Tunisian Cup

{{Infobox football tournament |name = Tunisian Cup |logo = Coupe_de_Tunisie.jpg |imagesize = 200px |region = Tunisia |organiser = {{nowrap|[[Tunisian Football Federation]]}} |founded = {{start date and age|1922}} |current champions = {{nowrap|{{nowrap|[[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]]<br>([[2025–26 Tunisian Cup|17th title]])}}}} |most successful club = {{nowrap|[[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]]<br>(17 titles)}} |website = |qualifier for = [[Tunisian Super Cup]]<br>[[CAF Confederation Cup]] |domestic cup = |current = [[2026–27 Tunisian Cup]] }} The '''Tunisian Cup''' ({{Langx|ar|كأس تونس}}), formerly known as '''Tunisian President Cup''' (1955–2011), is the premier [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]] football competition in [[Football in Tunisia|Tunisian football]], organized annually by the [[Tunisian Football Federation]] (FTF), which is considered the second most important national title after the [[Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1]]. The reigning champions are [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]], who won their 17th title at the [[2025–26 Tunisian Cup|2025–26 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=NALOUTI |first=Walid |date=2024-07-01 |title=Le Stade Tunisien remporte la Coupe de Tunisie après avoir battu le CAB (2-0) : Le prix du courage et de l’union… |url=https://lapresse.tn/2024/07/01/le-stade-tunisien-remporte-la-coupe-de-tunisie-apres-avoir-battu-le-cab-2-0-le-prix-du-courage-et-de-lunion/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=La Presse de Tunisie |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

The first edition took place during the 1922–23 season under the [[French protectorate of Tunisia|French protectorate]] organized by the Tunisian Football Association League (the Tunisian branch of the [[French Football Federation]]). The first final after independence, which took place at the end of the 1955–56 season, was won by [[Stade Tunisien]]. The cup is therefore organized every year, with the exception of the 1977–78 season due to the participation of the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia national team]]'s in the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] in Argentina, and the 2001–02 edition which is not completed due to the national team's participation in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] in Japan and South Korea. The final match has been held generally since 2001 at the [[Hammadi Agrebi Stadium]] in [[Radès]]. A new Tunisian Cup Trophy is adopted whenever a team triumphs the same Trophy three times, the current cup has been taken since 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Un nouveau trophée pour la Coupe de Tunisie |url=https://www.webdo.tn/fr/actualite/sport/un-nouveau-trophee-pour-la-coupe-de-tunisie/175106 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Webdo TN |language=fr}}</ref>

[[Espérance Sportive de Tunis]] is the most successful team with a record 17 titles. As for [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel]], it has occupied second place fifteen times, the last of which was during the [[2018–19 Tunisian Cup|2018–19 season]]. [[Club Africain]] is the team that has played in the most finals (27 times), as well as the team that retained the title for four consecutive seasons (1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 and 1969–70). Coach [[Mokhtar Tlili]] has won the tournament a record three times with [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]] (2) and [[CA Bizertin]] (1), while player [[Sadok Sassi]] has won the title a record 8 times with [[Club Africain]].

== Format == Eight teams from the [[Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1]] (the teams that finished last season between seventh and twelfth place, in addition to the two teams promoted from the [[Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2]]) enter the competition in the round of 32, followed by the other six teams in the next round. The Tunisian Cup champion qualifies directly for the [[CAF Confederation Cup]]. However, if the cup champion is the champion of the [[Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1]] that season or a participant in the [[CAF Champions League]], the club that played the final is the one who replaces it in the external competition. A new Tunisian Cup Trophy is adopted whenever a team triumphs with the same Trophy three times.

== Trophy presentation == [[File:Taiel Jebeli.jpg|thumb|242x242px|Taieb Jebali of [[Stade Tunisien]] receives the cup from President [[Habib Bourguiba]] in the final of the 1959–60 edition.]] From independence until 1987, [[Habib Bourguiba]] presented the cup to the winning team after each final. Since coming to power after the [[1987 Tunisian coup d'état|1987 coup d'état]], [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] played the same role until his overthrow during the [[Tunisian revolution]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-07-08 |title=Le Président Ben Ali remet la Coupe à l'Olympique de Béja |url=https://www.turess.com/fr/lapresse/5901 |website=Turess}}</ref>

From 2011 to 2014, the President of the Republic did not hand over the cup. After coming to power, [[Beji Caid Essebsi]] (winner of the [[2014 Tunisian presidential election]]) presented the cup to the [[2014–15 Tunisian Cup|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Tunisian Cup|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Tunisian Cup|2016–17]] and [[2017–18 Tunisian Cup|2017–18]] editions.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=9 July 2024 |date=29 August 2015 |title=Finale de la coupe de Tunisie : Béji Caïd Essebsi dans les tribunes de Radès |url=https://www.businessnews.com.tn/finale-de-la-coupe-de-tunisie--beji-caid-essebsi-dans-les-tribunes-de-rades,534,58535,3#google_vignette |website=businessnews.com}}</ref>

