2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2017–18
Dates15 August 2017 – 10 May 2018
ChampionsEspérance de Tunis (28th title)
RelegatedEspérance de Zarzis
Olympique Médenine
Champions LeagueEspérance de Tunis
Club Africain
Confederation CupÉtoile du Sahel
Club Sfaxien
Matches played182
Goals scored387 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorerAlaeddine Marzouki
Lassaad Jaziri
(10 goals each)
Biggest home winASG 5–1 ESM
CA 5–1 ESM
Biggest away winCOM 0–5 CSS
Highest scoringASG 5–1 ESM
ST 4–2 ESM
CA 5–1 ESM
Longest winning run7 games (CA)
Longest unbeaten run18 games (EST)
Longest winless run14 games (ESZ)
Longest losing run10 games (USBG)

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. Union Monastirienne and Stade Tunisien obtained promotion after winning their penultimate game of the season, while Olympique Médenine won the promotion playoff against Avenir de 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

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Locations of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2016–17 season
Avenir de 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
Club Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 9th in Ligue 1
Olympique Médenine Médenine Salaheddine Ben Hamida Stadium 6,000 Ligue 2
Club Sfaxien Sfax Stade Taïeb Mhiri 22,000 4th in Ligue 1
Étoile de 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
Espérance de Tunis Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 Ligue 1 Champions
Espérance de Zarzis Zarzis Stade Jlidi 7,000 11th in Ligue 1
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 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 Tunis Stade Chedly Zouiten 20,000 Ligue 2
Union de Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 6th in Ligue 1
Union Monastirienne 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 (C) 26 17 7 2 45 19 +26 58 Qualification for Champions League
2 Club Africain 26 14 5 7 36 21 +15 47[a]
3 Étoile du Sahel 26 14 5 7 38 17 +21 47[a] Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Club Sfaxien 26 13 7 6 37 18 +19 46
5 Club Bizertin 26 14 1 11 40 32 +8 37[b]
6 Union Monastirienne 26 9 9 8 25 21 +4 36
7 Étoile de Métlaoui 26 9 7 10 30 35 −5 34
8 Jeunesse Kairouanaise 26 9 5 12 20 32 −12 32
9 Stade Tunisien 26 8 7 11 29 36 −7 31
10 Avenir de Gabès 26 7 8 11 25 32 −7 29
11 Stade Gabèsien 26 6 10 10 15 21 −6 28
12 Union de Ben Guerdane 26 7 5 14 22 34 −12 26 Relegation play-off to Ligue 2
13 Espérance de Zarzis (R) 26 5 11 10 13 26 −13 26 Relegation to Ligue 2
14 Olympique Médenine (R) 26 4 5 17 12 43 −31 17
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: 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. ^ Club Bizertin were deducted 6 points by FIFA for not paying a former player.[3]


Result table

Home \ Away ASG CA CAB COM CSS ESM ESS EST ESZ JSK SG ST USBG USM
Avenir de Gabès — 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 5–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–2
Club Africain 2–1 — 0–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–1
Club Bizertin 3–2 3–1 — 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0
Olympique Médenine 0–0 0–1 1–2 — 0–5 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–2
Club Sfaxien 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 0–0
Étoile de Métlaoui 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 — 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Étoile du Sahel 3–0 0–1 3–2 4–0 1–2 3–0 — 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
Espérance de Tunis 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 — 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–1
Espérance de Zarzis 0–0 0–0 0–2[a] 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 — 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1
Stade Gabèsien 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 0–0
Stade Tunisien 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–2
Union de Ben Guerdane 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 — 0–1
Union Monastirienne 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2[b] 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 —
Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match forfeited,[4] The original score was 1–0 for Espérance de Zarzis.
  2. ^ Match forfeited.[5] The original score was 0–1 for Espérance de Tunis.

Leaders

Espérance Sportive de TunisÉtoile Sportive du SahelEspérance Sportive de Tunis

Top goalscorers

Rank[6] Player Club Goals
1 Tunisia Alaeddine Marzouki Club Sfaxien 10
Tunisia Lassaad Jaziri Union de Ben Guerdane
2 Tunisia Zied Ounelli Club Bizertin 9
Tunisia Saber Khalifa Club Africain
5 Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissi Espérance de Tunis 8
Benin Jacques Bessan Stade Tunisien
7 Tunisia Firas Chaouat Club Sfaxien 7
Tunisia Firas Ben Larbi Club Bizertin
Tunisia Hamza Jelassi Club Bizertin
Tunisia Slim Mezlini Avenir de Gabès
Tunisia Imed Meniaoui Étoile de Métlaoui

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ligue 1 : La LNFP communique la date du tirage au sort du calendrier".
  2. ^ "Ligue 1 : Programme de la première journée".
  3. ^ "Ligue 1 : Sanctionné par la FIFA, le CA Bizertin amputé de 6 points". 27 February 2018.
  4. ^ "RESULTS: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". Archived from the original on April 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "RESULTS: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". Archived from the original on April 21, 2018.
  6. ^ "Meilleurs buteurs Tunisie Ligue 1".