Belgian manager Georges Leekens was appointed in early 2014 to get the team back on track. The first results were good and included a 1-1 draw in the match against Colombia as well as a 1-1 victory against South Korea, both in friendly games. The team under Leekens went from 49th place to 22nd position in a only a couple of months in FIFA rankings. The team was able to regain its continental glory with the arrival of a new generation players. Tunisia was selected to play in the 2015 African Cup of Nations and ended up top of their group which included Senegal, Egypt and Botswana.
In the finals of this event, Tunisia finished top of their group for the first time since winning Zambia by 2-1, and drawing with Cape Verde and DR Congo in the same way, 1-1 however, they were eliminated from the quarter-finals due to an unpopular 2-1 loss to hosting Equatorial Guinea making CAF banned the referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn for six months for his "poor performance" in the tournament. In June 2015 Leekens quit unexpectedly for security reasons , after he brought back the glamour that the squad had enjoyed. Then, in July of 2015 Henryk Kasperczak returned as coach after 17 years. He managed to qualify his group for this year's African Cup in the lead by winning against Liberia, Togo and Djibouti. He also made it to the quarter-finals of the competition , after defeating Algeria as well as Zimbabwe 4-2, before losing in the second stage, but this time to Burkina Faso 2-0. The loss in the friendly games with Cameroon and Morocco with the same outcome of 1-0, led to the demotion of Kasperczak. On April 27, 2017 Nabil Maaloul was appointed coach, despite the disapproval from the Tunisian supporters due to the lack of success in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, but this time, he was able to qualify Tunisia to play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia for the fifth time in the history of Tunisia and for the first time since 12 years since having won against DR Congo, Guinea and Libya during the qualification.
Tunisia's selection to play in qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and its excellent results in friendly matches with Iran as well as Costa Rica led to its rising to 14th on the FIFA World Rankings for the first time in history, following being the first among African teams and beating teams such as Italy as well as Netherlands. The team continued to show excellent performances prior to this year's World Cup, with a draw against Turkey and Portugal in the same score of 2-2, and a tough loss against Spain at 1-0 at the end of 85 minutes.
In spite of this, at that World Cup, the performance of the team failed to reach the level expected which led to them being removed from group play. In the first game against England both teams had played in 1998 at the FIFA World Cup. England scored through Harry Kane. In the tenth minute, Tunisia was equalized by a penalty kick. After the added interval, Kane scored the second goal for his team. In the second game against Belgium The two teams were playing each other in their 2002 FIFA World Cup. The game ended with a score of 5-2 to Belgium and Tunisia suffered the worst loss they have ever suffered throughout the World Cup history. In the final game against Panama both teams had never previously played. Tunisia took the win 2-1. It was their first win after forty years after their 3-1 win against Mexico in 1978.
In the wake of this poor performance, the Tunisian team was widely criticized for its lack of performance as well as the team's questionable performance at the World Cup, and fell out of the top 20 teams in the FIFA rankings. The team had an uninvolved experience with Faouzi Benzarti who managed to make it into the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations over Egypt, Niger and Eswatini before being terminated because of conflicts that he had with head of the Tunisian Football Federation Wadie Jary. In December of 2018, French coach Alain Giresse was appointed to manage the team in the 2019 AFCON finals because of his expertise in African football as well as his impressive performance as a player for his French National team. Despite his excellent performances in friendly matches, including beating World Cup finalist Croatia 2-1 and a 1-0 win over Croatia, the beginning of the tournament was abysmal following three draws during the group stage with Angola, Mali, and Mauritania to make it through to the Round 16 with a lot of difficulty in second. In the following round they improved their results by winning 3-0 against Ghana and Madagascar 3-1 to make it to the semi-finals, for the first occasion in the last 15 years. Tunisia was the winner of in the AFCON in 2004, but they narrowly defeated Senegal 1-1 in extra-time following a dispute with the referee over Bamlak Tessema for the decision not to award a penalty to Tunisia four minutes prior to the end of the match to finish the tournament with a fourth-place finish after Nigeria. It was, however, the most impressive performance by Tunisia since winning the 2004 AFCON in Tunisia's home stadium.
