2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2014–15
Champions	Club Africain
Relegated	US Monastir; AS Gabès; AS Djerba
Champions League	Club Africain; Étoile du Sahel
Confederation Cup	Espérance de Tunis; Stade Gabèsien
Matches played	240
Goals scored	498 (2.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Khalifa (15 goals)
Biggest home win	EST 7–1 ASG
Biggest away win	EGSG 0–4 CA; ST 0–4 CA
Highest scoring	EST 7–1 ASG
Longest winning run	6 games (ESS, CA)
Longest unbeaten run	15 games (CSS)
Longest winless run	16 games (USM)
Longest losing run	10 games (ASG)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 89th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 13 August 2014 and ended on 2 June 2015. The defending champions from the previous season are Espérance de Tunis.

Teams[]

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2. AS Djerba was the first to obtain promotion, followed by AS Gabès and finally ES Zarzis one game before the end of the promotion group league. The three teams made their comeback to the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after finishing in the 3 first places of the six-team promotion group. On the other hand, Olympique Béja, LPS Tozeur and Grombalia Sports were the 3 last teams of the 2013-14 season and will play in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 during the 2014-15 season. Espérance Sportive de Tunis are the defending champions from the 2013-14 season.

Stadiums and locations[]

AS Djerba

AS Marsa

AS Gabès
St. Gabès

Club Africain
Espérance
Stade Tunis

CA Bizertin

Hammam-Lif

CS Sfaxien

EGS Gafsa

ES Métlaoui

ES Zarzis

Étoile Sahel

JS Kairouan

US Monastir

Locations of the 2014–15 Ligue 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2013–14 season
AS Djerba	Houmt Souk	Stade de Houmt Souk	6,000	Ligue 2
AS Marsa	La Marsa	Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui	6,000	5th in Ligue 1
AS Gabès	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	Ligue 2
Club Africain	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	4th in Ligue 1
CA Bizertin	Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20,000	6th 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	2nd in Ligue 1
EGS Gafsa	Gafsa	Stade de Gafsa	7,000	12th in Ligue 1
Espérance de Tunis	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000	Ligue 1 Champions
ES Métlaoui	Métlaoui	Stade Municipal de Métlaoui	5,000	9th in Ligue 1
ES Zarzis	Zarzis	Stade Jlidi	7,000	Ligue 2
Étoile du Sahel	Sousse	Stade Olympique de Sousse	25,000	3rd in Ligue 1
JS Kairouan	Kairouan	Stade Ali Zouaoui	15,000	8th in Ligue 1
Stade Gabèsien	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	7th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien	Tunis	Stade Chedli Zouiten	20,000	13th in Ligue 1
US Monastir	Monastir	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet	20,000	10th in Ligue 1

Results[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Africain	30	20	5	5	50	18	+32	65	Qualification to the 2016 CAF Champions League
2	Étoile du Sahel	30	19	7	4	47	17	+30	63^[a]	Qualification to the 2016 CAF Champions League
3	Espérance de Tunis	30	17	9	4	52	21	+31	60	Qualification to the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
4	CS Sfaxien	30	11	14	5	35	21	+14	47
5	ES Zarzis	30	11	12	7	35	25	+10	45
6	AS Marsa	30	10	13	7	33	37	−4	43^[b]
7	Stade Tunisien	30	12	7	11	29	32	−3	43^[b]
8	CA Bizertin	30	9	14	7	21	21	0	41
9	JS Kairouan	30	9	11	10	32	33	−1	38
10	Stade Gabèsien	30	9	10	11	20	28	−8	37	Qualification to the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
11	CS Hammam-Lif	30	9	9	12	30	35	−5	36
12	ES Métlaoui	30	8	8	14	24	40	−16	32
13	EGS Gafsa	30	6	12	12	26	39	−13	30
14	US Monastir	30	3	16	11	20	31	−11	25	Relegation to the 2015–16 Ligue 2
15	AS Gabès	30	5	4	21	21	44	−23	19
16	AS Djerba	30	4	5	21	23	56	−33	17

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ 1 point was deducted from Étoile du Sahel for refusing to play the Round 20 game against CS Hammam-Lif.^[1]^[2]
^ ^a ^b AS Marsa ahead on head-to-head record: Stade Tunisien 0–0 AS Marsa (week 12), AS Marsa 2–1 Stade Tunisien (week 27)
Stade Gabèsien qualified to 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after reaching the 2014–15 Tunisian Cup final against Étoile du Sahel, regardless of the outcome of the game since the latter has already qualified to 2016 CAF Champions League.

