.
T he Tunisian Football Federation has published "La Liste", the final 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The Carthage Eagles list, released in the federation's official squad graphic, is built around a European-based core spread across LaLiga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Premier League pathways, with Ellyes Skhiri and Hannibal Mejbri as the headline names through the middle.
The three goalkeepers are Aymen Dahmen, Aymen Chamakh and Sabri Ben Hassen. The defensive group runs nine deep, anchored by Dylan Bronn and Montassar Talbi and including Van Valery, Moutaz Neffati, Omar Rekik, Adem Arous, Raed Chikhaoui, Ali Abdi and Mohamed Amine Ben Hmida. The selection skews experienced where it matters most, with the wide-defender pairings setting up the team's 4-3-3 outline.
The midfield is the spine of the squad. Ellyes Skhiri provides the experienced screener and is supported by Rani Khedira, Anis Ben Slimane, Mortadha Ben Ouanes, Ismaël Gharbi and Hannibal Mejbri, with M. Hajj Mahmoud completing the seven-man section. Skhiri and Hannibal are the names with the most Champions League and Premier League minutes between them, and the federation has built the rotation around their on-ball quality.
The attack is seven strong: Khalil Ayari, Elias Achouri, Elias Saad, Firas Chaouat, Hazem Mastouri, Rayan Elloumi and Sebastian Tounekti. Achouri and Tounekti bring the wide profile that the federation built around in qualifying, while Chaouat and Mastouri give the team a more direct centre-forward option through the middle. The depth of the forward line gives the staff multiple matchup-specific shapes inside the same 26.
Tunisia open Group F against Sweden on June 14 in Monterrey, then face the Netherlands and close the first round against Japan on June 25 in Dallas. It is the country's seventh World Cup appearance and the third in a row after Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022. The objective publicly stated by the federation is to push past the group stage for the first time, with the Skhiri-Hannibal axis the main load-bearing line.