Ammar Souayah ( ar, عمار السويّح) (born June 11, 1957) is a retired Tunisian footballer.

Tunisia national football team

In 2002, Ammar Souayah signed as the coach of the Tunisia national team and led the team at the FIFA World Cup. Tunisia began the tournament with a 2–0 defeat against Russia then drew 1–1 against strong Belgium but was defeated 2–0 against co-host

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and eliminated in the Group Stage. He coached

Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif ( ar, النادي الرياضي لحمام الأنف) or CSHL is a football club from Hammam-Lif in Tunisia. Founded in 1944, the team plays in green and white colours. Their ground is Stade Bou Kornine, which has 1 ...

and also Étoile du Sahel.

Al-Shabab Riyadh

On 23 January 2014, he was appointed the head coach of Al-Shabab, replacing Belgian Emilio Ferrera. He performed well with Al-Shabab in the

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group stages. Al-Shabab played 6 matches, 5 won and lost 1.

Managerial statistics

As of 14 May 2014,

Honours

Manager

;Al-Shabab * King Cup of Champions 2014 (1)

References

1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Tunis Tunisian footballers Tunisian football managers CS Hammam-Lif managers Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers 2002 FIFA World Cup managers Al-Ta'ee managers Al-Hazm FC managers Al-Raed FC managers Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) managers Ohod Club managers Saudi Professional League managers {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub Association footballers not categorized by position Tunisian expatriate football managers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia