2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2015–16
Champions	Étoile du Sahel
Relegated	EGS Gafsa; AS Kasserine; Stade Tunisien
Champions League	Étoile du Sahel; Espérance de Tunis
Confederation Cup	CS Sfaxien; Club Africain
Matches played	240
Goals scored	521 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Maâloul (16 goals)
Biggest home win	CSS 6–0 ASK
Biggest away win	ASK 0–4 EST; JSK 0–4 EST
Highest scoring	ESS 5–2 SG
Longest winning run	11 games (CSS)
Longest unbeaten run	29 games (ESS)
Longest winless run	14 games (ASK)
Longest losing run	5 games (EGSG)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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.

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[]

AS Kasserine

AS Marsa

Club Africain
Espérance
Stade Tunis

CA Bizertin

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	2017 CAF Champions League
2	Espérance de Tunis	30	23	3	4	60	21	+39	72	2017 CAF Champions League and 2016–17 Arab Club Championship
3	CS Sfaxien	30	23	3	4	57	21	+36	72	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	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	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^[a]

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

^ 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^[a]	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^[b]	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^[c]	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^[d]	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^[e]	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^[f]
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	—

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

^ Awarded 0–2 because AS Kasserine fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 3–1.
^ Awarded 2–0 because JS Kairouan fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 1–1.
^ Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
^ Awarded 0–2 because ES Zarzis fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 0–0.
^ Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.
^ Awarded 0–2 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

Leaders[]

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

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References[]

External links[]

[table_hth_ST0.39459158545108-4] 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

[table_note_ASK_ASM0.738828023774-5] Awarded 0–2 because AS Kasserine fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 3–1.

[table_note_CAB_JSK0.738828023774-6] Awarded 2–0 because JS Kairouan fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 1–1.

[table_note_CSHL_ST0.738828023774-7] Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

[table_note_ESZ_JSK0.738828023774-8] Awarded 0–2 because ES Zarzis fielded an ineligible player. The original score was 0–0.

[table_note_ESM_ST0.738828023774-9] Awarded 2–0 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

[table_note_ST_USBG0.738828023774-10] Awarded 0–2 because Stade Tunisien was sanctioned with a forfeit for refusing to play the game.

[1] "Calendrier Général des Compétitions 2015/2016 - Fédération Tunisienne de Football".

[2] "LNFP : Le Stade Tunisien perd un point au classement général".

[3] "LNFP : Un nouveau point d?duit du total du Stade Tunisien".

[11] "Meilleurs buteurs Tunisie Ligue 1".

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