2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2017–18
Champions	Espérance de Tunis
Relegated	ES Zarzis; CO Médenine
Champions League	Espérance de Tunis; Club Africain
Confederation Cup	Étoile du Sahel; CS Sfaxien
Matches played	182
Goals scored	387 (2.13 per match)
Biggest home win	ASG 5–1 ESM; CA 5–1 ESM
Biggest away win	CO Médenine 0–5 CSS
Highest scoring	ASG 5–1 ESM; ST 4–2 ESM; CA 5–1 ESM
Longest winning run	7 games (CA)
Longest unbeaten run	18 games (EST)
Longest winless run	14 games (ESZ)
Longest losing run	10 games (USBG)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 92nd season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The season calendar was drawn on July 24.^[1] The competition started on August 15.^[2]

Teams

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2016–17 season and three promoted from the 2016–17 Ligue 2. US Monastir and Stade Tunisien obtained promotion after winning their punultimate game of the season, while CO Médenine won the promotion playoff against AS Marsa. The three teams replaced the five teams that were relegated to 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue 2 in order to reduce the number of teams from 16 to 14.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2016–17 season
AS Gabès	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	8th in Ligue 1
Club Africain	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	3rd in Ligue 1
CA Bizertin	Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20,000	9th in Ligue 1
CO Médenine	Médenine			Ligue 2
CS Sfaxien	Sfax	Stade Taïeb Mhiri	22,000	4th in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	Ligue 1 Champions
ES Zarzis	Zarzis	Stade Jlidi	7,000	11th in Ligue 1
ES Métlaoui	Métlaoui	Stade Municipal de Métlaoui	5,000	5th in Ligue 1
Étoile du Sahel	Sousse	Stade Olympique de Sousse	25,000	2nd in Ligue 1
JS Kairouan	Kairouan	Stade Ali Zouaoui	15,000	10th in Ligue 1
Stade Gabèsien	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	7th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien	Le Bardo	Stade Chedli Zouiten	20,000	Ligue 2
US Ben Guerdane	Ben Guerdane	Stade du 7 Mars	10,000	6th in Ligue 1
US Monastir	Monastir	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet	20,000	Ligue 2

Results

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Espérance de Tunis	26	17	7	2	45	19	+26	58	Qualification to the 2018–19 CAF Champions League
2	Club Africain	26	14	5	7	36	21	+15	47¹	Qualification to the 2018–19 CAF Champions League
3	Étoile du Sahel	26	14	5	7	38	17	+21	47¹	Qualification to the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup
4	CS Sfaxien	26	13	7	6	37	18	+19	46	Qualification to the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup
5	CA Bizertin	26	14	1	11	40	32	+8	37²
6	US Monastir	26	9	9	8	25	21	+4	36
7	ES Métlaoui	26	9	7	10	30	35	−5	34
8	JS Kairouan	26	9	5	12	20	32	−12	32
9	Stade Tunisien	26	8	7	11	29	36	−7	31
10	AS Gabès	26	7	8	11	25	32	−7	29
11	Stade Gabèsien	26	6	10	10	15	21	−6	28
12	US Ben Guerdane	26	7	5	14	22	34	−12	26	Qualification to the relegation playoff
13	ES Zarzis	26	5	11	10	13	26	−13	26	Relegation to the 2018–19 Ligue 2
14	CO Médenine	26	4	5	17	12	43	−31	17	Relegation to the 2018–19 Ligue 2

Updated to games played on 10 May 2018.
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.

Notes

^1 – Club Africain are ahead on head-to-head record: Club Africain 1–0 Étoile du Sahel (week 8), Étoile du Sahel 0–1 Club Africain (week 21)

^2 – CA Bizertin was docked 6 points by FIFA for not paying a former player.^[3]

Result table

Home \ Away	ASG	CA	CAB	COM	CSS	EST	ESZ	ESM	ESS	JSK	SG	ST	USBG	USM
ASG	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–2
CA	2–1	—	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–1
CAB	3–2	3–1	—	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0
COM	0–0	0–1	1–2	—	0–5	0–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–2
CSS	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	—	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	0–0
EST	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1
ESZ	0–0	0–0	0–2¹	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0
ESM	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–3	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
ESS	3–0	0–1	3–2	4–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	—	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
JSK	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	—	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1
SG	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	2–0	1–0	0–0
ST	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	—	1–0	2–2
USBG	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	—	0–1
USM	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2²	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2018. Source: Ligue 1
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Notes

^1 – Match forfeited, 0–2.^[4] The original score was 1–0 for ES Zarzis.

^2 – Match forfeited, 0–2.^[5] The original score was 0–1 for Espérance de Tunis.

Leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lassaad Jaziri	US Ben Guerdane	10
2	Alaeddine Marzouki	CS Sfaxien	9
	Zied Ounelli	CA Bizertin
	Saber Khalifa	Club Africain
5	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Espérance de Tunis	8
5	Jacques Bessan	Stade Tunisien	8
7	Firas Chawat	CS Sfaxien	7
	Firas Belarbi	CA Bizertin
	Hamza Jlassi	CA Bizertin
	Slim Mezlini	AS Gabès
	Imed Meniaoui	ES Métlaoui

Updated to games played on 10 May 2018.^[6]

Relegation playoff

This game was played between the 12th of Ligue 1 and the 3rd of Ligue 2.

18 May 201822:00

US Ben Guerdane	1–1	EGS Gafsa
Jaziri 48' (pen.)		49' Dhifallah

Match stopped after 62 minutes because EGS Gafsa players left the pitch as a protest against the referee who was "clearly against them" and declared that they "couldn't play a football match in such conditions".^[7]

References

External links

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[1] ttp://www.kawarji.com/actu-39459-ligue_1_la_lnfp_communique_la_date_du_tirage_au_sort_du_calendrier.html

[2] ttp://www.kawarji.com/actu-39815-ligue_1_programme_de_la_premiere_journee.html

[3] ttp://www.webdo.tn/2018/02/27/ligue-1-sanctionne-fifa-ca-bizertin-ampute-de-6-points/

[4] ttps://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=tunisia-ligue-1-2000000055/matches/match=es-zarzis-ca-bizertin-300410948/index.html

[5] ttps://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=tunisia-ligue-1-2000000055/matches/match=us-monastir-esperance-s-de-tunis-300422899/index.html

[6] ttp://www.kawarji.com/buteurs-ligue1-tunisie.html

[7] ttp://www.kawarji.com/actu-45544-barrages_l_egs_gafsa_se_retire_de_son_match_face_a_l_us_ben_guerdene.html

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