2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

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 were Étoile du Sahel.

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2016–17
Dates8 September 2016 – 18 May 2017
ChampionsEspérance de Tunis (27th title)
RelegatedAvenir de Marsa
Club de Hammam-Lif
Union de Tataouine
Olympique Sidi Bouzid
Olympique Béja
Champions LeagueEspérance de Tunis
Étoile du Sahel
Confederation CupClub Africain
Union de Ben Guerdane
Matches played198
Goals scored393 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorerTaha Yassine Khenissi
(14 goals)
Biggest home winCA 6–0 USBG
Biggest away winCSHL 1–4 CA
ESZ 1–4 CSHL
Highest scoringASG 5–2 CSHL
Longest winning run5 games (ESS, EST)
Longest unbeaten run12 games (EST)
Longest winless run13 games (USBG)
Longest losing run6 games (ESZ)

Esperance de Tunis, the champions, drew the highest average home attendance of all clubs in the league with 11,000.

Teams edit

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

Stadiums and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2015–16 season
Avenir de Gabès Gabès Stade Municipal de Gabès 10,000 Ligue 2
Avenir de Marsa Tunis Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui 6,000 10th in Ligue 1
Club Africain Tunis Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000 6th in Ligue 1
Club Bizertin Bizerte Stade 15 Octobre 20,000 5th in Ligue 1
Club de Hammam-Lif Tunis Stade Bou Kornine 8,000 8th in Ligue 1
Club 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
Espérance de Zarzis Zarzis Stade Jlidi 7,000 13th in Ligue 1
Olympique Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid Stade du 17 Décembre 1,000 7th in Ligue 1
Étoile de 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
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 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
Union de Ben Guerdane Ben Guerdane Stade du 7 Mars 10,000 11th in Ligue 1
Union de Tataouine Tataouine Stade Nejib Khattab 5,000 Ligue 2

First round edit

Group A edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club 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 Union de Ben Guerdane 14 6 6 2 11 6 +5 24
4 Club Bizertin 14 6 4 4 13 12 +1 22 Qualification to the relegation group
5 Espérance de Zarzis 14 3 6 5 9 14 −5 15
6 Jeunesse Kairouanaise 14 3 3 8 10 18 −8 12
7 Union de Tataouine 14 2 6 6 13 15 −2 12
8 Olympique Sidi Bouzid (R) 14 3 2 9 8 23 −15 11 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away CAB CSS ESS ESZ JSK OSB USBG UST
Club Bizertin 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1
Club Sfaxien 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0
Étoile du Sahel 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–1
Espérance de Zarzis 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Olympique Sidi Bouzid 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2
Union de Ben Guerdane 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Union de Tataouine 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–0
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.

Leaders edit

Club Sportif SfaxienÉtoile Sportive du Sahel

Group B edit

Table edit

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 Étoile de 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 Avenir de Gabès 14 3 8 3 21 18 +3 17
6 Avenir de Marsa 14 3 5 6 11 15 −4 14
7 Club de Hammam-Lif 14 2 6 6 14 25 −11 12
8 Olympique Béja (R) 14 1 5 8 14 25 −11 8 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away ASG ASM CA CSHL ESM EST OB SG
Avenir de Gabès 0–0 1–1 5–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2
Avenir de Marsa 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–0
Club Africain 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1
Club de Hammam-Lif 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
Étoile de Métlaoui 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Espérance de Tunis 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
Olympique Béja 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–3
Stade Gabèsien 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–0
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.

Leaders edit

Espérance Sportive de TunisClub AfricainEspérance Sportive de TunisClub Africain

Playoffs edit

Championship Group edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Espérance de Tunis (C) 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 Club Sfaxien 10 3 3 4 11 10 +1 12
5 Étoile de Métlaoui 10 3 0 7 8 18 −10 9
6 Union de Ben Guerdane 10 0 1 9 0 20 −20 1 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ Away CA CSS ESM ESS EST USBG
Club Africain 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 6–0
Club Sfaxien 1–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–0
Étoile de Métlaoui 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–0
Étoile du Sahel 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0
Espérance de Tunis 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0
Union de Ben Guerdane 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2
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.

Leaders edit

Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Relegation Group edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Stade Gabèsien 14 6 5 3 12 7 +5 23
2 Avenir de Gabès 14 5 7 2 12 7 +5 22
3 Club Bizertin 14 4 7 3 12 10 +2 19
4 Jeunesse Kairouanaise 14 4 6 4 8 7 +1 18
5 Espérance de Zarzis 14 5 3 6 10 14 −4 18
6 Avenir de Marsa 14 4 6 4 13 11 +2 18 Qualification to the Relegation Playoff
7 Club de Hammam-Lif (R) 14 4 4 6 12 13 −1 16 Relegation to the 2017–18 Ligue 2
8 Union de Tataouine (R) 14 2 6 6 9 19 −10 12
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away ASG ASM CAB CSHL ESZ JSK SG UST
Avenir de Gabès 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0
Avenir de Marsa 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0
Club Bizertin 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0
Club de Hammam-Lif 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2
Espérance de Zarzis 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0
Jeunesse Kairouanaise 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Stade Gabèsien 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Union de Tataouine 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2
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.

Leaders edit

Stade GabèsienEspérance Sportive de Zarzis

Top goalscorers edit

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

[3]

Relegation playoff edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Ligue 1 : La FTF communique la date du coup d'envoi de la saison 2016-2017".
  2. ^ "Ligue 1 2016-2017 : La FTF choisit un championnat ? Deux poules, voici leur composition".
  3. ^ "Meilleurs buteurs Tunisie Ligue 1".

External links edit