2026 World Cup: Tunisia sack Sabri Lamouchi after one game.

Tunisia sacked head coach Sabri Lamouchi following defeat in their opening World Cup in 2026.

Sweden He suffered a heavy defeat in Tunisia 5-1 Sunday in Group F at the Estadio Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico

Reports after that defeat suggested Lamucci was immediately sacked, but the 54-year-old returned to training on Monday, sources told BBC Sport.

However, the Tunisian Football Association has now confirmed that the Frenchman’s contract has been terminated by “mutual consent”.

In a statement, the Tunisian FA said: “There are plans to appoint Monder Kebeir as the coach of the national team.

Lamucci’s departure is the first coach in World Cup history to be sacked after just one game.

The former Nottingham Forest boss left the role to replace Sammy Trabelsi, who was only appointed in January. Following the defeat in the last 16 in Mali Africa Cup of Nations.

Speaking after the defeat to Sweden, Lamucci said the injury was “terrible”.

“It’s really hard to start the tournament with this bad loss,” Lamucci said.

“We’ve made too many mistakes and that’s not something we can do. We’re shooting ourselves in the foot. We’re hurting ourselves.”

The 54-year-old has won just one of his five games as Tunisia’s head coach – a 1-0 win over Haiti in the first leg.

They lost 1-0 to Austria and were thumped 5-0 by Belgium in their two World Cup warm-ups earlier this month.

In the remaining games of Group F, Tunisia will face Japan and the Netherlands.