2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2018–19
Champions League	Espérance de Tunis; Étoile du Sahel
Confederation Cup	CS Sfaxien; US Ben Guerdane
Matches played	182
Goals scored	377 (2.07 per match)
Biggest home win	USM 4–0 UST; EST 4–0 JSK
Biggest away win	CA 1–4 ST
Highest scoring	ESS 5–3 USM
Longest winning run	6 games (CSS, EST)
Longest unbeaten run	19 games (EST)
Longest winless run	11 games (USM)
Longest losing run	7 games (CAB)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisian Professional League) season was the 93rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia.
The defending champions from the previous season are Espérance de Tunis. The competition began on 18 August.^[1]

Teams[]

A total of 14 teams will contest the league.

Stadiums and locations[]

CA Bizertin

ST

US Monastir

Locations of the 2018–19 Ligue 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2017–18 season
AS Gabès	Gabès	Stade Municipal de Gabès	10,000	10th in Ligue 1
Club Africain	Tunis	Stade Olympique de Radès	60,000^[2]	2nd in Ligue 1
CA Bizertin	Bizerte	Stade 15 Octobre	20,000	5th in Ligue 1
CS Hammam-Lif	Hammam-Lif	Stade Bou Kornine	8,000	Ligue 2
CS Sfaxien	Sfax	Stade Taïeb Mhiri	22,000	4th 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	7th in Ligue 1
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	11th in Ligue 1
Stade Tunisien	Le Bardo	Stade Chedli Zouiten	20,000	9th in Ligue 1
US Ben Guerdane	Ben Guerdane	Stade du 7 Mars	10,000	12th in Ligue 1
US Monastir	Monastir	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet	20,000	6th in Ligue 1
US Tataouine	Tataouine	Stade Nejib Khattab	5,000	Ligue 2

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Espérance de Tunis	26	17	5	4	37	15	+22	56	Qualification for Champions League
2	Étoile du Sahel	26	15	9	2	40	17	+23	54	Qualification for Champions League
3	CS Sfaxien	26	14	10	2	34	15	+19	52	Qualification for Confederation Cup^[a]
4	US Ben Guerdane	26	10	8	8	22	21	+1	38	Qualification for Confederation Cup^[a]
5	Club Africain	26	11	4	11	22	24	−2	37
6	CA Bizertin	26	10	8	8	31	27	+4	35^[b]
7	US Monastir	26	8	7	11	30	30	0	31^[c]
8	US Tataouine	26	7	10	9	30	39	−9	31^[c]
9	ES Métlaoui	26	7	9	10	22	26	−4	30
10	Stade Tunisien	26	7	7	12	27	36	−9	28
11	JS Kairouan	26	6	8	12	20	32	−12	26
12	CS Hammam-Lif	26	5	10	11	17	23	−6	25
13	Stade Gabèsien	26	6	8	12	22	30	−8	23^[d]	Relegation to Ligue 2
14	AS Gabès	26	4	7	15	23	42	−19	19	Relegation to Ligue 2

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

^ Étoile du Sahel and CS Sfaxien are Tunisian Cup finalists.
^ CA Bizertin were deducted 3 points.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: US Monastir: 4 points; US Tataouine: 1 point.
^ Stade Gabèsien were deducted 3 points.

Results[]

Home \ Away	ASG	CA	CAB	CSHL	CSS	EST	ESM	ESS	JSK	SG	ST	USBG	USM	UST
ASG	—	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
CA	2–1	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–0
CAB	1–0	1–2	—	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2
CSHL	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2
CSS	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	2–1
EST	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
ESM	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–1
ESS	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	3–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	5–3	3–1
JSK	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1
SG	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	—	2–1	0–2	0–0	4–3
ST	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1^[a]	1–2	1–0	—	0–3	0–2	0–0
USBG	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	2–2
USM	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2^[b]	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	—	4–0
UST	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	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:

^ Match stopped after 42 minutes. The score was 0–1 for Étoile du Sahel.
^ Match abandoned after 45 minutes. The original score was 0–1 for ES Métlaoui.

Leaders[]

References[]

External links[]

[table_note_res_CCC0.72918217849414-3] Étoile du Sahel and CS Sfaxien are Tunisian Cup finalists.

[table_hth_CAB0.72918217849414-4] CA Bizertin were deducted 3 points.

[table_hth_USM0.72918217849414-5] Head-to-head: US Monastir: 4 points; US Tataouine: 1 point.

[table_hth_SG0.72918217849414-6] Stade Gabèsien were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_ST_ESS0.3728028272152-7] Match stopped after 42 minutes. The score was 0–1 for Étoile du Sahel.

[table_note_USM_ESM0.3728028272152-8] Match abandoned after 45 minutes. The original score was 0–1 for ES Métlaoui.

[1] ttps://www.kawarji.com/resultats/ligue1/2018-2019/1

[2] ttp://www.cns.nat.tn/fr/article/stade-de-football-de-rades_17

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