After the death of Caïd Essebsi, interim president [[Mohamed Ennaceur]] presented the trophy at the end of the [[2018–19 Tunisian Cup|2018–19]] final.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-07-09 |language=fr |title=محمد الناصر يشرف على نهائي كأس تونس لكرة القدم |trans-title=[[Mohamed Ennaceur]] supervises the final of the Tunisian Football Cup |url=https://www.jawharafm.net/ar/article/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85/105/147417 |website=www.jawharafm.net}}</ref> Since [[Kais Saied]] assumed the presidency in October 2019, he has not attended the final or presented the cup. From 2020 to 2023, all those who held the position of Minister of Youth and Sports presented the cup with the president of the [[Tunisian Football Federation]], Wadie Jary.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=9 July 2024 |title=L’Union sportive de Monastir remporte la Coupe de Tunisie de football |url=https://www.businessnews.com.tn/lunion-sportive-de-monastir-remporte-la-coupe-de-tunisie-de-football,520,102418,3 |website=businessnews.com}}</ref>

During the [[2023–24 Tunisian Cup|2023–24]] final, at the request of the President of the Republic, [[Kais Saied]],<ref>{{cite web |access-date=9 July 2024 |date=2024-07-01 |language=fr-FR |title=Tunisie: Ahmed Hachani préside la remise de la Coupe de Tunisie |url=https://news.gnet.tn/tunisie-ahmed-hachani-preside-la-remise-de-la-coupe-de-tunisie/ |website=Gnet news}}</ref> the [[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Prime Minister]], [[Ahmed Hachani]] presented the cup to the winning team.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=9 July 2024 |date=2024-07-01 |language=ar-TN |title=Le Stade tunisien brille en finale et soulève la coupe de Tunisie 2023-2024 |url=http://www.rtci.tn/stade-tunisien-brille-en-finale-souleve-coupe-tunisie-2023-2024/ |website=RTCI - Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale}}</ref>

== Denominations == From independence in 1956 until the [[Tunisian revolution]] in 2011, the tournament was called the "Tunisian President Cup". Since 2011, the competition has been called the "Tunisian Cup". In August 2019, the [[2018–19 Tunisian Cup|2018–19]] edition bears the name of former president [[Beji Caid Essebsi]], and the following four editions bear the name of national figures on the occasion of their death anniversary ([[Habib Bourguiba]] in [[2019–20 Tunisian Cup|2019–20]], [[Salah ben Youssef|Salah Ben Youssef]] in [[2020–21 Tunisian Cup|2020–21]], [[Farhat Hached]] in [[2021–22 Tunisian Cup|2021–22]] and [[Hedi Chaker]] in [[2022–23 Tunisian Cup|2022–23]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=كأس تونس لهذه النسخة ستحمــل اسم الأستاذ محمد الباجي قائد السبسي مع إقرار تسمية 4 نسخ أخرى بمناسبة ذكرى وفاة شخصيات وطنية - الجامعة التونسية لكرة القدم |trans-title=The Tunisian Cup of this edition will bear the name of Professor [[Beji Caid Essebsi]], with the approval of the naming of 4 other copies on the occasion of the anniversary of the death of national personalities - [[Tunisian Football Federation]]. |url=https://www.ftf.org.tn/ar2/%d9%83%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b3-%d9%84%d9%87%d8%b0%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b3%d8%ae%d8%a9-%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%85%d9%80%d9%80%d9%84-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