Result table[]

Home \ Away	ASD	ASM	ASG	CA	CAB	CSHL	CSS	EGSG	EST	ESZ	ESM	ESS	JSK	SG	ST	USM
AS Djerba	—	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2
AS Marsa	2–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
AS Gabès	0–0	4–0	—	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–3	2–0
Club Africain	3–1	3–0	2–1	—	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
CA Bizertin	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–3	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
CS Hammam-Lif	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	—	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0^[a]	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1
CS Sfaxien	5–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1
EGS Gafsa	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–4	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	0–0	3–1	2–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
ES Tunis	5–0	3–1	7–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	—	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	6–1	4–1	0–0
ES Zarzis	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–0
ES Métlaoui	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	—	1–3	1–4	2–0	1–0	1–0
Étoile du Sahel	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	3–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
JS Kairouan	3–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–1	—	2–1	0–0	1–1
Stade Gabèsien	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	—	0–2	0–0
Stade Tunisien	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	—	1–0
US Monastir	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	—

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ CS Hammam-Lif was awarded a 2-0 win (Round 20) after Étoile du Sahel refused to play the game as a protest following what happened during the Round 19 game against EGS Gafsa and the goal refused by the referee.^[3]^[4]

Leaders[]

Goalscorers[]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Saber Khalifa	Club Africain	15
2	Baghdad Bounedjah	Étoile du Sahel	11
2	Youssef Mouihbi	Étoile du Sahel	11
4	Ahmed Akaïchi	Espérance de Tunis	10
5	Chaker Rguii	ES Zarzis	9
6	Abdelmoumene Djabou	Club Africain	8
6	Tijani Belaïd	Club Africain	8
8	Slim Mezlini	JS Kairouan	7
8	Emem Eduok	Espérance de Tunis	7

All goalscorers[]

15 goals

Saber Khalifa

11 goals

Baghdad Bounedjah
Youssef Mouihbi

10 goals

Ahmed Akaïchi

9 goals

Chaker Rguii

8 goals

Abdelmoumene Djabou
Tijani Belaïd

7 goals

Slim Mezlini
Emem Eduok

6 goals

Mohamed Cheikh Touré
Jacques Bessan
Hugues-Wilfried Dah
Yannick N'Djeng
Ismail Diakité
Hedi Boukhriss
Hichem Essifi
Slim Jedaïed
Mejdi Mosrati
Heithem Ben Salem
Oussama Darragi
Bilel Ben Messaoud
Mohamed Amine Aouichaoui

5 goals

Zouheir Dhaouadi
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
Brahim El Bahri
Borhene Ghannem
Alaeddine Marzouki
Maher Hannachi
Khaled Yahia
Youssef Fouzai
Foued Khraïfi
Bilel Yaken
Zied Ounalli
Ashante Uriah

4 goals

Mohamed Ali Moncer
Alaeddine Abbès
Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda
Zied Boughattas
Karim Aouadhi
Didier Lebri
Edem Rjaïbi
Mohamed Aouichi
Ahmed Hosni
Saad Bguir
Salema Kasdaoui
Haythem Jouini
Amir Omrani

3 goals

2 goals

Seif Tka
Chiheb Zoghlami
Harrison Afful
Yassine Meriah
Chamseddine Dhaouadi
Slim Mhadhebi
Ali Mchani
Junior Karamoko
Aymen Ben Amor
Elyès Jlassi
Maher Ameur
Amor Fhal
Fakhreddine Galbi
Aboubacar Tambadou
Mickaël Buscher
Wajdi Mejri
Najeh Hamadi
Larbi Jabeur
Boulbaba Ghrab
Ahmed Zuway
Akram Ben Sassi
Mohamed Abdeddeyem
Oussema Abdelkader
Fahmi Ben Romdhane
Zoubeir Darragi
Ahmed Ayadi
Idriss Mhirsi
Mossaab Sassi
Achref Nasri
Rochdi Jarbouii
Heithem Mhamedi
Fehmi Kacem
Sofiane Moussa
Ghailene Chaalali
Mohamed Ali Yacoubi
Selim Bacha
Charfeddine Belhaj
Youssef Trabelsi
Bassem Nafti

