Tunisia have named their 25-man preliminary squad ahead of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations which kicks off in South Africa next month.
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The Eagles of Carthage have been drawn in Group D, alongside Algeria, Ivory Coast and Togo, with coach Sami Trabelsi having named a largely unchanged side from the one that made it through to the quarter-finals of the 2012 spectacular.
A new inclusion though is uncapped French-born midfielder Wahbi Khazri, who switched allegiances from France to Tunisia, having played for Les Bleus at Under-21 level.
Meanwhile, veteran striker Issam Jemaa is set to contest his fifth successive AFCON finals, although one of the big missing names is Jamel Saihi, who won the Ligue 1 title with Montpellier last season.
Tunisia preliminary AFCON squad:
Goalkeepers: Moez Ben Cherifia (Esperance), Farouk Ben Mustapha (CA Bizertin), Aymen Mathlouthi (Etoile Sahel)
Defenders: Aymen Abdennour (Toulouse), Rami Bedoui (Etoile Sahel), Anis Boussaidi (Tavria Simferopol), Khalil Chammam (Esperance), Chamseddine Dhaouadi (Etoile Sahel), Fatah Garbi (CS Sfaxien), Walid Hichri (Esperance), Bilel Ifa (Club Africain)
Midfielders: Hatten Baratli (Club Africain), Wissem Ben Yahia (Mersin Idmanyurdu), Oussama Darragi (FC Sion), Chadi Hammami (Kuwait SC), Wahbi Kharzia (Bastia), Khaled Mouelhi, Youssef Msakni (both Esperance), Abdelkader Oueslati (Atletico Madrid), Mejdi Traoui (Esperance)
Forwards: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (CS Sfaxien), Zouhair Dhaouadi (Evian Thonon Gaillard), Hamdi Harbaoui (Lokeren), Saber Khlifa (Evian Thonon Gaillard), Issam Jemaa (Kuwait SC). (Reporting by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Clare Fallon)
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