On 7 February 2024, the [[Tunisian Football Federation]] named the Tunisian Cup The His Excellency the President of the Republic Cup,<ref>{{Cite web |title=بعد أن أطلقت الجامعة تسمية كأس فخامة رئيس الجمهورية، قيس سعيد يدعو الي استبدالها بكأس تونس‎ |trans-title=After the league named the Cup of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Kais Saied called for replacing it with the Tunisian Cup |url=https://www.babnet.net/cadredetail-281910.asp#:~:text=%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3%20%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%E2%80%8E%20%2D-,%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF%20%D8%A3%D9%86%20%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9%20%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3%20%D9%81%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9%20%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9%D8%8C%20%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B3,%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%20%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3%20%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%E2%80%8E&text=%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%91%D9%84%20%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%B9%20%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF%20%D9%85%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A2%D8%AA,%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9%20%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%20%D8%AF%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B4. |access-date=8 July 2024 |website=Babnet}}</ref> before the start of the [[2023–24 Tunisian Cup|2023–24 edition]], returning the name of the competition to what it was before the [[Tunisian revolution]]. This decision sparked public controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Coupe de "Son Excellence" enflamme la toile |trans-title=The Cup of “His Excellency” ignites the web |url=https://www.businessnews.com.tn/La-Coupe-de--Son-Excellence--enflamme-la-toile--,520,135513,3 |access-date=8 July 2024 |website=Businessnews}}</ref> On 9 February, President [[Kais Saied]], during his meeting with Minister of Youth and Sports Kamel Deguiche, decided to change the name of the tournament to the Tunisian Cup and rejected the new name, indicating that the era of personalization of power had passed forever. The report was published on the official page of the Presidency of the Republic on [[Facebook]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Presidence.tn |title=تناول رئيس الجمهورية قيس سعيّد، في اللقاء الذي جمعه مساء اليوم الجمعة 9 فيفري 2024 بقصر قرطاج، بالسيّد كمال دقيش، وزير الشباب والرياضة، نشاط الوزارة، على وجه العموم، ووضع عدد من المنشآت الرياضية التي هي بحاجة إلى ترميم أو أنها غير مستغلّة نتيجة لعدد من الإخلالات بل ونتيجة للفساد. |trans-title=In the meeting he held this evening, Friday, February 9, 2024, at the Carthage Palace, with Mr. Kamal Dakich, Minister of Youth and Sports, the President of the Republic, Kais Saied, discussed the ministry's activity, in general, and the status of a number of sports facilities that are in need of restoration or are underutilized due to a number of... From breaches and even as a result of corruption. |url=https://www.facebook.com/Presidence.tn/posts/pfbid0r5BgKaeaZ87J4myLHTZ4CVa41xeQ8rSe1DyxdVJdRcFnUnXhN8iyuusWssGJssjwl |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> After that, the TFF retracted the new name and kept the name of the Tunisian Cup.

==Finals== {{See also|List of Tunisian Cup finals}}

: The lists of finals are shown in the following tables:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tuncuphist.html|title=Tunisian Cup Finals|work=RSSSF.com|access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/tunisia/cup/c709/archive/?ICID=PL_3N_04|title=Tunisian Cup Finals|work=Soccerway|publisher=Perform|access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref>

===Pre-independence=== {{#lst:List of Tunisian Cup finals|Finals before independence}}

===Post-independence=== {{#lst:List of Tunisian Cup finals|Finals after independence}}

== Statistics == ===Performance by club=== {{#lst:List of Tunisian Cup finals|Performance by club}} === Most titled managers === {{Main|List of Tunisian Cup winning managers}}

[[Mokhtar Tlili]] has won the tournament ten times, a record number, with [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]] (2) and [[CA Bizertin]] (1). {{#lst:List of Tunisian Cup winning managers|By manager}}

=== Most titled players === {| class="wikitable collapsed" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" width="85%" ! width="10%"|Name ! width="1%" |Titles ! width="10%" |Club(s) ! width="25%"|Winning Years |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Sadok Sassi]] | align="center" |8 |[[Club Africain]] |1964–65، 1966–67، 1967–68، 1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72، 1972–73، 1975–76 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Tahar Chaïbi]] | rowspan="3" align="center" |7 |[[Club Africain]] |1964–65، 1966–67، 1967–68، 1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72، 1972–73 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Ali Retima]] |[[Club Africain]] |1966–67، 1967–68، 1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72، 1972–73، 1975–76 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Taoufik Klibi]] |[[Club Africain]] |1964–65، 1966–67، 1967–68، 1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72، 1972–73 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Moncef Khouini]] | rowspan="5" align="center" |5 |[[Club Africain]] |1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72، 1972–73، 1975–76 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Hamza Mrad]] |[[Club Africain]] |1967–68، 1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72، 1972–73 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Abderrahmane Nasri]] |[[Club Africain]] |1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72، 1972–73، 1975–76 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Salah Chaoua]] |[[Club Africain]] |1964–65، 1966–67، 1967–68، 1968–69، 1969–70 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Jalloul Chaoua]] |[[Club Africain]] |1966–67، 1967–68، 1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Ahmed Zitouni (football)|Ahmed Zitouni]] | rowspan="5" align="center" |4 |[[Club Africain]] |1968–69، 1969–70، 1971–72، 1972–73 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Mohamed Salah Jedidi]] |[[Club Africain]] |1964–65، 1966–67، 1967–68، 1968–69 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Chokri El Ouaer]] |[[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]] |1988–89، 1990–91، 1996–97، 1998–99 |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Khalil Chemmam]] |[[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]] |2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, [[2015–16 Tunisian Cup|2015–16]] |- |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Sameh Derbali]] |[[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]] |2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, [[2015–16 Tunisian Cup|2015–16]] |}

==See also== * [[List of Tunisian Cup winning managers]] * [[Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1]] * [[Tunisian Super Cup]] * [[Tunisian Coupe de la Ligue Professionnelle]]

==References== {{reflist|25em}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Tunisian Cup}} * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tuncuphist.html Tunisian Cup] at [[RSSSF]]

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