2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season 2016–17
Champions Espérance de Tunis
Relegated OB
EOSB
US Tataouine
CS Hammam-Lif
AS Marsa
Champions League Espérance de Tunis
Étoile du Sahel
Confederation Cup Club Africain
US Ben Guerdane
Matches played 198
Goals scored 393 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorer Khenissi (14 goals)
Biggest home win CA 6–0 USBG
Biggest away win CSHL 1–4 CA
ESZ 1–4 CSHL
Highest scoring ASG 5–2 CSHL
Longest winning run 5 games (ESS, EST)
Longest unbeaten run 12 games (EST)
Longest winless run 13 games (USBG)
Longest losing run 6 games (ESZ)

The 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 91st season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition started on 8 September 2016.[1] The defending champions from the previous season are Étoile du Sahel.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Ligue 2. AS Gabès was the first to obtain promotion, followed by Olympique Béja and finally US Tataouine. The three teams replaced EGS Gafsa, AS Kasserine and Stade Tunisien who were relegated to 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue 2.
The teams are drawn in two groups of 8 each. At the end of the first part of the season, the first 3 will qualify to the Championship Group, the 4th to 7th will contest the Relegation Group and the 8th of each group will be relegated to the Ligue 2.[2] Étoile du Sahel are the defending champions from the 2015–16 season.

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2015–16 season
AS Gabès Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 Ligue 2
AS Marsa La Marsa Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui 6,000 10th in Ligue 1
Club Africain Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 6th in Ligue 1
CA Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 5th in Ligue 1
CS Hammam-Lif Hammam-Lif Stade Bou Kornine 8,000 8th in Ligue 1
CS Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000 3rd in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 2nd in Ligue 1
ES Zarzis Zarzis Stade Jlidi 7,000 13th in Ligue 1
EO Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid 7th in Ligue 1
ES Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 5,000 4th in Ligue 1
Étoile du Sahel Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse 28,000 Ligue 1 Champions
JS Kairouan Kairouan Stade Ali Zouaoui 15,000 9th in Ligue 1
Olympique Béja Béja Stade de Béja 15,000 Ligue 2
Stade Gabèsien Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 12th in Ligue 1
US Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 11th in Ligue 1
US Tataouine Tataouine Stade Nejib Khattab Ligue 2

Results

Group A

Group A table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 CS Sfaxien 14 9 3 2 18 5 +13 30 Qualification to the Championship Group
2 Étoile du Sahel 14 8 2 4 24 13 +11 26
3 US Ben Guerdane 14 6 6 2 11 6 +5 24
4 CA Bizertin 14 6 4 4 13 12 +1 22 Qualification to the Relegation Group
5 ES Zarzis 14 3 6 5 9 14 −5 15
6 JS Kairouan 14 3 3 8 10 18 −8 12
7 US Tataouine 14 2 6 6 13 15 −2 12
8 EO Sidi Bouzid 14 3 2 9 8 23 −15 11 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2

Updated to games played on 15 February 2017.
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group A result table

Home \ Away[1] CAB CSS ESZEOSBESSJSKUSBGUST
CAB 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1
CSS 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0
ESZ 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
EOSB 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2
ESS 5–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–1
JSK 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–1
USBG 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
UST 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 0–0 0–0

Updated to games played on 15 February 2017.
Source: Ligue 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group A leaders

CS SfaxienÉtoile du Sahel

Group B

Group B table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis 14 8 5 1 19 6 +13 29 Qualification to the Championship Group
2 Club Africain 14 8 3 3 21 10 +11 27
3 ES Métlaoui 14 6 4 4 15 16 −1 22
4 Stade Gabèsien 14 4 6 4 14 14 0 18 Qualification to the Relegation Group
5 AS Gabès 14 3 8 3 21 18 +3 17
6 AS Marsa 14 3 5 6 11 15 −4 14
7 CS Hammam-Lif 14 2 6 6 14 25 −11 12
8 Olympique Béja 14 1 5 8 14 25 −11 8 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2

Updated to games played on 15 February 2017.
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B result table

Home \ Away[1] ASG ASM CACSHLESTESMOBSG
ASG 0–0 1–1 5–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2
ASM 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–0
CA 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1
CSHL 1–3 1–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
EST 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
ESM 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
OB 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–3
SG 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0

Updated to games played on 15 February 2017.
Source: Ligue 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B leaders

Espérance de TunisClub AfricainEspérance de TunisClub Africain

Playoffs

Championship Group

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Espérance de Tunis 10 8 2 0 18 2 +16 26 2018 CAF Champions League
2 Étoile du Sahel 10 7 1 2 16 9 +7 22
3 Club Africain 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4 CS Sfaxien 10 3 3 4 11 10 +1 12
5 ES Métlaoui 10 3 0 7 8 18 −10 9
6 US Ben Guerdane 10 0 1 9 0 20 −20 1 2018 CAF Confederation Cup

Updated to games played on 18 May 2017.
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Result table

Home \ Away[1] CA CSS ESTESMESSUSBG
CA 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 6–0
CSS 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–0
EST 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0
ESM 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–0
ESS 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0
USBG 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1

Updated to games played on 18 May 2017.
Source: Ligue 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leaders

Espérance de Tunis

Relegation Group

Relegation Group table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Stade Gabèsien 14 6 5 3 12 7 +5 23
2 AS Gabès 14 5 7 2 12 7 +5 22
3 CA Bizertin 14 4 7 3 12 10 +2 19
4 JS Kairouan 14 4 6 4 8 7 +1 18
5 ES Zarzis 14 5 3 6 10 14 −4 18
6 AS Marsa 14 4 6 4 13 11 +2 18 Qualification to the Relegation Playoff
7 CS Hammam-Lif 14 4 4 6 12 13 −1 16 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2
8 US Tataouine 14 2 6 6 9 19 −10 12

Updated to games played on 21 May 2017.
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation Group result table

Home \ Away[1] ASM ASG CABCSHLESZJSKSGUST
ASM 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0
ASG 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0
CAB 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0
CSHL 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2
ESZ 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0
JSK 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
SG 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
UST 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2

Updated to games played on 21 May 2017.
Source: Ligue 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Group leaders

Stade GabesienES Zarzis

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissi Espérance de Tunis 14
2 Algeria Ibrahim Chenihi Club Africain 9
Tunisia Hamza Lahmar Étoile du Sahel

Updated to games played on 21 May 2017.[3]

Relegation playoff

This game was played between the 6th of the Relegation Group and the 3rd of Ligue 2.

AS Marsa 0–2 CO Médenine

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.kawarji.com/actu-31853-ligue_1_la_ftf_communique_la_date_du_coup_d_envoi_de_la_saison_2016_2017.html
  2. ↑ http://www.kawarji.com/actu-32026-ligue_1_2016_2017_la_ftf_choisit_un_championnat_a_deux_poules_voici_leur_composition.html
  3. ↑ http://www.kawarji.com/buteurs-ligue1-tunisie.html
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