Following the 2018 Africa Cup of Nations, Alain Giresse gives up and the Tunisian Mondher Kebaier takes over on August 27, 2019 to manage the team. The preparations for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification start with several friendly games playing, a win by 1-0 against Mauritania but a loss of to 2-1 Ivory Coast and a draw against Cameroon. While this is happening, Tunisia plays the for 2020 African Nations Championship qualification against Libya and prevailed 1-0 [169] followed by a with a score of 2-1. However it was announced that the Tunisian Football Federation withdrew due to scheduling pressure. Twenty21 Africa Cup of Nations qualification are set in three groups, with Tunisia playing Libya, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. The first game against Libya concluded with a massive victory of 4-1. There was a second away win was scored against Equatorial Guinea was won with the goal by Khazri. In the meantime, the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification draw is scheduled to take place, and Tunisia draws once more alongside Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania and Zambia. After a long absence due to the COVID-19 epidemic The national team is back and will play two friendly matches in preparation for the remaining games of 2021's Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Sudan with a 3-0 win in addition to Nigeria with a 1-1 draw. In the qualifying matches, the Tunisian team has four games to play, including against Tanzania and Tanzania, with a 1-0 victory, then a 1-1 draw as well as a huge victory against Libya in Benghazi with a score of 5-2, and a win against Equatorial Guinea 2-1; the team finished in the top position of the group, with five victories and one draw. The team play three more friendly matches, including winning 1-0 against the Congo [181] at home, a defeat against Algeria with a score of 0-2, and a win against Mali with a score of 1-0.
In September 2021 the national team started their matches in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification with three consecutive wins against Equatorial Guinea 3-1 in Ndola, in Ndola 2-0, Zambia in Ndola 2-0 , and against Mauritania 3-1, which was followed by an 0-0 drawing with Mauritania in Nouakchott with 0-0, and then losing against Equatorial Guinea at Malabo 0-1, which led to harsh criticism from supporters. The qualification for the play-offs takes place by winning against Zambia 3-1. The final score was four wins as well as a draw and loss. Meanwhile, Qatar hosted the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. Tunisia was able to qualify directly, thanks in the FIFA World Rankings. Tunisia began with a huge victory, winning 5-1, against Mauritania. The team then suffered an unexpected loss to Syria after which they beat their opponents the United Arab Emirates 1-0. In the quarterfinals, the team made improvements and defeated Oman by a score of 2-1. In the semi-finals, Tunisia collided with their adversaries Egypt and, in the midst of a tight match. Tunisia scored an equalizer at the end of the 90th minute. The win allows Tunisia to make it to its debut FIFA final in its history. In the final game that took place, Tunisia's Tunisian national team played Algeria and were defeated by a score of 2-0 in overtime. In spite of losing the title but the team's performance given the fans a sense of confidence. In this regard they are honored by FIFA and are named the top fans of this tournament.
The participation of the team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations was quite a disaster. in the first group it started with an 0-1 loss to Mali in the first match which was marred by strange refereeing incidents in which Zambian ref Janny Sikazwe stopped the game within the 85th minute. In the second game the team scored an emotional victory over Mauritania with a score of 4-0 due to the goal double of Wahbi Khazri, as well as the goals scored by Hamza Mathlouthi, and Seifeddine Jaziri. However, the team suffered the loss of 0-1 to Gambia in the final minutes of the game, and get into Round 16 in the top third-placed team in this group.
However, the team beat the formidable Nigeria by 1-0 thanks to the goal of Youssef Msakni outside the penalty area even though Mondher Kebaier the game due to an illness with COVID-19 as well as being substituted by teammate Jalel Kadri. The final result was that the team was eliminated from the quarterfinals in the quarter-finals against Burkina Faso after a 0-1 loss. After this disappointing experience, Mondher Kebaier was dismissed from the coaching position of the national team 3 years following his hiring, and an appointment was made of the assistant coach Jalel Kadri. to succeed him. In the meantime, the selection for the final round in African 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying was held, and it led to a home and forth match against Mali. In the opening leg in the Stade du 26 Mars in Bamako, Tunisia won out of the rules by 1-0 thanks the Mali's Moussa Sissako's goal, which came due to tension from Youssef Msakni. As for the match that was played at Stade Hammadi Agrebi in front of 50,000 people and ended in an 0-0 draw, meaning this means that the Tunisian team was selected to play in this year's FIFA World Cup for the sixth time in its history. The preparations began early, as the Tunisian team was invited to participate in at the 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer tournament in Japan in the presence from four different teams: Japan, Chile, Ghana and Tunisia. In the semi-finals Tunisia defeated Chile by 2-0, and also scored a historic win over organised Japan 3-1 to claim the Kirin Cup Soccer title for the first time. Ferjani Sassi has been named as the most outstanding player in the tournament, while his teammate Issam Jbali was crowned as the highest scorer, scoring two goals.