1 goal

Yassin Mikari
Hamza Agrebi
Stéphane Nater
Bilel Ifa
Nidhal Said
Imed Louati
Seifallah Hosni
Saïf Ghezal
Nabil Missaoui
Hamza Zakar
Laamari Bargougui
Ghazi Chellouf
Omar Zekri
Zied Ziadi
Baligh El Echi
Kaddour Beldjilali
Franck Kom
Ernest Thierry Anang
Onuoha Ogbonna
Ibrahima Touré
Youssoupha Mbengue
Fousseny Coulibaly
Magno Cruz
Alex Somian
Abdul Moustapha Ouédraogo
Chedly Ghrab
Hachem Abbès
Achref Ben Dhiaf
Hamdi Rouid
Haythem Baghdadi
Tarek Chaabouni
Amir Ben Mchala
Mehdi Ressaïssi
Mahmoud Dridi
Malek Bhar
Mohamed Ayed
Zied Derbali
Mohamed Jemaa Khlif
Mahmoud Khemiri
Naoufel Youssfi
Mohamed Habib Yaken
Hamdi Abdi
Fedi Hmizi
Hocine Ragued
Houssem Taboubi
Chakib Lachkham
Zied Machmoum
Heythem Doula
Mortadha Baadeche
Youssef Khemiri
Marouane Tej
Marouane Atoui
Aymen Derouiche
Abdelkader Dhaou
Mohamed Houssem Slimène
Slimène Kchok
Mohamed Ali Ragoubi
Yassine Salhi
Mohamed Ali Slema
Iheb Mbarki
Houssem Bnina
Mohamed Ali Jouini
Rami Bouchniba
Omar Saddi
Mehdi Ouertani
Alaeddine Bouslimi
Seifeddine Jerbi
Maher Abidi
Mohamed Amine Naffati
Hamdi Nagguez
Wissem Bousnina
Mohamed Ali Korbi
Houcine Messaadi
Anis Farhat
Mahmoud Laadhibi
Firas Aissaoui
Hamza Lahmar

Own goals

Hicham Belkaroui (Club Africain) against AS Djerba on 31 August 2014
Mohamed Amine Naffati (CS Hammam-Lif) against Stade Tunisien on 31 August 2014
Khalil Hnid (AS Marsa) against Club Africain on 3 October 2014
Alex Somian (Stade Tunisien) against CS Sfaxien on 28 December 2014
Mohamed Ben Ali (Stade Tunisien) against Club Africain on 18 February 2015
Mehdi Ben Nsib (AS Djerba) against CS Sfaxien on 18 February 2015
Houssem Bnina (JS Kairouan) against ES Zarzis on 28 February 2015

References[]

^ "Koora.com | Ligue 1: Le BF retire un point à l'ESS .. nouveau classement". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
^ "La FTF d?cide de retirer un point ? l'Etoile Sportive du Sahel".
^ http://mosaiquefm.net/fr/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/51210-affaire-cshl-ess-le-cnas-decide-la-defaite-de-l-ess
^ "Les News : News Tunisie, News Sport, music - Shems FM - 1".

External links[]

2014–15 Ligue 1 on RSSSF.com

[table_hth_ESS0.51028019027332-3] 1 point was deducted from Étoile du Sahel for refusing to play the Round 20 game against CS Hammam-Lif.^[1]^[2]

[table_hth_ASM0.51028019027332-4] AS Marsa ahead on head-to-head record: Stade Tunisien 0–0 AS Marsa (week 12), AS Marsa 2–1 Stade Tunisien (week 27)
Stade Gabèsien qualified to 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after reaching the 2014–15 Tunisian Cup final against Étoile du Sahel, regardless of the outcome of the game since the latter has already qualified to 2016 CAF Champions League.

[table_note_CSHL_ESS0.79960880745184-7] CS Hammam-Lif was awarded a 2-0 win (Round 20) after Étoile du Sahel refused to play the game as a protest following what happened during the Round 19 game against EGS Gafsa and the goal refused by the referee.^[3]^[4]

[1] "Koora.com | Ligue 1: Le BF retire un point à l'ESS .. nouveau classement". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-30.

[2] "La FTF d?cide de retirer un point ? l'Etoile Sportive du Sahel".

[5] ttp://mosaiquefm.net/fr/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/51210-affaire-cshl-ess-le-cnas-decide-la-defaite-de-l-ess

[6] "Les News : News Tunisie, News Sport, music - Shems FM - 1".

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