2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 90th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 12 September 2015 and ended on 12 June 2016.[1] The defending champions from the previous season are Club Africain.

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2015–16
ChampionsÉtoile du Sahel
RelegatedEGS Gafsa
AS Kasserine
Stade Tunisien
Champions LeagueÉtoile du Sahel
Espérance de Tunis
Confederation CupCS Sfaxien
Club Africain
Matches played240
Goals scored521 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorerMaâloul (16 goals)
Biggest home winCSS 6–0 ASK
Biggest away winASK 0–4 EST
JSK 0–4 EST
Highest scoringESS 5–2 SG
Longest winning run11 games (CSS)
Longest unbeaten run29 games (ESS)
Longest winless run14 games (ASK)
Longest losing run5 games (EGSG)

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Ligue 2. US Ben Guerdane was the first to obtain promotion, followed by AS Kasserine and finally EO Sidi Bouzid. The three teams replaced US Monastir, AS Gabès and AS Djerba who were relegated to 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue 2. Club Africain are the defending champions from the 2014–15 season.

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2014–15 season
AS Kasserine Kasserine Stade de Kasserine 8,000 Ligue 2
AS Marsa La Marsa Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui 6,000 6th in Ligue 1
Club Africain Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 Ligue 1 Champions
CA Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 8th in Ligue 1
CS Hammam-Lif Hammam-Lif Stade Bou Kornine 8,000 11th in Ligue 1
CS Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000 4th in Ligue 1
EGS Gafsa Gafsa Stade de Gafsa 7,000 13th in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 3rd in Ligue 1
ES Zarzis Zarzis Stade Jlidi 7,000 5th in Ligue 1
EO Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid Ligue 2
ES Métlaoui Métlaoui Stade Municipal de Métlaoui 5,000 12th 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 9th in Ligue 1
Stade Gabèsien Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 10th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien Le Bardo Stade Chedli Zouiten 20,000 7th in Ligue 1
US Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 Ligue 2

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Étoile du Sahel 30 24 5 1 57 17 +40 77 Qualification to the 2017 CAF Champions League
2 Espérance de Tunis 30 23 3 4 60 21 +39 72 Qualification to the 2017 CAF Champions League and the 2016–17 Arab Club Championship
3 CS Sfaxien 30 23 3 4 57 21 +36 72 Qualification to the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4 ES Métlaoui 30 15 4 11 36 26 +10 49
5 CA Bizertin 30 11 8 11 21 21 0 41
6 Club Africain 30 11 6 13 42 38 +4 39 Qualification to the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
7 EO Sidi Bouzid 30 11 4 15 25 38 −13 37
8 CS Hammam-Lif 30 10 6 14 27 32 −5 36
9 JS Kairouan 30 10 6 14 27 37 −10 36
10 AS Marsa 30 9 7 14 25 35 −10 34
11 Stade Gabèsien 30 8 9 13 28 35 −7 33
12 ES Zarzis 30 8 9 13 30 39 −9 33
13 US Ben Guerdane 30 8 9 13 21 30 −9 33
14 EGS Gafsa 30 6 12 12 31 41 −10 30 Relegation to the 2016–17 Ligue 2
15 AS Kasserine 30 5 8 17 17 49 −32 23
16 Stade Tunisien 30 4 9 17 17 41 −24 18[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2016. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Stade Tunisien was docked 3 points for refusing to play the last 3 games against ES Métlaoui,[2] US Ben Guerdane,[3] and CS Hammam-Lif

Result table
Home \ Away ASK ASM CA CAB CSHL CSS EGSG EST ESZ EOSB ESM ESS JSK SG ST USBG
AS Kasserine — 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0
AS Marsa 2–0 — 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–0
Club Africain 2–0 1–0 — 0–1 3–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 5–0 1–1 4–0 2–1
CA Bizertin 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 1–0 0–0
CS Hammam-Lif 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 — 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0[lower-alpha 3] 2–0
CS Sfaxien 6–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 — 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0
EGS Gafsa 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–4 — 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0
Espérance de Tunis 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 — 1–2 5–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–1
ES Zarzis 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 — 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–2[lower-alpha 4] 3–3 3–1 2–1
EO Sidi Bouzid 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 — 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–0
ES Métlaoui 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 — 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–0[lower-alpha 5] 0–1
Étoile du Sahel 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 5–2 4–1 4–0
JS Kairouan 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 — 0–0 0–1 0–0
Stade Gabèsien 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 1–0 2–1
Stade Tunisien 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–2[lower-alpha 6]
US Ben Guerdane 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2016. Source: Ligue 1
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Awarded 0–2 because AS Kasserine fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 3–1.
  2. Awarded 2–0 because JS Kairouan fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 1–1.
  3. Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
  4. Awarded 0–2 because ES Zarzis fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 0–0.
  5. Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
  6. Awarded 0–2 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

Leaders
CS SfaxienClub Africain

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ali Maâloul CS Sfaxien 16
2 Hamza Lahmar Étoile du Sahel 12
Taha Yassine Khenissi Espérance de Tunis
Jacques Bessan EGS Gafsa
Saad Bguir Espérance de Tunis
6 Junior Ajayi CS Sfaxien 10
7 Borhène Ghannèm EGS Gafsa 9
Ezechiel N'Douassel CS Sfaxien
Alaya Brigui Étoile du Sahel
Diogo Étoile du Sahel
11 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef Espérance de Tunis 8
Hamza Messaadi ES Zarzis
Ahmed Akaïchi Étoile du Sahel

Updated to games played on 12 June 2016.[4]

See also

References
  1. http://www.ftf.org.tn/fr/calendrier-general-des-competitions-20152016/
  2. http://www.kawarji.com/actu-31780-lnfp_le_stade_tunisien_perd_un_point_au_classement_general.html
  3. http://www.kawarji.com/actu-31915-lnfp_un_nouveau_point_deduit_du_total_du_stade_tunisien.html
  4. http://www.kawarji.com/buteurs-ligue1-tunisie.html
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