Football in Tunisia

Football is the most popular sport in Tunisia. It was first introduced by Italian migrants. Approximately 45% of the people in Tunisia are interested in football The governing body is the Tunisian Football Federation.

National team

Tunisia have reached 6 FIFA World Cup final competitions, and have also appeared at the African Cup of Nations on 13 occasions, winning once.

The game is played nationwide with two professional leagues: LP-1, LP-2, one semi-professional league LP-3 and at an amateur level in the 4 regions and 24 governorates that make up the country.
The league system of football leagues in Tunisia refers to the official ranking system of football leagues and divisions in this nation.

N°	Image	Stadium	Capacity	Opened	City	Club
1.		Stade Hammadi Agrebi	60,000	6 July 2001	Radès, Ben Arous	National team Espérance de Tunis Club Africain
2.		Stade Olympique de Sousse	50,000	1973	Sousse, Sousse	Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Twitter research from 2015 found that the most popular English Premier League club in Tunisia was Arsenal, with 33% of Tunisian Premier League fans following the club, followed by Chelsea and Manchester City.

The average attendance per top-flight football league season and the club with the highest average attendance:

Season	League average	Best club	Best club average
2023-24	1,858	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	6,084

Source: League page on Wikipedia